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Social networks and extreme dieting behaviors in young people

Paradoxically the onslaught of electronically enabled social networks is revealing how essential family and friend-based connections are to sustaining the mental health of young people who go on extreme diets to fit in socially and project competence.

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DNA science and the nature-nurture debate in human behavior

The relatively recent development of DNA sciences have contributed greatly to our understanding human behavior, physiology, and heredity.

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Aristotelian drama and the theatre of the absurd in twentieth-century theatre

Pinter Pt. Aristotle's Poetics laid the groundwork for much Western drama for the next two millennia.

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The four levels of measurement in statistical research

There are many types of variables that a researcher may want to study. These variables are typically classified into the four levels of measurement (scales) namely nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio.

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Green marketing strategies and consumer environmental awareness

As consumers become more aware of an ailing environment and the potential economic benefit that can be derived from 'going green', businesses are increasingly adopting 'Green Marketing' practices to meet the rising consumer expectations and increasing demand.

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The ARISE Gang Prevention Program and Social Disorganization Theory

"Gangs contain bright boys who do well, bright boys who do less well, and dull boys who pass, dull boys who fail, and illiterates"

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Employee motivation and leadership at Prime Gold Plus

The Leadership Approach to help in Motivating, Inspiring and Energizing employees in Prime Gold Plus. A challenge commonly encountered by businesses and professional organizations alike is in the motivation of personnel to perform and to succeed.

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Maternal eating disorders and their transmission of unhealthy habits to daughters

MOTHERS WITH EATING DISORDERS PROJECT UNHEALTHY EATING HABITS ON THEIR DAUGHTER? The literature review in this work is conducted for the express purpose of reviewing information and previous studies which examine whether mothers with eating disorders project unhealthy eating habits on their…

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Pope Paul VI's Humanae Vitae and the Church's condemnation of artificial contraception

In the modern history of Catholicism, one of the most controversial and argued pronouncement from any contemporary Pope was the encyclical, issued by Pope Paul VI in 1968, entitled Humanae Vitae.

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Depressive realism and existential psychotherapy for mild depression

Ghaemi., S. (2007). Feeling and Time: The Phenomenology of Mood Disorders, Depressive Realism, and Existential Psychotherapy. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 33(1), 122-30.

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