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Corporate governance reforms in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) was introduced as a response to a spate of corporate scandals that had eroded public confidence in the capital markets. The law took several steps to deal with the lapses in corporate governance.

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Pesticide exposure in food and childhood health risks

The evidence that exposure to pesticides leads to increases in various diseases and conditions in children is extensive and incontrovertible.

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Community health nurses' role in disease prevention and health education

The profession of community health nurses is often thought of as a role of primary prevention. They work to prevent disease, injury, disability and premature death.

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J. Frank Norris: Texas fundamentalist pastor and controversial activist

Don't fail to make it clear -- remember there's a man out there in front of you that is thinking about his cattle, and a woman thinking about her housecleaning -- and it's up to you to get their attention. - J. Frank Norris

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Julian Barnes and the evolution of contemporary British fiction

About the Author: It should come as no surprise that Julian "Jules" Barnes, also known as Dan Kavanagh, sometimes known as Edward Pygge or Basil Seal, is generally introduced as "the chameleon of British letters." His novels are noted for relentless formal experimentation and, taken collectively,…

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Hayek's critique of social justice as a mirage and contemporary alternatives

By saying that social justice is a "mirage," Friedrich Hayek has raised the question whether the concept of social justice has meaningful content. This provocative statement implies that social justice is not real, but stands closer to an illusion.

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Diagnosis and exercise recovery program for acute lower back pain with sciatica

What has occurred? James lifted a stretcher while forward bent and twisted to the right. James says he felt his back pull at the time, but he continued with his shift, and after work went home to bed.

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The Great Depression and the 2008 recession: monetary and fiscal policy responses

In many ways and from many perspectives, the recent recession has been compared to the Great Depression of the 1930's.

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Combining Deming and Bloom to improve writing instruction

Hills, J.A. (2004). Better teaching with Deming and Bloom. Quality Progress. 37(3). 57-64. The author, who is a teacher close to retirement, was frustrated with the amount of success his writing class students were having.

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Hamlet's struggle between soul and humanity in Act IV

The soliloquy, or "deep passage" is from Scene IV, Act IV and the paper explores, or analyzes, the human and the divine, considering the Reformation, just as the original instructions requested. The model paper also needed at least two sources per original instructions.

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