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Teaching students with emotional and behavioral disorders through collaborative teams

Perhaps one of the most tragic elements of primary school is the suffering some children experience because of undiagnosed, misdiagnosed, or ignored psychological or educational disorders.

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The religious and political causes of the Thirty Years' War

The Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) is described as a period of intense and extremely disruptive conflict in Germany and Europe.

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Ten-week Stock Track portfolio performance and trading strategy analysis

Over the last ten weeks, the S&P 500 has been mirroring the optimistic reports that are coming out on the economy. Part of the reason for this, is the fact that consumer spending has not been as bad as it was over the last year and improvements in key industries (such as the auto sector).

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Willy Loman's tragic flaw and the American Dream delusion

Arthur Miller's play, Death of a Salesman, explores personal tragedy through the life of Willy Loman, whose fatal flaw is coupled with inaction. Willy is a unique man in that he is able to maintain his lifestyle for decades. This lifestyle is not successful but it was comfortable and easy.

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Daniel Stern's four senses of self in infant development

This chapter introduces the whole book as a hypothesis about infants' inner social experience. The author says he will be drawing conclusions and making informed guesses about infants' inner subjective experience based on psychoanalytical theory and the most current research data.

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Anthropological perspectives on progress, selfhood, and virtual culture

Anthropologists view progress as an arbitrary construct within the culture they are studying. Progress is only meaningful in the context of those individuals who can define where the culture is progressing from and where it is progressing to.

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Comparing single-mode and multi-mode fiber optic networks

The use of Fiber-optic technologies in Local Area Networks (LAN) and wide-area networks (WANS) is becoming increasingly necessary for optimizing data-intensive application development and use.

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Walmart.com's impact on customer transaction costs and loyalty

What is the impact of Wal-Mart.com on customer-borne transaction costs? The introduction of WalMart.com had an immediate impact on the customer-borne transaction costs by drastically lowering them, while also increasing selection.

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Obesity and health factors as predictors of county life expectancy

The dependent variable of average life expectancy for a county is determined by the independent variables of rates of obesity, access to a primary care physician, smoking habits and exercise activities.

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Hiring a person with disabilities in a dental practice

Consultation Agreement Persons with Disabilities and the Dental Office of Drs. Wicklund, Howe and O'Donnell (WHO) Drs. Angela Wicklund, Marianne Howe, and Brendan O'Donnell are three general dentists whose practice serves a large suburban community. The practice is open to patients of all ages.

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