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Temptation and sin in Christian belief: a personal tax ethics analysis

The temptation arrives on a mental level; internally. When a Christian acts on this temptation and succumbs to it, the act is externalized. The goal of attempting to deal with temptation is to maintain the temptation in the internal arena without letting it degenerate into action.

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Context-dependent memory effects across sensory modalities and species

While we often speak of ourselves as having a 'good' or a 'bad' memory, the nature of human learning and the process of encoding memory is considerably more complex than simply being 'good' or 'bad' in terms of memory storage and retrieval.

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Qualitative research methodology in online K-12 education and air traffic control

Both use qualitative research in significantly different roles within their methodologies, making significant contributions to each.

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How spreadsheets enable companies to achieve organizational objectives

The value of spreadsheets has grown in direct correlation to the breadth of their adoption, and the creativity users have applied to using these software applications in solving problems.

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Walter Borneman's analysis of the War of 1812 and American national identity

The main thesis of the "1812: The War That Forget a Nation" that Walter Borneman put forward is that this respective war was the main factor in finalizing the American national identity.

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Religion and economic transformation in Rochester, New York, 1815-1837

"A Shopkeeper's Millennium: Society and Revivals in Rochester, New York, 1815-1837" presents a complex analysis on the nature of early 19th century economic and social shifts in one of New York most complicated areas of that period -- Rochester.

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Salem Possessed: economic conflict and the 1692 witch trials

In "Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft" Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum have produced one of the most comprehensive and objective analysis of the Salem witch trials of 1692, using various demographic data in supporting the following idea: the events had as main cause…

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Injury rates in high school football: artificial versus natural turf

Artificial turf is much easier to maintain than natural grass playing fields. However, there has been a concern raised over the safety of artificial turf over natural grass playing fields.

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Fourth generation warfare: history, definitions, and theoretical debates

Some analysts have argued that "fourth generation warfare" is new. This author will argue that there is nothing new about fourth generation warfare. Modern military analysts have simply been ignoring it because they know how to do second and third generation warfare.

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Zinc ion toxicity and immune response in marine invertebrates

Improvements in technology and the resulting increase in lifespan and access to medical care in the developing world place pressure on the environment via pollution, overpopulation, and possible global warming.

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