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Knockout mice experiments in diabetes research: cellular mechanisms and applications

Genetic engineering holds some real promise for curing the diseases that afflict mankind and for extending human lives. To further these genetic investigations, scientists use knockout mice in an effort to determine what a gene normally does by observing the effects of its functional elimination.

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Foster care in the United States: history, privatization, and reform

The difficulty in studying foster-care in the United States as a topic is that foster-care falls under the auspices of different agencies in different states, and some are not even operated by the states. For instance, Kristen R. Humphrey, Ann P. Turnbull, and H.

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PTSD in Hispanic-American soldiers: cultural perspectives and treatment needs

Introduction el Movimiento," is the Spanish word that describes the movement of the 1970s.

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The gods' contracts with mortals: Karos's choice

In a kingdom before the beginning of time, there were many gods who ruled both the sky and the earth. They were proud supernatural beings who feared no one, and often confronted and fought each other for supremacy. They ruled all mortals who were led by kings but obeyed only the gods up in the sky.

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The mercantilist school and physiocrat economic theories

Mercantilist School a) the mercantilist trend was focused on a simple thought: the wealth and status of a nation depends directly on the accumulation of bullion (gold, silver and other precious metals).

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Evaluating school safety and security plan effectiveness in America

Scarcely a month goes by in the United States today without a headline reporting the latest school shootings.

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Title IX compliance and gender equity in schools thirty years later

Abstract This research paper examines the compliance, 30 years later, with the provisions of Title IX as it concerns eliminating gender bias in all school programs, public and private institutions that receive federal funding, including the school lunch program.

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Face recognition technology in biometric identification systems

Biometric may be described as the mechanized way of finding the personality of a living being depending on the person's behavior and physiology.

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Pizza Hut's global expansion and cultural adaptation in Egypt and the United Kingdom

The fast food industry represents one of the greatest achievements of the 20th century in the light of the impact it had on the population as well as for the reactions it triggered in the world of business, economics, and most importantly in terms of corporate affairs.

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Jewish beliefs in the afterlife and resurrection traditions

The belief in an afterlife is an almost universal concept, with most major religions around the world providing dogmatic support.

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