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George Moss's analysis of American intervention in Vietnam

Conditions in Vietnam during the time period lasting from the early 1940s and until the end of the Vietnam War are controversial, given that American and Vietnamese leaders alike have performed critical acts.

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The anatomy, symptoms, and risk factors of Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a condition that is a disorder of the motor system . It results in a loss of dopamine-producing brain cells.

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Blood cultures for detecting bacterial and viral pathogens

Blood cultures are laboratory tests that are used to detect whether bacterial or viral pathogens have entered the human vascular system.

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S.F. Platonov's historical study of the Time of Troubles

Sergey Platonov, one of Russia's greatest historians, focused his studies on particular episodes in his country's history that he believed were not given sufficient attention previous to his endeavor.

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Intelligence testing and the g-factor theory of cognitive ability

According to this test, intelligence is the ability to discern patterns, analyze information, and perform calculations, and is also heavily dependent on general knowledge of both vocabulary and of the world in general.

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Crime statistics and economic trends in Clark County, Nevada

Over the last several years Clark Country, Nevada has been through a tremendous amount of highs and lows. With the principal city (Las Vegas), experiencing massive boom and bust cycles.

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Managing ethical conflicts between business objectives and personal values

In business there will often be times that the organizational goals will come into conflict, with the personal values of the individual.

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Web crawling's impact on economics, environment, ethics, and medicine

The origins of web crawling began with the first search engines, and their need for indexing Web pages, assigning importance to the relative number of integration points. Search engines refer to this aspect of their architectures by different names.

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Mark Erickson's conception of science as fluid inquiry and process

According to author Mark Erickson, science is a "multi-faceted object that we can pick up, turn this way and that, peer inside and scrutinize; but science also has its own agency" (Erickson, 2005, 15). His meaning is clear -- science is not one thing all the time.

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Investment risks in politically and economically unstable developing economies

International investments hold the promise of mammoth profits for the investor. Developing economies in Asia, Latin and Central America are fertile fields for making money from the right kinds of investments.

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