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Nursing ethics and underage alcohol consumption in Australia

Alcohol consumption among underage adolescents in Australia remains a significant Public Health issue.

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Character sketch of Elena, a restless sixteen-year-old girl

Elena is 16 years old. "Nearly seventeen," she always says to people who ask. Her parents are very catholic, very Latino-proud, still married and apparently still happy. Elena can't understand why they're so happy all the time. They are poor.

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Alcohol consumption and injury prevention among Australian adolescents

Injuries represent the single leading cause of death and disability among adolescent Australians and alcohol consumption is the most common risk taking behavior observed among this population.

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Steven Krashen's five hypotheses of second language acquisition

Steven Krashen's (1997) Theory of Second Language Acquisition is made up of five main hypotheses: the Acquisition-Learning hypothesis; the Monitor hypothesis; the Natural Order hypothesis; the Input hypothesis; and the Affective Filter hypothesis (1997).

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Alfred Adler's birth order theory and Anna Freud's response

Alfred Adler's birth order theory has generated diverse opinions, given that it applies to some families whereas it is just a speculation in the case of others. When taking into consideration Sigmund Freud's youngest daughter, Anna Freud, one can assume that Adler's theory is true.

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Comparing research designs for online and traditional MBA enrollment growth

Compare it to the traditional MBA program at Hawaii Pacific University. Suppose each was looking to expand the numbers of students in their programs; how might the research design differ for each?

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Risk aversion strategies in correlated versus diversified stock markets

In this hypothetical scenario one may have the knee-jerk reaction to invest in the economy where all the stock move up or down evenly with the financial trends that occur.

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Free trade versus protectionism: Britain's Corn Laws debate

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Low-fat and low-carb diets: cardiovascular disease risk comparison

Low-fat or Low-Carb Diets: Which is healthier? This study looked at several factors relating to cardiovascular disease including weight and low and high density lipoproteins to determine whether low-fat or low-carb diets were healthier.

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The Burr-Hamilton duel and American political conflict

"The interview at Weehawken," as the July 11, 1804 duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton was known because of the fact that the period's society did not tolerate duels, took place because of a series of reasons -- most related to the tensioned political landscape.

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