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Understanding vocabulary through context clues and examples

The patient looked much sicker than he had the week before. He was so gaunt that his shoulder blades poked through his pajama top like two sharp mounds sticking out of his back.

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The rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and containment strategies

Antibiotics were once called 'wonder drugs' because of their ability to fight some of the most serious diseases plaguing humankind.

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Personalized one-hour gym workout program for leg strength and muscle tone

The client has expressed the desire to focus on developing her leg strength, stamina, and on increasing her general muscle tone.

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Does human activity cause global warming? A data analysis

Does the data available about the earth's average temperatures support the contention that the earth is getting warmer? Do the temperature data and data about carbon dioxide and fossil fuel emissions suggest that the warming trend is due to greenhouse gases, and is related to human activities?

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Exercise program design for a client with anterior tibial compartment syndrome

The principal objective of the exercise session is to engage the client in an aerobic workout that allows her to reach the highest appropriate percentage of her maximum physiological capacity and for her to maintain that degree of exertion sufficiently long enough to promote positive aerobic…

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Reestablishing marital connection after empty nest syndrome

Marital discourse 'Empty next' case study: Reestablishing a lost connection after a child leaves for college 'Empty next' case study: Reestablishing a lost connection after a child leaves for college 'Empty nest' syndrome, or the emptiness that a couple feels after a child has left for college, is…

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Music exposure and anxiety reduction in pre-operative surgical patients

It is widely known that surgery is a specific cause of stress and anxiety among surgical patients. This stress begins when patients first learn that they require surgery and continues throughout pre and post-operative phases.

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Community sports development versus traditional sports development approaches

What did you understand by the term Community Sports Development? And how does it differ from traditional sports development?

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Framing inquiry-based learning through real-world questioning practices

One way of posing questions that reflect academic concepts in real-world terminology would be to frame them in relation to the long-term purposes and goals of education instead of the short-term strategies used to achieve those long-term objectives.

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Universal truths versus relativistic content in formal education

One of the philosophical choices in modern education is whether the content of educational curricula should present universal objective truths or relativistic concepts that reflect the society and time in which they are taught.

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