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The 2001 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and just war theory

Who are the combatants? The conflict began when the U.S. And Great Britain invaded Afghanistan in 2001, after the attacks upon the World Trade Towers by the Al-Qaeda terrorist organization.

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Game theory and market structure analysis in economics

In economics, market structures are also known as market forms. They describe the state of a market with respect to the intensity or level of competition among buyers, sellers and the producers.

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Clinical versus actuarial approaches to offender risk assessment

The assessment of an offender's risk to re-offend is one of the most important tasks faced by those who work in a correctional environment.

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Self-advocacy skills for high school students with developmental disabilities

According to the authors (Van-Belle, Marks, Martin, & Chun, 2006), they believe a "third wave" has occurred in teaching self-advocacy to "individuals with disabilities" (Van-Belle, et. al., 2006).

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Logical fallacies in Gary Taubes's "Is sugar toxic?" argument

According to science writer Gary Taubes in his editorial "Is sugar toxic" for the New York Times, medical evidence suggests that eating sugar -- even in moderation -- is just as dangerous for human health as smoking.

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Geographic factors in United States population growth and expansion

United States depended in several geographic factors. Population growth and economic development were among the two most significant factors that contributed to the development and expansion of the United States.

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Ethical arguments for legalizing physician-assisted euthanasia

Suicide is a taboo in almost every human culture and it violates the teachings of all of the major Western religions practiced in the United States.

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The evolution of criminal gangs: from street operations to transnational security threats

As criminal gangs transverse through the three generations, their progress can be charted by the interaction of what three factors?

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Rousseau's Emile and the philosophy of Romantic childhood

Jean Jacques Rousseau wrote Emile in 1762. The alternate title of this innovative novel is On Education because Rousseau's motivation for the story was to describe a system of education that would allow the natural innocence and intrinsic goodness of the young child to survive without corruption…

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Community policing strategies in major U.S. cities

This was one of the first major U.S. cities to adopt the community policing philosophy. In 1989 the Wichita Police Department successfully used community policing to treat drug use, drug sales, and shooting and other violence within a particular criime infested neighborhood.

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