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Employee job satisfaction and developmental relationships in organizations

An employee who is dissatisfied with their role in the organization and who has sufficient financial stability might leave the organization before finding a different job. Even without financial security, workplace dissatisfaction may be great enough to take the risk.

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The genetics of height: HMGA2 and GDF5 genes

DNA has a huge impact in growth and development. It has long been associated with determining height, and recent studies in specific genetic modifications back that assertion up. However, there are other factors influencing height, such as diet and prescribed medications.

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The Homeland Security Act of 2002 and port security standardization

The direct effects of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 on port security in the United States are not as straightforward as might be thought.

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Hmong cultural resilience through tragedy and displacement

Hmong have experienced continual cultural and physical exodus. These forced migrations were exacerbated by the conditions of the Vietnam War and its aftermath.

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Microsoft's organizing function and management control structure

The management teams at Microsoft concentrate on how to gain the greatest levels of productivity and profitability from the resources they have, as many are shareholders in the corporation.

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Robert Ode's experiences as an American hostage in Iran

Robert Ode, a retired diplomat who accepted a short-term assignment in Tehran, was one of the Americans taken hostage in Iran. His captors were students, who said that they took the hostages because of problems with the American government, not because of a hatred of all Americans.

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Hospital staff training and policy communication implementation plan

Long-Range Goal: All staff is to be well educated on new policies and procedures that they are responsible to know. Short-Range Goal: Implement regular training sessions for staff.

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U.S. port security and the limitations of technology-based counterterrorism

Protecting U.S. seaports is a daunting challenge because the American coastline includes more than 1,000 harbor channels, spanning 25,000 miles of inland and coastal waterways that serve 361 ports comprising more than 3,700 passenger and cargo terminals (Maxwell & Blanda, 2005).

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William Blake's "A Poison Tree" and the nature of unchecked anger

William Blake's poem, "A Poison Tree," examines anger from the perspective of one controlled by anger. This poem is compelling because while it takes place within the speaker's mind, it divulges the levels of contempt of which we are all capable.

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Ancient civilizations and sophisticated societies in the Amazon Basin

Until as recently as the 1970s, the possibility of significantly sized ancient civilizations in the Amazon Basin has not been acknowledged. The reason for this is the fact that the area's ecology is unsuitable to support large civilizations, being low in land animal populations and fertile soil.

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