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Price elasticity of demand: elastic and inelastic goods

Law of demand states that the level of demand for a good or service increases when its price decreases. For example, when the price of grapes increases to $3.99 a pound in January, the demand for grapes is lower than when the price was .99 a pound in October.

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Ethical implications of psychological assessment across clinical, legal, and educational settings

Psychological assessments are often used to give a quick, thumbnail sketch of an individual's psyche in a variety of settings. In a therapeutic or clinical setting they are often used to create a DSM diagnosis for insurance purposes.

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Comparing Blackboard, Angel Learning, and Moodle for community colleges

WCET EduTools CMS comparisons: Appropriate Content Management Software (CMS) for a community college Blackboard Learning Systems CE was one of the first forms of online Content Management Software (CMS) that was used to supplement 'real world' classroom learning.

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Effects of military deployment on soldiers and families

The current prolonged involvement of United States armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001 and 2003 respectively have now substantially exceeded the duration of military deployment of World War II.

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GIS technology applications in housing and urban planning

Geographical Information System (GIS) is any system that can captures, stores, bring an analysis, managing, and data that is linked to a particular location.

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Fundraising as an essential competency for sports managers

Sports and fundraising are no longer separate endeavors. Today, the modern trend is for amateur sports programs at every level to be self-supportive.

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Jiangxi Copper Company Limited: operations and industry position

The Jiangxi Copper Company Limited is the largest of the 94 subsidiaries of the Jiangxi Copper Corporation, one of the principal organizations in China. They operate within the non-ferrous metals industry and processes several metals.

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Marketing communications evolution from email to social media

The information age has already revolutionized modern business, particularly in the area of communications technology and applications.

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Action research applications in higher education institutions

Action research as related to education is a process by which a teacher, group of teachers, school, school district, or university observes a problem, creates a plan for action, implements that plan (action), observes the results (research), and plans on further action (Ferrance, 2000, 26).

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Constitutional concerns with the Protecting the Unborn from Drug Abuse Act

Recently, it has come to my attention that the hospital will soon have a meeting discussing its policy in regards to the Protecting the Unborn from Drug Abuse Act. I would like to add my voice to those who oppose this piece of legislation, in no uncertain terms.

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