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Occult manipulation and everyday horror in film

The concept of the occult in literature and film shares similarities and parallels. The occult is often represented by activities and beliefs that, relative to the mainstream, are marginal and associated with magic and nefarious elements.

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Tap dancing and the expression of cultural identity through movement

The ways that humans express themselves artistically often reflects the social, political and religious contexts of the times of their development.

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Cyberbullying's gendered impact: psychological effects and motivations for girls and boys

What is Cyberbullying? Cyberbullying is described as "…an individual or group willfully using information and communication involving electronic technologies to facilitate deliberate and repeated harassment or threat…" to another person (or persons) by texting, emailing, and posting on social media…

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Nursing interventions for disease prevention in Haiti's post-earthquake refugee camps

When natural disasters strike affluent nations, such as the recent round of hurricanes to batter America's Eastern seaboard or the tsunami that inundated Japan in 2011, there are typically established healthcare delivery and preventative care systems in place to prevent the spread of disease among…

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Broken windows theory and law enforcement effectiveness

Human civilization has always been defined by the establishment of ethical codes, laws which individuals must obey for the greater good of society, and for every rule that mankind has devised there have been those willing to transgress.

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Masculinity, femininity, and gender inequality in contemporary society

Femininities and masculinities dictate more behavioral expectations for us in society. After reading through/watching the material for this week, comment on what you view as the state of masculinity/femininity discourses. How are these discourses useful?

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Socio-technical methods for mitigating insider threats to enterprises

Insider threats are one of the primary sources of risk to an enterprise network and to intellectual property.

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Donald Tomalia on dendrimers and nanotechnology applications

In the lecture that Dr. Donald Tomalia presented in March, 2009 ("Traveling the Nano Road of Science, Art & Discovery"), he seems to be the most enthusiastic when he is talking about "dendrimers," which are polymers with a central and hollow core and tendrils.

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Challenges faced by same-sex couples negotiating parental roles

Gay Donor or Gay Dad? The prototypical U.S. family has historically been defined as a heterosexual arrangement that divided responsibilities by gender (Farrell, VandeVusse, and Ocobock 284).

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Myths and realities of the Underground Railroad and Lincoln's emancipation

There are a number of myths associated with the Underground Railroad. One such myth was about the use of coded quilts which has been discredited by scholarly research. Another myth concerns the number of slaves who were conducted to freedom by way of the Underground Railroad.

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