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The Ming Dynasty, Samurai culture, and East Asian dominance, 1368-1644

With a culture that spans some three thousand years, the East Asian civilizations were at one time much more sophisticated than its western counterparts.

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Curriculum development: foundations, design, and stakeholder roles

How would you characterize the general field of curriculum? The field of curriculum represents one of the most dynamic arenas of twentieth century educational reform.

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Reading poetry through dialogue with the author's life and context

Reading the poem can be compared to engaging in conversation with the author -- as though one were having a back-and-forth -- and just as the techniques of conversing enable one to understand the speaker and the conversation better, a poem accords a similar situation.

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The carbon and water cycles in a residential backyard ecosystem

Carbon Cycle is a complex process that allows carbon, one of the basic components of life on Earth, to recycle and rotate through a series of processes designed to utilize the maximum amount of energy present for the environment.

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Cultural barriers and outsourcing in U.S.-India business relations

During the past few decades, global trade agreements have opened up one of the most important international markets: India. Due to these agreements, and especially with regards to internet businesses, the relationship between the U.S.

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Quality questioning and classroom observation for teacher development

Quality questioning is fast becoming one of the operative pedagogical techniques in the contemporary classroom. Ever since Benjamin Bloom in the 1950s and the taxonomy of learning, teachers have been encouraged to use questioning to buttress core subjects and engage students.

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Ethical dilemmas and burnout in nursing practice

What are the most common ethical issues that nurses face? There is ample literature on the stressors placed on nurses in the field today, and some of them can lead to ethical dilemmas -- but which ones, and how do nurses respond to these ethical dilemmas?

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Characteristics of effective and ineffective groups in restaurant teams

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Spain as an investment destination for American firms

As of late 2010, rumors in the financial community persist that Spain is going to be the next Eurozone nation to suffer an economic crisis.

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The Group Behavior Model applied to academic library work group performance

The Group Behavior Model is a framework for conceptualizing how various aspects of the external and internal environments of a work group influence the group's performance of its task(s) and the group members' level of satisfaction with the experience of group work.

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