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Pornography and social meaning: a symbolic interactionist analysis

The issue of pornography -- usually phrased as the "problem of pornography" is a perennial one, at least in the United States with its conservative Christian heritage and current political and cultural climate.

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Critique of change management initiatives at Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu using Hofstede's cultural dimensions model

In critiquing the peer-reviewed article Building a Business Program in Romania: Creating and Sustaining Change (Franz, 2004). The analysis centered on attempts to implement nine change management initiatives at the Romanian university, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu (LBUS).

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Graves Enterprises marketing strategy for doubling sales

As the newly installed Vice President of Marketing for Graves Enterprises, the focus over the next year is to double sales in both the company's commercial and consumer floor care product line.

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The credit crunch and buy-to-let opportunities in UK residential property

The effect of the credit crunch on UK residential property: Is there an opportunity for the buy-to-let?

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Walmart's strategic shift toward corporate social responsibility and reputation management

Wal-Mart is one of the greatest retailers at an international level, and the undisputable leader of the American retail industry. The company has undergone a series of transformations throughout its existence and it has emerged as a stronger corporation.

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Moore's Law and the evolution of microprocessor technology

The pace of innovation across the series of technologies that comprise a personal computer continues to accelerate, often leading to product lifecycles that are eighteen months or less.

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Data quality problems in correlation analysis: Lincoln's education and business cases

Abraham Lincoln to a proposed survey questionnaire has indicated he had not received a grade school diploma. When a researcher correlated the information to the expected variables, he found the data did not highly correlate to the expectations derived from the data.

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The Eighth Amendment's evolution in cruel and unusual punishment law

The Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution, which is included in the U.S. Bill of Rights, forbids excessive bail or fines, as well as cruel and unusual punishment. The expressions used were taken from the English Bill of Rights.

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Abortion access for rape victims and unintended pregnancies

Of the six million women who become pregnant in the United States each year, half of the pregnancies are unintended. Each year, about 1.3 million American women end the pregnancy with abortion.

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Electronic bed tracking systems for managing emergency department overcrowding

Canadian hospitals today are seeing some major issues that need strong and ambitious solutions. One of those problems is the clear overcrowding of ED units. Overwhelmed emergency departments actually prove to be more of a breeding ground for problems and infections in the boarding ED patients.

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