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Economic growth and its long-term effects on human society

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Declining voter turnout in Canadian federal elections: causes and solutions

Low voter turnout in the Canadian Federal Elections has long been an issue in Canada for quite some time. As Knox noted back in 1984, "participation in Canadian federal elections since 1960 has ranged from a high of 79% in 1962 and 1963, to a low (at that time) of 69% in 1980."

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Gender differences in human behavior and evolutionary origins

Gender-based differentiation is nearly universal among all sexually-reproducing biological organisms.

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Cell phone culture and its social impact over fifteen years

Cell phones have become a ubiquitous feature of modern life and contemporary society and culture. The term " the cell phone culture" is fast become a term that correctly describes the way that cellular technology is influencing modern communications and cultural trends in the world.

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Corruption in Albania's path to European integration

Over the years, the country of Albania has experienced a great deal of turmoil as a result of corruption. This corruption has been detrimental to the citizens of Albania and Albania's relationship with the European Union.

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Interpreting the Second Amendment in the gun control debate

Aside from a very few other problems of contemporary import in American society, gun control ranks as one of the most hotly contested issues. From semantic arguments over the Second Amendment of the U.S.

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Margaret Tafoya and the Santa Clara Pueblo pottery tradition

The artist Margaret Tafoya was born on August 13, 1904, in Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. Tafoya was noted as a potter, and for her unique approach to pottery. Tafoya only made hand-coiled vessels, and she only used one medium: clay dug from deposits on the Santa Clara land.

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Marketing challenges of going green in the U.S. automobile industry

The automotive industry is one of the most competitive in the world and the U.S. automotive industry is leading the way in terms of sales.

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Knockout mice experiments in diabetes research: cellular mechanisms and applications

Genetic engineering holds some real promise for curing the diseases that afflict mankind and for extending human lives. To further these genetic investigations, scientists use knockout mice in an effort to determine what a gene normally does by observing the effects of its functional elimination.

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Foster care in the United States: history, privatization, and reform

The difficulty in studying foster-care in the United States as a topic is that foster-care falls under the auspices of different agencies in different states, and some are not even operated by the states. For instance, Kristen R. Humphrey, Ann P. Turnbull, and H.

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