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Barriers to organ donation communication between individuals and families

Organ donation consists of the removal of organs and tissues from one human body for the purpose of transplanting them into another. Organ and tissue donors can be people of any age. Organ donations tend to be higher from deceased donors than from living ones.

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Mandarin language learning motivation among non-heritage university students

Second Language Learning Motivations of Non-Heritage Chinese Learners in University Credit Courses The 21st century has been dubbed the "Century of Asia" with China leading the way.

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Arizona's immigration law and civil liberties concerns for Latino Americans

New Arizona Immigration Law raises important racial, labor, and civil liberties issues for the Latino-American community and Americans in general.

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Drug use among American soldiers during the Vietnam War

During the mid to late 1960s, the movement of radical activism would become the most apparent demonstration of crisis in the United States, filling America's streets increasingly throughout the 1960s with civil demonstrators desiring to enact revolutionary change in the domestic policies of racial…

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BonJour's shift from coherentism to Cartesian foundationalism

Although philosopher and epistemologist Laurence BonJour was at the outset a strong proponent of coherentism, as evidenced by his staunchly critical anti-foundationalist treatise, the Structure of Empirical Knowledge, more recent works such as Epistemology: Classic Problems and Contemporary…

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Vonnegut's postmodern response to the Dresden bombing in Slaughterhouse-Five

Where Billy Pilgrim begins, Kurt Vonnegut ends and this is where David Irving intrudes for good measure. However this is what makes the post-modern interpretation of this book so interesting (at least to this author).

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Italian fascism and Nazism: similarities, differences, and racial ideology

Italian Fascism and Nazism are superficially similar, but fundamentally different." Consider.

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Obama's personal history and advocacy for healthcare reform

President Barak Obama made history with his successful push for legislation establishing a massive overhaul of the national healthcare system.

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Illusion and reality in Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author

The play Six Characters in Search of an Author opens meta-theatrically, with actors rehearsing a play within the play.

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Lewin's model of planned change and organizational development approaches

Lewin's model of planned change begins with breaking the equilibrium state. This helps to overcome individual resistance and group conformity (Kritsonis, 2004). Following on this step, a new target objective for the organization should be identified -- a new equilibrium for the organization.

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