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School uniforms and student academic performance: constitutional and behavioral effects

The debate about the effectiveness of a school uniform policy to address school performance and other issues has not been settled. Uniforms have been more common in private schools, particularly Catholic schools and the debate has been more about the use of uniforms in public schools.

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Mandatory composting implementation for Toronto's waste management

In many modern cities, garbage and waste management have become highly controversial issues for municipalities and administrative agencies.

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The causes and consequences of the First Crusade in medieval Europe

Several centuries after they ended, the Crusades are remembered as wars that were fought and lost in the name of God. The efforts and means utilized and maintained to continue to wage a battle for more than one hundred years is memorable nonetheless.

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The Gilded Age and the emergence of mass society in late nineteenth-century America

Mark Twain coined the term "Gilded Age" in 1873 to refer to not only the name of his novel, but to the excessive greed and corruption he witnessed during that time.

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Globalization, agriculture, and economic inequality between Mexico and the United States

The promise of globalization in the late 1980s and 1990s has given way to a host of problems with this new and still emerging world order, some of which were predicted early on in the scheme of things.

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Applying the Burke-Litwin model to Harley-Davidson's organizational performance

The Burke-Litwin Causal Model examines the organizations transitional and transactional variables for fit, synergy and conflict. Each of these variables contributes to the performance of the company, and that performance is also impacted by the interrelation between the different variables.

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Aging demographics and the crisis in elderly social services

Social services for the elderly are in greater need than they ever have been before as the population is aging greatly.

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Evaluating organizational culture resources and web design quality

Designed to provide informative definitions of what an organizations' culture is including a definition of its fundamental concepts and foundational elements, this site begins with a macro definition of organizational culture followed by a discussion of four dominant types of cultures.

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Transition effects on transgender employee workplace performance and organizational support

Qualitative Comparison of Transgender Employee Performance Before and After Transition in the Workplace The constructs and variables found in the literature in the field of transgender employee performance in the workplace involve two categories: transgender employee performance before transition…

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" and postpartum depression

Modern principles of mental health reflect the view that clinical depression comprises both organic pathology and environmental influences.

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