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Personality differences and their effects on team dynamics

Personality is defined as individual stable and unique pattern of thinking, acting, reacting and feeling towards social environment. Some people prioritize harmony in social relationships while some people are interested in dominance and power.

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Federal domestic assault laws and habitual offender prosecutions

In the United States, intimate partner violence afflicted nearly 4 out of 1,000 persons aged 12 or older in 2010, down from 1 in 100 in 1994 (Catalano, 2012). This translates into 0.9 million victimizations for the most recent year in which data were available.

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Root causes and hormonal factors in hyperemesis gravidarum

HG (Hyperemesis gravidarum) is a complicated pregnancy disease characterized by the intractable vomiting, nausea and dehydration. The HG is estimated affecting between 0.5 and 2% of pregnant women.

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Socialist economic thought in the nineteenth century: Sismondi, Proudhon, and Marx

In order to develop the different theories of socialist economic thought and that of Marx, we look at a description of the contributions by different socialists in the field of economics. These socialists include Sismondi, Proudhon, Godwin, Owen, and Ricard.

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The ethical debate over torture in the ticking time-bomb scenario

In 1984, the United Nations General Assembly produced an advisory measure known as the United Nations Convention Against Torture.

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Historical development of multicultural education in the United States

The concept of multiculturalism refers to the cultural diversity with a given society. In other word, multiculturalism is a policy that promotes diversity as well as institutionalism at an organizational level such as schools, businesses, cities and nations.

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Feminist silencing and resistance in Assia Djebar's Children of the New World

Children of the New World by Assia Djebar, chronicles a day in the life of the Algerian rebellion of 1956, one of the years in which Algerians were attempting to wrest control of their nation back from the colonizing French. Algeria was a Muslim country; France was mainly Christian.

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Wallace and Darwin's competing theories of natural selection in 1858

What was Wallace really talking about in his 1858 paper and was he convincing? Alfred Wallace has often been credited as a critical influence upon Charles Darwin in encouraging the naturalist to publish his theories on evolution: Wallace was working on his own theory of natural selection at the…

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Black liberation theology and the marginalization of women of color

Black Liberation theology offers a much needed critic of classical theology, and the various ways in which it favors, and even fosters the racially oppressive behavior and attitudes that many white people have towards marginalized people.

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Gun violence in America: evidence, misconceptions, and policy solutions

In America as well as other parts of the world, the role played by guns in committing violent acts, and what must be done in this regard, is a hotly debated topic. However, some facts are incontestable. Over 31,000 individuals sustained gunshot injuries in the year 2010, in America.

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