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Problems facing women offenders in U.S. prisons

The issue of the treatment of Women offenders when they are sentenced requires knowledge not only of the process which incarceration necessitates but also an in-depth understanding and knowledge of other related factors.

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The Yanomami: an isolated Amazonian tribe in cultural transition

The Yanomami are an indigenous tribe also called Yanomamo, Yanomam, and Sanuma who live in the tropical rain forest of Southern Venezuela and Northern Brazil. The society is composed of four subdivisions of Indians. (Yanomami Indians) Each subdivision has its own language.

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How Truman Capote's life shaped his literary works

The purpose of this work is to critically analyze the works of Truman Capote through comparison of his works, his life, times and influences on his work.

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Beauty and fortune in Daniel Defoe's Roxana

Price Beauty? 'For though beauty is seen and confessed by all, yet, from the many fruitless attempts to account for the cause of its being so, enquiries on this head have almost been given up"

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Eating disorders among Asian-American populations: acculturation and psychological stress

The following study attempts to explore and delineate the problem of eating disorders among Asian-Americans. The study presents an overview of the issue and found that there exists a serious problem with regards to eating disorders among Asian-Americans, particularly among women.

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Parental, peer, and teacher influences on human development

The social influence on human development is discussed. The role of parents, teachers, peers, family members and work colleagues in an individual's development is reviewed.

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Network security monitoring and unstructured attack threats

Encountering -- and Countering -- Unstructured Attacks: Current Issues in Network Security Monitoring As technology and information networks continue to grow in complexity and in sheer size, and as they become more prevalent and important to industries and organizations of all sorts, the problems…

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Medication approaches and brain dysfunction in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder -ADHD is a widespread and often undetected psychiatric disorder.

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Adult perceptions of children in north and south contexts

While Burman's title creates a sense that her 14-page research piece in Psychoanalytic Studies will delve in the main on nice and not-so-nice children, a careful read shows that her article is really about adult-child relationships, and adult perceptions of children.

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Poverty's effects on educational challenges for at-risk school-age children

The child who lives in poverty experiences both challenges and barriers that other children who are not in these 'at risk' will never face. Presently there are number of young children in the U.S. that are growing up in families living in poverty or near poverty (44%).

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