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Environmentally friendly elements in contemporary Islamic architecture

As the term implies, "Islamic architecture" is an architectural style that is characterized by functional elements and forms that are inspired by the Islamic religion, and which serves as a framework in which Islamic tenets can be implemented, celebrated and sustained over time.

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How Rainier School District navigated economic boom and bust cycles

This is a case study on the rapid rise and decline of revenue within a public school district.

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Five architectural projects of the Machine Age

The five architectural projects reviewed in this section represent the pinnacle of a confluence of a number of different factors that pertain to the early half of the 20th century.

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The halo effect's influence on business decisions and employee perception

The existence of the halo effect has been recognized for many years since 1920 when Edward Thorndike was the first psychologists to research the halo effect.

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Walmart's deteriorating health benefits and limited employee coverage

Wal-Mart describes its benefits plan in fairly flowery terms. They state that they offer a comprehensive benefit package that can provide up-front cash to pay medical expenses.

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The Renaissance: intellectual, artistic, and architectural transformation in European history

Metaphorically speaking, the term Renaissance has been associated with rebirth and images of freedom, light, openness and creativity.

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Parenting styles and alcohol consumption in college freshmen

The given research is intended to develop a relationship between the parenting styles experienced by a child during his childhood and his/her propensity to develop alcoholism during the adolescence especially in freshman college year.

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Baroque architecture and the Scientific Revolution in late seventeenth century Europe

Baroque architecture from the late seventeenth century onwards was fully determined by the cultural interests of the Christian churchs, whether Catholic or Anglican. It was an expressive form designed to counteract the Reformation view of simplicity.

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Full inclusion of learning disabled students in mainstream classrooms

In an attempt to satisfy the mandates of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, a growing number of special educators agree that full inclusion is the optimal approach for providing the individualized services needed by young learners with special needs.

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Handwriting analysis as forensic evidence: reliability and challenges

Humankind has been writing for millennia, but it has only been in the last 100 years or so that individual handwriting samples could be distinguished by forensic document examiners to the extent that their testimony was deemed admissible as evidence in a court of law.

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