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The Weimar Republic's constitutional foundations and political fragmentation

After World War I, the German nation and its people were devastated. The public was led to believe that Germany was going to win the war, and it looked forward to a much- improved socio-economic climate. Instead, the war was lost and the country was facing a very dreary future.

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Teacher expectations and academic achievement in Latino students

Why Study Latinos? Why the Latino Performance is Low? How to change the situation?

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Shale gas development and its impact on global energy markets

As the world, and the billions of people it supports, continues to evolve, new and important ways of delivering energy are needed to keep up with these changes and provide a safe and secure environment.

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Inclusive excellence: integrating diversity into institutional educational practice

Embracing diversity in the student populations in campuses by leaders has stirred a new discussion with regards to the mission of higher education and highlights the need for a change of approach in the delivery of higher education- Clayton-Pedersen, O'Neill and Musil (2006).

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Business management strategies for India's contemporary environment

Part I: Study objectives Although the objective for this study is singular, it encompasses multiple dimensions. Comprehensively, it seeks to examine the role of business management within contemporary India. Therefore, the notion of management is couched within the modern business climate in India.

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Palm Pilot and early smartphone operating system design

Palm Computing, Inc., released the Palm Pilot 1000 and 5000 in March 1996, in a technological climate that had weathered much disillusionment with handheld computing, owing largely to the unfortunate blunders in marketing the overhyped Newton Message Pad.

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Opportunities to improve relationship banking at Al Rajhi Bank

In an increasingly globalized and competitive marketplace, many banking professionals today are faced with the need to develop informed and timely responses to changes in consumer demand, as well as fluctuations in the global economy that can have a positive or negative effect on investments.

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Ethical, legal, and financial challenges in implementing the Public Health Act

Implementation of health policy leads to three main challenges. These are lack of government capacity, political climate and gaps in policy expertise.

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Management and operations of Hotel Windsor's 111 Spring Street Restaurant

With the rising growth of hotel business, it is important that the management techniques must include and adopt the changes. In a lot of cities, the business of hotels has been re-built with addition of latest technology (Rutherford & Fallon, 2007).

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Aesthetic strategies of post-war Western artists and abstract expressionism

The global impact of the Second World War II on the society, politics, culture and technology was reflected how art produced after 1945 was changing in appearance and feeling. The rapid significant changes were a reflection of the intense and sometimes radical responses made by artists.

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