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Global memorial project addressing human trafficking and sex slavery

Global human trafficking, and especially human sex trafficking, is a pervasive form of modern-day slavery.

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Rhetorical analysis of Paul Keating's Redfern Park speech

Paul Keating's speech at Redfern Park provides examples of rhetoric that are discussed below. The speech uses of and the three modes of persuasion: pathos, ethos, and logos. The use of epiphora, particularly in tricolon format, lends both cadence and emphasis.

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Hytten and Bettez's frameworks for defining social justice in education

Author's note with contact information and more details on collegiate affiliation, etc. Education is an institution that contains pervasive social injustice. Hytten and Bettez's article attempts to addresses several components of the issue.

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Autism spectrum disorder: diagnostic criteria and metabolic dysfunction

Autism is, if not the foremost, one of the most well-known of the disorders among the pervasive developmental disorders list.

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Bigger monster, weaker chains: The ACLU's surveillance society report

Issued by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in January 2003, this report is a dim view of the pervasive influence technology has on the private lives of Americans.

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Wit, laughter, and ethics in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

Casal, Elvira. "Laughing at Mr. Darcy: Wit and Sexuality in Pride and Prejudice." Persuasions On-Line 22.1 (2001): n. pag. Web.

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Steve McQueen's depiction of Solomon Northrup's enslavement and dignity

Steve McQueen's film 12 Years a Slave is based on the true story of Solomon Northrup (Chiwetel Ejiofor). Northrup was a free black man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery. Therefore, the film points out the extensive and pervasive problem of racism in America.

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Psychometric assessment tools for autism spectrum disorder diagnosis

What is autism? Autism is a disease, which poses tons of questions, while providing least of answers. This being said, autism is one of the five diseases coming under Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). It shows in early years of a human and effects the brain's functioning.

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The impact of RFID technology on supply chain performance

The impact of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) on logistics, supply chain, services and complex manufacturing globally is evident in how pervasive tis adoption has been.

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Autism spectrum disorder: diagnostic criteria and core symptoms

Autism is a very complex neurodevelopmental disorder previously classified in the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders -- fourth edition -- text revision (DSM -- IV -- TR) as a pervasive developmental disorder (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2000).

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