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Mythology's role in teaching moral values and cultural understanding

On an individual level, mythology could teach moral or human truths, whereas on a collective level mythology could be used to keep people in touch with their origins. Mythological stories could then be used to teach children values such as hard work, diligence and obedience.

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Learned helplessness and test anxiety in college mathematics

Background significant and notable problem within higher education is the conditioned state of mind associated with learned helplessness.

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Telecommuting benefits, challenges, and strategies for workforce productivity

Telecommuting is the act of periodically working out of the main office, one or more days a week either at home, or at a telework center. (Avery and Zabel 2000, 82) The concept of telecommuting was created by Jack Niles as a result of the oil crisis of the 1970's.

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Testing the effort-reward imbalance model in workplace stress measurement

Psychosocial hazards or risk factors can be defined as "those aspects of work design, and the organization and management of work, and their social and organizational contexts, which have the potential for causing psychological or physical harm" (Cox and Griffiths, 1996, 129-130).

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Positron emission tomography for functional brain imaging

PET represents a new step forward in the way scientists and doctors look at the brain and how it functions. An X-ray or a CT scan shows only structural details within the brain. The PET scanner gives us a picture of the brain at work. - What is PET?

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Mental discipline and cognitive development in law enforcement careers

The use and control of one's own mental faculties is of the utmost importance when involved in the serious and important business of government work. The word "government" itself literally translates to "controlling the mind" in Latin.

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How police exploitation of Miranda Rights misconceptions endangers vulnerable suspects

Often times, misconceptions are drawn from the media's representations of how invoking one's Miranda Rights will make one look guilty.

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Clinical evaluation methods in undergraduate nursing education through transformative learning

There are many aspects to the nursing profession, but before a person becomes a nurse he or she has to focus on the clinical education it takes to become one. In other words, one cannot just study from books and pass tests to graduate to working with patients.

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Resources and support for veterans transitioning with PTSD

"Resources for Veterans diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) after transitioning back into a civilian lifestyle

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Dissociative identity disorder: characteristics, symptoms, and diagnostic criteria

Dissociative identity disorder (DID), or as it has previously been known and is still referred to in popular culture, multiple personality disorder (MPD), may be one of the most misunderstood and controversial of all psychiatric diagnoses.

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