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Health literacy and communication in managed care settings: evidence matrix review

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China's emerging middle class and consumer culture aspirations

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Hispanic Home Town Associations and political mobilization in Los Angeles

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Cultural communication practices in Luxembourg and Asia with Skype operations

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Ghana's economic growth, natural resources, and political stability

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Pearl Buck's The Good Earth and its cultural impact

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Emerson and Thoreau's transcendentalism versus modern materialism

The oracle of transcendentalism, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and his acetic companion and one-time roommate Henry David Thoreau (that's correct, when Thoreau got tired of sleeping in the forest, he moved in with Emerson and his family for a few weeks) both had a lot to say about man, nature, the nature of…

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Centralized authority in medieval Europe: geography, tradition, and homogeneity

There are a number of key factors which contributed to the development of centralized kingdoms throughout parts of Europe by the 14th century, while it may be argued that these same factors were responsible for a dearth of the implementation of centralized kingdoms in other countries on the…

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