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Bobby Benedicto's analysis of class and privilege in Manila's urban gay subculture

Bright Lights, Bobby Benedicto describes the urban gay subculture in Manila within the context of the "global scene." The points Benedicto makes in Under Bright Lights can be applied to variety of issues related to race, class, gender, and social power.

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Cultural diversity management in a New Zealand coal mining company

Globalization represents a phenomenon that is responsible for many people being exposed to new cultures. In today's global economy, many people often take job opportunities overseas and find themselves in an entirely new culture.

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Validation of the Tucker-Culturally Sensitive Health Care Provider Inventory

Tucker-Culturally Sensitive Health Care Provider Inventory -- Patient Form (T-CSHCPI-PF) is simply an inventory for the culturally diverse patients to assess provider cultural sensitivity in the health care procedure.

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Key principles of successful project management

Project management is an area of concern for the majority of large companies, and should be considered as a primary component in most business ventures.

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Physical and mental health improvement program for prison inmates

There are often heavy psychological pressures on inmates as they are dislocated from the society. The type of interactions that happen in a prison setting also create psychological pressures and the incarceration also results in acute psychological stress.

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Inadequate preparation of ESL teachers in Puerto Rico

Problem Statement Comment by Jose Otaola: Preliminary evidence that provides justification that this problem is meaningful to both the local setting as well as to the education profession and discipline.

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Major depression diagnosis and treatment in clinical practice

Major depression is diagnosed via clinical means. It is based on interviews and examination of the mental status of the patient. Evidence points to the fact that interviews compare well with other diagnostic procedures used in medical practice including radiologic examination and lab tests.

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Designing an outdoor play environment for ages 5-8 using educational theory

Rousseau and Pestalozzi, encouraged by the former, were predecessor theorists on outdoor play by familiarizing and sustaining the original idea as stated by which nature and the natural environment had a definite and positive role in the education of children (Evans, 2006).

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Emotional intelligence and transformational leadership relationship study

Modassir, A., & Singh, T. (2008). Relationship of Emotional Intelligence with Transformational Leadership and Organizational Citizenship Behavior. International Journal of Leadership Studies, 3-21.

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Educational intervention and warfarin knowledge in atrial fibrillation patients

Patients with a trial fibrillation (Afib or AF) and high stroke risks are often administered the anticoagulant, warfarin. Warfarin's benefit, however, hinges on the time that is spent in their INR's (international normalized ratio, which is 2.0-3.0) target therapeutic range (TTR).

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