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Burial traditions and social hierarchy in the Avar Khaganate

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Male mentorship in community-based after-school programs for African-American middle school students

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The rise of professional football and decline of baseball in America

A recent poll by Harris Poll showed that professional football -- the NFL -- is the most popular sport in the United States. The sport was cited as the favorite by 36% of respondents (SBD 2012). This is up from 24% in 1985.

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Crimea's sovereignty dispute: Russian and Ukrainian self-determination claims

Inclusion of Russia into Georgia in 2008 provoked political fear among the west political arena and the media.

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Feasibility and profitability of coconut production in Camarines Sur, Philippines

It gradually became less and less dependent from a third at 29.7% in 1946 to only 11.1% in 2012. The 2011 Gross Regional Domestic Product reported that Central Luzon or Region 3 and IVA or CALABARZON are the top contributors to the sector at 13.8% and 9.5%, respectively.

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Social engineering attacks on information systems security

The research takes into account several aspects that better create an overview of the term and the impact it has on security systems. In this sense, the first part of the analysis reviews the concept of social engineering and the aspects it entails.

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Globalization and hip-hop culture in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia is a country of variety and as of recently, hip-hop. The hip-hop culture of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia's western province, is a culture that signifies not only a new trend of music and interests never seen before in the area, but also an embrace of modern symbols, meaning, and language that…

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Intellectual freedom and censorship in academic libraries

In today's academic world intellectual freedom is a very important issue. In this paper various factors which are affecting intellectual freedom have been discussed along with efforts that need to be made in order to make the access of information possible for all.

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Financial implications of Dubai's Expo 2020 for the emirate

In November, 2013, Dubai won the rights to the World Expo 2020, setting into motion a major project that will make a substantial contribution to Dubai's economy and be a catalyst for what the emirate hopes will be the continuation of the economic boom that began two decades ago.

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The evolution and scope of computer-assisted language learning

Computer Assisted Language Learning or CALL, relates to the creation, use, and study of software that is specifically designed to allow for the use of a computer in the teaching and learning of a new language (Jarvis, 2013).

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