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Carnival Corporation's marketing strategy and financial performance analysis

Carnival Corporation (NYS: CCL), which is formally known as Carnival Cruise Line, operates the largest cruise line in the leisure cruise industry and the world. Carnival Cruise Line was founded in 1972 by a Jewish immigrant Ted Arison and today is today managed by his son, Mickey Arison.

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Print media's role in tobacco control policy and public health in Mumbai

The tobacco industry represents one of India's greatest dilemmas. Simultaneously a major domestic commodity and a threat to the health and well-being of India's general population, tobacco use has largely penetrated Indian culture in spite of the development of global and domestic policies aimed at…

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Correlation between violent media exposure and aggressive behavior in children and youth

The notion that violent media -- especially violent film, television, and video games -- plays a role in contributing to violent and criminal behavior in children and youths of all ages is an idea that has long been a topic of controversial discourse.

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Racial and cultural identity in Gloria Anzaldúa's Borderlands

In her book Borderlands: The New Mestiza (1999), author Gloria Anzaldua, a self-proclaimed "borderland Chicana," writes about her experiences living on the border between Texas and Mexico. She describes the experience as being challenging and frustrating because of the conflict of the borderland.

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Metadata privacy risks and enterprise mobile technology adoption

Barnes, Cynthia, and Cavaliere, Frank. (2009). To Teach or Not to Teach: The Ethics of Metadata. Education, 129(4), 788-792.

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Security considerations in portfolio project management software for e-government

The Plan requires the Urban Planning Council to oversee the management of the Plan and ensure it remains on schedule and on budget.

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Latino college student persistence and academic success

It is widely understood that that Latino community is the fastest growing ethnic / cultural group in the United States. According to the U.S. Census data, California is among the states with fast rising numbers of Hispanics (most often alluded to in this paper as Latinos).

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Informed consent procedures among perioperative nurses in the United Kingdom

Although specific requirements vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, it has become well established that certain procedures must be followed in any healthcare setting in order to ensure that patients fully understand the need for a proposed treatment, as well as its implications and possible…

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Crowdsourcing techniques for value co-creation in call centers

Crowdsourcing is an online, distributed problem-solving and production model already in use by for-profit organizations such as Threadless, iStockphoto, and InnoCentive. Speculation in Weblogs and wisdom of crowds theory assumes a diverse crowd engaged in crowdsourcing labor.

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How risk identification supports effective information security management

Risk identification plays an essential part in the process of risk management and in dealing with the pressing issue of information security in the modern working and networked environment.

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