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Mummification and tomb art in ancient Egyptian funerary practices

Death rites and rituals are an important part of every culture ever discovered. Ike birth, death is often seen as part of a great cycle that allows for the continuation of life and the given civilization.

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Polygamy and the limits of religious freedom in American law

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution specifically prohibits the government from either establishing or restricting the free exercise of religious worship.

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Balanced scorecards for human resource management and performance measurement

The intent of balanced scorecards is to translate strategic objectives into tactical strategies and actions.

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Joshua Davis's "Blind": prosopagnosia and human connection

Blind by Joshua Davis is an introduction to prosopagnosia, the neurological condition responsible for the inability of some people to recognize human faces or distinguish one from the next.

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British propaganda strategy and recruitment during World War I

When the United Kingdom entered the Great War in august 1914, the British government had to organize rapidly toward building a war propaganda machine to act toward two main ends: the recruiting for the army and the encouraging of the population to support the war effort.

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Kosovo conflict: structural realism versus constructivist theory

After the dissolution of the bipolar structure of international relations with the end of the Cold War, the former communist countries of Europe begin became embroiled in seemingly intractable age-old ethnic conflicts.

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Alternative interventions for treating Oppositional Defiant Disorder in children

According to the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), normal children are expected to whine, talk back, argue, disobey and occasionally defy their parents.

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Similarities and differences between descriptive and inferential statistics

What are the differences? When should descriptive and inferential statistics be used? Descriptive and inferential statistics: Summary explains the similarities and differences between descriptive and inferential stations and when each method should be used.

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The development and definition of learning styles

In essence, learning styles are theoretical and practical constructs and guidelines that are in effect different approaches or ways of learning. Learning styles are important to success because they provide the individual with strategies and techniques on how to learn a particular subject.

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Freud and Jung's theories of dream interpretation and the unconscious mind

In the Interpretation of Dreams, Freud's basic philosophy regarding the relationship between dreams and the inner workings of the human mind can be summed up in the following oft-quoted phrase: "The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind"…

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