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Science does not require social acceptance for validity

Scientific theories allow scientists to organize their observations regarding reality and existence, and predict or create future observations or results. Scientific theories need to be consistent, testable, verifiable and useful in order to be valid and reliable.

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Liability for intentional and unintentional sexual harassment in workplaces

Should a person (employer or employees) be held liable for unintentional sexual harassment? If yes, under what circumstances? If no, under what circumstances? Give examples of particular cases that address both circumstances.

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Assistive technology for students with learning disabilities

Assistive Technology in Special Education recent trend in the fields of special education, rehabilitation, and technology is the development and implementation of assistive technology (AT) devices to assist individuals in compensating for disabilities and/or utilizing functional capabilities to…

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How the Bible's composition and authorship created internal inconsistencies

The Bible consists of a collection of sixty-six separate books. These books were chosen, after a bit of haggling, by the Catholic Council of Carthage in 397 A.D. - more than three hundred years after the time of Jesus (Spivey & Smith 1989).

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The naming of Iran: from ancient Persia to modern identity

Iran, which is the name nowadays for its country, was formerly known as Persia. The two identities of present day Iran is associated both to the peak of power of pre-Islamic, Achaemenid Persia, as also to its Islamic origin situated both in the 7th century start of Islam in Iran via Arab invasion,…

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Educational and behavioral outcomes for Eastern European adoptees in American schools

In the last fifteen to twenty years there has been a dramatic increase in the number of children adopted by American families, who are from the eastern European nations. This is particularly the case of children from impoverished areas of the former Soviet Union.

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Malcolm X's argument for violence over voting in "The Ballot or the Bullet"

Social Marginalization by Race: Economic Deprivation and White American Resistance in the Ballot or the Bullet by Malcolm X

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The construction of whiteness and racial dominance in American ideology

Racism is a system of meaning that promotes and legitimated the domination of one racially defined group over another.

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Evaluating Warda's study of Mexican-Americans' culturally competent care perceptions

If one of the most important goals of any health care provider is providing the best quality of care possible for one's patients, then the health care researcher is no less responsible for ensuring their work is of the best possible integrity.

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Ethical frameworks and end-of-life medical decision-making

The emotional debate over abortion had been mischaracterized in the media, and hence disrupted any positive attempt to make progress in resolving the ethical and medical problems which have been created by the practice.

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