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Evidence-based practice versus research-based practice in nursing

According to the Behavioral Institute (2010), research-based practice "is a method for conducting research that ensures the research involves rigorous, systematic, and objective procedures to obtain reliable and valid knowledge," by using the scientific method of hypothesis testing.

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Culture and social learning's influence on business ethics

Society strongly influences the perceptions and expectations of individual in virtually every conceivable area of life. Much of the way the individual views himself and the external environment is determined by social learning.

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Divine providence and vengeance in The Count of Monte Cristo

"While I was in a dark wood wandering." The French author Alexander Dumas named the central character of his novel The Count of Monte Cristo Edmond Dantes for a reason: it is a clear allusion to the Italian poet Dante, who traveled to hell and back again, as chronicled in his great poem the…

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Controlling shareholders and corporate value in Taiwanese firms

Governance: An International Review. 13(2), 313-325. According to Y. Yin-Hua's 2005 article "Do controlling shareholders enhance corporate value?" from Corporate Governance: An International Review, when managers have a larger personal investment in a company, they have a greater incentive to make…

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Frederick Taylor, W. Edwards Deming, and Philip Crosby's quality management approaches

Scientific management, originally developed by Frederick Taylor at the turn of the century, originated the concept of work design, or creating a work environment to maximize employee productivity, as well as "work-measurement, production control and other functions, that completely changed the…

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Persuasive argument strategies in car sales: ethos, pathos, and logos

In advertising, there are several different avenues of approaching customers. Generally, they are derivations of the three traditional forms of persuasive argument outlined by Aristotle and other teachers of advocacy (Halbert & Ingulli, 2008; Hursthouse, 1999).

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Reducing costs and supply chain risk at Riordan Manufacturing

Riordan's production and supply-chain distribution processes are currently subject to several variables that unnecessarily increase costs.

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Probability theory in Hansel and Gretel's forest adventure

Once upon a time, there was an honest woodcutter with two children named Hansel and Gretel. The woodcutter told the children that if it was a mild winter, many people would not want to buy logs and kindling, and the family income would very likely decrease.

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Rousseau's Confessions and the formation of Romantic selfhood

Books 1-6 of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Confessions chronicle the author's life as a young man.

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Development and validation of a 10-item extroversion personality scale

Extroversion has been conceptualized as one of the core human characteristics within the constructs of many personality tests, including the popular Myers-Briggs and DISC personality assessments.

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