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Embryonic stem cell research policy and church-state separation

One of the most controversial ethical topics in modern American society concerns the use of stem cell science in general and embryonic stem cell research in particular.

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Out-of-trend stability results in pharmaceutical quality control

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NAEYC core values and ethical responsibilities to children

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Internal controls versus external controls at Crafty Foods Company

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Public and private policing antagonism and collaboration in America

In the United States, corporate security and other private policing organizations play a significant role in national security. That role increased substantially since the infamous terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in particular.

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How cultural and economic shifts have redefined adulthood

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Why men should engage with women's studies and gender issues

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Homer Plessy's civil disobedience and the separate but equal doctrine

On June 7, 1892, a thirty-year-old shoemaker by the name of Homer Plessy engaged in an act of deliberate, radical civil disobedience: he sat down on a train. By birth, Plessy was considered one-eighths black and seven-eighths white.

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Diagnostic decision support systems and clinical judgment in medical practice

I agree with your statement that diagnosis is a process, not a destination. Too often diagnosis is regarded as giving the clinician a definite 'end point,' which means that although the initial diagnosis might be faulty and based upon incomplete data, there is always a temptation to subsume all…

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Kohn's critique of narrow specialization in American higher education

In her view, contemporary educational practices emphasize knowledge and skills that are substantially associated with social status as much as with genuine intellectual development.

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