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Television violence exposure and aggressive behavior development in preschool boys

Viewing violence on television has a greater impact on boys who are preschool age than it has on girls at the same age and additionally, the impact of viewing violence on television also shifts across racial and ethnic boundaries depending upon the socialization of the child and the impact of that…

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The space race and Cold War diplomacy

On July 20, 1969, the United States accomplished the impossible. It was on this day that Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins set world history. On this day, this crew landed on the moon, finally proving once and for all that America led the world in technology and achievements.

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Bell Hooks' intersectional approach to race, gender, and class

Bell Hooks, Born Gloria Watkins on September 25th 1952, is a prolific black activist, writer and scholar. Her works have sent shockwaves through the feminist and black activism arenas. She demonstrates a keen awareness of the contradictions of life and discrimination.

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Motivating low-performing customer service employees through trust

As the supervisor of a team of six employees, my responsibility was to ensure the highest levels of customer service were delivered to each customer, regardless of their request for service over the telephone, Internet or via e-mail.

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Ohio corrections reform through multi-agency just deserts collaboration

The orientation of our government is essentially a composite of agencies whose capacity to function both independently and in concert with one another serves as a key determinant of the effectiveness of the policy implementation of our public officials, the dexterity of the government in engaging…

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Breast ironing in Cameroon: cultural practice and health consequences

Sexual mutilations have a long and controversial history. Sexual mutilations include a diverse variety of practices, including male circumcision, breast removal, clitorectomy, female genital mutilations, castration, cosmetic surgeries targeting sexual organs, and breast ironing.

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Metacognitive listening strategies in second language acquisition comprehension

The objective of this work is to answer the question of whether metacognitive learning strategies assist in the SLA of listening comprehension.

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Workers' compensation disparities and sex, race inequities in benefits

A 2004 study conducted by the National Academy of Social Insurance found that employers' cost for workers' compensation had increased more rapidly than payments for benefits and medical care (Fogg 2006). This was impelled by the increase in premiums by insurers for future benefit costs.

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Prostitution as exploitation and social harm

From the beginning of time man has searched for means of exploiting roughly all that he could find through more than one way. Since some people, didn't own much and thus they didn't have much to exploit, they turned to exploiting their own body, in the case of women.

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Continuing education's impact on nurse productivity and patient care

The nursing community stalwartly emphasizes the importance of continuing education and suggests that it should be an important part of the nursing profession, whether legally required or voluntary.

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