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Marketing models' physical attractiveness and consumer body image

Society often puts an enormous importance on bodily beauty. So much so that attraction plays a significant role in almost every human action. Attractiveness is often utilized as a signal for surmising knowledge about others and self.

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Predicting violent action from threatening communication and behavioral cues

Our research had some important questions that were related of escalation or de-escalation of threats. This means we wanted to find out if a person making the threat would actually carry out that act i.e. escalate the threat to violent action.

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Physical discipline predictors in Chinese-American immigrant families

Lau (2010) examined the phenomenon of physical discipline in Chinese-American immigrant families. The research question asked; can the use of physical discipline be predicted by cultural values, contextual stressors, and their interactions?

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Melchizedek as a prefiguration of Christ in religious scholarship

Who Was Melchizedek? and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand!" And Abram gave him one tenth of everything.

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Development and practice of a spiritual assessment tool for healthcare patients

Spirituality can for some be one of the most important aspects of health and wellness. By spirituality I do not necessarily mean religious faith, although that is certainly an aspect of spirituality.

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University carbon emissions reduction strategy and targets

The university's goal is to reduce carbon emissions according to a strategy that calls for improved environmental performance according to the best practices found in industry.

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Bullying victimization by race, gender, and perceived isolation in schools

The destructive ramifications of bullying behavior in schools has become an issue of national (and even worldwide) concern for the safety of students.

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Economic benefits of opening the US-Mexico border

The enforcement of the borders of the United States has been a debated subject during the Obama Administration.

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Racist portrayals of the South in Birth of a Nation and Gone with the Wind

Long hailed as one of Hollywood's cinematic masterpieces, Gone with the Wind was based off of Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1937 novel of the same title. After it's release, Gone with the Wind the film won ten Academy awards and has earned over $1 billion in revenue to date

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Kierkegaard's concept of the leap of faith and the suspension of the ethical

What did Kierkegaard mean when he said religion requires a "leap of faith?" Kierkegaard believed that faith is the definitive subjective act -- that is, it is irrational, a "leap" beyond all probable rationalization.

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