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Neighborhood crime and social disorder: beyond poverty and individual characteristics

Looking at a neighborhood's safety is an valuable gauge of its general economic and social vitality. Crime prevention is an imperative when it comes to having a safe neighborhood.

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Supply and demand simulation in the apartment rental market

What causes the changes in supply and demand in the simulation? Supply and demand changes are instigated in the simulation by changes in pricing.

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Real options theory for managing uncertainty in corporate financing decisions

It has been more than three quarters of a century since economic times were uncertain as they have been over the past several years, and this has had a major impact on the world's economy and the way in which economic and finance decisions are viewed.

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Southwest Airlines' competitive position and strategic advantages analysis

The intent of this analysis is to complete an external environmental scan of Southwest Airlines in addition to analyzing the internal strengths and weaknesses of the company as well. Southwest's competitive position and opportunities for growth are also included in this analysis.

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Teaching cultural compassion and inclusivity in classrooms

If one examines any social setting in the world today, they will find that there is an obvious presence of more than a few heterogeneous groups, whether it is a workplace, an it corporation, or a classroom. Globalization has made its way into people's lives and its here to stay.

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Clark Pinnock and Barry Callen's the Scripture Principle revisited

In 2006, the second edition of Clark Pinnock's the Scripture Principle: Reclaiming the Full Authority of the Bible was published, this time co-authored with Barry Callen.

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Personal leadership potential survey results and self-assessment

I have always felt that I had strong leadership potential, for a number of reasons. I believe that I have a desire to be a leader, and that is part of leadership potential. Leadership needs to be a calling. What this survey showed me is that my beliefs about my own leadership potential are true.

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Critical evaluation of Webb and Nahum's tumour control probability model

"A model for calculating tumour control probability in radiotherapy including the effects of inhomogeneous distributions of dose and clonogenic cell density" by Webb and Nahum (1993)

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How family responsibility shaped my path to business management

I am the eldest of three children and my father left our family when I was 12-years-old and my younger sisters were four and three years of age. My mother is a teacher of mentally-challenged children and so her work -- though rewarding -- was often very taxing on her emotionally.

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The role of traits, motivation, and power in leadership effectiveness

There is little doubt that certain traits such as the Big Five need to be present in all leaders to some degree, the overall effectiveness of a leader is not dependent on the possession of specific traits as much as on how a leader's specific set of traits is utilized.

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