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The relationship between gastronomy and hospitality management studies

A lot of time, effort and resources have been dedicated to the cause of predicting the future of the tourism industry. In this context, researchers have managed to find a strong link between the hospitality business and the tourism industry.

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Motivating at-risk middle school students through culturally responsive instruction

Approximately 25% of students in the late 1980's were living at or below the nationally established poverty level. Children from these poor families were identified as having higher rates of needing special instruction vs. other same age students from more advantaged homes (Young & Melnick, 1996).

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Hiring and retention strategies in the hospitality industry

There are very few duties and responsibilities that a human relations manager is accountable for that are more critical to the success of his or her venue than selecting high quality people for employment. How to accomplish that delicate, pivotal task is the point of this research paper.

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Economic development challenges and reform strategies in Lagos, Nigeria

Over the last several decades, the international community has been focused on dealing with a host of economic issues in Lagos, Nigeria. The reason why, is because the country has been trying to deal with a number of challenges since gaining independence.

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The Byzantine Empire and Islamic Golden Age in scientific history

Green). Ironically, it was during the early Middle Ages -- when scientific knowledge was in retreat -- that science initiated a break with philosophy and became its own master (Saliba 32).

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Judicial discretion in criminal sentencing and its limitations

Judges are viewed as idealistic symbols empowered with the power and authority to affect significant change in an individual's life.

~13 min read

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Los Angeles segregation: privilege, racism, and the film "Crash"

Los Angeles -- a City Segregated by Privilege? Or by Racism? The City of Los Angeles has been -- and probably will always be -- a place of interest, controversy, and even fascination for the rest of the country.

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Semantic web technologies for integrating heterogeneous data sources

The tools to be used are also indicated.

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Gender role socialization and cultural variation in adolescent identity formation

Anthropological inquiry into male-female relations has somewhat evolved around debates concerning sexual inequality. Gender roles are complex and clearly vary by culture and time-period, and are often misunderstood based on individual societal bias.

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Colonialism in The Tempest and Season of Migration to the North

Both William Shakespeare's play The Tempest and Tayeb Salih's novel Season of Migration to the North deal with the cultural tensions arising as a result of colonialism, albeit in different historical moments and from different sides of the colonizer-colonized relationship.

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