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Diet and weight gain in severely mentally ill patients with diabetes comorbidity

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The impossibility of utopia in 1984, Brave New World, and Haroun

Utopia: A discussion on utopia and dystopia in nineteen eighty-Four, brave new world and Haroun and the sea of stories The Impossibility of Utopia: A Discussion of Utopia and Dystopia in Nineteen Eighty-Four, Brave New World and Haroun and the Sea of Stories

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How organizations are transforming from hierarchical to agile structures

The theoretical and practical issues that continue to lead the discourse of organizational theories are presented in this analysis, concentrating on how the forces of compliance, offshoring and outsourcing, the pervasive influence of the Internet on transparency and speed of communications, and the…

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Emotion and animation in instructional design: an annotated bibliography

Astleitner, H. (2000). Designing Emotionally Sound Instruction: The FEASP-Approach. Instructional Science 28(3), 169-198.

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Inequality in marriage in English literature from the early modern period to the twentieth century

Although existing from the dawn of history itself, marriage as an institution has greatly changed its scope and purpose in time. Thus, before the modern period, marriage was an arrangement between two parts, functioning almost as a social contract and meant to serve particular proposes.

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Change management in Lenovo's acquisition of IBM's personal computer division

Lenovo's takeover of IBM PC is described as a 'snake eating an elephant.' -- Ling Zhijun, "The Lenovo Affair: The Growth of China's Computer Giant and Its Takeover of IBM-PC," 2006

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Applying Orem's self-care model to nursing administration in obstetrics and gynecology

INTEGRATION of PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT and OREM'S SELF-CARE MODEL for ORGANIZATION- and COMMUNITY-WIDE IMPLEMENTATIONS in the AREA SERVED by an OBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGY CLINIC (a PATIENT-CENTRIC MODEL)

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The impact of a freshman academy on ninth grade student achievement

Many factors affect the transition of the individual into the environment of the high school including peer-pressure, multi-age classrooms, increased responsibilities, more strenuous coursework, part-time jobs, family obligations, athletic participation as well as other extra-curricular activities.

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Feminist sociologists and the cultural definition of women's bodies

Feminist Sociologist's Contribution to the Sociology of the Body? While the concept of Sociology of the body has been around for millennia it has now taken on a form in the area of research and sociological theory that helps us to understand prejudice, chauvinism and discrimination at its…

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Teachers' perceptions of the ASCA National Model implementation in K-12 districts

Teachers' Perceptions of the Impact of the School Guidance Program Prior to and Following the Implementation of the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) National Model in a K-12 School District

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