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Colonialism and ethnocentrism in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness

Published in 1899, the novella Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is to this date described as an absolutely critical text in expanding the scholarly discourse on colonialism and its inherently related forces of racism, exploitation and ethnocentrism.

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Learning styles and English proficiency in UAE middle school students

Perceptual Learning Style Preference in Learning English as a Foreign Language in United Arab Emirates Middle School Students

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Stereotypes and misconceptions about homelessness in American society

America, for every 10.000 people having a home, twenty other are experiencing homelessness, as indicated by a report from the Homelessness Research Institute (HRI) (2013, p. 5).

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A typical day as a psychiatric technician in inpatient care

I work in the inpatient psychiatric ward and my shift starts at 8 in the morning and ends at 2 in the afternoon. In this time period of 6 hours, there are specific tasks that I need to perform. The inpatient ward is divided into three sub-wards.

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Global prevalence of diabetes and obesity-related complications

According to Waryasz & McDermott (2009), the global prevalence of diabetes among people aged between 20 and 79 rose to 6.4% affecting 285 million people in 2010 and the rate will rise to 7.7% affecting 439 million people by 2030.

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Nurses' role in addressing HIV/AIDS among homeless males in Orange County

Homeless males between the ages of 40-50 were the target population for this paper. Ways to tackle this issue in accordance with the healthy NC2020 objectives have also been explained.

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Opium addiction in China and post-Civil War America

Provide an analysis as to how the early problems with opiates influenced the drug problems of the 1970s worldwide.

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Marijuana legalization debate and policy outcomes in America

Marijuana, also known as marihuana, is a drug that is taken from Cannabis sativa, a hemp plant. It is one of the most frequently used and popular drugs in the world along with caffeine, nicotine, and alcohol.

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Bilingualism's effects on children's cognitive development and language acquisition

In 1989, Howard Gardner first proposed the theory of multiple intelligences. His theory posits that every human being is equipped with several kinds of intelligence that are interdependent.

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Peer mentoring program for African-American male juvenile offenders

African-American males are disproportionately represented in the incarcerated juvenile population, relative to their percentage of the general population. The reasons for this have been hotly debated amongst criminal justice professionals and laypersons.

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