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Optimal currency area theory and monetary union criteria

An Optimal Currency Area (OCA) is a geographic area that is best suited to share the same currency because it would optimize the region's economic efficiency.

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China's international trade regulations and global economic effects

After many decades of international efforts to liberalize the global market, the forces of globalization continue to be restricted by the diverse legislation in each country. China is one of the largest economies of the globe and many of its partners are impacted by the governmental policies.

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Alienation as a central theme in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Numerous people come to know of Frankenstein only through films and cartoons. And many people know Frankenstein as a monster, created by a mad scientist, with bolts through its neck. According to Karen Murdarasi (par.

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Differences between silent and audible readings of William Blake's "London"

Although poetry often contains both visual and audible elements, a poem is not a poem if it cannot be read out loud and if that reading does not evoke some sense of melody, some musical reminiscence. After all, poetry is, simply, set to verse.

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Personification and moral lessons in "The Cat in the Hat" and "Baby Penguins"

Personification and Moral as Indicators of Different Intentions in Children's Literature Over Time In children's literature, personification is often used in order to make characters more interesting to children, as well as to teach a lesson.

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Gun control laws fail to reduce criminal access to firearms

If criminals want guns, they will get them, whether there is a law against it or not. What gun control laws do is make it more difficult for ordinary citizens to obtain firearms to protect themselves.

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John Dewey's critique of the prescribed curriculum and education

The prescribed curriculum has been the source of much debate among scholars and philosophers alike as various views of how the curriculum should be formulated arise from the different philosophical views of the purpose of and proper format of the educative process.

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Facebook friend count and self-esteem among Atlanta adults

Facebook, reportedly the second most-trafficked Personal Home Page (PHP) (site in the world, provides the means for people to share and connect with the world, while opening their world to others Numerous males and females in the Atlanta, Georgia "scene" regularly utilize Facebook, a social network…

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Child abuse, runaway youth, and adolescent delinquency: a mediational model

The raising of children is an intimate practice in which social, cultural, religious, and ethnic beliefs are often a part.

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Puritan colonization of America and its cultural impacts

Subsequent to the discovery of the American continent, and, to the times when the Native-Americans posed a significant threat to the new-comers, the New World was opened and full of possibilities for anyone that wanted to live there.

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