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Effectiveness of everyday activities-based protocol for autism and developmental disabilities

Activities to Reduce Inappropriate Behaviors Displayed by Children With Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities The purpose of this dissertation study is to test the effectiveness of an everyday activities-based protocol (Holm, Santangelo, Fromuth, Brown & Walter, 2000) for managing challenging…

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Security issues and governance in online communities

Online communities have emerged in recent years as a result of the rapid growth of the Internet, arousing intrigue in citizens, policy-makers and government officials. An online community is a group of people who interact in a virtual environment.

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Alfred Schutz's contributions to social theory and phenomenology

Who was Alfred Schutz, and why was his work on social theory and phenomenology so important? This is an important question that must be answered here, and will be answered, but there are other issues that must be examined as well.

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Life after death in Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism

The core differentiation between the Theravada and Mahayana school of thought in Buddhism lies in the stress on the individual attainment of salvation and enlightenment in Theravada, as opposed to the sense of common or universal salivation that is the goal of Mahayana.

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Transformational leadership and organizational effectiveness in sports management

The subject of sports is today not a method only for individuals to get enjoyment from it, but sports has become an important method for individuals also to maintain fitness and thus contribute to his being able to perform as per requirements of his main financial earnings source.

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Criminal behavior risks among undercover police officers

Undercover" is a term that has made its way into the public vernacular, thanks in large part to movies and television programs. Undercover, at its fundamental level, means pretending to be someone else- the construction and portrayal of a false identity for an ulterior purpose.

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Employee turnover in service sector organizations

All organizations require employees to make them a success and this function is considered as important as finance, machinery and land for running the organization successfully.

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Sustained Silent Reading's effectiveness with reluctant middle school readers

Reading is a fundamental part of a child's education. Many techniques have been utilized in an effort to make learning to read and reading comprehension easier for students (McCray 2001). One such technique is Sustained Silent Reading (SSR).

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Customer loyalty in e-commerce websites in China

E-commerce is examined in the context of the relationship between firms and their customers and the implications for customer loyalty within E-commerce website.

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Roper v. Simmons and juvenile capital punishment constitutionality

Perhaps it involved sneaking a beer (or several beers) at a social function, or lying about one's plans for the evening to get permission to attend a questionable event. Most kids have learned the hard way on at least a few experiences -- speeding, missing curfew, or cheating on a test.

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