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Psychological factors in effective advertising campaigns

In the hit television series Mad Men, clever, award-winning campaigns are the brainstorms of boozy account executives in smoke-filled rooms. They banter back and forth, drinks in hand, until someone proposes a tag line or roughs out a storyboard on the back of a cocktail napkin.

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Handel, Haydn, and Mendelssohn's oratorio innovations in the Baroque era

The transition from the Renaissance period to what is commonly known as the Baroque period is marked by a retrenchment of values in Europe following a time of great artistic and ideological reformation.

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Social capital and informal networks in real estate project management

Applying Concepts of Social Capital to a Real-World Situation: A Personal Managerial Case Study I recently held a managerial position at a commercial real estate firm working on many projects of different scale and potential profitability.

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European colonization and its impact on Cuban society and economy

Being located only ninety miles from the southern coast of the United States, Cuba physical location has affected its history and politics significantly.

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The Howard Hughes Medical Institute's approach to nonprofit management and organizational success

The purpose of this project is to determine how the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is addressing the underlying challenges facing all non-profits. As the organization, has become successful in supporting various biomedical research initiatives and programs.

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God's recognition of Gideon's potential and divine leadership

The biblical story of Gideon is essentially meant to relate to how people are all the same before God, and that He recognizes one's value even when the respective person appears to be worthless.

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Self-supervision and professional autonomy in counseling practice

Given the nature of psychotherapy it inevitably requires, even in controlled, clinical environments, that a counselor perform some degree of self-supervision. To disallow some degree of freedom of self-assessment would be akin to parrying single-handed.

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Audiological findings and hearing loss in Alport Syndrome

Alport Syndrome (also known as hereditary nephritis and nerve deafness) is a genetic syndrome affecting the kidneys, inner ears, and eyes. It was recognized by Dr. Cecil Alport in 1927, and named for him in 1961. (NKF, 2010) the disorder results from genetic mutations affecting collagen proteins.

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Risk seeking stability and change in Communities That Care intervention

Brief summary of the main theses and/or findings of the reading. Even though proceeds in deterrence science over the past several years has shaped a mounting list of experienced and successful agendas and strategies for averting adolescent delinquency and drug use, extensive distribution and high…

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Marx, Durkheim, and Weber on economy and social change

The economy is a fundamental part of any society. The dynamic of this relationship and its determination for all three is in dispute. Marx, Durkheim and Weber were the first investigators to explore the relationship between the economy and society.

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