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Mortgage refinancing decisions: comparing loan terms and financial strategies

There is a spurt of mortgage refinancing activity in recent times, thanks to interest rates remaining low and more or less consistent over a significant time horizon, appreciation of house prices and the easier refinancing options available in the market.

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Anesthetic techniques for reducing stress response in cardiac surgery

Cardiac Stress Response: The Use of Anesthetic Technique to Promote Positive Outcome; Analyzing the Pros and Cons of Technique

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Japanisation and just-in-time production in UK manufacturing

The idea of Japanisation has been around for at minimum the last three decades. Since approximately the 1980s the idea has been popularized among UK managers seeking to remain competitive and forward thinking in relation to management and industrial relations.

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Kin selection and the evolution of altruism in social insects

The organization and functioning of human and animal societies has long been the subject of intense investigations by natural scientists, sociologists and geneticists.

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Racism and poverty as interconnected causes of economic inequality in America

The prime objective of this paper is wholly that it will address racism as one of the more instrumentally causal factor for the prevalence of poverty.

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The rake-hero as symbol of social disorder in Restoration comedy

One of the distinctive features of Restoration comedy is the figure of the rake as romantic hero. The image of the rake-hero is of a witty, cynical, calculating, and self-serving man who pursues his own pleasure above all other considerations.

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Analysis of U.S. policy success in Iraq through eight policy facets

The grab for oil; the "shock and awe" tactics used at the beginning of the war; the U.S. occupation vs. liberation; whether the new government of Iraq will be Iraqi run or whether Iraq will become a puppet state; and, Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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Kantian ethics and the moral permissibility of cloning

In her book "Discovering Right and Wrong," Louis Pojman consistently makes the same point throughout her chapters: beyond all the debate and lack of consensus, and beyond all the confusion of relative morality, there should exist a true objective standard which a rational being can discover.

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Testing humanity: replicants and identity in Blade Runner

The paper will further analyze the theory of mind and bring forth various other discussions.

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The multifaceted impacts of drug and alcohol abuse on American society

Drug abuse of both legal and illegal substances has a devastatingly negative impact on American society as a whole.

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