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The monster within: Evil and humanity in Romantic literature

Throughout the history of Western Literature, the "monster" as both a central character, as well as a literary device has been common.

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School violence in South Africa: apartheid legacy and contemporary implications

While the issue of violence at schools is contemporary and endemic to many countries in the West, the situation in South Africa is problematized by the history of the country and the legacy of the Apartheid period.

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How cloud computing and open source software are making ERP accessible to SMEs

Agility, time-to-market and insights into market dynamics are a few of the many benefits of standardizing the operations of an organization on an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.

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Socio-economic accounting as subdiscipline and practice: evolution and challenges

Socio-economic accounting as a term and as a subdiscipline of accounting is a relatively new phenomenon. It is sometimes confused with social accounting, which is an established field of accounting and economics. Social accounting was first introduced by J.R.

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Narcissistic personality disorder: diagnosis, origins, and clinical understanding

Individuals boasting about their looks, magnifying their social status and yearning the need of perfection might be considered as some examples of narcissism at a glance.

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Implementing social media strategies in airport business models

Social Media your purchase. With the advent of social media websites, many business administrators struggle to implement a workable and feasible approach of implementing social networking sites into their business models.

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Corporate governance failure and misconduct at Hastie Group

The downfall of the Hastie Group reads much like the other major corporate failures around the world including Enron and MCI Worldcom in the United States. There is general pattern emblematic to more corporate scandals. That pattern is when figures are "massaged" or even completely made up.

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Advertising tactics in Monster High, Bratz, and Barbie doll commercials

As such, marketers use all means possible to get products and services flowing in the market. While marketing their brands, manufacturers of children toys use the mass media to manipulate children to want their products.

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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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Occult manipulation and everyday horror in film

The concept of the occult in literature and film shares similarities and parallels. The occult is often represented by activities and beliefs that, relative to the mainstream, are marginal and associated with magic and nefarious elements.

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