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Hans Asperger's contribution to understanding autism spectrum disorders

About sixty-five years ago Hans Asperger put forward a description of a distinct profile of abilities and behaviors in young children that he called "autistic psychopathy" - which means autism ("self") and psychopathy ("personality disease").

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Pain management and oligoanalgesia in emergency departments

Pain is a complex neurobiological problem that involves the nervous system, cognitive system as well as the emotional system. The highly subjective nature of pain makes its assessment and management a complex problem. Oligoanalgesia or under treatment of pain is widely observed in the ED.

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Television's role in shaping American politics, consumer behavior, and culture

Before the introduction of the television into American culture in the decade following the end of World War II, the AM radio typically performed the same function in the homes of most Americans that was, for the most part, taken over by television for the rest of the 20th century.

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Violent juvenile offenders in the United States: examination and recommendations

In 2007, the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) program Frontline aired a documentary entitled "When Kids Get Life." The documentary told the stories of five Colorado inmates who were sentenced to "life without parole as juveniles" (Bikel 2007).

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Athenian democracy and citizenship in classical Greek political thought

The classical features of Greek democratic tradition was an emphasis on disbursing political power among all citizens, and the participation of all citizens was seen as essential both to the well-being of the state and the citizen himself.

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Is standardized testing a valid tool for measuring student academic success?

Definition and examples of standardized tests. Standardized testing is an examination conducted with a set of clearly drafted questions that are highly researched for quality. The outcome of standardized tests can be relied upon to judge the quality of knowledge acquired by a student.

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Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit" and the Jungian collective shadow

During the 1960s, a musical group called Jefferson Airplane created a popular song called White Rabbit, based on the Lewis Carroll children's fantasy Alice in Wonderland.

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Gender differences in managerial styles and organizational change management

Management was considered a traditionally men's realm in the past. Clearly defined social roles and the "glass ceiling" dictated that women could not be CEOs or top managers.

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Sociological development of Asher Lev in Potok's novel

Just as one can develop a sociological analysis of the development of a person in the environment in which he or she was raised and make certain judgments about what influenced that development and how, so can one do the same thing with a fictional character, assuming the author has provide…

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The underclass versus the overclass in criminal justice

In regards to the underclass in society, there are many theories, most of which equate to poor socioeconomic conditions, lack of education and the product of a stratified society that refuses to address the issue.

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