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School nurse assessment tool for identifying ADHD in children

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder presents itself in many different ways for many different people. It is further complicated by the fact that there are three types of ADHD recognized by the DSM-IV and even further evidence that females and males manifest the disorder in different ways.

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Gang infiltration and activity at military installations

In the present era the gang problem is all encompassing and intimidating in a greater measure compared to any other period in history. In the bygone 20 years, gang associations have transcended all socioeconomic, ethnic and racial limits and currently pervade American society.

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Teaching nonviolence through film in juvenile detention

Perhaps one of the greatest challenges we face in the United States today is the need to reduce hate and violence in ourselves and our society.

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Biopsychology: biological approaches to understanding behavior and mental processes

Biopsychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes through a biological approach (Cooper 2000).

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Media bias and its influence on public opinion

It is often suggested that pure objectivity in media reportage is a myth. This view has become accepted as fact and is supported by the research and experience of objectivity in the sciences and other disciplines.

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The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act

The Freedom Information Act of 2002 reported 2,351 occurrences of forcible sex offenses on campus and 1,670 in residence halls; 2,953 aggravated assaults on campus; 2,147 robberies on campus and 29,256 burglaries also on campus; and 1,098 arsons on campus in that year alone.

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Evelyn Underhill's spiritual history of Christian mystics

Evelyn Underhill was a prolific writer of some thirty-nine published books and more than three hundred and fifty articles and reviews who wrote about mysticism in her early years and about the spiritual life of ordinary people in her latter years (Evelyn pp).

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American attitudes toward nature from colonial settlement to industrialization

The relationship between American society and its natural environment has not only been one of rapid social change, it has also been subjected to radical and complex changes in attitudes towards nature.

~11 min read

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Factors influencing brand market definition beyond brand management

Business Marketing brand manager was quoted as saying, "You may think you define your relevant market." Comment.

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The role of family stability in child development

For a humane, the word 'community' hints at people trying to work out solutions to common problems. The term 'community' generally stands for a group that is bigger and more diverse than a family or any group of people bound together with relationships.

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