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Japan's postwar reconstruction and economic miracle, 1945-1952

Devastated by the Allies in World War II, Japan has emerged as one of the world's most economically and technologically advanced societies today.

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Developmental observation of five-year-old Maribel's social and cognitive skills

Statement of Research/Observation: To observe a five-year-old female child in her natural setting to determine age appropriate developmental stages.

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The construction of whiteness and racial dominance in American ideology

Racism is a system of meaning that promotes and legitimated the domination of one racially defined group over another.

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Corporate governance evolution from Berle and Means to modern practice

As some queries about corporate governance were there ever since 1932 - the period of Berle and Means, the expression of the concept of Corporate Governance was not found in English vocabulary until 25 years ago.

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Rise and fall of ancient Mesopotamian state systems

The ancient state-systems of Sumeria, Assyria and Persia each rose, flourished and fell in the region known as Mesopotamia between 3500 BC and 330 BC.

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Ethical issues in mutual fund management and investor protection

A conflict of interest, simply put, is a situation in which the decision maker has two or more competing interests. Market timing, late trading, insider trading, illegal trading, fraud, partial disclosure, non-disclosure...the manifestation of conflicts of interest is seemingly endless.

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Evaluating Warda's study of Mexican-Americans' culturally competent care perceptions

If one of the most important goals of any health care provider is providing the best quality of care possible for one's patients, then the health care researcher is no less responsible for ensuring their work is of the best possible integrity.

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Ingroup and outgroup dynamics in the film Rosewood

Rosewood is a film particularly suitable and interesting for the application of social psychology. It concerns the story of a black community in early 20th-century Florida. The community was rather a-typical of the time, since black people were wealthy landowners.

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Ethical frameworks and end-of-life medical decision-making

The emotional debate over abortion had been mischaracterized in the media, and hence disrupted any positive attempt to make progress in resolving the ethical and medical problems which have been created by the practice.

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The evolution and delivery methods of distance education programs

Distance learning is a new scheme or mode of transferring and acquiring learning or education through the use of modern technology between instructor and student who are separated by time and space.

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