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Criminal glamorization in American and Italian cinema compared

Criminals are glamorous and so are the people who follow them. The countries to be compared are the United States and Italy.

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Architecture and function of Pompeii's three public baths

"Bathing for Romans was a social occasion. The baths were places everybody went almost every day. Some baths were communal some were private enterprises, some were expensive and some were cheap" - Quoted by Joseph Jay Diess.

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Cross-cultural competence in counseling teenage clients from different backgrounds

Being a counselor can sometimes be a really tough job. Counseling can only be effective and beneficial when the counselor places himself or herself in the shoes of his or her client. If he or she is unable to do so, he or she will never become an effective counselor.

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Race-motivated hate crimes and psychological disengagement in minorities

The roots of violence are of interest because of the toll it takes on the lives and minds of all citizens.

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Physical and mental health risks of marijuana legalization

According to a Harvard University Law School document, it would be "…fallacious to conclude that because the chemicals in marijuana have been found to present fewer dangers…" than cocaine, heroin, alcohol and tobacco, that the recreational use of marijuana "is safe" (Harvard).

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Classical and rock music effects on word recall across genders

A person's state of arousal can determine how well their memory functions. This phenomenon is readily apparent when persons experiencing a traumatic event find it difficult to ever escape these memories, memories that can recur unbidden in people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Material possessions and the construction of self-identity in postmodern consumption

Self-identity or self-concept is a multidimensional personal construct that refers to one's individual perception of themselves in relation to a number of different characteristics or situations such as gender role, sexuality, racial identity, and so forth (Shavelson et al. 1976).

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Walt Disney's transformative leadership and creative vision

Walt Disney including: a history leader- page applying leadership traits-: inspiration, goal setting, praise recognition, training/coaching, problem solving, planning,

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Socio-technical methods for mitigating insider threats to enterprises

Insider threats are one of the primary sources of risk to an enterprise network and to intellectual property.

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The nature-nurture debate in human aggression: innate versus learned

Humans Innately Aggressive? Aggression is "an action…intended to harm someone in a verbal sense (sarcasm, insults, threats or playing out "nasty motives" -- and it can be a physical act, pushing, hitting, shooting at another person or otherwise aiming to do harm to someone (McCawley, 2001, p. 1).

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