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E.E. Cummings, William Carlos Williams, and poetic form

E.E. cummings's "she being Brand/-new" appears to be, at its surface, a poem about a man taking his car for a spin and learning the nuances of his new vehicle. The imagery and descriptions cummings uses allows the reader to understand the various things that need to be broken in.

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Norfolk's local government response to post-9/11 terrorism threats

Norfolk Virginia is a medium sized city, and like many other local communities, has had to adapt to the new reality that the events of September 11, 2001 have forced the nation to accept.

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Serial learning, primacy effect, and memory recall processes

Serial learning is a process in which the learner is exposed to series of stimuli; later the learner is asked to recall his memory in the same sequence in which stimuli have been exposed to him (Jensen, 1965).

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Jonathan Edwards, Crevecoeur, Wheatley, and Freneau in early American literature

Listen to Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God preached. Discuss in the discussion group. Jonathan Edwards gives us a perfect example of the Calvinist beliefs of the Puritan settlers in early New England.

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The reflective-impulsive model of attitude evaluation and behavior

Objects can elicit a variety of emotional and cognitive responses from an individual (reviewed by Giner-Sorolla, 2004). The emotional and cognitive components of a response together define the summary attitude taken towards the object.

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Contemporary relevance of Maslow's hierarchy of needs in organizational behavior

Maslow's hierarchy of needs has represented a theoretical touchstone within the field of organizational management for decades. However, research since this theory was first authored in 1943 has found this model increasingly insufficient in light of what has been learned about human behavior.

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Personality traits and eating disorder severity on a diagnostic continuum

The eating disorder category in the DSM-IV includes Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and the Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified categories.

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Managing employee relations strategies during economic downturns

Employee relations can often be a difficult aspect of maintaining the overall health of an organization. In general, employee relations often refer to the act of fostering productivity, motivation, and employee morale in an organizations human resources pool.

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Group dynamics in hotel food and beverage departments

This report focuses on the study of organizational behaviour in the hotel industry and most especially in the food and beverage department. Focusing on the organization I am attached to, the aspect of groups and group dynamics is widely explored.

~12 min read

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Service learning experience at a local psychiatric hospital

Patients with normal health problems behave in a different manner as compared to patients with psychiatric problems.

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