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Personality disorders, eating disorders, and substance abuse classifications

Personality disorders have elicited different meanings over the years. The concept was used to describe a person who exhibited 'antisocial or socially damaging behavior' (as cited in Blackburn, 2007, 8).

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Bariatric surgery and adjustable gastric banding for obesity

Obesity is certainly considered one of the most prevalent health problems in any of modern society.

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Living-learning communities and millennial student engagement

"The more effort students put into their experiences, or the more involved or engaged students are with their college environments, the more likely they are to exhibit positive cognitive and affective development"

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Cross-cultural communication failures at Dewey Ballantine LLP

The final years of the twentieth century have seen the wakening of globalization, a practice by which territorial boundaries are lifted and the free circulation of merchandise, capitals, people and even cultural, technological or political values is strongly encouraged.

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Leadership style evolution in healthcare nursing management

Have you changed who you are as a leader? As a leader, my style and philosophy has changed dramatically, but perhaps in subtle ways that would go unnoticed by most others.

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Developmental theories and childhood abuse in David Pelzer's memoir

Understanding Development: Human Behavior and Social Environment Theories in David Pelzer's a Child Called it In general, developmental theories try to explain "normal" behaviors and childhood development in individuals who do not face extreme adversity and conflict in the development process.

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Picture books and language development in preschool children

Preschool children are full of wonder and amazement of the world around them. They enjoy life in a way no adult can after developing so far from that early state of mind.

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Understanding English idioms: definitions, origins, and learning challenges

An idiom is a phrase that when the words are taken together they have a different meaning from the dictionary definitions of the individual words. This is what makes idioms hard for ESL students and other learners to master (English Idioms & Idiomatic Expressions, 2009).

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Hypnopaedia and sleep learning: can audio instruction facilitate language acquisition

Hypnopaedia: Can We Sleep and Learn? The concept of learning during sleep is an old one, yet with little solid proof and testing to back it up.

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Quality of life in elderly patients with chronic renal failure

The patient in this case study is known as Mrs. E.S. She was admitted to the Renal Medicine Unit on the September 25, 2009, after a diagnosis of renal failure. The patient was born on the 31st of July 1922. Her weight at the time of admission was 77.270kg. Her height is 162.6cm.

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