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Genetic modification, crop diversity, and Uganda's banana crisis

The Uganda bananas case is about the regulatory and political issues surrounding genetically-modified crops. The case is written from the perspective of a scientist who has developed a banana that is resistant to a particular Black Sigatoka, an airborne fungus.

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Vinchur's chronological analysis of psychology in employee selection practices

History of Psychology Applied to Employee Selection" appears in Historical Perspectives in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Although it is a chapter in the book, it provides detailed information and can be used as a stand-alone text in an analysis of the subject.

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Kate Kiefer's analysis of barriers to online writing instruction

Kiefer, K. (2007). Chapter 8: Do students lose more than they gain in online writing classes? In Joe Lockard and Mark Pegrum (Eds.), Brave New Classrooms: Democratic Education and the Internet (pp. 141-151). New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc.

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Adrian Wooldridge's critique of PhD employment prospects and value

It might seem that having too much education, like being too rich or too thin, is impossible to achieve. However, according to Adrian Wooldridge's article "Doctor Dole Queue," that is precisely what is happening to a generation of PhD students.

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759 words

Religious freedom and Protestant influence on colonial American higher education

The impact of religion on the human psyche is both important and worthy of investigation.

~4 min read

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751 words

European leaders' failure to heed warnings about Hitler's true intentions

Abraham Ascher was a noted author of history and distinguished Professor Emeritus at City University of New York until his death in 2012.

~4 min read

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The problem of evil in Christian theodicy and Jesus Christ's example

The problem of Sam the neighbor is not something new in the spiritual evaluation of the human condition. The presence of discomfort, fear and violence leads the casual observer to believe that if there is a God, he or she or whatever it is, has a desire to see people suffer in pain and confusion.

~5 min read

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Government's role in creating health care policy through abortion controversy

The political system and the medical profession are entangled in many ways. The serious nature of medicine and healing the sick and ill requires a collective guide in order to ensure that proper and sustainable care is offered at all times.

~8 min read

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Financialization and the decline of productive capitalism

There appears to be a disjointed understanding concerning the functioning of a capitalistic economy and its use of money. Financializaition is a mostly new model of the use of money as a valuable resource in and of itself.

~13 min read

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Inclusion of autistic children in mainstream classrooms

The increasing demands of teaching professionals has met an interesting crossroads as medical problems have fully invaded and dominated many classrooms across America. The mysterious and impactful affliction of Autism has ravaged recent generations of human offspring to a harmful effect.

~14 min read

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