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Emotional literacy in education as a mechanism for social control

CONTROLLING OUR EMOTIONS? MECHANISM FOR SOCIAL CONTROL? Is identifying the regimes of truth that govern us the ideas that govern how we think, act and feel as educators because it is within regimes of truth that inequity is produced and reproduced. (MacNaughton 2005, 20)

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Depression and anxiety in older Black female prisoners across five states

The purpose of this research is to study specifically the effects of being an older black female in prison today: how does prison life affect depression and anxiety levels, arid does a black woman's socioeconomic background contribute to or hinder her ability to adapt to prison life?

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How electronic word-of-mouth affects brand trust and customer equity

Customer Equity (Villanueva, Yoo & Hanssens 2006, Introduction Section, ¶ 1).

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Swarovski's digital marketing strategy for luxury engagement

Swarovski's customer in the digital world. The review of the literatures reveals that marketing and promotion strategies that Swarovski could employ to achieve market advantages.

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Handwriting analysis as forensic evidence: reliability and challenges

Humankind has been writing for millennia, but it has only been in the last 100 years or so that individual handwriting samples could be distinguished by forensic document examiners to the extent that their testimony was deemed admissible as evidence in a court of law.

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David Ruffin's cocaine addiction and treatment options

Most people today probably recognize his signing voice from his hits such as "My Girl," but few may remember David Ruffin of The Temptations music group from the latter half of the 20th century.

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Healing rituals and trauma recovery in post-war Sierra Leone

I was just 15 years old, and one day my grandmother found me. Left by a rebel at the side of the road my, grandmother knew. She knew by the fear in my eyes that I had just been raped. When she saw me she cried, and took me inside for no one to see me.

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Marxist criminology and the Kimani Gray shooting response

On March 9th, 2013, two New York City police officers shot and killed a sixteen-year-old Kimani Gray, and claimed afterward that he had brandished a handgun at them after being told to show his hands (Goodman, 2013).

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Quality of life improvement through physiotherapy for knee osteoarthritis

Suffering from Knee Osteoarthritis have been improved at Physiotherapy Unit. To investigate how the Quality of Life among Tawau Hospital staff suffering from Osteoarthritis (knees) have been improved using Physiotherapy intervention.

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Identity formation in Nafisa Haji's immigrant narratives

Every night, I have the same nightmare. I search through a crowd of people on an endless expanse of green lawn, pushing past bow-tied waiters in white uniforms who carry trays piled high with biscuits, sandwiches, and tea.

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