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Setting specific fitness and health goals through behavioral interventions

During week 1, remove all junk foods, high-fat foods, high sugar-content foods, and simple carbohydrates from the home and restock cabinets and refrigerator with dietetically appropriate foods. Identify all sources of weight gain (i.e.

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Multicultural education and enhancing diverse student learning experiences

Multicultural education "is a field of study and an emerging discipline whose major aim is to create equal educational opportunities for students from diverse racial, ethnic, social, class, and cultural groups.

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Black political representation and white racial attitude change

Has America moved past Affirmative Action with the election of a Black President? "Black Employment in Municipal Jobs: The Impact of Black Political Power" by Peter K. Eisinger explores levels of black employment in 43 U.S.

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Common parental concerns about ADHD and methylphenidate treatment

Why is hyperactivity such a debilitating diagnosis for my child? Children who are diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have trouble realizing their full potential in school, because they cannot concentrate.

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Building effective teams and communication at Lafleur Trading Company

According to Stephen Schoonover (2002), today's business environment is subject to increasingly rapid innovation, development and change. There are few businesses of significant size who can effectively function without teams.

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Birth order and personality development in humans

In nature, birth order is related directly to survival rates of offspring in many nonhuman animal species. Generally, first-borns are slightly larger, more physically robust, and healthier, and possess a continuing advantage competing with their siblings for resources.

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The AFL-CIO's opposition to corporate outsourcing and offshoring

Off-shoring or outsourcing has become a common practice among American employers. They set up operations in a foreign country, where they can pay much lower wages and have lower operating costs, and take away jobs and income from American workers.

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Psychological factors in individual racism and racial prejudice formation

Racial prejudice has been an unfortunate part of human society since at least the dawn of history, and probably since human beings first formed societies at all (ADL, 2001; Gale, 2001).

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Erik Erikson's theory of identity crisis in adolescent development

According to Erickson, "the identity is a subjective sense as well as an observable quality of personal sameness and continuity..." (Erickson, 1970). Thus, to develop an identity one needs to go through eight stages of development, which will be discussed in detail later in this paper.

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Using social influence to increase senior activity and volunteerism

EXERCISE & CONFORMITY: When I first came on the job, residents were either in their own rooms watching television or napping; or, they were lazily plopped in front of the large-screen TV in the main leisure room. The social influence that worked well initially was conformity.

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