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Pfizer's Trovan drug trial in Nigeria during the meningitis epidemic

In the article analyzed, Drug testing in Nigeria, the researchers, Debora Spar and Adam Day, describe the situation of a clinical test of an experimental drug, Trovan, conducted in a Third World country under suspect conditions, with shoddy supervision and for questionable reasons.

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Terrorism and domestic soft targets in the United States

One of the central factors influencing the determination and identification of terrorist "soft targets' in the United States, is the perceived change in terrorist tactics.

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American cultural influence on Asian and African societies

According to a senior intellectual the collapse of the Nation is based on the failure of the intellectual, cultural, political and economic policies of the state, it is important to understand that the dominance of cultural and social features lead towards the economic and political aspirations,…

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Professional competence and clinical skills in therapeutic relationships

The work of Overholser and Fine (1996) states that: "Professional competence plays a prominent role in the guidelines established by all disciplines involved in psychotherapy, whether psychology, psychiatry, counseling, or social work." Related as well is that: "The Ethical Principles of…

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Controlled childhood and false hope in Ishiguro's Hailsham

The way the characters treat these words and various other ideas in the course of the novel suggests to the reader that something is wrong behind the normal world that is shown, though it is not clear for most of the novel what that might be.

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The right to bear arms and responsible gun regulation in America

Gun control became an issue for Americans in the 1960s when President Kennedy, Dr. Martin Luther King, and Senator Robert F. Kennedy were assassinated, all with guns. People began to demand that the government do something to stop the spread of guns and murder (Ruhl, Rizer, & Wier, 2003/2004).

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Human resource management in international joint ventures: A cultural analysis

International joint ventures rise important problems for human resource management and evidence for this fact has been put forth by the recent international management literature (Geringer & Frayne, 1990; Gantinsky & Watske, 1990; Zeira & Shenkar, 1990;Bleeke & Ernst, 1991; Yuen & Kee, 1993;…

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Core values essential to justice system organizations

To create a balanced and violence free society it is essential to give importance to values in organizations that deal in justice. A good justice system ensures security and peace in society.

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Email spam: proliferation, consequences, and potential solutions

The background of this research project is the proliferation of unwanted, unsolicited junk email which is clogging the arteries of the Internet. Bill Gates predicted some years back that we would solve the SPAM problem by 2006. It has not happened, and the problem is worse than ever.

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Transparency mechanisms in WTO trade negotiations and dispute settlement

In the past, mistrust and false pretence in matters of subsidies, hidden tariffs, and environmental issues between countries have caused trade negotiations to be delayed and even fail.

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