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Kranzberg Views on Technology and Social Development
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The paper "Kranzberg Views on Technology and Social Development" appeals to Kranzberg who argued that through technology and industrialization, the world has witnessed urbanization and development.... Technology is neither good nor bad, however, though all history technology is most relevant.... ...
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Critical Analysis of China's Coming Baby Boomlet Will Deliver a Boost Article by Wei Gu
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Others also take the social standpoint and argue that they would rather have a child as opposed to having another apartment.... This paper is a critical analysis of the article "China's Coming Baby Boomlet Will Deliver a Boost".... From the article and the author's standpoint, the issue arising is the fact that the government of the Republic of China has since softened its legal position on the one-child policy....
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Cognitive-Behavioral Model of Depression
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The paper "Cognitive-Behavioral Model of Depression" highlights that depression is a behavioral and mental condition that is present in society and if left unchecked can be detrimental to a person by occasioning other associated complexities such as DSH, which leads to suicide.... In studies that involve DSH (deliberate self-harm) like self-injury and intentional self-poisoning, there exists a strong link between suicide and DSH.... The first conclusion is that depression is a behavioral and mental condition that is present in the society and if left unchecked can be detrimental to a person by occasioning other associated complexities such as DSH, which leads to suicide....
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The Future of Merit and the Civil Service System
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“Building Bridges over Troubled Waters: Merit as a Guide” Although Ingraham (2006) agrees with the idea that merit has been considered a fundamental facet of the modern civil services system and that its significance have been recently overpowered by the rapid reformative trends in the dimension, the main focus on the articles has been delivered to argue on the thematic and legislative as well as economic applicability of a meritocratic civil services system....
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Schools as Gendered Institutions
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ook and Davies (1997) argue that subjects of study used in the curriculum are named through being branded or tagged on their surface by creating a certain kind of interiority or in-depth body or a physic layer in which the subject identifies itself with a certain group of individuals....
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India as Emerging Market
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Sainath, the rural affairs editor of 'The Hindu' have reported that more than 150,000 have committed suicide in the first fifteen years of the new millennium as a result of debt and deeply entrenched agrarian distress.... To conclude, it is possible to argue that India has developed its potential to be a superpower in the twenty first century....
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India as an Emerging Market
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Sainath, the rural affairs editor of ‘The Hindu' have reported that more than 150,000 have committed suicide in the first fifteen years of the new millennium as a result of debt and deeply entrenched agrarian distress.... To conclude, it is possible to argue that India has developed its potential to be a superpower in the twenty first century....
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Peoples Temple and Black Religion in America
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Some of the articles were published previously (directly following the mass suicide event in Guyana).... Some of the articles were published previously (as early as 1979 and 1980, directly following the mass suicide event in Guyana).... He joins a growing chorus of Black theologians who argue that Black embodiment is a--if not the--central hermeneutical concern of Black religion. ...
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The Question of Awarding Scholarships
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The paper "The Question of Awarding Scholarships" discusses why merit-based scholarships do not actually make sense and why they are unfavorable and unfair for financially needy students.... This essay discusses why merit-based scholarships do not actually make sense and why they are unfavorable and unfair for financially needy students.... Some may argue that merit-based scholarships encourage talented students to work hard in creative and educational fields....
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Literature: Moral and Justice
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Moral and Justice (Add (Add (Add Date) Moral and Justice The work' Effi Briest' by Fontane (2008) takes the reader back to the aristocratic society of the 19th century Europe.... Admittedly, one will think how even the concept of justice and morality becomes volatile and difficult to define in certain life situations....
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How Addictions Develop and Addicted People Recover
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However, they do argue that a limit can be placed on such activities by making the addict stay away from the drug or substance that he is addicted to.... Supporters of this view argue that such druggies are owners of what is referred to as an 'addictive personality', having no control over their wishes and their personality, having extremely low self-esteem, and being unable to cope with tension and stress (Society for the Study of Addiction to Alcohol and Other Drugs, 1993)....
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The Declining Quality of Education in Different Parts of the World
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However, they argue that there has been evidence that art subjects such as music have been shown to enhance critical thinking and performance in schools.... The following paper 'The Declining Quality of Education in Different Parts of the World' discusses most countries including the United States that have been concerned that the education standard, as well as creativity among graduates, is on the decline....
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Surrealism Movements Reflectd on Scarlett Street
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ne could effectively argue the fact that if surrealism is constrained by anything, it is constrained by impulse.... The essay states the influence of surrealism movement on the film Scarlett Street.... It is necessary to engage in a more nuanced interpretation and seek to understand the underlying fundamentals of a particular movement in order to discern whether or not it is represented within film....
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Alternative Energy as a Solution to Dependence on Oil
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However, there are those who argue that alternative energy sources have more disadvantages than more established sources of energy, such as fossil fuels, natural gas, and coal.... Political analysts argue that conflict between Venezuela and the United States would not be as serious were it not for the huge oil reserves owned by Venezuela (Smith & Taylor, 2008)....
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The Hegemony Debate in International Relations
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The distribution of power in the world, whether it may be politically, economically and technologically, has been the interest of many scholars whose debate has led to a wealth of ideas and prominent school of thoughts.... A very healthy field is the study of dominance of certain nations which involves an analysis of the past, present and the future....
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Roadblocks to Democracy in Iraq
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This could be an explanation for why there is a national resistance to the US project of democracy in Iraq.... here are however scholars who argue that the US would never be able to make of Iraq a democratic State.... The paper "Roadblocks to Democracy in Iraq" highlights that a constitution has been drafted, but in order for it or any other proposal for a constitution to be ratified, it must satisfy all the major religious and ethnic factions: Shiite, Sunnis, Kurds, and Arabs....
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The Requirements for Making a Valid Will
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The paper titled "The Requirements for Making a Valid Will" analyses the requirements for making a valid will using a case study where John and Karen wish to challenge the recent will made by their deceased mother on the grounds spelled out by common laws.... ... ... ... A will refers to a legal document that a person writes expressing their will regarding the distribution of their property or estate at the time of their death while naming one or more people to oversee the estate until its last distribution....
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FreeWill and Determinism
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They argue that if an action is uncaused, it seems to be random.... Secondly, they argue that an action is free only when it is due to agent's beliefs and desires.... This means that not all behaviours that we portray are determined.... The humanistic term that is applied to imply the exercise of free will is personal agency....
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Need to Reinstate the Military Draft
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In fact, one fundamental question would be; why should a draft be introduced in the military alone and not in other sectors? ... As chambers and Anderson (1999) argue, “a military draft is not effective an example of this is the 1863 draft that was, “undemocratic conscription and served largely a negative example for the future” (Chambers and Anderson 139)....
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Everyman, Material Goods and Salvation
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Towns had always existed in England, and one could argue were essentially perpetually growing until the time of the black death (Esser 67), where they suffered significant decreases in population, obviously.... Everyman thus tries to argue that humans natural state more resembles the one that had existed for a long period in the Middle Ages: where people primarily worked the ground to feed themselves, trading in kind, without a great deal of luxury.... This seems to argue that being rich is in somehow morally decadent: it could either be that being rich is morally reprehensible because there are poor people who could use that money more, or because morally repugnant things needed to be done to amass such wealth....
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Born with a Disability
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McPhail & Freeman (2005) explain that the deficiencies of disabled persons as are considered burdens that hinder their productivity as individuals, which leads one to question why well-intentioned teachers (and some parents) focus on what is lacking rather than what is functioning well in their students/ children....
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Where the Action Is by Cohen
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e goes on to question why people have to act from the principles of justice and apply them as their circumstance require.... ?? He goes further to argue that the Rawlsian demands that citizens in a just society uphold the principles that make it just, by virtue of the stipulated scope of the difference principle....
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Causes and Effects of 9/11
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This argument is believable but flawed because it fails to provide sufficient reasons as to why an individual in the Middle East would be so obsessed with waging a war against the US.... According to Bergen (2006) the theories on the causes of the September 11 attacks could be categorized into three: (1) the outright absurd, which state that the attacks were orchestrated by the US government; (2) the believable but flawed that argue that the attacks were done as a response to foreign occupation in the Arab lands; and (3) the credible, which postulates that September 11 was simply a collateral damage resulting from a clash within Islam....
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Squaring the Circle and Trisecting an Angle
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Greek Mathematicians were amazed by the complexity of three geometrical constructions - squaring the circle, doubling the cube and trisecting an angle.... These problems have kept the interest of mathematicians alive through generations.... The present article studies the problem of trisecting an angle and squaring the circle....
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Psychological Disturbances in Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway
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This paper 'Psychological Disturbances in Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway" focuses on the story of two lovers whose relationship lacks the warmth and closeness of true love.... Their relationship rather shows a sort of listlessness and boredom.... .... ... ... Even the conversation going on between the lovers is somewhat mechanical which is devoid of passion....
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The Humes Theory of Knowledge
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Hume asks how and why do we infer from the given impression to its supposed cause?... As stated in the lecture notes: “If an idea is something "conceived"--which it must be because the words he wrote were not images of perceptions; they were formed from ideas that did not come from perceptions--then why can we not conceive of other things?...
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Grace Lee Boggs Documentary American Revolutionary
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why or why not.... The paper "Grace Lee Boggs Documentary American Revolutionary" discusses that the concept that affected the author's thinking is Adrienne Rich's 'ethical and intellectual contract between teacher and student' (25) which she addressed in her essay, 'Claiming an Education....
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The summary paper
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According to Rojas, those who are against abortion argue that women should have full knowledge before abortion is induced.... They argue that this abortion induced strategy can be reversed and this can lead to the birth of the baby.... Those who are anti abortion argue that women can still be pregnant after being given the progesterone.... Therefore, they argue that the method used for abortion has negative implications on the women....
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The Indian Removal Act
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why does Andrew Jackson fail to enforce John Marshall's decision on The Indian Removal Act?... This paper ''The Indian Removal Act '' tells that Andrew Jackson failed to enforce John Marshall's decision on the Indian Removal Act not because he was incapable of doing so but merely because he never supported the cause....
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Is Islamic Political Thought a Democracy or Not
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This radical change from Caliphate to Republic, and by extension from Islamic political thought to democracy shows that the two systems of governance are completely different and opposed, they can't go together and that is why Ataturk had to make a complete overhaul in all the spheres of governance in the newly declared republic of Turkey.... The Muslim proponents of this approach argue that Islam and democracy are incompatible.... They argue that since in democracy it is the people, the citizens, who are sovereign, democracy, cannot be based on the Quran....
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Mistakes in Business Start-Up
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He continues to argue that persons will always fail in their businesses if they engage in business without proper decision making.... He continues to argue that persons will always fail in their businesses, if they engage in business without proper decision making.... In this case, it is validated to argue that all entrepreneurs must have the mindset that the success of the business lies in their ability to solve their record issues in the business....
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Should Teenagers be Subject to the Death Penalty
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The present research centers on the death penalty inflicted upon teenagers and attempt to argue against the moral and practical viability of such steps taken.... The present research centers on the death penalty inflicted upon teenagers and attempts to argue against the moral and practical viability of such steps taken. ... Human rights groups and the director of Amnesty International argue that even the imposition of death penalty on teenage offenders was unconstitutional....
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How does the Media Influence Perception of the Female Representation
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Smith (1988) and Craik (1994) argue that the media have a large role to play in the reproduction of images of femininity, and it is "the media who have provided the means for promoting desirable images and icons of femininity, because they can be endlessly reproduced and widely consumed" (Craik quoted in Holland 2004.... ut there are those who argue this has been done unfairly, and even Winship (1987) points out that women are not such "dupes" that they cannot resist images portrayed by the media as the "ideal" to aspire to....
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Relationship between prison overcrowding and violence
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Moreover as Camps (1989) discusses that in overcrowded prisons there are more chances of the weaker inmates to be victimized by the 'problematic' inmates, thus there are more needs for the protective custody placement, and also that during the 1980's there was considerable increase in the inmate suicide rates in the overcrowded prisons....
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Knife Crime in the United Kingdom
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When a teenager commits a crime by using a knife, there are some limitations to the hard laws.... why Knife Crime Cuts us to the Quick.... This report "Knife Crime in the United Kingdom" discusses the laws, law enforcement, and the community may change and reduce knife crimes....
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Why Claggart is Down on Billy
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First the paper looks at the reasons why Claggart is "down on Billy.... When responding to the reason why Claggart is 'down on Billy,' it is important to look at the background information about Melville's ironies.... s why Claggart is “Down on Billy” This paper responds to the background information on Herman Melville, volume B.... First the paper looks at the reasons why Claggart is "down on Billy.... When responding to the reason why Claggart is “down on Billy,” it is important to look at the background information about Melville's ironies....
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The effect of video gaming on children
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For instance, a national conversation resulted regarding what relationship video games had to the Columbine High School killings where two students massacred 13 and wounded 23 before committing suicide.... A similar example might be a parent that blames their child's violent tendencies, drug use or suicide on a line in a certain song.... If these parents were worried about a relationship between video violence and their children committing violent acts then why did they buy the game to start with and why do they permit their kids to watch violent cartoons repeatedly or own a video game, television or computer at all?...
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Strategic Planning Futile in a Turbulent Environment
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They argue that strategy management has a tendency to be a reductionist mechanism, rooted in basic heuristics and principles, operating from the present to the future (Sanchez & Heene 1997), instead of the other way around. ... In a quite similar way, proponents of the systemic model argue that the organisation has the capacity to plan and behave productively (Monin 2004)....
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How Do Scientists Know That Humans Are Responsible for Climate Change
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why is саrbоn diохidе соnsidеrеd роllutiоn and how do scientists know that humans are rеsроnsiblе for сlimаtе сhаngе?... The discussion will revolve around why carbon dioxide is considered as a pollutant.... This literature review "How Do Scientists Know that Humans Are Rеsроnsiblе for Climаtе Chаngе" presents carbon dioxide that plays a substantial part when it comes to air pollution....
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Sociological understanding of the world
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They argue that the social elite comes up with schools to ensure the education of their children as well as pass their expectations and values to the other people.... They argue that the social elite comes up with schools to ensure the education of their children as well as pass their expectations and values to the other people....
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Fundamental Moral Issues
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hen governments spending cuts have a real effect on everyday people's lives, some argue that it is morally indefensible for the multinational corporations to avoid paying their fair US tax shares.... In contrast, company directors argue that it is their responsibility to increase the value they deliver to the shareholders; thus, including keeping minimum tax costs within the legal realms.... If I am to expose the tax avoidance situation, then I will argue with social responsibility fact towards payment of taxes....
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Should the United Kingdom remain in the European Union
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why Britain should stay in the EU-and how we need to accept that greater ties and integration are inevitable', March, 2012, (Web): http://www.... Some argue that UK benefits from foreign direct investments and technology spillovers from the multinational firms from the EU region.... Proponents of leaving the EU argue that the institution has become undemocratic and unaccountable since most of the EU legislation is not approved by UK national parliament....
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The Problem of Homicides in Puerto Rico
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Marxists argue that in socialistic states, crimes are lower as there is no conflict socio-economic status.... This term paper "The Problem of Homicides in Puerto Rico" discusses the professional perspective on the causes that could have led to homicides in Puerto Rico.... The recommendations are also discussed from a professional point of view supported by the theories supporting the main points....
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Change in the Economy, World of Work and Richard Sennett's New Capitalism
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This essay "Change in the Economy, World of Work and Richard Sennett's New Capitalism" focuses on some of the common misconceptions and unfairness within the current models for global trading, economics as well as the current aspects of corporate-led globalization.... .... ... ... Richard Sennett identified some of the key differences between the earlier models of industrial capitalism and the highest global, febrile, and ever-changing versions of capitalism that are taking place....
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Future of the Family readings
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This is owing to the verity that the divorce cases are on the rise and that a lot of individuals do not credit the traditional marriages as ideal ones.... The unmarried couples are on the rise with the.... ... ... This is to mean that the traditional marriage is no longer the accepted social norm in the society....
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China: The Next Regional Hegemony
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China is one country in which women suicide rates is more compared to other countries.... why China's Rise Will Not Be Peaceful.... Even though China's prospects to become a global power are extremely bright, some people argue that China's claims are far from realities....
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The Psychology of Stress
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In addition, there are some complications that schizophrenia may cause including suicide, depression, substance abuse, and social isolation if not diagnosed accordingly. ... Another study on the connection between personality and stress aimed at explaining why some individuals suffer stress more easily as compared to others claiming that some individuals are hardy personality types.... They argue that there is suppressed immune functioning and increased cortisol secretion among individuals suffering from depression (Plotnikoff, Murgo and Faith 1991, p....
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The Theme of Love
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It is the reason as to why many heroes fail in life.... In writing this novel, Malamud used Hobbs to argue that love is an unattainable illusion.... This essay "The Theme of Love" is about the theme of love that seems to be recurrent in the history of literature....
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Female Characters in Jane Eyre and Rebecca
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It also represents the narrow escape of an unidentified heroine and also sexually charged inspection of suicide during a convincing chat with Mrs.... This is shown in the acts of burning homes in order to conquer a male even in the cost of committing suicide.... This essay " Female Characters in Jane Eyre and Rebecca" presents the use of imagery of enclosed spaces of the houses used to explore the constrictions that are placed on the female body and the fear that the narration has of female incarceration within domestic spaces....
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The Meaning of the Concept of Euthanasia
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The older concept was never differentiated from suicide and both activities were seen as similar in historic times and the definition assigned to the word euthanasia was very different from current world's definition.... In the Greek period, the act of euthanasia was recognized a means of death which was happy and satisfactory in nature and was hardly ever used and it was not used as a means of assisted suicide or mercy killing as it is use today.... Those against the act of euthanasia state that this activity is against a physician's oath that he/she takes while being regarded as a doctor, the oath is not to do any harm to anybody and by assisting in suicide, and the physician is harming an individual....
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