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Organization and Function of Key Visual Areas

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This literature review "Organization and Function of Key Visual Areas" analyzes the various variances and stages of cortical visual areas to bring out a clear understanding of this issue.... It discusses how the visual stimuli are delivered and interpreted in the different cortical visual stages....

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All is Grace by Jim Forest Critique

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The review "All is Grace by Jim Forest Critique" critically analyzes the book All is Grace by Jim Forest.... The story of Dorothy Day still inspires, stabs our sense of right and wrong, and questions our integration in present-day American life by giving evidence to the viability.... ... ... ... Although she started her crusade among the poor roughly eight decades ago and passed away three decades ago, she is still a contemporary figure, an icon that emerges from her autobiographies, The Catholic Worker, and the memories of those who collaborated with her in the Catholic Worker campaign....

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Athenian Democracy

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This literature review "Athenian Democracy" discusses Athenian democracy.... It has left a lasting impact on the concept of Western democracy today.... However, some changes must be made to the present system in order for it to match the advantages that the Athenian system carried....

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The Council of the European Union and the European Commission

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The paper "The Council of the European Union and the European Commission" focuses on the European Parliament before the Lisbon Treaty.... The European parliament has always been on evolution, seeking to strengthen its powers in several legislative areas.... ... ... ... The European Parliament (EP) has been having the voice to control and influence key areas, but since the power was only limited to a specific domain and a certain level, many think it suffered from a democratic deficit....

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Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics

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This literature review "Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics" presents pharmacokinetics as an essential scientific disciple that strengthens applied therapeutics.... Patients should be prescribed appropriate medication for effective outcomes.... Pharmacodynamics concerns what the drug does for the body....

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Analysis of Casablanca

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The paper "Analysis of Casablanca" is a wonderful example of a movie review on visual arts and film studies.... Casablanca the 1942 movie was set during the time of World War II in the Vicky and it was controlled by the Moroccan city known as Casablanca.... This film was largely directed by Michael Curtiz in collaboration with the stars like Humphrey Bogart who acted as Rick and Ingrid Bergman acted as Issa....

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The Thing- John Carpenter

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This review "The Thing- John Carpenter" gives an introduction of some of the issues in film making namely, themes/ genres and styles.... John Carpenter's 'Thing' seems to deviate a lot from the Hollywood way of doing things, and is considered to be more of a horror movie than a science fiction movie....

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Wake in Fright by Ted Kotcheff

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The paper "Wake in Fright by Ted Kotcheff" is a great example of a movie review on visual arts and film studies.... Wake in the Fright is a film made in Australia in 1971, but several decades later it still has chills.... When I first watched this film, I really had no idea what to make of it, it was unique from many films I had seen....

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Crime and Identity

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The paper 'Crime and Identity' boils down to previously researched concepts as well as themes and uses the theories in explaining how identity helps understand crime.... The essay concludes that in order to have a clear understanding of the crime behaviours; it is of the critical essence to develop a firm understanding of the aspect of identity....

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The Indigenous Social Movements in Crude Chronicles

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This paper "Indigenous Social Movements in Crude Chronicles" discusses Suzanna Sawyer's book where she reports how a grassroots organization, the Organization of Indigenous Peoples of Pastaza (OPIP), confronted multinational companies that wanted to drill for oil in their region.... ... ... ... Suzanna Sawyer's 'Crude Chronicles' is an attempt to bring the latest objects of analysis into the domain of anthropology....

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Major Arguments Advanced Against Vietnam War

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This literature review "Major Arguments Advanced Against Vietnam War" discusses various protest and anti-war groups against the Vietnam War, there is a very clear and convincing conclusion that can be drawn and this conclusion is that war is certainly not the best option for settling any issues....

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Hairdressing Services for Young Customers

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This literature review "Hairdressing Services for Young Customers" focuses on a Hairdressing business for 13-17-year-old customers.... The business is to provide hairdressing services to customers aged between 13 years to 17 years of age.... Customers have a high value on their hair....

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Borges' Work: the Relationship of Author and Audience

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The paper presents Yeats' The Tower that illustrates for Borges not only the Platonic Year, but the whole of the story, not only the predestination of right and wrong, but all the generations of men trapped in the performance of dance they cannot quit.... ... ... ... Borges exposes in this way the relationship of author and audience....

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The Theme of the Traitor and Hero by Borges

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This paper "The Theme of the Traitor and Hero by Borges" discusses the secrets of "The Theme of the Traitor and the Hero," for it is almost true that Borges wrote only two stories, and the one at hand does not involve an Argentine cowboy proving his manhood with five inches of naked steel.... ... ...

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Great Depression and the New Deal Programs

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In the paper 'The Depression Years, 1933-1940' the author analyzes the period between 1929 and the late 1930s in the history of the United States as a reminder of the biggest ever economic turmoil.... The stock market crash, unemployment, industrial sector collapse, homelessness, environmental degradation....

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The Blade Runner by Ridley Scott

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This review "The Blade Runner by Ridley Scott" analyzes a five-minute sequence towards the beginning of the film.... In the scene, the main protagonist is unveiled and allocated an assignment that acts as the main focus of the film's scheme.... Mise-en-scene refers to the term of the design elements in the film....

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Infiltration between the Arts and the Media

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Industrial marketing management, 31(2), 77-84. ... The aim of the paper 'Infiltration between the Arts and the Media' is to analyze a diverse range of human activities and the products of those activities that require imaginative or technical skills.... Art was very popular in the early days but in the last two decades, many changes have taken place....

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The Gains and Losses of Authoritarian Leadership

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“Disaster Planning and management: Does One Leadership Style Work for Both?... In the paper 'The Gains and Losses of Authoritarian Leadership' the author analyzes the film Twelve O' Clock High, directed by Henry King, which demonstrates how Brigadier General Frank Savage leads the 918th after he relieved Colonel Keith Davenport....

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Film Analysis: Mildred Pierce

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?? Journal of management Inquiry, 8(2): 206-217. ... The paper "Film Analysis: Mildred Pierce" provides a short analysis and an understanding of the story of Mildred Pierce.... Mildred Pierce is a classic film made in the film noir genre, representing a crisis in feminity.... It was a film made at the end of the World war....

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The Physical Education

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-5) indicated that the fear of affecting the academic performance of students influenced the attitude of the students and the management and resultantly limited the time of physical education or even eliminated physical education.... This paper ''The Physical Education '' tells that it is in an educational setup has been defined as the process of providing students the knowledge necessary for having a behavior including physical movement, which ensures energy expenditure that is considerably above the standard physiological requirements of a routine day....

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Beautiful and the Damned: Portrait of New India by Siddhartha Deb

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Another important character is Arindam Chadhauri, a business mogul who founded the ‘management institute' that is open to all education-starved young Indian men and women.... This book report "Beautiful and the Damned: Portrait of New India by Siddhartha Deb" discusses at the novel and its author, and evaluate whether his thesis rings some hardcore truths not only about Indian society but modern global society in general....

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Isaacs Storm by Erik Larsen

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He is working on the topic of natural disaster, that has almost taken all concerned, the authorities in charge of disaster management and the actual suffers, by surprise.... This essay discusses the book Isaac's Storm by Erik Larsen.... It analyses the forces of Nature in Galveston that regularly monitored the weather conditions, and in that year Isaac Cline was in charge of that agency....

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The Poor Always Pay Back

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Politically, Grameen Bank has ‘bypassed' and also diminished the militants and the trade unions with its unique structure of labor management.... The following book review "The Poor Always Pay Back" dwells on the thought-provoking book written by Asif Dowla and Dipal Barua about micro-financing, an initiative started by Bangladesh based Grameen Bank, with a view to empowering the lives of the poor....

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Passive Investment Strategies and Efficient Markets

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In addition to serving in a consultative role similar to what most financial advisors do today, stock brokers served as the connection point between retail investors and their stock management.... The author of this book review "Passive Investment Strategies and Efficient Markets" touches upon the Burton Malkiel's investment advice that is based on the underlying theory of the efficient market hypothesis, which was a widely accepted and influential idea in economics in the late 20th century....

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Inspired People Produce Results by Jeremy Kingsley

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Organizational culture is evident in employees' actions, thoughts, and words and affects the form of decisions arrived at by top management and the options made by the lowliest staff.... The narrator of this essay aims to analyze the book "Inspired people produce results" by Jeremy Kingsley, that is considered as one that identifies effective leadership and uses several principals to place it within the business in the twenty-first century....

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Managing for the Long Run

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The authors hold the opinion that such an event may take place in case the management is accorded too much authority as well as when negligence is allowed to crop in within the organization.... This essay seeks to provide more insight on some of the reasons that make family-controlled businesses outperform their non-family owned counterparts in regard to Managing for the Long Run: Lessons in Competitive Advantage from Great Family Businesses....

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The Road to Global Prosperity

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Such factors as the management of resources are always of political interest thus causing conflicts among nations thereby hampering the growth of international trade. ... This essay analyzes that globalization is a contemporary social feature that refers to the ability of countries to interact cordially thus enabling the growth of cross-border trade....

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Inclusive Education in Australia

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With this understanding, establishing management procedures to meet the specific needs of students who require additional support in academic, social, and behavioral domains is imperative.... The paper 'Inclusive Education in Australia' looks at the philosophy of full inclusion, by looking at legislation, the role of teachers, parents, and other stakeholders in aiding inclusion....

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Gender Prejudice in The Stoning of Soraya M

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Cross culture management Introduction The Stoning of Soraya M.... The paper "Gender Prejudice in The Stoning of Soraya M" affirms that The Stoning of Soraya M.... is an ideal film that provides an exquisite view of the prejudice of the Islamic state.... The film presents skewed gender roles as the men enjoy various liberties while the women have a strained social space....

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Complications of Diabetic Pregnancy Delve into the Consequences of Not Treating Gestational Diabetes

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Such high occurrence low rate is an indication that more comprehensive preventive management is necessary when handling such pregnancies.... The author of the present paper "Complications of Diabetic Pregnancy Delve into the Consequences of Not Treating Gestational Diabetes" will begin with the statement that expectant women suffering from diabetes normally have personal health concerns....

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Joel Bakans Argument in The Corporation

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), who argue that corporations invest in perception management, in order to ensure that they keep their businesses alive.... The author of this review "Joel Bakan's Argument in The Corporation" states that the basic premise of the book holds that the corporation, which is considered a legal person under legal standards, can only be a psychopath, as evident from its characteristics and the personality it projects....

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What Marketing Strategy Should the UK Firm Device to Expand Its Exporting

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is a persuasive example of a marketing literature review.... is a persuasive example of a marketing literature review.... xporting is a strategic response by firms to the interplay of external and internal forces; hence, it can be analyzed within the framework of strategic management....

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Issue of Population and the Issue of Megacities

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management challenges associated with mega cities are also substantial in nature (Jones, and Visaria, 1997).... The paper "Issue of Population and the Issue of Megacities" presents that the majority of the population in the world are shifting their interests on megacities, and the people living in rural areas are depleting day by day....

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Independent Film Analysis

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Writer/director Quentin Tarantino delivers a dark, gory drama in Reservoir Dogs, his feature film debut.... The film follows the story of a botched jewel heist and the aftermath as the jewel thieves search for the rat in their team.... The team of thieves includes five experienced jewel thieves and one undercover cop, assembled by the notably absent Joe (Tarantino, Reservoir Dogs)....

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Fanon's 'Black Skins, White Masks'

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In his important work, Black Skins, White Masks, Fanon (1993) refers primarily to the white male colonizer and the black oppressed male.... There is little analysis of neither the plight of the black woman in the society nor the impact of oppression on the white men and women who perpetuate it.... ...

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Shantytown Kid by Azouz Begag

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Shantytown Kid is the childhood memoir of Azouz Begag, the first North African immigrant cabinet minister of France.... Begag was born to Algerian immigrants in France and wrote this autobiography in 1986 in almost his thirtieth year, by which time he had already become one of a handful of successful immigrants to have risen to positions of power....

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You Must Remember This

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Novels sometimes reflect society, and often they reflect society not how it is traditionally portrayed, but, rather, how society really was.... Sometimes the traditional portray is also the realistic one.... .... ... ... Introduction Novels sometimes reflect society, and often they reflect society not how it is traditionally portrayed, but, rather, how society really was....

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Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis

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Zorba the Greek, is a novel about personal growth, and in particular, growth because of adversity and moreover, growth also in spite of adversity.... ... ... ... Zorba the Greek, is a novel about personal growth, and in particular, growth because of adversity and moreover, growth also in spite of adversity....

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Should Offensive Speech Be Subject to Regulation

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This literature review "Should Offensive Speech Be Subject to Regulation" discusses whether offensive speech should be subjected to regulation or not.... Then paper reviewed the various standpoints in relation to those in support and those against.... ... ... ... Those against anchor their rationale on the deontological and constitutional rule of law that expression should not be limited....

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The Murder of Hannah Foster-Crime Documentary

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The paper "The Murder of Hannah Foster-Crime Documentary" discusses that to avoid any tampering and destruction, the evidence collected was kept in different sample containers with proper labelling.... The chain of handling of the samples was recorded to keep track of those handling it.... ... ... ...

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Ashes and Diamonds by Jerzy Andrzejewski

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The paper "Ashes and Diamonds by Jerzy Andrzejewski" suggests if, through some character's painful realization that people are not as good as they would like to believe, the author asks himself how he would react in such a case.... Would a terrible situation reveal diamonds or ashes in his own heart?...

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In the Plex - How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives by Levy

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In this book, the author has highlighted Google's innovation, work practices and contribution to the people throughout the world.... The inside story of the company has been highlighted in this book.... The author stated that current CEO Mr.... Larry Page and.... ... ... The paper 'In the Plex - How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives by Levy' is a provoking example of a media book review....

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Concepts of the Abject and Psychoanalytic Concepts

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This literature review "Concepts of the Abject and Psychoanalytic Concepts" discusses the concept of abjection coupled with the monstrous-feminine concept that contains interlinked themes.... This includes mothering, life, and death, corpses, birth as well as mortality.... ... ... ...

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Which of Esping-Andersons Three Models of the Welfare State Is the Best

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is a good example of a literature review on macro and microeconomics.... Spicker (2010: p11) describes the welfare state as involving the transfer of funds from the state to provide services for its citizens, as well as directly to individuals in form of benefits.... Welfare eligibility is dependent on various factors, including net and gross income,....

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The Last Neighborhood Cops by Gr Umbach

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The paper "The Last Neighborhood Cops by Gr Umbach" presents a book named "The Last Neighborhood Cops the Rise and Fall of Community Policing in New York Public Housing".... Its author is the assistant professor of history at John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York....

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Nothing Much Has Changed: Days of Glory, Days of Indignity

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The paper "Nothing Much Has Changed: Days of Glory, Days of Indignity" is a good example of a movie review on social science.... The movie Days of Glory directed by Rachid Bouchareb highlights the forms of institutional racism by focusing on the discriminatory treatment of the colonial North Africans by the white French (Days of Glory, 2006)....

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Current Context of Higher Education in Saudi Arabia

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This literature review "Current Context of Higher Education in Saudi Arabia" focuses on universities in Saudi Arabia that are making attempts to use new technologies such as blended learning and learning to cater to the growing number of students and changing needs of the education system....

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Activities of Synthetic Host Defense Propeptides Processed by Neutrophil Elastase

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The reporter states that the research on antimicrobial peptides (AMP) has received a lot of scholarly attention with the major focus on the respiratory system.... Since the initial findings in 1996 that epithelia present in the linings of the respiratory airways of patients suffering from cystic fibrosis did not eliminate the bacteria....

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Clinical Trial by April Christofferson

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The paper "Clinical Trial by April Christofferson" highlights that generally speaking, Christofferson has described the fine line that is between morality and wrong, and further states that it is the choices of the people that truly define who they are.... .... ... ... Isabel McLain's husband, a former doctor and now the CEO of a huge mining corporation was trying to take away the land of the tribe in order to exact revenge on his wife who had ruined his career by exposing his medical malpractices....

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The Psychological Theories of Stress

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The paper "The Psychological Theories of Stress" describes that stress can indeed cause illness and this is proven not only by the cognitive theories of stress but also by the theories that establish the link between stress and biology or physiology.... .... ... ... Stress causes heart attack, eczema and high blood pressure but that the connection is oftentimes behavioral....

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