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Los Angeles Against the Mountains by John Mcpee

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The paper 'Los Angeles Against the Mountains by John Mcpee' looks at the story, which is set in Los Angeles with reference to the San Gabriel Mountains 'whose loose inimical slopes flout the tolerance of the angle of repose'.... It tells the ordeal of a certain Genofile family.... ... ... ... The author states that Debris flows is a kind of mass wasting event which can occur suddenly and inundate entire towns in a matter of minutes....

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James Joyces Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

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Stephen is like a volcano of thoughts and experiences, which gets ignited with every social, political, spiritual, and social happening around him.... While he is lost in his reverential observation of actions happening around him, we are startled at the important social and political concepts that the scene shares with us.... However, in advanced years, his youthful confidence and vigor leads him to consider the strict norms of Catholicism responsible for the half developed condition of the Irish society, which is a great indicator of the social awareness of the artist's mind....

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Negligence Tort Lawsuit

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The paper "Negligence Tort Lawsuit " states that a Sacramento-based basketball team, The Kings, and the injured player Francisco Garcia, sued a plastic manufacturing company named Ledraplastic S.... .... .... for faulty product leading to personal injury, asking for $4 million in damages.... ... ...

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Relationship between Work and Leisure

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This article "Relationship between Work and Leisure" will discuss how work is related to leisure from the Marxian plus Weberian perspectives.... To fully understand the relationship, the article analyzes unemployment, housework as well as tourism.... ... ... ... The paper describes the key conditions discussed the including leisure, labor, devotee work, unemployment, housework, and tourism....

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To What Extent Does the Original Context of the Isenheim Altarpiece Explain Its Imagery

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"To What Extent Does the Original Context of the Isenheim Altarpiece Explain Its Imagery" paper states that Isenheim Altarpiece was originally used for patients who needed physical healing but the original founders' goals were for the patients to accept death.... ... ... ... In the painting, Lucifer is a suffering angel, not the arrogant one who wanted to usurp God's throne....

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Google's 10th Birthday

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This paper highlights that Google is an organization that offers a myriad of web-based services and has been in this kind of business for 10 years now.... When Microsoft started out it was never conceived that the monopoly that the company held will ever be competed for until Google showed up.... ....

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Adolescence and Family Lifespan

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The paper 'Adolescence and Family Lifespan' states that adolescence is a lifespan development stage ranging from ten to twenty years, beginning with puberty onset.... This stage dominates when the adolescents develop their own identity and tend to seek independence from their parents.... ... ... ...

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Long Form Journalism writing ( see instruction)

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It has grown influentially to the mind and heart of its believers and more and more people are converted to the church.... The members of the Church of Christ or Iglesia ni Cristo will end this year with another offering of.... ... ... It is their way of praising God for all the generous blessings He has outpoured year-round. ...

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Consensus: the Impossible Goal

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The "Consensus: the Impossible Goal" paper critically assesses Wildavsky's theory of two presidencies, one foreign and one domestic policy with reference to America President Bill Clinton and George w.... Bush.... Consensus on policy initiatives remains the stated goal of every incoming president....

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Blood and Treasure by Kris James Mitchener and Joseph Mason

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This paper outlines that economists Kris James Mitchener and Joseph Mason attempt to conceptualize an 'exit strategy' for policymakers in order to ensure long-term growth once an economic recovery is complete.... The authors' account of this historical economic problem is instructive.... ... ... ...

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The Effects of Increasing the Minimum Wage

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Zeynop Ton in an article, A Minimum-Wage Hike Could Help Employers, Too, that appeared in the Harvard Business Review delves deep into the implications of President Obama's state of the nation speech addressing the minimum wage in the country.... Ton explained some of the effects.... ... ... The paper "The Effects of Increasing the Minimum Wage" is a great example of an article on human resources....

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Knowledge and Mapping of the Art and Design Industries

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This paper ''Knowledge and Mapping of the Art and Design Industries'' tells that Looking at local national and international peak bodies, and government instrumentalities that are relevant to graphic design, major concerns are those associations typically put in place so that they can establish standards and procedures....

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The Subconscious Symbols and Imagery Belonging to the Modern Art Era

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The paper "The Subconscious Symbols and Imagery Belonging to the Modern Art Era" examines a typical example of art.... It has spatters of black, grey, orange, yellow blue, and white.... Among all the splatters, white stands out which can be symbolic of convergence.... ... ... ... Many critics have found different influences in his style and tried to find the possible sources but according to Pollock, all he did was unintentional....

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Virgin group and diversification strategies

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In the paper 'Virgin group and diversification strategies' the author analyzes activity of The Virgin Group, which is considered to be the 'brand diversification'.... The Virgin Group has launched versified range of product and services, which incorporate all the major requirements of the customers....

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The Implications of Goldman Sachs's Forecast for Economies and Firms

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The article under the title "The Implications of Goldman Sachs's Forecast for Economies and Firms" states that Economically, politically and militarily, the United States (US) is the dominant force in contemporary world affairs (Anderson et al.... 2000, p.... 5).... ... ... ... The issue of whether Brazil, Russia, India, and China will overtake the present economic superpowers in the future still remains to be seen....

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Strategy for Organizational Success and Profitability by Hamel and Prahalad

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This paper examines Hamel and Prahalad's Concept of Core Competence.... According to them, the most powerful way to exceed in competition with other businesses on a global scale is still not yet grasped by many companies/ businesses (Kahawatte, 2010, 4).... ... ... ... The concept of Core Competence, as examined by both Professor C....

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Falls during Acute Hospital Stays

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The study "Falls during Acute Hospital Stays" tries to find out whether using a fall risk screening tool results in a reduction in falls during acute hospital stays.... The article reported a randomized controlled trial examining the effectiveness of targeted multiple intervention strategies.... ...

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Abuse and Exploitation of Domestic Maids in Singapore

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The paper "Abuse and Exploitation of Domestic Maids in Singapore " discusses that domestic maids are found in one out of every six households in Singapore, apart from locals, the country has more than 150,000 migrant women who work as domestic maids.... .... ... ... Most immigrant maids come from Indonesia and the Philippines; others come from Thailand, Sri Lanka, India and Myanmar....

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Some questions to answer in a half page

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Assignment #1: (1/2 page) Tell me 5 things that Dick Tuck did and what do you think about him.... Dick Tuck was a Democrat.... Tuck played at politics.... He was born in Arizona.... He played a few pranks on Richard Nixon.... One was “He hired a big auditorium, invited only a handful of people and introduced the candidate with a long-winded, soporific speech” (Time 1973)....

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Business Applying Concepts

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This paper is based on the video clip, “Can the US Maximize the Benefits of Chinese Foreign Direct Investment?... ?? and the article on China investment into the US “Chinese Owned, American Made” while integrating the concept in international business in Chapters 1-3 of the class reference book....

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Biblical Concept of Sin

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This study attempts to look into the biblical notions of sin and to illustrate the significance of these notions in modern days.... The researcher looks at the doctrine of sin according to the new testament, as portrayed by Jesus through parables and Paul in his letters.... ... ... ... From this research, it is clear that the Bible reveals various concepts of sin in the old and new testaments....

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Revisiting the role of miscue analysis in effective teaching

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Goodman and his contemporaries were in the 1960'S interested in development taking place while reading and thought that miscues (any.... ... ... Goodman used the phrase miscue instead of error or mistake, reflecting the observation that a deviation from the reading manuscript is not essentially erroneous (Goodman, 1979)....

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Peaceful Protest Over Istanbul Park Turns Violent as Police Crack Down

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This is the conclusion arrived at in article 'Peaceful Protest Over Istanbul Park Turns Violent as Police Crack Down' by Tim Arango and Ceylan Yeginsu that appeared in The New York Times.... ... ... This happened in Istanbul's Taksim Square and apart from the protestors common people and tourists had to run for cover....

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Non-Violence as a Means to Positive Peace

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This paper declares that conflict typically arises when one side does a forceful act of aggression to another, and the offended side reacts with a countering force as well.... This has been the way conflict goes and escalates.... It is basic human nature to strike back when being struck.... ... ... ...

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Are flood victims more concerned about climate change than other people

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The article, “Are flood victims more concerned about climate change than other aims at her people?... ?? is a phenomenological type of the qualitative study.... This is so because the researcher aims at gaining a deeper insight into the life-world of those people who are victims of.... ... ... The aim of the researcher in this case is to obtain the invariant structures of the individual's experiences and the essence of these experiences in terms of how they perceive climate change. ...

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Racism in the Justice System

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In the paper 'Racism in the Justice System' the author discusses Alexander Michelle's 'Roots of Today's Mass Incarceration Crisis Date to Slavery.... In the debate, Michelle, a legal scholar, describes the historical causes of the racist criminal justice system experienced in the United States today....

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Evidence Based Practice

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This assignment is about the critique and evaluation of the Evidence-Based Guidelines for Preventing; Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia bundled strategies by OKeefe-McCarthy, S.... Santiago, C.... & Lau, G.... (2008) and its findings.... Some of the issues are discussed under the.... ... ... The research study comprised of the following as the participants; the host (patients), the health practitioners (nurses, physicians, therapists and others), researchers, the nursing organizations and research bodies like Center for Disease Control....

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Negotiating with East Asians

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This research is being carried out to explore the subject of negotiating with East Asians under the following divisions: number of participants, a gender of participants, preparations for negotiations, length of time to come to a consensus, the essence of a meeting.... ... ... ... The article, 'Negotiating with Asians' is basically a tool that is crafted to help the American business fraternity penetrate the fast-growing and prosperous Asian market....

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HRs Role in Mergers and Acquisition

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The writer of the paper "HR's Role in Mergers and Acquisition" suggests that the HR department's role during the integration execution phase includes integrating through consultation the corporate cultures by maintaining a transparent approach.... ... ... ... These guidelines include reviewing the required policies and procedures while paying attention to FLSA requirements....

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Analysis of The American Food System

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The paper "Analysis of The American Food System" explains that Yeager and her colleagues carried out a study in the American Food system to determine the level of food safety in two groups of restaurants.... Inspections of restaurants should take place at least thrice a year.... ... ... ... The purpose of the study carried out by Yeager, and her colleagues were to evaluate the existing relationships between food safety and the violations of critical restaurant inspection items....

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Water Supply Problem

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The article "Water Supply Problem" focuses on the critical, and thorough analysis of the major issues in the problem of water supply.... The article Clean Water Laws Are Neglected, at a Cost in Suffering describes a water epidemic that is occurring in America.... ... ... ... The issue with the water is not available; it deals with the quality of the liquid....

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If You Were the Captain of the Titanic

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The paper "If You Were the Captain of the Titanic" discusses that huge gaps existed between men and women, and this generally puts women at a disadvantage over men.... Therefore, my rescue approach will not be based on gender because both men and women have equal capabilities.... ... ... ... In the article by Mike Turner (2004), values play an important role in the decisions and actions make taken....

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The Negative Effect of the Proposed Bill on Public Health

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The paper "The Negative Effect of the Proposed Bill on Public Health" tells us about experimental drugs.... An investigational drug can also be called an experimental drug and is being studied to see if your disease or medical condition improves while taking it.... ... ... ... Experimental Treatment means a therapy, intervention, or procedure (not standard of care) delivered to a specific individual patient for therapeutic purposes in an attempt to cure or alleviate symptoms....

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Microvascular and Macrovascular Complications of Diabetes - Webnar

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Microvascular and Macrovascular Complications in Diabetes A group of chronic conditions in which there is hyperglycemia is known as diabetes.... Recent advances in medical care have helped deliver glucose to tissues and thereby decrease glucose levels in the blood.... ... ... ... However, more important is to decrease several complications related to diabetes and also tissue damage secondary to hypoglycemia....

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Respondeat Superior

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Name: College: Date: Respondeat superior is a legal principle that holds employers answerable for the malpractices of their employees.... In health care institutions, an organization can be held answerable for their employee's negligence even when the cat can clearly be traced back to one employee and there is enough evidence to clear the organization of any wrongful conduct....

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Songo Fipaza: Journalism, Mass Media, and Communication

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The author of the following paper under the title "Songo Fipaza: Journalism, Mass Media, and Communication" will begin with the statement that the wise saying goes, 'Great deeds are done when man and mountain meet.... Songo Fipaza is one such story.... ... ... ... It is an extraordinary partnership of Christoph Sauser, world champion mountain biker, and Songo Fipaza, a renowned local frontrunner....

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Top Female Leaders Around the World

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This research will begin with the statement that Tarja Halonen is a superb example of leadership quality.... She was a lawyer and due to her exceptional leadership qualities, she climbed the ladder of political hierarchy and got to the top, became the president of Finland.... ... ... ... This research tells that without a doubt, Mr....

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Fed Acts to Fix Jobs Market

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The U.... Federal Reserve has announced some major policy initiatives in order to improve the high unemployment rate in the country and to stabilize the inflation in the economy.... According to the program, the Federal Reserve would purchase mortgage-backed securities amounting to.... ... ... 0 billion every month by which it expects to reduce the interest rates in the long run, encourage buying of other assets such as stocks and decrease dollar appreciation though the program directly aims at the housing sector which is on the verge of stabilization....

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An issue affecting two or more countries

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Name: Course: Professor: Date: Source analysis of an issue affecting two or more countries After the tricky proxy war against the Soviets on the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, US and Pakistani support of the mujahideen set a precedent for the later growth of Taliban.... ... ... ... Putting the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan to a halt was in the interest of both Pakistan and United States, which deeply rooted their respective intelligence agencies, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); firstly into creation of mujahidin to achieve this and then backing the Taliban into becoming a strong force in Afghanistan to control the region in the post war era....

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Family Involvement with Children's Homework by Sandra J Balli

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The research 'Family Involvement with Children's Homework by Sandra J Balli' purports to investigate the effects of family involvement in homework in the middle grades.... It is sufficiently delimited to involve 74 Caucasian sixth graders and their predominantly middle-class families.... ... ... ...

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Brora Scottish Cashmere

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Brora Scottish Cashmere In the modern world there's a brand for almost everything, we all grow up with many brand names in our minds, Brora is an equally memorable one.... This passion-driven fashion brand manages to position itself uniquely in a world of seemingly infinite apparel designers.... ...

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The Historical Events Surrounding the Tuskegee Syphilis and the Significance

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The article analyses the Tuskegee syphilis experiment took forty years, from 1932 to 1972, though it was initially designed to take six months.... According to the CDC (2009), the study involved 399 men infected with syphilis and 201 were not infected.... ... ... ... The Tuskegee syphilis study remains one of the most infamous medical experiments that grossly violated medical ethics and human rights of American citizens....

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Service Oriented Software Engineering

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Within past few years, there has been an increasing consensus in the industry about the ways we can create adaptive and business driven Information Technology (IT) solutions in order to use distinct building blocks of software, based on industry standard protocols and making.... ... ... (Stojanovic , Dahanayake, 2005) ...

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Information Systems Security Assurance Management

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The paper 'Information Systems Security Assurance Management' presents a case of study of disaster management and recovery by Municipal Solutions, a company that is engaged in providing information systems and solutions to municipalities in the United States.... ... ... ... The author explains that Based in Cleveland, Ohio, the company, through hard work and dedication managed to become a leader in providing software solutions exclusively to the municipal corporation in the US as well as Canada....

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Marketing in 2012: The End of the Middle

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The recession has changed the US market completely; the market has now transformed into two segments – one that caters to the higher-end consumers with incomes $100,000 and upwards and the other one.... ... ... Consequent to this, the US Consumer Confidence Index that measures the degree of optimism has been falling perennially – from 41 percent observed in September 2009 to 23 percent in October 2011....

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Assessing and Managing Asthma: a Global Initiative for Asthma Update by Pruitt and Lawson

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The article attempts to study the treatment and evaluation for asthma and to incorporate the latest evidences in the Global Asthma Initiatives (GINA) 2009 and also the Pocket Guide for Asthma Management 2010.... Asthma is a condition which affects about 300 million across the.... ... ... The medications required for asthma are particularly costly, inconvenient and need to be taken several times a day using complex devices....

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Flat and Forming: Genesis 1 and 2 Revisited by Yamin Levy

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Levy begins by saying that the first two chapters of Bereshit are concerned with the story of creation, but they present different.... ... ... These views are considered distinct and complementary.... The two chapters explain the same issue in different facets and provide different aspects of it....

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Priming Effects of Television Food Advertising on Eating Behavior

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The paper "Priming Effects of Television Food Advertising on Eating Behavior" states that the study utilizes conceptual systems and the results demonstrate effective qualities.... The research is widely generalizable as television commercial influence is an international reality.... ... ... ... Threatening context confounds have already been discussed and are unlikely to be treatable in other experiments....

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A Process of Decision Making by Caregivers of Family Members with Heart Failure

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This article "A Process of Decision Making by Caregivers of Family Members with Heart Failure" discusses the perception of patients and informal caregivers about individual and contextual factors influencing willingness to undertake effective HF self-care.... ... ... ... Evidence that the journal is peer-reviewed include identification by volume and number of journal issues, pages that are numbered sequentially through the entire issue instead of starting over with each issue, specification in the first page of the dates the manuscript was received, reviewed, and published, and description of the author's credentials and place of employment....

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Influence of L1 over L2 and L3 Acquisition

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The paper "Influence of L1 over L2 and L3 Acquisition" focused on determining the different ways in which varying/different language systems interact in the mind and affect either the linguistic development, performance, or both of the person/individual concerned.... ... ... ... It is quite essential to state that the article covers a study whose main aim is to find out if L2 (second language) has a greater impact on the L3(third language) lexicon of the learner/candidate who has attained a higher level of second language proficiency and also has had significant exposure to it....

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