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Why did Peace Fail in 1914
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Germany's rapid economic growth and superior military presence aggravated its quest for more power and influence in Europe.... However, in the late 19th century, Germany became more aggressive in its quest of securing more territories (Joll and Martel 2006, pp87-98).... Joll and Martel (2006) indentified economic rivalries, increased nationalism, imperialism, and militarism in addition to formation of alliance systems as the major causes of First World War....
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Major Causes of the 2008 Stock Market Crash
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"Major Causes of the 2008 Stock Market Crash" analyzes the major causes of the 2008 stock market financial collapse, economic power, and political influences of the big banks that made them "too big to fail" and "too big to jail", and five years after the financial.... Economic power and political influences of the big banks made them "too big to fail" and "too big to jail" ... he theory that is associated with “too big to fail' declares that there are particular financial institutions that are very large and at the same time interconnected that if they fail, the economy will be affected significantly meaning they have to be supported by the government in the event that they are facing difficulties....
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Cardiovascular Disease: Major Causes and Remedies
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Cardiovascular Disease: Major causes and Remedies ... In most number of cases, arteries become blocked due to gathering of plaque occurs around the walls of arteries and that causes arteries' ability to support passage of blood to decrease and as blood has to pass through narrower corridors.... The paper operates mainly based on research questions which can be stated as follows: what percentage of the current population is diagnosed with cardiovascular disease irrespective of its stage of development?...
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Treatment of Acute Respiratory Failure
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If not treated early and adequately, there may be progression in respiratory pathology and may cause infection in his site of operation (Scaglione, et al.... he inspection of his chest revealed intercostal muscle recession, and auscultation revealed diminished air entry at both bases of the lungs with crackles audible in the right base.... his SpO2 was 89% on Hudson mask at 6 L of oxygen with elevation of PaCO2 to 54.... This patient was at baseline hypoxaemic indicated by his need for supplemental oxygen to maintain his oxygen saturations above 95%....
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Mans Quest for Energy Leads to Environmental Destruction
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This essay "Mans quest for Energy Leads to Environmental Destruction" shows that the term energy has no particular definition but various explanations have been put forward to define the notion.... Mans quest for energy leads to environmental destruction ... As a result of mans quest for energy, environment is suffering and as a result, in future years, its natural habitants are going to be damaged.... ans quest for energy has also led to increased air, water and land pollution because until lately, most of our activities for energy creation has resulted to hurting the environment....
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The Quest for Identity
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A 'developmental moratorium' as presented by Erikson in his model is necessary for adolescents to augment their capability of growth as they are allowed to experiment among varied experiences in their quest for identity.... The essay 'The quest for Identity' looks at the quest for identity, which is one of the major dilemmas that adolescents deal with on a daily basis.... But a deep analysis of the child's psychological thinking reveals that he is someone who can be counted on by his friends and family in the instance that his help is needed....
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Causes of Project Managements Team Failures Effectively
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Root Cause Analysis When teams fail which gives an explanation of a failure event, Root Cause Analysis is one technique which project managers use to investigate the event.... Reasons Why Projects fail.... The paper "causes of Project Management's Team Failures Effectively" states that project management becoming a significant business practice has remained in contemporary researches.... This is how an assessment comes forward and helps the project manager to further investigate the causes of the failure....
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The Fall of The Spanish Armada
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In the quest of seeking ally nations against Spain, Elizabeth started negotiations with France.... England began its quest to greatness with the capability of their naval forces.... To counter this move, the Philip conquered Portugal and strengthened his military powers.... his initial plan incorporated 510 warships and more than 95,000 men for the invasion plan.... On his way to Cadiz, a Spanish port, Drake and his fleet had damaged a significant amount of Spanish ships and stolen enough Spanish supplies to push them to Lisbon....
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Homicide and the Fair Labelling Principle
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For instance the judge at first instance used the Maloney ruling cited above in his summing up to the jury in Re v Hancock and Shankland.... For instance a defendant who seeks only to scare another, but is reckless or negligent in his scare tactics is as guilty of murder as man who sets out to rob another with the full intention of seriously wounding or killing his victim.... his paper critically evaluates the merits of the Law Commission's recommendations in the context of the current laws governing unlawful homicide....
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Solution to Juvenile Delinquency Caused By Family Context
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Moreover, ADP has also been criticized to fail in bringing changes in the self-reported delinquency amid young members in the society, which can be done successfully by ART (Washington State Institute for Public Policy, “Aggression Replacement Training (Probation)”).... The thesis intends to provide a solution for juvenile delinquency that is caused by family problems or is directly related to the family context, highlighting two underlying causes of the issue and its corresponding solutions....
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Is The Death Penalty Just And Applied Fairly
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Death penalty is the punishment that results in death for major crimes like murder and robbery with violence....  Since time in memorial, the death penalty has been an ongoing event for law breakers and has been a controversial issue.... ? The contest over death penalty has not just begun but has been going on world widely....
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Problems with Daily Mail
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Ed Miliband wrote a rebuttal clarifying the position of his father where he mentioned his father had migrated to the United Kingdom as a refugee, and also served the state by participating in the Royal Navy during the Second World War.... He ended his rebuttal by lines which clearly read out the fact that though one can't libel people who have passed away, you can surely smear them (pointing towards the Daily Mail).... The events that followed the case ended up even Miliband's political rivals taking his side and uniting against the Daily Mail and criticizing its actions....
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British Royal Mail in the UK Mail Industry
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The paper "British Royal Mail in the UK Mail Industry" tells that British Royal Mail has been a monopolist of the British Mail industry for more than 350 years.... Since the beginning of 2006, the mail market in the UK has become open for competitors, which puts new challenges to the Royal Mail.... ....
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Obesity Has Various Causes and Effects on the Body
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what causes Overweight and Obesity?... The paper "Obesity Has Various causes and Effects on the Body" states that obesity could result from bad eating habits but not all the time.... Obesity has various causes and effects on the body.... This paper seeks to prove that obesity does not only result from overeating or bad eating habits but it has many other causes as well.... It could be a fact that a sedentary lifestyle causes obesity when combined with bad eating habits....
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William Easterly: The Elusive Quest for Growth
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This essay "William Easterly: The Elusive quest for Growth" discusses Easterly – perhaps due to being an economist – that does not show an awareness of the role of politics on aid policies, nor how his suggestions may be practical in real-life politics.... April 23, William Easterly: The Elusive quest for Growth Chapter 9 Summary This chapter explains that the developing or under-developed countries which have previously not invested much in the technological aspects of progress can skip some vital steps in order to come into the same phase as developed countries....
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Determining Causes and Effects
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Most factors causing stress to an individual are because of the individual's interaction with his/her immediate environment.... In the event that the individual engages in activities that fail to realize this objective, then he/she is stressed.... It is This paper seeks to establish the major causes of stress and their subsequent effects on college students....
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Shakespeares Most Famous Novels
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A son who witnessed the murder of his father by his relative is too much of a tragedy one could handle.... Fury could further constrict the thin line that divides sanity and insanity causing Hamlet to delay his plans of avenging his father's death.... The paper "Shakespeare's Most Famous Novels" highlights that no matter how huge the differences of every individual in society are, they have their own story to tell, which are different from what the community assumed of them that are worth listening to they say who they really are....
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William Easterly: The Elusive Quest for Growth
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The paper "William Easterly: The Elusive quest for Growth" tells us about the explanation of the conditions of a small village in Pakistan by the name of Guevera.... April 23, William Easterly: The Elusive quest for Growth Summary of Chapter The chapter begins with the explanation of the conditions of a small village in Pakistan by the name of Gulvera.... The Elusive quest for Growth, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 2001.... In 1960, Rostow published his best-selling book by the name of the Stages of Economic Growth (Easterly, 32)....
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Physical Injury Caused by Accidental falls among Elderly Patients
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To determine the ability of the family members to comprehend with the proposed health care intervention, nurses should determine who among the family members are the decision-maker, his/her educational attainment, and degree of willingness to participate in protecting the elderly patient from future accidental fall. ... In line with this, nurses could determine the family values of the patient with his/her family members just by observing their relationship towards one another....
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Causes of usher syndrome
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Vision loss caused by PR becomes apparent in childhood and causes light-sensing cells in the retina to gradually deteriorate.... (Protocadherin-15 is a protein made by a gene that causes one form of type 1 Usher syndrome, the most common cause of deaf-blindness in humans.... The genes that cause Usher syndrome are MY07A, USH1C, CDH23, PCDH15, and SANS, which cause USH1; USH2A, which causes USH2; and USH3A, which causes USH3.... Because of this finding, researchers conclude that Jewish infants with bilateral, profound hearing loss who lack another known mutation that causes hearing loss should be screened for the R245X mutation....
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Acute Chest Syndrome
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ince, ACS is a result of a range of causes, no particular test has been identified to be a definite diagnosis (Johnson, 1995).... This essay "Acute Chest Syndrome" describes the disease as common among patients of sickle cell disease (SCD) and is characterized by an acute pulmonary illness (Bernard, Yasin, and Venkat, 2007)....
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The Quest for Wisdom
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In the essay 'The quest for Wisdom ' the author alleged that not simply physical, aesthetic acuity, but evenly man's holy and intellectual acquaintance, integrated a component of untainted, amenable consideration.... And however, it belonged to man, although in one intellect superhuman; the simply human by itself could not satisfy man's powers of understanding, for man, of his very temperament, reaches out beyond the globe of the human.... s a young man, though, Plato became a student of Socrates and twisted his concentration to the query of what comprises a righteous life....
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The Evolution Explosion: How Humans Cause Rapid Evolutionary Change
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Palumbi argues that, drugs might fail because disease evolve while insects overcome some powerful pesticides, human disease develop resistance to the most new drugs in just a few months.... Professor Date Evolution expression: How human being cause rapid evolutionary change In the book, ‘Evolution Expression, How Human Beings Cause Rapid Evolutionary Growth,' Palumbi reveals astonishing findings about the evolution of man and how human beings have continued over time to cause rapid growth of evolutionary change....
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How Fair Is the Congressional Redistricting Process
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causes The multiple biases observed in the congressional redistricting process and the lack of fairness have numerous causes.... Unfortunately, these causes are not always easy to trace.... The following section examines research on causes for the social, economic, and political imbalances in congressional redistricting.... According to Ansolabehere, Snyder, and Stewart (2000), most empirical studies of congressional elections avoid the concept of redistricting because of the difficult in pinning down root causes, and the existence of many complicated variants influence perceived fairness....
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The Financial Crisis of 2008 - The Fall of Lehman Brothers
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While some scholars feel that the government was wrong for allowing the Lehman brothers to fail some feel that it was the would have been wrong to support a company that was bound to fail.... In addition, there are those who feel that the company was bound to fail and bailing the company would only have been a short-term solution to its problem.... Therefore, the company deserved to fail for its ineffectiveness and the fact that it was a difficult choice to save the company at a late stage....
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Napoleon's Quest to Conquer Egypt
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fter the events in his place, he wants to explore the east and want to conquer Egypt.... It was of great honor in his name to be able to take note things about Egypt.... An author of the essay aims to investigate why Napoleon has chosen to embark on the ambitious quest to conquer Egypt.... Topic: Napoleon's quest to Egypt Topic: One of the highlight of world's history is the invasion of French by Napoleon Bonaparte's lead to Egypt....
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Caligulas Quest for Happiness
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He wants to liberate himself from this unhappiness and wishes to take command of the things in his hand.... But his strategy proves counter-productive and in his sadistic pursuit of his goals he made everyone in Rome his enemy.... Caligula during the first phase of his rule remained normal but a complete transformation took place in his personality and character when he developed incestuous relationship with his sister Drusilla....
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Procedural Steps under the Fair Work Act - Macquarie TAFE
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It is also imperative that at least half of the employees should vote for the application in the quest to ascertain the protection of the industrial action.... As the Managing Partner, it turns out that Lewis decided to revenge on Shelley's failure to accept his outing requests for dinner by reducing the files allocated to her desk to reduce Shelley's earnings.... Some of the common forms of adverse behaviour in the workplace regarded as unlawful include employee dismissal, injuring an employee in the course of employment, altering the position of the employee to his or her disadvantage, and discriminating between an employee and other employees....
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The Bail Act of 1976
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in his statement, the defendant states that he is married and operates a business that employs two individuals.... The outstanding conditional discharge also adds to the weight of the penalty if he is convicted in this case, therefore, the defendant is likely to fail to surrender to custody.... rom his statement of proof, document 2, it is evident that the defendant did not deliberately injure the plaintiff.... From his antecedents it is also evident that the defendant was born in Lymeshire and has a permanent address....
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Letter from a Birmingham Jail
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He addresses the anxiety of those who criticize his 'direct action' as illegal, by distinguishing between the 'two types of laws: just and unjust' (King, 8).... Although King's 'inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny' is based on the United States of his era, changing times and vast technological advances in communication and transport have made his position applicable on a global scale (King, 5)....
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Liability for Accidents Caused by Self-Driving Cars
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The operation of conventional vehicles relies on the ability of the driver to sense his surroundings and make practical judgments for them to navigate.... When the components of these vehicles fail to operate as expected, the autonomous system might fail, resulting in an accident.... A driverless car might cause an accident since it may fail to stop once the operator fails to control it safely during an emergency (Marchant and Lindor, 2012)....
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Radiation and Cancer or Causes of Cancer
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Researchers have divided the causes of cancer into two: hereditary genetic causes and environmental causes (Kinzler & Vogelstein, 2002).... causes of Cancer Chemical and Physical agents Environmental factors accounts for about 90-95% causes of cancer according to Jemal, (2011).... Chemicals are the main causes of cancer.... It also causes about 89% of cancer of the lungs.... In Western Europe, alcohol causes 10% and 3% of cancers in males and females respectively (Jemal, 2011)....
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Main Causes of Depression
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As also stated earlier, relationships can pose significant mental disorder and it would substantially start form extreme level of stress as an upshot when an individual would fail to cope.... The paper "Main causes of Depression" highlights that there are different possible causes of depression and this would only mean that this subject requires thorough studies to generate substantial evidence.... Biological, environmental, and psychoanalytic perspectives can be used to help explain the possible causes of depression....
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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
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His death symbolizes his ultimate failure in his struggle against the invading white.... Because of his high rank in the society he is the most affected and therefore the worst sufferer who has to suffer the changes induced by the Christian missionaries in his society.... Such frustration of Okonkwo simultaneously purports two messages: first, his frustration represents the cultural disorder that has been inflicted by the missionaries upon his society and secondly his frustration appears to be that of the people of higher rank in his society....
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War is the Health of the State
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opic 3 The Four Tenets and Great gatsby ... This is the tone at the outset when the narrator Nick Carraway observes "He was the single most hopeful person I ever met," of the character of The Great gatsby.... The poverty of George and Myrtle Wilson is juxtaposed against the careless spending of Jay gatsby and the Buchanans.... However, the basic inner decency that is the core of the American Dream is revealed in snatches in the character of Jay gatsby....
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Career Fair Program and Copy of Minutes
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Paul Gordon from the marketing department confirmed the Key note speaker for the day Richard Branson would be in attendance and scheduled him as per the program to have two hours of his presentation.... ifferent sponsors have come on board to showcase what they offer to the business environment making economic and financial sense.... In a way the event planning itself prepares the people involved who are basically the students in what happens in a normal business set up....
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Country Music and Patsy Cline
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his is one of the most useful collections of articles which deal with the various aspects in the life and works of Patsy Cline.... Wrong's what I Do Best: Hard Country Music and Contemporary Culture.... One of the major concerns of the research under question is an investigation of Patsy Cline's music in relation to country music, and Lewis's book provides the most essential resource for an opening study in the area....
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Module 1: Criminal Law/Civil Law (CASE) Module 1
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Doctor Robert Stokes was convicted in federal court for performing unnecessary procedures to procure payments from his patients and insurers that he used to fund his lavish lifestyle.... However, while he was expected to fully take responsibility of his actions that involved the use of unsterilized needles with his clients. ... octor Stokes was sentenced to 101/2 years in jail for insurance fraud as well as three extra Module Criminal Law/Civil Law Affiliation: Doctor Robert Stokes was convicted in federal court for performing unnecessaryprocedures to procure payments from his patients and insurers that he used to fund his lavish lifestyle....
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CPR: Causes and Effects
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When a person's heart stops beating, different organs fail to receive their adequate supply of blood, and hence oxygen and rapid damage can take place.... The essay "CPR: causes and Effects" focuses on the critical analysis of the major causes and effects of CPR or cardiopulmonary resuscitation....
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Financial Crises: The Causes, Consequences and Cure
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This paper reviews the emerging literature on the current financial crisis, discussing in details its causes, consequences on the world's economies and its cure.... Having borrowed short-term abroad, these institutions could lend long-term to local questionable investors in real estate as well as other dubious undertakings what is more is that the crisis poses a serious challenge to the future transnational community's sustainable development.... what does the American sub-prime mortgage crisis mean for Australia?...
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How Fair Is the Criticism of the Casey Report
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he report suggests that there should be an awareness of what specific crimes consist in their sentence.... The public was found to be indifferent of what happens to those who commit crimes after sentencing (90%) and therefore publication of information on convicted criminals was suggested as a way to sensitize the public in this area....
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Prevalence of Bullying among Schoolchildren
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In this respect, this paper discusses the causes, prevalence, consequences, and solutions to school based bullying, particularly that involving teenagers.... causes of bullying According to Srivastava, Gamble, and Boey (2013), a number of factors surface ranging from aggressive behavior to inappropriate upbringing when it comes to the causes of bullying.... In real sense, the actions that people witness in schools are a reflection of what actually happens with in the respective communities from which they hail (Srivastava, Gamble, & Boey, 2013)....
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Causes of Scientific Fraud in Clinical Research
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The paper 'causes of Scientific Fraud in Clinical Research' attempts to analyze scientific misconduct – the types, nature, and characteristics of transgressions at a scientific level – in clinical research, with particular emphasis to data fabrication and falsification.... In doing so the report presents a discussion of the potential causes of scientific fraud and the conflicts of interests that characterize clinical research process....
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Evil Actions in the Literature
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All the cases will be compared with the various frameworks proposed by Todd Calder in his quest to reveal the connections between evil actions and evil doers.... All the cases will be compared with the various frameworks proposed by Todd Calder in his quest to reveal the connections between evil actions and evil doers.... Just like the case of honesty character these people tend to be truthful in all situations and this is the same for cowardly people who tend to fail in overcoming fear in nearly all the situations....
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Consumer Law: Fair Trade
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Regulation 5(1) provides: "A contractual term which has not been individually negotiated shall be regarded as unfair if, contrary to the requirement of good faith, it causes a significant imbalance in the parties' rights and obligations arising under the contract, to the detriment of the consumer.... The only material exception to the applicability of the test of fairness set out in 1999 Regulations is contained in Regulation 6(2) relating to what are called, for short, "core terms": "In so far as it is in plain intelligible language, the assessment of fairness of a term shall not relate- (a) to the definition of the main subject matter of the contract, or (b) to the adequacy of the price or remuneration, as against the goods or services supplied in exchange". ...
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Masculinity in the Novel Things Fall Apart
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Similarly, the son perceives his father as a weak person and the image he carries in his memory is that of a thin figure with a stoop, wearing a “haggard and mournful look” except when he plays flute, which is the only thing that makes him happy, other than drinking (Ch.... Thus, Okonkwo's failure to exercise self-control results in his killing of Ikemefuna, the lad who calls him father, despite the warning of the oracle that the killing should be by “other people” (312)....
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Web Quest on Columbus Day
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Your journey is a quest.... It takes courage and determination to complete the quest.... Your journey is a quest.... It takes courage and determination to complete the quest.... Can you answer these questions about Columbus and the discovery of America, for example, complete answers to who, what, where, when, why, and how And how is Columbus and his discovery important for you ... Can you answer these questions about Columbus and the discovery of America, for example, complete answers to who, what, where, when, why, and how And how is Columbus and his discovery important for youOkay, everybody likes to celebrate....
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Fluid Imbalances Caused by Renal Failure
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atigue is a common symptom because the kidneys, as they fail in their normal functions, cause anaemia , as less of the hormone erythropoietin, which normally instructs the body to make red blood cells (DaVita 2014) . ... The paper "Fluid Imbalances Caused by Renal Failure" states that when the kidneys fail the body experiences a build-up of waste products which would otherwise have been excreted.... hen the kidneys fail the body experiences a build-up of waste products which would otherwise have been excreted....
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Analysis of the Guest by Albert Camus
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He is annoyed with the prevailing conditions in his country as apparent in the conversation.... The main character Daru cannot understand the cause of his problems.... his glimpse of the plateaus is an indication that he is filled with nostalgia from the events that took place while he was within the school compound.... Balducci, who brings the prisoners, claims that the accused had killed his cousin because of a family squabble over grain....
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The Claim for Negligence - Law Cases
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ne difficulty that might arise in the situation with Kevin would be his ability to pay compensation to Shelley for the damage especially if he is working for himself.... This would mean that Shelley would be able to bring an action against his employers as they would be vicariously liable for the damage caused by him7.... The court felt in this case that it would be wrong for the surveyor to be expected to know that a third party would be relying on his report in order to decide whether to proceed with the purchase....
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