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03 May 2010
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Intimacy in marriage: Identifying and eliminating barriers

Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education

Intimacy is a major component of marriage that can accurately predict marital satisfaction. Many areas of intimacy are identified, but emotional and sexual intimacies are thought to be the most important within a marriage (Worthington, 1999). Intimacy is defined and discussed in relation to...

03 May 2010
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Adolescent divorce group

Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education

In the United States, over one million children go through their parents' divorce each year (Rich, et. al., 2007). Divorce is very hard on children, and is a process that can go on for years, causing children to be more likely to engage in delinquent behaviors, and are more likely to display...

03 May 2010
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A youth friendly services program in Baltimore to promote better health

Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education

HIV/AIDS, Chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis are very present within the Baltimore City community and it affects the general population as a whole. These numbers and figures represent the known cases of these infections however, how many more individuals are affected and still unaware? The steps...

29 Apr 2010
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Horace Mann's 1841 report

Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education

Horace Mann begins his “Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board of Education of Massachusetts for the year 1841,” by stating that he believes that education‘s befits on a people to be as certain as the passing days bring on the different seasons. He promises that he will...

20 Apr 2010
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Regression analysis of effective factor on people participation in protecting, revitalizing, developing and using renewable natural resources in Ilam province from the view of users

Thesis - 9 pages - Social, moral & civic education

The purpose of this study is the regression analysis of effective factor on people participation in protecting, revitalizing, developing and using renewable natural resources in Ilam province. This study is a casual comparative and applies one sample was taken from natural resources users. The...

15 Apr 2010
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Get thee behind me, A-bomb: Inverted Christianity and nuclear influence in a Canticle for Leibowitz

Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education

It comes as no surprise that the thematic bulk of Walter M. Miller Jr.'s A Canticle for Leibowitz is drawn from traditional Christian mythology and lore. Age-old Catholic hierarchy, the Latin language and Biblical quotations are used liberally to set an appropriately pious scene. From its...

15 Apr 2010
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Changing conceptions of self: Women as social and economic agents

Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education

History often portrays women as parties marginalized both by society and by patriarchy. Esther Burr and Martha Ballard actively fight this stereotype, but in very different ways. While both were colonial women, they had extremely different priorities. Martha Ballard was extremely involved in...

13 Apr 2010
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Working as a library assistant

Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education

This term paper focuses on the position of Library Assistant and similar jobs within a library. It goes on to explain the job description, the skills necessary to be a library assistant, the training of the position (with other qualifications and opportunities for advancement) and the salary of...

13 Apr 2010
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The missing link: No child left thinking: Democracy at-risk in American schools

Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education

In “No Child Left Thinking, Democracy At-Risk in American Schools,” Joel Westheimer asks readers a simple question: if they had “stepped into a school” and observed a classroom “lesson related to [a] country's political ideals,” would they be able to tell whether...

12 Apr 2010
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Danger and music

Essay - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education

Shostakovich and Messiaen composed music while their very lives were in danger, and those musicians hired to perform aboard the Titanic are reported to have played until the cold gray water enveloped them. Messiaen composed while a French prisoner of war to the Germans, during World War II....

12 Apr 2010
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On why I may move to Sweden, on for once, listen to the French

Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education

The United States, in comparison to other industrialized countries, often falls far behind in statistics in terms of healthcare. For example, according to our Central Intelligence Agency, the United States ranks 44th with infant mortality, trailing far behind countries such as Sweden and France....

12 Apr 2010
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Youtube

Essay - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education

Youtube is an American website that was created in 2005 and as blown up in the past few years to one of the most visited sites on the web and its homepage has generated millions of dollars from advertisers. The site has become so huge that nearly 79 million users had made over 3 billion video...

07 Apr 2010
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The analysis of sex differences in body mass index among Thai labor forces

Tutorials/exercises - 8 pages - Social, moral & civic education

To analyze demographic, socioeconomic, psychological, and behavioral differences in body mass index between male and female labor forces and to determine factors affecting males as well as females body masses. The National Health Examination Survey III (NHES III), with the permission from the...

07 Apr 2010
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Does gender perception toward computing exist in Thailand? - A comparison study between Thai and the US

Tutorials/exercises - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education

Number of studies show that computing has been long perceived as a male domain. With this perception, females may experience negative outcomes in the computing-related occupation or activities, such as discrimination, pay differentials and the “glass ceiling effect”. Does this...

06 Apr 2010
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Please Smile, the CCTV is running!

Essay - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education

The Closed Circuit Television system is a tool employed in most retail environments to ensure public security, especially after the September 11 attacks, but it is usually ignored by researchers. For shoppers, CCTV may be a critical factor affecting their perspective on a retail environment and...

06 Apr 2010
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Lighting is the most powerful tool in the hands of an able photographer

Essay - 1 pages - Social, moral & civic education

Control and play of lighting becomes the most powerful tool in the hands of an able photographer. It can be put to a variety of uses to create beautiful images. The ability to see, control and try innovations can only be matched by one's imaginative skills. There can be different types of...

06 Apr 2010
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Walden vs. Buddhist economics: Two views of the modern worker

Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education

Man is a working animal. Despite the inevitable tension between the human tendency to be lazy and the basic desire within each person to accomplish goals and learn new skills, there are many ways in which these conflicting characteristics work together. Ages of philosophers have reflected on the...

06 Apr 2010
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An exploration Noam Chomsky's theories of generative and Universal grammar

Tutorials/exercises - 9 pages - Social, moral & civic education

Noam Chomsky is a linguist and philosopher from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who has been one of the twentieth century's most important writers in linguistic theory. His research into the creative aspect of human language has spawned theories that dissect and exposit a comprehensive...

05 Apr 2010
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A multinational study of gender wine preferences

Tutorials/exercises - 10 pages - Social, moral & civic education

Wine has become an international business, and the difference in wine preferences based on consumer's gender and how these differences vary from country to country are important issues that should be considered in wine product development. We examined consumer's preference for the type of wine...

05 Apr 2010
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Group balanced repeated replication variance estimation in stratified adaptive cluster sampling

Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education

The group balanced repeated replication (GBRR) method is used in stratified sampling for variance estimation. This method is applied in stratified adaptive cluster sampling when ignores crossover between strata. The another one method is repeatedly GBRR, which involves independently repeating the...

01 Apr 2010
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Buddhism and our environmental obligation

Essay - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education

Within our society, there are certain innate concepts that every individual is equipped with. Virtues, morals, or the concept of "right and wrong" are just a few examples of such ideals. To help make humanity a more positive atmosphere, there are a few models one should strive to accomplish in...

01 Apr 2010
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Durkheim and study of society

Thesis - 1 pages - Social, moral & civic education

As Durkheim points out, our desire to make the study of society a scientific endeavor cannot be limited to focusing on individual actions, feelings, and thoughts. Instead, he argues that we should look to larger “social facts” that go beyond viewing our society as a simple aggregate of...

01 Apr 2010
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Fahrenheit 451

Thesis - 1 pages - Social, moral & civic education

Advancement of technologies have in many ways improved the way we live today; the benefits of technology have created differences in social structures, and the development of different countries in the world. This theme is prevalent in Ray Bradbury's classic satire Fahrenheit 451, which follows...

01 Apr 2010
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Waste water treatment plant

Thesis - 1 pages - Social, moral & civic education

This facility has a foul odor that gets stronger in certain areas but taking into consideration the nature of this facility and the products that it deals with, it is clean and well kept. The human resources building is clean and professional and appears like any other office. The facility is set...

01 Apr 2010
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Ship Rock Monument

Thesis - 1 pages - Social, moral & civic education

Ship Rock Monument is a spectacular example of a volcanic neck. This formation grows when a volcano is eroded all the way down to the pipe that once fed magma to the central vent. The upright conduit contains the cooled magma. Ship Rock provides a view of the magma features that were once below...

31 Mar 2010
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The recipe for a successful marriage

Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education

In her novel Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen suggests what constitutes a good marriage by contrasting Charlotte Lucas and Lydia Bennet with the protagonist, Elizabeth Bennet. All three young women have similar economic predicaments, though they all maintain different attitudes toward marriage....

30 Mar 2010
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The life of Irish

Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education

During the 19th century, millions of Irish men and women immigrated to the United States in hope for a new and improved lifestyle. Reasons for their immigration include the famines that struck Ireland, political disturbance, such as the mistreatment from the British, and the desire for a new...

30 Mar 2010
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Human kidneys as a commodity

Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education

The current issue of making human kidneys a commodity is a hot topic in the medical world. With much controversy between different sides, many questions on legality and ethics arise. Because it is currently illegal for human living donors to sell a kidney, there is no control over its...

30 Mar 2010
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Globalization

Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education

Globalization is a recent occurrence relative to the existence of man. The primary factor which drove this idea was the industrial revolution. With new technology came the spread of ideas because now there were mediums in which we could quickly and efficiently communicate. Communication was...

30 Mar 2010
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The nature of War

Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education

The memories of what soldiers experience during war lasts a lifetime. Memories can be triggered at any time and retold with precise detail. Events experienced many years earlier can easily be recalled. For a Vietnam veteran it is the Vietnam memorial that brings his experience back into his...