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International Accounting Convergence; IFRS and US GAAP

rely on information flow and also trust. Annual accounts are a major tool used by potential investors to assess an investment. Alt...

Puritan Beliefs, Attitudes and Behaviors

such a doctrine demands its adherents to examine themselves closely and constantly correct any "imperfections" so that they will b...

Women in Construction

industry (Riegel, 2006). In many areas, agency law dictates that women must be a part of the construction workforce. For example...

Gestational Diabetes

(Perkins, Dunn and Jagasia, 2007). Research has shown that the "magnitude of fetal-neonatal risk" is directly proportional to the ...

A History of Dirt Bike Racing

When discussing competitive motorcycle racing, when such racing is taken off road, one usually refers to this as motocross (McGrat...

Civil Disobedience and the Vietnam War

act of not being obedient. He contrasted the longevity of nature with the ethereal nature of that manmade contrivance we call gov...

Defense Mechanisms

to affect them. Authors write that confronting obstacles means that one is able to come to terms with their difficulties to minimi...

Communication and U.S. Foreign Policy Towards Mexico

in Colombia, or the uncertainty of an eventual post-Castro Cuba?" . Mexico, of...

Dower's Embracing Defeat

noted that the emperor had announced defeat, which meant surrender (Dower, 2001). Yet, the woman who Dower notes on the first pag...

Affirmative Action

well known in various affected organizations, it also dominated higher education. There was a claim that because minorities are at...

Global Terrorism

in the late 1990s, little was actually done to stop them. 9/11 Changed Our Goals and Strategy US goals just after 9/11 were to d...

Organizational Behavior And Teamwork

when trying to solve problems (Wertheim, n.d.). The idea of emphasizing groups instead of just individuals also emerged from these...

The No Child Left Behind Act

implications that definitely go against the grain of some long-established educational practices. Given the problematic n...

Belief In A Just World Theory

the just world theory. Some of those outcomes include: more satisfaction with life, in general, better mental health, better physi...

Medicinal Marijuana

dangerous or physically addictive. Of course, there is some debate about the safety of marijuana. Curtis claims that the FDA will...

Work and Life Boundaries

ignore the home phone if he knows his boss wants him to come in early. This individual may be more stressed due to the fact that h...

Teaching Reading in Special Education

difficult to discern whether systematic feedback, metacognitive knowledge ... or the combination of feedback and metacognitive kno...

Insuring Data Security: Lessons from the Department of Veterans Affairs

even phone numbers and addresses, all information that put the individuals whose data was stolen in a precarious situation in term...

Complexities Of Delivering Health Care In America

because they do not have the means to get medical attention (Center for American Progress, 2007). Health care costs seem to rise e...

Influenza

incubates for one to four days (Selekman, 2007). Even when asymptomatic a carrier can also pass the virus to others (Selekman, 20...

“On Variation in Interlanguage: A Response to Gregg”

unknown and that a learners performance is optimal at all times. In reality, Tarone argues, this optimal situation is seldom in p...

HAZOP; Loading and Unloading Firearm

act as a catalyst for discussion. There are a number of deviations we can look at for this. To look at this we can consider the di...

Florida in the Civil War

"twelve infantry regiments, two cavalry regiments, a handful of artillery batteries, and a variety of smaller organizations" (Cole...

Elder Abuse in the United States

sometimes illusive. Generally, the characterization of elder abuse is that it does occur in the United States and while hard to de...

Identifying and Managing Workplace Conflicts

the impetus for a report on the cost-effectiveness of computerized systems that in turn are used as the basis for a change initiat...

The Fremont Technology Plan and the EETT Grant Process

have been implemented in accordance with the Curriculum Component goals, benchmarks and timeline. The Fremont plan identifies t...

The Case Study of a Homeless Man and the Social Forces Working Against Him

work two weeks before and buys a bottle of no-name vodka. He sits on the side of a busy road with two or three of the older guys ...

A Reflective Essay on Personal Experiences

meet a number of significant needs, though economic need was not a primary issue. This job may not have been the most difficult o...

Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Use of Low Air Loss Overlay Mattresses on a Stroke and Orthopedic Unit in the Hospital Setting

patients by reducing the number of incidences of pressure ulcers. As research demonstrates an increasing cost of treatment for pr...

Inpatient Substance Abuse Treatment in the United States: Does it Actually Work? A Research Proposal

at any given time, 700,000 people in the United States are receiving treatment of some kind of alcohol dependence. In a 1992 nati...