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A Treatment Research Study on Adolescent Depression

and those who have been diagnosed as having a major depressive episode (Editors, 2006). As the data verify, girls are far more lik...

A Letter to Senator Hillary Clinton

categorized into four classifications: * "Type I. Excision of the prepuce, with or without excision of part or all of the clitoris...

4 Questions on Social Research Statistics Answered

in Alaska with puppy growth in New York (Correlation does not equal Causation, n.d.). If tracking both over the course of several...

Diabetes in America

the pancreas do not produce enough insulin in order to meet the bodys needs, and this is in part attributable to the acquired decr...

Fair Trade In The United Kingdom

items (Oxfam, 2007). In 2005, "Oxfam sold ?3.4 million worth of Fairtrade food" (Oxfam, 2007). These included a vast assortment of...

No Child Left behind; Data Analysis, Discussion and Recommendations

attainment figures. It is also notable that after a period of improvements the last few years, 2003 - 2005 appear to have...

AIDS: What is Means to Ohio

all susceptible to being infected with this devastating disease. Unfortunately, in fact, HIV infections are increasing among all ...

Retaining Human Capital

of commitment when they know what is going in the company (Risher, 2007). Similarly, DeMarco (2007) also substantiates the importa...

A Community Health Issue in Kentucky/Smoking Cessation

Orem defines a "self-care deficit" as when a clients condition or injury prohibits that individuals ability to meet the requiremen...

Plastic Surgery

plastic surgery as a cultural phenomenon, that is, why people choose to have elective surgery. Types of plastic surgery It is a ...

The Problem of Poverty: A Look at Santa Rosa, Florida

11.9%(2004) ("Santa Rosa County," 2008). * There is less poverty in Santa Rosa County than in Florida overall. * Yet, clos...

African Americans in the Legal Profession

to increase number of African American lawyers and judges," 2008). This is true even though the African American population is sli...

Criminal Justice Issues

effect of showing mercy to the Manson murderers when they exhibited no mercy towards their innocent victims. According to Charlo...

Epidemiology; Intravenous Drug Users in New York

users were admitted, which made up 0.2% of all the relevant admissions and cocaine users, (no smoked) had 12,876 admissions, makin...

A Probation Officer's View Of Effectiveness

OF EFFECTIVENESS The new evaluation format proposes the following theories: 1) use recidivism statistics as a guide to improvemen...

Urban Black Male Adolescents

families often have little access to health care services (Bauman, Silver and Stein, 2006). In many cases, access is provided thro...

BREAST CANCER -- MICHIGAN

Wisdom, 2004). Between 1990 and 2000, breast cancers diagnosed earlier (thus leading to a higher survival rate), increase...

Life-long Learning in Adult Education

second comprising twenty-one percent. Part-time college and university degree programs, in turn, comprised only five percent of a...

Black and Decker and the Use of Leading Indicators

This 3 page paper looks at what economic indicators may be useful for Black and Decker and discusses what they might mean for the ...

A Look at Burglary Statistics in New York City and Cincinnati

crime. No force is used. Rather, the burglar enters a premises, or even merely trespasses on property, and takes what he likes. S...

Research and Statistics in Psychology

psychological research" (Greene and Oliveira, 2006, p.3). And the aim of psychological research is to "test psychological theories...

Writing a Resume: Accuracy and Honesty Count:

9). A resumes collegiate or university records information can also reveal how honest or dishonest the the job seeker is. If the...

Juvenile Justice Bulletin: Key Points

2001 findings, with 43% black and 55% white juveniles arrested for violent crimes when the overall juvenile population that year r...

Health Promotion/Childhood Obesity

14 hours per week of television and spend an average of 6-7 hours per day viewing various media" (LeBlanc, 2003, p. 329. Furthermo...

Medical Coders

Building on the work of William Farr, Jacques Bertillon, the chief statistician for the city of Paris, devised a revised classific...

Accountants and Auditors

of Labor Statistics, 2007). The education needed for such a career can be relatively simple, such as taking courses to get a cer...

Social Security Versus The American Dream

public transportation or carpooling with friends. To fill up the tank of this older model, low mileage car costs $75. Moreover, ...

An Analysis of Crime Statistics (1968 through 2008)

an interesting tale, but the data must be reviewed in concert with economic and social trends that affect the nation overall. Some...

California Drug Statistics

groups during the ten-year period: 16.5% juveniles and 42.1% adults (Bureau of Criminal Information and Analysis, 2000). Gender p...

Procrastination and GPA

health when deadlines are far off" (Chu and Choi, 2005, p. 245). On the other hand, the Tice and Baumeister study also reported th...