Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development Emerald Article: Differentiation for competitive advantage in a small family business Alex Douglas, Jacqueline Douglas, John Davies Article information: To cite this document: Alex Douglas, Jacqueline Douglas, John Davies, (2010),"Differentiation for competitive advantage in a small family business", Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, Vol. 17 Iss: 3 pp. 371 - 386 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14626001011068680
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The Benefits of Playing Video Games Isabela Granic, Adam Lobel, and Rutger C. M. E. Engels Radboud University Nijmegen Video games are a ubiquitous part of almost all children’s and adolescents’ lives, with 97% playing for at least one hour per day in the United States. The vast majority of research by psychologists on the effects of “gaming” has been on its negative impact: the potential harm related to violence, addiction, and depression. We recognize the value of that research; however, we argue
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Terrie E Moffitt professor Division of Psychological Medicine, King’s College Mary Cannon Wellcome Trust advanced fellow Robin Murray professor Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Research Unit, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand Richie Poulton director, Dunedin multidisciplinary health and development study The strongest evidence that cannabis use may be a risk factor for later psychosis comes from a Swedish cohort study which found that heavy cannabis use
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------------------------------------------------- Functional Health Patterns Community Assessment Guide * Functional Health Pattern (FHP) Template Directions: This FHP template is to be used for organizing community assessment data in preparation for completion of your collaborative learning community (CLC) assignment. Address every bulleted statement in each section with data or rationale for deferral. You may also add additional bullet points if applicable to your community. Value/Belief
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Birth defect is one of the significant indicators of health status of every individual. The incidence of birth defects remains an important public health concern. Inadequate knowledge about the defects among prospective mothers (or the family) could result in delayed medical managements. It is also under-recognized cause of infant’s and children’s death and disability. The World Health Organization (WHO) defined birth defect as structural or functional abnormalities that are usually seen at birth. It
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Students at Risk – An American Epidemic EDU 490: Interdisciplinary Capstone Shmeka L. Williams June 27, 2009 Abstract Socioeconomic status is a very real problem for children in American society. It affects many areas of their lives, but most importantly, it affects their education. For this reason, it is imperative that parents, teachers, administrators, and communities ban together to ensure that at-risk students from low socioeconomic backgrounds are given
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It incorporates the following components: Food and Nutrition, Home Management, Health Education, Needlework and Crafts. Through this syllabus the learner is taught to prepare well balanced appetizing meals for the family with minimum equipment, limited time and money; to maintain and manage the available resources of the home; to provide clothing for the family; and to maintain the good physical and mental health of the members of the family. The content encourages practical experiences and
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The principles underpinning the early development of social brain functioning remain largely unexplored (Grossmann, 2015). Neuroscience in particular has an ever-growing body of knowledge related to children’s development in a number of domains from movement to language, attention, problem solving, and even ethics, especially targeting the unique period of neural growth from prenatal development through age 8 (Sripada, 2012). The field of neuroscience
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dealing with mental health social disorders. Level of Functioning and Recidivism Shepherd, J. B., Green, K. R., Omobien, E. O., (2009). Level of functioning and recidivism risk among adolescent offenders. Adolescence. 40, 23-32. In this article the author’s main focus is that there should be more attention paid to the level of functioning in adolescent offenders. The idea that delinquent’s affective intervention can take place without properly taking into account these children’s problematic domain
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crippling their family and incorporating them in the healing process. A place of such magnitude and offers multidisciplinary services does exist and that place is Shriners Hospital for Children. Shriners Hospital, founded in 1922, aims to achieve optimum health for its patients by helping each child become healthy and independent. Through its broad range of medical and rehabilitative services, it accomplishes this goal through treatments, surgeries, and therapies in orthotics, prosthetics, occupational,
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