30 Research Tools and Resources in DCCCD Libraries http://www.dcccd.edu/databases A: Six Essential Finding Tools That Everyone Should Know Well 1. The Library Catalog (thelibrarycatalog.com) – The key to the entire contents of the DCCCD Libraries. 2. The Choose a Database Page – A gateway to the DCCCD’s extensive collection of digital resources (dcccd.edu/databases). 3. Academic Search Complete (Ebscohost) – The DCCCD’s largest single database of articles. Includes full text articles from
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widespread use. Modern doctors train for years before they begin practicing and benefit from the vast body of medical knowledge collected over centuries of laborious study. Before we developed these scientific habits, however, medicine looked very different. Before the use of microscopes in medicine and the discovery of germs, many strange theories about the origins of disease flourished in the
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situations. “For a brand, it is important to understand and take into account the cultural factors inherent to each market or to each situation in order to adapt its product and its marketing strategy. As these will play a role in the perception, habits, behavior or expectations of consumers” (Perreau, n.d.). Three
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and Management (BAM) Nationwide Case study Part B Essay Nationwide have decided that home-working and flexible working opportunities are necessary for their business to be competitive. a) It is assumed that individuals will often have a preference for home-working because of achieving what is referred to as work-life balance. However, what factors are suggested in the case that may go against this idea, and demonstrating your understanding of the theories, discuss the reasons that this way of
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(National center for the chronic disease prevention and health promotion, division of nutrition, physical activity and obesity, 2011, p. 1) “80% of obese adolescents will be obese as adults”. ("Childhood Obesity Prevention," 2014, p. 2) According to a study released January 2014, only “1 in 4 teens are participating in one hour of moderate activity every day”. (Doheny, 2014, para. 1) “Obesity levels for American Indians and Alaska Natives are increasing. Obesity among children in these ethnic groups
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In our culture, similar to the Japanese we embrace both theories of conflictive and functionalism theories. Durkheim (father founder of the functionalist theory) primary focus was on “moral education” meaning to implement a more permanent social structure by joining together people from diverse backgrounds. Furthermore, he states that the role of education is one of identifying socialization into today’s society. The Functionalist theory focuses on education as a whole and also implements the basic
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learn how to manage time efficiently, budgeting and communication well. 2. Academic skills Three strongest skills: * Note-making. By taking e-lesson from PDP, I know how to do note-making effectively last term and keep practice during this study period. In terms of me, I need to point out the key words from the messy information and then focus and re-organize the key words to the pattern that I am familiar with. Finally, I need to revise it and concise it times and times again to make a higher
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Immigrants have been exposed to poor living and low working conditions. The immigrant works have been exposed to countless evils. In Pierre Bourdieu’s sociological theory discusses, the the main aspects are focusing in analyzing the state of the immigrant farm child. From a outsider’s view, we could imagine that due to the increased development of the countries like the United Sate, the living condition and environment on the poor could change, however, this has never been the case. These immigrant
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Current Study 5 2.1. Means-end Chain Theory 5 2.2. The laddering technique 6 2.3.1 Recruitment of respondents for individual laddering interview 7 2.3.2 Analysis of laddering data 8 3.1 Attributes, Consequences and Values 9 3.2.1 Results: Marriage Segment 9 3.2.2 Results: Relationship Segment 10 3.2.3. Results: Single Segment 11 4. Discussion and Conclusion 12 References 13 1. Introduction The consumption of alcoholic beverages is an old habit that has
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misconduct. In other words, this study brings fourth the idea that recruit perceptions and working style are affected more by their FTOs than formal “book” training that is given at the academy. The author concentrates on two theoretical perspectives to bring forth a better understanding of this issue: Police misbehavior (via complaints), and organizations influences. The social learning theory on an individual level is mentioned as well. The research design for this study is quantitative. The settings
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