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In various societies today children have become very vulnerable and may need a little bit of help in handling various issues in their lives. Many people tend to associate special needs with disabilities only; this may not be really true owing to the fact that the special needs of the children are diversified. As a [...]
Environment crisis is one of the main problems of modern society. Interest groups and political leaders develop different approaches to environmental protection and preventive strategies based on unique values and norms (Broda-Bahm 1999). Ecofeminism, pluralism and environmental pragmatism are the basic approaches which define and determine environmental values and principles. All researchers suppose that the [...]
Chronic back pain (CBP), and in particular chronic low back pain (CLBP), is a growing еpidеmic in thе Unitеd Statеs (Costе еt al., 1992). It has bееn еstimatеd that 70% to 80% of thе costs for work-rеlatеd low back claims arе accountеd for by 7% to 10% of patiеnts who dеvеlop CLBP (Gеissеr, Robinson, and [...]
Body movements have symbolic meanings in the process of non verbal communication, and most of the movements are culture specific. As per the classification system developed by Ekman and Friesen, there are five types of body movements which are functional in the communication process (P. Ekman and W. Friesen, 1969).The five classification systems are: 1.Direct [...]
As we grow up we learn lots of things. From our mothers we learn manners and from our fathers we learn how to climb trees and how to throw a ball. Our parents teach us to take our first steps, how to tie our shoes and how to write our names. When the times come [...]
In the advent of the twentieth century, people of almost every nation have laid witness to the rapid and seemingly unstoppable growth of population, wealth, industry and technology. Preceded by the Industrial Revolution, the growth of human industrial activity increased as time progressed. Moreover, as science provided more ways to make living easier for most [...]
Whеthеr іt іs pоеtry, prоsе, оr nоn-fісtіоn, wrіtеrs nоt оnly wrеstlе wіth thеіr оwn thоughts, tryіng tо fіnd thе prесіsе wоrds thаt еxprеss thеіr mеаnіng mоst сlеаrly, but thеy аlsо dо sо hоpіng, соnsсіоusly оr nоt, thаt thеіr еffоrt wіll nоt hаvе bееn іn vаіn. Thеy wrіtе fоr оthеrs, аnd thе rоаd оur wоrds tаkе [...]
I begin this essay by considering what the oxford dictionary says about of education which states that education is “a process of training and instruction especially of children and young people in school, colleges and other educational institutions which is designed to give knowledge and develop skills.” This definition portrays the educational system as a [...]
“For history is to the nation as memory is to the individual.”
-A.M. Schlesinger, Jr.
The history of history books is always that of those in power. The few men and even fewer women who change political boundaries, make breakthroughs in science or introduce new ways of thinking. But the handful of people who make it into [...]
In the late 18th century, the Industrial Revolution marked an era in human civilization where there was a tremendous shift in the ways that people worked, what was produced and how. Manual-based labor was replaced by machinery and industries that could manufacture products at exponential rates than they could have been made before. The impact [...]
