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    will be argued that this aspect of capitalism has a profound relevance with long-term changes of technologies and products through incessant innovations. Section 2 formulates stockout avoidance behaviors by individual firms facing with uncertainty of demand as a consequence of sales competition. Here ‘stockout avoidance’ means that a firm seek to suppress its expected ratio of stockout at such a low level that buyers can feel that their orders to this firms would be almost certainly satisfied. Section

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    perfect example of such differences. It also portrays how and why overcoming these boundaries is significant to the wellbeing of the community. The community in which the African doctor is integrating has multiple things in common but the uncertainty avoidance that the community had was too high to permit any exchanges between the two cultures. The way the African doctor adapted to the way the locals where is proof that communication competence is key when it comes to dealing with and ingroups when being

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    fed mice were divided into 8 groups (Group II to Group V and Group VII to Group X) with 6 animals in each group. Passive avoidance paradigm (PAP) and Morris water maze (MWM) were the two exteroceptive behavioral models used in this experiment in a way similar to our earlier experiment on mice with age induced amnesia.[18, 19] Group I to Group V were subjected to passive avoidance paradigm and Group VI to Group X were subjected to Morris water maze. Atorvastatin, simvastatin and piracetam were mixed

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    Over the years, child abuse has reportedly been identified as the main contributor to numerous environmental risk factors that later affect these abused children in their adulthood life. For instance, a number of studies have indicated that child sexual abuse influences the adult-interpersonal functioning and psychological distresses. Research has further revealed that this social ill is the main contributor to the victimization in dating relationships (Fiorillo, Papa & Follette, 2013). Eating disorder

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    individualism with Canada at 80 and Italy at 76. Second in line would be power distance with Canada at 39 and Italy at 50. With regard to the other dimensions, they are different (see below). • Masculinity: Canada – 52; Italy – 70 • Uncertainty Avoidance: Canada – 48; Italy – 75 • Long Term Orientation: Canada – 36; Italy - 61 • Indulgence: Canada – 68; Italy - 30 For individualism, both countries’ people

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    event or an overwhelming event in one’s life. PTSD can have a severe impact on the nervous system. The nervous system can become stuck in the stressful situation and it will be unable to return to its normal state. PTSD has many symptoms such as avoidance, isolation and flashbacks. There are a few treatments for PTSD available and these include medications and therapy. Even though PTSD is a problem all on its own, there are also other issues associated with this disorder. Acquiring PTSD can lead

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    Anxiety disorders are some of the most common mental disorder. Agoraphobia was first termed by German physician Carl Friedrich Otto Westphal in 1871. It comes from the “Agora”, meaning marketplace, and “phobia” meaning “fear of”. Westphal was a well-respected physician “In his time Westphal was one of the most highly regarded doctors in Berlin” (Knapp & Schumacher, 1988, p.8) and discovered agoraphobia through his study of three men. Each man exhibited the common symptom of fearing walking through

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    Clytemnestra. Agamemnon cries: "o-oh! I am hit. . . mortally hit. . . within." p82 Agamemnon dies despite his ignorance of the prophecy.   The Oracle at Delphi in Oedipus predicts the downfall and destruction of Oedipus, despite Oedipus' avoidance of the prophecy. Oedipus recalls the Oracle as stating: "that I [Oedipus] was fated to defile my mother's bed, that I should show unto men a brood which they could not endure to behold, and that I should be the slayer of the sire who begot me." When

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    and direct approach to problem solving. The social phenomena varied widely from simple gestures of disagreement to that of complete avoidance; these phenomena included lack of communication, reduced affection, non-accommodation, opposite family views, common friendships, work schedules, partner expectations, opposite spectrum resolution methods, topic or issue avoidance, religious beliefs, acceptance of lifestyle, double standards, possibility of rejection, partner loyalty and trust. The theories

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    various sociocultural food taboos under the larger umbrella concept of the sacred and profane, a sociologically ubiquitous dichotomy found worldwide. I will do so by introducing various cultural examples of food taboos and explanative theories of food avoidance practices. Ideally, this paper will introduce the reader with the complex social pre- and proscriptions of the sacred and profane and the affect of which on food consumption practices. Food taboo is present in all societies in one form or another

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