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    Sign tracking is the tendency to approach a stimulus that is predictive of food. There have been several studies that have examined this phenomenon in rats as rearing toward a light stimulus predictive of food. The purpose of this study was to provide further research of this phenomenon in Long-Evans rats. Holland (1977) performed one of the earlier studies on Pavlovian conditioned responses. The purpose of his study was to examine how the characteristics of a conditioned stimulus (CS)…

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    Proportional reasoning is a kind of mathematical reasoning that encompasses a logical comprehension of various evaluations and co-variations. Proportional reasoning allows an individual the ability to reason mathematically and is a demonstration of how a number of pieces of information are stockpiled mentally. We deal with diverse proportional information on a daily basis, such as reading temperatures, relational spatial contrast, and calculations of densities all of which is central to…

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    Which later went to United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. The Analysis Treatment of Reservation The spring of 1986, Rainbow (a travel agency based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) was organizing many tour packages for Oklahoma football fans who wanted to attend a University football game between them and the University of Miami. The game was scheduled for September 26, 1986, in Miami, Florida. Therefore, Rainbow contacted Fontainebleau Hilton (a deluxe resort hotel in Miami Beach,…

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    Several research findings in the field of criminology reveals that men commit more crimes than men. This difference has been branded “The gap in offending”. The most interesting revelation is that this gender gap in offending has significantly narrowed over time. Over the last quarter century significant changes have been observed with regard to women involved in the criminal justice. Currently, women constitute a greater proportion of prison population that ever before. From 1980, women in…

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    Here’s an anecdotal story about my wife’s extremely rare form of Familial lipoprotein lipase deficiency, which back in 1986 didn’t even have a formalized name. I vividly recall the day I took my [Korean born] wife for the required lab work after having been told we were pregnant. I remember watching her blood turn a milky white color as it was drawn into the vile. Since I was (and still am) relatively squeamish at the sight of blood, it was the first time I had ever watched a lab procedure and I…

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    conceived by politicians with a coded racist agenda and enforced through a biased strategy…which ensures that those ensnared in the police net will be disproportionately poor, male, and members of minority groups” (Atwell, M., 2012). Furthermore, the 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act changed the sentences for powder and crack cocaine to make a 1 to 100 distinction between the two, meaning that the possession of 5 gram of crack triggered a five-year prison sentence, whereas 50 grams of powder cocaine was…

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    The reality of war entered the living rooms of U.S. citizens for the very first time in history throughout the Vietnam War. The general public watched villages being destroyed, Vietnamese kids burning to death, and american body baggages being sent home. Although initial coverage usually supported U.S involvement within the war, newscast dramatically modified the war once the Tet Offensive happened. The anti-war movement gained increasing media attention. Coverage of the war and its ensuing…

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    IS THE OTTAWA CHARTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION (1986) STILL RELEVANT IN THE 21ST CENTURY? INTRODUCTION In 1986 Canada held the first International Conference on Heath Promotion in Ottawa, aiming to attain World Health Organisation (WHO) objective of advocating health for all (WHO 1986). The charter defined Health promotion as “the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health” (WHO 1986). The Ottawa Charter advocated for five principles of promoting health…

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    Loss @ 35% Industry Forrester 1985-1 549,000 192,000 35% 192,000 - 0% 0% 5.2 5.2 1985-2 517,500 181,000 35% 181,000 - 0% 0% 5.2 5.2 1986-1 387,500 135,500 35% 135,500 - 0% 0% 4.25 4.25 1986-2 427,500 149,500 35% 149,500 - 0% 0% 4.25 4.25 1987-1 450,000 135,000 30% 157,500 - 22,500 -5% -17% 4.25 5.2 1987-2 562,500 112,500…

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    Some differences took place between 1970's and 1980's music. An alteration has needed to embed some new genre. The rock or merely rock music is a contemporary musical genre aimed to encompass each of the various derivative genres of rock and roll. Usually interpreted, among many other instruments are added occasionally, with guitar, drums, and bass. Many styles of the genre also use keyboard instruments, for example, saxophone, piano, Synthesizers. This platform usually has a strong obstacle,…

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