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Award winning verse and prose from the adult and youth winners of the summer 1999 Iliad Literary Awards Program. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from CANNT Journal, published by Thomson Gale on April 1, 2007. The length of the article is 8560 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Nurses' perceptions of the impact of a renal nursing professional practice model on nursing outcomes, characteristics of practice environments and empowerment--Part II.
Author: Lori Harwood
Publication: CANNT Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 17Issue: 2Page: 35(9)

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Drugs in Dermatology, published by Journal of Drugs in Dermatology, Inc. on December 1, 2008. The length of the article is 5139 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Phase 4 study to assess tretinoin pump for the treatment of facial acne.(ORIGINAL ARTICLES)(Report)
Author: Lawrence F. Eichenfield
Publication: Journal of Drugs in Dermatology (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2008
Publisher: Journal of Drugs in Dermatology, Inc.
Volume: 7Issue: 12Page: 1129(8)

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Includes: "Accidentally Pregnant, Conveniently Wed" by Sharon Kendrick, "Claiming His Pregnant Wife" by Kim Lawrence, and, "Meant-To-Be Mother" by Ally Blake. ... Read more

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Teachers and administrators who understand the "politics" in schools can operate more successfully to facilitate change. This text teaches educators to identify and influence common social patterns that affect their work in school organizations. It combines literature from educational leadership and foundations of education to provide a comprehensive introduction to organizational theories related to schooling. A particularly notable feature is that in addition to traditional bureaucratic and political approaches, there is a substantial focus on recent critical and feminist theories. Extensive use of narrative vignettes makes the theories accessible for prospective and practicing teachers. Practice cases and exercises assist students in applying the theories to their own organization settings.

Assuming little prior knowledge of theories about school organizations, this volume is intended as a text for introductory graduate courses, as well as for advanced undergraduate courses, and groups such as site-based management teams and district professional development committees.
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This clear, reader-friendly book is carefully designed to help readers gain confidence and acquire competence in their academic writing abilities. It focuses on real people as they write and actively involves readers in the writing process. The authors' innovative approach encourages reflection on how professional writing initiatives connect to the personal self. For pre-service and in-service teachers, graduate students, school administrators, educational specialists, and all others involved in the educational enterprise, effective writing is important to professional success. Organized to help the reader move progressively and confidently forward as a writer of academic prose, Doing Academic Writing in Education: Connecting the Personal and the Professional features: *Activities to engage readers in connecting their writing endeavors to their personal selves, and in discovering their own writing attitudes, behaviors, strengths, and problem areas;
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The media's presentation suggests that American teenage culture today is the most violent, sexual, and amoral youth culture in history. In this book, Nichols and Good deconstruct the negative images held by large numbers of adults. Recognizing that many teenagers are left by adults to socialize themselves and the consequences of this "careless indifference," the authors' goal is to influence a more positive view leading to stronger social policies and better services, resources, and programs to meet the needs of America's youth.

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This digital document is an article from Family Practice News, published by Thomson Gale on May 1, 2007. The length of the article is 430 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Therapy still dicey as gout's incidence more than doubles.(Musculoskeletal Disorders)
Author: Sharon Worcester
Publication: Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 37Issue: 9Page: 35(1)

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