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Introductory General Chemistry Laboratory Experiments

Author(s): Kevin Kolack, Paris Svoronos, Pedro Irigoyen

Just as the laboratory is designed to support and enhance student understanding of material learned/ learning/to be learned in lecture, Introductory General Chemistry Laboratory Experiments is designed to support and enhance the textbook. As such, the introductory material for each experiment has no...

Up All Night with Facebook: A New Mother's Use of an Online Community to Find Support

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Abstract Childbirth is a life-altering experience that often, and fundamentally, changes the way women navigate their social worlds. New moms may find their new role to be challenging and may experience further difficulty in relating to family and friends the same way they did pre-childbirth (Gla...

Having--and Doing--It All? The Hidden Nature of Informal Support Systems in Career and Personal Life Management

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Sample Janie bolted upright in bed and reached for her alarm clock. It was 3 a.m. Brad was snoring. She tried to gently push him onto his side but he was sound asleep and getting louder by the second. She took a deep breath and got out of bed. She eased her feet into her slippers and tip-toed dow...

OpenStax Calculus Vol 2 softcover

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Western Humanities and Christian Thought

Author(s): Joshua Kira, Sandra S. Yang

Western Humanities and Christian Thought is an introduction to the philosophy, visual arts, music, and theatre of Western civilization from Ancient Greece to our own times. This book is unique among surveys of humanities in several ways.First and foremost, it has a level of Christian thought permeat...

This Just Isn't Working Out: Gender, Technology, and Work/Family

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Abstract Riya put her 10-month-old son, Atul, in the playpen next to her computer in the living room. At 6:30 in the evening, she had fed Atul and herself, and she was ready to pick up where she had left off when she checked out of the Engineering Department at InfoTech for the day at 3:00 p.m. S...

Lying to Ourselves: A Case Study in Nonverbal Cues and Deception Detection Expertise

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Abstract Deception occurs in many different forms and is often difficult to detect. Even well-known detection tools such as truth serums and lie detector tests are, at best, unreliable. Deception has been defined by Vrij (2000) as “a successful or unsuccessful deliberate attempt,without forewarni...

Sports vs. Church: The Dilemma of Choosing Sides

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Abstract Firing someone is never easy. But when it’s your best head coach, whom everybody loves, and who is claiming discrimination for not being allowed to attend church, things get downright messy. *** “I want to thank you all for being here tonight,” Tom said. “As you know, we have a tou...