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Mexican American Men, Machismo, and Mental Health: Cultural Shifts in Perceptions of Depression
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Abstract Floyd, a middle-class husband and father of two college-age children, enjoyed a cutting-edge career in computer technology before abruptly facing early retirement due to chronic back problems. Suddenly confronted with a lifestyle of restrictions, an opposite reality from his lifelong wor...
The Search for Self-Understanding
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Environmental Science Lab Manual and Notebook: A Customized Version for SUNY-Old Westerbury College
By: RONITA GHATAK
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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...
Managing Social Media: Responding to Critics on Twitter
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Abstract Ten minutes before Montague walked in his office at 9:30 this morning, popular sports blog Kissing Shelly Kohler already had 275,000 views on their Flanders’ Twitter story. The Buckhorns media and public relations office had been deluged with requests for comment. Massaging his temples w...
Starting the Dialogue: Perspectives on Technology and Society
Author(s): Marie Hoepfl, James Byron Houser, Brian Raichle
Starting the Dialogue: Perspectives on Technology and Society focuses on artifacts and processes that make up the human¬made world and the societal implications of their use. This book is designed to promote reflection and discussion by using multiple examples of current technologies, which serve to...
Africana Paradigms, Practices and Literary Texts: Evoking Social Justice
Author(s): Clenora Hudson-Weems
Many critical events occurred during the 20th & 21st centuries, but nothing more compelling than the global demonstrations among a diverse population, physically & spiritually demoralized by racial dominance, symbolized by “Till’s bloated face, the embodiment of the ugliness of American racism,” all...
Essentially Speaking: A Practical Guide to Understanding the Best Practices of Public Speaking
By: Amanda Gilliland
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Drug Abuse Across the Lifespan: A Biopsychosocial Approach
Author(s): Brian Kelley
Substance Abuse Across the Lifespan: A Biopsychosocial Approach is current (completed at the end of 2020) and comprehensive in its discussion of substance abuse and presents complex concepts through case studies and real-world applications while being mindful of and sensitive to important difference...