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    discovered by Cannon (1932). However‚ when attention bias toward threat is chronic‚ the SNS will be excessively activated‚ leading to health problems (e.g. weakened immune system‚ cardiovascular complications) (Dienstbier‚ 1989). Attention Bias Modification (ABM) is an innovative and novel approach in shifting individuals’ subconscious attention bias from threatening towards neutral stimuli (Bar-Haim‚

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    The Post-Modification in Nominal Groups Fransiska Dewi H.‚ S.S.‚ M.Hum Abstract Syntax mostly deals with the external structures of the words. It has to do with discussing the structures which is at the level above word‚ in group level. Thus‚ this paper discusses only on the structure of modification which shows the relationship between the head word and its modifier(s) and the group of words under discussion consists of the phrase and clause of noun called nominal group. Since the position

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    through the 1956 Interstate and Defense Highway Act (IDHA).The 1956 Interstate and Defense Highway Act is a primary public policy that sustained the suburbs yet caused segregation amongst those who lived in the slums. Eric Avila the author of “Popular Culture in the Age of White Flight” examines the reconfiguration of the Los Angeles city after the implementation of freeways. Long before freeways people traveled using the streetcar. Several cities around the North Eastern portion and Midwest provided public

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    Asian Values have been defining by different scholars and practicing by different leaders in various countries in Asia. Some Asian leaders have thought of Asian Values as unique characteristics of Asia as comply strictly by Asian peoples. It is defined as the value that depends on one strong leader to lead a country to become one strong country instead of popular democracy‚ give state a power for a far-reaching to state economy and bureaucracy‚ a social norm that follow strictly by a community‚ and

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    intended to eat more fruit but also of different kinds. The rationale behind it is to be more flexible in future terms after the program has ended‚ thus decreasing monotony and increasing the probability to eat fruit. I decided to choose such behavior modification mainly for health reasons. I mainly needed to decrease sugar intake and thus replacing glucose and other sugars that might rot the teeth and cause other major problems later in life such as diseases like Diabetes‚ with fructose. Formally stating

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    Human genetic modification is very controversial in the world right now. Many think it should be allowed and many think otherwise. Why is genetic modification controversial throughout the world right now? Genetic modification is the direct manipulation of an organism’s genome using biotechnology. When you genetically modify an organism it can cause good things and bad things. It may cause diseases or it may prevent them. Genetic Modification should be allowed all over the world due to the fact at

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    Genetic engineering has played an increasingly important part in the business of agriculture‚ resulting in the introduction of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) which have been created by altering genetic materials by way of genetic engineering. While GMOs have a multitude of applications‚ I will focus primarily on GMO technology used to grow and develop food crops and the growing controversy surrounding the practice. According to National Agricultural Statistics Service (2010)‚ over 80% of

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    CHAPTER 22: DESCENT WITH MODIFICATION Questions in This Course How did life on earth become the way it is today? What differences exist among living organisms? What drives biodiversity? How are structures related to function? Life: The Why and the How Ultimate vs. Proximate questions: Ultimate: Why? Why are we here? Why does life exist? Proximate: How? How did we get here? How did life become what it is today? Philosophy and religion—Ultimate questions Science—Proximate questions

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    Finding Asian America Asian American is the term that referring to people who live in America with the origin of coming from Asia. The term can be easily defined in such a way that I can pull it straight out from the English dictionary or online Wikipedia. But is there all to it? I guess there should be more than just some dry definitions that the dictionary gave me. The question “What does it mean to be Asian American?” is more of an interesting one to me‚ particularly after watching the film

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    Asian Philosophy and Literature Paper Sonya Dowell ENG/301 August 13‚ 2012 Marc Bonnani INTRODUCTION The Asian Culture has faith in that there are a series of beliefs and principled forms in the Asian literature that follows in the ethnic steadiness and a thoughtful of collaboration that resulted in the mutual understanding of Asian literature development‚ but the Asian literature views comes from a diverse ethnic upbringings‚ no single meaning of the word exists‚ but characteristically

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