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	<title>The Education of Culture</title>
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	<description>Everything You Need to Know about The Education of Culture</description>
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		<title>Get Paid for International Teaching And Experience New Cultures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Several years back a group of eager teens from Canada met other groups from the US to spend several weeks working at a Christian camp in Belize. The young people slept in hammocks, ran for their water, fought bugs and vermin, influenced young lives, and generally had a profitable time. Upon returning to Florida, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Western Psychology, Eastern Cultures &#8211; Mismatch?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Does psychology as an import from Western culture adequately explain Eastern behavior? Are all human brains and thus, development, cognition, and behavioral patterns essentially alike? Are its methods of therapy appropriate or displaced? Are the goals for outcome similar regardless of geography, or must they be modified to reflect the values of the dominant culture? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cell Culture Troubleshooting Guide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are several common problems encountered when culturing cells. Problems in primary cell cultures may have different causes than the same problem in established cell lines. The examples below address some of the common problems encountered when doing cell culture along with their possible causes and suggested actions to resolve them.
Problem: Rapid pH shift in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.drassn.org/cell-culture-troubleshooting-guide.html</link>
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		<title>What Are Blood Cultures and How Are They Used?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Blood cultures are usually used in the detection of yeasts or bacteria in blood as well as for the identification of microorganisms that are present in the blood and also as a treatment guide. More than one blood culture is usually ordered and consecutive samples are collected. Along with the blood culture a CBC (complete [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Cultural Competence?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many academic definitions of cultural competence.
Practically, at a personal level, cultural competence is the ability to interact comfortably, and communicate effectively, with people from a wide range of ethnic/cultural and linguistic backgrounds, some of whom may look and/or sound seriously different from you.
At an organizational level, cultural competence requires policies and systems that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Culture and Climate at School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bullying Prevention, Climate and Culture
The purpose of this article is to show how bullying and other antisocial behaviors at school are preventable by looking at school culture and climate.
There are quite a variety of classroom and school-wide &#8220;stop bullying&#8221; programs and materials. These programs are useful for raising awareness and providing new skills for students, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stages of Culture Shock</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Culture shock is the emotional and sometimes even physical discomfort people feel when they have to leave everything familiar behind and have to find their way in a new culture that has a different way of life and a different mindset. Overcoming culture shock takes time and can&#8217;t happen over night. It is helpful to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.drassn.org/stages-of-culture-shock.html</link>
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		<title>Get Paid for International Teaching And Experience New Cultures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Several years back a group of eager teens from Canada met other groups from the US to spend several weeks working at a Christian camp in Belize. The young people slept in hammocks, ran for their water, fought bugs and vermin, influenced young lives, and generally had a profitable time. Upon returning to Florida, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.drassn.org/get-paid-for-international-teaching-and-experience-new-cultures.html</link>
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		<title>More Than Just Mirror Effect &#8211; Language Reflects Culture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In different parts of the globe there are different languages. Not only are languages different but the world views of different cultures are also reflected in the languages. Put simply, Japanese culture has a word for &#8220;death by overwork&#8221; or karoshi which may not be present in other languages. This reflects the Japanese culture and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.drassn.org/more-than-just-mirror-effect-language-reflects-culture.html</link>
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		<title>Fundamentals Of Abnormal Psychology &#8211; Obedience Across Cultures And Generations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The phenomenon observed by Milgram (1963) was that of obedience under the influence of authority, against one&#8217;s own beliefs. Milgram (1974) described obedience as &#8216;&#8230;the psychological mechanism that links individual action to political purpose&#8217;. Its basis is the belief that authoritative figures have a legitimate right to request actions. His experiment in 1963 looked at [...]]]></description>
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