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The Patient Perspective of Quality Care: A Literature Review 病人对优质护理的看法:文献回顾

The George Washington University Undergraduate Review Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.4079/2578-9201.2(2019).10

H. Barnett

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Effect of sublethal doses of dicamba on honeybee cognition 亚致死剂量麦草畏对蜜蜂认知的影响

The George Washington University Undergraduate Review Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.4079/2578-9201.1(2023).05

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Journey to A Post-Conflict Society: Colombia’s Transitional Justice System 冲突后社会之旅:哥伦比亚的过渡司法系统

The George Washington University Undergraduate Review Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.4079/2578-9201.2(2019).06

E. Farris

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‘Quantitative Ceasing’: Reverse Quantitative Easing and its Effect on U.S. Corporate Credit Markets “量化停止”:反向量化宽松及其对美国企业信贷市场的影响

The George Washington University Undergraduate Review Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.4079/2578-9201.2(2019).07

Jack Deperrior

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Southern Laggards or Misfits? A comparative assessment of energy policy Europeanization 南方落后者还是不合群者?能源政策欧洲化的比较评估

The George Washington University Undergraduate Review Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.4079/2578-9201.2(2019).11

G. Anagnostopoulos

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The Dominican Government and its Economic Control 多米尼加政府及其经济控制

The George Washington University Undergraduate Review Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.4079/2578-9201.1(2023).03

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The Gender Politics of Revolutionary Struggle in the Black Panther Party 黑豹党革命斗争中的性别政治

The George Washington University Undergraduate Review Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.4079/2578-9201.1(2022).05

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Celebrity Precedents: Assessing New Politicization and Climate Change Policy Rhetoric in Leonardo DiCaprio’s "Before the Flood" 名人先例:在莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥的《洪水之前》中评估新的政治化和气候变化政策修辞

The George Washington University Undergraduate Review Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.4079/2578-9201.2(2019).08

L. Blitstein

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The Corporacy of the Cosmos: A Privatization of Space Research 宇宙公司制:太空研究的私有化

The George Washington University Undergraduate Review Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.4079/2578-9201.2(2019).03

A. Qureshi

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The Divestment Problem: Investigating GW’s Complicity in Apartheid South Africa 撤资问题:GW在南非种族隔离中的共谋调查

The George Washington University Undergraduate Review Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.4079/2578-9201.1(2023).07

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