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Tracheostomy in Flap‐Based Head and Neck Cancer Surgery: A Meta‐Analysis of Indications and Adverse Outcomes

open access: yesHead &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Tracheostomy is frequently performed during flap‐based reconstruction for head and neck cancer, but predictive factors and complications are not well established. Methods A systematic review and meta‐analysis was conducted per PRISMA guidelines. Studies of adult patients undergoing free or pedicled flap reconstruction were included.
Raisa Chowdhury   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recent Work on Internal and External Reasons [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This paper examines some recent arguments for internalism that (i) appeal to an analogy between practical and theoretical reasons, (ii) look toward our practices of reasoning with others, or (iii) tie reasons to good deliberation.
Brunero, John
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The Singular Accident in a Universe of Risk: An Approach to Kafka and the Paradox of the Universal

open access: yes, 2016
This essay examines Kafka’s works in the perspective of disciplinary philosophy, a perspective that immediately involves “the paradox of the universal.” For what Kafka and philosophy have in common is the effort to represent what is universally the case (
Stanley Corngold
semanticscholar   +1 more source

How Important Is Pay and What Are the Effects (Positive and Negative) of Pay for Performance?: Evaluating Claims and Evidence

open access: yesHuman Resource Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Compensation plays a pivotal role in shaping employee behavior, motivation, and well‐being. Although extant research has explored various dimensions of compensation, questions about how important pay is to employees and concerns (on the part of employers and/or employees) about the unintended negative (in addition to intended positive ...
Barry Gerhart, Ji Hyun Kim, Shan He
wiley   +1 more source

Inherence and Denomination in the Trinity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The present paper describes an ”ontological square’ mapping possible ways of combining the domains and converse domains of the relations of inherence and denomination.
Thom, Paul
core   +1 more source

Medical Data as a Key Asset in the Digital Health Era: A Framework for Challenges and Strategies

open access: yesiMetaMed, EarlyView.
By conducting case studies and comparative analysis from a global perspective, this study develops the practical framework of Medical Data Element Ecosystem (MDEE)—one that facilitates MDEE construction by guiding actions, informing policy‐making, and enabling stakeholder engagement.
Jian Wang   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aristotelian Presocratics A Look at Aristotle\'s Interpretation of Presocratic Phiolosophers

open access: yesMetaphysics, 2015
Aristotle's understanding of Presocratic philosophers and his interpretation of their theses based on his own framework has always been a matter of dispute among scholars. His role of representing them as one of the main sources of Presocratic philosophy
Mehdi Qavam Safari
doaj  

Flying is the safest way to travel

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, 2005
Independent investigations of aviation accidents and incidents have been broadly accepted within the aviation sector throughout its history as a valuable tool to enhance safety.
John A. Stoop, James P. Kahan
doaj   +1 more source

How secure is ERTMS? [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper reports on the results of a security analysis of the European Railway Traffic Management System (ERTMS) specifications. ERTMS is designed to be fail-safe and the general philosophy of ‘if in doubt, stop the train’ makes it difficult to ...
Bloomfield, R.   +3 more
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