Experiences in the use of multiple doses of convalescent plasma in critically ill patients with COVID-19: An early phase 1 descriptive study. [PDF]
Abstract Background At the beginning of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) pandemic, transfusion of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) convalescent plasma (CCP) emerged as a potential therapeutic strategy to help patients severely afflicted by COVID‐19.
Aguilar R +20 more
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Alcibiades ΠΟΛΥΤΡΟΠΟΣ: Socratic Philosopher and Tragic Hero?
Alcibiades and Socrates: oil and water, never to mix? Many previous scholars have thought so, finding Alcibiades of interest only as a failed philosophical exemplum, but this article suggests that, at least in the Symposium, Plato presents Alcibiades as
Laurel Fulkerson
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DISAGREEMENT AND KNOWLEDGE: THE CASE OF PLATO’S ALCIBIADES [PDF]
If there is widespread disagreement in an intellectual community, are its members in some sense failing epistemically? In this paper, I will offer a reconstruction of the first sustained attempt to answer this question.
Toomas Lott
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Corrupting the Youth: Xenophon and Plato on Socrates and Alcibiades
Socrates’ students, who are attracted by the philosophic life, offer starkly different portraits of Alcibiades, the most illustrious among Socrates’ students who chose a political life. Their presentations diverge particularly
Gregory A. McBrayer
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Alzheimer diseases CSF biomarkers correlate with systemic biomarkers in a cohort of Hispanics [PDF]
Abstract Background We are conducting a biomarker‐based study to describe the demographic and biomarker profiles of Panamanians. The objective of this report is to present the main findings on CSF, genetic and serological biomarkers’ distribution and their association with cognition in a cohort of elderly people in Panama.
Villarreal A +13 more
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On the Epistemic Value of Eros. The Relationship Between Socrates and Alcibiades
Several key lines concerning the relationship between Socrates and Alcibiades, extracted from the Symposium and the Alcibiades 1, are discussed for the purpose of detecting the epistemic value that Plato attributed to eros in his new model of education ...
Laura Candiotto
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El erōs de Alcibíades. Entre Sócrates y la philotimia
En el presente trabajo nos proponemos abordar el erōsplatónico desde la perspectiva que ofrece el relato vivencial de Alcibíades en el Banquete. Deseamos demostrar dos tesis.
Carolina Modenutti
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Effects of a cognitive and physical intervention program in older adults in Panama [PDF]
Abstract Background Dementia affects nearly 50 million people worldwide and is the leading cause of disability in older adults. According to predictions by the World Health Organization, the global population with dementia will reach 82 million by 2030, and 152 million by 2050.
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Prospective cohort study to evaluate the diagnostic values of biomarkers in blood, cerebrospinal fluid and magnetic resonance imaging for mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease in Hispanics [PDF]
Abstract Background By 2025, an estimated three‐quarters of the global population aged 60 and older will live in Latin American and Caribbean countries (LAC), leading to a rise in age‐related conditions. The main goal of the Panama Aging Research Initiative – Health Disparities (PARI‐HD) research program is to create a platform for multidisciplinary ...
Fletcher J +34 more
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Ascese do amor e fragilidade da formação humana n’O banquete, de Platão
Resumo Inspirado por Martha Nussbaum e tomando como referência a ideia formativa inerente à ascese amorosa, o artigo investiga o significado atribuído a Eros por Platão em O banquete.
Claudio A. Dalbosco +1 more
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