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Euthanizing people who are 'tired of life' [PDF]
, 2017 In Belgium and the Netherlands, a debate is developing about people who express a desire to end their lives although they do not suffer from an incurable, life-threatening disease.
Cohen-Almagor, Raphael
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar +2 more
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Managing the Ethical Dimensions of Brain-Computer Interfaces in eHealth: An SDLC-based Approach [PDF]
, 2014 A growing range of brain-computer interface (BCI) technologies is being employed for purposes of therapy and human augmentation. While much thought has been given to the ethical implications of such technologies at the ‘macro’ level of social policy and ‘
Daniel E. Duplisea (522000) +3 more
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Procreative Beneficence and Genetic Enhancement [PDF]
, 2018 Imagine a world where everyone is healthy, intelligent, long living and happy. Intuitively this seems wonderful albeit unrealistic. However, recent scientic breakthroughs in genetic engineering, namely CRISPR/Cas bring the question into public discourse,
Veit, Walter
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Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.This retrospective study analyzed patients aged ≥ 85 years undergoing emergency abdominal surgery, focusing on short‐term outcomes and inpatient cost structure under the Japanese DPC system. Although major complications occurred in 19.4% of patients, more than 70% were discharged home.
Yuta Kobayashi +8 more
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Die Erfindung kosmopolitaner Politik durch die Stoiker [PDF]
, 2010 This lecture explores the political import of Chrysippus' account of why and how one should live as a citizen of the cosmos, and it makes a case for seeing this account as the invention of political cosmopolitanism.
Brown, Eric
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Revista Cubana de Investigaciones Biomédicas, 2006 Se realizó un ensayo crítico de forma prospectiva con carácter social en el cual participaron los cirujanos del Hospital Militar Central “Dr. Carlos J.
René S. Borges Sandrino +3 more
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In defence of Procreative Beneficence [PDF]
Journal of Medical Ethics, 2007 Why potential parents should select the best child of possible children, and the necessity of a dialogue about the context of a reproductive decision. The principle of Procreative Beneficence is the principle of selecting the best child of the possible children one could have. This principle is elaborated on and defended against a range of objections.
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Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.Memristors based on trimethylsulfonium (phenanthroline)tetraiodobismuthate have been utilised as a nonlinear node in a delayed feedback reservoir. This system allowed an efficient classification of acoustic signals, namely differentiation of vocalisation of the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula).
Ewelina Cechosz +4 more
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Dimensions of the AI Divide: Digital Inequality and Psychological Consequences
AI &Innovation, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a foundational component of contemporary social, economic, and political life. Yet, the ways in which AI reshapes patterns of exclusion beyond questions of access and technical capability remain insufficiently theorized.
Christos Papaioannou
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