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PFO closure in ischemic stroke: insights from a single-center real-world cohort [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Neurology
BackgroundIndications for patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure after ischemic stroke are primarily guided by the Risk of Paradoxical Embolism (RoPE) score and the PFO-associated Stroke Causal Likelihood Classification (PASCAL). Their application in routine
Felix Müller   +15 more
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Causal closure of the physical, mental causation, and physics [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Journal for Philosophy of Science, 2019
The argument from causal closure of the physical (CCP) is usually considered the most powerful argument in favor of the ontological doctrine of physicalism. Many authors, most notably Papineau, assume that CCP implies that physicalism is supported by physics.
Dejan R Dimitrijevic
exaly   +2 more sources

Understanding the Failure of Medical Therapy in PFO-Associated Stroke and the Benefits of Closure: A Narrative Review [PDF]

open access: yesNeurology International
Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is present in roughly one quarter of adults and is over-represented among younger patients with cryptogenic ischemic stroke.
Riwaj Bhagat
doaj   +2 more sources

Creation, bugs, and emergence [PDF]

open access: yesPizhūhish/hā-yi Falsafī- Kalāmī, 2021
An argument is presented, based on a common-sense interpretation of an everyday experience, for emergent dualism as the best available account of the origin of the human mind/soul. Emergent dualism is superior to subjective idealism in that it honors the
William Hasker
doaj   +1 more source

More Substance, Please: A Reply To Michael Esfeld’s Minimalist Ontology of Persons

open access: yesEidos. A Journal for Philosophy of Culture, 2023
Michael Esfeld has recently put forth his ontology of persons, with which he hopes to secure freedom and irreducible personhood as well as scientific realism, all by working with minimal ontological assumptions.
Alin Christoph Cucu
doaj   +1 more source

Efficient, Formal, Material, and Final Causes in Biology and Technology

open access: yesEntropy, 2023
This paper considers how a classification of causal effects as comprising efficient, formal, material, and final causation can provide a useful understanding of how emergence takes place in biology and technology, with formal, material, and final ...
George F. R. Ellis
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A causal inference approach for estimating effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions during Covid-19 pandemic

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2022
In response to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), governments worldwide have introduced multiple restriction policies, known as non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs).
Vesna Barros   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Intraocular pressure modifications in patients with acute central/hemicentral retinal vein occlusions [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021
Intraocular pressure (IOP) modifications in patients with acute central/hemicentral retinal vein occlusions (RVOs) consist in IOP reductions and increases.
Dan Calugaru, Mihai Calugaru
doaj   +1 more source

Between quantum logic and concurrency [PDF]

open access: yesElectronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science, 2014
We start from two closure operators defined on the elements of a special kind of partially ordered sets, called causal nets. Causal nets are used to model histories of concurrent processes, recording occurrences of local states and of events. If every
Luca Bernardinello   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Causal Closure for MSC Languages [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Message sequence charts (MSCs) are commonly used to specify interactions between agents in communicating systems. Their visual nature makes them attractive for describing scenarios, but also leads to ambiguities that can result in incomplete or inconsistent descriptions.
Bharat Adsul   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

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