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“Why can't they put us to sleep if we are suffering?”: La Nada and the desire for euthanasia among institutionalized older adults in Peru

open access: yesMedical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, I examine how institutionalized older adults in Peru articulate suffering through the idiom of la nada—“nothingness”—and how this shapes desires for euthanasia. Moving from close ethnography of bodies in space and time to structural and ethical discourses on euthanasia, I argue that calls for euthanasia arise not only from ...
Magdalena Zegarra Chiappori
wiley   +1 more source

Professionally oriented network course as the basis for developing the computational thinking of future engineers

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Informatization in Education
Problem statement . The need to study and use network technology competencies to improve the general education and professional level is becoming a prerequisite for training the next generation of advanced engineers.
Elena V. Shchedrina   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cosmonaut Aleksey Leonov displays drawing of Astronaut Thomas Stafford

open access: yes, 1975
AST-05-275 (17-19 July 1975) --- Cosmonaut Aleksey A. Leonov, commander of the Soviet ASTP crew, displays a drawing of astronaut Thomas P. Stafford during the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo-Soyuz Test Project docking mission in Earth orbit.

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Utopia Remembers: The Soviet Past in the Imagined Communist Future

open access: yesThe Russian Review, EarlyView.
Abstract After a twenty‐five‐year hiatus, the reappearance of utopian literature in 1957 prompted Soviet literary watchdogs to corral the subgenre into an ideologically‐acceptable mold. A key requirement was for future generations to be depicted as reverently commemorating the past.
Antony Kalashnikov
wiley   +1 more source

Ways to improve digital tools in enterprise operations

open access: yesЦифровые модели и решения
In the presented paper the necessity of introducing digital tools into the activities of the enterprise in order to improve its efficiency is noted. Special attention is paid to the issues of using certain elements of artificial intelligence.
G.P. Butko, M.A. Menshikova, M.A. Panov
doaj   +1 more source

ASTP Cosmonaut Leonov and Drawing of Astronaut Stafford

open access: yes, 1975
(17-19 July 1975) --- Cosmonaut Aleksey A. Leonov, commander of the Soviet ASTP crew, displays a drawing of astronaut Thomas P. Stafford during the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo-Soyuz Test Project docking mission in Earth orbit.
Southwestern Oklahoma State University   +1 more
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Unveiling Lasting Impact: A Cultural‐Historical Activity Theory Perspective on Original Participants in an Afterschool STEM Club

open access: yesSchool Science and Mathematics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Girls Excelling in Math and Science (GEMS) club is a long‐standing afterschool STEM program (1994–present). The study investigates the features of GEMS by exploring retrospective experiences of a group of original GEMS girls (OGGs) who attended GEMS in 1994–1995. Survey data were collected from 14 OGGs and in‐depth interview data from nine
Lili Zhou
wiley   +1 more source

'Cosmonaut of inner space' : an existential enquiry into the writing of Alexander Trocchi

open access: yes, 2015
This thesis is the first to argue that existentialism is the very crux of Alexander Trocchi's work and his self-fashioning as a 'cosmonaut of inner space'. Using a lens of existential enquiry, it determines how and why being a 'cosmonaut of inner space'
Tasker, Gillian
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Cosmonaut : moon cactus.

open access: yes, 2011
Cosmonaut is my personal journey of discovery of the advent of India's influence on the history of the Malay-speaking world. Cosmonaut is an anagram for Moon Cactus, a flower that blooms only once a year and recurs in almost every Indian mythology but in
Zubaidah Lah.
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SIMULATION OF THE «COSMONAUT-ROBOT» SYSTEM INTERACTION ON THE LUNAR SURFACE BASED ON METHODS OF MACHINE VISION AND COMPUTER GRAPHICS

open access: yes, 2017
. Extravehicular activity (EVA) on the lunar surface, necessary for the future exploration of the Moon, involves extensive use of robots. One of the factors of safe EVA is a proper interaction between cosmonauts and robots in extreme environments.
B. I. Kryuchkov   +4 more
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