Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor in experimental stroke and its effects on infarct size and functional outcome: a systematic review [PDF]
Background Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) shows promise as a treatment for stroke. This systematic review assesses G-CSF in experimental ischaemic stroke.
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This text introduces the special issue of Kulturella Perspektiv called "Perspectives on death". Since the topic of "death" has been extensively researched from a cultural and social science perspective, one would think there is nothing "new" to say ...
Bo Nilsson
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Suppression of steady-state, but not stimulus-induced NF-kappaB activity inhibits alphavirus-induced apoptosis. [PDF]
Recent studies have established cell type- specific, proapoptotic, or antiapoptotic functions for the transcription factor NF-kappaB. In each of these studies, inhibitors of NF-kappaB activity have been present before the apoptotic stimulus, and so the ...
DiDonato, JA +4 more
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Examining mortality among formerly homeless adults enrolled in Housing First: An observational study [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Adults who experience prolonged homelessness have mortality rates 3 to 4 times that of the general population. Housing First (HF) is an evidence-based practice that effectively ends chronic homelessness, yet there has been virtually no ...
Byrne, Thomas H. +2 more
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Necropoetics and the Art of Death in Sinan Antoon’s The Corpse Washer [PDF]
The Corpse Washer (2013) by Sinan Antoon explores the intersections of resistance, memory, and mortality in post-invasion Iraq from the perspective of Jawad, an artist who has become a corpse washer.
Kotaba Saleh Fenjan
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Asthma study death spurs inquiry [PDF]
The death this month of a woman taking part in an asthma study at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, has prompted a formal investigation by the US Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP).
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Homeward bound: messages about life after death [PDF]
Reviewed Book: Warlick, Harold L. Homeward bound: messages about life after death. Lima, Ohio: CSS Pub, 1991.
Nevile, Donald C.
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Near-death experiences in non-life-threatening events and coma of different etiologies
Background: Near death experiences (NDEs) are increasingly being reported as a clearly identifiable physiological and psychological reality of clinical significance.
Vanessa eCharland-Verville +6 more
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Death in a Nutshell: Frances Glessner Lee’s ‘Nutshell Studies in Unexplained Death’
Frances Glessner Lee’s miniature models of murder scenes are tiny marvels of making. They are durable teaching aids in forensic science, and have attracted biographical and poetic attention. What is their interest for life writing, and why?
Clare Brant
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On Evolution of God-Seeking Mind: An Inquiry Into Why Natural Selection Would Favor Imagination and Distortion of Sensory Experience [PDF]
The earliest known products of human imagination appear to express a primordial concern and struggle with thoughts of dying and of death and mortality.
Montell, Conrad
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