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Vocabulary of Definitions of Life Suggests a Definition [PDF]
Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 2011 Analysis of the vocabulary of 123 tabulated definitions of life reveals nine groups of defining terms (definientia) of which the groups (self-)reproduction and evolution (variation) appear as the minimal set for a concise and inclusive definition: Life is self-reproduction with variations.
Edward N Trifonov
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Defining and reporting treatment dropout in blended therapy for mental health: scoping review and analysis [PDF]
npj Digital MedicineEvidence suggests that blended therapy combining face-to-face psychotherapy with digital components may reduce treatment dropout, yet definitions of dropout vary widely.
Sophie Christine Eicher +6 more
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The Problem of Life in Avicenna’s Philosophy: A Critical Assessment of Tawara’s Viewpoint [PDF]
حکمت سینوی, 2022 The concept of life is a contentious interdisciplinary issue that has intrigued scholars, with philosophers offering their perspectives. Avicenna is one of the first philosophers who delved into the fundamental problem of defining life in his works ...
Hossein Zamaniha +1 more
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Definitions of Solitude in Everyday Life [PDF]
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2022 What does it mean to be in solitude? Researchers building this nascent field are learning much about the potential affordances of solitude, but lack an agreed-upon definition or set of definitions. Arriving at that meaning is crucial to forming a solid foundation for studies that use both naturalistic and laboratory designs to explore outcomes of ...
Weinstein, Netta +2 more
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Suffering a Healthy Life—On the Existential Dimension of Health
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 This paper examines the existential context of physical and mental health. Hans Georg Gadamer and The World Health Organization’s conceptualizations are discussed, and current medicalized and idealized views on health are critically examined.
Per-Einar Binder
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Problematic Exercise in Anorexia Nervosa: Testing Potential Risk Factors against Different Definitions. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 "Hyperactivity" has a wide prevalence range of 31% to 80% in the anorexia nervosa literature that could be partly due to the plethora of definitions provided by researchers in this field.
Melissa Rizk +5 more
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Scientific-Philosophical definition of life
Science & Philosophy, 2022 There are about 100 different contradictory definitions of life. The definition of life based on symbiosis that is presented here differs fundamentally from them; it gives life a value.
Klaus Fröhlich
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Psychologica Belgica, 2022 Procrastination is a widespread phenomenon that has been extensively studied but about which a clear and integrated picture is still lacking, as reflected in the multiplicity and diversity of its definitions, causes and consequences.
Marie My Lien Rebetez +3 more
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The impact of income definitions on mortality inequalities
SSM: Population Health, 2021 Income is a strong predictor of adult mortality. Measuring income is not as simple as it may sound. It can be conceptualized at the individual or the household level, with the former better reflecting an individual's earning ability, and the latter ...
Jiaxin Shi +3 more
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An experimental evaluation of grouping definitions for moving entities
Journal of Spatial Information Science, 2022 One important pattern analysis task for trajectory data is to find a group: a set of entities that travel together over a period of time. In this paper, we compare four definitions of groups by conducting extensive experiments using various data sets ...
Lionov Wiratma +3 more
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