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Causal Effects between Criteria That Establish the End of Service Life of Buildings and Components

Buildings, 2022
In the last decades, considerable work has been done regarding service life prediction of buildings and building components. Academics and members of the CIB W080 commission, as well as of ISO TC 59/SC14, have made several efforts in this area and ...
Ana Silva, Jorge de Brito, André Thomsen, Ad Straub, Andrés J. Prieto, Michael A. Lacasse   +5 more
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Metabolism of Photosynthetic Organisms

Life, 2021
According to multiple definitions of life, metabolism is an indispensable characteristic of living organisms [...]
Tatyana Savchenko, Andrej Frolov
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Definitions for “palliative care”, “end-of-life” and “terminally ill” in oncology: a scoping review

Enfermería: Cuidados Humanizados, 2020
Objective: to identify and map the definitions for palliative care, end of life, and terminally ill in the oncology literature. Materials and method: scoping review guided by Joanna Brigs Institute recommendations.
Franciele Roberta Cordeiro , Stefanie Griebeler Oliveira , Juliana Zeppini Giudice , Vanessa Pellegrini Fernandes , Adriéli Timm Oliveira   +4 more
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Older Adults Who Experience Their Lives to Be Completed and No Longer Worth Living: A Systematic Mini-Review Into Used Terminology, Definitions, and Interpretations

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
In the Netherlands and in Belgium, a political debate emerged regarding the possibility of euthanasia and assisted suicide (EAS) for older adults who experience their lives as completed and no longer worth living, despite being relatively healthy.
Judith E. Appel, Judith E. Appel, Els J. van Wijngaarden   +2 more
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Credibility of concepts and models about service life of concrete structures in the face of the effects of the global climatic change. A critical review

Materiales de Construccion, 2009
Service life definitions involve more considerations today than thirty years ago. This is because only mechanical parameters were taken into account by then.
J. M. Mendoza-Rangel, P. Castro-Borges
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Quality of life diabetes mellitus: definitions, modern research approaches, tool for evaluation

Сахарный диабет, 2011
Quality of life (QoL) studies are very important in many chronic diseases. Diabetes srongly impacts on QoL because of complex control and treatmentregiments and multiple somatic symptoms (acute and chronic complications).
Yulia Andreevna Shishkova, Oleg Gennad'evich Motovilin, Elena Viktorovna Surkova, Alexander Yur'evich Mayorov   +3 more
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التحضر الإداري وتَغَيُّرُ نوعيةُ الحياةِ في مدينة الوقف بمحافظة قنا: دراسة سوسيولوجية ميدانية [PDF]

Mağallaẗ Kulliyyaẗ Al-Adāb Bi-Qinā
هدف البحث الى تقييم مدى توافر المقومات الديموجرافية لإمكانية التحول الريفى الحضرى للوقف، كما هدف الى استطلاع أبرز ملامح التغير الاجتماعى والاقتصادى والأيكولوجي ( العمرانى ) الذى طرأ على نوعية الحياة  لدى قاطني مجتمع الدراسة، التعرف على رضا افراد مجتمع ...
وفاء عبدالله محمد احمد احمد, محمود فهمى الكردى, علي الدين عبدالبديع القصبى   +2 more
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White Privilege and Certified Child Life Specialists: An Exploration of Definitions and Feelings [PDF]

Journal of Qualitative Research in Health Sciences
Background: As the child life field lacks diversity, Certified Child Life Specialists must be aware of personal biases and privileged perspectives to improve their ability to address psychosocial concerns from a family-centered care approach.
Renee Lee, Lindsey Murphy
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Defining Life Skills in health promotion at school: a scoping review

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundLife Skills have been central to Health Promotion interventions and programmes with children and adolescents for over 40 years. School is a strategic setting for Life Skills education.
Adeline Darlington-Bernard, Corélie Salque, Julien Masson, Emily Darlington, Graça S. Carvalho, Florence Carrouel   +5 more
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Concepts for brain aging: resistance, resilience, reserve, and compensation

Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy, 2019
A primary goal of research in cognitive impairment and dementia is to understand how some individuals retain sufficient cognitive function for a fulfilling life while many others are robbed of their independence, sometimes their essence, in the last ...
Thomas J. Montine, Brenna A. Cholerton, Maria M. Corrada, Steven D. Edland, Margaret E. Flanagan, Laura S. Hemmy, Claudia H. Kawas, Lon R. White   +7 more
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