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Providing Dignified Palliative Care Services in Liberia

open access: yesAnnals of Global Health, 2019
Background: Liberia faces a critical shortage of palliative care services, particularly for persons with advanced-stage HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, diabetes, and cancers.
Sonpon Blamo Sieh   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dignity and the Burden of the Welfare State [PDF]

open access: yes
The burden of the welfare state may be analysed from an economic as well as a more normative perspective. This paper attempts to do both things. By the use of the case of Sweden the expansion and the costs of the welfare state is described, partly in ...
Karlson, Nils
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Understanding the Indirect Effects of Sustainable HRM: Cognitive and Relational Pathways to Engagement and Performance

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines how sustainable human resource management (SHRM) influences employee engagement and performance through distinct cognitive and relational mechanisms. While previous research has demonstrated positive associations between SHRM and employee outcomes, the processes through which these effects occur remain insufficiently ...
Daniel Roque Gomes   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hypocalcemia-Induced Seizure

open access: yesASN Neuro, 2015
Calcium is essential for both neurotransmitter release and muscle contraction. Given these important physiological processes, it seems reasonable to assume that hypocalcemia may lead to reduced neuromuscular excitability.
Pengcheng Han   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Inevitability of Conscience: A Response to My Critics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This essay by Professor David Luban is written in response to critics of his book, Legal Ethics and Human Dignity. In part I Professor Luban addresses the primacy that he assigns conscience over the professional role and focuses mainly on the arguments ...
Luban, David
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Towards a Developmental Retribution and Reciprocity Model (RRM): Implications for Youth Justice

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Youth justice systems are frequently justified by reference to developmental change, yet chronological age is often treated as a proxy for underlying psychological processes. This paper develops a Developmental Retribution and Reciprocity Model (RRM), integrating evolutionary criminology with contemporary developmental neuroscience to clarify ...
Evelyn Svingen
wiley   +1 more source

Applications of Food-Associated Lactobacillaceae in Fermented Foods, Health, and Emerging Biotechnologies

open access: yesFermentation
The family Lactobacillaceae, reclassified in 2020 into 25 genera comprising 261 species, remains one of the most extensively studied groups of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) due to its wide distribution in fermented products, commensal presence in the ...
Shazia Pathan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dignity, Human Rights, and Democracy [PDF]

open access: yes
In order to analyze what can plausibly be said about the relationship between dignity, human rights, and democracy, I will propose a basic assumption about human dignity (I) and then formulate five theses concerning the justification of democracy (II ...
Ernesto Garzon Valdes
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Variability in UK Body Donation Information: A Comparison of Bequeathal Information and Consent Forms With Recommendations for Standardization

open access: yesClinical Anatomy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The use of human donor bodies for anatomical examination in the United Kingdom is regulated by the Human Tissue Authority (England, Wales, and Northern Ireland) and His Majesty's Inspector of Anatomy for Scotland. This study aimed to assess the variability of information provided to body donors and the associated consent forms across UK ...
Janet A. C. Philp, Kat A. Sanders
wiley   +1 more source

Encouraging a Positive Outlook: The Benefits of Appreciative Inquiry in a Theological Library

open access: yesTheological Librarianship, 2013
Librarians face a future of rapid and disconcerting change, and it is increasingly important to address this change in a constructive way. In contrast to problem-solving approaches which focus on the negative, Appreciative Inquiry helps staff recognize ...
Rebecca Louise Miller   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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