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Emerging Sight, Emerging Blindness

open access: yes, 2012
This essay covers two main topics: the role of the “double vi-sion” of the sight/nonsight of blinking in selected fiction of Neil Gaiman and China Miéville, and an examination of the role of blindness and sight surrounding “Molyneux’s question.” In Gaiman’s work “double vision” functions as a synchronic representation of diachronic events.
openaire   +1 more source

Developing Global Norms for Sharing Data and Results during Public Health Emergencies

open access: yesPLoS Medicine, 2016
Vasee Moorthy and colleagues describe the outcomes of a recent, WHO-led meeting on sharing research data and results during public health emergencies.
K. Modjarrad   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Navigating new norms: a systematic review of factors for the development of effective digital tools in higher education

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
What factors make for an effective digital learning tool in Higher Education? This systematic review identifies elements of a digital tool that published examples reveal to be features of an engaging and impactful digital tool. A systematic literature search yielded 25 research papers for analysis.
Akmal Arzeman   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Translating global education standards to local contexts

open access: yesForced Migration Review, 2014
Global standards such as the Education in Emergencies Minimum Standards need to be applied locally and this requires a thoughtful and committed contextualisation process.
Carine Allaf   +2 more
doaj  

Epidemiological characteristics of elderly population receiving pre-hospital emergency care after road traffic injuries in Punjab, Pakistan

open access: yesInternational Journal of Emergency Medicine
Background Every year, 1.3 million lives are lost to road traffic injuries (RTIs). 90% of these deaths disproportionately occur in Lower-Middle Income Countries (LMICs).
Kantesh Kumar   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

The role of lipid metabolism in neuronal senescence

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Disrupted lipid metabolism, through alterations in lipid species or lipid droplet accumulation, can drive neuronal senescence. However, lipid dyshomeostasis can also occur alongside neuronal senescence, further amplifying tissue damage. Delineating how lipid‐induced senescence emerges in neurons and glial cells, and how it contributes to ageing and ...
Dikaia Tsagkari   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A review of in-flight emergencies in the ASRS data base [PDF]

open access: yes
A series of 154 in-flight emergencies as reported to the Aviation Safety Reporting System are described. The various types of emergencies are examined and an attempt is made to determine the human errors and other factors associated with each incident ...
Porter, R. F.
core   +1 more source

Understanding bio‐based polymers: A study of origins, properties, biodegradation and their impact on health and the environment

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
This review provides an overview of bio‐based polymer sources, their unique functional properties and their environmental impact, and addresses their role as sustainable alternatives. It discusses end‐of‐life options, including composting and anaerobic digestion for renewable energy.
Sabina Kolbl Repinc   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond early warning: towards greater granularity in the use of event-based surveillance for public health emergencies

open access: yesBMC Public Health
Background The international health emergency caused by the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus demonstrated the expanding usefulness of multi-country disease outbreak information gathered through event-based surveillance (EBS) as an extension beyond the ...
C. J. McKnight   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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