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Consensus Formation and Change are Enhanced by Neutrality
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Neutral agents are shown to enhance both the formation and overturning of consensus in collective decision‐making. A general mathematical model and experiments with locusts and humans reveal that neutrality enables robust consensus via simple interactions and accelerates consensus change by reducing effective population size.
Andrei Sontag +3 more
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Papers from the Institute of Archaeology, 2020 To download this paper, please click here.In October 2018 a one-day conference was held at the UCL Institute of Archaeology focussing on the ‘Digital Dilemma’ in biological archaeology —specifically human remains research where the use of digitisation ...
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Being torn by inevitable moral dilemma: experiences of ICU nurses
BMC Medical Ethics, 2021 Background Ethical decision-making of nurses could affect patients’ recovery and also decrease medical costs. To make ethical decisions, ICU nurses experience complicated ethical conflicts.
Neda Asadi +3 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.A snap‐top delivery nanosystem based on an azobenzene metal–organic framework achieves targeted release of 6‐mercaptopurine via acid‐stable frameworks and hypoxia/pH dual‐responsive β‐cyclodextrin gates. This multifunctional platform integrates three synergistic mechanisms: precision drug delivery to inflammatory sites, intrinsic antioxidant properties
Xin Li +6 more
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Divine Command Theory – a critical reflections
Idei, 2018 The technological and cultural development of society brings urgent challenges of an interdisciplinary character that also exert an influence over the humanities. In the ethical discourse on current trends in moral reasoning, the metaethical theory known
Tibor Mahrik
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.A thiol‐modified alginate hydrogel microsphere‐encapsulated enzyme‐probiotic biohybrid (AKK‐COD) system has been developed to address the spatiotemporal delivery and colonization challenges of small intestine‐targeted probiotic for lipid metabolism regulation. The system exerts sequential functions of intragastric protection, small intestinal adhesion,
Xiaolin Wu +10 more
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Who decides in withdrawal of treatment in a critical care setting? A case study on ethical dilemma
International Journal of Nursing Sciences, 2018 Case description: Withdrawal of treatment is a common practice in critical care settings, perticularly when treatment is considered futile. The case study demonstrates an ethical dilemma, in which Danny is unlikely to make a functional recovery because ...
Chunmei Lyu, Li Zhang
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.A multifunctional benzimidazole‐terminated CNF separator is constructed via a PEI‐mediated covalent locking strategy, generating dense zincophilic sites that accelerate Zn2+ transport and desolvation while enabling uniform Zn (002) deposition and suppressing side reactions.
Jie Liang +17 more
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The problem of lesser evil within the context of public health
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2016 Sytnik-Czetwertyński Janusz, Cianciara Dorota. The problem of lesser evil within the context of public health. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2016;6(10):299-308. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.162532 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/
Janusz Sytnik-Czetwertyński +1 more
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Ethical Dilemmas, Causes, and Countermeasures of Centralized Drug Procurement
Yixue yu zhexueCentralized drug procurement is a key initiative in healthcare system reform. While it has successfully reduced costs and benefited the public, it has also triggered a range of ethical challenges.
Qiang XIONG
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