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A historical perspective on Lionel Penrose: Scientist, geneticist and dedicated opponent of eugenics
Annals of Human Genetics, EarlyView.Abstract The paper explores Lionel Penrose's scientific work. Penrose investigated the causes of mental disorders from clinical and genetic points of view. His investigations on phenylketonuria and Down syndrome helped to demonstrate the heterogenous character of mental disorders, whose causes can range from genetic with high penetrance, to largely ...
Maria Kiladi
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Integrating Across Application, Model, Algorithm, Compilation, and Error Correction Chasms With Quantum Type Theory [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 We briefly discuss the current state, and future computational implications, of quantum type theory.
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Nietzsche, Evolution and Eugenics: A Consideration of a Debate in China
Cuestiones de FilosofíaNietzsche, evolution and eugenics have been the subject of intense debate in academic circles for some time. This article attempts to clarify a debate that has taken place in China and, on this basis, to reconsider the following question: Should ...
Han Wangwei (韩王韦)
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La sabiduría de los fabricantes de sombreros. La inteligencia en la eugenesia chilena
Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos, 2014 This paper develops an approach to intelligence in the context of the theory of degeneration and eugenics in Chile. The degenerationists ideas of physicians Luis Vergara, Florentino Caro and Augusto Orrego Luco, which circulated in the late nineteenth ...
Marcelo Sánchez
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Brésil(s), 2023 Under the precepts of Galtonian eugenics, eugenic contests were organized in Brazil to elect and disseminate the « ideal national profile ». Based on newspapers and specialized journals, this article discusses the eugenic perspective deployed in these ...
Leonardo Dallacqua de Carvalho +1 more
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La femme fait la maison: The Accumulation of Surplus Value through Family Planning in Burkina Faso1
Antipode, EarlyView.Abstract Since the 1960s, demographers, international donors, and governments have calculated the political, economic, and social benefits of modern contraception usage in West Africa. We evidence how family planning technologies (FPTs) that are tethered to population development extract double value (productive and reproductive labour) from Burkinabè ...
T.D. Harper‐Shipman, Katian Napon
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On Religious Influence in Bioethics: The Limits of Pluriversalism
Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The World Congress of Bioethics held in Qatar in 2024 (WCB 2024) sparked controversy around the role of religion in bioethics, highlighting the need for critical discussions. During the congress, there was a strong push for incorporating religious values into bioethical discourse, raising questions about the validity and implications of such ...
Giovanni Spitale +14 more
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Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This essay begins from the point that developments in antinatalism, or the view that it is wrong to bear children, place legitimate pressures on prospective parents to seriously consider the harms of bringing their prospective children into existence.
Marcus T. L. Teo
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Homotopy groups of K-contact toric manifold [PDF]
arXiv, 2002 We compute the first and second homotopy groups of a class of contact toric manifolds in terms of the images of the associated moment map.
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Birth, EarlyView.Separation between mother and baby shortly after birth due to safeguarding concerns is a deeply distressing and traumatising event, for all involved. We investigated the prevalence and incidence of infant separation and its impact on mothers and babies.
Kaat De Backer +3 more
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