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Eugenics and euthanasia – then and now

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 2009
A main objective of this article is to give a presentation of the widespread acceptance of eugenics in the twentieth century and to show how the German euthanasia programmes were embedded in eugenic ideology. A second objective is to challenge the notion
Lars Grue
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Middlebrow Aesthetics: An Explanation and Defense

Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We offer a philosophical account of the middlebrow as a theoretical category to do explanatory and critical work in aesthetics. On our account, the middlebrow ought to be understood as aspirational popular art. That is, it is art which aspires both to be popular (in a distinctive sense), and at the same time to be something more than popular ...
Aaron Meskin, Jonathan M. Weinberg
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The Role of Vitamin D Metabolism-Related Genes in Recurrent Pregnancy Loss and Their Immune Microenvironmental Changes

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare
Jiangmei He, Hongmei Liu, Jingru Ji Department of Eugenics and Genetics, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Jiangmei He, Email acc0351@163.comPurpose: The importance of ...
He J, Liu H, Ji J
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Emerging risk factors influencing the occurrence of peri‐implantitis

Periodontology 2000, EarlyView.
Abstract Background The objective of the present review is to explore the evidence and biological plausibility of factors that may expose dental implants to a greater likelihood of developing peri‐implantitis. Material and Methods An electronic screening on the PubMed library the was carried out to identify potential emerging factors that influence the
Alberto Monje, Ronald E. Jung, Cristina Valles, Nadja Naenni   +3 more
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Discussions on the “Physical Degeneration of the Proletariat” and the Soviet Eugenics Project of the 1920s

Известия Уральского федерального университета. Серия 2: Гуманитарные науки, 2018
This article considers the background and features of the formation of the Soviet model of mass sports and physical culture development in connection with the theory and practice of Soviet eugenicists of the 1920s.
Ilya Victorovich Sidorchuk
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A climate‐sensitive tropical urbanism under extreme heat†

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, EarlyView.
Tropical urban dwellers face twin climate challenges that impinge on their quality of life: climate overheating and the urban heat island (UHI). The latter superimposed on the former to lead to high levels of thermal discomfort, carbon and energy consequences.
Rohinton Emmanuel
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Between Germanic and Latin eugenics: Portugal, 1930-1960

História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos
This article assesses critically the participation of Portuguese eugenicists in “Latin eugenics” and traces the continuities and discontinuities with respect to this model.
Richard Mark Cleminson
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A retrospective analysis of the antigen‐negative red blood cell supply conducted at a single centre in China

Transfusion Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective This study aimed to analyse the distribution and demand patterns of antigen‐negative red blood cells (RBCs) in Shandong Province, China (2022–2024), with a focus on ABO blood groups and clinically significant antigens. The research was designed to provide rigorous data for advancing precision transfusion protocols and to establish a ...
Aiping Zhao, Xiujiao Jiang, Li An, Yuanfeng Chen, Weidong He, Qun Xu, Wenchao Li, Yingfang Pan   +7 more
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Comparative Arguments and Ethical Analysis: Selective Abortion and Eugenics

Revista Filosofía UIS
This article aims to ethically evaluate selective abortion and eugenics, as well as to analyze the practical feasibility of comparing both terms to legitimate, or not, the prohibition of this form of interruption of pregnancy.
Tomás Hernández Mora
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“Yet the Problem Remains”: Why Genetic Determinism Still Haunts Biomedical Research

Bioethics, Volume 40, Issue 7, Page 658-666, September 2026.
ABSTRACT After the horrors of the Holocaust and its connections to eugenics were revealed to the world, many post‐war population geneticists sought to establish rhetorical distance from the Nazi's state‐led campaigns, without abandoning their belief that actively shaping the population's genetics would produce a prosperous society.
Christopher R. Donohue, Ian A. Myles
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