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On the concept of eugenics: preliminaries to a critical appraisal
Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 1999 This paper's main issue is linked to what can be foreseen as the increasing capability of medical genetics to modify the genetic composition of the human species through direct interventions in the human genome for medical and non-medical purposes, i.e.,
Neri Demetrio
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BMC Infectious DiseasesObjective Neonatal sepsis, a severe infectious disease associated with high mortality rates, is characterized by metabolic disturbances that play a crucial role in its progression.
Xiangwen Tu, Junkun Chen, Wen Liu
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Eugenika i przejawy jej recepcji w polskiej myśli politycznej do 1939 roku
Historia i Polityka, 2010 Eugenics and indications - its reception in the Polish political thoughtThe term eugenics was introduced by Francis Galton in the 19th century. It is a system ofviews declaringthe possibility of improvinghereditary characteristics of human beings by ...
Grzegorz Radomski
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The Global Declining Effect of Population Aging on Water Use
Water Resources Research, Volume 62, Issue 1, January 2026.Abstract Little has been known whether intensified global population aging has an independent effect on water use (which corresponds to the global water security). We here use panel analysis to quantitatively find out an obvious declining effect of global population aging (measured by proportion of aged population) on water use (measured by total water
Pengdong Yan +8 more
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Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment, 2016 Domestic guinea pig is a model animal for human disease research. Uridine diphosphate glucuronosyltransferase 1 family, polypeptide A1 (UGT1A1) is an important human disease-related gene. In this study, the complete coding sequence of domestic guinea pig
Yang Deming, An Qingcong, Liu Yonggang
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La femme fait la maison: The Accumulation of Surplus Value through Family Planning in Burkina Faso1
Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 1, January 2026.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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The Network State, Exit, and the Political Economy of Venture Capital
Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 1, January 2026.Abstract This article focuses on the Network State movement as embodying the venture capital (VC) logic of exit. Exit constitutes both a strategy for lucrative returns and an ideology seeking out new territories for financial and technological speculation.
Olivier Jutel
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Prohibition of Eugenic Practices in Europe: Political and Legal Reasons
Московский журнал международного праваINTRODUCTION. This article is devoted to the analysis of the complex political and legal reasons behind the prohibition of eugenics in European law. The article examines the contemporary prohibition of eugenics in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the
E. A. Torkunova
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Recepcja i rozwój idei eugenicznej na ziemiach polskich w XIX i XX wieku
Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae, 2012 Nowadays people confine eugenics to one period (The Second World War), and one place (Nazi Germany). But the truth is that eugenics existed in almost every country, including Poland.
Anna Słoniowska
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