The Uncanny Embryos: Revisited after the Passing of the Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Act(2006)' and 'Better than Normal: choosing to self-construct' including commentary [PDF]
Research Background This research paper developed from a two part invited lecture series for the York Institute for Health Research (YIHR) Spotlight On Health Research Seminar Series.
Karpin, IA
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Clinical molecular genetics in the UK c.1975-c.2000 [PDF]
seminar transcriptChaired by Professor Martin Bobrow and introduced by Professor Bob Williamson, this Witness Seminar included geneticists from a broad range of research and clinical specialities.
Jones, EM, Tansey, EM
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Medical genetics: Development of ethical dimensionsin clinical practice and research [PDF]
A Witness Seminar on the emergence of complex ethical issues in clinical genetics practice, the evolution of these issues over several decades of advances in medical genetics research and social change, and the professionalization of this field.
Jones, EM, Tansey, EM
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Long-term survival of children born with congenital anomalies: A systematic review and meta-analysis of population-based studies. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Following a reduction in global child mortality due to communicable diseases, the relative contribution of congenital anomalies to child mortality is increasing. Although infant survival of children born with congenital anomalies has improved
Armaroli, A +6 more
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Critical disability aesthetics - relational dynamics and the embodied experience of a female dwarf
This thesis develops the concept of Critical Disability Aesthetics. Critical Disability Aesthetics extends upon the current conceptualisation of Disability Aesthetics developed by Tobin Siebers. I argue that Disability Aesthetics adheres to a restrictive
Keenahan, Debra
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‘The shops were only made for people who could walk’: impairment, barriers and autonomy in the mobility of adults with Cerebral Palsy in urban England [PDF]
Based on research carried out with a group of adults with Cerebral Palsy in Birmingham, UK, we consider the complex inter-relationship between the accessibility of the urban environment for those with impaired gross motor skills, and the ability of these
Bonehill, J, Shaw, J, von Benzon, N
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Expertise Profiling in Evolving Knowledgecuration Platforms [PDF]
Expertise modeling has been the subject of extensiveresearch in two main disciplines: Information Retrieval (IR) andSocial Network Analysis (SNA). Both IR and SNA approachesbuild the expertise model through a document-centric approachproviding a macro ...
., Georgeta Bordea +4 more
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Performance of disabled swimmers in protocols or tests and competitions: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
Biomechanical and coordination measurements are useful tools to assess swimming performance. Regarding Paralympic swimming, function and technique make these measurements complex.
Barbosa, Tiago M. +3 more
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Reconciling Liberty and Equality in the Debate over Preimplantation Genetic Diagnoses [PDF]
This Article draws on postmodern theory to develop a framework for analyzing situations in which liberty and equality appear to conflict. It uses the debate over nontherapeutic preimplantation genetic diagnosis as an example.
Knouse, Jessica
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Recovering Disability in Early Modern England [PDF]
Introduction : ethical staring : disabling the English Renaissance / Allison P. Hobgood and David Houston Wood -- Dwarf aesthetics in Spenser's Faerie queene and the early modern court / Sara van den Berg -- Maternal culpability in fetal defects : Aphra ...
Hobgood, Allison P., 1977- +1 more
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