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Voluntary Active Euthanasia: Is There Any Place for it in Modern Day Medicine? [PDF]
, 2008 This article discusses various ethical and legal concepts regarding euthanasia and includes concepts like physician assisted suicide, assisted suicide, voluntary active euthanasia, killing vs. letting die, indirect euthanasia and terminal sedation.
Knapp van Bogaert, D, Ogunbanjo, GA
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The economic and health impacts of contact tracing and quarantine programs [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 Contact tracing and quarantine programs have been one of the leading Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions against COVID-19. Some governments have relied on mandatory programs, whereas others embrace a voluntary approach. However, there is limited evidence on the relative effectiveness of these different approaches.
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Hospice nurses\u27 attitudes on active voluntary euthanasia [PDF]
, 1995 Active voluntary euthanasia is one of the most controversial issues in the nursing and legal systems today. The purpose of this study was to explore hospice nurses\u27 attitudes on active voluntary euthanasia (AVE).
Godfrey, Belinda Arjona
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Exploring Student Check-In Behavior for Improved Point-of-Interest Prediction [PDF]
, 2018 With the availability of vast amounts of user visitation history on location-based social networks (LBSN), the problem of Point-of-Interest (POI) prediction has been extensively studied. However, much of the research has been conducted solely on voluntary checkin datasets collected from social apps such as Foursquare or Yelp.
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Modeling the impact of external influence on green behaviour spreading in multilayer financial networks [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 Growing awareness of the impact of business activity on the environment increases the pressure on governing bodies to address this issue. One possibility is to encourage or force the market into green behaviours. However, it is often hard to predict how different actions affect the market.
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BioéthiqueOnline, 2015 This paper argues that in addressing and managing profound suffering at the end-of-life, the priority should not be the legalization of physician-assisted suicide or voluntary active euthanasia in jurisdictions where these practices are not currently ...
Kirby, Jeffrey
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Effect of Monetary Reward on Users' Individual Strategies Using Co-Evolutionary Learning [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 Consumer generated media (CGM), such as social networking services rely on the voluntary activity of users to prosper, garnering the psychological rewards of feeling connected with other people through comments and reviews received online. To attract more users, some CGM have introduced monetary rewards (MR) for posting activity and quality articles ...
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, 1987 In this issue: -- Harvey Cox launches Adventism and Ethics series-- Society for bioethics consultation schedules three conferences-- Conference probes Humanity of residency programs [ Active Voluntary Euthanasia: Is It Moral?
Loma Linda University Center for Christian Bioethics
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After-Fatigue Condition: A Novel Analysis Based on Surface EMG Signals [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 This study introduces a novel muscle activation analysis based on surface electromyography (sEMG) signals to assess the muscle's after-fatigue condition. Previous studies have mainly focused on the before-fatigue and fatigue conditions. However, a comprehensive analysis of the after-fatigue condition has been overlooked.
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Sensitivity of high precision Michelson-Morley experiments to tilting of their setups [PDF]
arXiv, 2005 We describe the effects to be expected of unwanted or voluntary deviations from the vertical of the axis of the active rotation of modern high precision experiments of the Michelson-Morley type. The theoretical description that we use is a particular implementation of the Principle of free mobility.
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