Investigating students' scientific reasoning through heuristic and analytical thought processes [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 In recent years there has been growing evidence that even after teaching designed to address the learning difficulties dictated by literature, many physics learners fail to create the proper reasoning chains that connect the fundamental principles and lead to reasoned predictions.
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Human dignity and the future of the voluntary active euthanasia debate in South Africa [PDF]
, 2017 The issue of voluntary active euthanasia was thrust into the public policy arena by the Stransham-Ford lawsuit. The High Court legalised voluntary active euthanasia – however, ostensibly only in the specific case of Mr Stransham-Ford.
Jordaan, D W
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To jump or not to jump: The Bereitschaftspotential required to jump into 192-meter abyss [PDF]
arXiv, 2018 Self-initiated voluntary acts, such as pressing a button, are preceded by a negative electrical brain potential, the Bereitschaftspotential (BP), that can be recorded over the human scalp using electroencephalography (EEG). Up to now, the BP required to initiate voluntary acts has only been recorded under well-controlled laboratory conditions.
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Euthanasia, or Mercy Killing [PDF]
, 2019 Sadly, there are people in very bad medical conditions who want to die. They are in pain, they are suffering, and they no longer find their quality of life to be at an acceptable level anymore. When people like this are kept alive by
Nobis, Nathan
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Assisted suicide and assisted voluntary euthanasia: Stransham-Ford High Court case overruled by the Appeal Court – but the door is left open [PDF]
, 2017 Whether persons wishing to have doctor-assisted suicide or voluntary active euthanasia may make a court application based on their rights in the Constitution has not been answered by the Appeal Court.
McQuoid-Mason, D.J.
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EEG-based Communication with a Predictive Text Algorithm [PDF]
arXiv, 2018 Several changes occur in the brain in response to voluntary and involuntary activities performed by a person. The ability to retrieve data from the brain within a time space provides a basis for in-depth analyses that offer insight on what changes occur in the brain during its decision-making processes.
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EEG Right & Left Voluntary Hand Movement-based Virtual Brain-Computer Interfacing Keyboard Using Hybrid Deep Learning Approach [PDF]
Brain-machine interfaces (BMIs), particularly those based on electroencephalography (EEG), offer promising solutions for assisting individuals with motor disabilities. However, challenges in reliably interpreting EEG signals for specific tasks, such as simulating keystrokes, persist due to the complexity and variability of brain activity.
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Recerca: Revista de Pensament i Anàlisi, 2012 En la actualidad se defiende con mucha frecuencia la llamada humanización de la muerte" como alternativa frente al vitalismo médico y ante cualquier defensa de la eutanasia voluntaria activa.
Elías Pérez Sánchez
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Hak Untuk Mati: Aspek Biomedis [PDF]
, 1990 ABSTRAC T. Jacob-The right to die: Its biomedical aspects This article discussed the existence or non-existence of the right to die. Death has various facets, namely the biomedical, social, historical, moral and religious.
T. Jacob
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A defence of a new perspective on euthanasia [PDF]
, 2011 In two recent papers, Hugh McLachlan, Jacob Busch and Raffaele Rodogno have criticised my new perspective on euthanasia. Each paper analyses my argument and suggests two flaws.
Shaw, D.
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