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Vaccination dynamics of age-structured populations in higher-order social networks [PDF]
arXivVoluntary vaccination is essential to protect oneself from infection and suppress the spread of infectious diseases. Voluntary vaccination behavior is influenced by factors such as age and interaction patterns. Differences in health consciousness and risk perception based on age result in heterogeneity in vaccination behavior among different age groups.
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Physician Assisted Suicide: The Last Bridge to Active Voluntary Euthanasia [PDF]
, 1995 SOME 30 YEARS AGO an eminent constitutional law scholar, Charles L. Black, Jr, spoke of \u27toiling uphill against that heaviest of all argumental weights- the weight of a slogan.\u27 I am reminded of that observation when I confront the slogan the ...
Kamisar, Yale
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Ankle Exoskeletons in Walking and Load-Carrying Tasks: Insights into Biomechanics and Human-Robot Interaction [PDF]
arXivBackground: Lower limb exoskeletons can enhance quality of life, but widespread adoption is limited by the lack of frameworks to assess their biomechanical and human-robot interaction effects, which are essential for developing adaptive and personalized control strategies. Understanding impacts on kinematics, muscle activity, and HRI dynamics is key to
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Deep Ecology and End-of-Life Care
, 2009 Physicians and nurses caring for terminally ill patients are expected to center their moral concerns almost exclusively on the needs and welfare of the dying patient and the patients family.
Carrick, Paul
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End of Life Decision Making, Policy and the Criminal Justice System: Untrained Carers Assuming Responsibility (UCARes) and Their Uncertain Legal Liabilities [PDF]
, 2006 This article will explore some previously unrecognised legal and ethical issues associated with informal care-giving and criminal justice in the context of end of life decision-making.
Biggs, Hazel, Mackenzie, Robin
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Physician Assisted Dying as an Extension of Healing [PDF]
, 2018 The role of a physician is to provide care for those who seek their assistance. Lisa Yount attributes the most ancient statement about this activity to the Hippocratic Oath.
Marinacci, Zoe I.
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The future of euthanasia politics in the Australian state parliaments [PDF]
There has been significant activity on voluntary euthanasia, with bills seeking to reform the law on the practice introduced in all of the Australian state parliaments except Queensland.
Alison Plumb
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The Morality of Euthanasia [PDF]
, 2019 In this paper, I defend the view that the requested euthanasia of adults is morally permissible and should be legalised; I use an argument from analogy which compares physician-assisted euthanasia with morally less ambiguous and, in my opinion, an ...
Greif, Adam
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How to design research-aligned DEI interventions in physics [PDF]
arXivThis article provides resources to design effective diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) interventions in physics settings. It summarizes critiques of DEI interventions and reviews research findings suggesting that DEI interventions show modest but positive benefits.
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