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Death from 1918 pandemic influenza during the First World War: a perspective from personal and anecdotal evidence

open access: yesInfluenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, 2014
The Meuse‐Argonne offensive, a decisive battle during the First World War, is the largest frontline commitment in American military history involving 1·2 million U.S. troops.
P. Wever, L. van Bergen
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Forecasting the Dialysis Burden in Japan: Validation‐Based Projections of Prevalence and Incidence Through 2050

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Japan has one of the highest dialysis prevalence rates worldwide and a shrinking, aging population. Whether dialysis burden has entered a sustained post‐peak phase or whether recent declines partly reflect pandemic‐related disruptions remains uncertain.
Hatice Şahin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Australians and the First World War

open access: yes, 2020
The First World War was a turning point in the social and cultural history of death and bereavement in Australia. The mass slaughter of young me and the interminable sorrow of so many families helped to create a new model of suppressed and privatised ...
Jalland, Patricia
core   +1 more source

Physical Control, Transformation, and Damage in the First World War: War Bodies

open access: yes, 2021
From enlistment in 1914 to the end of service in 1918, British men’s bodies were constructed, conditioned, and controlled in the pursuit of allied victory.
Walker, Simon Harold
core   +1 more source

“Il Dolore, il Lutto, la Gloria. Rappresentazioni Fotografiche della Grande Guerra fra Pubblico e Privato, 1914-1940” a Conference on the First World War and its Representations

open access: yesAlmatourism, 2016
On the occasion of the First World War Centenary, the Department for Cultural Heritage of the University of Bologna in Ravenna together with the SISF Italian Society for the Study on photography, promoted the conference Il dolore, il lutto, la gloria ...
Gianluigi Di Giangirolamo
doaj   +1 more source

Association Between Individualized Education for Kidney Replacement Therapy Modality Selection and Peritoneal Dialysis Initiation: A Cross‐Sectional Study

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an established home‐based kidney replacement therapy (KRT), but its uptake remains low in Japan. We evaluated whether individualized education in a dedicated outpatient clinic was associated with the initiation of PD.
Yasuko Ito   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bodies of War: Disabilities and Heroism in the First World War

open access: yesJournal of Lusophone Studies, 2018
In the present article, I analyze discourses of masculinity and the male body associated with Portugal’s involvement in World War I. I examine these from three perspectives: the national military body; medical and political discussion of disabled bodies;
Rhian Atkin
doaj   +1 more source

Organoids in pediatric cancer research

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Organoid technology has revolutionized cancer research, yet its application in pediatric oncology remains limited. Recent advances have enabled the development of pediatric tumor organoids, offering new insights into disease biology, treatment response, and interactions with the tumor microenvironment.
Carla Ríos Arceo, Jarno Drost
wiley   +1 more source

The War, The Great War, The First World War

open access: yes, 2012
Whilst visiting Germany and talking to colleagues last year the topic of what we call the War arose in conversation. One of my German friends noted that in Britain we occasionally use the term 'The Great War' presumably, he suggested, because it was ...
world war one   +1 more
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“A disgrace to the country they belong to”: the sexualisation of female soldiers in First World War Britain

open access: yesRevue LISA, 2008
Cet article, qui aborde la représentation « sexuelle » des femmes soldats britanniques lors de la Première Guerre mondiale, démontre que l’entrée des femmes dans les forces armées déstabilisait aussi bien l’image de la masculinité que celle de la ...
Lucy Noakes
doaj   +1 more source

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