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Towards 'Flourishing Studies': A network lens onto flourishing

Commonplace
Our grand challenges in science are those for which we cannot ignore the complexity of the world--the interconnectedness of our disciplines, systems, and groups.   How do we embrace complexity in the project of scientific discovery? This is perhaps the threshold question for our moment in the Earth and Space Sciences.
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Determining frailty index thresholds for older people across multiple countries in sub-Saharan Africa

Communications Medicine
Background Despite the increasing attention on frailty as a global public health concern, frailty screening among older people in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) continues to rely on instruments and thresholds from high-income countries.
Gideon Dzando, Paul R. Ward, Lillian Mwanri, Richard K. MOUSSA, Justice Moses K. Aheto, Rachel C. Ambagtsheer   +5 more
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Clarke Transform: A Lingua Franca for Continuum Robotics

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Using the Clarke transform, both robot‐dependent mappings are known exactly for kinematic models, leading to a complete chain of transformations between spaces with associated abstraction. This eases the derivation. Therefore, proposing the Clarke transform as a lingua franca and utilizing a practical fact sheet can pave the way for more systematic ...
Reinhard M. Grassmann, Sami Haddadin
wiley   +1 more source

How social class shapes breast cancer risk perspectives and prevention practices of Australian midlife women: a qualitative study using the concept of ‘breast cancer candidacy’

BMC Cancer
Background The increasing incidence of breast cancer and disease burden is a significant public health concern. While 30% of breast cancers could be prevented through addressing modifiable risk factors, misconceptions among women about breast cancer ...
Samantha Batchelor, Belinda Lunnay, Sara Macdonald, Paul R. Ward   +3 more
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Agribusiness: From Automation to Augmentation in a Global Context

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Alexis H. Villacis
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AI‐Based Immortality: The Ethical Advantage of the Aretai Approach

AI &Innovation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The convergence of artificial intelligence, digital identity technologies, and biogerontological ambitions has produced a novel set of philosophical problems that have not yet been adequately addressed within mainstream bioethical discourse. Digital life extension—encompassing AI‐generated avatars, neural data preservation, mind uploading, and
Mirko Daniel Garasic
wiley   +1 more source

Childhood predictors of belief in life after death across 22 countries

Scientific Reports
Belief in life after death is one of the oldest and most widespread spiritual convictions, and it has been shown to offer various psychological benefits.
Zhuo Job Chen, Richard G. Cowden, Alexander Moreira-Almeida, Thomas Breedlove, Blake Victor Kent, R. Noah Padgett, Byron R. Johnson, Tyler J. VanderWeele   +7 more
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Lost ground, lost value: Investigating the relationship between soil erosion and agricultural land value

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the impact of soil erosion on agricultural land values in the United States (US) Midwest. Based on a novel county‐level panel data set with information on soil erosion levels and agricultural land values covering five census years (1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, and 2017), we separately investigate the direct effect of two types ...
Le Chen, Roderick M. Rejesus, Hongqiang Yan, Serkan Aglasan   +3 more
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Suma Psicol.

, 2015
The aim of this research is to investigate the mediator role of coping competence on the relationship between mindfulness and flourishing. Participants were 284 university students who completed a questionnaire package that included the Cognitive and ...
Akın, Ahmet
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The Humanities and Human Flourishing

The arts and humanities have much to contribute to our individual and collective flourishing. That contribution, however, is often more a matter of individual experience than academic scholarship.

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