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Meaning, autonomy, symbolic causality, and free will [PDF]

, 2018
As physical entities that translate symbols into physical actions, computers offer insights into the nature of meaning and agency. • Physical symbol systems, generically known as agents, link abstractions to material actions.
Abbott, Russ
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Upacicalcet: A Novel Intravenous Calcimimetic Agent for Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis With Secondary Hyperparathyroidism

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) is a common complication in patients receiving maintenance dialysis, driven by calcium and phosphate metabolism disturbances. Calcimimetics are central to the management of SHPT by enhancing calcium‐sensing receptor sensitivity and reducing parathyroid hormone secretion.
Fumihiko Koiwa, Daisuke Honda, Seigo Akari, Tadao Akizawa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

FREE WILL, LOVE, AND ANGER

Ideas y Valores, 2009
He defendido anteriormente que no somos libres en el sentido requerido para la responsabilidad moral y, a la vez, que la concepción de la vida sin este tipo de libertad no sería devastadora para la moralidad o para nuestra noción de significado en la ...
Derk Pereboom
doaj   +2 more sources

Adjunctive Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Refractory Adult‐Onset Still's Disease Complicated by Secondary Macrophage Activation Syndrome: A Single‐Center Experience

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Adult‐onset Still's disease (AOSD) complicated by macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) carries substantial mortality. The role of therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) remains uncertain. Methods We retrospectively analyzed patients with AOSD‐MAS treated with TPE at a single‐center.
Masataka Ueda, Tomohiro Saito, Masahide Mizobuchi, Tomoki Shimomura, Saki Kawamori, Mitsuru Kawanishi, Natsuko Hattori, Jo Sugiyama, Satoshi Tsubata, Hanami Horiguchi, Kazuki Abe, Nao Iida, Yuki Kajio, Nao Oguro, Ryo Yanai, Hirokazu Honda   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Free Will and Modal Responsibility

Ergo, An Open Access Journal of Philosophy
In the last half-century increased awareness of modal issues has been brought to bear on the free will debate. It has been argued that the context dependence of possibility claims can be exploited to mount a defence of compatibilism, the idea being that ...
William Bondi Knowles
doaj   +2 more sources

A Formal Sociologic Study of Free Will [PDF]

, 2013
We make a formal sociologic study of the concept of free will. By using the language of mathematics and logic, we define what we call everlasting societies.
Giuffrida, Giovanni, Zarba, Calogero G.
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Grace and Free Will: Quiescence and Control [PDF]

, 2015
Stump and Timpe have recently proposed Thomistic based solutions to the traditional problem in Christian theology of how to relate grace and free will. By taking a closer look at the notion of control, I subject Timpe’s account – itself an extension of ...
Kittle, Simon
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Revealing the structure of land plant photosystem II: the journey from negative‐stain EM to cryo‐EM

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Advances in cryo‐EM have revealed the detailed structure of Photosystem II, a key protein complex driving photosynthesis. This review traces the journey from early low‐resolution images to high‐resolution models, highlighting how these discoveries deepen our understanding of light harvesting and energy conversion in plants.
Roman Kouřil
wiley   +1 more source

Will the free market bring exploitation?

South African Family Practice, 1986
No abstract available.
Sam Fehrsen
doaj   +1 more source

What Do Buddhists Think about Free Will? [PDF]

, 2017
A critical overview to the bulk of extant Buddhist theories of free ...
Repetti, Rick
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