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Out There No One Has a Right to Die

open access: yesBioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The eventual goal of space exploration is to colonize exoplanets and their moons outside our solar system. This is a dangerous and immoral endeavour. The extraterrestrial life forms encountered would be hostile, vulnerable or both, and the descendants of the original pioneers would be involuntarily exposed to hazardous conditions and ...
Matti Häyry
wiley   +1 more source

The problem of off duty time in long duration space missions. Volume 3 - An annotated bibliography [PDF]

open access: yes
Annotated bibliography on studies pertaining to off duty time during long duration manned space ...
Eberhard, J. W., Smith, K. T.
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On Prof. Daniel Georg Balk (1764–1826), supervisor of Karl Ernst Von Baer's doctoral thesis On Estonians' Endemic Diseases [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
On Prof. Daniel Georg Balk (1764–1826), supervisor of Karl Ernst Von Baer's doctoral thesis On Estonians' Endemic ...
Kasmel, Jaan, Kasmel, Tiiu
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Democratising Multi‐Projector Displays

open access: yesComputer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.
Spatially augmented reality (SAR) transforms large, surround, collaborative experiences out of VR/AR headsets to the real world by merging content from projectors with the physical environment. This detailed state‐of‐the‐art survey reports on the advancements in multi‐projector aggregation and hardware technologies used to achieve SAR and build ...
Aditi Majumder, Muhammad Twaha Ibrahim
wiley   +1 more source

Lessons from an eradication under multiple constraints of an island rat population of record density

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Invasive rats threaten island biodiversity, disrupting ecosystems and endangering native species. Although rat eradication has succeeded on many islands, tropical islands present unique management challenges. Strict regulations and financial constraints on some tropical islands further limit proven eradication methods, complicating rodent ...
Tatiane Micheletti   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Para um melhor conhecimento dos domínios coloniais: a constituição de redes de informação no Império português em finais do Setecentos For a better understanding of colonial domains: the creation of an information net during the Portuguese Empire at the end of the eighteenth century

open access: yesHistória, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, 2001
O artigo trata da atuação de cientistas, funcionários portugueses e mesmo nativos, inclusive indígenas, na sustentação de uma rede de informações sobre as potencialidades econômicas dos territórios administrados pela coroa portuguesa, tendo como ...
Ângela Domingues
doaj   +1 more source

From plant to fabric: Environmental opportunities associated with annatto dye for sustainable development in the textile industry

open access: yesColoration Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Natural dyes are compounds that occur naturally in several organisms and are classified based on chemical structure and application method. The literature cites several natural dyes used in industrial transformation processes. Annatto dye is used in the food industry, and its biological pigment is extracted from the annatto seed. However, this
Marcel Jefferson Gonçalves   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Long‐lasting health effects of Soviet education

open access: yesEconomica, EarlyView.
Abstract Education systems serve various purposes, including the enhancement of later‐life health, though effects can differ by sociopolitical regime. This paper examines the effect of communist education, which exposed children to a distinct curriculum and ideological content, on later‐life health.
Joan Costa‐Font, Anna Nicińska
wiley   +1 more source

O Boi-Bumbá de Parintins, Amazonas: breve história e etnografia da festa Boi-Bumbá in Parintins, Amazonas: a brief history and ethnography of the festival

open access: yesHistória, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, 2000
O festival dos Bois-Bumbás de Parintins (AM) alcançou nos últimos anos dimensões massivas, conjugando, de modo inesperado e criativo, padrões e temas culturais tradicionais a procedimentos e abordagens modernizantes.
Maria Laura Viveiros de Castro Cavalcanti
doaj   +1 more source

The 'Baird Memorial" [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
In mid 1903, during the annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society, AFS members, U.S. Fish Commission (USFC) staff, and other interested persons gathered at Woods Hole, Mass., to dedicate a permanent memorial to Spencer F. Baird, founder of the U.S.

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