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The Better I Can Be: In Defence of Human Enhancement for a New Genetic Equality

Canadian Journal of Bioethics, 2022
The main objection to genetic enhancement is that it will create a “genetic apartheid,” deepening existing inequalities. This paper offers considerations that can weaken the inequality argument against genetic enhancement.
Vera Lúcia Carapeto Raposo
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An Energy-Efficient Method for Human Activity Recognition with Segment-Level Change Detection and Deep Learning

Sensors, 2019
Human activity recognition (HAR), which is important in context awareness services, needs to occur continuously in daily life, owing to which an energy-efficient method is needed.
Chi Yoon Jeong, Mooseop Kim
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Prior Mental Fatigue Impairs Marksmanship Decision Performance

Frontiers in Physiology, 2017
Purpose: Mental fatigue has been shown to impair subsequent physical performance in continuous and discontinuous exercise. However, its influence on subsequent fine-motor performance in an applied setting (e.g., marksmanship for trained soldiers) is ...
James Head, Matthew S. Tenan, Andrew J. Tweedell, Michael E. LaFiandra, Frank Morelli, Kyle M. Wilson, Samson V. Ortega, William S. Helton   +7 more
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TFSNet: A Time–Frequency Synergy Network Based on EEG Signals for Autism Spectrum Disorder Classification

Brain Sciences
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) seriously affects social, communication, and behavioral functions, and early accurate diagnosis is crucial to improve the prognosis of patients.
Lijuan Shi, Lintao Ma, Jian Zhao, Zhejun Kuang, Sifan Wang, Han Yang, Haiyan Wang, Qiulei Han, Lei Sun   +8 more
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Combining textured insoles and compelled body weight shift improves lower limb function and gait in individuals with stroke: a randomised controlled trial

Human Movement
Purpose To assess the effects of combining textured insoles (TI; plantar somatosensory stimulation) with compelled body weight shift (CBWS) on lower limb motor function, gait, and sensory function in stroke patients.
Adamu Adamu Ahmad, Duangporn Suriyaamarit, Akkradate Siriphorn   +2 more
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Immediate effects of ultrasound therapy on pain and plantar pressure in individuals with subacute ankle sprains: a randomized controlled trial

Physiotherapy Quarterly
Introduction Despite the fact that ultrasound (US) therapy is not advised for acute ankle sprains, its therapeutic effects may be beneficial for other stages of ankle sprains, such as a subacute ankle sprain.
Thongchai Suksri, Chitanongk Gaogasigam, Sujitra Boonyong   +2 more
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Las disputas sobre los futuros de la naturaleza humana. Perspectivas Sociológicas

EMPIRIA: Revista de Metodología de Ciencias Sociales, 2020
Las sociedades contemporáneas proyectan horizontes de futuro, ventanas sociológicas de exploración lanzadas desde el presente hacia el futuro que afrontan las ventajas, así como los peligros que afectan a la naturaleza humana tanto en la esfera pública ...
Maya Aguiluz Ibargüen, Josetxo Beriain
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Surgeon-oriented three-dimensional planning for supracondylar humeral malunion

JSES Reviews, Reports, and Techniques
Background: Malunion of supracondylar humeral fractures is often associated with complex three-dimensional (3D) rotational deformities involving the coronal, sagittal, and transverse planes.
Hidemasa Yoneda, MD, PhD, Hirotaka Sugiura, MD, PhD, Masaomi Saeki, MD, PhD, Nobunori Takahashi, MD, PhD, Michiro Yamamoto, MD, PhD   +4 more
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Human Enhancement and the Post-human subject to the test of DH. How digital technologies are transforming us

Umanistica Digitale, 2023
This contribution focuses on the role played by digital technologies in transforming the human condition. Digital technologies are presented as a particular form of Human Enhancement already in place, in contrast with the transhumanist positions ...
Camilla Domenella
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Clinical and radiographic results of lunate resection and vascularized os pisiform transfer for Kienböck's disease

JPRAS Open
Summary: Although various treatments for advanced stages of Kienböck's disease have been reported, clinical evidence demonstrating the efficacy of lunate resection and vascularized os pisiform transfer for Kienböck's disease is limited.
Masaomi Saeki, Hidemasa Yoneda, Michiro Yamamoto   +2 more
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