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Philosophy, 1973
In one way or another the theory and practice of modern medicine is confronting us with many dilemmas, chiefly, though not exclusively, of a moral character; the transplantation of organs, abortion, and euthanasia are examples, and closely associated with these are more obviously conceptual problems such as the definition of death and, for that matter,
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In one way or another the theory and practice of modern medicine is confronting us with many dilemmas, chiefly, though not exclusively, of a moral character; the transplantation of organs, abortion, and euthanasia are examples, and closely associated with these are more obviously conceptual problems such as the definition of death and, for that matter,
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First-in-human experience with the Medtronic CoreValve Evolut R.
EuroIntervention, 2014The CoreValve Evolut R with EnVeo R delivery catheter is a novel transcatheter heart valve (THV) system with enhanced features that have the potential to improve the safety of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).
N. Piazza +6 more
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Human Rights, Human Dignity,and Human Experience
2013The contested understandings of human dignity today make it very problematic as a reliable principle for determining the scope and merit of particular claims of human rights (at least beyond the principle’s narrow, universally agreed-upon core meaning). Merely relying on an overlapping consensus is insufficient.
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The Varieties of Human Experience
British Journal of Psychiatry, 1989The basic unit of study for psychiatric investigation is the individual human being in interaction with the environment. The psychological understanding of human biography provided by psychodynamic observation is now being supplemented by knowledge derived from phenomenological and neurobiological research. Phenomenology and neurobiology are at present
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Extinction of experience: the loss of human–nature interactions
, 2016Increasingly, people are becoming less likely to have direct contact with nature (natural environments and their associated wildlife) in their everyday lives. Over 20 years ago, Robert M Pyle termed this ongoing alienation the “extinction of experience”,
M. Soga, K. Gaston
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Proceedings of the Companion of the 2017 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, 2017
This paper presents a novel reflection on interaction devices between human and robots. Robots are most currently seen as tools, extensions of the human body designed and meant to serve its needs. The development of artificial intelligence forces us to reconsider that paradigm, and to ask ourselves the question of who, during the human-machine dialogue,
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This paper presents a novel reflection on interaction devices between human and robots. Robots are most currently seen as tools, extensions of the human body designed and meant to serve its needs. The development of artificial intelligence forces us to reconsider that paradigm, and to ask ourselves the question of who, during the human-machine dialogue,
David St-Onge +2 more
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A Framework for the Experience of Meaning in Human-Computer Interaction
International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2019The view of quality in human-computer interaction continuously develops, having in past decades included consistency, transparency, usability, and positive emotions.
Elisa D. Mekler, Kasper Hornbæk
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1991
William Faulkner said: ‘The primary job that any writer faces is to tell you a story, a story out of human experience — I mean by that, universal mutual experience, the anguishes and troubles and griefs of the human heart, which is universal, without regard to race or time or condition’.
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William Faulkner said: ‘The primary job that any writer faces is to tell you a story, a story out of human experience — I mean by that, universal mutual experience, the anguishes and troubles and griefs of the human heart, which is universal, without regard to race or time or condition’.
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Hearing and the medical humanities: The human auditory experience
Medical Humanities, 2019There is a growing body of research highlighting the difficulties in living with hearing impairment which can destabilise personal identity and lead to social isolation. Forty per cent of those provided with hearing aids rarely, if ever, use them.1 There is some evidence to suggest that many would rather be part of the hearing ablest group than ...
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1979
Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on the accidental intakes of plutonium by humans. The two principal routes of accidental entry of actinides in occupationally exposed people are either by inhalation or through cuts and by abrasions or other wounds. A limited amount of information on the metabolism and the effects of plutonium and other actinides
J.C. Nenot, J.W. Stather
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Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on the accidental intakes of plutonium by humans. The two principal routes of accidental entry of actinides in occupationally exposed people are either by inhalation or through cuts and by abrasions or other wounds. A limited amount of information on the metabolism and the effects of plutonium and other actinides
J.C. Nenot, J.W. Stather
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