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International Human Rights are Taking Hold in U.S. States, Cities, and Towns [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
New York, NY (December 10, 2012) – Incorporating human rights into local policies and decision-making leads to effective, sustainable, and responsive policies, according to a new report released today by Columbia Law School’s Human Rights ...
Human Rights Institute,
core   +1 more source

Human Rights for the Digital Age [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv
The emergence of digital technology has fundamentally transformed all facets of human existence, posing important queries about the safeguarding and implementation of human rights in the digital domain. The research focuses on important topics including privacy, freedom of speech, and information access.
arxiv  

Clinical significance of stratifying prostate cancer patients through specific circulating genes

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
We tested a specific panel of genes representative of luminal, neuroendocrine and stem‐like cells in the blood of prostate cancer patients, showing predictive value from diagnosis to late stages of disease. This approach allows monitoring of treatment responses and outcomes at specific time points in trajectories.
Seta Derderian   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Civilian Impact of Covert Drone Operations Overlooked [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC Sept. 30, 2012 — As US covert drone strikes become more entrenched as an accepted counterterrorism strategy, the US government needs to conduct a thorough accounting of the impact on civilians, said a new report released today by Columbia ...
Human Rights Clinic,
core   +1 more source

Debunking Robot Rights Metaphysically, Ethically, and Legally [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv
In this work we challenge arguments for robot rights on metaphysical, ethical and legal grounds. Metaphysically, we argue that machines are not the kinds of things that may be denied or granted rights. Building on theories of phenomenology and post-Cartesian approaches to cognitive science, we ground our position in the lived reality of actual humans ...
arxiv  

Etoposide‐induced cancer cell death: roles of mitochondrial VDAC1 and calpain, and resistance mechanisms

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
The complex mode of action of the topoisomerase II inhibitor etoposide in triggering apoptosis involves several mechanisms: overexpression of the mitochondrial protein VDAC1, leading to its oligomerization and formation of a large channel that mediates the release of pro‐apoptotic protein; and overexpression of the apoptosis regulators p53, Bax, and ...
Aditya Karunanithi Nivedita   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RISK OF INTRODUCTION OF DANGEROUS AND EXOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES ON THE TERRITORY OF THE XXII OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES AND XI PARALYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2014 IN SOCHI

open access: yesЖурнал микробиологии, эпидемиологии и иммунобиологии, 2015
To assess the epidemiological risk of introduction of serious infectious diseases in the pre-Olympic period defined list of dangerous and exotic infections and held assessment ofpotential danger threatening.
B. P Kuzkin   +14 more
doaj  

Even the "Devil" has Rights! [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv
There have been works discussing the adoption of a human rights framework for responsible AI, emphasizing various rights such as the right to contribute to scientific advancements. Yet, to the best of our knowledge, this is the first attempt to take this framework with special focus on computer vision and documenting human rights violations in its ...
arxiv  

Bioethics and Human Rights. [PDF]

open access: green, 1979
George J. Annas
openalex   +1 more source

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