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Art, Science, and Technology of Human Sexuality

open access: yesArts, 2018
In Spring 2017, Abyss Creations, a 20-year old manufacturer of hyper-realistic sex dolls (trade-named “RealDoll”) with a loyal customer base, launched an artificial intelligence app (named “Harmony”) to augment the dolls’ already life-like bodies, giving
Beibei Song
doaj   +1 more source

Alan Turing and the “hard” and “easy” problem of cognition: doing and feeling [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The "easy" problem of cognitive science is explaining how and why we can do what we can do. The "hard" problem is explaining how and why we feel. Turing's methodology for cognitive science (the Turing Test) is based on doing: Design a model that can do ...
Harnad, Stevan
core   +1 more source

Hematopoietic (stem) cells—The elixir of life?

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The aging of HSCs (hematopoietic stem cells) and the blood system leads to the decline of other organs. Rejuvenating aged HSCs improves the function of the blood system, slowing the aging of the heart, kidney, brain, and liver, and the occurrence of age‐related diseases.
Emilie L. Cerezo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Human - Universal Paradigm in Knowledge and Human Activity (Security Aspects) [PDF]

open access: yesEastern European Journal of Regional Studies, 2019
The era of globalization involves interactions and inter-state and inter-human relations of all types, including economic ones. An important place among them also belongs to the cross-border ones. The paradigm is the model, the dominant aspect in science
Ion SÎRBU
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Phosphatidylinositol 4‐kinase as a target of pathogens—friend or foe?

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This graphical summary illustrates the roles of phosphatidylinositol 4‐kinases (PI4Ks). PI4Ks regulate key cellular processes and can be hijacked by pathogens, such as viruses, bacteria and parasites, to support their intracellular replication. Their dual role as essential host enzymes and pathogen cofactors makes them promising drug targets.
Ana C. Mendes   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strategic HRM Measurement in the 21st Century: From Justifying HR to Strategic Talent Leadership [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Measurement will be vital to the evolution of human resource management in the coming century, but in this chapter we propose that it will not be measurement as usual.
Boudreau, John W., Ramstad, Peter M.
core   +1 more source

Structural insights into lacto‐N‐biose I recognition by a family 32 carbohydrate‐binding module from Bifidobacterium bifidum

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Bifidobacterium bifidum establishes symbiosis with infants by metabolizing lacto‐N‐biose I (LNB) from human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs). The extracellular multidomain enzyme LnbB drives this process, releasing LNB via its catalytic glycoside hydrolase family 20 (GH20) lacto‐N‐biosidase domain.
Xinzhe Zhang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

“DO YOU SUPPOSE THEY WANT GM BABIES?” [PDF]

open access: yesS&F_scienzaefilosofia.it, 2018
“DO YOU SUPPOSE THEY WANT GM BABIES?” New techniques for editing genes could transform biological research, with almost unlimited potential, says a new report from the UK Nuffield Council on Bioethics.1 But the advent of a cheap, precise, and ...
Fuschetto, Cristian
doaj  

Simulating What? [PDF]

open access: yes
Any attempt to simulate science has first to say what science is. This involves asking three questions: 1) The Scope Question: What bit of science is the target?
Harry Collins
core  

A Decision-Maker's Guide To Using Science [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
"Marine Managed Areas: What, Why, and Where" is a reader-friendly, richly illustrated 16-page booklet that defines MMAs and discusses the challenges of implementation.
Arturo Dominici   +5 more
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