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Clinical Insights Into Hypercalcemia of Malignancy in Childhood

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hypercalcemia of malignancy (HCM) is a rare but life‐threatening metabolic emergency in children that occurs in less than 1% of pediatric cancer cases, with a reported incidence ranging from 0.4% to 1.0% across different studies. While it is observed in 10%–20% of adult malignancies, pediatric HCM remains relatively uncommon.
Hüseyin Anıl Korkmaz
wiley   +1 more source

Eschatological Technophobia: Cinematic Anticipations of the Singularity

open access: yesReligions
My aim in this essay is to isolate and describe the eschatological technophobia that is expressed by many popular films in the genre of science fiction.
Daniel Conway
doaj   +1 more source

Time, terror and the technological imagination : Frankenstein's fictional legacy in the scientific age : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in English at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
There is a long-standing belief that there is an opposing discourse between science and the humanities in relation to the future of humankind. Attitudes towards the environment have changed radically in the last 200 years from a natural view to one where
Herlihy, Bridget Clare
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From Christian Spirituality To Eco-Friendliness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Spirituality connotes praxis informed by religious or faith convictions. This can transform the individual and society at large. Christian spirituality is centered on how a person’s relationship with the God of Jesus Christ informs and directs one’s ...
Duke, Emmanuel Orok
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Justice and the Convention on Biological Diversity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Benefit sharing as envisaged by the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is a relatively new idea in international law. Within the context of non-human biological resources, it aims to guarantee the conservation of biodiversity and its ...
Pogge, Thomas W, Schroeder, Doris
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Fish remains and humankind

open access: yesInternet Archaeology, 1997
The four papers in this issue represent a trawl of the reports presented to the Fourth meeting of the International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ) Fish Remains Working Group, which met at the University of York in 1987.
Andrew K G Jones, Rebecca A Nicholson
doaj   +1 more source

Piloting the UK’s First Home-Office-Licensed Pharmacist-Led Drug Checking Service at a Community Substance Misuse Service

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences, 2020
(1) Introduction: Drug-related deaths in the UK are at concerning high levels. The unknown content and purity of illicit substances can cause unpredictable adverse effects and thus a public health risk with no sign of abating.
Amira Guirguis   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Commons Concept and Intellectual Property Rights Regime: Whither Plant Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
[Excerpt] The classification of plant genetic resources (PGRs) as the common heritage of humankind continues to generate controversies. The debate is between developing countries that are the primary sources of these resources and industrialized ...
Onwuekwe, Chika B.
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Adherence to Protocol Recommendations for Children With Wilms Tumour in Two Consecutive Studies in the United Kingdom and Ireland—Does Variation Matter?

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Wilms tumour (WT) has excellent event‐free and overall survival (OS). However, small differences exist between countries participating in the same international study. This led us to examine variation in adherence to protocol recommendations as a potential contributing factor.
Suzanne Tugnait   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tractatus Politico-Philosophicus: New Directions for the Future Development of Humankind [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Tractatus Politico-Philosophicus (Political-Philosophical Treatise) aims to establish the principles of good governance and of a happy society, and to open up new directions for the future development of humankind. W.
Korab-Karpowicz, W. Julian
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