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Playing God? Synthetic biology as a theological and ethical challenge. [PDF]
Dabrock P.
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Levetiracetam inhibits the Na+ HCO3− transporter Ncbe/NBCn2 (Slc4a10) in the choroid plexus of mice
ABSTRACT Aim The Na+‐dependent Cl−/HCO3− exchanger Ncbe/NBCn2 (Slc4a10) constitutes a major basolateral HCO3− uptake pathway in the choroid plexus and contributes to cerebrospinal fluid secretion and pH regulation. This study examined whether levetiracetam inhibits Ncbe/NBCn2‐mediated transport and alters cerebrospinal fluid acid–base balance ...
Laura Øllegaard Johnsen +4 more
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Safe Injection Sites: A Moral Reflection. [PDF]
Bozza S, Berger J.
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What is it like to be an infant?
Abstract In the philosophy of mind literature, consciousness is commonly defined not in terms of its physical correlates but rather its subjective character – the ‘something that it is like to be' an organism. In this conceptual article, this formulation is applied to the study of neonate subjectivity, giving rise to the question: what is it like to be
Matthew Goldreich
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Personhood: An emergent view from Africa and the West. [PDF]
Jecker NS, Atuire CA.
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ABSTRACT Invasive species pose a serious threat to biodiversity and result in significant economic costs. Although much effort is devoted to understanding invasive processes, some aspects are poorly understood, such as the early stages of invasions and the reasons for invasion failure.
Francisco Valera +3 more
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Abstract I propose the concept of delomization, the process whereby a sign comes to be understood as a symbol. I term such signs delomes. With rhematization and dicentization, delomization completes the triplet that linguistic anthropologists derive from Charles Sanders Peirce's third trichotomy.
Urmila Nair
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Redoing Family After Estrangement
ABSTRACT Objective This study theorizes estrangement as a catalyst for redoing family through a dynamic process of rebuilding kinship's meaning, structure, and content. Background Research on family estrangement has overwhelmingly focused on its emotional, social, and financial consequences, overlooking how estrangement holistically reshapes the ...
Rin Reczek
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Autofiction as relational mediation: A Ghost in the Throat and To Write as if Already Dead
Abstract Because of its exploration of the self and the resemblance to online styles of publishing, autofiction has been accused by certain scholars of reflecting neoliberal tendencies. Hans Demeyer and Sven Vitse have developed a more nuanced view on the relation between autofiction and neoliberalism.
Stijn De Cauwer
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Religious and cultural perspectives on assisted reproductive technology in Ghana: A comparative analysis of traditionalist, islamic, and christian beliefs. [PDF]
Asante-Afari K.
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