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The Neural Identity - Strategies of Immortality in Contemporary Western Culture

open access: yes, 2017
Throughout history mankind has struggled to reconcile itself with the inescapability of its own mortality. This study explores the themes of immortality and survivalism in contemporary culture, shedding light on the varied and ingenious ways in which ...
PECCHINENDA, GIANFRANCO
core  

Beyond the Classroom: Cognitive and Educational Insights Into Gameplay‐Based Second Language Learning

open access: yesFuture in Educational Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This pilot study investigated how the narrative‐rich Chinese AAA game Black Myth: Wukong supports advanced Mandarin learners. Using reflective journals, semi‐structured interviews, and exploratory electroencephalogram (EEG), we examined learners' cognitive, affective, and cultural experiences.
ShuPei Wang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Resurrection and Immortality

open access: yes, 2017
Some scholars have traditionally battled over distinctions between resurrection and immortality. This chapter examines the problem as reflected in early Jewish writings.
C. D. Elledge
core   +1 more source

Breast Cancer Outcomes From Ductal Carcinoma In Situ: A Population‐Based Cohort Study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
Women with ductal carcinoma in situ have an elevated risk of subsequent invasive breast cancer, but how this risk evolves over time is unclear. In this population‐based study of ethnically diverse women diagnosed between 2000 and 2022 in New Zealand, the risk of invasive ipsilateral breast cancer persisted beyond 5 years.
Qian Chen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Why death can be bad and immortality is worse

open access: yes, 2009
This thesis examines the moral implications of the metaphysical nature of death. I begin with the Epicurean arguments which hold that death is morally irrelevant for the one who dies, and that one should regard it accordingly.
Kalnow, Cara
core  

Platonic Personal Immortality

open access: yes, 2019
I argue that Plato distinguishes between personal immortality and immortality of the soul. I begin by criticizing the consensus view that Plato identifies the person and the soul. I then turn to the issue of immortality.
Doug Reed, Reed, Doug
core   +1 more source

Plasma PlGF as a Potential Biomarker in Ramucirumab‐Based Second‐Line Therapy for Advanced Gastroesophageal Adenocarcinoma: Exploratory Biomarker Analysis from the Phase II Part of the RAMIRIS Trial

open access: yesInternational Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
Antiangiogenic treatment with ramucirumab is a standard second‐line option in advanced gastric and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma. However, reliable biomarkers are currently lacking. This exploratory biomarker analysis of the RAMIRIS trial suggests that elevated baseline and early on‐treatment levels of the pro‐angiogenic placental growth ...
Jurek Hille   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Molding immortality from a plastic germline

open access: yes, 2023
Germ cells are uniquely capable of maintaining cellular immortality, allowing them to give rise to new individuals in generation after generation. Recent studies have identified that the germline state is plastic, with frequent interconversion between ...
Raz, Amelie A, Yamashita, Yukiko M
core   +1 more source

Scheduling early primary care follow‐up after pneumonia: A retrospective target trial emulation in five hospitals

open access: yesJournal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Current guidelines make no recommendations on discharge interventions or scheduling outpatient follow‐up after hospitlization for commnity‐acquired pneumonia (CAP). Objectives To assess the impact of scheduling early primary care follow‐up prior to discharge home among survivors of hypoxemic CAP hospitalizations.
Andrew J. Davis   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Ethics and Impact of Digital Immortality [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The concept of digital immortality has emerged over the past decade and is defined here as the continuation of an active or passive digital presence after death.
Savin-Baden, Maggi   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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