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Near-Death Experiences and Immortality from the Perspective of an Informational Modeling of Consciousness [PDF]

, 2018
The questions concerning “who we are”, “where we go to”, and “where we come from”, preoccupied the humanity from immemorial times. During the last few decades, with the accelerated improvement of the investigation methods
Gaiseanu, Florin
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Compromised DNA replication in gut cells underlies sensitivity to genotoxic stress in the tardigrade Hypsibius exemplaris

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
DNA damage in the tardigrade Hypsibius exemplaris elicits distinct cellular outcomes depending on replication status. While non‐replicating cells tolerate genotoxic stress, constitutively replicating cells undergo irreversible replication failure upon DNA damage, leading to loss of tissue homeostasis, fat depletion, sterility, and organismal death ...
Gonzalo Quiroga‐Artigas, Pauline Fontanié, Benjamin Lacroix, Maria Dolores Molina, María Moriel‐Carretero   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Old ideas from a new philosophical model: levels and means of human life extension [PDF]

, 2018
Since 2000, the possibility of extending human lifespan has been a highly debated topic by both biomedical scientists (de Grey and Rae, 2007; Olshansky & Carnes, 2002) and philosophers (Agar, 2010; Overall, 2003).
Garcia-Barranquero, Pablo
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Borderline Resectable Classification Identifies Candidates for Conversion Therapy in Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated With Atezolizumab and Bevacizumab

Hepatology Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Conversion therapy, which seeks to achieve curative treatment following systemic therapy, is increasingly acknowledged in the management of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, validated criteria for predicting eligibility for conversion remain unclear. We investigated the utility of the recently proposed borderline
Yasuto Takeuchi, Masahiko Sue, Nozomi Miyake, Takuya Adachi, Hideki Onishi, Miwa Kawanaka, Akinobu Takaki, Kazuhiro Nouso, Kazuya Kariyama, Shinichiro Nakamura, Emi Tanaka, Toshifumi Tada, Tetsuya Yasunaka, Kenji Kuwaki, Junichi Toshimori, Shota Iwado, Akio Moriya, Hiroaki Hagihara, Hiroyuki Takabatake, Masahiro Sakata, Motoyuki Otsuka   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Treatment Response to Anticoagulant Therapy on Liver‐Related Events in Patients With Cirrhosis and Portal Vein Thrombosis

Hepatology Research, EarlyView.
In patients with cirrhosis and a first portal vein thrombosis treated with intravenous anticoagulant therapy, the 3‐year cumulative rates of liver‐related events were 56.7% and 75.5% in the effective and ineffective groups, respectively. A good radiological response was associated with fewer liver‐related hospitalizations.
Atsushi Maeda, Yuki Tahata, Hayato Hikita, Hisashi Ishida, Takayuki Yakushijin, Masanori Nakahara, Kazuyoshi Ohkawa, Fumihiko Nakanishi, Sadaharu Iio, Ryotaro Sakamori, Mitsuru Sakakibara, Masanori Miyazaki, Yuta Myoin, Kazuki Maesaka, Kumiko Shirai, Kazuhiro Murai, Yuki Makino, Yoshinobu Saito, Takahiro Kodama, Tetsuo Takehara   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ethical Questions in Don DeLillo's Zero K

مجلة الآداب
This paper explores the ethics of cryopreservation, how it redefines the traditional notion of life and death, and its impact on human identity. It showcases the consequences of the possibility of a better future through the process.
Ahmad Al-Maamouri
doaj   +1 more source

Jorge Luis Borges' Medieval Aesthetics of Failure

Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Irina Dumitrescu
wiley   +1 more source

THE NAITŌ HYPOSTASIS: NAITŌ KONAN (1866–1934) AND THE JAPANESE IMPERIALIST LEGACY IN THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF MIDDLE‐PERIOD CHINA (800–1400 CE)

History and Theory, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 1955, Hisayuki Miyakawa published an article that sought to introduce American and European scholars to the work of the Japanese Sinologist Naitō Konan (1866–1934). Miyakawa drew particular attention to what he called the “Naitō hypothesis”—that is, Naitō’s argument that China became modern during the Song dynasty (960–1279).
CHRISTIAN DE PEE
wiley   +1 more source

Death - Cultural, philosophical and religious aspects [PDF]

, 2016
About death, grief, mourning, life after death and immortality. Why should we die like humans to survive as a species. "No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there.
Sfetcu, Nicolae
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Constructing Futures: Outlining a Transhumanist Vision of the Future and the Challenge to Christian Theology of its Proposed Uses of New and Future Developments in Technology [PDF]

, 2012
Transhumanists arc committed to re-evaluating the entire human condition and offering proposalsfor transcending mortality, principally by augmenting the human body with mechanical components or by transferring the human mind into intelligent hyper ...
Jackson, Darrell R.
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