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Introduction To understand the way chemistry influences human communication is important since the reaction to chemosignals has many implications for science and society.
E. Vigna +3 more
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Information ethics: On the philosophical foundation of computer ethics* [PDF]
The essential difficulty about Computer Ethics‘ (CE) philosophical status is a methodological problem: standard ethical theories cannot easily be adapted to deal with CE-problems, which appear to strain their conceptual resources, and CE requires a conceptual foundation as an ethical theory.
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Ethics of Personalized Information Filtering [PDF]
Online search engines, social media, news sites and retailers are all investing heavily in the development of ever more refined information filtering to optimally tune their services to the specific demands of their individual users and customers. In this position paper we examine the privacy consequences of user profile models that are used to achieve
Ansgar R. Koene +7 more
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Information Ethics for and from Africa [PDF]
This paper deals in the first part with some initiatives concerning the role of information ethics for Africa such as NEPAD, UN ICT and AISI particularly since the World Summit on the Information Society. Information Ethics from Africa is a young academic field.
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ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell disease (SCD) face multiple acute and chronic medical complications that may impact their quality of life as reported by patients themselves. Health‐related social needs (HRSNs), such as food and housing insecurity, are common in people with SCD, but the association between HRSNs and patient‐reported ...
Sarah J. Marks +5 more
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Die Nutzung einer 'Schattenbibliothek' im Licht des Urheberrechts
Der Beitrag untersucht die Nutzung illegaler wissenschaftlicher Schattenbibliotheken im Internet. Dabei wird zwischen dem Herunterladen von Inhalten und dem bloßen Lesen am Bildschirm unterschieden.
Eric W. Steinhauer
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ABSTRACT Background Combined oral contraceptive (COC) use in obese adult women dramatically increases the relative risk of developing a pulmonary embolism (PE). The risk of a PE in obese adolescent females taking contraceptives is currently unknown. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effect of body mass index (BMI) and contraceptive
John Puetz, Joanne Salas
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ABSTRACT Background Fertility preservation (FP) is increasingly integrated into the care of pediatric patients exposed to gonadotoxic therapy or conditioning for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), yet perioperative data in infants and toddlers remain scarce.
Kerstin Saalabian +13 more
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Love dolls and sex robots in unproven and unexplored fields of application
Love dolls, the successors of blow-up dolls, are widespread. They can be ordered online or bought in sex shops and can be found in brothels and households. Sex robots are also on the rise. Research, however, has been slow to address this topic thoroughly.
Bendel Oliver
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Ethics and Information Technology
The versatility and adaptability of information technology (IT) offer many potential benefits to society, its organisations and its citizens, but there are also associated risks. The social and ethical implications of this technology warrant special attention and have resulted in the creation of information ethics as a discrete area of study.
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