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Critical Care, 2013 Barriers to the use of selective digestive decontamination include concerns about emergence of resistant organisms, over-estimation of current performance in preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), alternative methods of preventing VAP, and misunderstanding of mechanisms of action.
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Darwin’s Other Dilemmas and the Theoretical Roots of Emotional Connection
Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 Modern scientific theories of emotional behavior, almost without exception, trace their origin to Charles Darwin, and his publications On the Origin of Species (1859) and The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872).
Robert J. Ludwig +3 more
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Against Unconscious Motivations, Urges, and Instincts in Human Beings
Studia Gilsoniana, 2020 The aim of this paper is to discuss the problem of the human body as to whether it is wholly and directly influenced by the rational forces of the soul, or it contains something instinctive or unconscious that can exert a determinative influence on human
Zbigniew Pańpuch
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The Domination of Instinct over Consciousness in Nietzsche's Critique of Modern Subjectivism [PDF]
حکمت و فلسفه, 2023 This article tries to examine modern humanism and the position of the concept of the subject from Nietzsche's critical point of view, considering the importance and position of instinct compared to consciousness.
Mohammad Nejad Iran
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Humanities, 2017 This essay situates James Joyce within the competing discourses of Catholic theology, evolutionary biology, and Nietzsche’s philosophy, with emphasis on their attitudes towards the body and the animal-human boundary.
John S. Rickard
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Bergson: intuição e método intuitivo Bergson: intuition and intuitive method
Trans/Form/Ação, 1999 Propomo-nos a mostrar que a intuição tal como aparece no pensamento de Bergson é tanto uma faculdade de conhecimento que se opõe à inteligência quanto um método filosófico constituído por procedimentos racionais, os quais a propiciam e enriquecem.
Jonas Gonçalves Coelho
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The Animal in Man ─ An Image Pattern in Frank Norris’ Mcteague
Journal of Language and Literature, 2023 Every man possesses an animal instinct that lingers beneath the surface, waiting for an appropriate time to manifest. In Frank Norris’ McTeague, some characters degenerate to the level of the animal, displaying brutality and striving like predators for ...
Godwin Yao Gaaku +2 more
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Rebecca Horn, corps sous tension
Cahiers d’Études Germaniques, 2020 This article highlights the continuity between Rebecca Horn’s performances from the 1970’s and the kinetic sculptures she has been creating since the 1990’s. In her later work, the machines have replaced the human body, yet in her performances the artist,
Léa Barbisan
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Continuous instinct control for powered knee-ankle prostheses [PDF]
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2020 In order to improve the life quality of lower extremity amputees, many researchers have studied the powered knee-ankle prosthesis. Various parameters must necessarily be adjusted for the finite state machine impedance model method.
Shen Kaixin +3 more
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A Model for Basic Emotions Using Observations of Behavior in Drosophila
Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 Emotion plays a crucial role, both in general human experience and in psychiatric illnesses. Despite the importance of emotion, the relative lack of objective methodologies to scientifically studying emotional phenomena limits our current understanding ...
Simeng Gu +7 more
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