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Research strategies for precarious employment

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2019
Past decades have been characterized by technological changes and globalization of the economy, which has led to a change in employment conditions worldwide. Flexible labor markets and decreased impact of trade unions have contributed to the increase and
Jenni Ervasti, Marianna Virtanen
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Data Torturing, the Harms of Secondhand Smoking, and Why Disputing the Indisputable is Still Worth Our While

Voices in Bioethics, 2013
Last February, smokers in New York City were left with even fewer options, as Mayor Bloomberg passed anti-smoking legislation that prohibits lighting up on beaches, in parks, and in pedestrian plazas such as Times Square.1This legislative initiative was ...
Judit Illes
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Longitudinal Phenotypic Trajectories in GNAO1‐Related Disorders: Defining Disease Progression and Clinical Profiles

Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Objective Pathogenic variants in GNAO1 cause a spectrum of epilepsy, movement disorders, and developmental impairment. Clinical heterogeneity complicates prognosis and therapeutic development. We present the first longitudinal natural history study of GNAO1‐related disorders (GNAO1‐RD) to delineate phenotypic trajectories. Methods Sixty‐six individuals
Jana Domínguez‐Carral, Ana María Domínguez Cobo, Sol Balsells, Anna Aguilar‐Ros, Chu‐Ting Chang, William G. Ludlam, Kathryn Yang, Katerina Bernardi, Micaela Chinigioli, Ainara Salazar‐Villacorta, Veronica Di Pisa, Nuria Lamagrande‐Casanova, Elena González‐Alguacil, Beatriz De la Casa‐Fages, Akihisa Okumura, Josefina Rodríguez, Ayush Agarwal, Daniela Muñoz‐Chesta, Carolina Reynoso‐Osnayo, Amy Lin, Brahim Tabarki, Jobaida Parvin, Adolfo Alberto Gallo, Andreia Forno, Fabian Maass, Johnny Montiel Blanco, Salomé Nasif, Elizabeth Jennions, Jorge Luis Ramón‐Gómez, Helene Verhelst, Juan José Nieto Barceló, Dunja Čokolić Petrović, Luz Victoria García Ruiz, Christoph van Riesen, Paulo Rego Sousa, Maria del Pilar Massaro Sanchez, Husnea Ara Khan, Wejdan Hakami, Jennifer Friedman, Iván Espinoza‐Quinteros, Monica Troncoso, Divyani Garg, Micaela Pauni, Hirokazu Kurahashi, María Concepción Miranda‐Herrero, Anna Duat‐Rodriguez, Luca Soliani, Manju A. Kurian, Angeles Schteinschnaider, Siddharth Srivastava, Darius Ebrahimi‐Fakhari, Kirill A. Martemyanov, Juan Darío Ortigoza‐Escobar   +52 more
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Paul Ricœur’s Recovery of Affectivity: Feeling at the Crossroads of Carnal Imagination and the Corporeal Condition

Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai. Philosophia
This article examines Paul Ricœur’s conception of the relationship between the affective dimension of experience and imagination’s reproductive force.
Maria Cristina Clorinda VENDRA
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On the scarring effects of job insecurity (and how they can be explained)

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2016
Job insecurity, often defined as the subjectively perceived likelihood of involuntary job loss (1), emerges as a key psychosocial risk in the working environment in recent large scale European studies. The 5th European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) of
Hans De Witte
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The human foundations of anatomy at The University of Sydney: One hundred and one years of body procurement

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Body procurement at The University of Sydney has a long history. Anatomy legislation (1881 Anatomy Act) modeled on the British Anatomy Act 1832 legalized procurement of unclaimed bodies from public institutions for anatomical dissection at licensed Schools of Anatomy, effectively conferring the University of Sydney an exclusive license until ...
Rebekah A. Jenkin, Kevin A. Keay
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It’s not just the heart: respiratory limitations to constant-load exercise in adult Fontan patients and potential implications for rehabilitation

Current Issues in Sport Science
Introduction Congenital heart defects may require surgical intervention such as the Fontan procedure that connects the systemic venous return to the pulmonary arteries.
Kyle G. P. J. M. Bolye, Patrick Schön, Fernando G. Beltrami, Matthias Greutmann, Christina M. Spengler   +4 more
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An Analysis of New York State's Medical Aid in Dying Act (A. 2383A S. 3151)

Voices in Bioethics, 2018
Introduction An amended version of the proposed Medical Aid in Dying Act (A. 2383A S. 3151) was recently filed with the New York State legislature [1].
Michael Dauber
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Involuntary Part-Time Employment [PDF]

, 2017
The number of involuntary part-time workers, defined as those who would like full time work but for a variety of economic reasons cannot find it, rose sharply during the Great Recession and reached a peak of over 9 million in 2010.
Rebecca Glauber
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Between soft power and suspicion: Chinese international students as diasporic actors in U.S.‐China geopolitical tensions

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the under‐theorized political role and identity of Chinese international students, who emerge as significant actors caught between U.S. soft power ambitions and rising geopolitical suspicion. Amid escalating U.S.‐China tensions, these students are forced to confront environments shaped by competing geopolitical discourses ...
Jing Yu
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