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Influence of Life Stress on Depression: Moderation by a Polymorphism in the 5-HTT Gene

Science, 2003
In a prospective-longitudinal study of a representative birth cohort, we tested why stressful experiences lead to depression in some people but not in others. A functional polymorphism in the promoter region of the serotonin transporter (5-HT T) gene was
A. Caspi   +10 more
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FROM THE ELEMENTARY FORMS OF THE RELIGIOUS LIFE

The New Economic Sociology, 1996
'If religion generated everything that is essential in society, this is because the idea of society is the soul of religion.' In The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (1912), Emile Durkheim set himself the task of discovering the enduring source of ...
E. Durkheim
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MERE LIFE, DAMAGED LIFE AND EPHEMERAL LIFE

Angelaki, 2014
This paper analyses three concepts of life in Adorno's philosophy and considers the relationship between these concepts and the idea of a speculative materialism. The paper is concerned with Adorno's late concept of metaphysical experience and articulates a response to two key problems for the interpretation of this concept.
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Game as life --- life as game

Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, 2009
In Game As Life --- Life As Game (GALLAG), ubiquitous computing and personally-tailored game scenarios integrate activities across the virtual and physical domains to further extend emerging avant-garde "real-life games" that are coordinated by digital means to blur digital-physical-social barriers.
Winslow Burleson   +4 more
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Life Graphs and Life Events

Journal of Gerontology, 1977
The present study investigates changes in personal satisfaction over the whole life course by means of life graphs and their determinants. The life graphs were administered within a 4-year interval to 371 individuals (age 45-70). A modified version of the Holmes and Rahe life events scale, administered in the second interview, was used to ascertain the
L B, Bourque, K W, Back
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A matter of life and longer life

Journal of Aging Studies, 2019
While the major scientific discoveries that would extend the length and health of human lives are not yet here, the research that could create them is already underway. As prospects for a world in which extended and improved lives inches closer into reality, the discourse about what to consider as we move forward grows richer, with corporate executives,
Kristin, Kostick   +2 more
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Well for Life: A Way of Life

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2007
Abstract:  Well for Life is an innovative public program in Victoria, Australia that focuses on improving nutrition and increasing physical activity to promote healthy aging. For more than 4 years Aged Care has funded projects for frail older people who live in Public Sector Residential Aged Care (PSRAC) facilities or attend Home and Community Care ...
Wendi A, Kruger   +3 more
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Life and the scientific concept of life

Theoretical Medicine, 1987
A premise which seems to be preponderate in the philosophy of medical practice developed by Pellegrino and Thomasma is the medical prescription to save life whenever possible. This premise is confronted with a polemical vitalism and examined in the light of some reading principles derived from G. Canguilhem's philosophy of the life-sciences.
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Life and life only: a radical alternative to life definitionism

Synthese, 2018
To date, no definition of life has been unequivocally accepted by the scientific community. In frustration, some authors advocate alternatives to standard definitions. These include using a list of characteristic features, focusing on life’s effects, or categorizing biospheres rather than life itself; treating life as a fuzzy category, a process or a ...
Carlos Mariscal, W. Ford Doolittle
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In the Life:

2019
This essay provides a moment for readers to rethink the scholarly or disciplinary methodologies, as well as national ideologies, that shape black sexuality studies and examinations of sexual economies. As communities throughout the African Diaspora continue to work toward sexual decolonization, they do so in ways that highlight the tensions and ...
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