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Feasibility and Safety of High‐Dose Proton Re‐Irradiation in Recurrent Pediatric Central Nervous System Tumors: A Single‐Institution Retrospective Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Pediatric central nervous system (CNS) tumors often recur despite multimodality therapy. Although re‐irradiation (re‐RT) has historically been limited by concerns for severe late toxicities, modern techniques have renewed interest in this approach. Proton therapy provides dosimetric advantages that may enable curative re‐treatment with
Jin‐Ho Song   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Existential Sentences Crosslinguistically: Variations in Form and Meaning [PDF]

open access: yesAnnual Review of Linguistics, 2016
Though the term “existential sentence” goes back at least as far as Jespersen (1924 , p. 155) and is used in descriptions of many languages to refer to a designated construction, it is difficult to identify exactly what these constructions have in common crosslinguistically. Following McNally (2011 , p. 1829), the term is used here to refer to sentence
openaire   +2 more sources

Externalism, internalism and logical truth [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The aim of this paper is to show what sorts of logics are required by externalist and internalist accounts of the meanings of natural kind nouns. These logics give us a new perspective from which to evaluate the respective positions in the externalist ...
Besson, Corine
core   +1 more source

Calpain small subunit homodimerization is robust and calcium‐independent

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Calpains dimerize via penta‐EF‐hand (PEF) domains. Using single‐molecule force spectroscopy, we measured the strength and kinetics of PEF–PEF homodimer binding. The interaction is robust, shows a transient conformational step before dissociation, and remains largely insensitive to Ca2+.
Nesha May O. Andoy   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Existential Meaninglessness and Meaningfulness in Rebecca West’s the Return of the Soldier: An Existential Psychotherapeutic Study

open access: yesZanco Journal of Humanity Sciences
The quest for meaning in life has always constituted a big portion of literature. Having Existential dimensions that investigate the big questions of human existence such as death, isolation, freedom and meaning, some literary works like Rebecca West’s ...
Bukhari Abdullah Rasool   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The ugly in fine arts. The sensory nature of terror in the tales of the Brothers Grimm [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The author, inspired by philosophical aesthetic reflection, presents one of the aesthetic qualities: ugliness. Based on the assumption that “Grimms’ Fairy Tales” directly reach the realm of the unconscious, utilising towards that end not only symbolic ...
Szwajkowska, Anita
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Gut microbiome and aging—A dynamic interplay of microbes, metabolites, and the immune system

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Age‐dependent shifts in microbial communities engender shifts in microbial metabolite profiles. These in turn drive shifts in barrier surface permeability of the gut and brain and induce immune activation. When paired with preexisting age‐related chronic inflammation this increases the risk of neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases.
Aaron Mehl, Eran Blacher
wiley   +1 more source

From Suffering to Growth: A Conceptual Review of Workplace Bullying Through a Logotherapeutic Lens with Organizational Implications

open access: yesSocial Sciences
This paper presents a conceptual review of workplace bullying as a trauma, integrating psychological and existential perspectives on post-traumatic growth.
Jale Minibas-Poussard
doaj   +1 more source

The Effect of Rollo May\'s Existential Psychotherapy on Death Anxiety, Loneliness and The Meaning of Life in Female Heads of Households [PDF]

open access: yesTaḥqīqāt-i ̒Ulūm-i Raftārī, 2023
Aim and Background: The number of female heads of households has been increasing in recent years, which has led to severe psychological pressure in this group of women.
Arash Ghandehari   +2 more
doaj  

Maximality and minimality in comparatives [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
In this paper, I investigate more closely the contribution of modal operators to the semantics of comparatives and I show that there is no need for a maximality or minimality operator. Following Kratzer s (1981, 1991) analysis of modal elements, I assume
Meier, Cécile
core  

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