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Delivering Pediatric Palliative Care: From Denial, Palliphobia, Pallilalia to Palliactive

open access: yesChildren, 2018
Among the over 21 million children with life-limiting conditions worldwide that would benefit annually from a pediatric palliative care (PPC) approach, more than eight million would need specialized PPC services.
Stefan J. Friedrichsdorf, Eduardo Bruera
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El Paraíso en el Nuevo Mundo de Antonio de León Pinelo

open access: yesTerra Brasilis, 2022
This essay is a study of Antonio de León Pinelo and his work El Paraíso en el Nuevo Mundo (1656). It highlights how the author formulates an apologetic discourse of the New World in the form of a natural history focused on the exotic and the wonderful ...
Domingo Ledezma
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Peculiarities of Nostalgia in Ayn Rand’s Novel Atlas Shrugged

open access: yesHumanities, 2018
Quite a number of Russian writers could not accept the October Revolution in 1917 and left the country. Their nostalgia for their motherland in emigration is a well-known fact.
Kamila Mirasova
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Exploring the experiences of persons living with albinism in Ghana

open access: yesCogent Education
Albinism is typically misunderstood, resulting in myths and misconceptions about the condition in different parts of the world. This study explores the misconceptions about albinism in Ghana through the lens of lived experiences of persons living with ...
Andrew Kwame Daklo   +1 more
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The Myth of Sayyidina Ali’s “Illegitimate Child” Crocodile: The Phenomenon of Syncretism Among Coastal Communities in West Kalimantan

open access: yesAl-Albab, 2017
West Kalimantan has various local cultural treasures in the form of ritual traditions, arts as well as oral traditions in the form of pantun, abstinence, legends, and myths.
Eka Hendry Ar.   +2 more
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Curtailing of Myths and Misconceptions Regarding Oral Health among Indian Adult Population through Health Education and Promotion -Cross Sectional Survey

open access: yesBalkan Journal of Dental Medicine, 2021
Background/Aim: Myths related to oral diseases and oral health-related practices are very common among the population. Inadequate knowledge along with the persisting myths regarding the etiology, course and outcome of oral diseases makes it difficult to ...
Badiger Apoorva Basavaraj   +5 more
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Reply: The myth of a myth [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent Biology, 2003
At face value, Professor Black's claim for “one of the most enduring myths in science” appears correct. The use of a “bell” as a conditioned stimulus (CS) is not listed in Pavlov's primary English translation [1xPavlov, I.P. See all References[1]. Yet even the most current neurobiology textbooks describe a bell in Pavlov's prototypical experiment [2 ...
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Are Rape Myths ‘Myths’?

open access: yesOxford Journal of Legal Studies
Abstract Little attention has been paid to what the word ‘myth’ contributes to the concept of rape myths. Rape myths tend to be regarded as widely believed falsehoods that need to be debunked in order to address patriarchal injustices. This account draws upon a long-standing vernacular English association between myth and falsehood which
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El Inca y sus curacas: poliginia real y construcción del poder

open access: yesBulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines, 2008
Although we have little historic data from the chronicles on the ancient curacas conquered by the Incas in the area around the city of Cuzco, we do have important data on the matrimonial, political, calendrical, ritual and mythical relations that the ...
Tom Zuidema
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Shadowing Silence: A Spatial Rewriting of Myths and Fairytales

open access: yesThe February Journal, 2023
This paper, through theory and the authors’ own pedagogical and critical spatial practice, explores the ways in which myths and fairytales may suggest playful and collective storytelling to create a plurality of meanings and corporeal engagements that ...
Aslıhan Şenel, Ece Yetim
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