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Problematizing the concept ‘epistemological access’: A review of literature

South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2014
This paper provides a review of literature which aims at problematizing the concept ‘epistemological access”, a fairly under-researched topic in South African education.
Lucinda du Plooy
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Demand and Unmet Need for Means of Family Limitation in Rwanda

International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 2009
Rwanda is the most densely populated country in Africa, with substantial annual population growth. The current government seeks new policies for family limitation as a way to facilitate more sustainable development.Data from the 2005 Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey were used for a two-step analysis; binary logistic regression was used to identify ...
Ndaruhuye, Dieudonné Muhoza, Broekhuis, Annelet, Hooimeijer, Pieter   +2 more
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The need for a social revolution in residential care.

Journal of Aging Studies, 2015
Loneliness and depression are serious mental health concerns across the spectrum of residential care, from nursing homes to assisted and retirement living.
Kristine Th eurer, MA Geron, Susan Brown, Mike Sharrett, Ben Mortenson, M. Suto, Virpi Timonen, R. Stone   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

MYCN Amplification in RB1‐Inactivated Retinoblastoma: Association With High‐Risk Features

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background MYCN amplification occurs in a subset of retinoblastoma cases, both with and without RB1 inactivation. It has been suggested that retinoblastomas with MYCN amplification represent a distinct entity with more aggressive clinical behavior.
Kyriaki Papaioannou, Regina Kubica, Karen Fischhuber, Jasmin Beygo, Madlen Reschke, Petra Ritter‐Sovinz, Eva Biewald, Petra Ketteler, Dietmar Lohmann, Deniz Kanber   +9 more
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Intraoperative Collection of Ascitic Fluid With Intra‐ or Postoperative Reinfusion in Ovarian Cancer: Safety and Feasibility of a Roller Pumping Method

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Patients with ovarian cancer often present with massive ascites, leading to significant protein loss during surgical procedures. Although cell‐free concentrated ascites reinfusion therapy (CART) is used in palliative settings to mitigate protein loss, its application in intraoperative settings remains unexplored.
Yutaka Yoneoka, Tsukuru Amano, Akimasa Takahashi, Mari Deguchi, Hiroyuki Yamanaka, Yuji Tanaka, Shunichiro Tsuji, Takashi Murakami   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Meaningfulness and attachment: what dreams, psychosis and psychedelic states tell us about our need for connection

Frontiers in Psychology
The human need to find meaning in life and the human need for connection may be two sides of the same coin, a coin forged in the developmental crucible of attachment.
Lawrence Fischman, Lawrence Fischman
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Word Sense Determination from Wikipedia Data Using Neural Networks [PDF]

, 2017
Many words have multiple meanings. For example, “plant” can mean a type of living organism or a factory. Being able to determine the sense of such words is very useful in natural language processing tasks, such as speech synthesis, question answering ...
Liu, Qiao
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Upacicalcet: A Novel Intravenous Calcimimetic Agent for Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis With Secondary Hyperparathyroidism

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) is a common complication in patients receiving maintenance dialysis, driven by calcium and phosphate metabolism disturbances. Calcimimetics are central to the management of SHPT by enhancing calcium‐sensing receptor sensitivity and reducing parathyroid hormone secretion.
Fumihiko Koiwa, Daisuke Honda, Seigo Akari, Tadao Akizawa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nationbuilding 101: Property, Liberty, and Corporate Governance [PDF]

, 2003
Nationbuilders in less developed countries need to understand how Western legal systems with "property" at their center have materially accounted for Western prosperity and liberty, but legal definitions of property are so abstruse that explication of ...
Reed, O. Lee
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Turing Test, Chinese Room Argument, Symbol Grounding Problem. Meanings in Artificial Agents [PDF]

, 2012
The Turing Test (TT), the Chinese Room Argument (CRA), and the Symbol Grounding Problem (SGP) are about the question “can machines think?”. We propose to look at that question through the capability for Artificial Agents (AAs) to generate meaningful ...
Menant, Mr Christophe
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