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Does any aspect of mind survive brain damage that typically leads to a persistent vegetative state? Ethical considerations

Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, 2007
Recent neuroscientific evidence brings into question the conclusion that all aspects of consciousness are gone in patients who have descended into a persistent vegetative state (PVS).
Fuchs Thomas, Panksepp Jaak, Garcia Victor, Lesiak Adam   +3 more
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Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Final Stage of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Diagnostics, 2020
Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) is a rare fatal degenerative disease of the central nervous system. The clinical course is characterized by rapid progression of neurological and neuromuscular symptoms.
Stefan M. Golaszewski, Bettina Wutzl, Axel F. Unterrainer, Cristina Florea, Kerstin Schwenker, Vanessa N. Frey, Martin Kronbichler, Frank Rattay, Raffaele Nardone, Larissa Hauer, Johann Sellner, Eugen Trinka   +11 more
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Advancing European Plant Variety Registration: Data‐Driven Insights and Stakeholder Perspectives

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Efficient plant variety registration is crucial for fostering innovation in the European Union, yet the current regulatory framework is complex and faces calls for reform. This study provides data‐driven evidence to inform the ongoing legislative debate by employing a mixed‐methods approach.
Sergio Urioste Daza, Ibtissem Taghouti, José María Gil Roig   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deforestation and Efficiency: Insights From Forest Transition in the Brazilian Cerrado

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper estimates technical efficiency (TE) and environmental efficiency (EE) of agricultural production at the municipal level of the Brazilian Cerrado in 2006 and 2017, and investigates their underlying mechanisms in relation to forest transition theory.
Ricardo Muniz Simões, Cassiano Bragagnolo, Humberto Francisco Silva Spolador   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The altered state of consciousness: clinical assessment and monitoring [PDF]

Neuropsychological Trends, 2011
Aim of this work is to provide an overview on the main clinical issues concerning disorder of consciousness (DOC). After a briefly description of the debate on clinical differences in states of altered consciousness, we report the description of clinical
Maria Grazia Inzaghi, Matteo Sozzi
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Subdivisions of the posteromedial cortex in disorders of consciousness

NeuroImage: Clinical, 2018
Evidence suggests that disruptions of the posteromedial cortex (PMC) and posteromedial corticothalamic connectivity contribute to disorders of consciousness (DOCs).
Yue Cui, Ming Song, Darren M. Lipnicki, Yi Yang, Chuyang Ye, Lingzhong Fan, Jing Sui, Tianzi Jiang, Jianghong He   +8 more
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Conservatorship of Wendland: In the Supreme Court of California

, 2001
A conservator of the person may not withhold tube feeding from a conscious conservatee who is not terminally ill, comatose, or in a persistent vegetative state, absent clear and convincing evidence that the conservator's decision is in accordance with ...
Bostrom, Barry A.
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Stochastic Locomotion Emerging From Body–Environment Interactions in a Mexican Jumping Bean–Inspired Robot

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Inspired by the Mexican jumping bean, this study presents a centimeter‐scale, electronics‐free robot that merges principles from both the animal and plant kingdoms. A thermo‐responsive actuator mimicking larval motion, enclosed within a uniquely shaped plant‐seed‐inspired shell, generates jumping, rolling, flipping, sliding, and climbing through ...
Ragesh Chellattoan, Alessio Mondini, Edoardo Sinibaldi, Barbara Mazzolai   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Persistent vegetative state with high cerebral blood flow following profound hypoglycemia

, 1983
A persistent vegetative state (severe dementia) developed in a 30-year-old man following hypoglycemic coma. Despite the poor clinical outcome, sensory evoked response recovered between 6 and 34 months after the insult.
Agardh, Carl-David, Ryding, Erik, Rosén, Ingmar, Ryding, Erik,, Rosén, Ingmar,, Agardh, Carl-David,, Lund University.   +6 more
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Seeds of change: The impact of Ethiopia's direct seed marketing approach on smallholders' seed purchases and productivity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen, Gashaw T. Abate, Seid Yimam, Rui Benfica, David J. Spielman, Frank Place   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source