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Shaping Future Children, Sex Selection, and “Normal” Human Capacities
Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT If we think that parents have an obligation to have a healthy child then we need to know what counts as healthy, when male and female children are born with very different capacities. If we give up on the idea that our obligations to use technologies of genetic selection are discharged once we try to secure the birth of a healthy child, as ...
Robert Sparrow
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PGD-UNet: A Position-Guided Deformable Network for Simultaneous Segmentation of Organs and Tumors
, 2020 Precise segmentation of organs and tumors plays a crucial role in clinical applications. It is a challenging task due to the irregular shapes and various sizes of organs and tumors as well as the significant class imbalance between the anatomy of ...
Yaping Zhu (6667352) +3 more
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International Journal of Nursing Sciences, 2018 Background: This study aimed to determine the prevalence and predictive factors of prolonged grief disorder (PGD) among those bereaved by the Wenchuan earthquake in Southwestern China seven years after the event.
Xin Yi +6 more
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Twenty-seven years of controversy: The perils of PGD [PDF]
, 2018 It has been 27 years since the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 was passed in the United Kingdom in response to advances in fertility treatment.
Cherkassky, L.
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Prolonged grief disorder in Chinese Shidu parents who have lost their only child
European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2020 Background: China has the largest population of ‘“loss-of-only-child’ parents, that are also known as Shidu parents in Chinese society; however, little is known about their unresolved grief.
Huaihui Zhang +8 more
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Fast Nodal Hessian Computation for Peridynamic Fracture Simulation
Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.A fast, exact nodal Hessian computation for Non‐Ordinary State‐Based Peridynamics is introduced through analytical simplification and a warp‐centric GPU strategy. The method accelerates preconditioned solvers and Vertex Block Descent, enabling interactive fracture simulation with physical accuracy.
Yuxiong Qin +2 more
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The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.Vitamin B6 is a critical molecule for plant metabolism and development. Rsr4‐1, a loss‐of‐function mutant in a vitamin B6 biosynthesis gene, has a distinct short root phenotype. Here we describe five novel suppressor mutants with an rsr4‐1 background that have normalized root growth and distinct phenotypic and molecular characteristics, representing a ...
Marcelina Parra +4 more
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Sensory contribution of emollient cascades in skin creams evaluated by CATA analysis
International Journal of Cosmetic Science, EarlyView.This work includes emulsion composition and sensory analysis methodology, emollient cascade theory and study results. This study demonstrates how deliberate structuring of emollient cascades can be used as a formulation strategy to modulate both perceived skin feel and product appearance within emulsified systems.
Anna Gerken +5 more
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PGD and HLA matching: not a quick fix [PDF]
Reproductive BioMedicine Online, 2011 Kahraman et al. (2011) publish the largest series of consecutive preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) cycles associated with human leucocyte antigen (HLA) matching. This technique can now be offered as an alternative to prenatal diagnosis in an attempt to treat and cure children affected by a hereditary haematological condition that can be cured by ...
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