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Brain death in cultural context – an outline of the issue

Health Promotion & Physical Activity, 2018
Half a century after the introduction criteria of brain death by the Harvard Ad HocCommitteeonBrainDeath, the discussions on their methodological consistency, biological adequacy and medical legitimacy do not cease.
Bogusław Wójcik
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How should novelty be valued in science? [PDF]

, 2017
Scientists are under increasing pressure to do "novel" research. Here I explore whether there are risks to overemphasizing novelty when deciding what constitutes good science.
Alberts, Baker, Berget, Collins, Cook, Doyle, Errington, Fortin, Friedman, Gallo, Godfrey-Smith, Hall, Henikoff, Higginson, Hull, Kitcher, Kuhn, Lakatos, Lander, Laudan, Lauer, Lee, McClintock, Merton, Nüsslein-Volhard, Popper, Smith, Stent, Strevens, Venter, Watson, Wightman   +31 more
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La persistencia bacteriana: una problemática ignorada por una ciencia sin respuestas

FAVE Sección Ciencias Veterinarias, 2017
ARTÍCULO DE OPINIÓN. En nuestra cultura occidental tenemos un concepto triunfalista y mesiánico de la ciencia, ya que se confía que tarde o temprano la misma hallará respuestas y soluciones a los problemas del hombre.
FORMENTINI E
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The Science of Galaxy Formation [PDF]

, 2008
Our knowledge of the Universe remains discovery-led: in the absence of adequate physics-based theory, interpretation of new results requires a scientific methodology.
Gerard Gilmore, Leggatt
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Development and validation of a CFD model prediction of temperature separation in swirling fluid flows

Авіаційно-космічна техніка та технологія
In this study, a numerical model was developed for performing 3D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of the total temperature separation phenomenon in rotating flows, and the accuracy of this model was validated.
Artem Karpenko, Yuriy Torba
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Knowledge and participation. Moving towards scientific citizenship [PDF]

, 2017
The scientific and technological progress of the first modernity developed through the centralization of intel- ligence, power and risk control, which was concentrated in technical structures comprising technicians, special- ist, decision makers.
RUFO, FABRIZIO
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Labour Productivity: Concept and Tendencies [PDF]

Ovidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series, 2017
This paper addresses the important topic of increasing labour productivity. The expansion of this indicator has a multitude of economic and social implications, also affecting the average consumer.
Morariu Alunica
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Transumanesimo. Una introduzione all’idea di evoluzione autodiretta [PDF]

Laboratorio dell'ISPF, 2015
Transhumanism. An introduction to the idea of a self-directed evolution. This article outlines the anthropological premises and the founding principles of Transhumanism, considered as self-directed evolution. We are currently witnessing an unexpected, so
Stile, Giovanni C.
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Progress and Historical Reflection in Philosophy [PDF]

, 2018
What is the epistemic significance of reflecting on a discipline’s past for making progress in that discipline? I assume that the answer to this question negatively correlates with that discipline’s degree of progress over time.
Grundmann, Thomas
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Pediatric Oncology Nursing Competencies in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Scoping Review to Inform Practice, Education, and Research

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Nurses are central to cancer care for children and adolescents, yet no comprehensive synthesis has defined essential core competencies for pediatric oncology nursing (PON) practice internationally, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Júnior, Edmara Bazoni Soares Maia, Soad Fuentes‐Alabí, Courtney E. Sullivan, Monnie Abraham, Mauricio Maza, Liliana Vásquez Ponce, Regina Aparecida Garcia Lima   +7 more
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