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The Survival of the Survival Lottery

Journal of Applied Philosophy, 1996
ABSTRACT In his paper ‘The Survival Lottery’John Harris suggested that there could be situations where the rational thing to do would be to kill a healthy person and harvest his organs for transplantation, thereby saving several lives at the cost of one.
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The Logic of Political Survival

, 2003
The authors of this ambitious book address a fundamental political question: why are leaders who produce peace and prosperity turned out of office while those who preside over corruption, war, and misery endure?
B. B. D. Mesquita, Alastair Smith, Randolph M. Siverson, J. D. Morrow   +3 more
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Poverty and Survival [PDF]

Journal of Development Studies, 2010
A recent literature highlights the uncertainty concerning whether economic growth has any causal protective effect on health and survival. But equal rates of growth often deliver unequal rates of poverty reduction and absolute deprivation is more clearly relevant.
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To Survive or Not To Survive

Library Review, 1968
IN ANY TYPE OF LITERATURE it is easier in retrospect to pick out the notable writers of a period from the mass of lesser writers. With any type of current literature it is almost impossible to assess what will still be read or valued by later generations.
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Surviving Ebola survival

Science, 2015
After recovering from Ebola, some patients are struggling with other health problems.
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Modeling Survival Data Extending The Cox Model

, 2016
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A. Dreher
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The Bcl-2 protein family: arbiters of cell survival.

Science, 1998
Bcl-2 and related cytoplasmic proteins are key regulators of apoptosis, the cell suicide program critical for development, tissue homeostasis, and protection against pathogens.
Jerry M. Adams, S. Cory
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Improvements in survival and clinical benefit with gemcitabine as first-line therapy for patients with advanced pancreas cancer: a randomized trial.

Journal of Clinical Oncology, 1997
PURPOSE Most patients with advanced pancreas cancer experience pain and must limit their daily activities because of tumor-related symptoms. To date, no treatment has had a significant impact on the disease.
Malcolm, J. Moore, J. Andersen, M. R. Green, M. L. Rothenberg, M. Modiano, M. C. Cripps, Russell, K. Portenoy, A. M. Storniolo, P. Tarassoff, R. Nelson, F. A. Dorr, C. D. Stephens, Daniel, D., Von Hoff   +16 more
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Extracting summary statistics to perform meta-analyses of the published literature for survival endpoints.

Statistics in Medicine, 1998
Meta-analyses aim to provide a full and comprehensive summary of related studies which have addressed a similar question. When the studies involve time to event (survival-type) data the most appropriate statistics to use are the log hazard ratio and its ...
Mahesh K B Parmar, V. Torri, L. Stewart
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Cell survival responses to environmental stresses via the Keap1-Nrf2-ARE pathway.

Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 2007
Keap1-Nrf2-ARE signaling plays a significant role in protecting cells from endogenous and exogenous stresses. The development of Nrf2 knockout mice has provided key insights into the toxicological importance of this pathway. These mice are more sensitive
T. Kensler, N. Wakabayashi, S. Biswal
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