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Pseudosciences in the history of medical practice

open access: yesUniversidad Médica Pinareña, 2020
Introduction: while the history of medicine enjoys great feats and discoveries, there were also chaotic moments in which it became a victim and resource for the application of inappropriate methods and with no scientific basis.
Alain Areces-López
doaj   +2 more sources

Towards Equalisation of the Impact of the Penal Fine: Why the Wealth of the Offender Was Taken into Account

open access: yesInternational Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2014
Important changes in the legal regulation of the fine culminated in the implementation of the day-fine system in many European countries during the twentieth century.
Patricia Faraldo-Cabana
doaj   +1 more source

Justice, Charity, and Disaster Relief: What, if Anything, Is Owed to Haiti, Japan and New Zealand? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Whenever fellow humans suffer due to natural catastrophes, we have a duty to help them. This duty is not only acknowledged in moral theory, but also expressed in ordinary people’s reactions to phenomena such as tsunamis, hurricanes, and earthquakes ...
Valentini, Laura
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Development of a Personalized Visualization and Analysis Tool to Improve Clinical Care in Complex Multisystem Diseases With Application to Scleroderma

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective In complex diseases, it is challenging to assess a patient's disease state, trajectory, treatment exposures, and risk of multiple outcomes simultaneously, efficiently, and at the point of care. Methods We developed an interactive patient‐level data visualization and analysis tool (VAT) that automates illustration of the trajectory of a ...
Ji Soo Kim   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

NICOLAI SINAI’S HISTORICAL-CRITICAL APPROACH TO THE QUR’AN: A CRITICAL STUDY OF LITERARY COHERENCE, CHRONOLOGY, AND INTERTEXTUALITY

open access: yesJurnal At-Tibyan: Jurnal Ilmu Alqur'an dan Tafsir
This article examines the historical-critical approach developed by Nicolai Sinai in Quranic studies. The main focus includes three methodological dimensions: literary coherence and secondary revision, inner-Qur’anic chronology, and intertextuality ...
Asyiq Billah Ali   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Freedom, Modernity, and Islam

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, 1998
The ambivalent relationship between Islam and modernity is a complex and fascinating subject into which Khoury delves with a seemingly good measure of sophistication.
Amr G. E. Sabet
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment of heritage rammed-earth buildings. The Alcázar of King Don Pedro I (Spain). [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The conservation and maintenance of earthen buildings is crucial, especially when dealing with heritage sites. This normally involves considerable effort in preliminary studies, which must be well planned in order to efficiently manage any restoration ...
Canivell, Jacinto   +3 more
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Can Ti‐Based MXenes Serve as Solid Lubricants for Brake Applications? A Tribological Study

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This study explores the first implementation of Ti‐based MXenes materials in brake pad friction composite material. The resulting composite material exhibits a 48% reduction in the wear rate; alongside significant improvements are observed for thermal and mechanical properties.
Eslam Mahmoud   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

New knowledge and the university [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
What forms of knowledge have legitimacy in the contemporary university? By using Actor-Network Theory to unravel the strands in a recent dispute about access to skeletons from a burial ground in Cape Town.
Hall, M
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Golden‐Ratio–Guided Aperiodic Architected Metamaterials with Simultaneously Enhanced Strength and Toughness

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Guided by the golden ratio, a class of aperiodic architected metamaterials is introduced to address the intrinsic trade‐off between strength and toughness. By unifying local geometric heterogeneity with global order, the golden‐ratio‐guided aperiodic architecture promotes spatial delocalization of damage tolerence regions, leading to more tortuous ...
Junjie Deng   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

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