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Pseudosciences in the history of medical practice
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
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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
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Justice, Charity, and Disaster Relief: What, if Anything, Is Owed to Haiti, Japan and New Zealand? [PDF]
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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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
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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
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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
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Assessment of heritage rammed-earth buildings. The Alcázar of King Don Pedro I (Spain). [PDF]
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
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
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New knowledge and the university [PDF]
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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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
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