Marketing Mothers\u27 Milk: The Commodification of Breastfeeding and the New Markets for Breast Milk and Infant Formula [PDF]
, 2009 Today, breastfeeding, human breast milk, and its substitute, infant formula, are commodities. Mothers\u27 milk is marketed both literally and figuratively, as a good for sale, a normative behavior, and a cure for much of what ails twenty-first century ...
Fentiman, Linda C
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Developmental Status and Perspectives for Tissue Engineering in Urology [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Tissue engineering technology and tissue cell-based stem cell research have made great strides in treating tissue and organ damage, correcting tissue and organ dysfunction, and reducing surgical complications. In the past, traditional methods have used biological substitutes for tissue repair materials, while tissue engineering technology has focused ...
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Eccentric lamellar keratolimbal grafts harvested with a manually guided microkeratome [PDF]
, 2007 Background: To perform lamellar keratolimbal allograft transplantation in a one- step procedure with a single graft, we investigated the feasibility of harvesting eccentric lamellar keratolimbal grafts from conventionally processed corneoscleral buttons ...
A. Kampik +33 more
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Evaluation of interface quality in organ-cultured lamellar corneal transplants [PDF]
, 2012 Background: With increasing numbers of lamellar keratoplasties, eye banks are challenged to deliver precut lamellar donor tissue. In Europe, the most common technique of corneal storage is organ culture which requires a deswelling process before surgical
Grüterich, Martin +7 more
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Profile of Heart Donors from the Human Valve Bank of the Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Curitiba
Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular SurgeryIntroduction: Human heart valves are used as replacement valves and have satisfactory functional results compared with conventional prostheses. Objective: Characterize the profile of effective heart donors from the human valve bank of the santa casa de ...
Renata Maria Ferreira +3 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 PurposeTo analyze the impact of COVID-19 on Italian corneal transplantation from March-2020 to February 2021 compared to the same timeframe of the 2 previous years, in order to identify potential consequences of a global pandemic on corneal procurement ...
Rita Mencucci +7 more
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Bailouts in Financial Networks [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 We consider networks of banks with assets and liabilities. Some banks may be insolvent, and a central bank can decide which insolvent banks, if any, to bail out. We view bailouts as an optimization problem where the central bank has given resources at its disposal and an objective it wants to maximize.
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Economical genotyping of little blue penguin (Eudyptula minor) clades from feather-based DNA [PDF]
, 2013 Determination of clade membership is a crucial requirement for many research questions addressing phylogeography, population structure, mating patterns, speciation, and hybridisation.
Banks, Jonathan C. +2 more
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Musculoskeletal Tissue Banking in Singapore: 15 Years of Experience (1988–2003)
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2004 Purpose. To report 15 years' experience of musculoskeletal tissue banking by the National University Hospital Tissue Bank. Methods. This study describes the development of Singapore's national bone bank since its establishment in 1988.
A Nather
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Should the law allow sentiment to triumph over science? The retention of body parts [PDF]
, 2002 The use of human body material including tissue and organs has been controversial for many centuries. Concerns arose in the eighteenth century about practices used to obtain corpses for dissection.
Thomas, C. M.
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