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Killing John to save Mary: a defence of the moral distinction between killing and letting die [PDF]
, 2007 Introduction This paper defends the moral significance of the distinction between killing and letting die. In the first part of the paper, I consider and reject Michael Tooley’s argument that initiating a causal process is morally equivalent to ...
Frowe, H.
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Journal of Field Robotics, Volume 43, Issue 3, Page 1471-1483, May 2026.ABSTRACT This paper details the design and development of SensHB.Q, a force‐sensitive handlebar intended for caregivers driving electric‐powered wheelchairs, particularly those with omnidirectional mobility. The same interface can also be used in the future to operate other omnidirectional motorized systems, such as mobile robots, hospital beds, and ...
Luigi Tagliavini, Giuseppe Quaglia
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Career Choices and Moral Choices. Changing Tracks in the Trolley Problem
Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric, 2019 Numerous authors indicate that the influence of academic education extends beyond the growth of specialized knowledge gained by the graduates. Scholars are trying to identify and examine the potential impact of higher learning on students’ attitudes and ...
Dzionek-Kozłowska Joanna, Rehman Sharaf
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Safety and Health at Work, 2019 Background: There have been some concerns related to manual handling of large items in industry. Manual handling operations of large sheet metal may expose workers to risks related to efficiency as well as occupational safety and health.
Radin Zaid Radin Umar +4 more
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Journal of Field Robotics, Volume 43, Issue 3, Page 2254-2341, May 2026.ABSTRACT Personal autonomous vehicles can sense their surrounding environment, plan their route, and drive with little or no involvement of human drivers. Despite the latest technological advancements and the hopeful announcements made by leading entrepreneurs, to date no personal vehicle is approved for road circulation in a “fully” or “semi ...
Xingshuai Dong +13 more
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Journal of Field Robotics, Volume 43, Issue 3, Page 1973-1987, May 2026.ABSTRACT Sustainable weed management necessitates herbicide‐reduced, precision weed control. Recent advancements in machine vision and artificial intelligence (AI) for weed recognition and localization have created new opportunities for high‐precision weeding. Although blanket spraying systems are widely used for weed removal, machine vision‐guided, AI‐
Boyang Deng, Yuzhen Lu, Daniel Brainard
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The Difficult Airway Trolley: A Narrative Review and Practical Guide
Anesthesiology Research and Practice, 2019 Death and severe morbidity attributable to anesthesia are commonly associated with failed difficult airway management. When an airway emergency develops, immediate access to difficult airway equipment is critical for implementation of rescue strategies ...
Martin F. Bjurström +2 more
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Identification of Design and Development Needs for Preschool-aged Children's Educational Bags [PDF]
, 2017 Bags for students, especially for preschool-aged children have an important role, namely as learning media in the field of education. Attractive and innovative bag designs are highly required to make acceptable and favorable bags for children.
Cahyadi, D. (Dwi), Fibrianie, E. (Etwin)
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Language machines: Toward a linguistic anthropology of large language models
Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.Abstract Large language models (LLMs) challenge long‐standing assumptions in linguistics and linguistic anthropology by generating human‐like language without relying on rule‐based structures. This introduction to the special issue Language Machines calls for renewed engagement with LLMs as socially embedded language technologies.
Siri Lamoureaux +2 more
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Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 20, Issue 3, May/June 2026.ABSTRACT The troves of speech data that have driven an increasing orientation towards large‐scale methods in linguistics have been, for the most part, available only to closed teams of researchers and their collaborators. The Archive of Pittsburgh Language and Speech (APLS, https://apls.pitt.edu) is a new open data resource, consisting of nearly 46 h ...
Dan Villarreal +3 more
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