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Characterization of an Injectable Poly(vinyl alcohol)‐gelatin Hydrogel for Growth Factor Delivery in an Orthopedic Application

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This work introduces photo‐crosslinkable tyraminated poly(vinyl alcohol)‐gelatin (PVA‐GT) hydrogels as tunable injectable platforms for tissue engineering and growth factor delivery applications. This schematic illustrates the two developed hydrogel formulations and the experimental workflow used to evaluate their physico‐chemical properties in vitro ...
Alessia Longoni   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Why Infusion of Virtue Matters? A Study on Thomas Aquinas’s Virtues in a Person’s Ethical Decision

open access: yesEvangelikal: Jurnal Teologi Injili dan Pembinaan Warga Jemaat
In this article, I discuss the importance of St. Thomas Aquinas’s infused virtue in living an ethical Christian life, a critical element of church formation.
Irene Ludji
doaj   +1 more source

Bone Healing Around Implants in Normal and Medically Compromised Conditions: Osteoporosis and Diabetes

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
xx xx. ABSTRACT Osseointegration of orthopedic and dental implants is influenced by local and systemic factors, including their physicochemical surface properties and the patient's overall health status. Titanium and its alloys have been a longstanding standard for bone implants due to their innate biocompatibility and mechanical properties.
Dainelys Guadarrama Bello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Virtue Ethics and the Relation between Religion and Morality: The viewpoint of Allameh Tabatabaie [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهشنامه فلسفه دین, 2014
As an approach in normative ethics, virtue ethics emphasizes the virtuous actions in a teleological context which aims at happiness and good. In such an ethical system, the actualization of human (natural and spiritual) potentialities is considered ...
غلامحسین خدری
doaj   +1 more source

Logos II - Virtue Ethics and Political Corruption: An Ethical Case Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This ethical case study will apply virtue ethics in moral decision making. It is argued that exposing corruption defends virtue and protects the good life by demonstrating a commitment to honesty and truth.
Potter, Nicholas
core   +1 more source

Thermal Processing Creates Water‐Stable PEDOT:PSS Films for Bioelectronics

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, Volume 37, Issue 13, April 2, 2025.
Instead of using chemical cross–linkers, it is shown that PEDOT:PSS thin films for bioelectronics become water‐stable after a simple heat treatment. The heat treatment is compatible with a range of rigid and elastomeric substrates and films are stable in vivo for >20 days.
Siddharth Doshi   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quaker Virtue Ethics: Religious Life without Creeds [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Beliefs are conventionally understood to guide people’s actions. Put another way, the actions which people take are understood to be products of what they believe.
Nagaji, Dave
core   +1 more source

Biocatalytic Nanoregulators Restore Joint Redox‐Immune Homeostasis in Rheumatoid Arthritis

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Mesenchymal stem cell‐derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) coat ruthenium‐loaded metal‐organic frameworks (Ru@ZrMOF), creating a targeted therapeutic (Ru@ZrMOF/EVs). This platform scavenges ROS, generates oxygen, and polarizes macrophages from M1 to M2, alleviating inflammation, inhibiting pannus, promoting cartilage repair, and downregulating HIF‐1α ...
Xingheng Wang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

An introduction to ethical theory for healthcare assistants [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This article will explore and summarise the four main ethical theories that have relevance for healthcare assistants. These are utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics, and principlism.
Blackshaw, Bruce P., Rodger, Daniel
core   +1 more source

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