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Historical sociology, international relations and connected histories [PDF]
, 2010 This article addresses three recent developments in historical sociology: (1) neo-Weberian historical sociology within International Relations; (2) the 'civilizational analysis' approach utilized by scholars of 'multiple modernities'; and (3) the 'third ...
Bhambra, Gurminder K.
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Gut microbiome and aging—A dynamic interplay of microbes, metabolites, and the immune system
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Age‐dependent shifts in microbial communities engender shifts in microbial metabolite profiles. These in turn drive shifts in barrier surface permeability of the gut and brain and induce immune activation. When paired with preexisting age‐related chronic inflammation this increases the risk of neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases.
Aaron Mehl, Eran Blacher
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Vitalistic Approaches to Life in Early Modern England [PDF]
, 2015 Vitalism has been given different definitions and diverse figures have been labelled as vitalists throughout the history of ideas. Concentrating on the seventeenth century, we find that scholars identify as vitalists authors who endorse notions that are ...
Szanto, Veronika
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Intercompartmental communication in senescence
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Senescent cells experience structural changes in the plasma membrane, endoplasmic reticulum, mitochondria, lysosomes, nucleus, and cytoskeleton. These alterations disrupt crosstalk among cellular compartments, impairing vesicular trafficking, contact sites, and molecular flow.
Krystyna Mazan‐Mamczarz +3 more
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Bio art bez natury. O sztuce Marka Wodzisławskiego
MiejsceCritiques of the Anthropocene and the interest in posthumanism and new materialism are imbuing bio art practices with new meanings. A primary example of this shift is the increasingly acclaimed yet still relatively obscure practice of Marek Wodzisławski (
Łukasz Mojsak
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Inextinguishable Fibres: Demolition and the Vital Materialisms of Asbestos [PDF]
Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 2010 This paper forwards a performative reading of asbestos in economies of disposal. It argues that materials need to be thought through transformative states, not just stable states, and that materials’ performativity varies according to material states.
Gregson, N., Watkins, H., Calestani, M.
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Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As global populations age, cancer is increasingly becoming a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among older adults, particularly in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). Despite accounting for the majority of new cancer cases and deaths, older individuals remain underrepresented in cancer research, clinical guidelines, and health ...
Ibrahim Bidemi Abdullateef +2 more
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SEXUALITY IN A CONTEXT OF SPECULATIVE POSTHUMANISM: HUMAN-POSTHUMAN RUPTURES AND DISCONNECTIONS
Вісник Харківського національного університету імені В.Н. Каразіна. Серія Філософія, філософські перипетії, 2019 In this article human-posthuman ruptures and disconnections both in comprehension and in practices, as well as the possibility of epistemological contingency contemporaneously are investigated.
Nataliia V. Zahurska
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Formulating Consciousness: A Comparative Analysis of Searle’s and Dennett’s Theory of Consciousness [PDF]
, 2017 This research will argue about which theory of mind between Searle’s and Dennett’s can better explain human consciousness. Initially, distinctions between dualism and materialism will be discussed ranging from substance ...
Chua, John Moses
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Advertising communication and spirituality: a critical approach of academics and professionals [PDF]
, 2019 This article explores advertising as a space where spiritual discourses are reproduced from the critical approach of academics in communication and sociology, along with professionals in the advertising sector.
Gil-Soldevilla, Samuel +2 more
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