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Caregiver reactions to neuroimaging evidence of covert consciousness in patients with severe brain injury: a qualitative interview study

open access: yesBMC Medical Ethics, 2021
Background Severe brain injury is a leading cause of death and disability. Diagnosis and prognostication are difficult, and errors occur often. Novel neuroimaging methods can improve diagnostic and prognostic accuracy, especially in patients with ...
Andrew Peterson   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Learning from Bad Teachers: Leibniz as a Propaedeutic for Chinese Philosophy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
One of the challenges facing instructors of Chinese philosophy courses at many Western universities is the fact that students can often bring orientalizing assumptions and expectations to their encounters with primary sources.
DeLapp, Kevin
core   +1 more source

Cascade‐Responsive MXene@Cu‐MOF Heterostructure Integrates Antioxidant Activity, Infection Control, and Vascularization for Tracheal Repair

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
A cascade‐responsive MXene@Cu‐MOF/GelMA hydrogel is engineered as a “skeleton–backpack” platform for extensive tracheal repair. The MXene framework scavenges postoperative ROS and converts NIR light into mild hyperthermia, while the Cu‐MOF component provides pH/NIR‐responsive Cu2+ dosing for infection control, angiogenesis, and chondrogenesis.
Liang Guo   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ethical issues in pragmatic randomized controlled trials: a review of the recent literature identifies gaps in ethical argumentation

open access: yesBMC Medical Ethics, 2018
Background Pragmatic randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are designed to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in real-world clinical conditions. However, these studies raise ethical issues for researchers and regulators.
Cory E. Goldstein   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Concept of Beauty in African Philosophy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This article contributes to the ongoing discussion on African aesthetics by presenting concept of beauty or the beautiful as it evolved from the cultural conception of beauty to the philosophical shift in the concept.
Ibanga, Diana-Abasi
core  

The No Self View and the Meaning of Life [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Several philosophers, both in Buddhist and Western philosophy, claim that the self does not exist. The no-self view may, at first glance, appear to be a reason to believe that life is meaningless.
Le Bihan, Baptiste
core   +2 more sources

A TtAgo‐Driven Autocatalytic Circuit with Thermal‐Enhanced Kinetics for One‐Pot Nucleic Acid Detection

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
This study proposes a universal catalytic DNA circuits termed TACTIC (Thermus thermophilus protein‐driven autocatalytic circuit) for one‐pot detection of DNA and RNA in multiple clinical samples. Integrated with machine learning, TACTIC accurately profile the distinct expression of four extracellular vesicle‐derived miRNAs across different samples and ...
Zuowei Xie   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Truth, Art, and the New Sensuousness : Understanding Heidegger\u27s Metaphysical Reading of Nietzsche [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This article takes a critical look into Heidegger’s reading of Nietzschean metaphysics in the context of art and finds certain discrepancies in Heidegger’s texts.
Magrini, James
core   +1 more source

The concept of ‘transcendence’ in modern Western philosophy and in twentieth century Hindu thought [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
‘Transcendence’ has been a key subject of Western philosophy of religion and history of ideas. The meaning of transcendence, however, has changed over time.
Sardella, Ferdinando
core   +4 more sources

Dollars for Drops: Abatement Cost of Water for Irrigation in the Colorado River Basin

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Colorado River is a lifeline for more than 40 million people in the western United States. However, with climate change diminishing snowpacks in the Rocky Mountains and increasing demands from agriculture and urban areas, the river's flow has become insufficient to meet all the competing needs.
Shahin Bahrami   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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