Moral reasons and The moral problem by Gert Joshua

“…But in the intervening years he has changed his position. He now holds Strong Moral Rationalism: the view that moral requirements are all-things-considered rational requirements. …”
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Neuroinvasive Infection from O117:K52:H-Escherichia coli following Acute Pyelonephritis by H. Cromlin, H. Rodriguez-Villalobos, A. Deplano, T. Duprez, P. Hantson

“…The strain was identified as O117:K52:H, a serotype that was until now never associated with acute meningitis or brain abscesses. …”
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Guarding the Borders of Japan: Occupation, Korean War and Frontier Controls by Tessa Morris-Suzuki

“…It was a moonless autumn night, and the forested spine of hills above the jagged cliffs of the peninsula was devoid of lights.The boat – a 20-ton wooden vessel called the Hatsushima1 – had left the heavy swell of the open ocean and now moved slowly and quietly through the calmer waters of the Uwa Sea. …”
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Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision's (VMMC) strategy for HIV prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa, prevalence, risks, costs, benefits and best practice: A scoping review study protoco... by Charles Maibvise, Takaedza Munangatire, Nestor Tomas, Daniel O Ashipala, Priscilla S Dlamini

“…Despite significant strides made in the initiative and its proven benefits, controversies surrounding the strategy have never ceased, and its future remains uncertain especially as some countries near their initial targets. …”
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Lessons Learned from Experimental Human Model of Zinc Deficiency by Ananda S. Prasad

“…Nutritional zinc deficiency is now known to affect over two billion subjects in the developing world. …”
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What Will the European Climate Look Like in the Future? A Climate Analog Analysis Accounting for Dependencies Between Variables by B. Bulut, M. Vrac, N. deNoblet‐Ducoudré

“…The grid‐based calculation of analogs over the selected European domain was carried out using a newly proposed distance between multivariate distributions, the Wasserstein distance, that has never been used so far for climate analog calculations. …”
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From Science to Utopia: Marcuse and Critical Utopianism by L. A. Agamalova

“…When Marcuse writes that a utopia in the strict sense can now be called a project that violates the laws of nature, he means the “impossible” into which utopia turns after the catastrophes of the 20th century, betraying the truth of its concept contained in the simple possibility of another world. …”
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Implementing a Reminder System in the Northern Part of Belgium to Stimulate Postpartum Screening for Glucose Intolerance in Women with Gestational Diabetes: The “Sweet Pregnancy” P... by Katrien Benhalima, Sabine Verstraete, Frederik Muylle, Katelijn Decochez, Roland Devlieger, Paul Van Crombrugge, Ann Verhaegen, Johan Wens, Chantal Mathieu

“…Compared to women who responded at least once to a reminder, women who never responded were more often <30 years (41.4% versus 33.9%, p<0.001) and were more often obese (29.3% versus 20.8%, p≤0.001). …”
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Clinical Holistic Medicine: the “New Medicine”, the Multiparadigmatic Physician, and the Medical Record by Søren Ventegodt, Mohammed Morad, Joav Merrick

“…The patient's life, now and in the future, is in the palm of your hand, and to assume this huge responsibility, the physician must be anxious and careful about the quality of the medical record. …”
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DA 362: A Gamma-Ray-emitting Compact Symmetric Object by Subhashree Swain, Vaidehi S. Paliya, D. J. Saikia, C. S. Stalin

“…Its Fermi-LAT observations revealed a γ -ray flaring activity, a phenomenon never detected from the other three γ -ray-detected CSOs. …”
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Essential oils from Amorpha fruticosa against hepatocellular carcinoma based on network pharmacology by Yixian Liu, Xiaojun Zhang, Jiacong Hao, Ying Zhao, Min Zou, Huiping Chen, Jintao Zhang

“…Although more and more attention has been paid to its biological activity recently, the antitumor activities of the essential oils (EOs) extracted from its leaves (AFLEO) and flowers (AFFEO), and their molecular mechanisms have never been reported up to now. The objective of present study was to examine the chemical compositions of AFLEO and AFFEO, then investigate the effects and pharmacological mechanism of EOs against hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). …”
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Medical Jousting: Going for the kill! by Dr.Fuad Ahmed Khan Niazi

“…Never speak untruth which might be pleasant.” (Anonymous) …”
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The Great Vietnamese Famine of 1944-45 Revisited by Geoffrey Gunn

“…It may nevertheless be asked, why is it important now to apportion blame? I would argue that the great Vietnam famine of 1944-45 is at least one of the underwritten tragedies stemming from the Pacific War. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of very early-onset colorectal cancer and its risk factors from 1990 to 2019: A systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 201... by Zhen Junhai, Meng Yang, Tan Zongbiao, Yan Wenxuan, Li Tiange, Wu Yanrui, Liu Chuan, Dong Weiguo

“…Aims: Very early-onset colorectal cancer (EOCRC) was defined as CRC diagnosed before the age of 35 proposed by the latest EOCRC management guideline. Until now, the disease burden of very EOCRC has never been reported. …”
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Potentialities and critical issues of liquid biopsy in clinical practice: An umbrella review by Nicola Veronese, Claudio Luchini, Stefano Ciriminna, Katia Spinelli, Santo Fruscione, Paola Mattiolo, Miriam Belluzzo, Veronica Messina, Lee Smith, Mario Barbagallo, Walter Mazzucco

“…However, considering published meta-analyses, all the outcomes were graded as very low on the GRADE criteria, and the heterogeneity was never reported. Discussion: The literature about LB is rapidly increasing and some promising data about precision oncology are now available. …”
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Adults with Longstanding Strabismus: Psychosocial and Functional Impacts and Reasons behind Surgery Delay by Rami Al-Omari, Hisham M Jammal, Yousef Khader, Dema Atoum, Wedad Al-dolat, Moawiah Khatatbeh

“…After a comprehensive ophthalmic exam during their preoperative visit, a validated questionnaire was administered to patients to collect sociodemographic data, reasons for surgery delay, and motivations for seeking treatment now. A translated version of the AS-20 questionnaire was then presented to patients and controls. …”
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Preoxygenation in difficult airway management: high-flow oxygenation by nasal cannula versus face mask (the PREOPTIDAM study). Protocol for a single-centre randomised study by Samir Jaber, Karim Asehnoune, Fanny Feuillet, Mickael Vourc’h, Donatien Huard, Gabrielle Baud, Arthur Guichoux, Marielle Surbled, Melanie Tissot, Anne Chiffoleau, Christophe Guitton

“…Hence, recent guidelines recommend HFNC during DI, but its relevance has never been evaluated in this setting in a large randomised study until now.Methods and analysis The PREOPTIDAM trial is a prospective, single-centre, randomised, controlled study in Nantes University Hospital. …”
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The Metempiricism of Margins: Professor Anthony Aṣiwaju and the Circumference of Knowledge by Toyin Falola

“…Incontrovertibly, his destiny was predestined even before birth, what the Yoruba call àyànmọ, ́ although the Odù Ifá code was never revealed to him. Thus, God designed the coat of his excellence above the odds of a humble and subaltern beginning of a poor child, now the prosperous Baba at 80. …”
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La poésie lyrique, un outil d’unification linguistique et politique by Anne-Marie Le Baillif

“…This would be today a sort of ‘enterprise of communication’. It was never done before. Ronsard was required, as a spokesman, to follow the huge royal caravan, contributing to the development of words and new forms of lyric poetry. …”
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Dissolution and Solubility of the Synthetic Natroalunite and the Arsenic-Incorporated Natroalunite at pH of 2.00–5.60 and 25–45°C by Yinian Zhu, Huiling Xuan, Yanpeng Liang, Qiming Yan, Zongqiang Zhu, Zhangnan Jiang, Lihao Zhang, Huili Liu, Shen Tang

“…Unfortunately, only few works have been made on partial arsenic incorporation in natroalunite and the thermodynamic data for natroalunite and arsenic-incorporated natroalunite now are still lacking. Moreover, the dissolution mechanisms of arsenic-incorporated natroalunites have never been studied. …”
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