Are we offering palliative care and employing shared decision making in the neonatal intensive care unit? A 10-year retrospective chart review by Sawyer Karabelas-Pittman, Helen Coo, Hannah Lee, Christine C. Moon, Gillian MacLean

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“Where Does My Hope Come From?”: P. D. James’s The Children of Men (1992) as a Christian Dystopia in the Context of the Late 20th Century Demographic Crisis by Suzanne Bray

“…James joins in the discussion on these issues, but also asks what can give people hope and a reason to live in this ageing world. Her conclusion is that hope, and a meaningful life, are like happiness, things which are not found by specifically seeking for them, but are by-products of a life based on faith and love.…”
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Probiotics to Prevent the Need for, and Augment the Use of, Antibiotics by Gregor Reid

“…If supported, research into indigenous and probiotic microbes will form an important part of future research that sheds light on health, disease and a basic understanding of life itself. In some cases, probiotics will be the difference between a good quality of life and a bad one, or perhaps even life over death. …”
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From the Reindeer Path to the Highway and Back – Understanding the Movements of Khanty Reindeer Herders in Western Siberia by Stephan Dudeck

“…The article tries to prove that one has to skip the objectifying approach to a hermeneutic one to grasp their abilities to do so.…”
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L’usure et la défiguration chez Dickens by Marie-Amélie Coste

“…Dickens, like Proust, puzzles over the question of the permanence of one’s being in time, beyond the changes to which it is subjected. …”
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Luxury, Mystification, and Oppressive Power in d’Holbach’s Philosophical Writings by Enrico Galvagni

“…It brings one to run after imaginary needs they cannot fulfill, dooming them to live an unhappy, grim life. …”
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Obediências e transgressões nas vivências da sexualidade by Andrea Cristina Martelli

“…The analysis of the narratives showed us that, on the one hand, religion and family are significant marks in the imaginary of sexuality of these teachers, but, on the other hand, they have built, over the course of their lives, imperceptible escapes and clever ways to avoid the institutional principles acquired over time. …”
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Réflexions d’Inuit en contexte post-colonial : des identités culturelles en marche by Natacha Roudeix

“…This ethno-sociolinguistic study (Blanchet, 2012) exposes Inuit cultural and linguistic experiences which revealed that by actively participating in their Inuit way of life, young and old alike learn to live their “inukness” (Qilavaaq, 2012), the Inuit way to say, act, think and live. …”
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Choanal Atresia: Clinical Features and Factors Affecting Its Surgical Outcomes by Abhilasha Somashekhar, Prem Kumar, Sandhya Poothatta Manolikandy, Syed Mohammed Shoib

“… Introduction: One of a rare congenital anomaly seen in the development of nose is choanal atresia, whose occurrence is 1 in 5000-8000 live births. …”
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THE CONSTRUCTIONS OF POWER: A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS ON BLACK AMERICAN WOMENAS PORTRAYED IN MAUD MARTHA AND THE HATE U GIVE by RB. Edi Pramono, Ida Rochani Adi, Muh. Arif Rokhman

“…Critical discourse analysis observes people's interactions through language because language is the basic element of life and the way truth and power are produced. In power contestation, discourse plays two opposing roles i.e., maintaining or preserving the system of dominion on one side and in another side fighting against the system of dominion. …”
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The role of financial experience in driving investment decisions with financial knowledge as mediation variable by Surya Setyawan, Kartika Imasari Tjiptodjojo

“…The layered financial burden in one's life usually becomes a chain that is difficult to break. …”
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The Metempiricism of Margins: Professor Anthony Aṣiwaju and the Circumference of Knowledge by Toyin Falola

“…Strikingly, the inseparability of the man’s life from his career path appears to be synonymous with the bond between a snail and its shell: his origin and horizon live within the same shell. …”
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Maintaining autonomy: How older persons with chronic conditions and their significant others interpret, navigate, and overcome everyday difficulties by Thomas Ballmer, Brigitte Gantschnig

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From below: the work experience of youths in low-income homes by Margarita Estrada, Julieta Sierra, Lourdes Salazar

“…In this paper the work experience of a group of adolescents that live in low-income homes in Mexico is analyzed. In order to do this, work is defined in an ample way that integrates the activities oriented towards generating income, such as the conditions of the reproduction of the domestic group. …”
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Up against the System: A Case Study of Young Adult Perspectives Transitioning from Pediatric Palliative Care by Karen Cook, Harold Siden, Susan Jack, Lehana Thabane, Gina Browne

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Trends and distribution patterns of infant mortality and maternal HIV positivity in South Africa: A decade review (2007 - 2016) by M Makhele, N Ledibane, H Ramatsoma, A Musekiwa

“…The infant mortality rate (IMR) (24 per 1 000 live births) remains high in South Africa (SA), well above the recommended sustainable development goal (SDG) 3 of 12 deaths per 1 000 live births. …”
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Komitmen hidup membiara atau hidup religius dalam perspektif komitmen organisasi by Maria Imakulata Tere, Ignasius Ledot

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“The Road of War” and “The Path of Peace”: William Morris’s Representation of Violence by Eleonora Sasso

“…But my central purpose will be to re-read such writings as primitive forms of medievalism in a Freudian perspective. I will reflect on the conflict between the life instinct—Eros—and the death instinct—Thanatos—, and interpret the violence shown by Morrisean proper men of war as “an outpouring of innate aggressiveness”, one which introduces man’s failure of restraining his instinctual motives, reminding us that the principal task of civilization is to “defend us against nature”. …”
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Magnitude and Risk of Dying among Low Birth Weight Neonates in Rural Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Akine Eshete, Abebe Alemu, Taddes Alemu Zerfu

“…The overall neonatal mortality rate (NMR) among LBW infants was 110 per 1000 live births (95% confidence interval: 75 –228). Close to half, 374 (42.3%), of the LBW neonates died during the first week of life. …”
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Authenticity" About Ferdowsi Neighborhoods Of Tehran with Historical Textures with the Phenomenological Approach by Samaneh Dousti, Zohreh Davoudpour, Leila Zare

“…Urban neighborhoods are one of the vital elements of each city and the culture of urban residents is concealed in the texture and sinew of that .The advent of new technologies in urban life and percipitance of designers for construction of buildings led to reduce of fixation sense about their living environment and decrease social interaction. once the historical districts are regarded as symbols of security, comfort and authenticity of the residents, due to inefficiency and interruption of their structures, suffer instability and displacement of their residents.According to this, instability and displacement of inhabitants to districts of historical value are known as the main problem in these neighborhoods. …”
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