Academic Articles & Research Papers

The Model of Righteous Governance in the Qur’anic Interpretation of Imam Musa al-Sadr

In the contemporary world, where societies encounter extensive cultural, religious, and ethnic diversity, the issue of righteous governance and the attainment of an efficient model for managing such diversity constitutes one of the fundamen...

Sadness and tears in instructive literature of Christian East

The goal of the research. The article aims to comprehensively reconstruct the vision of sadness and tears presented in the instructive literature of Egyptian-Palestinian monasticism. Methodology. The research uses methods of analysis, synth...

Ethical and social implications of approaching death prediction in humans - when the biology of ageing meets existential issues

Abstract Background The discovery of biomarkers of ageing has led to the development of predictors of impending natural death and has paved the way for personalised estimation of the risk of death in the general population. This study inten...

Smart integrated nanosystems for biomedical applications:critical issues and perspectives

During the last decades the progresses of nanoscience and nanotechnology for biomedical application stimulated the transition from traditional drug delivery systems to the development of smart integrated nanosystems with stimuli-responsive ...

Towards an Ethical Electronics? Ecologies of Congolese Conflict Minerals

This paper asks how coltan, casseterite, wolframite and gold ores mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo relate networked microelectronics to brutal warlords, and what legal and industrial actions have been enacted by activists, NGOs, po...

Identification of potential welfare and survival indicators for stranded cetaceans through international, interdisciplinary expert opinion

Management of live cetacean strandings generally focuses on refloating animals, yet there is a lack of scientific data to inform decision-making. Valid indicators that are practical to measure are needed to assess welfare status and surviva...

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DENGAN BERMEDIA SECARA SANTUN

The existence of mass media has been attached to the life of modern society. The majority of mass media managed to gain material advantage and non-material at once. However, most media managers prefer material gains rather than materials,su...

Journalisters syn på journalistisk etik

Ethics, moral and values have gained much attention in the past decades, which also have created focus on journalism ethics, particularly because of the power and potentially negative consequences journalism can have. A survey with members ...

Lives of the Lonely: How Collaborative Consumption Services Can Alleviate Social Isolation

Medico-Legal Applications of the Human Microbiome and Critical Issues Due to Environmental Transfer: A Review

Microbiome has recently seen an increase in its forensic applications. It could be employed to identify a suspect when DNA is not available; it can be used to establish postmortem interval (PMI). Furthermore, it could prove to be fundamenta...

Legal and medical aspects of the ethics committee’s work relating to abortion

This paper analyses the legal and medical aspects of the work of ethics committees on abortion. According to the legislation of the Republic of Serbia, these committees are competent to determine justifiable terms for abortion after the ...

TRACK-CF prospective cohort study: Understanding early cystic fibrosis lung disease

BackgroundLung disease as major cause for morbidity in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) starts early in life. Its large phenotypic heterogeneity is partially explained by the genotype but other contributing factors are not well delineated...

Nordiske sundhedsfremmende perspektiver på ældre menneskers deltagelse og tryghed

Nordic Health Promotion Perspectives on Older Adults Participation and Sense og Security Demographic changes and the growing elderly population in Scandinavia provide an incentive to study Health Ageing in the Nordic Countries. The chose...

Group-format, peer-facilitated mental health promotion interventions for students in higher education settings: a scoping review protocol

Introduction Young people in higher education face various stressors that can make them vulnerable to mental ill-health. Mental health promotion in this group therefore has important potential benefits. Peer-facilitated and group-format int...

What motivates SARS-CoV-2 vaccine trial participants? A pre- and post-participation survey study

Abstract Background Scientific advancement, including the testing and licensing of new drugs, relies heavily on clinical trials with healthy individuals. The motivations of clinical trial participants have been discussed intensively, as som...

Prevalence of Congenital Anomalies in the Northwest of Iran

Background and Objectives Every year, about three hundred thousands of infant deaths occur because of congenital anomalies. Some continue to live with various types of disabilities. Low and middle income countries have higher rate of congen...

DNA polymorphisms in inflammatory and endocrine signals linked to frailty are also associated with obesity: data from the FRASNET cohort

BackgroundObesity and frailty are prevalent geriatric conditions that share some pathophysiological mechanisms and are associated with adverse clinical outcomes. The relationship between frailty, obesity, and polymorphism remains inadequate...

Protocol to measure human IL-6 secretion from CAR T cell-primed macrophage and monocyte lineage cells in vitro and in vivo using humanized mice

Summary: Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy often causes serious toxicities, such as cytokine release syndrome (CRS), mainly due to interleukin-6 (IL-6) secreted by monocyte lineage cells. Here, we describe a protocol to generat...

The Challenge of Timely, Responsive and Rigorous Ethics Review of Disaster Research: Views of Research Ethics Committee Members.

Research conducted following natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods or hurricanes is crucial for improving relief interventions. Such research, however, poses ethical, methodological and logistical challenges for researchers. Oversig...

Social Media as an Effective Solution to Dealing with Violations of the Professional Code of Ethics: An Overview of Violations of the Police Code of Ethics

The legal profession plays a crucial role in upholding justice and maintaining public order. It is the responsibility of legal professionals, including the police, to carry out their duties with integrity and high ethical standards. The cod...