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Booker, Reanne. "Assisted Death." AJN, American Journal of Nursing 119, no. 7 (July 2019): 11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.naj.0000569372.88648.85.

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Davies, Jean, Brendan Callaghan Sj, Tim Helme, and Peter Diggory. "Assisted death." Lancet 336, no. 8721 (October 1990): 1012–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0140-6736(90)92477-y.

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Davis, Alison. "Assisted death." Lancet 336, no. 8724 (November 1990): 1195. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0140-6736(90)92814-x.

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Koch, Tom, David J. Mayo, Martin Gunderson, Andrew P. Porter, and Wesley J. Smith. "Physician-Assisted Death." Hastings Center Report 33, no. 1 (January 2003): 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3527901.

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Abrahao, Agessandro, James Downar, Hanika Pinto, Nicolas Dupré, Aaron Izenberg, William Kingston, Lawrence Korngut, et al. "Physician-assisted death." Neurology 87, no. 11 (May 13, 2016): 1152–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/wnl.0000000000002786.

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McKeever, Sean. "Medically Assisted Death." Australasian Journal of Philosophy 87, no. 4 (August 11, 2009): 684–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00048400903132211.

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O'Connor, N. K. "Physician-Assisted Death." JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association 273, no. 14 (April 12, 1995): 1088. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1995.03520380024017.

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Veatch, Robert M. "Physician-Assisted Death." JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association 272, no. 12 (September 28, 1994): 981. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1994.03520120091041.

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BK. "Physician-assisted death." Forensic Science International 68, no. 2 (September 1994): 133. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0379-0738(94)90310-7.

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Williams, G. "Medically Assisted Death." Medical Law Review 17, no. 3 (August 20, 2009): 491–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fwp014.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Assisted death"

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White, Amanda M. "Death and Dying in Assisted Living." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2009. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/gerontology_theses/17.

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This study examined death and dying in assisted living (AL) and the various factors that influence these processes. The study is set in a 60-bed assisted living facility outside of Atlanta, Georgia. Data collection methods included participant observation and in-depth interviews with 28 residents and 6 staff. Data were analyzed using the grounded theory approach and focused on the 18 residents who were dying and/or died during the study period. Findings show that AL residents experience a variety of dying trajectories that vary in duration and shape; for the majority of residents, hospice is an important element in their death and dying experiences. In general, death is not communicated or acknowledged formally within the facility. Responses to deaths depend largely on the nature of the relationship the deceased resident had with others. Findings have implications for how to handle death and dying in AL and to improve residents‟ experiences.
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Tapley, Robin L. "Moral responsibility in physician-assisted death." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape11/PQDD_0007/NQ42768.pdf.

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Tapley, Robin L. "Moral responsibility in physician-assisted death /." *McMaster only, 1997.

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Selvalingam, Melanie Ann Radhika. "Physician-assisted death in England and Wales." Thesis, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/2588.

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The thesis examines if the recent legal developments on assisted death in England and Wales have addressed the needs of society and the concerns of those seeking an assisted death. Despite assisted suicide being a crime in England and Wales, many British citizens successfully obtain an assisted suicide by travelling abroad. With the help of loved ones, they patronise right-to-die organisations in jurisdictions with more permissive laws on suicide. Meanwhile, the prosecution of those who assist a suicide is subject to an uncertain discretion of the DPP, whose prosecuting policy effectively decriminalises ‘compassionate assisted suicides’. Inconsistencies in the law on assisted death between the legal prohibition of assisted suicide, and legally permitted end-of-life medical decisions will also be examined. Whilst assisted death is a crime, physicians are legally permitted to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment from patients. The extent to which a patient’s ‘quality of life’ has been a factor in these inconsistent decisions will be analysed. The thesis will show that the present prohibition against assisted suicide in England and Wales is legally and morally indefensible. Whilst investigating whether assisted suicide should be legalised in England and Wales, the thesis undertakes a comparative analysis of six jurisdictions from around the world. It also evaluates the ‘slippery slope’ argument, i.e. whether a law permitting assisted death for a restricted group of people would inevitably lead to assisted death being practised beyond that group. The thesis will conclude that there is a strong case for providing the legal option of physician-assisted suicide to patients experiencing a poor and unacceptable quality of life due to unbearable pain and suffering brought about by terminal illness.
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Herington, Thomas. "Making Dying Better: Envisioning a Meaningful Death by Contemplating the Assisted Death." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/34977.

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The contemporary juridico-political and bioethical debate over physician assisted dying has emerged as one of the most divisive of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Commonly strained through Western conceptions of individual rights and near ubiquitous calls for the respect an abstractly defined human dignity, popular discourse on assisted dying tends to promote universal understandings of both human beings as well as ethical, legal, moral action. This thesis, however, holds these debates in abeyance preferring rather to explore the ways in which the possibility of an assisted death creates a more meaningful dying space for many Canadian advocates. And though I cannot answer for everyone, for many of the 24 individuals I spent months interviewing, “hanging out” with and generally following around to various meetings/training sessions, the assisted death is not some nihilistic response to the suffering of our materially bounded/feeling bodies, but a contemporary recurrence of a deeply spiritual, relational and artful dying.
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DiFilippo, Stephanie Marie. "Assisted Suicide; The Moral Permissiblity of Hastening Death." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu157415968616075.

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Przybylak-Brouillard, Antoine. "The Meaning of Suffering: Shaping Conceptualizations of Assisted-Death." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/35588.

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In recent years the right to die has emerged from the fringes as a global movement - locally tailored - advocating for patient access to medically assisted-death. Although proposed and actualized models of assisted-death vary in method and level of accessibility, a majority of right to die advocates are motivated by a belief that suffering can at times be “unnecessary”. Based on an overview of the anthropology of suffering and fieldwork in Quebec, Ontario, and Belgium, my research focuses on right to die advocates’ conceptualization of suffering in relation to assisted-death and on how their understanding suffering shapes their views on when assisteddeath should be permitted. I argue that those supporting assisted-death are brought in a form of solidarity through the belief that at times suffering is meaningless and devoid of deeper significance.
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Biggs, Hazel. "Death with dignity : legal and ethical aspects of euthanasia." Thesis, University of Kent, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.245597.

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Brennan, Shanda Marie, and Meliza Quinonez Kinney. "PERCEIVED PREPAREDNESS OF CALIFORNIA SOCIAL WORKERS TO DISCUSS PHYSICIAN ASSISTED DEATH." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/449.

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Effective June 9, 2016, many terminally ill patients residing in the State of California will now have the legal option of terminating their life because of protections offered under The California End of Life Options Act. Social workers whose population of care includes terminally ill patients will likely be engaging in conversations about end of life options, including physician assisted death, with their patients. Little research exists addressing what factors may influence social workers perceived preparedness to discuss physician assisted death with patients, yet the expectation that social workers be prepared to discuss all available end of life options with patients is present. The purpose of this quantitative study is to explore the influence of demographic characteristics and experience with terminal illness on California social workers perceived preparedness to discuss physician assisted death as an end of life option with terminally ill patients. Convenience sampling was utilized which included sixty-two Master of Social Work level or higher social workers who are employed in medical social work positions and are providing direct care for chronically and terminally ill patients. Participants completed a voluntary paper survey that gathered demographic information, experience with terminal illness and perceived preparedness to discuss physician assisted death with patients through Likert Scale measures. The findings showed a positive relationship between California social workers who perceived themselves as prepared to discuss physician assisted death and the identification of their social work education as a source of their preparedness.
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Mauck, Erin E. "Oregon's Death with Dignity Act: Socially Constructing a Good Death." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3043.

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As aid-in-dying legislation expands across the United States, this study examines the dynamics influencing participation in Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act. In addition to data from secondary sources, this thesis analyzes field research data collected in Oregon, including 14 in-depth interviews with volunteers and employees of two advocacy organizations at the center of legalized physician-assisted death. Themes emerged including the conditions that motivate participation, the importance of both personal and professional autonomy, the significance of a good death, and the growth of open dialogues about end of life choices. This thesis concludes with a discussion of the impact Death with Dignity laws could have across the United States, with a specific focus on the state of Tennessee.
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Books on the topic "Assisted death"

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Humber, James M., Robert F. Almeder, and Gregg A. Kasting, eds. Physician-Assisted Death. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-448-1.

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English, Rebecca A., Catharyn T. Liverman, Caroline M. Cilio, and Joe Alper, eds. Physician-Assisted Death. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.17226/25131.

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Kasher, Asa. Dying, assisted death and mourning. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2009.

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Youngner, Stuart J., and Gerrit K. Kimsma, eds. Physician-Assisted Death in Perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511843976.

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Alliance, Human Life. Good Death Imposed Death Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide 2004. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Human Life Alliance, 2004.

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Betzold, Michael. Appointment with Doctor Death. Troy, Mich., U.S.A: Momentum Books, 1993.

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Shavelson, Lonny. A chosen death: The dying confront assisted suicide. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998.

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A chosen death: The dying confront assisted suicide. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1995.

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Korobkin, Russell. Physician-assisted death legislation: Issues and preliminary responses. Edited by Kuklinski James H and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Institute of Government and Public Policy. Urbana, Il: University of Illinois, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, 1998.

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1941-, Taylor S. J., ed. Assisted suicide: Theory and practice in elective death. Amherst, N.Y: Humanity Books, 1999.

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Book chapters on the topic "Assisted death"

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Upchurch Sweeney, C. Renn, J. Rick Turner, J. Rick Turner, Chad Barrett, Ana Victoria Soto, William Whang, Carolyn Korbel, et al. "Death, Assisted." In Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine, 542. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1005-9_176.

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Kemp, Alan R. "Physician-Assisted Death." In Death, Dying, and Bereavement in a Changing World, 301–20. Second editon. | New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.: Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203732465-17.

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Seay, Gary, and Susana Nuccetelli. "Medically Assisted Death." In Engaging Bioethics, 155–73. New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.: Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203788707-8.

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Winnington, Rhona. "The assisted dying movement." In Death and Events, 177–93. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003155324-12.

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Ganzini, Linda, and Edgar Dahl. "Physician-Assisted Suicide in Oregon." In Giving Death a Helping Hand, 67–75. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6496-8_6.

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Levy, Neil. "Slippery Slopes and Physician-Assisted Suicide." In Giving Death a Helping Hand, 11–21. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6496-8_2.

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Rothschild, Alan. "Physician-Assisted Death An Australian Perspective." In Giving Death a Helping Hand, 97–112. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6496-8_9.

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Birnbacher, Dieter. "Physician-Assisted Suicide and the Medical Associations." In Giving Death a Helping Hand, 23–36. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6496-8_3.

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Bleackley, R. Chris. "The Role of Granzyme B in Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Assisted Suicide." In Programmed Cell Death, 43–50. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0072-2_5.

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Baezner-Sailer, Elke M. "Physician-Assisted Suicide in Switzerland: A Personal Report." In Giving Death a Helping Hand, 141–48. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6496-8_12.

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Conference papers on the topic "Assisted death"

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Finlay, Baroness Ilora. "97 Review of data from the 2016 official reports of the dutch termination of life on request and assisted suicide act and oregons death with dignity act." In The APM’s Annual Supportive and Palliative Care Conference, In association with the Palliative Care Congress, “Towards evidence based compassionate care”, Bournemouth International Centre, 15–16 March 2018. British Medical Journal Publishing Group, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2018-aspabstracts.124.

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Lin, Yen-Yu, Lei-Chi Wang, Yu-Han Hsieh, Sih-Kai Chuang, Yung-An Chen, Yu-Chieh Lin, Yen-Yin Lin, and Teh-Ying Chou. "Abstract 488: Computer-assisted three-dimensional quantitation of programmed death-ligand 1 expression in non-small cell lung cancer using tissue clearing technology on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded specimen." In Proceedings: AACR Annual Meeting 2021; April 10-15, 2021 and May 17-21, 2021; Philadelphia, PA. American Association for Cancer Research, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.am2021-488.

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Ma, Y., S. Worrall, and A. M. Kondoz. "Depth assisted visual tracking." In 2009 10th Workshop on Image Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services (WIAMIS). IEEE, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/wiamis.2009.5031456.

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Youngwoo Yoon, Hosub Yoon, and Jaehong Kim. "Depth assisted person following robots." In 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN). IEEE, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/roman.2013.6628480.

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Miao, Dan, Jingjing Fu, Yan Lu, Shipeng Li, and Chang Wen Chen. "Texture-assisted Kinect depth inpainting." In 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems - ISCAS 2012. IEEE, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/iscas.2012.6272103.

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Kusupati, Uday, Shuo Cheng, Rui Chen, and Hao Su. "Normal Assisted Stereo Depth Estimation." In 2020 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR). IEEE, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/cvpr42600.2020.00226.

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Barbato, Giovanna, Ana Beatriz Bianchini, Ana Cláudia Rodrigues, Roberta Caveiro Gaspar, Natalia Padula, and Letícia Aquino. "Proposal for use of OnyxR device in patients with spinal cord injury." In XIII Congresso Paulista de Neurologia. Zeppelini Editorial e Comunicação, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5327/1516-3180.418.

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Background: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is currently a global epidemic, with motor and respiratory sequelae; the latter represents the major cause of death and readmissions in individuals with SCI. There are no established protocols regarding the safety and effectiveness of respiratory techniques for the management of these complications after SCI. Objectives: To propose a physical therapy intervention protocol using the OnyxR device for the management and prevention of respiratory complications in the chronic phase in individuals with SCI. Design and setting: The study will be held at Acreditando (Neuromotor Center). Methods: clinical trial (single-arm) for functional training of cough using the OnyxR device to perform insufflation and exsufflation assisted on pressure manner, for 12 weeks, 1x / week, associated with the usual rehabilitation; following variables such as peak cough flow (PCF), spirometry, manovacuometry and functional SCI scales. Results: The decrease in muscle strength in SCI along with postural changes contributes to ventilatory restriction; similar to the alterations seen in neuromuscular diseases, in which the auxiliary cough equipment is already well studied. Conclusions: This protocol intends to verify the safety and effectiveness of the use of the OnyxR equipment in individuals with SCI; training may lead to increased tidal volume, forced vital capacity and PCF, preventing future respiratory complications.
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Gonçalves, A. R., M. S. Cameirão, S. Bermúdez i Badia, and E. R. Gouveia. "Automating senior fitness testing through gesture detection with depth sensors." In IET International Conference on Technologies for Active and Assisted Living (TechAAL). Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/ic.2015.0132.

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Zhang, Yifu, Yang Yang, and Zixiang Xiong. "Depth camera assisted multiterminal video coding." In 2011 IEEE 13th International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing (MMSP). IEEE, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/mmsp.2011.6093808.

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Chumacero-Polanco, Erik A., and James Yang. "Fall Prevention Therapies for Individuals With Stroke: A Survey." In ASME 2017 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2017-67456.

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Stroke basically consists in brain-cells death due to lack or excess of blood. Stroke has many important consequences and falls are one of the most concerning. Falls can produce several injures from minor lacerations to fractures and death. It has been found that balance and gait impairments after stroke are important risk factors for fall. Hence, improving balance and gait ability in stroke survivors can significantly reduce falls rate. In this literature review, we review the main characteristic and the therapeutic results of different therapeutic interventions aimed at improving balance and walking ability. The main therapeutic interventions included are the Bobath therapy, exercise-based interventions, orthotic and assistive devices, modality treatments, alternative therapies, robotic-assisted training, and computational-based interventions. The parameters considered as evidence of balance and/or gait recovery after a specific intervention are: walking speed (WS), cadence, endurance, stride/step length, weight/walking symmetry, and sway. Our main findings are: 1) The wide use of the Bobath concept is not well supported by evidence due to its performance has been found to be inferior to some exercises-based interventions such as walking training; 2) exercises-based interventions were classified as strength and task-specific training. The former improves muscular and bone health, aerobic capability, and prepares the patient to perform a more demanding activity. The latter is designed as a repetitive training of a functional activity, mainly walking, and sit to stand exercises, which improve both gait and balance. Orthotic and assistive devices have effects on balance and gait but only while they are worn or used; 3) robotic assisted walking-training presented similar results to overground or treadmill walking training in terms of walking speed and balance recovery. However, the most important advantage lies on the reduction of burden for therapists; 4) thee most important use of motion analysis is as a tool for identify the causes deficits in a patient and the to design a therapy in accordance; 5) motion synthesis can be used as a tool to answer very specific questions related to capabilities/limitations of a patient. For instance, “what would be the effect of increasing hip-torque capability of a stroke survivor on the walking-symmetry?” The answer to this question would either help to design an exercise/intervention or to discard such intervention due to low impact; 6) some treatments are added to a main therapy to increase its effect on a given parameter. Functional electrical stimulation, which is added to cycling training to improve motion patterns. Biofeedback is used during balance training to reduce weight-asymmetry. And virtual reality and video games are used to increase motivation and permanence of patient on a therapy; 7) we found some alternative or no widely used therapies. Among the most promising we can mention Tai-Chi exercises, which integrates physical and mental activities to improve balance and gait and rhythmic auditory stimulation that improves WS and weight-symmetry; and 8) orthotics devices help to reduce falls by extending the base of support but the effect appears only while they are worn. In general, there is not an ultimate therapy able to fit to every patient. The choice should depend on patient’s goals and conditions. Moreover, falls can not be eliminated but they can be substantially reduced by improving balance and gait.
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Reports on the topic "Assisted death"

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Evans, Julie, Kendra Sikes, and Jamie Ratchford. Vegetation classification at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Mojave National Preserve, Castle Mountains National Monument, and Death Valley National Park: Final report (Revised with Cost Estimate). National Park Service, October 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.36967/nrr-2279201.

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Vegetation inventory and mapping is a process to document the composition, distribution and abundance of vegetation types across the landscape. The National Park Service’s (NPS) Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) program has determined vegetation inventory and mapping to be an important resource for parks; it is one of 12 baseline inventories of natural resources to be completed for all 270 national parks within the NPS I&M program. The Mojave Desert Network Inventory & Monitoring (MOJN I&M) began its process of vegetation inventory in 2009 for four park units as follows: Lake Mead National Recreation Area (LAKE), Mojave National Preserve (MOJA), Castle Mountains National Monument (CAMO), and Death Valley National Park (DEVA). Mapping is a multi-step and multi-year process involving skills and interactions of several parties, including NPS, with a field ecology team, a classification team, and a mapping team. This process allows for compiling existing vegetation data, collecting new data to fill in gaps, and analyzing the data to develop a classification that then informs the mapping. The final products of this process include a vegetation classification, ecological descriptions and field keys of the vegetation types, and geospatial vegetation maps based on the classification. In this report, we present the narrative and results of the sampling and classification effort. In three other associated reports (Evens et al. 2020a, 2020b, 2020c) are the ecological descriptions and field keys. The resulting products of the vegetation mapping efforts are, or will be, presented in separate reports: mapping at LAKE was completed in 2016, mapping at MOJA and CAMO will be completed in 2020, and mapping at DEVA will occur in 2021. The California Native Plant Society (CNPS) and NatureServe, the classification team, have completed the vegetation classification for these four park units, with field keys and descriptions of the vegetation types developed at the alliance level per the U.S. National Vegetation Classification (USNVC). We have compiled approximately 9,000 existing and new vegetation data records into digital databases in Microsoft Access. The resulting classification and descriptions include approximately 105 alliances and landform types, and over 240 associations. CNPS also has assisted the mapping teams during map reconnaissance visits, follow-up on interpreting vegetation patterns, and general support for the geospatial vegetation maps being produced. A variety of alliances and associations occur in the four park units. Per park, the classification represents approximately 50 alliances at LAKE, 65 at MOJA and CAMO, and 85 at DEVA. Several riparian alliances or associations that are somewhat rare (ranked globally as G3) include shrublands of Pluchea sericea, meadow associations with Distichlis spicata and Juncus cooperi, and woodland associations of Salix laevigata and Prosopis pubescens along playas, streams, and springs. Other rare to somewhat rare types (G2 to G3) include shrubland stands with Eriogonum heermannii, Buddleja utahensis, Mortonia utahensis, and Salvia funerea on rocky calcareous slopes that occur sporadically in LAKE to MOJA and DEVA. Types that are globally rare (G1) include the associations of Swallenia alexandrae on sand dunes and Hecastocleis shockleyi on rocky calcareous slopes in DEVA. Two USNVC vegetation groups hold the highest number of alliances: 1) Warm Semi-Desert Shrub & Herb Dry Wash & Colluvial Slope Group (G541) has nine alliances, and 2) Mojave Mid-Elevation Mixed Desert Scrub Group (G296) has thirteen alliances. These two groups contribute significantly to the diversity of vegetation along alluvial washes and mid-elevation transition zones.
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Brown, Candace, Chudney Williams, Ryan Stephens, Jacqueline Sharp, Bobby Bellflower, and Martinus Zeeman. Medicated-Assisted Treatment and 12-Step Programs: Evaluating the Referral Process. University of Tennessee Health Science Center, November 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.21007/con.dnp.2021.0013.

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Purpose/Background Overdose deaths in the U.S. from opioids have dramatically increased since the COVID-19 pandemic. Although medicated-assisted treatment (MAT) programs are widely available for sufferers of opiate addiction, many drop out of treatment prematurely. Twelve-step programs are considered a valuable part of treatment, but few studies have examined the effect of combining these approaches. We aimed to compare abstinence rates among patients receiving MAT who were referred to 12-step programs to those only receiving MAT. Methods In this prospective study, a cohort of participants from a MAT clinic agreeing to attend a 12-step program was compared to 15 controls selected from a database before project implementation. Eligible participants were diagnosed with OUD, receiving buprenorphine (opiate agonist), and at least 18. Participants were provided with temporary sponsors to attend Narcotics Anonymous, Alcoholics Anonymous, and Medication-Assisted Recovery meetings together. The primary endpoint was the change in positive opiate urine drug screens over 6 months between participants and controls. Results Between March 29, 2021, and April 16, 2021, 166 patients were scheduled at the clinic. Of those scheduled, 146 were established patients, and 123 were scheduled for face-to-face visits. Of these, 64 appeared for the appointment, 6 were screened, and 3 were enrolled. None of the participants attended a 12-step meeting. Enrollment barriers included excluding new patients and those attending virtual visits, the high percentage of patients who missed appointments, and lack of staff referrals. The low incidence of referrals was due to time constraints by both staff and patients. Implications for Nursing Practice Low enrollment limited our ability to determine whether combining medication management with a 12-step program improves abstinence. Failure to keep appointments is common among patients with OUD, and virtual meetings are becoming more prevalent post-COVID. Although these factors are unlikely to be controllable, developing strategies to expedite the enrollment process for staff and patients could hasten recruitment.
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Bianchini, Alessandra, and Carlos R. Gonzalez. Pavement-Transportation Computer Assisted Structural Engineering (PCASE) Implementation of the Modified Berggren (ModBerg) Equation for Computing the Frost Penetration Depth within Pavement Structures. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, April 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada559915.

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Nic Daeid, Niamh, Heather Doran, Lucina Hackman, and Pauline Mack. The Curse of the Burial Dagger Teacher Materials. University of Dundee, September 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.20933/100001220.

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The Curse of the Burial Dagger is an interactive graphic novel murder mystery, created by the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science and digital story studio Fast Familiar. Players use maths, logic and critical reasoning skills to assist Susie uncover different types of forensic evidence and weigh up contrasting hypotheses. Can they uncover the events leading up to Lord Hamilton’s death and deduce how he died…before the curse strikes again? These documents are the Teacher/Group lead pack which contain additional resources including: • The Teacher/Group Lead Pack – Teacher walk through – Factsheet – What is Forensic Science? – Factsheet – What is a hypothesis? – Marzipan Calculation – Factsheet and activity – Fingerprint Analysis – Activity – Chromatography investigation • Printable completion certificate • Printable Note paper and fact-sheet
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Cavallo, Eduardo, Laura Giles Álvarez, and Andrew Powell. Estimating the Potential Economic Impact of Haiti’s 2021 Earthquake. Inter-American Development Bank, September 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003657.

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This paper employs a simple methodology to estimate the potential economic damages of the 2021 earthquake in Haiti. The country registered a magnitude 7.2 earthquake off the South Coast on August 14, 2021, that resulted in 2,248 deaths, 12,763 injured and substantial damages to houses and other infrastructure. An additional 329 persons remain missing. We estimate economic damages using econometric techniques and a dataset on natural disasters across a wide range of countries and over an extended time period. Based on this analysis, damages for the 2021 earthquake in Haiti are estimated to reach US$1.6 billion (9.6 percent of GDP) for a scenario with an impact of 2,500 dead or missing. We also generate confidence intervals on these results. We hope these early estimates will provide a useful input to the ongoing Post-Disaster Risk Assessment (PDNA) and will assist the government and its international partners plan efforts to assist the country in terms of relief and reconstruction.
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Thompson, Marshall, and Ramez Hajj. Flexible Pavement Recycling Techniques: A Summary of Activities. Illinois Center for Transportation, July 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36501/0197-9191/21-022.

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Cold in-place recycling (CIR) involves the recycling of the asphalt portions (including hot-mix asphalt and chip, slurry, and cape seals, as well as others) of a flexible or composite pavement with asphalt emulsion or foamed asphalt as the binding agent. Full-depth reclamation (FDR) includes the recycling of the entire depth of the pavement and, in some cases, a portion of the subgrade with asphalt, cement, or lime products as binding agents. Both processes are extensively utilized in Illinois. This project reviewed CIR and FDR projects identified by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) from the Transportation Bulletin and provided comments on pavement designs and special provisions. The researchers evaluated the performance of existing CIR/FDR projects through pavement condition surveys and analysis of falling weight deflectometer data collected by IDOT. They also reviewed CIR/FDR literature and updated/modified (as appropriate) previously provided inputs concerning mix design, testing procedures, thickness design, construction, and performance as well as cold central plant recycling (CCPR) literature related to design and construction. The team monitored the performance of test sections at the National Center for Asphalt Technology and Virginia Department of Transportation. The researchers assisted IDOT in the development of a CCPR special provision as well as responded to IDOT inquiries and questions concerning issues related to CIR, FDR, and CCPR. They attended meetings of IDOT’s FDR with the Cement Working Group and provided input in the development of a special provision for FDR with cement. The project’s activities confirmed that CIR, FDR, and CCPR techniques are successfully utilized in Illinois. Recommendations for improving the above-discussed techniques are provided.
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Pulugurtha, Srinivas S., and Raghuveer Gouribhatla. Drivers’ Response to Scenarios when Driving Connected and Automated Vehicles Compared to Vehicles with and without Driver Assist Technology. Mineta Transportation Institute, January 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.31979/mti.2022.1944.

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Traffic related crashes cause more than 38,000 fatalities every year in the United States. They are the leading cause of death among drivers up to 54 years in age and incur $871 million in losses each year. Driver errors contribute to about 94% of these crashes. In response, automotive companies have been developing vehicles with advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) that aid in various driving tasks. These features are aimed at enhancing safety by either warning drivers of a potential hazard or picking up certain driving maneuvers like maintaining the lane. These features are already part of vehicles with Driver Assistance Technology, and they are vital for successful deployment of connected and automated vehicles in the near future. However, drivers' responses to driving vehicles with advanced features have been meagerly explored. This research evaluates driver participants' response to scenarios when driving connected and automated vehicles compared to vehicles with and without Driver Assistance Technology. The research developed rural, urban, and freeway driving scenarios in a driver simulator and tested on participants sixteen years to sixty-five years old. The research team explored two types of advanced features by categorizing them into warnings and automated features. The results show that the advanced features affected driving behavior by making driver participants less aggressive and harmonizing the driving environment. This research also discovered that the type of driving scenario influences the effect of advanced features on driver behavior. Additionally, aggressive driving behavior was observed most in male participants and during nighttime conditions. Rainy conditions and female participants were associated with less aggressive driving behavior. The findings from this research help to assess driver behavior when driving vehicles with advanced features. They can be inputted into microsimulation software to model the effect of vehicles with advanced features on the performance of transportation systems, advancing technology that could eventually save millions of dollars and thousands of lives.
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Deng, Chun, Zhenyu Zhang, Zhi Guo, Hengduo Qi, Yang Liu, Haimin Xiao, and Xiaojun Li. Assessment of intraoperative use of indocyanine green fluorescence imaging on the number of lymph node dissection during minimally invasive gastrectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. INPLASY - International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols, November 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2021.11.0062.

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Review question / Objective: Whether is indocyanine green fluorescence imaging-guided lymphadenectomy feasible to improve the number of lymph node dissections during radical gastrectomy in patients with gastric cancer undergoing curative resection? Condition being studied: Gastric cancer was the sixth most common malignant tumor and the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death in the world. Radical lymphadenectomy was a standard procedure in radical gastrectomy for gastric cancer. The retrieval of more lymph nodes was beneficial for improving the accuracy of tumor staging and the long-term survival of patients with gastric cancer. Indocyanine green(ICG) near-infrared fluorescent imaging has been found to provide surgeons with effective visualization of the lymphatic anatomy. As a new surgical navigation technique, ICG near-infrared fluorescent imaging was a hot spot and had already demonstrated promising results in the localization of lymph nodes during surgery in patients with breast cancer, non–small cell lung cancer, and gastric cancer. In addition, ICG had increasingly been reported in the localization of tumor, lymph node dissection, and the evaluation of anastomotic blood supply during radical gastrectomy for gastric cancer. However, it remained unclear whether ICG fluorescence imaging would assist surgeons in performing safe and sufficient lymphadenectomy.
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Fahima, Tzion, and Jorge Dubcovsky. Map-based cloning of the novel stripe rust resistance gene YrG303 and its use to engineer 1B chromosome with multiple beneficial traits. United States Department of Agriculture, January 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.32747/2013.7598147.bard.

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Research problem: Bread wheat (Triticumaestivum) provides approximately 20% of the calories and proteins consumed by humankind. As the world population continues to increase, it is necessary to improve wheat yields, increase grain quality, and minimize the losses produced by biotic and abiotic stresses. Stripe rust, caused by Pucciniastriiformisf. sp. tritici(Pst), is one of the most destructive diseases of wheat. The new pathogen races are more virulent and aggressive than previous ones and have produced large economic losses. A rich source for stripe-rust resistance genes (Yr) was found in wild emmer wheat populations from Israel. Original Project goals: Our long term goal is to identify, map, clone, characterize and deploy in breeding, novel wild emmer Yr genes, and combine them with multiple beneficial traits. The current study was aiming to map and clone YrG303 and Yr15, located on chromosome 1BS and combine them with drought resistance and grain quality genes. Positional cloning of YrG303/Yr15: Fine mapping of these genes revealed that YrG303 is actually allelic to Yr15. Fine genetic mapping using large segregating populations resulted in reduction of the genetic interval spanning Yr15 to less than 0.1 cM. Physical mapping of the YrG303/Yr15 locus was based on the complete chromosome 1BS physical map of wheat constructed by our group. Screening of 1BS BAC library with Yr15 markers revealed a long BAC scaffold covering the target region. The screening of T. dicoccoidesaccession-specific BAC library with Yr15 markers resulted in direct landing on the target site. Sequencing of T. dicoccoidesBAC clones that cover the YrG303/Yr15 locus revealed a single candidate gene (CG) with conserved domains that may indicate a role in disease resistance response. Validation of the CG was carried out using EMS mutagenesis (loss-of- function approach). Sequencing of the CG in susceptible yr15/yrG303 plants revealed three independent mutants that harbour non-functional yr15/yrG303 alleles within the CG conserved domains, and therefore validated its function as a Pstresistance gene. Evaluation of marker-assisted-selection (MAS) for Yr15. Introgressions of Yr15 into cultivated wheat are widely used now. Recently, we have shown that DNA markers linked to Yr15 can be used as efficient tools for introgression of Yr15 into cultivated wheat via MAS. The developed markers were consistent and polymorphic in all 34 tested introgressions and are the most recommended markers for the introgression of Yr15. These markers will facilitate simultaneous selection for multiple Yr genes and help to avoid escapees during the selection process. Engineering of improved chromosome 1BS that harbors multiple beneficial traits. We have implemented the knowledge and genetic resources accumulated in this project for the engineering of 1B "super-chromosome" that harbors multiple beneficial traits. We completed the generation of a chromosome including the rye 1RS distal segment associated with improved drought tolerance with the Yr gene, Yr15, and the strong gluten allele 7Bx-over-expressor (7Bxᴼᴱ). We have completed the introgression of this improved chromosome into our recently released variety Patwin-515HP and our rain fed variety Kern, as well as to our top breeding lines UC1767 and UC1745. Elucidating the mechanism of resistance exhibited by Yr36 (WKS1). The WHEAT KINASE START1 (WKS1) resistance gene (Yr36) confers partial resistance to Pst. We have shown that wheat plants transformed with WKS1 transcript are resistant to Pst. WKS1 is targeted to the chloroplast where it phosphorylates the thylakoid-associatedascorbateperoxidase (tAPX) and reduces its ability to detoxify peroxides. Based on these results, we propose that the phosphorylation of tAPX by WKS1 reduces the ability of the cells to detoxify ROS and contributes to cell death. Distribution and diversity of WKS in wild emmer populations. We have shown that WKS1 is present only in the southern distribution range of wild emmer in the Fertile Crescent. Sequence analysis revealed a high level of WKS1 conservation among wild emmer populations, in contrast to the high level of diversity observed in NB-LRR genes. This phenomenon shed some light on the evolution of genes that confer partial resistance to Pst. Three new WKS1 haplotypes displayed a resistance response, suggesting that they can be useful to improve wheat resistance to Pst. In summary, we have improved our understanding of cereals’ resistance mechanisms to rusts and we have used that knowledge to develop improved wheat varieties.
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de Caritat, Patrice, Brent McInnes, and Stephen Rowins. Towards a heavy mineral map of the Australian continent: a feasibility study. Geoscience Australia, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.11636/record.2020.031.

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Heavy minerals (HMs) are minerals with a specific gravity greater than 2.9 g/cm3. They are commonly highly resistant to physical and chemical weathering, and therefore persist in sediments as lasting indicators of the (former) presence of the rocks they formed in. The presence/absence of certain HMs, their associations with other HMs, their concentration levels, and the geochemical patterns they form in maps or 3D models can be indicative of geological processes that contributed to their formation. Furthermore trace element and isotopic analyses of HMs have been used to vector to mineralisation or constrain timing of geological processes. The positive role of HMs in mineral exploration is well established in other countries, but comparatively little understood in Australia. Here we present the results of a pilot project that was designed to establish, test and assess a workflow to produce a HM map (or atlas of maps) and dataset for Australia. This would represent a critical step in the ability to detect anomalous HM patterns as it would establish the background HM characteristics (i.e., unrelated to mineralisation). Further the extremely rich dataset produced would be a valuable input into any future machine learning/big data-based prospectivity analysis. The pilot project consisted in selecting ten sites from the National Geochemical Survey of Australia (NGSA) and separating and analysing the HM contents from the 75-430 µm grain-size fraction of the top (0-10 cm depth) sediment samples. A workflow was established and tested based on the density separation of the HM-rich phase by combining a shake table and the use of dense liquids. The automated mineralogy quantification was performed on a TESCAN® Integrated Mineral Analyser (TIMA) that identified and mapped thousands of grains in a matter of minutes for each sample. The results indicated that: (1) the NGSA samples are appropriate for HM analysis; (2) over 40 HMs were effectively identified and quantified using TIMA automated quantitative mineralogy; (3) the resultant HMs’ mineralogy is consistent with the samples’ bulk geochemistry and regional geological setting; and (4) the HM makeup of the NGSA samples varied across the country, as shown by the mineral mounts and preliminary maps. Based on these observations, HM mapping of the continent using NGSA samples will likely result in coherent and interpretable geological patterns relating to bedrock lithology, metamorphic grade, degree of alteration and mineralisation. It could assist in geological investigations especially where outcrop is minimal, challenging to correctly attribute due to extensive weathering, or simply difficult to access. It is believed that a continental-scale HM atlas for Australia could assist in derisking mineral exploration and lead to investment, e.g., via tenement uptake, exploration, discovery and ultimately exploitation. As some HMs are hosts for technology critical elements such as rare earth elements, their systematic and internally consistent quantification and mapping could lead to resource discovery essential for a more sustainable, lower-carbon economy.
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