Physician-assisted suicide in Italy: where do we stand and where do we want to go? by Emanuela Turillazzi, Donato Morena, Naomi Iacoponi, Vittorio Fineschi

“…Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) remains a subject of global debate and ethical controversy, alongside other end-of-life issues such as euthanasia, palliative care, access to health and social care services, and, importantly, patient autonomy. …”
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Identification of mental health and quality of life outcomes in primary care databases in the UK: a systematic review by Rachael Williams, Helen Strongman, Helena Carreira, Krishnan Bhaskaran

“…There was substantial variability in the codelists; validation was carried out i21/120 studies.Conclusions There is a need for standardised definitions and validated list of codes to assess mental health and quality of life outcomes in primary care databases in the UK.…”
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Experiencing Breast Cancer Confronts Death but Reconciles with Life: A Qualitative Study Using Grounded Theory Methodology by Ríos-Córdoba, Diana Carolina, Figueroa-Cuesta, Juan David, Alzate-Vanegas, Sandra Isabel, Contreras-Pérez, Daniel Fernando, Yepes-Delgado, Carlos Enrique

“…The analysis utilized open and axial coding characteristic of the methodology. Results: The primary emergent meanings of breast cancer were the imminence of death and forced awareness of life's finitude. …”
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Optimizing Project: workplace well-being, quality of working life and organizational climate in public entities of Bogotá by Nancy Mahecha-Lagos, Luisa Gomez, Angélica Alzate, Yuber Liliana Rodriguez

“…The validation exercise demonstrated a strong positive correlation between the constructs of the research: well-being and quality of life (r=0.92), well-being and organizational climate (r=0.93), and organizational climate and quality of life (r=0.94). …”
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Living with Chronic Pain: A Qualitative Study of the Daily Life of Older People with Chronic Pain in Chile by Iyubanit Rodríguez, Esmeralda Abarca, Valeria Herskovic, Mauricio Campos

“…Participants were encouraged to describe a typical day in their life, including the factors that affect their pain and how their quality of life had been affected since experiencing chronic pain. …”
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Health Related Quality of Life among TB Patients: Question Mark on Performance of TB DOTS in Pakistan by Madeeha Malik, Rida Nasir, Azhar Hussain

“…Due to long duration of treatment and use of several agents, tuberculosis can lead to poor health related quality of life among patients. Objective. The present study was designed to assess health related quality of life among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Pakistan. …”
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Oral health and quality of life in children with blood coagulation disorders and hemoglobinopathies. A cross-sectional study by Vediyera Chandroth Santhosh, Ankit Mahajan, Abhigyan Manas, Madhura Pawar, Shivangi Gupta

“…The present study aimed to assess the oral health status and quality of life in children with blood coagulation disorders and hemoglobinopathies. …”
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Real-Life Experiences of Self-Capacity Management in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure: A Qualitative Study by Wang A, Zhang N, Li M, Mao Q, Ma A, Wang G, Li M, Li Q

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Du Pastor Fido au saint constant : la transposition des codes de la pastorale dramatique dans le théâtre hagiographique français du XVIIe siècle by Anne Teulade

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The Beginnings of an Empire. The Transformation of the Ottoman State into an Empire, demonstrated at the example of Grand Vizier Mahmud Pasha’s life and accomplishments by Vera Flatz

“…The Transformation of the Ottoman State into an Empire, demonstrated at the example of Grand Vizier Mahmud Pasha’s life and accomplishments The following seminar paper deals with Grand Vizier Mahmud Pasha’s life and the processes that turned an Ottoman principality into the Ottoman Empire. …”
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Decoding CKD-induced muscle atrophy through the critical role of lncRNA GAS5 and pyroptosis by Rong Huang, Xinying Tang, Shuang Liu, Lijing Sun

“…Emerging evidence has shown that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are involved in the pathogenesis of skeletal muscle atrophy. …”
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Analysis of the Current Status and Influencing Factors of Life Satisfaction among Middle-Aged and Elderly Patients with Chronic Diseases by ZHU Guochen, CHEN Zhuoming

“…The life satisfaction of middle-aged and elderly patients with chronic diseases was collected using the original questionnaire code dc026.ResultsA total of 13 487 patients with chronic diseases were included. …”
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Breathing life into learning about air quality: developing and implementing environmental health outreach with high school students by Katie Hoskins, Nguyen Dang, Fahad Molla

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Enhanced service life of existing infrastructure buildings by use of concrete screw anchors as post-installed shear reinforcement by Johannes Lechner, Jürgen Feix

“…Due to this age and new standards in the current codes, quite often the amount of shear reinforcement does not fulfil the current design code rules. …”
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Noncanonical amino acids as prophage inducers for protein regulation in bacteria-based delivery systems by Hongfang Liu, Sijia Shen, Qi Xu, Yuyang Wang, Kejing Qi, Bowen Lu, Bing Tang, Min Wu, Fei Gan

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Recent advances in biosynthesis of non-canonical amino acids and their potentials in strain engineering by Zhen Hou, Junkai Tuo, Xiaoyan Ma, Yi-Xin Huo

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End-of-life management protocol offered within emergency room (EMPOWER): study protocol for a multicentre study by Yoko Kin Yoke Wong, Rakhee Yash Pal, Win Sen Kuan, Ling Tiah, Ranjeev Kumar, Luming Shi, Charles Qishi Zheng, Jingping Lin, Sufang Liang, Uma Chandra Segara, Woon Chai Yong, Noreen Guek Cheng Chan, Mui Teng Chua, Irwani Ibrahim

“…Background Patients at their end-of-life (EOL) phase frequently visit the emergency department (ED) due to their symptoms, yet the environment and physicians in ED are not traditionally equipped or trained to provide palliative care. …”
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Functional characterization of a novel protein-coding circular RNA, circRNA_1193, from the mAAP gene in silkworm and its role in antiviral defense against BmCPV by Song Li, Zeen Shen, Hongchuan Zhao, Xialing Chen, Qunnan Qiu, Xinyu Tong, Min Zhu, Xing Zhang, Chengliang Gong, Xiaolong Hu

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Defining a minimal cell: essentiality of small ORFs and ncRNAs in a genome‐reduced bacterium by Maria Lluch‐Senar, Javier Delgado, Wei‐Hua Chen, Verónica Lloréns‐Rico, Francis J O'Reilly, Judith AH Wodke, E Besray Unal, Eva Yus, Sira Martínez, Robert J Nichols, Tony Ferrar, Ana Vivancos, Arne Schmeisky, Jörg Stülke, Vera van Noort, Anne‐Claude Gavin, Peer Bork, Luis Serrano

“…The fraction of essential non‐coding RNAs (ncRNAs) non‐overlapping with essential genes is 5% higher than of non‐transcribed regions (0.9%), pointing to the important functions of the former. …”
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PROBLEMS AND REASONS THAT MAKE SHOPPING OVER THE INTERNET DIFFICULT by M. Stojanov

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