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Food for People and Profit: An Alternative InterpretationIn Charles V. Blatz (ed.), Ethics and agriculture: an anthology on current issues in world context, University of Idaho Press. pp. 101--109. 1991.
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29The smell of myth – Homer as a performative medium in design researchTechnoetic Arts 9 (2-3): 163-169. 2012.Researching user experience in smell perception I will contribute to a methodological approach of generating meaning creating knowledge and awareness in a culture of senses, understanding smell as a storying element in myth corresponding with design. In my paper I address images in Homeric language triggering mythical ‘smell scapes’. I examine smell perception in the perspective of narrative elements reflecting interactions of actants and agency in actor networks: Addressing myth as a challenge …Read more
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15The imageability effect in good and poor readersBulletin of the Psychonomic Society 21 (6): 446-448. 1983.
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14The 5-HTTLPR polymorphism, early and recent life stress, and cognitive endophenotypes of depressionCognition and Emotion 28 (7): 1149-1163. 2014.Studies associating interactions of 5-HTTLPR and life adversities with depression have yielded equivocal results. Studying endophenotypes may constitute a more powerful approach. In the current study, it was assessed whether interactions of 5-HTTLPR with childhood emotional abuse (CEA) and recent negative life events (RNLE) affect possible cognitive endophenotypes of depression, namely, attention-allocation bias and the ability to recognise others' mind states in 215 young adults of North-West E…Read more
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12The effect of cognitive task difficulty on humor ratings of captioned cartoonsBulletin of the Psychonomic Society 7 (3): 275-276. 1976.
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Etienne der Condillac, Versuch uber den Ursprung der menschlichen Erkenntnis. Ein Werk, das alles, was den menschlichen Verstand betrifft, auf ein einziges Prinzip zuruckfuhrtPhilosophisches Jahrbuch 115 (1): 202. 2008.
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25Approaches to Language and the Law–Some Introductory NotesHermes: Journal of Language and Communication Studies 46 7-10. 2011.
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12Von Abgötterei und Selbsthingabe. Theologische Überlegungen zur SelbstliebeNeue Zeitschrift für Systematicsche Theologie Und Religionsphilosophie 53 (2): 187-207. 2011.ZUSAMMENFASSUNGDass die Frage nach dem, was »Selbstliebe« ist, im Bereich der evangelischen Theologie mit gegensätzlichen Aussagen von entscheidender dogmatischer Relevanz beantwortet wird, das zeigt die Gegenüberstellung der Positionen Karl Barths und Sören Kierkegaards. Barth weist jegliche Selbstliebe als unchristlich zurück. Von einem Christen sei Selbsthingabe verlangt. Nach Kierkegaard hingegen ist solche Hingabe an einen anderen Menschen als Abgötterei abzuweisen.Unter Bezugnahme auf Luth…Read more
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35Perceptions of Privacy in the Care of Elderly People in Five European CountriesNursing Ethics 10 (1): 39-47. 2003.The focus of this article is on elderly patients’ and nursing staff perceptions of privacy in the care of elderly patients/residents in five European countries. Privacy includes physical, social and informational elements. The results show that perceptions of privacy were strongest in the UK (Scotland) and weakest in Greece. Country comparisons revealed statistically significant differences between the perceptions of elderly patients and also between those of nurses working in the same ward or l…Read more
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10Nurses' perspectives on the suffering of preterm infantsNursing Ethics 20 (7): 0969733012475251. 2013.The concept of suffering is discussed among those who are cognitively aware and verbally capable to express their suffering. Due to immaturity, preterm infants’ abilities to express suffering are limited. Relieving suffering is an ethical and juridical demand of good nursing care. The purpose of this study is to describe nurses’ perceptions of the suffering of preterm infants. A descriptive qualitative approach was selected. Data were collected from essays written by nurses (n = 19) working in t…Read more
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32Perceptions of Autonomy, Privacy and Informed Consent in the Care of Elderly People in Five European Countries: general overviewNursing Ethics 10 (1): 18-27. 2003.Ethical issues in the care of elderly people have been identified in many countries. We report the findings of a comparative research project funded by the European Commission, which took place between 1998 and 2001. The project explored the issues of autonomy (part I), privacy (part II) and informed consent (part III) in nursing practice. Data were collected from elderly residents/patients (n = 573) and nursing staff (n = 887) in five European countries: Finland, Spain, Greece, Germany and the …Read more
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33Perceptions of Informed Consent in the Care of Elderly People in Five European CountriesNursing Ethics 10 (1): 48-57. 2003.The focus of this article is on elderly patients’ and nursing staff perceptions of informed consent in the care of elderly patients/residents in five European countries. The results suggest that patients and nurses differ in their views on how informed consent is implemented. Among elderly patients the highest frequency for securing informed consent was reported in Finland; the lowest was in Germany. In contrast, among nurses, the highest frequency was reported in the UK (Scotland) and the lowes…Read more
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32This article discusses nurses’ and elderly patients’ perceptions of the realization of autonomy, privacy and informed consent in five European countries. Comparisons between the concepts and the countries indicated that both nurses and patients gave the highest ratings to privacy and the lowest to informed consent. There were differences between countries. According to the patient data, autonomy is best realized in Spain, privacy in the UK (Scotland), and informed consent in Finland. For the sta…Read more
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20Factors influencing union formation in nairobi, kenyaJournal of Biosocial Science 41 (4): 433-455. 2009.
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28The Every-Day Miracle of Legal Translation: Deborah Cao: Translating Law , 189 pp, ISBN-13: 978-1-85359-954-5International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue Internationale de Sémiotique Juridique 21 (1): 67-72. 2008.
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25Cette étude propose une analyse des différences et similitudes linguistiques dans la presse écrite traditionnelle et les médias participatifs en ligne afin d’évaluer dans quelle mesure la production et la diffusion en ligne peuvent modifier nos usages linguistiques. Les analyses effectuées se basent sur un large corpus (8 millions de mots) qui représente des modes d’expression et des degrés de subjectivité a priori différents
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31Beauty in the eyes of God. Byzantine aesthetics and Basil of caesareaByzantion 82 165-212. 2012.The quintessence of Byzantine faith is the twofold identification of the God-Man. Yet, the image of God Jesus Christ and the transcendent Trinity is a one-God concept. Inevitability, I argue Byzantine aesthetics had to recognize God as both anthropomorphous and divine. Since, omission of God’s divinity would verify God as divisible. In line with apophatic theology, Byzantine aesthetics used non-categorizations and non-identifications, what I denominate meta-images, to teach about God’s divinity …Read more
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3Mode Et Philosophie Ou le Néoplatonisme En Silhouette: 1470-1500Belles Lettres. 2004.Cet ouvrage a pour but de déterminer qu'il existe bien un rapport entre la mode vestimentaire et la pensée d'un moment. La philosophie néoplatonicienne de la Renaissance, toute occupée à définir le beau, représente un terrain idéal pour étudier le lien entre pensée philosophique et matérialité vestimentaire.
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10Critique de la politique: autour de Miguel Abensour (edited book)Sens & Tonka. 2004.L'ouvrage rend hommage au travail de Miguel Abensour et met en évidence les apports et innovations dans le domaine de la philosophie politique critique. Différents chercheurs de nombreux pays prolongent par leurs travaux les perspectives ouvertes par Miguel Abensour.
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34L. Di Paola: Viaggi, trasporti e istituzioni. Studi sul cursus publicus. Pp. 163. Messina: Di. Sc. A. M., 1999. Paper, L. 48,000. ISBN: 88-8268-099- (review)The Classical Review 51 (02): 437-. 2001.
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45Comparing Causality in Freudian Reasoning and Critical RealismJournal of Critical Realism 9 (1): 5-32. 2010.This article initially discusses reasons why Freud researchers turn to critical realism since this is what led me to compare causality in the two traditions in the first place. Three arguments on causality follow. First, it is argued that Freud's analyses of unconscious processes merit closer attention by critical realists, focusing on the relation between causal unconscious processes and rationality, and causal unconscious processes and social change. It may be objected that this does not conce…Read more
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65The Cyborg as an Interpretation of Culture‐NatureZygon 36 (1): 49-56. 2001.The idea of “nature” performs an important cultural work. The cyborg‐nature is an attempt to free ourselves from the features of the culturally authorized concepts of nature. The cyborg offers new metaphors to both academic and popular theorizing for comprehending the different ways that sciences and technologies affect our lives, subjectivities, and concepts. The cyborg is a lived reality and a metaphor. Paul Tillich deemed it necessary to have a mythos of technology to explain our technologies…Read more
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299Speaking Cyborg: Technoculture and TechnonatureZygon 37 (2): 279-288. 2002.Two ways of self‐interpretation merged in Western thought: the Hebrew and the Greek. What is unique, if anything, about the human species? The reinterpretation of this problem has been a constant process; here I am referring to Philip Hefner and the term created co‐creator, and particularly to Donna Haraway and the term cyborg. Simultaneously, humans have been fascinated by the thought of transgressing the boundaries that seem to separate them from the rest of nature. Any culture reflects the wa…Read more
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Pediatric patient-oriented problem-solving near the end of lifeIn James L. Werth & Dean Blevins (eds.), Decision making near the end of life: issues, developments, and future directions, Routledge. 2009.
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