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Galectin-1 regulation of skeletal muscle wasting in cancer cachexia

The modern oncology can control cancer progression leading to chronic treatments. In the absence of controls, patients reach a state slowly wasting. Orexigenic drugs (corticosteroids, megestrol acetate, medroxyprogesterone acetate, etc.) (Conlisk et al.

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Athanasius of Alexandria's defense against Arianism and the Trinity

Athanasius of Alexandria, roughly 296 -- 373 AD, is also known as St. Athansius the Great, St. Athanasius the Confessor, and St. Athanasius the Apostolic.

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Federal housing policies and the 2008 financial crisis

The Standard and Poors Index was over 1,500 and unemployment was below 5%. There was essentially no inflation. These were all good numbers and normally indicative of a health economy (Bloomberg Business Week).

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Hamlet and the relationship between tragedy and modern political thought

The Struggle of Being and Power of the Passions attempts to show the role played by the tragedy in areas such as aesthetics and politics. To this end, the idea is to see, in broad terms, the relationship between tragedy and modern political thought.

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Foucault's "History of Sexuality" and modern discourse on sexuality

The "History of Sexuality" as posited by Foucault, purportedly is an attempt to disprove the notion that westernized society has been inhibited and repressed sexually for centuries and that the notion of sexuality has become something determined unmentionable that is difficult to talk about (Patton…

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Communication and conflict in palliative care teams

The natural thing is to want to heal the person so when that doesn't work, people feel stymied and angry. Communication in any such instance is difficult.

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YouTube as a key information and communication technology in education

"Many educators believe that the act of creating content…is a valuable learning exercise… [YouTube] allows students to replace passive learning with active participation, where everyone has a voice, anyone can contribute, and the value lies less in the content itself than in the networks of…

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Anti-Semitism in English literature from medieval times to the nineteenth century

Jew English literature. The reflection Anti-Semitism racism in novels plays Jew Malta, Oliver Twist, Shakespeare's works e.g The Merchant venice. With elaboration end racism anti-semitism.

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Withholding end-of-life prognosis information: informed consent in Canadian nursing practice

The foregoing discussion is an incursion into nursing ethics. Implication(s) to 'omission' of information as a customary practice within our healthcare institution is reviewed in relation to best practices pertaining to 'informed consent,' and hospital policy is not definitive.

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Nike's "thinks for your feet" marketing strategy for tech workers

The NIKE Corporation website targets a new global movement in mind-body synergy through artificial intelligence, 'thinks for your feet.' In the last twenty years the multi-billion dollar corporation has mobilized its methodology in sales on the wings of a Greek goddess.

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