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Abbas, Abbas. "The Racist Fact against American-Indians in Steinbeck’s The Pearl." ELS Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities 3, no. 3 (September 25, 2020): 376–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.34050/elsjish.v3i3.11347.
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the social conditions of Indians as Native Americans for the treatment of white people who are immigrants from Europe in America. This research explores aspects of the reality of Indian relations with European immigrants in America that have an impact on discriminatory actions against Indians in John Steinbeck's novel The Pearl. Social facts are traced through fiction as part of the genetics of literary works. The research method used is genetic structuralism, a literary research method that traces the origin of the author's imagination in his fiction. The imagination is considered a social reality that reflects events in people's lives. The research data consist of primary data in the form of literary works, and secondary data are some references that document the background of the author's life and social reality. The results of this research indicate that racist acts as part of American social facts are documented in literary works. The situation of poor Indians and displaced people in slums is a social fact witnessed by John Steinbeck as the author of the novel The Pearl through an Indian fictional character named Kino. Racism is an act of white sentiment that discriminates against Native Americans, namely the Indian community.
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Handelsman, Jo. "Not Science Fiction: Undergraduates Productive in Research." DNA and Cell Biology 29, no. 9 (September 2010): 465. http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/dna.2010.2507.
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Crea, Francesco. "EZH2and cancer stem cells: fact or fiction?" Epigenomics 3, no. 2 (April 2011): 127–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.2217/epi.11.4.
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Bowater, Laura, Christine Cornea, Helen James, and Richard P. Bowater. "Using science fiction to teach science facts." Biochemist 34, no. 6 (December 1, 2012): 15–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/bio03406015.
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The contributors to this discussion teach in three different Faculties at the University of East Anglia (UEA) – Science, Arts & Humanities and Medicine & Health Sciences. They have each used science fiction to explore learning outcomes in their distinct teaching practices. The discussion below highlights how contemporary science fiction can operate as a touchstone for debate that informs biochemistry teaching. Laura, Helen and Richard have all studied basic sciences, gaining PhDs in various aspects of biochemistry and molecular biology, and each have taught undergraduates and postgraduates at UEA. Helen and Richard are based in the Faculty of Science. Laura is based in the Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, and uses her interest in science communication to explore university teaching practices that involve science fiction. Christine gained a PhD from her research of technology and performance in science fiction film and is based in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities.
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Khairatun Hisan, Urfa, and Cyril B. Romero. "Designer Babies are No Longer Science Fiction: What are The Ethical Considerations?" Bincang Sains dan Teknologi 2, no. 03 (October 19, 2023): 124–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.56741/bst.v2i03.437.
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Designer babies, a concept once relegated to science fiction, are now a burgeoning topic of discussion and exploration in genetics and bioethics. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the designer baby phenomenon, examining its definition and evolution from cinematic fantasy to scientific possibility. We delve into the intricate mechanisms behind designer babies, shedding light on the genetic engineering technologies, particularly CRISPR, that underpin this concept. While these technologies hold immense promise, they are still nascent, awaiting rigorous development and ethical scrutiny. The paper highlights the current state of designer baby research, emphasising that successful implementations on human subjects remained unverified as of its writing. Notably, we recount the controversial case of He Jiankui, whose unapproved and ethically questionable experimentation with CRISPR on embryos in China sent shockwaves through the scientific community. The arguments surrounding designer babies are dissected, presenting both proponents' views, such as the potential to eradicate genetic diseases and enhance human potential, and critics' concerns about ethical dilemmas, reduced genetic diversity, social inequality, and unpredictable consequences. Ethical considerations are paramount, touching upon human dignity, social justice, eugenics, unintended consequences, autonomy, and the impact on religious and moral convictions. Once a fantastical notion, designer babies have become a tangible subject of scientific inquiry and ethical discourse. This paper endeavours to provide a comprehensive understanding of the multifaceted dimensions surrounding designer babies, allowing readers to contemplate the ethical, social, and scientific implications of a future where genetic engineering may shape the very essence of human existence. As society grapples with these profound questions, we must navigate this uncharted territory with wisdom, responsibility, and an unwavering commitment to ethical principles.
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Burgess, Mark. "Looking good: Science and the Creative Image: The Royal Society, London, 10 November 2003." Biochemist 26, no. 1 (February 1, 2004): 35–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/bio02601035.
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Are the dramatic images that many scientists now use to liven up their research papers a good way of communicating science to an untrained audience? Or are they starting to blur the border between fact and fiction, sacrificing truth for visual effect?
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Lavi, Shai. "Cloning International Law: The Science and Science Fiction of Human Cloning and Stem-Cell Patenting." Law, Culture and the Humanities 14, no. 1 (March 13, 2014): 83–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1743872114522155.
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The article offers a critical appraisal of the rise of international governance in the field of genetics and reproductive technologies as “legal cloning.” It critically explores two of the dominant approaches to the homogenization of international law: the instrumentalist approach promoted by legal realists (law and science) and the deterministic approach advanced by legal surrealists (law and science fiction). As an alternative to both, the article offers an account of bio-technology’s modus operandi, and its power to “clone,” namely, to reduce human diversity – whether genetic, moral, or legal – not to identity but to a controlled and standardized uniformity. By examining three case studies of international law and transnational law – the UN declaration on human cloning, the recent restriction of the patenting of human embryonic stem cell research by the CJEU – along with Aldous Huxley’s classic novel Brave New World, the article unveils three different ways in which cloning operates in international law: international law versus cloning, international law as cloning, and the cloning of international law.
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Herdegen, Thomas, and Vicki Waetzig. "AP-1 proteins in the adult brain: facts and fiction about effectors of neuroprotection and neurodegeneration." Oncogene 20, no. 19 (April 2001): 2424–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.onc.1204387.
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Pearson, Wendy. "127 Equine Nutraceuticals: Is Science Finally Catching up to Fiction?" Journal of Animal Science 99, Supplement_3 (October 8, 2021): 66–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jas/skab235.120.
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Abstract Nutraceutical supplements have become requisite fare in equine stables across North America and Europe, and a robust marketing engine has propagated the notion that every horse owner has the ability to contribute to the management – and even treatment – of some of the most important health and performance issues facing the modern horse. The voracious appetite of horse owners and managers for these supplements has vastly outpaced research into equine-specific efficacy, safety or toxicity of the majority of available products. Indeed, even government regulators have been left scrambling to accommodate the unique characteristics of nutraceuticals for horses within existing feed and drug guidelines, whilst the groundswell of consumer demand creates a fertile and attractive venue for a myriad of equine nutraceutical products. This presentation will identify peculiarities of horses and horse enthusiasts which define the opportunities and challenges associated with equine nutraceutical products. The current state of scientific inquiry will be explored, focusing on supplements targeting common equine health issues including arthritis, laminitis and gastrointestinal disorders. This critical mass of scientific evidence is then compared with popular marketing of equine nutraceuticals, in order to caliper the distance between science and fiction.
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Leto Barone, Angelo A., Saami Khalifian, W. P. Andrew Lee, and Gerald Brandacher. "Immunomodulatory Effects of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells: Fact or Fiction?" BioMed Research International 2013 (2013): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/383685.
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Adipose-derived stromal cells (ASCs) are often referred to as adipose-derived stem cells due to their potential to undergo multilineage differentiation. Their promising role in tissue engineering and ability to modulate the immune system are the focus of extensive research. A number of clinical trials using ASCs are currently underway to better understand the role of such cell niche in enhancing or suppressing the immune response. If governable, such immunoregulatory role would find application in several conditions in which an immune response is present (i.e., autoimmune conditions) or feared (i.e., solid organ or reconstructive transplantation). Although allogeneic ASCs have been shown to prevent acute GvHD in both preclinical and clinical studies, their potential warrants further investigation. Well-designed and standardized clinical trials are necessary to prove the role of ASCs in the treatment of immune disorders or prevention of tissue rejection. In this paper we analyze the current literature on the role of ASCs in immunomodulationin vitroandin vivoand discuss their potential in regulating the immune system in the context of transplantation.
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Gronthos, Stan. "The therapeutic potential of dental pulp cells: more than pulp fiction?" Cytotherapy 13, no. 10 (November 2011): 1162–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/14653249.2011.623827.
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Wiseman, Richard, and Caroline Watt. "Experiencing the impossible and creativity: a targeted literature review." PeerJ 10 (July 20, 2022): e13755. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13755.
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Previous work suggests that unexpected and surprising experiences (e.g., living in another culture or looking at surreal images) promotes creative thinking. This targeted literature review examines whether the inherent cognitive disruption associated with experiencing the seemingly impossible has a similar effect. Correlational and experimental research across six domains (entertainment magic, fantasy play, virtual reality and computer gaming, dreaming, science fiction/fantasy, and anomalous experiences) provided consistent support for the hypothesis. In addition, anecdotal evidence illustrated the possible impact that the creative output associated with each of these areas may have had on technology, science, and the arts. It is argued that impossible experiences are an important driver of creative thinking, thus accounting for reports of such experiences across the lifespan and throughout history. The theoretical and practical implications of this work are discussed, along with recommendations for future research.
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Cross, Emily S., Ruud Hortensius, and Agnieszka Wykowska. "From social brains to social robots: applying neurocognitive insights to human–robot interaction." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 374, no. 1771 (March 11, 2019): 20180024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2018.0024.
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Amidst the fourth industrial revolution, social robots are resolutely moving from fiction to reality. With sophisticated artificial agents becoming ever more ubiquitous in daily life, researchers across different fields are grappling with the questions concerning how humans perceive and interact with these agents and the extent to which the human brain incorporates intelligent machines into our social milieu. This theme issue surveys and discusses the latest findings, current challenges and future directions in neuroscience- and psychology-inspired human–robot interaction (HRI). Critical questions are explored from a transdisciplinary perspective centred around four core topics in HRI: technical solutions for HRI, development and learning for HRI, robots as a tool to study social cognition, and moral and ethical implications of HRI. Integrating findings from diverse but complementary research fields, including social and cognitive neurosciences, psychology, artificial intelligence and robotics, the contributions showcase ways in which research from disciplines spanning biological sciences, social sciences and technology deepen our understanding of the potential and limits of robotic agents in human social life. This article is part of the theme issue ‘From social brains to social robots: applying neurocognitive insights to human–robot interaction’.
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Pascart, T., P. Carpentier, L. Norberciak, J. Legrand, E. Houvenagel, F. Becce, and J. F. Budzik. "OP0175 IDENTIFYING PERIPHERAL VASCULAR MONOSODIUM URATE CRYSTAL DEPOSITION WITH DUAL-ENERGY CT: FACT OR FICTION? THE VASCURATE STUDY." Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 79, Suppl 1 (June 2020): 109.2–109. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-eular.4522.
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Background:The close relationship between gout and cardiovascular diseases is well established. A growing hypothesis explaining this association would be that monosodium urate (MSU) crystals are deposited within vessel walls. Dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) can identify and quantify MSU crystal deposition in soft tissues. It remains unclear whether vascular spots exhibiting DECT attenuation characteristics of MSU are artefacts or true MSU crystal deposits.Objectives:The objectives of this study were to determine whether the presence of peripheral vascular MSU crystal deposition identified with DECT is associated with the extent of MSU deposits in joint soft tissues, and if this association persists over time under urate-lowering therapy.Methods:Patients with a clinical suspicion or established gout diagnosis prospectively underwent DECT for identification and quantification of the MSU crystal burden in their knees and feet. Some of these patients were also enrolled in the GOUT-DECTUS longitudinal study, and thus underwent follow-up DECT scans of their knees and feet at 6, 12 and 24 months. DECT scans were examined for the presence of vascular spots ≥0.01 cm3 classified as MSU crystal deposits according to the default post-processing settings. Multiple linear regressions adjusting on serum urate levels and gout diagnosis were implemented to determine the association between DECT MSU crystal volume in joint soft tissues, and the presence of vascular MSU deposits. Mixed linear models were used to compare DECT volumes of MSU crystal deposition in soft tissues between vascular MSU positive and negative patients during follow-up.Results:A total of 169 patients were included, of which 140 had a final diagnosis of gout, including 15 also included in the longitudinal study. Patients were mostly male (78.8%) and were 65.5 ± 14.6 years old. Among gout patients, disease duration was 9.3 ± 9.9 years and 56.5% were urate lowering therapy-naive. A total of 11/29 (37.9%) controls and 40/140 (28.6%) gout patients presented with a least one vascular spot of DECT MSU deposition, with an average volume of 0.02 ± 0.02 cm3, and all subjects also presented at least one vascular calcification. In the feet, patients positive for vascular DECT MSU crystal deposition had an MSU volume of 3.81 ± 10.06 cm3 in joint soft tissues, compared with 1.85 ± 7.72 cm3 for those without vascular MSU deposition (p=0.018). In the knees, patients with vascular MSU deposition had an MSU crystal volume of 6.03 ± 24.13 cm3 in joint soft tissues, compared with 0.83 ± 2.88 cm3 for those without vascular evidence of MSU deposition. In the longitudinal subgroup analysis, coefficients of the fixed effects for the presence of vascular MSU deposits on the MSU crystal volume in joint soft tissues was 0.4 (p=0.35) in the feet and 1.21 (p=0.03) in the knees. The presence of vascular DECT MSU deposits was associated with a 3.4-fold increase in MSU crystal volume in knee joint soft tissues throughout follow-up.Conclusion:This study suggests that some vascular spots identified with DECT as MSU crystal deposition may be real and not artefacts. This correlation remains throughout follow-up in the knees. However, the comparable prevalence of vascular DECT MSU deposits between gout patients and controls, the systematic co-existence of vascular calcifications and the uneven regression under urate-lowering therapy requires further analysis to determine which DECT spots are artefacts and which are not.References:[1]Dual-Energy Computed Tomography Detection of Cardiovascular Monosodium Urate Deposits in Patients With Gout. Klauser AS, Halpern EJ, Strobl S, Gruber J, Feuchtner G, Bellmann-Weiler R, Weiss G, Stofferin H, Jaschke W.Disclosure of Interests:Tristan Pascart Grant/research support from: Research Grant Horizon Pharma, Consultant of: Novartis, BMS, Sanofi, Pfizer,, Speakers bureau: Novartis, BMS, Paul Carpentier: None declared, Laurène Norberciak: None declared, Julie Legrand: None declared, Eric Houvenagel Speakers bureau: Janssen, Novartis, Fabio Becce: None declared, Jean-François Budzik: None declared
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KRYVENCHUK, YURII, and Y. Lavryk. "CREATION OF FACIAL EMOTION RECOGNITION SYSTEM." Herald of Khmelnytskyi National University 303, no. 6 (December 2021): 69–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.31891/2307-5732-2021-303-6-69-72.
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In the modern world, a lot of things and processes, which not so long ago were treated as something from fiction, are increasingly being implemented in real life. An example of this is the automation of the process of recognizing emotions, which is no longer an unattainable technology and occupies an important place in the area of computer vision. Technologies for recognizing the emotions of facial expression can be used for various fields and purposes: from creating games and applications to more complex, such as analysis of people’s mental state, discussions, marketing research, attention monitoring, driver status, robotics and so on. All this confirms the high academic and commercial potential of systems for recognizing the emotional characteristics of the person and, accordingly, brings a large number of scientists and developers, some of whom have already implemented such systems. But today their number is small and a lot of such products require special equipment and high computing performance. Another common problem is the vulnerability to blurred images and the closed nature of the system, which makes it impossible to analyze and modify the development. Therefore, the optimization of the automated process of recognizing the emotions of facial expression is needed in order to create a more stable, high quality and affordable system. The paper have description and results of the creation of system of emotion recognition, the basis of which is a convolutional neural network. The user can connect with the system through a simple interface that allows you to download the image for analysis or turn on the camera to identify emotions in real time. The practical value of this work is the developed high-quality system for recognizing the facial emotional characteristics which is ready for use and implementation in relevant fields.
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Van Hulle, Dirk. "The Stuff of Fiction: Digital Editing, Multiple Drafts and the Extended Mind." Textual Cultures 8, no. 1 (March 5, 2014): 23–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.14434/tcv8i1.5048.
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Since genetic criticism regards modern manuscripts as a research object in and of itself, it objects to an editorial practice that treats manuscript studies as a mere tool towards the making of a scholarly edition. Still, an exchange of ideas between genetic criticism and scholarly editing can be mutually beneficial and may work in two directions. This essay therefore starts from digital scholarly editing, more specifically from recent developments in computer-assisted collation of multiple draft versions, to see how it can contribute to the study of modern manuscripts. The argument is that the combination of textual scholarship and genetic criticism can be an effective instrument for literary critics, enabling them to study the material aspect of the writing process as an inherent part of what cognitive philosophy calls “the extended mind”; and that this extensiveness does not only apply to the writer’s mind, but that an awareness of manuscripts as a crucial part of the “stuff of fiction” can also contribute to a better understanding of literary evocations of the fictional mind.
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Saund, Gurpreet S., and Kulandai Samy. "Eco-critical dystopia and anthropocentrism in Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake." Scientific Temper 14, no. 03 (September 27, 2023): 741–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.58414/scientifictemper.2023.14.3.26.
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Geopolitical anxieties entangled and emerged with the anthropocene, creating a collective imaginary of critical eco-dystopia in a fictive way. The imaginings of apocalypse evade the entire human civilization with its natural habitat, deluging the corpses to be laid onto the death-stricken bed of the world. Drawings on sight provide an anthropocentrism-critical approach toward the textual interpretation in general. This research article decontextualizes critical dystopian fiction and predicts the reality of biotechnology advances in Oryx and Crake. It expands on the eco-critical dystopian world to the point that it defines its long-term viability through compelling human insights that exemplify destructive acts. For instance, cybernetics, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, species splicing, and genetic engineering deploy the critical dystopic vision and transform the planet into a dilapidated globe, which becomes an untowelled world
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Nakhlik, Olesya. "VERBALIZATION OF RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR IN POLISH LITERARY REPORTS: THE TRAGEDY OF MAN IN THE POST-TRUTH ERA." Polish Studies of Kyiv, no. 38 (2022): 241–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/psk.2022.38.241-258.
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The Revolution of Dignity and the war in the East of Ukraine caused the active emergence and formation of a whole segment of the new national literature, in which a special place was occupied by non-fiction: reportages, memoirs and recollections of the direct participants of these landmark events in the recent history of Ukraine. On the other hand, the appearance of collections of Polish literary reports by P. Pieniążek and T. Grzewaczewski about the Russian-Ukrainian war in the Donbass, about existence on the front line, as well as in other quasi-republics on the territories of post-Soviet states, resulted in an active public discussion also in Polish society about the causes and cardinal and irreversible consequences of armed conflicts in the life of a person, family, nation. The article analyzes for the first time in Ukrainian literary studies the way in which the vivid language of witnesses of dramatic events in the territories over which the „shadow” of Russian imperialism still hangs, conveys their deep personal stories of struggle for their own „truth”, painful losses, daily reconstruction of the destroyed reality, evacuation and preservation of home as the place of the only refuge. The article discusses in general the way of awareness, structuring and acceptance of a new reality through a non-artistic presentation of reality. Separate research attention has been focused on the reporters’ and their co-interlocutors’ reflections on the complex process of identity formation in the struggle against Soviet nostalgia, ideological manipulation and Russian propaganda, regional contradictions and under the influence of traumatic experiences of loss. This is the first attempt to explore the insightful observations and conversations the two reporters had about the war’s touching of human relations – the civil- ian population living in the basements of bombed-out houses, and the military, defending the front lines (on both sides). With careful use of literary metaphors and comparisons, the reportages by P. Pieniążek and T. Grzywaczewski are yet another important voice in the literature on the war caused by Russia, in addition to Ukrainian self-reflection.
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Dodds, John H., and Jesse M. Jaynes. "Crop Plant Genetic Engineering: Science Fiction to Science Fact." Outlook on Agriculture 16, no. 3 (September 1987): 111–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/003072708701600303.
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Recombinant DNA technology covers a wide range of biochemical techniques used to cut, splice, and move DNA from one organism to another. Genetic engineering began as a basic scientific study to learn more about gene expression and gene structure in bacteria. In the last 10 years the techniques of recombinant DNA technology have moved from the university research laboratory to the industrial production level. The techniques are applicable to all organisms and studies have been made of the genomes of viruses, bacteria, yeasts, animals, and plants. It is the latter, genetic engineering of plants, which is covered in this article.
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Galmiche-Essue, Julia. "From Fictional Ethnography to Ethnographic Fiction: The Example of Le continent du Tout et du presque Rien by Sami Tchak." Research in African Literatures 54, no. 3 (September 2024): 73–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.2979/ral.00017.
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ABSTRACT: Sami Tchak is renowned for his novels that skillfully blend elements of literature and research, creating a fictionalized portrayal of both worlds. While commentators have examined various aspects of Tchak's work, none have explored the connection between literature and social sciences in his novels through their shared element, the book. This article demonstrates how his novel Le continent du Tout et du presque Rien (2021) aims to dismantle the assumed boundaries between form and content, reality and fiction, scientific discourse and literary expression. Through the fictionalization of ethnology books and African novels, it challenges preconceived notions, revealing the scientific elements within literary discourse and the literary aspects within scientific discourse. The novel combines a genealogical approach, addressing the Other through the lens of ethnology's influence on Africa's perception, with a genetic approach, aligning itself with the African literary canon.
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CHEPURINA, VERA. "VARIABILITY OF THE NARRATOR'S IMAGE IN SPEECH PERFORMANCE ART." Культурный код, no. 2022-3 (2022): 100–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.36945/2658-3852-2022-3-100-112.
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The article is devoted to the phenomenon of the narrator, who is considered as the subject of action in the speech performing art. The author of the article believes that the problem of the variability of the narrator's image deserves close attention. The answer to the question of who the performer feels in the story being told is of fundamental importance. The typology of the narrator's image revealed in the article is based on the research of specialists in the field of the language of Russian fiction. The degree of involvement of the narrator in the story he is broadcasting is used as the basis for the typology. Special attention is paid to the correlation of the narrator's image with the author of the literary work. At the same time, the author of the article argues that the variety of unique variants of the narrator's image in oral narration is determined not only by the main characteristics set by the author-creator, but also provided by the concept of the performer. The position of the narrator in the depicted world is due to the originality and uniqueness of the storytelling situation. The variability of the image, the dynamic relationship between the author, the narrator and the characters correspond to the principle of a pluralistic model of the world as one of the fundamental features of postmodern art.
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Fortoul van der Goes, Teresa I. "Las tijeras de… ¿Dios?" Revista de la Facultad de Medicina 67, no. 1 (January 10, 2024): 3–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.22201/fm.24484865e.2024.67.1.01.
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even before the discovery of the existence of genes, science fiction writers were already curious about the ability to modify the genetic code of living beings and its ethical implications. Dragon Island already raised the ethical dilemma posed by genetic modification today known as genetic engineering. The continuous interest in expanding knowledge about the human genome and the different genes encoded has driven progress in DNA sequencing and from research, interests have been directed towards a greater understanding of the function of genes and progress in the most precise genetic editing possible.
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Zalomkina, Galina V. "GOTHIC COMPONENTS OF SCIENCE FICTION’S GENEALOGY." VESTNIK IKBFU PHILOLOGY PEDAGOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY, no. 2 (2023): 43–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.5922/pikbfu-2023-2-5.
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Science fiction can be defined as the literature about cognizable unusual phenomena which represents hypothetical scientific, technical and social products of their rational exploration. Before the genre emerged, the subject of exploring the unusual was developed mainly in the field of mythological fiction, which became the basic element of Gothic literature. In Gothic, the features of science fiction began to form: in M. Shelley’s novel “Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus”, the motives of the supernatural are rationalized through the use of scientific and technical issues. The goal of the presented research is detecting the nature, methods and specifics of the transformations of the Gothic plot that led to the formation of the science fiction genre. It is achieved by the use of comparative, historical-genetic, hermeneutic, mythopoetic methods. Gothic literature reacted to the growing interest in scientific and technological progress by attempting to rationalize the elements of the supernatural plot: demons, werewolves, the living dead could be presented either as a result of experimentation or as an object of scientific exploration. In Russian literature, V. F. Odoevsky made a move from Gothic poetics towards long-term social, scientific and technological forecasting in a fiction text. The role of Gothic in the genesis of science fiction is clearly visible in the artistic world of H. P. Lovecraft who elaborated supernatural horror in the form of nonhuman manifestations of the indifferent Universe. The protagonist scientist is involved into the knowledge of it and, therefore, is put in the situation of a mythological cultural hero, reinterpreted in the coordinates of the plot of scientific research.
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Nwoye, Leonard. "Ethical issues in human cloning." International Journal of Humanities and Innovation (IJHI) 2, no. 4 (January 5, 2020): 125–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.33750/ijhi.v2i4.54.
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Cloning, which for years has remained a fiction, has finally become a reality today. Genetic engineers can now clone animals to achieve a desired type of product with unique or specific genetic make-ups. Presently, actors in this field have produced cloned sheep, mice, monkeys, pigs and cows. This paper may not exhaust the list if it continues to outline the achievements of genetic engineers today. What is discussed in this research are not only the achievements of genetic engineers, rather the ethical problems surrounding them. How moral is it to clone a cow that will grow up abnormally and die in the shortest time? Also, human beings developed through cloning will experience identity problems, authenticity, freedom, autonomy, and the problem of uniqueness. These problems and more are what this research seeks to address using the methods of analysis, evaluation, and deduction.
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McManus, Chris. "Half a century of handedness research: Myths, truths; fictions, facts; backwards, but mostly forwards." Brain and Neuroscience Advances 3 (January 2019): 239821281882051. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2398212818820513.
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Although most people are right-handed and have language in their left cerebral hemisphere, why that is so, and in particular why about ten per cent of people are left-handed, is far from clear. Multiple theories have been proposed, often with little in the way of empirical support, and sometimes indeed with strong evidence against them, and yet despite that have become modern urban myths, probably due to the symbolic power of right and left. One thinks in particular of ideas of being right-brained or left-brained, of suggestions that left-handedness is due to perinatal brain damage, of claims that left-handers die seven years earlier than right-handers, and of the unfalsifiable ramifications of the byzantine Geschwind-Behan-Galaburda theory. This article looks back over the past fifty years of research on brain asymmetries, exploring the different themes and approaches, sometimes in relation to the author’s own work. Taking all of the work together it is probable that cerebral asymmetries are under genetic control, probably with multiple genetic loci, only a few of which are now beginning to be found thanks to very large databases that are becoming available. Other progress is also seen in proper meta-analyses, the use of fMRI for studying multiple functional lateralisations in large number of individuals, fetal ultra-sound for assessing handedness before birth, and fascinating studies of lateralisation in an ever widening range of animal species. With luck the next fifty years will make more progress and show fewer false directions than had much of the work in the previous fifty years.
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Zimmermann, Oliver, Kefei Li, Myron Zaczkiewicz, Matthias Graf, Zhongmin Liu, and Jan Torzewski. "C-Reactive Protein in Human Atherogenesis: Facts and Fiction." Mediators of Inflammation 2014 (2014): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/561428.
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The role of C-reactive protein (CRP) in atherosclerosis is controversially discussed. Whereas initial experimental studies suggested a pathogenic role for CRP in atherogenesis, more recent genetic data from Mendelian randomization trials failed to provide evidence for a causative role of CRP in cardiovascular disease. Also, experimental results from laboratories all over the world were indeed contradictory, partly because of species differences in CRP biology and partly because data were not accurately evaluated. Here we summarize the published data from experimental work with mainly human material in order to avoid confusion based on species differences in CRP biology. Experimental work needs to be reevaluated after reconsideration of some traditional rules in research: (1) in order to understand a molecule’s role in disease it may be helpful to be aware of its role in physiology; (2) it is necessary to define the disease entity that experimental CRP research deals with; (3) the scientific consensus is as follows: do not try to prove your hypothesis. Specific CRP inhibition followed by use of CRP inhibitors in controlled clinical trials may be the only way to prove or disprove a causative role for CRP in cardiovascular disease.
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Chambers, Paul. "From omics to systems biology: towards a more complete description and understanding of biology." Microbiology Australia 32, no. 4 (2011): 141. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ma11141.
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Technology sets limits on what can be achieved in research. The advent of genetic engineering accompanied by the development of monoclonal antibody technology in the 1970s heralded the birth of modern ?molecular biology?. This revolutionised the way we approach research in the biological sciences by allowing access to cellular structures and processes that were in the realm of science fiction a decade earlier. The invention of the PCR in the 1980s built on this, making cloning easier and a great deal more rapid; with PCR we no longer required a host and vector to amplify DNA and isolate targeted DNA sequences.
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BAHNG, AIMEE. "Specters of the Pacific: Salt Fish Drag and Atomic Hauntologies in the Era of Genetic Modification." Journal of American Studies 49, no. 4 (October 9, 2015): 663–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021875815001668.
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In part an examination of the speculative arena of genomics, particularly through the historical context of US nuclear detonations in the Pacific in the mid-twentieth century, this essay traces a rhetorical shift in scientific interest in “mutation” to “regeneration.” This shift marks how the financialization of scientific research brokers a profitable conversion of the devastations of the atomic age to the promissory therapies of the Human Genome Project. Against this backcloth, I turn to Larissa Lai's speculative fiction Salt Fish Girl, which resurrects these specters of the Pacific to haunt the HGP's projections and tether transpacific futurity to an irradiated past.
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Gieseler, Robert K., Theodor Baars, Mustafa K. Özçürümez, and Ali Canbay. "Liver Diseases: Science, Fiction and the Foreseeable Future." Journal of Personalized Medicine 14, no. 5 (May 4, 2024): 492. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm14050492.
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This Editorial precedes the Special Issue entitled “Novel Challenges and Therapeutic Options for Liver Diseases”. Following a historical outline of the roots of hepatology, we provide a brief insight into our colleagues’ contributions in this issue on the current developments in this discipline related to the prevention of liver diseases, the metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (or non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, respectively), liver cirrhosis, chronic viral hepatitides, acute-on-chronic liver failure, liver transplantation, the liver–microbiome axis and microbiome transplantation, and telemedicine. We further add some topics not covered by the contributions herein that will likely impact future hepatology. Clinically, these comprise the predictive potential of organokine crosstalk and treatment options for liver fibrosis. With regard to promising developments in basic research, some current findings on the genetic basis of metabolism-associated chronic liver diseases, chronobiology, metabolic zonation of the liver, aspects of the aging liver against the background of demography, and liver regeneration will be presented. We expect machine learning to thrive as an overarching topic throughout hepatology. The largest study to date on the early detection of liver damage—which has been kicked off on 1 March 2024—is highlighted, too.
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Samitova, Saviia Gimaltynovna. "Literary Arrangement of Folklore Plots into the Language of Fiction: The Poem by G. Tukay «SU Anasy» through the Prism of the Folklore and Mythological Basis of the Work." Ethnic Culture 3, no. 2 (June 25, 2021): 39–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.31483/r-98605.
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The article is the first attempt to determine the peculiarities of the perception of folklore and mythological plots, with the image of Su Anasy in the center, by Tatar fiction. The relevance and significance of the present research is determined by the lacunarity of this scientific topic in the modern Turkology research. The investigation reflected in this article is based on the use of comparative, systemic, functional and genetic methods, as well as the reconstruction method. The use of these methods is determined by the desire to present a comprehensive analysis of the multifactorial influence of the folklore and mythological specifics of the Su Anasy image on its plot, ideological, ethical and aesthetic adaptation to the field of fiction, that is the aim of the present work. In the course of the analysis, it was established that the central image of the poem of Tatar classic G. Tukay is a kind of quintessence of the traditional worldview of the Tatar ethnos, accumulating the most archaic, basic epistemological and axiological constants. The revealed fact of the dialogue between folklore and imaginative literature, forms an ethnically marked consonance between the two varieties of verbal creativity, and we can claim that this very statement explains the fact that several generations of literary scholars assess the Gabdulla Tukay’s «Su Anasy» as a truly folk work.
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Luyten, Alison. "Cognitive-genetic narratology and the fictional mind in To the Lighthouse." Manuscrítica: Revista de Crítica Genética, no. 28 (September 29, 2015): 94–111. http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/issn.2596-2477.i28p94-111.
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Although modernist writers claimed to “look within” and portray the workings of the mind rather than the material world “out there”, recent criticism in cognitive narratology, by David Herman, and genetic criticism, by Dirk Van Hulle, has punctured the myth of an “inward turn” by demonstrating how fictional minds in modernist narratives can be considered from the perspective of the Extended Mind Theory. This paper wishes to corroborate this criticism by examining two chapters from Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse, thus further demonstrating how the modernists’ intuitive shaping of fictional “extended minds” was informed by their own cognitive experiences with “thinking on paper”. I will touch upon the theoretical implications of combining genetic criticism and cognitive narratology, not only for a further renegotiation of the modernist project but also for the concept of authorship within the domain of genetic criticism. The central aim of my further research will be to investigate if the application of theories of distributed cognition can provide a re-definition of literary authorship.
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Gorokhov, Pavel Aleksandrovich. "Philosophical Aspects of the Problem of "Artificial Man" in Fiction." Философия и культура, no. 7 (July 2023): 1–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.7256/2454-0757.2023.7.38797.
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The problem of the creation of artificial man and the creation of artificial intelligence are issues that have now become not just potential, but also actual scientific tasks. The original genetic kinship of philosophy and literature as forms of human culture and meaning formation made it possible to comprehend the most important problems in works rich in ideological content and beautiful in form. The subject of the research is the philosophical aspects of the problem of the creation of artificial man in the classic works of fantasy literature of the XIX-XX centuries. This goal is achieved by consistent consideration and comparison of philosophical and anthropological ideas that can be isolated from the works of Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Mary Shelley, Herbert George Wells and M.A. Bulgakov. Hermeneutical method as interpretation and reconstruction of meanings, comparative historical analysis, philosophical comparative studies are used as the methodological basis of this historical and philosophical research. The novelty of the research lies in the historical and philosophical reconstruction of the problem of creating an artificial person, posed for the first time on the pages of the world art classics. The very idea of creating an artificial man was a continuation of the God-fighting aspirations of the Renaissance and the embodiment of the ardent desire to become not only on a par with the Creator, but also to surpass Him. When creating the image of the homunculus, Goethe also had in mind the contrivance, artificiality and fruitlessness of many enlightenment ideas, because the enlighteners questioned the very existence of God, putting a scientist-creator in His place. Goethe's idea of the futility and danger of experimenting with human nature was later developed by Mary Shelley, H. G. Wells and Mikhail Bulgakov. Wagner's homunculus and the creation of Dr. Frankenstein are the closest to the idea of man that prevailed in the philosophy of Modern times and educational pedagogy. Powerful notes of philosophical foresight of many plot moves of the coming history of mankind sound in the novel by Wells (the creation of Dr. Moreau) and the story of Bulgakov (Sharikov).
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Shaharir, S. S., M. S. Mohamed Said, S. Rajalingham, H. Mahadzir, R. Mustafar, and A. Abdul Wahab. "THU0283 DISTINCT CLINICAL FEATURES OF LATE–ONSET SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS AMONG MALAYSIAN MULTI-ETHNIC COHORT." Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 79, Suppl 1 (June 2020): 368.2–369. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-eular.272.
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Background:Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) commonly affects young women in their reproductive age group. However, there is an increase prevalence of late-onset SLE, parallel to the higher life expectancies among general populations worldwide. It has been reported that up to 25% SLE populations have a later onset of disease and their disease expression and course may be different.Objectives:To determine the clinical features and outcomes of late-onset SLE patients in a multi-ethnic Malaysian cohort.Methods:Medical records of SLE patients who attended regular follow-up clinics in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC) from 2011 until June 2019 were reviewed. Late-onset SLE was defined as the onset of SLE symptoms or diagnosis after the age of 50 years old. Information on their socio-demographics and disease characteristics were obtained from the clinical records. Disease damage was assessed using the SLICC/ACR (Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics/American College of Rheumatology) Damage Index (SDI) scores. The disease characteristics and autoantibody profiles were compared between late-onset and younger onset patients. Damage accrual at disease onset and at 5 years was obtained and compared between the two groups.Results:A total of 429 patients were included and majority of them were Malays (n= 225, 52.4%) followed by Chinese (n=180, 42), Indian (n=21, 4.9%) and others (n=3,0.7%). This multi-ethnic SLE cohort was consisted of predominantyly female patients (n=372,86.7%) with disease duration of 9.9 years ± 6.8 years. A total of 13.8% (n=59) had late onset SLE with mean onset of disease at 58.1 ± 6.3 years while younger group was 27.2 ± 9.4 years. The commonest system involvement among the late-onset group was haematological manifestation (69.5%).Compared to the younger-onset SLE, late-onset SLE occurred significantly higher among the Chinese (66.1%) as compared to Malay (32.3%), Indians and other ethnics (1.7%), p<0.01. Patients with late-onset SLE also had significantly less musculoskeletal (37.3% vs 62.4%) and renal (23.7% vs 71.1%), p<0.001 and tend to have less muco-cutanoues manifestations (28.8 vs 42.4%, p=0.06). Meanwhile, pulmonary involvement was more common among the late onset SLE patients (11.9% vs 0.8%, p<0.001). Extractable nuclear antigen (ENA) results were available in 197 patients and patients with late-onset SLE had significantly higher rate of anti-RO positive (63% vs 3.9%), p=0.01. Otherwise, no significant difference in the other autoantibodies expressions including anti-La, anti-Sm, anti-RNP, anti-ribosomal P and anti-phospholipid antibodies. Patients with late-onset SLE tend to have more damage accrual at 5 years as compared to the younger age group (p=0.07). The mortality in the late onset group was 13.6% (n=8) as compared to 2.7% (n=10) in the younger age group, p=0.01. Majority of the cause of death in the later onset SLE was infection (87.5%) while in the younger age group was infection and active disease (90%).Conclusion:Late onset SLE occurs more commonly among Chinese ethnics in Malaysia and Malaysian SLE patients with late onset of the disease have distinct clinical manifestations. Damage accrual at 5 years tend to be higher in the late-onset group and the mortality is significantly higher with the major cause of death is infection. The different disease expression and outcome in late onset SLE suggest different factors in influencing the disease course and hence further studies including their genetic profiles are warranted.References:[1]Paula I. Burgos; Graciela S. Alarcón. Late-onset Lupus: Facts and Fiction. Future Rheumatol. 2008;3(4):351-356.[2]S Stefanidou, C Gerodimos, A Benos et al. Clinical expression and course in patients with late onset systemic lupus erythematosus. Hippokratia. 2013; 17(2): 153–156.Acknowledgments:This research was supported by the “Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS/1/2018/SKK02/UKM/03/1)” by Ministry of Education MalaysiaDisclosure of Interests:Syahrul Sazliyana Shaharir: None declared, Mohd Shahrir Mohamed Said: None declared, Sakthiswary Rajalingham Speakers bureau: Pfizer (500USD), Hazlina Mahadzir: None declared, Ruslinda Mustafar: None declared, Asrul Abdul Wahab: None declared
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Nanda Saputra. "The Struggle of Belitung Malay Women and Pragmatic Stilistics in Novel Titled Dwilogy Moon Light (Dwilogi Padang Bulan)" By Andrea Hirata." LingLit Journal Scientific Journal for Linguistics and Literature 2, no. 4 (December 30, 2021): 173–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.33258/linglit.v2i4.555.
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The aim of this study is to describe the reality of fiction, the author's social and global ideas, the shape of the fight of Malay Belitung women, and to examine the novel Dwilogy Moon Light (Dwilogi Padang Bulan) by Hirata's use of pragmatic stylistics. Genetic structuralist theory, liberal feminism, and pragmatic stilistics were all utilised in this work. The genetic structuralism hypothesis is used to assess the truth of fiction, its social context, and the author's point of view. Liberal feminist theory is used to evaluate the forms and elements that contribute to the struggle for Malay Belitung women, while pragmatic stilistics is used to analyze innovative diction, language style, and speech acts. The descriptive qualitative method of analysis is used in this study, along with a heuristic and hermeneutic reading approach. The technique is then applied, with the goal of carefully and thoroughly listening to the contents of the story and then recording complete data in accordance with the formulation of research problems. The findings of this study reveal that (1) fiction is true in terms of themes, characters, and occurrences, grooves, backgrounds, and point of view. Social reality is manifested in the following ways: social processes, social change, social issues, and social structures. The author's world view takes the shape of a relationship between the novel's social setting and the social context of real life, as well as the author's cultural social background and literary work. (2) The Malay Belitung women's struggle takes the shape of a conflict in the fields of honor, economy, and education, and this is the driving force behind the struggle of Malay Belitung women. In novel, gender injustice manifests as marginalization, subjugation, stereotyping, violence, and workload, whereas gender equality manifests as access, participation, and control. (3) Pragmatic Stilistics takes the form of the use of concrete language styles such as special, greeting, connotative, and foreign. Based on the structure of the sentence, including climax, anticlimax, antithesis, and recurrence. Based on the simplest kind of meaning: Litotes, Policyendon, Hiperbola, Metaphor, Allegory, Personification, and Irony. Employing illocutorial speech acts such as aggressive, commanding, expressive, commissioning, and declaring.
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Boltivets, Sergii. "The Pavlov’s session continues: the anniversary of seven decades for psychology in Ukraine." Psihologìâ ì suspìlʹstvo 1, no. 83 (March 30, 2021): 132–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.35774/pis2021.01.132.
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The article reveals the historical conditions, content and consequences of the “Scientific session on the problems of physiological teaching of Academician I.P. Pavlov” June 28 - July 4, 1950, which aimed to establish the leading role of the cerebral cortex with the subordination of all physiological processes reflected in the conditioned reflexes determined by IP Pavlov. But in reality, such a meaning was only the external plot of J.V. Stalin’s script, which consisted in taming scientists by means of harassing one of their groups on another. The roles of whistleblowers and accused of infidelity to the teachings of I.P. Pavlov were determined by J.V. Stalin in advance from among the students of the scientist, and his scientific authority was turned into a means of reproach and accusation. In fact, the main reports, speeches and discussions only seemingly proclaimed their relevance to the purpose of the stated topic – the problems of physiological teaching of Academician I.P. Pavlov. These problems were only a means of accusing a group of scientists, first of all the favorite and closest to I.P. Pavlov of his students in order to discredit them and further repression. The proclamation at the session of June 28 - July 4, 1950 of the actual cult of personality of Pavlov was actually a means of devaluing this doctrine, as it limited the further development of physiological, and with it psychological, genetic, medical knowledge in the former USSR. The psychiatric continuation was realized in a subsequent similar session entitled: “Physiological teachings of Academician I.P. Pavlov in psychiatry and neuropathology”, which lasted from 11 to 15 October of the following year, 1951. Both sessions were preceded by a session of the All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences named after V.I. Lenin (in the Russian original abbreviation “VASHNIL – All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences named after V.I. Lenin”) July 31 – 1948, which was the destruction of genetics. Thus, the development of genetics, physiology, psychology, and psychiatry was interrupted for several decades. Repressions included the defeat of fiction (Resolution of the Central Committee of the VKP (b) on the magazines “Zvezda” and “Leningrad”, August 1946), the defeat of musical culture (Resolution “On decadent tendencies in Soviet music” on February 10, 1948), the defeat of research history (September 1946, September 1949), the defeat of biology (session “VASHNIL” in 1948), the defeat of physiology (Pavlov’s session, 1950), another defeat of economists’ research (Stalin’s article “Economic problems of socialism in the USSR” ), the defeat of linguistics (Stalin’s article “Marxism and the problems of linguistics” in 1959), the defeat of chemistry (1951), the defeat of medicine (The case of the murderous doctors 1952 – 1953). The contrast of the way of thinking characteristic of the people of Russia is revealed, on the basis of which repressions and an unprecedented conviction in the morality of murder and other forms of violence in the USSR became possible. As a result, the purpose of the scientist and his life purpose is redirected to serve the highest levels of power instead of serving the truth and evaluated from the height of these higher levels, where the criterion of truth is a matter of personal preference of the ruler of the top floor of the pyramid. The ways of using IP Pavlov’s name at the session dedicated to his name, as well as I.P. Pavlov’s position in relation to the authorities and psychologists are given. The opposition of the work of I.P. Pavlov to the works of Z. Freud, T. Morgan and other scientists, which is not justified by the content and scientific spheres in which scientists worked, is revealed. The Ukrainian-Georgian direction of the Pavlov’s session, which was considered peripheral from the point of view of the Moscow speakers appointed by J.V. Stalin, is covered. Based on the principle of action of V.A. Romanets, the main consequences of the aftereffect of seven decades are presented. These include the incompleteness of the aftermath of the Pavlov’s session, which consists not only in the indefinite implementation of its resolution, but also the transmission from generation to generation of scholars of postcolonial countries that emerged after the collapse of the USSR, ways of thinking, organizing relationships and imitative behavior that cannot be explained modern trends in the scientific world of free countries. The mechanisms of the system of organization of scientific activity tested by Pavlovskaya and other sessions, which after the collapse of the USSR replace the dead institutions of control over scientists, are revealed. The conclusions state that Ukraine must free itself from the communist Stalinist legacy, and that Ukrainian psychologists play a leading role in this, as the psychological climate of all Ukrainian science needs to change. It is noted that the creation of conditions for the free scientific search of Ukrainian scientists of all specialties requires the elimination of generalized fear, inherited and actualized by the current apologists of Stalinist academism. This fear must be transformed into the joy of creating previously unknown knowledge for the spiritual and intellectual prosperity of the Ukrainian nation in the community of other nations of the world.
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Kaphle, Dipak. "Genetic Engineering, Globalization and the Future of Ecology: An Ecocritical Study of Margaret Atwood’s The Year of the Flood." SCHOLARS: Journal of Arts & Humanities 3, no. 1 (March 1, 2021): 83–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/sjah.v3i1.35377.
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Applying ecocritical perspectives, this study examines and analyzes the impacts of genetic engineering under the dominance of corporate organizations in the era of globalization in Margaret Atwood’s fiction The Year of the Flood. The intrusion of genetic engineering in the age of globalization has been problematic because of the anthropocentric values of the corporate houses. In this context, this study argues that genetic engineering technology, if goes uncontrolled, is manipulated for corporate profit only, and raises serious risks to global biodiversity by promoting monoculture flora and fauna. Similarly, the study proves that the intense profit-making desire of the corporate world leads to global pandemic threatening the existence of natural organisms including humans. Members of the ‘God’s Gardeners’ in The Year of the Flood prepare themselves to be safe from the ‘Waterless Flood,’ a global pandemic that has been the result of uncontrolled experimentation of genetic engineering on food, animals and drug for corporate houses. The text, however, offers the possibilities of saving lives if genetic engineering is used from humanitarian perspectives. This research helps in understanding the role of economic activities in disturbing the global biodiversity. For the purpose of textual analysis, the study applies ecocritical perspectives of Vandana Shiva, Jeffery M. Smith, Claire Hope Cummings, and others with especial focus on “bioimperialism” as discussed by Shiva.
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Soletskyi, Oleksandr. "THE CORPORAL ICONOTROPISM OF VASYL STEFANYK." PRECARPATHIAN BULLETIN OF THE SHEVCHENKO SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY Word, no. 16(63) (August 26, 2022): 187–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.31471/2304-7402-2022-16(63)-187-196.
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Aim. The paper deals with the mutual transition of visual experience into verbal one in acts of creativity evidenced from the poetics of bodily iconotropism by Vasyl Stefanyk. The author focuses on identifying and interpreting the writer’s texts as the ‘body’ of the author, relying on Stefanyk’s self-reflexions and self-commentaries about his creative modes. The purpose of the paper is to establish the functionality and expressiveness of ‘corporeality’ as a semiotic and metaphysical phenomenon.
Methods. The study follows a system of genetic, hermeneutic, and semiotic methods. The author draws on the scientific methodology of semiotics and hermeneutics, applies the cognitive theory of literature (cognitive poetics) tenets and research methodology of the psychology of artistic creativity. This is due to the distinctive nature of the study, its subject of inquiry and scope of research.
Results. The paper reviews the history of the corporeality poetics in fiction, noting its versatility and meaning-making focus, cultural and cognitive effects. Based on the studies of Stefanyk’s texts and epistolary, the main iconotropic qualities of ‘corporeality’ and their contribution to the formation of dominant images and meaning-oriented codes have been noted.
Originality. The paper is the first attempt for summarizing observations on the phenomena of corporeal iconotropism in the works of Vasyl Stefanyk and ascertaining their multilevel functionality for artistic modelling.
Practical significance. The paper provides a platform for further inquiry into the phenomena of corporeal iconotropism, the poetics of corporeality in fiction in general, and the work of Vasyl Stefanyk in particular. The findings can underpin coursework and graduation theses.
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Martínez-Ramírez, A., J. C. Cigudosa, L. Maestre, S. Rodríguez-Perales, E. Haralambieva, J. Benítez, and G. Roncador. "Simultaneous detection of the immunophenotypic markers and genetic aberrations on routinely processed paraffin sections of lymphoma samples by means of the FICTION technique." Leukemia 18, no. 2 (December 4, 2003): 348–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2403230.
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Scott, Derek B. "In Search of Genetically Modified Music: Race and Musical Style in the Nineteenth Century." Nineteenth-Century Music Review 3, no. 1 (June 2006): 3–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s147940980000032x.
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I should begin by declaring immediately my standpoint that there is no such thing as race. Race and, by extension, racism may have a social reality but they have no sound scientific grounding whatsoever. No convincing biological evidence has ever been produced that establishes the existence of different human races. DNA analysis offers little support to theories of genetic difference, and has revealed that even the most geographically separate social groups vary in only 6 to 8 per cent of their genes. Race does not present a medical problem when it comes to organ transplants. My research questions are, therefore: When and why did the idea of ‘race’ arise, and how did this fiction affect the production and consumption of music in the nineteenth century? In seeking answers, I make illustrative references to Liszt's Gypsy, Wagner's Jew, Celtic music, African-American music and American Indian music.
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Azar, Fatemeh Ahmadi, and Farid Parvaneh. "Theory and Nonlinearity in The Time Traveler’s Wife: Reading in Light of Hayles’s Theory." Journal of Educational and Social Research 8, no. 3 (September 1, 2018): 19–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jesr-2018-0027.
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Abstract This paper aims to focus on the subject of N. Katherine Hayles’s nonlinearity in Audrey Niffenegger’s The Time Traveler’s Wife as a postmodern work. Niffenegger published her debut novel, The Time Traveler’s Wife in 2003. This novel is a romance and science fiction which narrates the love story of Henry DeTamble – a man with genetic disorder that forces him to time travel unwillingly – and his artist wife, Clare Anne Abshire – who has to deal with his absence and dangerous experiences. Since Henry is a time traveler and experiences life in a non-linear manner, the main question of this research is that to what extent the characteristic of nonlinearity shapes the personality and un-consciences of Henry and Clare in a society which has been defined with Newtonian/Cartesian or linear thinking. To answer this question, N. Katherine Hayles’s Chaos theory can be applicable. Hayles considers nonlinearity as one of the most important and fundamental characteristics of chaotic systems. One of the findings of this research is the inapplicability of Newtonian thinking in post-modern literature.
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Belikova, Ksenia Michailovna. "Legal responsibility of a scholar for implementation of the results of his scientific activity in the area of reproductive and therapeutical genetic modification of human in the BRICS countries." Юридические исследования, no. 4 (April 2020): 11–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.25136/2409-7136.2020.4.33249.
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Based on the legal material of BRICS countries, this article conducts a scientific analysis on the question of legal responsibility of a scholar for implementation of the results of his scientific activity in the area of reproductive and therapeutical genetic modification of human. The relevance is substantiated by the impact upon legal and medical science, as well as the perceptions of peoples and experts (lawyers, medical personnel, sociologists, etc.) affected by new technologies, which currently allow doing what no one could ever imagine, unless in the films or books of science-fiction genre. The author examines different legal scenarios. The scientific novelty consists in the choice of countries – BRICS; the subject of research – legal responsibility for implementation of the results of his scientific activity in the area of reproductive and therapeutical genetic modification of human; analysis of the selected circle of questions in cross-disciplinary aspect, from the perspective of jurisprudence, medicine, and ethics). The conclusion is made that the approaches of national legislation are influenced by a range of problems that justify the corresponding legal regulation (for example, GMO in Brazil, prohibition of prenatal sex discernment in India, situation after He Jiankui’s experiment in China, etc.).
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Bekius, Lamyk. "De geboorte van een plein." Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde 137, no. 2 (January 1, 2021): 122–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.5117/tntl2021.2.002.beki.
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Abstract The beginning is a foundational element in literary fiction: it is the entrance into a textual world. In this article, I analyse the genesis of the first chapter of Gie Bogaert’s born-digital novel Roosevelt (2016), which was logged with the keystroke logging software Inputlog. The beginning of Roosevelt supplies important information for the understanding of the textual world, takes on a key role in the ‘recentering’ of the reader to this world, and facilitates an immersive reading experience through the use of the second-person singular, and through making an appeal to the readers’ sensory and spatial imagination. Focusing on the textual development, I ask the question how four important aspects of the novel were implemented in the first chapter during the writing process. I will demonstrate how Bogaert experimented with explicating these aspects, but later decided to refer to them rather implicitly. Overall, this analysis demonstrates how Inputlog, in case it is used by literary authors, may facilitate textual genetic research on present-day works of literature.
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Satinem, Satinem, Juwati Juwati, Noermanzah Noermanzah, and Sumiharti Sumiharti. "Study of Tourism Literature in Novel through a Genetic Structuralism Approach." Journal of English Education and Teaching 8, no. 2 (June 29, 2024): 495–507. http://dx.doi.org/10.33369/jeet.8.2.495-507.
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Amanda, A. P., Syamsina, A. N., & Pratiwi, I. I. (2024). Strukturalisme genetik Lucien Goldmann dalam novel Supernova 2: Akar karya Dee Lestari (Lucien Goldmann's genetic structuralism in the novel Supernova 2: Akar by Dee Lestari). Aksarabaca Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, dan Budaya, 1(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.47313/aksarabaca.v1i1.3138 Anoegrajekti, D. (2020). Sastra pariwisata (Tourism literature). Yogyakarta: Kanisius. Arnas, B. (2021). Ethile-Ethile. Yogyakarta: Diva Press. Artawan, G. (2020). Aku cinta lovina: Peran sastra dalam mempromosikan pariwisata Bali Utara (I love Lovina: The role of literature in promoting tourism in North Bali). JUMPA, 7(1), 241–256. Artika, I W. (2021). Pengembangan pariwisata sastra di Desa Kalibukbuk (Development of literary tourism in Kalibukbuk Village). Prosiding Jurusan Bahasa Sastra Indonesia dan Daerah, Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha, Singaraja. Atkinson, W. (2016). Beyond bourdieu: From genetic structuralism to relational phenomenology. 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Pandangan dunia pengarang dalam trilogi novel Rapijali karya Dee Lestari: Tinjauan strukturalisme genetik Goldmann (The author's worldview in the Rapijali novel trilogy by Dee Lestari: A review of Goldmann's genetic structuralism). Puitika, 18(2), 18. https://doi.org/10.25077/puitika.18.2.16-33.2022 Faruk, (2017). Metode penelitian sastra (Literary research methods). Yogyakarta: Pustaka Pelajar. Faruk. (2015). Pengantar sosiologi sastra dari strukturalisme genetik sampai post- modernisme (Introduction to the sociology of literature from genetic structuralism to post-modernism). Yogyakarta: Pustaka Pelajar. Himes, M. (2022). Visual novel based education in English literature: A study on student engagement. Press Start, 8(2), 1–20. https://press-start.gla.ac.uk/index.php/press-start/article/view/206 Holland, K. (2013). The novel in the age of disintegration: Dostoevsky and the problem of genre in the 1870s. Evanston: Northwestern University Press, Intan, T. (2021). 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Drux, Rudolf. "Vom Leben aus der Retorte." Rhetorik 37, no. 1 (November 1, 2018): 52–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/rhet.2018.004.
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Abstract Since 1987, the year of birth of the first child conceived outside the womb, experiments with human life have been leading to an intense public debate about the benefits, chances and risks of research in reproductive medicine. For what had formerly existed in fictional worlds only, be it the alchemical mind game, the homunculus- recipe of Paracelsus or the breeding centre of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, was now happening in reality. With in vitro fertilization becoming a feasible alternative to creating offspring, the literary forms of representation for those technologies changed, too. This will be analysed in three exemplary 1980s novels with regard to topical focus, modifications in genre poetics and specific rhetoricity. It becomes apparent that in the age of human reproductive technology, the old motif of life from the lab has long lost its fictitious status and now manifests itself in diverse, sometimes bizarre ways as a part of social reality. As a result, authors now focus on the specific ethical and social problems of reproductive medicine. However, for fictional elaboration and rhetorical ornamentation of dystopias, bio-genetics and nanotechnology are mostly consulted because these sciences offer means of seemingly creating perfected and custom-made descendants.
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Malyshko, Oleh. "Everyday life of the social elite of the Left Bank of Ukraine at the end of the 18th century – the first half of the 19th century: problems and prospects of research." Universum Historiae et Archeologiae 5, no. 1-2 (December 30, 2022): 35. http://dx.doi.org/10.15421/26220506.
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Anthropological turn in the historiography of the second half of the 20th – beginning of the 21th century placed man at the center of the historical process, emphasizing on the everyday life of people of different eras, their thoughts, moods, feelings and beliefs. The topic of the article covers the chronological period caused by modernization shifts in the traditional culture of the Left Bank Ukrainians, political and social by the abolition of the autonomy of the Hetmanship. The purpose of the article is to highlight the specifics of the analysis of the everyday life of the social elite of Left Bank Ukraine at the end of the 18th – in the first half of the 19th century, to determine the characteristics of the main problem-thematic sections of the study and the informative potential of historical sources in the context of everyday history. The source base of the intelligence was made up of the works of domestic and foreign researchers, a complex of primary sources, representatives of the nobility of Left Bank Ukraine, works of fiction, periodicals, reference, advertising publications of the period under study. Research methods: problem-chronological, comparative-historical, logical, historical-genetic. Main results: The peculiarities of methodological approaches to the study of the everyday space of the social elite of the Left Bank are revealed. Emphasis is placed on the complex nature of the research, which combines macro and micro levels. The necessity of applying the principles of anthropocentrism, maximum detailing and individualization, and multidisciplinary methods for the analysis of everyday practices of the Ukrainian nobles of the Left Bank is proven. It is proposed to carry out the reconstruction of the everyday life of the social elite on the basis of two main problem-thematic segments: material and household and cultural and social spheres. Their comparative characteristics have been carried out. The informative capabilities of the source database are analyzed. Concise conclusions: The study of everyday practices that were formed among the social elite of Left Bank Ukraine at the end of the 18th – in the first half of the 19th century, in the context of everyday history opens up new research perspectives and expands the informative possibilities of the main segments of the source base: ego-documents, works of fiction, periodical materials, reference, advertising publications of the specified period. Practical significance: the main provisions and factual material can serve as a supplement to specific aspects of the history of everyday life in Left Bank Ukraine. Originality is based on a wide range of used sources and their analytical and synthetic processing. Scientific novelty: a modernized information model of the historian's cognitive work in the process of researching the everyday space of the social elite of the Left Bank at the end of the 18th - the first half of the 19th centuries is proposed. Type of article: scientific, theoretical and analytical.
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Abbas, Abbas. "THE REALITY OF AMERICAN NATION SLAVERY IN THE NOVEL INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL BY HARRIET ANN JACOBS." JURNAL ILMU BUDAYA 8, no. 1 (May 22, 2020): 116. http://dx.doi.org/10.34050/jib.v8i1.9672.
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This article discusses the social facts experienced by Americans in literature, especially novel. Literary work as a social documentation imagined by the author is a reflection of the values of a nation or ethnicity. The main objective of research is to trace the reality of slavery that occurred in America as a social fact in literary works. This research is useful in strengthening the sociological aspects of literary works as well as proving that literary works save a social reality at the time so that readers are able to judge literary works not merely as fiction, but also as social documentation. The writer in this study uses one of the literary research methods, namely Genetic Structuralism Approach. This method emphasizes three main aspects, namely literary work, the background of the author's life, and social reality. Novel Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl written by Harriet Ann Jacobs in 1858 was used as primary research data, then a number of references about the author's social background and the reality of slavery in the history of the American nation became secondary data. Primary and secondary research data obtained through literature study. Based on the results of this study found the events of slavery in the history of the American nation. Slavery was the act of white Americans forcibly employing black Negroes on the lands of plantation and agricultural also mining areas. Slavery is a valuable lesson for Americans in protecting human rights today as well as a historic lesson in building the American national spirit, namely freedom, independence, and democracy. The reality of slavery is reflected in the novel Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl as well as the life experience of its author, Harriet Ann Jacobs.
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Kaleniuk, Svitlana, and Margarita Zhuravleva. "PATRIOTIC EDUCATION THROUGH LITERATURE." Scientific Journal of Polonia University 56, no. 1 (June 1, 2023): 75–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.23856/5612.
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The article considers the definitions of such concepts as patriotism, patriot, and patriotic education. The authors determine the importance and urgency of the problem of patriotic education at the present development stage of our country. It is justified the contribution of Ukrainian literature during the upbringing of students as a whole and amidst patriotic education. Using the works of specific writers, the authors prove how they spawn patriotic feelings toward the Motherland in students. The scholarly paper emphasizes that learning Ukrainian literature in school is one of the first steps toward bringing up genuine patriots devoted to their state. Moreover, Ukrainian literature is a strong carrier of the nation's identity and genetic code, so its role in national self-awareness, self-preservation, and self-affirmation is indisputable and crucial. The article highlights that the education of a conscious Ukrainian should be based on historical and cultural knowledge, traditions, and rethinking of modern experience by relying on universal values. It is substantiated that acquaintance with a fiction piece and a comprehensive analysis of the content, genre, and aesthetic specifics will bring students closer to understanding literature as a manifestation of art, a solid factor in world perception and self-identification. The research states that without literature, there can be no axiological understanding of life in which a person plays various roles.
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Haker, Hille. "Habermas and the Question of Bioethics." European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 11, no. 4 (December 20, 2019): 61. http://dx.doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.v11i4.3037.
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In The Future of Human Nature, Jürgen Habermas raises the question of whether the embryonic genetic diagnosis and genetic modification threatens the foundations of the species ethics that underlies current understandings of morality. While morality, in the normative sense, is based on moral interactions enabling communicative action, justification, and reciprocal respect, the reification involved in the new technologies may preclude individuals to uphold a sense of the undisposability (Unverfügbarkeit) of human life and the inviolability (Unantastbarkeit) of human beings that is necessary for their own identity as well as for reciprocal relations. Engaging with liberal bioethics and Catholic approaches to bioethics, the article clarifies how Habermas’ position offers a radical critique of liberal autonomy while maintaining its postmetaphysical stance. The essay argues that Habermas’ approach may guide the question of rights of future generations regarding germline gene editing. But it calls for a different turn in the conversation between philosophy and theology, namely one that emphasizes the necessary attention to rights violations and injustices as a common, postmetaphysical starting point for critical theory and critical theology alike. In 2001, Jürgen Habermas published a short book on questions of biomedicine that took many by surprise.[1] To some of his students, the turn to a substantive position invoking the need to comment on a species ethics rather than outlining a public moral framework was seen as the departure from the “path of deontological virtue,”[2] and at the same time a departure from postmetaphysical reason. Habermas’ motivation to address the developments in biomedicine had certainly been sparked by the intense debate in Germany, the European Union, and internationally on human cloning, pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, embryonic stem cell research, and human enhancement. He turned to a strand of critical theory that had been pushed to the background by the younger Frankfurt School in favor of cultural theory and social critique, even though it had been an important element of its initial working programs. The relationship of instrumental reason and critical theory, examined, among others, by Max Horkheimer, Theodor W. Adorno, and Herbert Marcuse and taken up in Habermas’ own Knowledge and Interest and Theory of Communicative Action became ever-more actual with the development of the life sciences, human genome analysis, and genetic engineering of human offspring. Today, some of the fictional scenarios discussed at the end of the last century as “science fiction” have become reality: in 2018, the first “germline gene-edited” children were born in China.[3] Furthermore, the UK’s permission to create so-called “three-parent” children may create a legal and political pathway to hereditary germline interventions summarized under the name of “gene editing.”In this article, I want to explore Habermas’ “substantial” argument in the hope that (moral) philosophy and (moral) theology become allies in their struggle against an ever-more reifying lifeworld, which may create a “moral void” that would, at least from today’s perspective, be “unbearable” (73), and for upholding the conditions of human dignity, freedom, and justice. I will contextualize Habermas’ concerns in the broader discourse of bioethics, because only by doing this, his concerns are rescued from some misinterpretations.[1] Jürgen Habermas, The Future of Human Nature (Cambridge, UK: Polity, 2003).[2] Ibid., 125, fn. 58. 8[3] Up to the present, no scientific publication of the exact procedure exists, but it is known that the scientist, Jiankui He, circumvented the existing national regulatory framework and may have misled the prospective parents about existing alternatives and the unprecedented nature of his conduct. Yuanwu Ma, Lianfeng Zhang, and Chuan Qin, "The First Genetically Gene‐Edited Babies: It's “Irresponsible and Too Early”," Animal Models and Experimental Medicine (2019); Matthias Braun, Meacham, Darian, "The Trust Game: Crispr for Human Germline Editing Unsettles Scientists and Society," EMBO reports 20, no. 2 (2019).
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Duda, Katarzyna. "Wirtualna rzeczywistość świata postnowoczesnego (na przykładzie wybranych utworów współczesnej literatury rosyjskiej)." Bibliotekarz Podlaski Ogólnopolskie Naukowe Pismo Bibliotekoznawcze i Bibliologiczne 61, no. 4 (March 12, 2024): 23–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.36770/bp.847.
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The aim of the article presented here is to define virtual reality in a post-modern world in which revolutionary technological transformations are taking place before our eyes. Thus, we are witnessing the implementation into our existence of new entities created in the first instance by the sciences including information technology, biotechnology, genetic engineering, and nanotechnology. The latter fields of knowledge have become our research object, with examples drawn from selected works of contemporary Russian literature. It turns out that transhumanism in Russia has its prehistory, for example, the cosmism of Nikolai Fyodorov, and is intensively developing in the present day, for example, the organisation, the Russian Transhumanist Movement. In terms of fiction related to the desire to transform homo sapiens into homo superior, Andrei Platonov, Yevgeny Zamiatin, Mikhail Bulgakov highlight this trend. In contemporary times, the themes of transhumanism, immortalism, cryonics, and artificial intelligence have been taken up by Tatyana Tolstaya, Olga Slavnikova, Victor Pelevin, Vladimir Sorokin, among others. On the pages of their novels, they present how utopia understood as a pipe dream is transformed into utopia – an experiment. The rapid development of civilization forces us to have moral doubts: “unfrozen” after a few hundred years, man may not adapt in a new environment. Artificial intelligence threatens to transform human beings into their replicas, cyborgs, taking over people’s jobs and threatening unemployment. This in turn contradicts the idea of eternal life, raising questions about whether replicas of humans will be endowed with consciousness and emotions, or whether humans transformed from creatures to creators will still remain human.
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Kim, Younghee. "No Cozy Catastrophe: A Critique of Technological Civilization in John Wyndham’s The Day of the Triffids." British and American Language and Literature Association of Korea 149 (June 30, 2023): 1–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.21297/ballak.2023.149.1.
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This study investigates John Wyndham’s The Day of the Triffids(1951), an iconic piece of post-apocalyptic literature, by focusing on the array of disasters portrayed within the narrative. It explores the inversion of established dominance-subordination dynamics stemming from a botanical retaliation and humanity’s downfall due to unbridled greed and uncritical trust in technology. The analysis delves deeper into the circumstances leading to widespread human blindness triggered by malfunctioning artificial satellites armed with chemical weapons. This event displaces humans from their position as nature’s exploiters, thereby overturning the nature-human relationship. Further, the study illuminates how Triffids, carnivorous plants resulting from haphazard genetic modification experiments and used to serve capitalist interests, steadily infiltrate England’s sophisticated society, pushing humanity towards extinction. Despite the ‘cozy catastrophe’ tag, The Day of the Triffids is far from comforting, and it graphically communicates the disastrous consequences of human arrogance and blind reliance on technological civilization. This research explores the gradual encroachment of British civilization by the Triffids, scrutinizes the reversal of the nature-human relationship as most of the populace loses sight, and examines how such a fictional disaster can offer realistic societal contemplation.