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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"death understanding"”.
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Discussing Death with Young Children
… has shown that young children have some understandings of death. However, adults are hesitant (or even avoidant) to discuss death with young children for fear that they will scare them, or they are not sure what to tell them. Sessions were part of this project, educating adults in a …
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Transcriptomic Analysis for the Identification and Prioritization of Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
… is compromised, leading to rupture and often death. Understanding the changes in gene expression that correlate to altered hemodynamics and mechanical properties within the aorta can help elucidate the nature of this degradation and improve rupture risk predictions. The present study leverages …
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Glucosensing, Hypoglycemia, and the Brain
… of glucose tolerance is not well defined. Understanding how brain glucose sensing, mediated by GLUT4, regulates glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity will aid in the development of treatment strategies to protect against the pathogenesis of diabetes. In addition, the brain regulates …
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The development of children’s understanding of death
… British primary school-aged children’s (N = 92) understanding of death as a biological event. By examining the impact of age, cognitive ability, religious beliefs, previous experience of death and/or serious illness, and socioeconomic status (SES) in one study, it was anticipated that a more …
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Delineating mechanisms which underlie differential cell fates induced by p53 activation and HDAC inhibition in colorectal cancer
… p53-induced cell cycle arrest rather than cell death. Understanding the mechanisms which are responsible for this decision making process are therefore of great importance in order to utilise these compounds and augment the efficacy of other therapeutic agents that activate p53. <br/><br/>Recent …