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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"mode of death"”.
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High-dose mode of mortality in Tribolium: A model system for study of radiation injury and repair in nonproliferative tissues
With appropriate doses of ionizing radiation, both the acute, or lethal-midlethal, dose-independent pattern of mortality, and the hyperacute, dose-dependent pattern, were demonstrated within a single insect genus (Tribolium). This demonstration provides resolution of apparently contradictory …
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The experience of living with traumatic bereavement: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
This dissertation explores the lived experience of traumatic bereavement in adults between the ages of 21 and 50. The term traumatic bereavement refers to a specific type of bereavement where the loss is unexpected (without forewarning), untimely, and often (but not always) associated with horrific …
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A phenomenological study into the lived experience of traumatic bereavement for adults aged 21-55
This dissertation explores the lived experience of traumatic bereavement in adults aged between 21 and 55. Although all bereavement can be experienced as a devastating loss, the term traumatic bereavement refers to a sudden, unexpected death, which is often experienced in violent and frightening …
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Loss of Caspase-8 Function In Combination With Smac Mimetic Treatment Sensitizes Head and Neck Squamous Carcinoma to Radiation Through Induction of Necroptosis.
<p>Caspase-8 (CASP8) is one of the most frequently mutated genes in Head and Neck Squamous Carcinomas (HNSCC), and mutations of CASP8 are associated with poor overall survival. The distribution of these mutations in HNSCC suggests that they are likely to be inactivating. Inhibition of CASP8 has …
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She "Too much of water hast": Drownings and Near-Drownings in Twentieth-Century American Literature by Women
Drowning is a frequent mode of death for female literary characters because of the strong symbolic relationship between female sexuality and water. Drowning has long been a punishment for sexually transgressive women in literature. In the introduction, Chapter 1, I describe the drowning paradigm …
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The social construction of suicide in Libyan society
The aim of this study is to explore how the suicide act is constructed and evaluated in Libyansociety. The methodology includes an analysis of 172 prosecutors' files covering the periodfrom 2000 to 2009 which exist in the sub-public prosecution departments. These concerncases of those who succeeded …
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Why, how and when do children die in a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) in South Africa?
Objectives: To describe the characteristics of children who died and their modes of dying in a South African Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). Design: Retrospective review of data extracted from the Child Healthcare Problem Identification Programme (Child PIP)and the PICU summary system …