WHAT DO PEOPLE THINK ABOUT TECHNOLOGICAL ENHANCEMENTS OF HUMAN BEINGS? AN INTRODUCTORY STUDY USING THE TECHNOLOGICAL ENHANCEMENTS QUESTIONNAIRE IN THE CONTEXT OF VALUES, THE SCIENTISTIC WORLDVIEW, AND THE ACCEPTED VERSIONS OF HUMANISM

Introduction Rapid development of technologies increases the possibility of technological enhancements of human beings, e.g., in their cognitive skills or physical fitness.Attitudes towards such enhancements may result in their social acceptance or rejection.Material pedal plate and methods One hundred and thirty-nine young Polish adults participat

Abstract Identifying effective drug targets, with little or no side effects, remains an ever challenging task.A potential pitfall of failing to uncover the correct drug targets, due to side effect of pleiotropic genes, might lead the potential drugs to be illicit and withdrawn.Simplifying disease complexity, for the investigation of the mechanistic

The genus Brassica includes some of the most important vegetable and oil crops worldwide.Many Brassica seeds (which can show diagnostic characters useful for species identification) were recovered from two archaeological sites in northern Italy, dated from between Proline (L-Proline) the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.We tested the combined use of

Compared to conventional laboratory testing methods, crop nitrogen estimation methods based on canopy spectral characteristics have advantages SPIRULINA BLUE-GREEN ALGAE in terms of timeliness, cost, and practicality.A variety of rapid and non-destructive estimation methods based on the canopy spectrum have been developed on the scale of space, sky

One of the sexually transmitted parasitic diseases (STPDs) is trichomoniasis.It is infectious disease, spreads through unprotected sexual intercourse, and may cause a variety of reproductive health problems in both men and women.There is a serious knowledge gap about trichomoniasis, which could have increased the rate of infection and Trichomonas v