Being After Being Has Washed Away

Being whole after amputation.

Assessing various studies on Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID), Müller (2009) claims that while psychology and psychiatry may have provided accurate descriptions of this rare disorder so far, they fail to actually explain it. According to her, only neurology can convincingly explain it: it is most likely that this disorder involves a congenital malformation in the brain. This claim about ...

After Being Kept Standing Overnight

overnight, the mixture was poured into ice-water, a syrupy product was produced, which was solidified on standing for several hours. This was filtered off and washed with water, and air dried; yielding was 14.1g. in 60% of theory. After several recrystallizations from CHCl3-EtOH, it melted at 201~202°;〔 α〕20D -35.6°(c=0.92, CHCl3), reported, m.p. 194°, 25) 199~200°, 26) 202~204°8);〔 α〕D -36.4°....

Being naturalised, being left b

With around five million people accessing anti-retroviral treatment, which significantly reduces mortality and extends life, the HIV pandemic now exists in a context of treatment possibility, if not access. This paper discusses ways in which the pandemic is becoming naturalised through medicalisation, normalisation and marketisation, and how these processes undermine themselves internally. The ...

Being a researcher, being an editor, being an author.

With me, it happened in the beginning of the last decade (1990). When the post of editor of the unit's periodical became vacant, the Director, like most Directors, looked around him in search of his best friend or his worst enemy. He picked me for one of those two reasons, which one of them I have not found out. But it really does not make that much of a difference given the size of the problem...

Has ethics changed or is it currently not being applied?