Genes and Spleens: Property, Contract, or Privacy Rights in the Human Body?Radhika Rao -2007 -Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 35 (3):371-382.detailsThe legal status of the human body is hotly contested, yet the law of the body remains in a state of confusion and chaos. Sometimes the body is treated as an object of property, sometimes it is dealt with under the rubric of contract, and sometimes it is not conceived as property at all, but rather as the subject of privacy rights. Which body of law should become the law of the body? This question is even more pressing in the (...) context of current biomedical research, which permits commodification and commercialization of the body by everyone except the person who provides the “raw materials.” The lack of property protection for tangible parts of the human body is in stark contrast to the extensive protection granted to intellectual property in the body in the form of patents upon human genes and cell lines. Moreover, even courts that reject ownership claims on the part of those who supply body parts appear willing to grant property rights to scientists, universities, and others who use those body parts to conduct research and create products. (shrink)
Why the Chosen Ones May Not Always Be the Best Leaders: Criteria for Captain Selection as Predictors of Leadership Quality and Acceptance.Radhika Butalia,Katrien Fransen,Pete Coffee,Jolien Laenens &Filip Boen -2021 -Frontiers in Psychology 11.detailsThere seems to be some initial evidence that team captains are selected based on non-leadership factors such as team tenure, technical abilities, being the daughter of the club president, or playing position. This is concerning since players expect their ideal team captain to have superior motivational and social skills. Adding to this literature on captain selection, the present study investigates relationships between the reasons for which team captains are selected and their perceived leadership quality; and perceived acceptance. To accomplish this, (...) we recruited 450 coaches and 198 players from Flemish football and volleyball teams. Participants evaluated 41 reasons on the extent to which they played a role in the selection of their team captain. Additionally, participants rated their team captain’s leadership quality and level of acceptance. The results consistently indicated that captains who were selected for having good motivational and social competencies were given higher ratings on perceived leadership quality and acceptance by participants. In conclusion, athletes who are motivated, good at motivating others and have superior social skills tend to be better suited for captaincy than those selected based on non-leadership factors. (shrink)
Beauty and Sublimity: A Cognitive Aesthetics of Literature and the Arts by Patrick Colm Hogan.Radhika Koul -2018 -Philosophy and Literature 42 (2):467-470.detailsThe classic questions of philosophical aesthetics—how and why human beings find certain works of art beautiful or sublime—suffered from something of a hiatus in the twentieth century, but the study of beauty has seen a return in recent years, often calling on rapidly evolving research in cognitive science and neuroscience for assistance. Patrick Colm Hogan's Beauty and Sublimity: A Cognitive Aesthetics of Literature and the Arts is an important contribution to the burgeoning interdisciplinary field of cognitive aesthetics. The book makes (...) a brave attempt to bring together insights from neuroscience, cognitive science, and literature to explain aesthetic response and justification.Hogan's focus is on the minutiae of... (shrink)
Bharati.SantuSingha,Priyanka Mandal &Subrata Gayen (eds.) -2022 - Kolkata: Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar.detailsContributed research papers on various aspects of Hindu philosophy, Sanskrit grammar and poetics.
Selective Reduction: “A Soft Cover for Hard Choices” or Another Name for Abortion?Radhika Rao -2015 -Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 43 (2):196-205.detailsSelective reduction and abortion both involve the termination of fetal life, but they are classified by different designations to underscore the notion that they are regarded as fundamentally different medical procedures: the two are performed using distinct techniques by different types of physicians, upon women under very different circumstances, in order to further dramatically different objectives. Hence, the two procedures appear to call for a distinct moral calculus, and they have traditionally evoked contradictory reactions from society. This essay posits that (...) despite their different appellations, selective reduction and abortion are essentially equivalent. (shrink)
Curriculum and Learning for Climate Action: Toward an SDG 4.7 Roadmap for Systems Change.Radhika Iyengar &Christina T. Kwauk (eds.) -2021 - BRILL.details_Curriculum and Learning for Climate Action_ offers researchers, practitioners, donors, and decisionmakers insights into entry points for education systems change needed to reorient human society’s relationship with our planetary systems.
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Prem sumārag: the testimony of a sanatan Sikh.Raṇadhīra Siṅgha (ed.) -2006 - New York: Oxford University Press.detailsThis translation of Randhir Singh's text of the Prem Sumarag presents an extended Sanatan account of Sikh ceremonies, Sikh ideals, and the Sikh way of life, thus providing a fresh insight into the history of Khalsa Rahit.
Informed Consent, Body Property, and Self-Sovereignty.Radhika Rao -2016 -Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 44 (3):437-444.detailsRecent cases involving biosamples taken from indigenous tribes and newborn babies reveal the emptiness of informed consent. This venerable doctrine often functions as a charade, a collective fiction which thinly masks the uncomfortable fact that the subjects of human research are not actually afforded full information regarding the types of research that may be contemplated, nor do they provide meaningful consent. But if informed consent fails to provide adequate protection to the donors of biological materials, why not turn to principles (...) of property law? Property is power, yet current law permits everyone except for those who donate biological materials to possess property rights. The reluctance to invoke property probably stems from fears of resurrecting slavery and the commodification of human beings. But ironically, avoidance of property transforms the subjects of human research into objects that can be owned only by others, resulting in new forms of oppression and exploitation. Human research subjects are autonomous individuals who should not only possess the power to contribute their biological materials, but also the right to help control the course of research, and to share in the resulting benefits or profits. Conferring body property might enable research subjects to regain power and a measure of self-sovereignty. (shrink)
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Partitions and Their Afterlives: Violence, Memories, Living.Radhika Mohanram &Anindya Raychaudhuri (eds.) -2019 - Rowman & Littlefield International.detailsPartitions and their Afterlives engages with political partitions and how their aftermath affects the contemporary life of nations and their citizens.
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Epithelial topology.Radhika Nagpal,Ankit Patel &Matthew C. Gibson -2008 -Bioessays 30 (3):260-266.detailsIt is universally accepted that genetic control over basic aspects of cell and molecular biology is the primary organizing principle in development and homeostasis of living systems. However, instances do exist where important aspects of biological order arise without explicit genetic instruction, emerging instead from simple physical principles, stochastic processes, or the complex self‐organizing interaction between random and seemingly unrelated parts. Being mostly resistant to direct genetic dissection, the analysis of such emergent processes falls into a grey area between mathematics, (...) physics and molecular cell biology and therefore remains very poorly understood. We recently proposed a mathematical model predicting the emergence of a specific non‐Gaussian distribution of polygonal cell shapes from the stochastic cell division process in epithelial cell sheets; this cell shape distribution appears to be conserved across a diverse set of animals and plants.1 The use of such topological models to study the process of cellular morphogenesis has a long history, starting almost a century ago, and many insights from those original works influence current experimental studies. Here we review current and past literature on this topic while exploring some new ideas on the origins and implications of topological order in proliferating epithelia. BioEssays 30:260–266, 2008. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (shrink)
(1 other version)ANT on the PISA Trail: Following the Statistical Pursuit of Certainty.Radhika Gorur -1991 - In Tara Fenwick & Richard Edwards,Researching Education Through Actor-Network Theory. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 60–77.detailsThis chapter contains sections titled: ANT and the ‘PISA Laboratory’ PISA: An Overview Background to the Study Making PISA Knowledge From ‘World’ to ‘Word’ Engaging in a ‘Politics of Fact’ Notes References.
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What Would Justice Blackmun Say? A Response toDobbs.Radhika Rao -2023 -Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 51 (3):468-472.detailsDobbs appears more extreme when juxtaposed against Roe’s hidden history. Justice Blackmun was the author of Roe, but the opinion was the product of a remarkable collaboration that incorporated the suggestions of many Justices. Thus, Roe’s medical framing embodied the vision of the Court as a whole, not one individual.
The Tanner Lectures on Human Values.Rosa Braidotti,Radhika Coomaraswamy,Richard Kraut,Dorothy E. Roberts,Seana Valentine Shiffrin,Melanne Verveer &Mark Matheson (eds.) -2018 - Salt Lake City: The University of Utah Press.detailsVolume 39 of the Tanner Lectures on Human Values includes lectures initially scheduled during the academic year 2019-2020. Owing to the global coronavirus pandemic, some were delivered at a later date. The Tanner Lectures are published in an annual volume. In addition to permanent lectures at nine universities, the Tanner Lectures on Human Values funds special one-time lectures at selected higher educational institutions in the United States and around the world.
Childhood and Postcolonization: Power, Education, and Contemporary Practice.Gaile Sloan Cannella &Radhika Viruru -2004 - Routledge.detailsThis book opens the door to the effects of intellectual, educational, and economic colonization of young children throughout the world. Using a postcolonial lens on current educational practices, the authors hope to lift those practices out of reproducing traditional power structures and push our thinking beyond the adult/child dichotomy into new possibilities for the lives that are created with children.
‘Life after Death – the Dead shall Teach the Living’: a Qualitative Study on the Motivations and Expectations of Body Donors, their Families, and Religious Scholars in the South Indian City of Bangalore.Aiswarya Sasi,Radhika Hegde,Stephen Dayal &Manjulika Vaz -2020 -Asian Bioethics Review 12 (2):149-172.detailsIn India, there has been a shift from using unclaimed bodies to voluntary body donation for anatomy dissections in medical colleges. This study used in-depth qualitative interviews to explore the deeper intent, values and attitudes towards body donation, the body and death, and expectations of the body donor, as well as their next of kin and representative religious scholars. All donors had enrolled in a body bequest programme in a medical school in South India. This study concludes that body donors (...) are philanthropists with deep-rooted values of altruism and service, who are often willing to forgo traditional religious and cultural death rituals. The next of kin are often uncomfortable with the donor’s decision, and this suggests that it is important that dialogue/counselling occurs at the time of the bequest, if the donor’s wishes are to be respected. Religious injunctions are often misinterpreted; this implies that religious leaders/scholars can play a significant role in addressing these misconceptions which are barriers to body donation. Body bequest programmes in India may be enhanced by positioning body donation as ‘daana’—giving without any expectation of return for a higher purpose, including ceremonies of respect in medical colleges. Furthermore, increased public engagement and awareness about body bequest programmes are also important to enhance participation. When medical students internalise what body donors expect of them, i.e. altruism, empathy with patients and becoming ‘good doctors’, it will help to ensure that the donation was not in vain and that the dead truly teach the living. (shrink)
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Manifestation of Women’s Rights in School Textbooks? Evidence from Social Science Textbooks in India.Suzana Košir &Radhika Lakshminarayanan -2024 -Human Rights Review 25 (3):317-337.detailsIn India, consistent marginalization of women suggests that broader societal transformation is needed to transcend gender stereotypes and foster gender equality. Effective school curriculum and textbook content can influence and revitalize mindsets to respect and uphold women’s rights (WR). This research examines the manifestation and extent to which WR is addressed in Indian school social science textbooks using qualitative content analysis. Data from official primary and secondary school textbooks published between 2006 and 2013 and reprinted between 2017 and 2019 were (...) analyzed, based on the components of WR prescribed by the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), using descriptive statistics (frequency and percentage). The results indicate that there is negligible focus on WR in textbooks at the elementary level. While both explicit and implicit focus on WR increased at the secondary and senior secondary levels, some vital aspects were either marginally represented or completely missing. (shrink)
Shabada: abubhawa ate darashana.Gulazāra Siṅgha Kaṅga -2014 - Srī Ammritasara: Nāda Pragāsu.detailsOn the philosophy of word, with special reference to Sikhim.
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The Opportunity Gap: Achievement and Inequality in Education.Carol DeShano da Silva,James Philip Huguley,Zenub Kakli &Radhika Rao (eds.) -2007 - Harvard Educational Review.details_The Opportunity Gap_ aims to shift attention from the current overwhelming emphasis on schools in discussions of the achievement gap to more fundamental questions about social and educational opportunity. The achievement gap looms large in the current era of high-stakes testing and accountability. Yet questions persist: Has the accountability movement—and attendant discussions on the achievement gap—focused attention on the true sources of educational failure in American schools? Do we need to look beyond classrooms and schools for credible accounts of disparities (...) in educational outcomes? The essays in this book reintroduce the overlooked central issue in educational inequity: the lack of opportunity that many social groups face in our common quest for educational attainment. In a series of wide-ranging and carefully nuanced essays, _The Opportunity Gap_ casts much-needed light on the vexed relationship between society and education—and on the crucial, persistent role that education plays in addressing social ills. Contributors include Gilberto Q. Conchas, Raewyn Connell, Pat English-Sand, Linda May Fitzgerald, Patresa Hartman, Jeff Howard, Mieko Kamii, Rafa M. Kasim, Christopher Kliewer, Robert A. LeVine, Sarah E. LeVine, Jodi Meyer-Mork, Robert Parris Moses, Sonia Nieto, Donna Raschke, Stephen W. Raudenbush, Ray C. Rist, Beatrice Schnell-Anzola, Irene Serna, Susan McAllister Swap, and Amy Stuart Wells; with an afterword by Ronald F. Ferguson. (shrink)
Love as a Commitment Device.Marta Kowal,Adam Bode,Karolina Koszałkowska,S. Craig Roberts,Biljana Gjoneska,David Frederick,Anna Studzinska,Dmitrii Dubrov,Dmitry Grigoryev,Toivo Aavik,Pavol Prokop,Caterina Grano,Hakan Çetinkaya,Derya Atamtürk Duyar,Roberto Baiocco,Carlota Batres,Yakhlef Belkacem,Merve Boğa,Nana Burduli,Ali R. Can,Razieh Chegeni,William J. Chopik,Yahya Don,Seda Dural,Izzet Duyar,Edgardo Etchezahar,Feten Fekih-Romdhane,Tomasz Frackowiak,Felipe E. García,Talia Gomez Yepes,Farida Guemaz,Brahim B. Hamdaoui,Mehmet Koyuncu,Miguel Landa-Blanco,Samuel Lins,Tiago Marot,Marlon Mayorga-Lascano,Moises Mebarak,Mara Morelli,Izuchukwu L. G. Ndukaihe,Mohd Sofian Omar Fauzee,Ma Criselda Tengco Pacquing,Miriam Parise,Farid Pazhoohi,Ekaterine Pirtskhalava,Koen Ponnet,Ulf-Dietrich Reips,Marc Eric Santos Reyes,Ayşegül Şahin,Fatima Zahra Sahli,Oksana Senyk,Ognen Spasovski,Singha Tulyakul,Joaquín Ungaretti,Mona Vintila,Tatiana Volkodav,Anna Wlodarczyk &Gyesook Yoo -2024 -Human Nature 35 (4):430-450.detailsGiven the ubiquitous nature of love, numerous theories have been proposed to explain its existence. One such theory refers to love as a commitment device, suggesting that romantic love evolved to foster commitment between partners and enhance their reproductive success. In the present study, we investigated this hypothesis using a large-scale sample of 86,310 individual responses collected across 90 countries. If romantic love is universally perceived as a force that fosters commitment between long-term partners, we expected that individuals likely to (...) suffer greater losses from the termination of their relationships—including people of lower socioeconomic status, those with many children, and women—would place a higher value on romantic love compared to people with higher status, those with fewer children, and men. These predictions were supported. Additionally, we observed that individuals from countries with a higher (vs. lower) Human Development Index placed a greater level of importance on romantic love, suggesting that modernization might influence how romantic love is evaluated. On average, participants worldwide were unwilling to commit to a long-term romantic relationship without love, highlighting romantic love’s universal importance. (shrink)
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