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7. The ABoVE L-band and P-band airborne synthetic aperture radar surveys

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Miller, Charles E., primary, Griffith, Peter C., additional, Hoy, Elizabeth, additional, Pinto, Naiara S., additional, Lou, Yunling, additional, Hensley, Scott, additional, Chapman, Bruce D., additional, Baltzer, Jennifer, additional, Bakian-Dogaheh, Kazem, additional, Bolton, W. Robert, additional, Bourgeau-Chavez, Laura, additional, Chen, Richard H., additional, Choe, Byung-Hun, additional, Clayton, Leah K., additional, Douglas, Thomas A., additional, French, Nancy, additional, Holloway, Jean E., additional, Hong, Gang, additional, Huang, Lingcao, additional, Iwahana, Go, additional, Jenkins, Liza, additional, Kimball, John S., additional, Loboda, Tatiana, additional, Mack, Michelle, additional, Marsh, Philip, additional, Michaelides, Roger J., additional, Moghaddam, Mahta, additional, Parsekian, Andrew, additional, Schaefer, Kevin, additional, Siqueira, Paul R., additional, Singh, Debjani, additional, Tabatabaeenejad, Alireza, additional, Turetsky, Merritt, additional, Touzi, Ridha, additional, Wig, Elizabeth, additional, Wilson, Cathy J., additional, Wilson, Paul, additional, Wullschleger, Stan D., additional, Yi, Yonghong, additional, Zebker, Howard A., additional, Zhang, Yu, additional, Zhao, Yuhuan, additional, and Goetz, Scott J., additional

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2024
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15. What's the Alternative? Comparative Benefits in Gene Editing and Genetic Selection.

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Douglas, Thomas and Devolder, Katrien

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*MEDICAL technology, *TRANSGENIC organisms, *BIOETHICS, *HUMAN reproductive technology, *GENOME editing, *GENETICS
Abstract

A commentary to the article "Philosophy, Reasons and Reproduction: Gene Editing and Genetic Selection," by J. McMahan and J. Savulescu published in the issue is presented. Topics covered include the problem with the authors' response to a possible objection to their claims concerning gene editing and genetic selection, the issue with the accounts of comparative benefit that the authors have in mind and the suggestion on how the authors should have responded.

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2024
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16. How moral bioenhancement affects perceived praiseworthiness.

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Lucas, Simon, Douglas, Thomas, and Faber, Nadira S.

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*STATISTICS, *ETHICS, *ANALYSIS of variance, *MEDICAL technology, *DESCRIPTIVE statistics, *ENHANCEMENT medicine, *DATA analysis, *BIOETHICS
Abstract

Psychological literature indicates that actions performed with the assistance of cognition‐enhancing biomedical technologies are often deemed to be less praiseworthy than similar actions performed without such assistance. This study examines (i) whether this result extends to the bioenhancement of moral capacities, and (ii) if so, what explains the effect of moral bioenhancement on perceived praiseworthiness. The findings indicate that actions facilitated by morally bioenhanced individuals are considered less deserving of praise than similar actions facilitated by 'traditional' moral enhancement—for example, moral self‐education. This diminished praise does not seem to be driven by an aversion to (moral) bioenhancement per se. Instead, it appears to be primarily attributable to a perceived lack of effort exerted by bioenhanced individuals in the course of their moral enhancement. Our findings advance the philosophical discourse on the foundations of praise in the context of moral bioenhancement by elucidating the empirical basis underlying some assumptions commonly employed to argue for or against the permissibility of moral bioenhancement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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17. Infection control for third-party benefit: lessons from criminal justice

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Douglas, Thomas

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This article considers what can be learned regarding the ethical acceptability of intrusive interventions intended to halt the spread of infectious disease (‘Infection Control’ measures) from existing ethical discussion of intrusive interventions used to prevent criminal conduct (‘Crime Control’ measures). The main body of the article identifies and briefly describes six objections that have been advanced against Crime Control, and considers how these might apply to Infection Control. The final section then draws out some more general lessons from the foregoing analysis for the ethical acceptability of different kinds of Infection Control.

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2024
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19. An Evaluation of Hemipteran Pests and Cotton in Alabama

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Douglas, Thomas

Subjects
Entomology and Plant Pathology
Abstract

Hemipterans have been major pests in cotton since the end of the Boll Weevil Eradication Program and the advent of transgenic cotton. The objective of this study is to provide better insights into integrated resistance management strategies in tarnished plant bugs and the addition of a new class of insecticide to help provide residual control of stink bugs in cotton. An evaluation of insecticide resistance to five common insecticides used in cotton on tarnished plant bug was tested in six distinct regions of Alabama. Field collections were made in the non-crop reservoirs daisy fleabane and crimson clover prior to the growing season and a lab colony of tarnished plant bug was obtained from Mississippi State University to serve as a standard to measure insecticide resistance. A glass scintillation vial bioassay was performed using technical grade formulations for acephate, bifenthrin, dicrotophos, imidacloprid, and thiamethoxam. Distinct regions of Alabama were shown to have resistances that were specific to that area with bifenthrin being the most commonly resistant insecticide. We evaluated the effects of the insect growth regulator novaluron in southern green stink bug, Nezara viridula. Sublethal effects on adult fecundity were tested using a bean dip assay. We found no significant effect on egg masses, eggs, or egg hatch rate. Direct mortality was tested using a bean dip assay on second through fifth instar southern green stink bug nymphs. Mortality was significantly greater in second, third and fifth instars and approaching significance in fourth instars. Field trials were conducted using a randomized complete block design; we found no significant differences for mean internal boll damage or mean yield across the three site-years.

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2024

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