• The birthday effect (sometimes called the birthday blues, especially when referring specifically to suicide) is a statistical phenomenon where an individual's...
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    The birthday-number effect is the subconscious tendency of people to prefer the numbers in the date of their birthday over other numbers. First reported...
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    A birthday is the anniversary of the birth of a person, or figuratively of an institution. Birthdays of people are celebrated in numerous cultures, often...
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    against "emotional attachment". Awareness of Dying Being-toward-death Birthday effect Cognitive dissonance Death anxiety Existential psychology Melancholia...
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  • for their anticholinergic effects to reduce secretions and minimize this effect. Agonal respiration End-of-life care Cobbs, Elizabeth L.; et al. "When Death...
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    Fortune which, as it turns, can make the rich poor and the poor rich; in effect, both states are very precarious, with death never far and life hanging...
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    of her not having fully recovered from the effect of giving birth to the child or by reason of the effect of lactation consequent upon the birth of the...
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  • The Game (1997 film) (category Films about birthdays)
    on Bravo's The 100 Scariest Movie Moments. Alternate reality game Birthday effect Simulacrum Twist ending "The Game (1997)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films...
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    short-term forward shift in mortality rate is also referred to as harvesting effect. The subsequent, compensatory reduction in mortality suggests that the heat...
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    Bickley H, Hunt IM, Shaw J, et al. (2011). "Birthday blues: examining the association between birthday and suicide in a national sample". Crisis. 32...
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    lineages disappearing over time. For Darwin, extinction was a constant side effect of competition. Because of the wide reach of On the Origin of Species, it...
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  • not substantive (or that the underlying principle–the doctrine of double effect–is unreasonable or unsound); and d) permitting euthanasia will not necessarily...
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    and aromatic plant extracts. The preservation of the dead had a profound effect on ancient Egyptian religion. Mummification was an integral part of the...
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  • Fermand-Brulé S, Dubreuil-Lemaire ML, Hill C (November 2003). "Analgesic effect of auricular acupuncture for cancer pain: a randomized, blinded, controlled...
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    inevitable. However, self-esteem and culture are ways to reduce the anxiety this effect can cause. The awareness of someone's own death can cause a deepened bond...
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    adult mortality rate that is very biased for several reasons. The adoption effect is one such instance in which orphans often do not realize that they are...
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    criticism of spirit board communication involves what is called the ideomotor effect which has been suggested as an automatism, or subconscious mechanism, by...
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  • Miller Cc, 3rd; Iliopoulos, DC; Reardon, MJ; Espada, R; Baldwin, JC (1998). "Effect of extended cross-clamp time during thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair"...
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  • how fast a fresh body will skeletonize or mummify. A basic guide for the effect of environment on decomposition is given as Casper's Law (or Ratio): if...
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  • has a very sonorous and mournful echo effect. Fully muffled bell ringing is very rare as the loud and soft effect is lost. An excellent example of this...
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    The greenhouse effect occurs when greenhouse gases in a planet's atmosphere insulate the planet from losing heat to space, raising its surface temperature...
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    Act 2019. The legislation provided for a year-long delay before it took effect on 6 November 2021. Under Section 179 of the Crimes Act 1961, it is illegal...
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    dying was first legalized by the 1994 Oregon Death with Dignity Act, with effect delayed by lawsuits until 1997. The Montana Supreme Court ruled in Baxter...
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    deathday) is the anniversary of the death of a person. It is the opposite of birthday. It is a custom in several Asian cultures, including Azerbaijan, Armenia...
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    the life-threatening incident. A court's declaration of death comes into effect retroactively and is subject to legal consequences from before the date...
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    353–394. Print. Olivola, Christopher Y. and Eldar Shafir. "The Martyrdom Effect: When Pain and Effort Increase Prosocial Contributions." Journal of Behavioral...
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  • authors further recommend additional research to determine if this chilling effect may either delay recovery or even may contribute to brain damage. There...
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  • scientists have discovered many more of the processes involved in the effect of stress upon the body, such as the region of the brain called the amygdala...
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  • death. The flight or fight response to fear or stress has the opposite effect, increasing heart rate through stress hormones, and can cause cardiovascular...
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    by the name of Dr. Pendelton. During the episode Dr. Quincy explores the effect of death on people and his role in the grieving process. In 2016, an open...
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