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Classical and non-classical computation
Architectural Research Quarterly, 2001Computers have come to play an important role in architectural practice. Nonetheless, the promise of computation as a creative partner in practice, and a means to better understand and support the design process has yet to be realized. This article considers aspects of computation, and alternative ways that these have been approached in order to ...
George Stiny, Terry Knight
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The Classical to the Classical
Philosophy of Science, 1951In books on the calculus of probability, there have been many accounts as to what is the meaning of the term “probable.” We can readily divide them into three groups. The first sometimes defines probability in terms of the ratio between the number of cases favorable to an event and the number of equally possible cases.
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DARK Classics in Chemical Neuroscience: Opium, a Historical Perspective.
ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 2018Opium is the latex from the opium poppy Papaver somniferum L., which humankind has utilized since ancient Mesopotamia all the way to modern times. Opium used to be surrounded in divine mystery or magic-like abilities and was given to cure a wide variety ...
C. Presley, C. Lindsley
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DARK Classics in Chemical Neuroscience: Ibogaine.
ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 2018The West African iboga plant has been used for centuries by the Bwiti and Mbiri tribes to induce hallucinations during religious ceremonies. Ibogaine, the principal alkaloid responsible for iboga's psychedelic properties, was isolated and sold as an ...
Michael J. Wasko +2 more
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Classics in Chemical Neuroscience: Donepezil.
ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 2018The discovery of acetylcholine and acetylcholinesterase provided the first insight into the intricacies of chemical signal transduction and neuronal communication.
James T. Brewster +3 more
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Classics in Chemical Neuroscience: Memantine.
ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 2017Memantine was the first breakthrough medication for the treatment of moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients and represents a fundamentally new mechanism of action (moderate-affinity, uncompetitive, voltage-dependent, N-methyl-d-aspartate ...
Shahrina Alam +3 more
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DARK Classics in Chemical Neuroscience: Methamphetamine.
ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 2018Methamphetamine has the second highest prevalence of drug abuse after cannabis, with estimates of 35 million users worldwide. The ( S)-(+)-enantiomer is the illicit drug, active neurostimulant, and eutomer, while the ( R)-(-)-enantiomer is contained in ...
T. Abbruscato, P. Trippier
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Classics in Chemical Neuroscience: Ketamine.
ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 2017Ketamine, a molecule of many faces, has contributed immeasurably to numerous realms of clinical practice and scientific inquiry. From anesthesia and analgesia to depression and schizophrenia, it continues to shed light on the molecular underpinnings of ...
Marshall W Tyler +3 more
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DARK Classics in Chemical Neuroscience: Phencyclidine (PCP).
ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 2018Phencyclidine (PCP, "angel dust", an arylcyclohexylamine) was the first non-natural, man-made illicit drug of abuse, and was coined 'the most dangerous drug in America" in the late 1970s (amidst sensational horror stories of the drug's effects); however,
Jeanette L. Bertron +2 more
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Why Is Classical Theory Classical?
American Journal of Sociology, 1997The familiar canon embodies an untenable foundation story of great men theorizing European modernity. Sociology actually emerged from a broad cultural dynamic in which tensions of liberalism and empire were central. Global expansion and colonization gave sociology its main conceptual framework and much of its data, key problems, and methods.
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