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A new biological definition of life [PDF]
Biomolecular Concepts, 2020 Here we have proposed a new biological definition of life based on the function and reproduction of existing genes and creation of new ones, which is applicable to both unicellular and multicellular organisms.
Tetz Victor V., Tetz George V.
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Evolution, reproduction and definition of life. [PDF]
Theory Biosci, 2014 Synthetic theory of evolution is a superior integrative biological theory. Therefore, there is nothing surprising about the fact that multiple attempts of defining life are based on this theory. One of them even has a status of NASA's working definition.
Chodasewicz K.
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Quality of Life: Concept and Definition
COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 2007 This paper will consider 4 topics: (1) the definition of health-related quality of life, (2) the measurement of health-related quality of life, (3) the relationship between exercise and health-related quality of life in the general population, and (4) the relationship between exercise and health-related quality of life in patients with COPD.
Robert Kaplan, Andrew L Ries
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Definitions of Solitude in Everyday Life [PDF]
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2022 What does it mean to be in solitude? Researchers building this nascent field are learning much about the potential affordances of solitude, but lack an agreed-upon definition or set of definitions. Arriving at that meaning is crucial to forming a solid foundation for studies that use both naturalistic and laboratory designs to explore outcomes of ...
Weinstein, Netta +2 more
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Aristotelian-Thomistic Contribution to the Contemporary Studies on Biological Life and Its Origin
Religions, 2023 The phenomenon of life belongs to the most intriguing and puzzling aspects of reality, studied in various divisions of natural science, as well as in philosophy and theology. The purpose of this article is twofold.
Mariusz Tabaczek
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Scientific-Philosophical definition of life
Science & Philosophy, 2022 There are about 100 different contradictory definitions of life. The definition of life based on symbiosis that is presented here differs fundamentally from them; it gives life a value.
Klaus Fröhlich
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Life, 2023 The multifarious internal workings of organisms are difficult to reconcile with a single feature defining a state of ‘being alive’. Indeed, definitions of life rely on emergent properties (growth, capacity to evolve, agency) only symptomatic of intrinsic
Simon Pierce
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Schrödinger and the Possible Existence of Different Types of Life
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Eighty years ago, Nobel Prize-winner physicist Erwin Schrödinger gave three lectures in Dublin’s Trinity College, titled What is Life? The physical aspect of the living cell to explain life in terms of the chemistry and physics laws.
Greco Hernández
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Defining Lyfe in the Universe: From Three Privileged Functions to Four Pillars
Life, 2020 Motivated by the need to paint a more general picture of what life is—and could be—with respect to the rest of the phenomena of the universe, we propose a new vocabulary for astrobiological research.
Stuart Bartlett, Michael L. Wong
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Definition of quality of life in people with disabilities. [PDF]
Medičnì Perspektivi, 2014 In order to determine quality of life of people with disabilities according to age, gender and functional limitations using questionnaire SF-36 study was conducted.
A. G. Kyrychenko
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