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The Astrobiology of Alien Worlds: Known and Unknown Forms of Life
Universe, 2020 Most definitions of life assume that, at a minimum, life is a physical form of matter distinct from its environment at a lower state of entropy than its surroundings, using energy from the environment for internal maintenance and activity, and capable of
Louis N. Irwin, Dirk Schulze-Makuch
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The Problem of Life in Avicenna’s Philosophy: A Critical Assessment of Tawara’s Viewpoint [PDF]
حکمت سینوی, 2022 The concept of life is a contentious interdisciplinary issue that has intrigued scholars, with philosophers offering their perspectives. Avicenna is one of the first philosophers who delved into the fundamental problem of defining life in his works ...
Hossein Zamaniha +1 more
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Origin of Life: The Point of No Return
Life, 2020 Origin of life research is one of the greatest scientific frontiers of mankind. Many hypotheses have been proposed to explain how life began. Although different hypotheses emphasize different initial phenomena, all of them agree around one important ...
Dimiter Kunnev
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Life, 2022 Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the safety and efficacy of high-definition transcranial alternating current stimulation (HD-tACS) to the left primary motor cortex (M1) in the treatment of fibromyalgia (FM) patients.
Ashleigh Peng Lin +5 more
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On the definition of a self-sustaining chemical reaction system and its role in heredity
Biology Direct, 2020 Background The ability to self-sustain is one of the essential properties of life. However, a consistent and satisfying definition of self-sustainability is still missing.
Yu Liu
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Vocabulary of Definitions of Life Suggests a Definition [PDF]
Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 2011 Analysis of the vocabulary of 123 tabulated definitions of life reveals nine groups of defining terms (definientia) of which the groups (self-)reproduction and evolution (variation) appear as the minimal set for a concise and inclusive definition: Life is self-reproduction with variations.
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Life, 2016 RNA played a central role in the emergence of the first life-like system on primitive Earth since RNA molecules contain both genetic information and catalytic activity. However, there are several drawbacks regarding the RNA world hypothesis.
Kunio Kawamura
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A Logical Analysis of Mental Health in Respect of Pure Life from Educational Psychology Viewpoint [PDF]
International Multidisciplinary Journal of Pure Life, 2023 SUBJECT & OBJECTIVES: The psychological aspect of pure life is connected with mental health. Therefore, it is one of the important elements of a good life that contributes to meaningful living.
Mehran Najafi, Hadi Vakili
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Life of an idiom - Experimental Research Definition of Actual Corpus of Phraseological Units:
RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics, 2023 The “life” of an idiom, the frequency of its use in speech is limited by the time frame: those elements that were actively used a hundred years ago are gradually disappearing from the lexicon of a modern person.
Marina B. Budiltseva +1 more
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How Will the Emerging Plurality of Lives Change How We Conceive of and Relate to Life?
Challenges, 2019 The project “A Plurality of Lives” was funded and hosted by the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies at Lund University, Sweden. The aim of the project was to better understand how a second origin of life, either in the form of a ...
Erik Persson +11 more
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