Far-from-equilibrium thermodynamics of the human uterus: A self-organized dissipative structure. [PDF]
Physiol RepAbstract The aim of this study was to know how the human uterine muscle behaves from a thermodynamic point of view in pregnant and non‐pregnant states. According to far‐from‐equilibrium thermodynamics, an open system is far‐from‐equilibrium when its thermodynamic force varies non‐linearly with its thermodynamic flow.
Lecarpentier Y +6 more
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Nested Selves: Self‐Organization and Shared Markov Blankets in Prenatal Development in Humans
Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract The immune system is a central component of organismic function in humans. This paper addresses self‐organization of biological systems in relation to—and nested within—other biological systems in pregnancy. Pregnancy constitutes a fundamental state for human embodiment and a key step in the evolution and conservation of our species. While not
Anna Ciaunica +3 more
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Structure of penetrable-rod fluids: Exact properties and comparison between Monte Carlo simulations and two analytic theories [PDF]
, 2006 Bounded potentials are good models to represent the effective two-body interaction in some colloidal systems, such as dilute solutions of polymer chains in good solvents.
Abramowitz M. +7 more
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Change of Compressiblity at the Glass Transition and Prigogine-Defay Ratio in ZrTiCuNiBe Alloys [PDF]
, 1999 The change of the compressibility at the glass transition Tg is evaluated from pressure experiments in the liquid and the glassy state of the ZrTiCuNiBe bulk metallic glass forming system.
Busch, R., Johnson, W. L., Samwer, K.
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Inflationary Models Driven by Adiabatic Matter Creation [PDF]
, 1996 The flat inflationary dust universe with matter creation proposed by Prigogine and coworkers is generalized and its dynamical properties are reexamined. It is shown that the starting point of these models depends critically on a dimensionless parameter $\
Andronov A A +16 more
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The Mind-Matter Dichotomy: A Persistent Challenge for Neuroscientific and Philosophical Theories. [PDF]
Eur J NeurosciABSTRACT Several areas of cognitive neuroscience tackle traditional philosophical questions. Among the range of problems, two closely related issues will be addressed in more detail from both neurobiological and philosophical perspectives: the relationship between mind and matter and the nature of perception.
Singer W.
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Bifurcation of Localized Disturbances in a Model Biochemical Reaction [PDF]
, 1976 Asymptotic solutions are presented to the nonlinear parabolic reaction-diffusion equations describing a model biochemical reaction proposed by I. Prigogine.
Boa, James A., Cohen, Donald S.
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Strongly correlating liquids and their isomorphs [PDF]
, 2010 This paper summarizes the properties of strongly correlating liquids, i.e., liquids with strong correlations between virial and potential energy equilibrium fluctuations at constant volume. We proceed to focus on the experimental predictions for strongly
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Prigogine and Pannenberg: Theological and Scientific Perspectives on Contingency and Irreversibility [PDF]
, 2012 The author demonstrates how Nobel Laureate Ilya Prigogine\'s pioneering work on dissipative structures and non-equilibrium thermodynamics might be used to answer theological questions about contingency and irreversibility that theologian Wolfhart ...
Henry, Stephen G.
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Self-Referential Noise as a Fundamental Aspect of Reality [PDF]
, 1999 Noise is often used in the study of open systems, such as in classical Brownian motion and in Quantum Dynamics, to model the influence of the environment.
Cahill, Reginald T. +1 more
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