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Live visualizations of single isolated tubulin protein self-assembly via tunneling current: effect of electromagnetic pumping during spontaneous growth of microtubule
As we bring tubulin protein molecules one by one into the vicinity, they self-assemble and entire event we capture live via quantum tunneling. We observe how these molecules form a linear chain and then chains self-assemble into 2D sheet, an essential for microtubule, âfundamental nano-tube in a cellular life form. Even without using GTP, or any chemical reaction, but applying particular ac signal using specially designed antenna around atomic sharp tip we could carry out the self-assembly, however, if there is no electromagnetic pumping, no self-assembly is observed. In order to verify this atomic scale observation, we have built an artificial cell-like environment with nano-scale engineering and repeated spontaneous growth of tubulin protein to its complex with and without electromagnetic signal. We used 64 combinations of plant, animal and fungi tubulins and several doping molecules used as drug, and repeatedly observed that the long reported common frequency region where protein folds mechanically and its structures vibrate electromagnetically. Under pumping, the growth process exhibits a unique organized behavior unprecedented otherwise. Thus, âcommon frequency pointâ is proposed as a tool to regulate protein complex related diseases in the future.Japan. Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development (AOARD) (FA2386-11-1-0001AOARD104173)Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development (AOARD) (FA2386-10-1-4059 AOARD-10-4059
An Examination of the Ecosystems Perspective in Consideration of New Theories in Biology and Thermodynamics
Eco-systems perspective and its predecessor, systems theory, have been put forth as the guiding methodological framework for social work. In fact, operationally and theoretically most of these formulations are mechanistic and dualistic. Social work systems theory claims ecology, thermodynamics, and biology as its historical roots. It is, therefore, incumbent on the profession to examine the fundamentals of those disciplines. This paper examines social work\u27s eco-systemic formulations in light of new hypotheses in biology and thermodynamics as well as the ecological crisis of our times. Professionalism will then be discussed as the operational demonstration of social work\u27s mechanistic philosophy
Aerospace medicine and biology: A continuing bibliography with indexes (supplement 335)
This bibliography lists 143 reports, articles and other documents introduced into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information System during March, 1990. Subject coverage includes: aerospace medicine and psychology, life support systems and controlled environments, safety equipment, exobiology and extraterrestrial life, and flight crew behavior and performance
Art and Technology: coherence, connectedness, and the integrative field
Merged with duplicate record 10026.1/690 on 03.04.2017 by CS (TIS)This thesis is a theoretical and practical intervention in the field of art and technology. It
proceeds from the re-examination of four specific domains that in the past 40 years have
considerably informed the invention of new aesthetic forms. They are: art, science, nature
and technology. We have identified that each one of these domains and the way they inform
one another reflects the influence of a Western analytical tradition based on fragmentation,
dichotomies and dualities. In consequence of this, art of the last decades has suffered from
a sort of mechanistic thought which results from a predominantly weary aesthetic model,
founded in dualities such as: object/process, form/behaviour, meaning/information.
The main question that the present study addresses is how to overcome this
predominantly reductionist inheritance and to develop an aesthetic model able to
interconnect in an integrative fashion those disparate domains, respective discourses and
practices? The answer to this question, developed throughout this thesis, is an aesthetic
principle built upon the notions of resonance, coherence and field models, rooted in an
integrative view of living organisms based on the theory of biophotons. This constitutes the
main contribution of the thesis to new knowledge.
The theoretical approach of this thesis is developed upon the revision of the concept
of form, supported by a Gestalt analysis as provided by Rudolf Arnheim, and has involved
the consideration of the ideas of Gilbert Simondon (the concept of "concretisation") and
Vilem Flusser (the concept of "apparatus"), in order to gain a deeper insight into the nature
of technology.
In conclusion, the practice-based methodology of this thesis has been to develop
artworks based on the confluence of living organisms (plants) and artificial systems in
order to permit empirical observation and reflection on the proposed theory. The major
outcome of the practice is the artwork "Breathing", a hybrid creature made of a living
organism (a plant) and an artificial system. The creature responds to its environment
through movement, light and the noise of its mechanical parts and interacts with the
observer through his/her act of breathing. This work is the result of an investigation into
plants as sensitive agents for the creation of art. The intention was to explore new forms of
artistic experience through the dialogue of natural and artificial processes
Cells in Space
Discussions and presentations addressed three aspects of cell research in space: the suitability of the cell as a subject in microgravity experiments, the requirements for generic flight hardware to support cell research, and the potential for collaboration between academia, industry, and government to develop these studies in space. Synopses are given for the presentations and follow-on discussions at the conference and papers are presented from which the presentations were based. An Executive Summary outlines the recommendations and conclusions generated at the conference
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