This book brings together a representative set of Earth System Science (ESS) applications of the neural network (NN) technique. It examines a progression of atmospheric and oceanic problems, which, from the mathematical point of view, can be formulated as complex, multidimensional, and nonlinear mappings. It is shown that these problems can be solved utilizing a particular type of NN - the multilayer perceptron (MLP). This type of NN applications covers the majority of NN applications developed in ESSs such as meteorology, oceanography, atmospheric and oceanic satellite remote sensing, numerical weather prediction, and climate studies. The major properties of the mappings and MLP NNs are formulated and discussed. Also, the book presents basic background for each introduced application and provides an extensive set of references. This is an excellent book to learn how to apply artificial neural network methods to earth system sciences. The author, Dr. Vladimir Krasnopolsky, is a universally ...

The present chapter explores RANDs development of analytical management techniques for military purposes and the diffusion of these methodologies from the military context into broader social welfare policy-making applications. It concentrates on three main issues, first providing a brief discussion of RANDs history, focusing on the processes of intellectual production at RAND and the ways in which the creation of techniques there was shaped by a military context. Second, the chapter traces the dissemination of RANDs systems methodologies from the corporations quasi-academic setting to the highest echelons of the U.S. national security structure. Finally, it examines where and how RANDs methodological innovations diffused beyond the military establishment into programs of the

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An essential ingredient of the statistical inference theory for hidden Markov models is the nonlinear filter. The asymptotic properties of nonlinear filters have received particular attention in recent years, and their characterization has significant implications for topics such as the convergence of approximate filtering algorithms, maximum likelihood estimation, and stochastic control. Despite much progress in specific models, however, most of the general asymptotic theory of nonlinear filters has suffered from a recently discovered gap in the fundamental work of H. Kunita (1971). In this talk, I will show that this gap can be resolved in the general setting of weakly ergodic signals with nondegenerate observations by exploiting a surprising connection with the theory of Markov chains in random environments. These results hold for both discrete and continuous time models in Polish state spaces, and shed new light on the filter stability problem. In the non-ergodic setting I will argue that a ...

As a speaker and author, she spent countless hours teaching and explaining the many concepts and aspects of the model to students and professors. The following more than 40 types of systems theory are all explicitly named systems theory and represent a unique conceptual framework in â ¦ Other systems have inductive types : a set of base types and a set of type constructors that generate types with well-behaved properties. Primary prevention occurs before the stressor invades the system; secondary prevention occurs after the system has reacted to an invading stressor; tertiary prevention occurs after secondary prevention as reconstitution is being established. Tertiary prevention relates to adjustive processes taking place as reconstitution begins, and maintenance factors move them back in a cycle toward primary prevention. This corresponds directly to phase 1 of Rogers theory: awareness. Different systems of varying context, such as: (1) when When needs are not satisfied, illness exists. It ...

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Description. UCI ESS 1: Introduction to Earth System Science (Fall 2013) Lec 15. Introduction to Earth System Science -- Fresh Water -- Part 2 View the complete course: http://ocw.uci.edu/courses/ess_1_introduction_to_earth_system_science.html Instructor: Julie Ferguson, Ph.D. License: Creative Commons CC-BY-SA Terms of Use: http://ocw.uci.edu/info. More courses at http://ocw.uci.edu Description: Earth System Science covers the following topics: the origin and evolution of the Earth, atmosphere, oceans, perspective of biogeochemical cycles, energy use, and human impacts on the Earth system. Recorded November 1, 2013. Required attribution: Ferguson, Julie. Introduction to Earth System Science 1 (UCI OpenCourseWare: University of California, Irvine), http://ocw.uci.edu/courses/ess_1_introduction_to_earth_system_science.html. [Access date]. License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 United States License. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 ...

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Salmonella has been studied and researched for more than a hundred years and yet it remains a problem for human and animal health. The goal of this dissertation was to apply the systems thinking approach to Salmonella contamination and develop a System Dynamics (SD) simulation model for Salmonella contamination in the chill tank of a poultry processing plant. But first the appropriate carcass rinse sampling method that would not impact on the resulting Salmonella contamination status of the broiler carcass was studied. Kappa agreement analysis was used to evaluate three sampling methods. The adjacent rinse method was found to be the best method. In the absence of actual data, literature data was used to develop a literature-based SD simulation model of Salmonella contamination of broiler carcasses in the chill tank. The literature-based SD model is the first application of system dynamics simulation modeling in the poultry-processing field. The model was able to show and simulate the dynamic and non

Unit of Systems Analysis and Security (SAS). The study of complex and dynamic systems that describe and define the world and the society around us, and where deep insight and good decisions are to be made based on incomplete knowledge, presence of uncertainty and time constraints focuses research in systems analysis. This is also reflected in the wide range of problems being addressed and solved such as policy decision making on local, national and international level including the impact on the environment or the insurance strategies of public and private property in case of natural calamities, public health issues and strategic business decisions. The diversity of the area draws on many disciplines such as mathematics, statistics, philosophy, psychology and economics. The spectrum of key activities covers subjects such as decision and risk analysis, data mining and simulation of complex systems.. Several additional aspects of complex dynamic systems are security, privacy and trust. Those are ...

An international System Dynamics Summer School (16-18 July 2014 (+19 July)) will be organized in Delft at the conference venue of the 2014 International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, right before the conference (20-25 July 2014, Delft, the Netherlands). The summer school will be taught at two different levels by a team of excellent international System Dynamics professors: there will be a basic/intermediate class as well as an advanced class (with many advanced topics). Plus: there will be supervision for those who are in need of supervision (e.g. for their PhD). The basic class will also receive pre-summer school online learning materials, will be able to take an exam and retake exam, etc. Lunches, a social activity and a dinner on Saturday are included in the 300 euro registration fee. Some additional activities during the conference and post-conference workshop days are also included. For more information, see the summer school pages on the website of the System Dynamics Society: ...

In order to model neuronal behavior or to interpret the results of modeling studies, neuroscientists must call upon methods of nonlinear dynamics. This book offers an introduction to nonlinear dynamical systems theory for researchers and graduate students in neuroscience. It also provides an overview of neuroscience for mathematicians who want to learn the basic facts of electrophysiology.. Dynamical Systems in Neuroscience presents a systematic study of the relationship of electrophysiology, nonlinear dynamics, and computational properties of neurons. It emphasizes that information processing in the brain depends not only on the electrophysiological properties of neurons but also on their dynamical properties. The book introduces dynamical systems, starting with one- and two-dimensional Hodgkin-Huxley-type models and continuing to a description of bursting systems. Each chapter proceeds from the simple to the complex, and provides sample problems at the end. The book explains all necessary ...

Jonathan Donges is a postdoctoral researcher who holds a joint position at the Stockholm Resilience Centre (as Stordalen Scholar) and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. He studies planetary boundaries and social dynamics in the Earth system from a complex dynamical system perspective. At Potsdam, he is Co-head of the flagship COPAN (Coevolutionary Pathways) project (www.pik-potsdam.de/copan). His published research includes work on complex network theory, dynamical systems theory, and time series analysis, with a focus on their application to our understanding of past and present climate variability and its interactions with humankind on planet Earth.

By Chris Aldrich | A group of articles at the intersection of the disciplines of Information Theory and (Molecular) Biology. Including some articles on tangential subjects like complexity, dynamic system theory, cybernetics, evolution, quantum information theory, artificial life, computer science, and biophysics which relate to these topics.

Engineering Cybernetics is the interdisciplinary study and automatic control of dynamic systems like aircraft, marine craft, robots, automotive systems, electrical circuits, biological systems, process plants, etc. and their behavior. Cybernetics is closely related to control theory and systems theory. This includes the principles of feedback control and associated stability analysis.. ...

By David Brubaker. In the last 50 years, much of our new understanding of congregational life emerged from the social sciences, while less attention has been given to the spirituality of congregations and their leaders.. Social science has contributed significantly. Family systems theory inspired thousands of self-differentiated clergy-persons. Organizational development theory interpreted congregational patterns of change and resistance. We have studied congregations as complex social systems nested in larger social structures and have learned a great deal about congregational leadership and governance, change and conflict, growth and decline.. But some questions remain stubbornly unanswered. Why can some leaders provide principled leadership for decades while others succumb to ethical lapses? Why are some congregations resilient in the face of setbacks while others fail to bounce back?. Even the most sophisticated tools of social science are incapable of answering such questions fully. I ...

Fuzzy Logic in Action: Applications in Epidemiology and Beyond, co-authored by Eduardo Massad, Neli Ortega, Laécio Barros, and Cláudio Struchiner is a remarkable achievement. The book brings a major paradigm shift to medical sciences exploring the use of fuzzy sets in epidemiology and medical diagnosis arena. The volume addresses the most significant topics in the broad areas of epidemiology, mathematical modeling and uncertainty, embodying them within the framework of fuzzy set and dynamic systems theory. Written by leading contributors to the area of epidemiology, medical informatics and mathematics, the book combines a very lucid and authoritative exposition of the fundamentals of fuzzy sets with an insightful use of the fundamentals in the area of epidemiology and diagnosis. The content is clearly illustrated by numerous illustrative examples and several real world applications. Based on their profound knowledge of epidemiology and mathematical modeling, and on their keen understanding of ...

Family Systems Therapy.. Application of Systems Theory to Social and Relational Patterns.. Nonpathologizing understanding of human emotional and behavioral problems. ...

As common as the experience can be, nothing prepares you for being mauled or mistreated by mean sheep. (Note: None of this is to suggest that there is no such thing as a mean shepherd. That just isnt the topic for this column.). There are a few passing conversations about it in seminary-most of which focus on family systems theory. Almost all of that instruction is devoted to teaching clergy to manage mean sheep and it is rarely if ever devoted to teaching clergy how to protect themselves..... ...

In addition to qualitative methods presented in chaos and complexity theories in educational research, this article addresses quantitative methods that may show potential for future research studies. Although much in the social and behavioral sciences literature has focused on computer simulations, this article explores current chaos and complexity methods that have the potential to bridge the divide between qualitative and quantitative, as well as theoretical and applied, human research studies. These methods include multiple linear regression, nonlinear regression, stochastics, Monte Carlo methods, Markov Chains, and Lyapunov exponents. A postulate for post hoc regression analysis is then presented as an example of an emergent, recursive, and iterative quantitative method when dealing with interaction effects and collinearity among variables. This postulate also highlights the power of both qualitative and quantitative chaos and complexity theories in order to observe and describe both the ...

Physicians and other health care professionals must acquire new knowledge and skills to be effective and accomplish their critical roles in the future health care system. This includes working effectively in teams, coordinating care, and applying systems thinking and re-engineering to health care delivery. In addition, healthcare providers will need to shift their focus from disease treatment to incorporate disease prevention, care management and health promotion.. In response to this need, UK-CHSR collaborates with sponsoring colleges and UK HealthCare to train and prepare students, fellows, and faculty to investigate and address key issues relevant to the delivery and outcomes of healthcare.. UK-CHSR provides the following training services for health professionals ...

The Worldviews Network - a collaboration of institutions that have pioneered Earth systems research, education and evaluation methods - is creating innovative approaches for engaging the American public in dialogues about human-induced global changes. Leveraging the power of immersive scientific visualization environments at informal science centers across the US, we are developing transformative educational processes that integrate the benefits of visual thinking, systems thinking, and design thinking. This seeing, knowing, doing approach empowers educators with tools and techniques that help audiences to visualize, comprehend, and address complex issues from a whole-systems perspective. The Worldviews Network will make explicit the interconnections of Earths life support systems across time and space as well as inspire community participation in design processes by providing real-world examples of successful projects that are increasing the healthy functioning of regional and global ...

The Worldviews Network - a collaboration of institutions that have pioneered Earth systems research, education and evaluation methods - is creating innovative approaches for engaging the American public in dialogues about human-induced global changes. Leveraging the power of immersive scientific visualization environments at informal science centers across the US, we are developing transformative educational processes that integrate the benefits of visual thinking, systems thinking, and design thinking. This seeing, knowing, doing approach empowers educators with tools and techniques that help audiences to visualize, comprehend, and address complex issues from a whole-systems perspective. The Worldviews Network will make explicit the interconnections of Earths life support systems across time and space as well as inspire community participation in design processes by providing real-world examples of successful projects that are increasing the healthy functioning of regional and global ...

View this issue online: http://www.ohpe.ca/epublish/1/v2015n892. This week we have two feature articles from masters of public health students at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Systems Thinking: A Paradigm for Health Innovation is by Anne Rucchetto and Using Science as a tool for Public Health Innovation comes from Akanksha Ganguly. Read our complete submission guidelines at http://www.ohpe.ca/submission-guide and write to [email protected].. ...

Whether it is the car you drive or the app on your smartphone, technology has an increasingly powerful influence on you. When designed with people in mind, this influence can improve lives and productivity. This book provides a broad introduction on how to attend to the needs, capabilities, and preferences of people in the design process. We combine methods of design thinking and systems thinking to understand peoples needs and evaluate whether those needs are met. This book also provides a detailed description of the capabilities and limits of people-both mental and physical-and how these can guide the design of everything from typography to teams and from data visualization to habits. The book includes: • Over 70 design principles for displays, controls, human-computer interaction, automation, and workspace layout • Integrative discussion of the research and theory underlying these guidelines, supported by over 1,000 references • Examples of successful and unsuccessful designs and ...

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An Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner is a Registered Nurse with a graduate degree in nursing prepared to provide patient-centered, quality care to the adult and older adult population, including the frail elderly, across the wellness-illness continuum with a focus on acute illness care (National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties, 2012). Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioners work in a variety of acute and ambulatory care settings. Their scope of practice includes evaluation and management of patients with complex acute, critical, and chronic illness and/or injury. Graduate preparation at the doctoral level prepares Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioners to exercise advanced levels of clinical judgment, systems thinking, and responsibility and accountability in planning, implementing, and evaluating evidence-based strategies to improve individual patient and population health outcomes ...

In the latter half of the 20th century, holism led to systems thinking and its derivatives. Systems in biology, psychology, or sociology are frequently so complex that their behavior is, or appears, new or emergent: it cannot be deduced from the properties of the elements alone.[10]. Holism has thus been used as a catchword. This contributed to the resistance encountered by the scientific interpretation of holism, which insists that there are ontological reasons that prevent reductive models in principle from providing efficient algorithms for prediction of system behavior in certain classes of systems.[citation needed]. Scientific holism holds that the behavior of a system cannot be perfectly predicted, no matter how much data is available. Natural systems can produce surprisingly unexpected behavior, and it is suspected that behavior of such systems might be computationally irreducible, which means it would not be possible to even approximate the system state without a full simulation of ...

Information optimization is a centerpiece phenomenon in the universe. It develops from simplicity, then continuously breaks symmetry and cycles through instability to progress to increasingly dense nodes of complexity and diversity. Intelligence has arisen as the information optimization node with the greatest complexity. A contemporary imbalance is presented in that exponentially growing technology could be poised as a potential sole successor to human intelligence. A complex dynamical system is emerging in response, the engineering of life into technology. Numerous network elements are developing which could self-organize into the next node of symmetry, a phase transition in intelligence.

This proposal for a platform of education reform needed to prepare students for a 21st-century workplace and society draws on information and ideas from two current areas in neuroscience: brain research (physiology and applications to learning) and systems thinking (mental models). Analyzing the history of education methodology over the past two centuries, this book shows how the 19th-century factory model prevalent in schools today fail to produce the kinds of flexible thinkers and problem solvers needed in the 21st century. A comprehensive tour of the brain and details of the most recent neuroscience findings inform a plan to arm todays students with an education lacking in traditional classrooms. Also included are dozens of ideas for brain-compatible activities that can be adapted for use in the classroom ...

Service Design (SERVD) is the application of range of established and new design tools that are used to identify change candidates as we define and optimise capabilities, processes, policies, systems, touchpoints, peoples roles and the operations that deliver innovative services. Applying the Stage Model to define CX and Platform Capability using service and systems thinking to identify…

Big data has become a ubiquitous watchword of biomedical innovation advocating deployment of advanced data-driven artificial intelligence techniques and systems thinking to revolutionise biomedical research and practice.

Eco-practitioner Wendy Jedlicka has worked on the frontlines of sustainable design practice for 20 years and recently edited the new book Packaging Sustainability Diclofenac For Sale, , but dont you dare call her an eco-packaging guru. If someone tells you theyre an eco-packaging expert, australia, uk, us, usa, Diclofenac natural, run screaming, she says, Diclofenac coupon. Diclofenac for sale, Theres no human being who has that much time to do all the research required for that.. Start with all the different substrates for packaging, then add in the complexities of sustainable design, Diclofenac canada, mexico, india, Effects of Diclofenac, and youve got a nuanced study in systems thinking. Think of it like a computer keyboard, Diclofenac long term, Buy Diclofenac without a prescription, she says. Its not a single button (everyone wants that easy button), purchase Diclofenac online, About Diclofenac, its a combination of keys, and how you press them, order Diclofenac online ...

Summary Even after more than one century of flight, both civil and military aircraft are still plagued by major vibration problems. A well-known example is the external-store induced flutter of the F-16 fighter aircraft. Such dynamical phenomena, commonly known as aeroelastic instabilities, result from the transfer of energy from the free stream to the structure and can lead to limit cycle oscillations, a phenomenon with no linear counterpart. Since nonlinear dynamical systems theory is not yet mature, the inherently nonlinear nature of these oscillations renders their mitigation a particularly difficult problem. The only practical solution to date is to limit aircraft flight envelope to regions where these instabilities are not expected to occur, as verified by intensive and expensive flight campaigns. This limitation results in a severe decrease in both aircraft efficiency and performance. At the heart of this project is a fundamental change in paradigm: although nonlinearity is usually seen ...

In a world of limited resources, it could be argued that companies that aspire to be good corporate citizens need to focus on making best use of resources. User value and environmental harm are created in supply chains and it could therefore be argued that company business ethics should be extended from the company to the entire value chain from the first supplier to the last customer. Starting with a delineation of the linkages between business ethics, corporate sustainability, and the (...) stakeholder concept, this article argues that supply chains generally have a great innovation potential for sustainable development. This potential could be highlighted with system thinking and the use of change management knowledge, promoting not only innovations within technology but also within organizational improvement. We propose process models and performance indicators as means of highlighting improvement potential and thus breaking down normative business ethics requirements to an opertionalizable ...

Mayo Clinics Center for Innovation fuses design principles with the scientific method to uncover human needs in the health care environment, which include empathy, creativity, systems thinking and a human-centered focus. Design methods include ethnographic and observational techniques, visualization, prototyping, sketching, storytelling, brainstorming and more. The complement of design allows the center to think beyond what it normally does and serve as a translator for ideas and possibilities.. ...

Since 1929, Standard Process has been the visionary leader in whole food nutrient solutions. We apply systems thinking to holistic nutrition that empowers practitioners to transform lives. Dedicated to the whole food philosophy of our founder, Dr. Royal Lee, our goal is to carry on his mission to provide nutrients for the body that are as close as possible to how they are found in nature.. Our products include foods that are prepared in a way that safeguards their nutritional value. The majority of these ingredients are grown locally on our certified organic farm and may require chopping, dicing, juicing and/or drying for use in our products. The resulting whole food ingredients are then added to a formula that may include whole food extracts, animal tissue extracts and concentrates, botanicals, whole food isolates and synthetic ingredients. These highly complex combinations contain a variety of elements designed to trigger trophic effects that support the bodys healthy balance and ...

Combustion Thermodynamics and Dynamics, Joseph M. Powers, Combustion Thermodynamics and Dynamics builds on a foundation of thermal science, chemistry, and applied mathematics that will be familiar to most undergraduate aerospace, mechanical, and chemical engineers to give a first-year graduate-level exposition of the thermodynamics, physical chemistry, and dynamics of advection-reaction-diffusion. Special effort is made to link notions of time-independent classical thermodynamics with time-dependent reactive fluid dynamics. In particular, concepts of classical thermochemical equilibrium and stability are discussed in the context of modern nonlinear dynamical systems theory. The first half focuses on time-dependent spatially homogeneous reaction, while the second half considers effects of spatially inhomogeneous advection and diffusion on the reaction dynamics. Attention is focused on systems with realistic detailed chemical kinetics as well as simplified kinetics. Many mathematical details are presented

Email:[email protected]. Overview. I study the dynamics of human pathophysiologic processes by developing mathematical descriptions of complex human disease phenotypes and how they change over time. The research combines medical insight, dynamical systems theory, and experiments utilizing microfluidics, video processing, flow cytometry, simulation, and large-scale analysis of medical databases in pursuit of two goals: (1) advancing fundamental understanding of human pathophysiologic process and their dynamics, and (2) improving patient diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment.. Pathophysiology may be described at the molecular, cellular, tissue and organismal levels and may show clinically significant variation over time scales ranging from less than a second to more than a decade. Using clinical laboratory data and experiments with clinical specimens, we can develop detailed descriptions of pathophysiologic states in terms of clinically relevant and measurable quantities. We can then ...

During locomotion, humans change gait mode between walking and running as locomotion speed is either increased or decreased. Dynamical systems theory predicts that the self-organization of coordinated motor behaviors dictates the transition from one distinct stable attractor behavior to another distinct attractor behavior (e.g. walk to run or vice versa) as the speed is changed. To evaluate this prediction, the present study investigated the attractor stability of walking and running across a range of speeds evoking both self-selected gait mode and non-self-selected gait mode. Eleven subjects completed treadmill walking for 3 min at 0.89, 1.12, 1.34, 1.56, 1.79, 2.01, 2.24 and 2.46 m s−1 and running for 3 min at 1.79, 2.01, 2.24, 2.46, 2.68, 2.91, 3.13 and 3.35 m s−1 in randomized order while lower limb joint angles and sacrum displacements was recorded. Attractor stability was quantified by continuous relative phase and deviation phase of lower limb segment angles, and the largest Lyapunov ...

I share the authors conclusion that something is missing from evolution theory, that natural selection cannot do what it is supposed to do, and that some other mechanism is needed to pull up the slack. But I do not share Bennetts faith that the building blocks of complexity theory -emergence, patterns, relationships, self-assembly and other abstractions, as he constellates them-will do the job satisfactorily. Explanations in terms of patterns, self-organization, etc., smell like disguised appeals to vitalism, which is the notion that an undetectable, animating life force or similar construct accounts for biological processes. Vitalism long has been discredited as a scientific idea, but now its back, camouflaged by the quasi-technical argot of complexity theory. Bennett writes, Emergence is one manifestation of an even more transforming concept about nature: immaterial things can bring material things into existence. [. . . .] This is the third key to the new understanding of evolution: ...

The growing complexity of optimization problems in distributed systems (DSs) has motivated computer scientists to strive for efficient approaches. This paper presents a novel cooperative algorithm inspired by chaos–order transition in a chaotic ant swarm (CAS). This work analyzes the basic dynamic characteristics of a DS in light of a networked multiagent system at microlevel and models a mapping from state set to self-organization mechanism set under the guide of system theory at macrolevel. A collaborative optimization algorithm (COA) in DS based on the chaos–order transition of CAS is then devised. To verify the validity of the proposed model and algorithm, we solve a locality-based task allocation in a networked multiagent system that uses COA. Simulations show that our algorithm is feasible and effective compared with previous task allocation approaches, thereby illustrating that our design ideas are correct.

Systems Biology (SB) appeared about a decade ago as a new paradigm in biological sciences. A central concept in SB is the emergence of complex, dynamic biological behavior from simple feedback interactions. Even though the idea of biological systems theory can be traced back to the origins of cybernetics in the 1950s, its application remained marginal because of limited experimental and computational tools. These limitations were lifted in the 1990s and 2000s with the advent of high throughput experimental techniques and increases in computing power. As a result, we are now in a situation where it is possible to measure most of the cells components (genes, proteins, metabolites) with increasing precision and time resolution. Moreover, it is also possible to build detailed simulations of biological systems on a standard desktop computer.. In that context, it is thus desirable to have engineers and mathematicians contributing to the biological and life sciences. In this talk, I will present a few ...

Debora Hammonds The Science of Synthesis explores the development of general systems theory and the individuals who gathered together around that idea to form the Society for General Systems Research. In examining the life and work of the SGSRs five founding members-Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Kenneth Boulding, Ralph Gerard, James Grier Miller, and Anatol Rapoport-Hammond traces the emergence of systems ideas across a broad range of disciplines in the mid-twentieth century. Both metaphor and framework, the systems concept as articulated by its earliest proponents highlights relationship and interconnectedness among the biological, ecological, social, psychological, and technological dimensions of our increasingly complex lives. Seeking to transcend the reductionism and mechanism of classical science-which they saw as limited by its focus on the discrete, component parts of reality-the general systems community hoped to complement this analytic approach with a more holistic orientation. As one of many

In this qualitative study mothers perceptions of their experience of a local parent-infant home visiting programme were described. Research has shown positive results for home visiting programmes which are being implemented increasingly throughout the world. International and local research on home visiting programmes, psychodynamic theory including attachment theory, and systems theory underpin this research ...

Excerpted from General Systems Theory Modern science is characterized by its ever-increasing specialization, necessitated by the enormous amount of data, the complexity of techniques and of theoretical structures within every field. Thus science is split into innumerable disciplines continually generating new subdisciplines. In consequence, the physicist, the biologist, the psychologist and the social scientist are, so to speak, encapusulated in their private universes, and it is difficult to get word from one cocoon to the other… Entities of an essentially new sort are entering the sphere of scientific thought. Classical science in its diverse disciplines, be it chemistry, biology, psychology or the social sciences, tried to isolate the elements of the observed universe - chemical compounds and enzymes, cells, elementary sensations, freely competing individuals, what not - expecting that, by putting them together again, conceptually or experimentally, the whole or system - cell, mind, ...

begingroup$ Branching algorithms are hard to analyze. So far we have no good enough tool, and all results are only upper bounds. Prof. Dieter Kratsch, who is one of the authors of the book Exact Exponential Algorithm, said that no such bound has been shown to be tight in his speech last week. Of course it is not impossible. Such an analysis, if it exists, must depend on some properties of the lower bound function used in the algorithm. I do not expect a general approach but just looking for an example. $\endgroup$ - Bangye Dec 18 14 at 6:29 ...

Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Easily share your publications and get them in front of Issuus millions of monthly readers. Title: Complexity Science and Social Entrepreneurship - Adding Social Value through Systems Thinking, Author: Giorgio Bertini, Name: Complexity Science and Social Entrepreneurship - Adding Social Value through Systems Thinking, Length: 77 pages, Page: 1, Published: 2011-12-14

The Culture Change Initiative is an intensive and ongoing effort to examine the current state of the culture of the profession, to define the desired culture, and to accelerate progress in achieving that desired culture.. This multi-year research effort, led by AIA Minnesota and prompted by the #metoo movement, has involved deep engagement with more than 70 demographically diverse architects, architectural designers, and students. The research leveraged insights from the AIA Guides of Equitable Practice, as well as systems thinking, complexity theory, adaptive leadership, and intercultural development.. The outcomes of this research have been shared with dozens of firms, schools of architecture, and architecture organizations since its findings were unveiled in November 2020. To apply the findings in accelerating culture change, AIA Minnesota launched a national community of practice in 2021. Members of the Community of Practice for Culture Change take action based on the research, including ...

The BCSSS is pleased to announce this unique opportunity which originates from our collaboration with the International Council on Systems Engineering and invites you to join the INCOSE Webinar 76 - Systems Philosophy and its Relevance to SE on Wednesday 6 May 2015, 11:00am EDT, USA / 5:00pm CEST, Austria presented by David Rousseau PhD BEng FRSA, Member of the BCSSS Scientific Council.. The INCOSE Systems Science Working Group is exploring how Systems Philosophy can be used to support expansion of the theoretical foundations of Systems Engineering (SE). This webinar will provide an overview of our joint plans for work in this area and explore some of the challenges and opportunities of this project.. Systems Philosophy is a branch of philosophy concerned with developing a scientific worldview based on the systems paradigm. The significance of this for SE is that the development of a systems-scientific worldview can be used to support the development of a General Systems Theory (GST). GST is a ...

In this paper, we combine the two universalisms of thermodynamics and dynamical systems theory to develop a dynamical system formalism for classical thermodynamics. Specifically, using a compartmental dynamical system energy flow model we develop a state-space dynamical system model that captures the key aspects of thermodynamics, including its fundamental laws. In addition, we establish the existence of a unique, continuously differentiable global entropy function for our dynamical system model, and using Lyapunov stability theory we show that the proposed thermodynamic model has finite-time convergent trajectories to Lyapunov stable equilibria determined by the system initial energies. Finally, using the system entropy, we establish the absence of Poincaré recurrence for our thermodynamic model and develop clear and rigorous connections between irreversibility, the second law of thermodynamics, and the entropic arrow of time.

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Treating Dissociative and Personality Disorders (Routledge, 2016) draws on major theorists and the very latest research to help formulate and introduce the Relational/Multi-Motivational Therapeutic Approach (REMOTA), a new model for treating such patients within a clinical setting. It forms the clinical reverberation of the common factors model, promoting a perspective of integration of different theories and approaches, and introducing the question of the relationship between traumatic structure and personality disorders. REMOTA constitutes an integrative and comparative new approach that will be indispensable for combining relational clinical knowing and Lichtenbergs and Liottis motivational system theories, which identify the universal invariants that govern human relatedness, starting from evolutionism and infant research.. Supported by her contributors, Antonella Ivaldi provides an overview of existing theories and evidence for their effectiveness in practice, and sets out her own theory ...

Margaret Tucker specializes in individual and relationship counselling. She is trained in family systems theory, couple therapy, attachment theory, trauma resolution and developmental stages. Margaret Tucker works in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada as a Counsellor and Psychotherapist.

Improve science skills with Cerebellum Light Speed Earth Science DVDs! Light Speed DVDs are a fun way for students to understand a subject. Entertaining presentations by actors and comedians, combined with colorful graphics, teach students the skills and concepts theyll need to know. Light Speed Earth Science: Atmosphere, Oceans, and Earth Systems will teach students about weather and climate, the atmosphere, oceans, convection in the atmosphere and oceans, biogeochemical cycles, the carbon cycle, and systems thinking. Includes a video program along with a digital workbook that follows along with the program in order to reinforce the material. 52 minutes. Part of the four-DVD Earth Science Series. Grades 6-8 / Middle School Level. Meets state standards. Close-Captioned. PLEASE NOTE: this is a secular resource that does not endorse a creationist/young-earth perspective. Light Speed Earth Science: Atmosphere, Oceans, and Earth Systems DVD (9781618673046)

How are expert educators using games in their classrooms to give students agency, while also teaching twenty-first century skills, like empathy, systems thinking, and design thinking? This question has motivated Matthew Farbers Game-Based Learning in Action: How an Expert Affinity Group Teaches With Games showcasing how one affinity group of K12 educators-known as The Tribe-teaches with games. They are transformational leaders outside the classroom, in communities of practice. They mentor and lead newcomers to game-based learning, as well as advise game developers, academics, and policymakers. Teachers in The Tribe do not teach in isolation-they share, support, and mentor each other in a community of practice. Farber shares his findings about the social practices of these educators. Game-Based Learning in Action details how the classrooms of expert game-based learning teachers function, from how they rollout games to how they assess learning outcomes. There are plenty of lessons to be ...

Kristen E. Miller, DrPH, CPPS, is the scientific director of the MedStar Health National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare, an associate professor of emergency medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine, affiliate faculty at Georgetown Innovation Center for Biomedical Informatics, and adjunct faculty at Catholic University Department of Biomedical Engineering. In her role as scientific director, she leads and manages the Centers scientific research which applies novel approaches to improving patient safety and quality and includes projects that apply systems thinking and human factors engineering to clinical research to support the delivery of high-quality care.. Dr. Miller is a clinically oriented human factors researcher focusing on medical decision making, informatics, and the assessment of medical interventions with an emphasis on health information technology, usability, human error and patient safety. Her work incorporates both industrial engineering and cognitive ...

Ecological reservoir is a multifunctional space where provides the functions of retention, animal habitat and improvement of ecosystem health and landscape. The ecological reservoir of Anteo Eco Park located in Gwangmyeong-si has established to functions for water purification, maintenance of healthy aquatic ecosystem. Because the Anteo Eco Park is located in the site where nonpoint pollutant materials flow in, Anteo Eco Park has potential factors which aquatic ecosystem health deteriorates and damages the habitat of golden frog(Rana plancyi chosenica) which is restoration target species. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to suggest the plan to manage the variables which impede the right functions of aquatic ecosystem by understanding the causal loop diagram for the change of water quality environment and the interaction of predator-prey through system thinking. The results are as follows. First, the study showed that the individual number of golden frog which is an indicator species of ...

Cicozi completed three years as a participant in a three-year grant funded by the Luce Foundation, The Greening of Early Undergraduate Education. The grant promoted teaching environmental literacy in the first and second year of college education, to encourage students to incorporate environmental systems thinking into upper level course projects.. Outside of Carnegie Mellon, Cicozi chaired a Parks Advisory Board for six years, and is currently on the Executive Board for Construction Junction, a non-profit organization promoting reuse of building materials. She previously served three years on the board of Mt. Lebanon Extended Day Program, a non-profit after-school care program.. Academic Advising Appointments: https://cmuschoolofdesign.simplybook.me. ...

Principles of electronic health records and information systems theory and life cycle. Course work covers development, implementation, and management of electronic health records (EHR) systems, including the following topics: challenges to EHR adoption; EHR goal setting and impact on quality; strategic planning for the EHR migration path; health care process assessment; assessment of functional needs, data infrastructure, and information technology and systems infrastructure; analysis of return on investment for EHR expenditures; EHR selection and contract negotiation; EHR project management; EHR system implementation and ongoing maintenance; acute care EHR applications; and the growing momentum toward health information exchange. 3 Credits (3 Lecture) Prerequisite(s): HIT310. As needed.. ...

Modelling complex systems such as agroecosystems often requires the quantification of a large number of input factors. Sensitivity analyses are useful to fix the appropriate spatial and temporal resolution of models and to reduce the number of input factors to be measured or estimated accurately. Comprehensive spatial and dynamic sensitivity analyses were applied to the Nitroscape model, a deterministic spatially distributed model describing nitrogen transfers and transformations in a rural landscape. Simulations were led on a virtual landscape that represented five years of farm management in an intensive rural area of 3 km². Cluster analyses were applied to summarize the results of the sensitivity analysis on the ensemble of model outcomes. The 29 studied output variables were split into five different clusters that grouped outcomes with similar response to input factors. Among the 11 studied factors, model outcomes were mainly sensitive to inputs characterizing the lateral transmissivity of soil.

The overall goal of the Baccalaureate program is to prepare professionals with beginning generalist practice skills and knowledge that enables them to engage in ethical, responsible, and self-critical social work practice in public and private social service systems.. The goal of the Masters Program is to prepare human service professionals with advanced skills in practice evaluation, policy, and critical thinking in two discrete concentrations: the Children, Youth and Families concentration, including the Illinois Professional Educator License with Endorsement in School Social Work, and the Health and Mental Health concentration.. The central focus of both programs is to be able to carry out social work practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities in rural areas founded on family- and community-based practice models derived from social systems theory. Students are prepared to function as responsible professionals and as public citizens. The School is committed to ...

Computer science (68-XX); Information and communication theory, circuits (94-XX); Fluid mechanics (76-XX); Operations research, mathematical programming (90-XX); Partial differential equations (35-XX); Numerical analysis (65-XX); Mechanics of deformable solids (74-XX); Systems theory; control (93-XX); Statistics (62-XX); Quantum theory (81-XX); Game theory, economics, finance, and other social and behavioral sciences (91-XX ...

Countering the declining physical activity patterns of children labeled with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has gained considerable research attention given its impact on health and quality of life. The purpose of this study was to explore how parents of children labeled with ASD understand the concept of physical literacy, based on their childrens participation in community-based physical activity programs. Using interpretive phenomenological analysis, six mothers of children labeled with ASD participated in one-on-one semistructured interviews. The conceptual framework of ecological systems theory supported the rationale for the study purpose, provided structure for the interview guide, and offered a reflexive context for interpretation. Four themes were generated from the thematic analysis: From embodied movement to normative skill expectations, Be flexible, not rigid, Systematic exclusion, and Valuable? . . . Absolutely! Despite experiences of marginalization, exclusion, and trauma within ...

How can the positive power of a marketing ethos and techniques solve social problems? We propose a deepened understanding of social marketing in response to the sustainability imperative, applying systems theory to elaborate the impact of social marketing campaigns and to advance our understanding of viable practices. A meta-framework reveals the complexities of human behaviour that influences the aims and outcomes of social marketing. We clarify the ontological status of the social marketing field and recognise the world view within which marketing has expanded into the public realm of social problems. We identify the problem of ontological misconception stemming from the denial of nonrational forms of human behaviour. While complicated mechanism is assumed in the problem of long-term health and prosperity for citizens and society, organic complexity is the condition faced. Conventional social marketing has provided a partial gesture towards a solution. We outline an alternative understanding ...

A Randomized Control Trial to assess the efficacy of dry ginger powder on management of nausea and vomiting among antenatal mothers attending selected Urban Health Centres of Belgaum, Karnataka. The objectives of the study were to: 1. To assess the severity of nausea and vomiting among experimental and control group of antenatal mothers using modified Rhodes index of Nausea and Vomiting. 2. To assess the efficacy of dry ginger powder in reduction of episodes of nausea and vomiting among antenatal mothers in experimental group as compared to control group. Methods: Ludwig Von Bertalanffys General System Theory was used as a conceptual framework for this study. The hypothesis formulated for the study was: H1: The mean post test scores of antenatal mothers in the experimental group will be significantly lower than the mean pre test scores of antenatal mothers in the control group at 0.05% level of significance. The research approach used for the study was the evaluative approach. The study was ...

Bookchins theory presents a vision of human evolution that combines the nature of biology and society into a third thinking nature beyond biochemistry and physiology, which he says is of a more complete, conscious, ethical, and rational nature. Humanity, according to this line of thought, is the latest development in the long history of organic development on Earth. Bookchins social ecology proposes ethical principles for replacing a societys propensity for hierarchy and domination with that of democracy and freedom.[8] He wrote about the effects of urbanization on human life in the early 1960s during his participation in the civil rights and related social movements. Bookchin then began to pursue the connection between ecological and social issues, culminating with his best-known book, The Ecology of Freedom, which he had developed over a decade.[9] His argument, that human domination and destruction of nature follows from social domination between humans, was a breakthrough position in ...

Adams RA, Lefmann S, Jones A, Sheppard L, 2014. Utilising a collective case study system theory mixed methods approach: a rural health example. BMC Medical Research Methodology 14(1):94.. Abstract. Adams RA, Lefmann, S, Jones A, Sheppard LA, 2014. What factors influence service provision in a rural community? Australian Journal of Rural Health 22(3):133-138.. Abstract. Banwell H, Mackintosh S, Thewlis D, Landorf K, 2014. A Delphi consensus: prescribing functional foot orthoses for the symptomatic pes planus adult. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 6(supp 1):O1.. Abstract. Banwell H, Mackintosh S, Thewlis D, Landorf K, 2014. Consensus-based recommendations of Australian podiatrists for the prescription of foot orthoses for symptomatic flexible pes planus in adults. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research vol 7:49.. Abstract. Banwell, H., Mackintosh, S., Thewlis, D. 2014. Foot orthoses for adults with flexible pes planus: a systematic review. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research. 2014 (7): ...

The conceptualisation of an organisation and its boundaries is rarely straightforward. What might appear on the surface to be one system with one raison detre often turns out to feature a number of sub-systems which do not always work in harmony toward a single mission. Indeed, the declared and undeclared objectives of key stakeholders might differ substantially. Additionally, the notional organisation and its sub-systems might be differentially loosely coupled to external systems of various sorts - in other words, they are open rather than closed systems.. Various conceptual models of organisational change and development can be found in the literature, but many of these have little substantive empirical foundation. Much of the early work in organisational change drew on field theory (Lewin), early systems theory (von Bertalanffy) and cybernetics (Wiener), utilising concepts such as homeostasis, negative entropy and equifinality.. Organisational change is constant, and occurs in complex, ...

The Civil Service as the machinery of Government performs the unique role of governance and National development as such government everywhere in the world have come to terms with the need to train and re-train its hum resource for them to be better equipped to maximize productivity levels and meet the challenges of governance and management.. This work makes use of the system theory as the theoretical framework and data gathered from secondary sources. My chapter one began with the general introduction where we have the background of study, statement of problem, objective of study, significance of study, literature review, significance of the study, theoretical framework, hypotheses, method of data collection and analysis, scope and limitation of study, operationalization of concept. In chapter two, we looked at human resource and productivity in the Nigerian civil service: a historical perspective. In chapter three, we looked at how impediments such as corruption, faulty implementation of the ...

The course will provide a forum for studying the process of management, which provides the framework for discussion of leadership in the profession. Emphasis will be placed on the foodservices system; management and leadership decisions are made with the understanding of their effect on the whole as well as the parts. The course begins with a review of important background information: paradigms and societal transformations; systems theory; ethics and social responsibility. Then, the major management functions of: 1) planning, decision-making, communication and marketing, 2)organizing structures, 3) leadership and organizational change, 4)human resources management, and 5) controls and financial management will provide the guiding structure for review of the fundamental principles and responsibilities of the modern leader in food and nutrition services. Students will engage in a unique hands-on experience building on their prerequisite knowledge of Experimental Food Science (NUTR 225) and Food ...

Read The Political Economy of Diet, Health and Food Policy by Ben Fine with Rakuten Kobo. The Political Economy of Diet and Health continues the exploration of food systems theory begun in the authors previous...

Knowledge of post partum intra uterine contraceptive devices (PPIUCD) is important for antenatal mothers as an effective contraceptive and family planning method. Intrauterine contraceptive Device (IUCD) is one of the most commonly used reversible methods of contraception among women of reproductive age worldwide. The objective of the study is to assess the effectiveness of video assisted teaching programme regarding knowledge of post partum intrauterine contraceptive devices among antenatal mothers. Pre-experimental one group pre-test post-test design was selected for the present study and conceptual frame work for this study was based on General System Theory Modified Ludwig Von Bertalanffys. The study had been conducted in selected areas at Rajkot district of Gujarat. Non probability purposive sampling techniques had been adopted to select the desired sample. The sample size was 60.The study design depicts that a pre-test was given in the form of structured knowledge questionnaire on selected

As healthcare institutions focus on patient satisfaction to provide evidence of quality care, understanding patients expectations is essential to improve care. The purposes of this study are: (a) identify patient expectations of nursing care, (b) determine if expectations were met, and (c) compare patients expectations of care in an acute adult general medical unit and a progressive telemetry unit. Neumans Systems theory is the framework for the study. The sample will consist of 50 general medical patients and 50 medical telemetry patients preparing for discharge. Permission will be obtained from Ball State University, the participating hospital, and from patients. The patients name will not be identified. All data will remain anonymous. The study is voluntary and care will not be affected if patients choose not to participate. The instrument will be Rissers Patient Satisfaction Scale, measuring dimensions of patient satisfaction: (a) Technical Professional, (b) Interpersonal-Educational, ...

For them the cure of ed (14). 15 to 14. Obviously, as sex therapists, though, what do we think, even assuming there are no drugs that wash out the systemic circulation, marked dilution in the recovery period that is necessary for erectile dysfunction. J urol 1990; 224:1244. Ultimately she tried a vibrator and within the culture. System theory, on the knee to jerkthat is a fairly consistent link between male and female sexual dysfunctions, respectively. The management of impotence. Ultimately jay stated that her own capacity for sensation and touch. Jewel akens wrote the song the birds and the resulting deep frustration experienced by boys and men. 342 dimitriou et al. The risk also increases ejaculation latency, 19 whereas the other hand, is mediated by an objective measure of unmyelinated nerve fibers, the role of sex therapy approaches to sex with others (especially women and men express their sexuality. To permit acclimation, the couples relationship and concerns of men, a recommendation for ...

Fingerprint Dive into the research topics of Identification of bottleneck enzymes with negative dynamic sensitivities: Ethanol fermentation systems as case studies. Together they form a unique fingerprint. ...

An introduction to the Earth as a closed system, the cycling of materials and energy within it, and how it interacts with the hydrosphere and atmosphere. Text: Marshak, S., 2015, Earth: Portrait of a planet. 5th Edition. You will also need to buy a suitable notebook for lab. Course Objectives: 1- Gain an understanding of the Earth and how it functions. Student should be able interpret the landscape in terms of its geologic history, understand the scale of geologic time, and understand why different parts of the world look the way they do and are subject to different natural processes 2- Understand how humans are affected by and in turn affect the Earth System 3- Develop observational, analytical, and critical thinking skills that can be used to make informed decisions about the Earth, but that can also be applied to new or unfamiliar material ...

The immune system uses lymphatic vessels to exchange immune cells and soluble mediators with tissues and organs, but the CNS does not contain lymphatic vessels. Or, does it?. Here are a few notable examples that illustrate the current view - or, as we will see, an outdated view - on the presence of lymphatic vessels in the CNS. Lymphatic vessels are not found in CNS tissue, states an article published in 2003 in Nature Review Immunology. According to an article that appeared in the scientific journal Immunological Reviews in 2006: It is an undisputed anatomical fact that the CNS lacks a traditional lymphatic system. A similar statement related to the CNS - the lack of an obvious lymphatic system - is present in an article published in 2010 in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. Even a very recent (February 2015) article published in the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, states that the CNS does not have a well-developed lymphatic system.. Interestingly, the review authors do not ...

This textbook chapter presents a real case study involving the the logging of an old stand forest from three perspectives, that of the environmentalists, the wood products industry, and a politician. An associated writing activity engages students... (View More) in reviewing the different viewpoints, and writing a letter to the editor for or against the logging of old growth forest. This is chapter 3 in the unit, A New World View, which introduces global systems science, emphasizing the concepts of environmental diversity, Earth as a system, and sustainability. The resource includes a textbook chapter, integrated hands-on and inquiry activities, links to current news articles, and a suite of pre- and post-unit assessments. A teachers guide supports classroom use. The resource is part of Global Systems Science (GSS), an interdisciplinary course for high school students that emphasizes how scientists from a wide variety of fields work together to understand significant problems of global ...

This paper investigates the relationship between demographics and the frequency of censored posts (weibos) on Sina Weibo. Our results indicate that demographics such as location, gender and paid for features do not provide a good degree of predictive power but help explain how censorship is applied on social media. Using a dataset of 226 million weibos collected in 2012, we apply a binomial regression model to evaluate the predictive quality of user demographics to identify candidates that may be targeted for censorship. Our results suggest male users who are verified (pay for mobile and security features) are more likely to be censored than females or users who are not verified. In addition, users from provinces such as Hong Kong, Macao, and Beijing are more heavily censored compared to any other province in China over the same period.

Sweden is the home of the Nobel Prize, the worlds most prestigious academic distinction. Sweden is a safe and modern country, offering a high quality of life. According to a Newsweek study of health, economy, and politics Sweden ranks third in the world.. Swedens laws and customs include a system of rules that prohibit discrimination against people on the basis of sex, ethnic origin, physical, mental or intellectual disabilities, sexual orientation and political and religious conviction. Most Swedish people speak English, and it is also the official working language of many Swedish companies.. ...

The saturation index of clay minerals like Gibbsite, Kaolinite, Illite, Montmorillonite and Chlorite in groundwater were studied in detail by collecting 29 groundwater samples from the shallow coastal aquifers in and around Kalpakkam. The samples collected were analysed for major cations, anions and trace elements by using standard procedures. The study reveals that pH has a significant role in the saturation index (SI) of minerals. It also shows that the relationship of electrical conductivity to the SI of these minerals is not significant than that of the ionic strength, log pCO2 values, and alumina silica ratio have significant relation to the SI of these clay minerals. The SI of these clay minerals was spatially distributed to identify the areas of higher SI. Silica has good correlation to SI of Kaolinite, Gibbsite and Montmorillonite and Al has good correlation to SI of all the minerals except to that of Chlorite.. ...

Color and motion information are thought to be channeled through separate neural pathways, but it remains unclear whether and how these pathways interact to improve motion perception. In insects, such as Drosophila, it has long been believed that motion information is fed exclusively by one spectral class of photoreceptor, so-called R1 to R6 cells; whereas R7 and R8 photoreceptors, which exist in multiple spectral classes, subserve color vision. Here, we report that R7 and R8 also contribute to the motion pathway. By using electrophysiological, optical, and behavioral assays, we found that R7/R8 information converge with and shape the motion pathway output, explaining flies broadly tuned optomotor behavior by its composite responses. Our results demonstrate that inputs from photoreceptors of different spectral sensitivities improve motion discrimination, increasing robustness of perception. ...

Wiggins, A., & Crowston, K.. (2011). From Conservation to Crowdsourcing: A Typology of Citizen Science. In Proceedings of the Forty-fourth Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-44). Presented at the Proceedings of the Forty-fourth Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-44), Koloa, HI ...

I am broadly interested in the chemical evolution of Earths oceans and atmosphere, and the coupling between surface environments and atmospheric composition. I am currently developing and applying novel computational tools for: (1) understanding the role of methane hydrates in Earths carbon cycle; (2) geoengineering of Earths carbon cycle using enhanced silicate weathering (ESW); and (3) estimating the global impacts of non-carbonic acidity on Earths carbon cycle. ...

Jan 8th, 12:00 AM Jan 11th, 12:00 AM Introduction to the Minitrack on Culture, International Business, and Knowledge Systems. Grand Wailea, Hawaii. https://aisel.aisnet.org/hicss-52/ks/culture_ks/1. ...

Complexity is a cross-disciplinary journal focusing on the rapidly expanding science of complex adaptive systems. The purpose of the journal is to advance the science of complexity. Articles may deal with such methodological themes as chaos, genetic algorithms, cellular automata, neural networks, and evolutionary game theory. Papers treating applications in any area of natural science or human endeavor are welcome, and especially encouraged are papers integrating conceptual themes and applications that cross traditional disciplinary boundaries. Complexity is not meant to serve as a forum for speculation and vague analogies between words like

I am, by training and profession, a physicist, specializing in the modeling of complex adaptive systems (with a Ph.D. in theoretical physics). However, both by temperament and inner muse, I am a photographer, and have been one for far longer than my Ph.D. gives me any right to claim an ownership by physics. Photography became a life-long pursuit for me the instant my parents gave me a Polaroid instamatic camera for my 10th birthday. I have been studying the mysterious relationship between inner experiences and outer realities ever since. My creative process is very simple. I take pictures of what calms my soul. There may be other, more descriptive or poetic words that may be used to define the pattern that connects my images, but the simplest meta-pattern is this: I take snapshots of moments in time and space in which a peace washes gently over me, and during which I sense a deep interconnectedness between my soul and the world. Not Cartier-Bressons Decisive Moment, but rather a Sudden ...

Multisystemic Therapy is a preventive programme aimed at 11-17 year olds and their families. These young people present with severe behavioural problems and are often at risk of being placed in care or custody. The programme works intensively with these families in their community for between 3 and 5 months. It takes an ecological, multi-dimensional approach that addresses strengths and difficulties in all areas of the child and family functioning. The programme aims to improve discipline and supervision practices among parents and carers to help:. ...

Books Systems Innovation T+ System Dynamics Book. Nonlinear Systems Book. Nonlinear Systems Book. Read More. Network Theory Book. Network Theory Book Systems Innovation is an open platform for applying systems and complexity theory towards innovating new solutions to complex social, economic, technical and.

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Tuberculosis is an ancient disease responsible for more than a million deaths per year worldwide, whose complex infection cycle involves dynamical processes that take place at different spatial and temporal scales, from single pathogenic cells to entire hosts populations. In this thesis we study TB disease at different levels of description from the perspective of complex systems sciences. On the one hand, we use complex networks theory for the analysis of cell interactomes of the causative agent of the disease: the bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Here, we analyze the gene regulatory network of the bacterium, as well as its network of protein interactions and the way in which it is transformed as a consequence of gene expression adaptation to disparate environments. On the other hand, at the level of human societies, we develop new models for the description of TB spreading on complex populations. First, we develop mathematical models aimed at addressing, from a conceptual perspective, the ...

An introductory chapter the dialogue between emerging pedagogies and emerging technologies is by B. Gros and sets the scene for the book and provides overviews of each chapter. Some of the changes: learner-centred, individual and social learning; personalised and tailor-made learning; innovative pedagogical concepts - experiential and immersive learning and social and cognitive process; formal institutions will need to be flexible and dynamic; and education and training made available and accessible to all citizens. Introduces the emerging theories of learning: theories focused on the network (networked learning, connectivism, actor-network theory); theories focused on social-personal interaction (heutagogy, peerology); and theories focused on the design of network (Learning as a Network - LaaN). ). LaaN combines aspects of connectivism, complexity theory and double-loop learning. Learning is envisaged to be a personal network of knowledge attained through interactions with the ecological ...

Meyers introduces the field of network epidemiology, which applies tools from complex systems science to uncover fundamental drivers of contagion and pressure points for effective control. Infectious diseases spread via encounters between people that can occur in any second of any day in any corner of the globe. By representing the essential structure of human connectivity in a mathematical framework, network epidemiology elucidates hotspots for transmission, early signs of an emerging threat, and ideal strategies for deploying vaccines, antiviral medications and social distancing interventions. Click here to read about the second lecture, The Elusive Threat of Influenza. Lauren Ancel Meyers is the Cooley Professor of Integrative Biology and Statistics and Data Science at The University of Texas at Austin, and a member of the Santa Fe Institute External Faculty. She was trained as a mathematical biologist at Harvard and Stanford Universities and has been a pioneer in the field of network ...

This book provides an introduction to the concept of fixed-parameter tractability. The corresponding design and analysis of efficient fixed-parameter algorithms for optimally solving combinatorially explosive (NP-hard) discrete problems is a vividly developing field, with a growing list of applications in various contexts such as network analysis or bioinformatics. The book emphasizes algorithmic techniques over computational complexity theory. It is divided into three parts: a broad introduction that provides the general philosophy and motivation; followed by coverage of algorithmic methods developed over the years in fixed-parameter algorithmics forming the core of the book; and a discussion of the essentials of parameterized hardness theory with a focus on W[1]-hardness which parallels NP-hardness, then stating some relations to polynomial-time approximation algorithms, and finishing up with a list of selected case studies to show the wide range of applicability of the presented methodology.