scholarly journals A Review of Flexible Processes and Operations

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shixin Wang ◽  
Xuan Wang ◽  
Jiawei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Flexible Processes

scholarly journals Developing the Concepts of Homeostasis, Homeorhesis, Allostasis, Elasticity, Flexibility and Plasticity of Brain Function

NeuroSci ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 372-382
Author(s):  
Alfredo Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Brain Function ◽  
Complex Dynamics ◽  
Stable States ◽  
Set Point ◽  
Brain Functions ◽  
Temporal Phase ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
Elastic Processes ◽  
And Control ◽  
Flexible Processes

I discuss some concepts advanced for the understanding of the complex dynamics of brain functions, and relate them to approaches in affective, cognitive and action neurosciences. These functions involve neuro-glial interactions in a dynamic system that receives sensory signals from the outside of the central nervous system, processes information in frequency, amplitude and phase-modulated electrochemical waves, and control muscles and glands to generate behavioral patterns. The astrocyte network is in charge of controlling global electrochemical homeostasis, and Hodgkin–Huxley dynamics drive the bioelectric homeostasis of single neurons. In elastic processes, perturbations cause instability, but the system returns to the basal equilibrium. In allostatic processes, perturbations elicit a response from the system, reacting to the deviation and driving the system to stable states far from the homeostatic equilibrium. When the system does not return to a fixed point or region of the state space, the process is called homeorhetic, and may present two types of evolution: (a) In flexible processes, there are previously existing “attractor” stable states that may be achieved after the perturbation, depending on context; (b) In plastic processes, the homeostatic set point(s) is(are) changed; the system is in a process of adaptation, in which the allostatic forces do not drive it back to the previous set point, but project to the new one. In the temporal phase from the deviant state to the recovery of stability, the system generates sensations that indicate if the recovery is successful (pleasure-like sensations) or if there is a failure (pain-like sensations).

Work and Labor Movements in Latin America

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omar Manky Bonilla
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Labor Movement ◽  
Labor Movements ◽  
Labor Studies ◽  
Early 21St Century ◽  
Flexible Processes ◽  
The Early 21St Century

Labor studies in Latin America have undergone important transformations in the early 21st century. Workers in several countries have contested the flexible processes of labor and work that were common through the 1980s and 1990s and the labor movement has transformed some of its traditional strategies. As a consequence, the field is witnessing important debates, such as those linked to the spatiality of labor strategies, the emergence of a broader notion of work, and the potential networks among labor and other struggles.

Supporting Flexible Processes through Recommendations Based on History

2008 ◽  
pp. 51-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Schonenberg ◽  
Barbara Weber ◽  
Boudewijn van Dongen ◽  
Wil van der Aalst
Keyword(s):  
Flexible Processes
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