Philosophical aspects of homeostasis for biosystems: from human body to societies and earth biosphere

10.12737/5517 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 34-44
Author(s):  
Вохмина ◽  
Yu. Vokhmina ◽  
Джумагалиева ◽  
L. Dzhumagalieva ◽  
Хадарцева ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Body ◽  
Fatal Outcome ◽  
Order Parameters ◽  
The Body ◽  
Self Organization ◽  
Initial Vector ◽  
Human Organism ◽  
Developmental Models ◽  
System Element ◽  
Bounded Space

V.I. Vernadsky´s ideas of individual autotrophy should be extended to social autotro-phy. Russia has three order parameters that pretend us from evolving; we "flicker" within some bounded space. From the prospective of theory of chaos and self-organization we should decide where the final attractor is and move to there. American and European developmental models have no perspectives for evolution, but the initial vector of development was chosen right. Thus, not each motion is evolution, since evolution means shifting center of quasi-attractors. Each system element (each person in society) is important to participate, otherwise, evolution will not happen. A leader cannot provide evolution of all society, but he can simply interrupt the process (to choose wrong vector of development is enough). Human organism has organs that are main and that also can stop evolution of the body (as ageing) or hold fatal outcome, although death is teleologically determined in contrast to society.

scholarly journals Wavelet introscopy of human organism bionets

2021 ◽  
pp. 63-72
Author(s):  
Gennady M. Aldonin ◽  
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Vasily V. Cherepanov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Functional State ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Dynamic Models ◽  
Golden Ratio ◽  
The State ◽  
The Body ◽  
Human Organism ◽  
Fractal Structures ◽  
Self Similar ◽  
The Creation

In domestic and foreign practice, a great deal of experience has been accumulated in the creation of means for monitoring the functional state of the human body. The existing complexes mainly analyze the electrocardiogram, blood pressure and a number of other physiological parameters. Diagnostics is often based on formal statistical data which are not always correct due to the nonstationarity of bioprocesses and without taking into account their physical nature. An urgent task of monitoring the state of the cardiovascular system is the creation of effective algorithms for computer technologies to process biosignals based on nonlinear dynamic models of body systems since biosystems and bioprocesses have a nonlinear nature and fractal structure. The nervous and muscular systems of the heart, the vascular and bronchial systems of the human body are examples of such structures. The connection of body systems with their organization in the form of self-similar fractal structures with scaling close to the “golden ratio” makes it possible to diagnose them topically. It is possible to obtain detailed information about the state of the human body’s bio-networks for topical diagnostics on the basis of the wavelet analysis of biosignals (the so-called wavelet-introscopy). With the help of wavelet transform, it is possible to reveal the structure of biosystems and bioprocesses, as a picture of the lines of local extrema of wavelet diagrams of biosignals. Mathematical models and software for wavelet introscopy make it possible to extract additional information from biosignals about the state of biosystems. Early detection of latent forms of diseases using wavelet introscopy can shorten the cure time and reduce the consequences of disorders of the functional state of the body (FSO), and reduce the risk of disability. Taking into account the factors of organizing the body’s biosystems in the form of self-similar fractal structures with a scaling close to the “golden ratio” makes it possible to create a technique for topical diagnostics of the most important biosystems of the human body.

scholarly journals Temperature of representative areas of the breast department of the vegetative nervous system as the index of human organism functional state

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-33
Author(s):  
S. Goncharevskyi ◽  
M. Makarchuk ◽  
V. Martynyuk
Keyword(s):  
Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Autonomic Nervous System ◽  
Functional State ◽  
Human Body ◽  
The Body ◽  
Human Organism ◽  
Autonomic Nervous ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Right

Almost all processes in the human body in one way or another connected with the autonomic nervous system. That's why it is real to evaluate the functional state of the person by temperature characteristics of representative points of the autonomic nervous system. Location and information of these points are confirmed by fundamental research. However, simply measuring the temperature at some points may not be sufficient to establish any systematic changes in the human body. The establishment of such changes requires systematic assessment of interdependent significant relationships between these parameters.The main aim of our research was to study effects of myocardial infarction in the thoracic region of the autonomic nervous system. The temperature of representative areas of the thoracic autonomic nervous system we measured by infrared thermometer (Medisana FTO D-53340 , with an accuracy of 0.1 degree Celsius). Statistical analysis was conducted in the packet Statistics 10. The presence of a difference in the temperature coefficients of representative areas (p<0,05). For the left side of the spine characterized by a difference in Th1–Th5 segments, which confirms their diagnosis: Th1 – 0,931,12 (control) and -0,797,49 (experiment), Th2 – 1,571,12 and -0,486,70, Th3 – 1,582611,12325 and -0,663,36, Th4 – 0,85913 0,92611 and -1,74,64, Th5 – 0,923480,75469 and-1,615,73 respectively. For the right side of the thoracic spines: Th6 – 0,850,73 (control) and -0,797,49 (experiment), Th7 – -1,000,79 and -1,370,69, Th8 – -0,960,73 and -0,990,68, Th9 – -0,120,64 and -0,380,83, Th10 – -0,921,14 and -1,031,00, Th11 – -1,691,05 and -1,861,06, Th12- -1,651,15 and -1,961,12 respectively. We found that myocardial infarction is manifested in the thoracic spine. In an experimental group there is significant difference of temperature in all segments. We can also notice asymmetry of temperatue between the right and left side of the spine. In the test group there are a deviation from the normal temperature in the first five thoracic segments on the left side, which confirms their diagnosis. On the right side of the spine there are a deviation in the last seven segments, which may indicate the compensatory mechanisms of regulation of the system. We can observe the temperature asymmetry, which in long-term exposure can negatively affect to the body.

Body Machine

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Broeckmann
Keyword(s):  
Human Body ◽  
Mechanical Systems ◽  
The Body ◽  
Human Organism ◽  
Technological Systems ◽  
Point Of Entry ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Artistic Career ◽  
The Way

This chapter deals with the way in which the meaning of the machine is intertwined with that of the human body. Throughout modernity, the human organism has been understood both as a model for the conception of mechanical systems and as the site of a subjectivity which is undermined by such technological systems. This charged terrain has been the subject of the entire artistic career of the Australian artist Stelarc. His work is analyzed in detail and taken as a point of entry into a historical presentation of conceptions of the body, from the mechanical through the cybernetic, and in the work of artists like Oskar Schlemmer and El Lissitzky, as well as in the more recent, deconstructive approaches by Wim Delvoye, or Seiko Mikami. The chapter also outlines how the notion of an encapsulated human body merging with its technical environment can be found not only in the cybernetic fantasy of Oswald Wiener’s “Bio-Adapter”, but also in similar proposals by authors as different as Kazimir Malevich, Max Bense, and Vilém Flusser.

The Ætiology of General Paralysis of the Insane

1930 ◽  
Vol 76 (314) ◽  
pp. 524-536 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. D. Power
Keyword(s):  
Human Body ◽  
Human Subject ◽  
The Body ◽  
Healthy People ◽  
Human Organism ◽  
Causative Organism ◽  
General Paralysis ◽  
Mentally Disordered ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
Pathogenic Agents

In studying the ætiology of any ailment it is profitable to assume that no disease has a single cause. All the manifestations which constitute disease are the result of a disturbance of equilibrium between the human organism and its environment. In the production of this disharmony many factors play a part, each varying in importance from case to case. Nevertheless, since the discoveries of Pasteur we have become accustomed to view diseases mainly from the standpoint of their causative organisms, thereby neglecting many equally important factors in their ætiology. Yet we know of many instances where these selfsame pathogenic agents reside in the human body without producing any symptoms of disease. The meningococcus and diphtheria bacillus are found in the air-passages of many healthy people, while after the disease has run its course, the causative organism in typhoid may continue to occupy the body indefinitely. Moreover it frequently happens that living parasites of malaria, purposely introduced into the human subject, fail to produce any symptoms after many weeks of incubation. In cases of this nature it may transpire that the addition of further noxious influence, such as an injection of milk or even a cold bath, may precipitate the symptoms of malaria, which thereafter runs its normal course. Conversely, there are many individuals, or groups of individuals, who are particularly prone to fall victim to maladies from which others appear to be protected. The mentally disordered are very liable to infection by the Flexner group of organisms, while those who nurse them are seldom attacked. Such illustrations, which might be multiplied indefinitely, serve as a useful reminder of the complex factors at work in the production of diseases of microbic origin. The soil is just as important as the seed, and no study of ætiology would be complete were the question of individual susceptibility to be omitted.

scholarly journals A Method for Assessing the Retention of Trace Elements in Human Body Using Neural Network Technology

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yulia Tunakova ◽  
Svetlana Novikova ◽  
Aligejdar Ragimov ◽  
Rashat Faizullin ◽  
Vsevolod Valiev
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Trace Elements ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Trace Element ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Network Models ◽  
The Body ◽  
Human Organism ◽  
Neural Network Models ◽  
The Many

Models that describe the trace element status formation in the human organism are essential for a correction of micromineral (trace elements) deficiency. A direct trace element retention assessment in the body is difficult due to the many internal mechanisms. The trace element retention is determined by the amount and the ratio of incoming and excreted substance. So, the concentration of trace elements in drinking water characterizes the intake, whereas the element concentration in urine characterizes the excretion. This system can be interpreted as three interrelated elements that are in equilibrium. Since many relationships in the system are not known, the use of standard mathematical models is difficult. The artificial neural network use is suitable for constructing a model in the best way because it can take into account all dependencies in the system implicitly and process inaccurate and incomplete data. We created several neural network models to describe the retentions of trace elements in the human body. On the model basis, we can calculate the microelement levels in the body, knowing the trace element levels in drinking water and urine. These results can be used in health care to provide the population with safe drinking water.

scholarly journals Biomonitoring and Elimination of Perfluorinated Compounds and Polychlorinated Biphenyls through Perspiration: Blood, Urine, and Sweat Study

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen J. Genuis ◽  
Sanjay Beesoon ◽  
Detlef Birkholz
Keyword(s):  
Polychlorinated Biphenyls ◽  
Human Body ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Perfluorinated Compounds ◽  
The Body ◽  
Western World ◽  
Human Organism ◽  
Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass ◽  
Persistent Contaminants

Perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) are man-made organofluorine chemicals manufactured and marketed for their stain-resistant properties. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are anthropogenic organochlorine compounds previously used in various industrial and chemical applications prior to being banned in the Western world in the 1970s. Both PFCs and PCBs are persistent contaminants within the human organism and both have been linked to adverse health sequelae. Data is lacking on effective means to facilitate clearance of PFCs and PCBs from the body. Methods. Blood, urine, and sweat were collected from 20 individuals (10 healthy participants and 10 participants with assorted health problems) and analyzed for PFCs and PCBs using high performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. Results. Some individual PCB congeners, but not all, were released into sweat at varying concentrations. None of the PFCs found in serum testing appeared to be excreted efficiently into perspiration. Conclusions. Induced perspiration may have some role in facilitating elimination of selected PCBs. Sweat analysis may be helpful in establishing the existence of some accrued PCBs in the human body. Sweating does not appear to facilitate clearance of accrued PFHxS (perfluorohexane sulfonate), PFOS (perfluorooctane sulfonate), or PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid), the most common PFCs found in the human body.

The Organization of Powers

2021 ◽  
pp. 100-126
Author(s):  
David Lloyd Dusenbury
Keyword(s):  
Human Nature ◽  
Medical Anthropology ◽  
Human Body ◽  
The Body ◽  
Human Organism ◽  
Late Antique ◽  
Living Being

This chapter argues that the physiological and psychological chapters of Nemesius’ treatise are not random memoranda on the human organism or disjecta membra taken from a range of late-antique sources. On the contrary, it is claimed here that Human Nature 6‒28, where the medical anthropology of the Platonic–Galenic tradition comes to the fore, mark a decisive phase in Nemesius’ argument. The human is defined by the bishop as the only living being which is at once ruler (intellect) and ruled (body). In Human Nature 6‒28, this image of humankind is given an anatomical proof. Nemesius describes the parts of the human body as organs of the soul by means of which—by a divine logic which is obscured, but not negated by injury and pathology—the soul’s government of the body is realized.

ASSESSMENT OF THE SENSITIVITY OF THE HUMAN ORGANISM TO THE EFFECT OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF RADIO FREQUENCY RANGE

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liubov Sergeeva ◽  
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Oleksandr Valchenko ◽  
Viktoriia Sergeeva ◽  
Oleksandr Koval ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Radio Frequency ◽  
Electromagnetic Radiation ◽  
Human Body ◽  
The Body ◽  
Human Organism ◽  
Frequency Range ◽  
Individual Sensitivity ◽  
Screening Procedures ◽  
The Individual

The implementation of the effects of any electromagnetic radiation depends on the individual sensitivity of the human body. To determine the criteria for assessing the individual sensitivity of the human body to the action of non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation in the radio frequency range (EMF RF-range), medical examination, anthropometric and physiological parameters, screening procedures of Beyton, Shmishek, orthostatic tests and other peripherals were performed. After a survey and questionnaire of students, which indicated how many years they used IT-technologies, a comparative analysis of the pre- nosological manifestations of adverse effects on the body of EMR RF.

Lymphangiomatosis of the Body Wall: A Report of Two Cases Associated with Chylothorax and Fatal Outcome

1997 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 617-624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe Moerman ◽  
Chris Van Geet ◽  
Hugo Devlieger
Keyword(s):  
Body Wall ◽  
Fatal Outcome ◽  
The Body

USE OF ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS AND THEIR ROLE IN THE HUMAN ORGANISM DEVELOPMENT

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 1219-1225
Author(s):  
Filip Jovanovski ◽  
Toni Mitrovski ◽  
Viktorija Bezhovska
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Unsaturated Fatty Acids ◽  
Essential Fatty Acids ◽  
Normal Growth ◽  
The Body ◽  
Human Nutrition ◽  
Human Organism ◽  
Working Ability ◽  
The World ◽  
Growth Development

Food is not just a pleasure in life, it is also an important factor for our health. Human nutrition is a mixture of nutrients, which are the only source of energy needed for survival. Energy-poor diet endangers many life functions, and above all the working ability. In the world, the meaning of the diet is very serious, and hence the demands for a –rational, healthy and safe diet are growing. Human nutrition contains saturated and unsaturated fatty acids. Essential fatty acids (EFAs) must be ingested in everyday diet because the body does not produce it. They are very important for human health. They are present in each cell of the human body and are an important factor for the normal growth, development and functioning of cells, muscles, nerves and organs. They are also used in the production of certain hormones - such as prostaglandins, which are crucial for the performance of certain important processes. The deficit from EFAs is due to a number of health problems, including more serious diseases.

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