Resist and sense

Does Life resist desynchronisation?

Sense and Sense-ability

The five basic senses of vision, taste, smell, hearing, and touch form the very crux of our ability to perceive, process, and integrate external cues. Is there, however, a sixth sense? Thoughts of a grimacing Bruce Willis aside, evidence suggests that pheromones may regulate instinctive behaviors in awide range of organisms, but whether this truly represents a distinct ‘‘sense’’ remains to be e...

Does resistin resist insulin?

Diabetes remains one of the oldest diseases all over the world and is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in human populations. The pathology is a consequence of a lack of insulin or resistance to insulin, resulting in an increase in blood glucose levels. Resistance to insulin is an important risk factor in the industrial world and is often associated with obesity. Taking the proportions...

Sense of Place” and “Place Attachment

Today, concepts such as place attachment, sense of place, meaning of place, place identity, has devoted many studies In literature of architecture and urban design particularly in the field of environmental psychology. It is obvious that in all these concepts, various aspects of interaction between human and place and the impact that places have on people has been presented. This paper defines ...

Phosphonated polyurethanes that resist calcification.

Cardiovascular implant mineralization involving bioprosthetic materials, such as glutaraldehyde cross linked porcine aortic valves or synthetic materials such as polyurethanes, is an important problem that frequently leads to clinical failure of bioprosthetic heart valves, and complicates long-term experimental artificial heart device implants. Novel, proprietary, calcification resistant polyet...