In 1952, Alan Turing published a seminal paper “The chemical basis of morphogenesis” [Turing, 1952]. His intriguing ideas influenced the thinking of theoretical biologists and scientists from many fields, successfully developed on the theoretical backgrounds [Murray, 1982; Ni & Tang, 2005; Satnoianu et al., 2000; Segel & Jackson, 1972; Szili & Tóth, 1997]. The Turing mechanism has been successf...

As mulheres integrantes da sociedade nórdica do século X foram, algumas vezes, retratadas como guerreiras, além poderem assumir o papel marido quando este não estivesse disponível. Diante disso, buscou-se analisar uma possível semelhança entre a mulher e personagem Éowyn romance de J.R.R. Tolkien, O Senhor dos Anéis, publicado 1954-1955. Em seguida, pretendeu-se maneira foi ressignificada na ad...

For a French neurologist whose neurological training has been carried out at the school of the Salpetriere, Paris, Queen Square seems to be, in a certain way, London's Salpetriere. This assumption may be partly true, since these two famous hospitals have been for years dedicated to the nursing and to the study of the diseases of the nervous system, and both have a rich and peculiar tradition an...