Search Results - "Reductionism"

The gospel according to heretics : discovering orthodoxy through early christological conflicts / by Wilhite, David E.

Table of Contents: “…Defining heresy, revising orthodoxy -- Marcion: supersessionism -- Ebion: adoptionism -- Gnostics: docetism -- Sabellius: modalism -- Arius: subordinationism -- Apollinaris: subhumanism -- Nestorius: dyoprosopitism -- Eutyches: monophysitism -- Iconoclasts: antirepresentationalism -- Muslims: reductionism -- Heresy according to the gospel.…”

Rules and filters and their impact on success in chemical biology and drug discovery

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Academic targets and the translational gap -- Chemistry & attrition (Reductionism, genomics and high throughput screening) -- Screening diverse compounds (advantages and disadvantages) -- Medicinal chemistry (A pattern recognition discipline) -- Biology and chemistry networks analysis -- Ligand efficiency and selectivity.…”
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On the utility of a mechanistic approach to physiology part 1: Descriptive vs. mechanistic biology /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: History of descriptive physiology -- Systems biology -- The biota expansion -- Downward causation vs. cell-cell signaling -- Holism vs. Reductionism: philosophical views about nature -- Molecular changes mediating evolution -- Cell communication as mechanism of novelty -- From phylogeny-ontogeny to homeostasis & repair -- Homeostasis as the mechanism for evolution -- Explicate/Implicate order.…”
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Deciphering neurodegeneration models and methods /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Deciphering Neurodegeneration: Models and Methods -- The challenge of neurodegeneration -- Huge diversity in cell types -- Nature versus nurture -- Reductionism versus systems biology -- Cellular models -- Yeast -- Primary cells -- Cell lines -- Stem cells -- Model organisms -- Caenorhabditis elegans -- Drosophila melanogaster -- Zebrafish -- Danio rerio -- Rodents -- Molecular biology approaches -- Knock out and knock in -- Genomic editing -- RNAi -- Overexpression -- Gene expression -- rtPCR -- Microarrays -- RNAseq -- Protein analysis -- Immunoblot -- ELISA -- Mass spec and proteomics -- Microscopy -- Immunocytochemistry -- Live cell imaging -- Electrophysiology.…”
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The Elusive Covenant : A Structural-Semiotic Reading of Genesis / by Prewitt, Terry J. (Terry James), 1945-

Table of Contents: “…Structural hermeneutics -- Rhetorical structures and cultural themes -- Structural patterns in Genesis 1-14 -- Genesis 1 and 14 -- Genesis 2 and 13 -- Genesis 3 and 12 -- Adam and Abraham -- Genesis 4 and 11 -- Genesis 5 and 10 -- Genesis 6 and 9 -- Genesis 7 and 8 -- Adam, Noah, and Abram -- Toward a unified Genesis structure -- Themal analysis -- Holism and reductionism as hermeneutic principles -- IV. Mythos and Ethos -- Kinship, place, and story types -- Matrimonial alliance in Biblical narrative -- Withdrawn-woman narratives -- Central marriage narratives -- Redemption narratives -- Mythos of patriarchal succession -- Threats to lineage continuity -- Violations of patriarchal authority -- Validations of the lineage -- Justice in the resolution of conflict V. …”
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