Mellema, Cooper J Montillo, Albert A
Published in
Journal of Neural Engineering
Objective. New measures of human brain connectivity are needed to address gaps in the existing measures and facilitate the study of brain function, cognitive capacity, and identify early markers of human disease. Traditional approaches to measure functional connectivity (FC) between pairs of brain regions in functional MRI, such as correlation and ...
Dos Santos, Nélio Gilberto
Published in
Elenchos
This study intends to show that the usually given meaning of the teleological dualism τὸ οὗ/τὸ ᾧ of Aristotle’s De anima, understood as “an aim or goal” and “the beneficiary”, does not come from Aristotle, but from a controversial interpretation of the ancient commentators. It originates on the attempt of certain Peripatetics to appropriate the Sto...
Stanciu, Diana
Published in
Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience
The new approach in cognitive science largely known as “4E cognition” (embodied/embedded/enactive/extended cognition), which sheds new light on the complex dynamics of human consciousness, seems to revive some of Aristotle's views. For instance, the concept of “nature” (phusis) and the discussion on “active intellect” (nous poiêtikos) may be partic...
Iimura, Daichi Ishida, Osamu
Published in
Frontiers in Psychology
Purpose Developmental stuttering is a fluency disorder that may be caused by neurological, genetic, or familial factors. However, a general perception that stuttering is caused by psychological problems could lead to negative attitudes toward stuttering, causing prejudice or discrimination against people who stutter (PWS). Thus, our study aimed to ...
Li, Wenhan Lu, Qunwen Qian, Junhui Feng, Yue Luo, Jian Luo, Caigui He, Wenshan Dong, Bing Liu, Huahui Liu, Zhongxing
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Published in
Frontiers in Immunology
Dowker, Fay Sorkin, Rafael D
Published in
Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
Relativistic causality (RC) is the principle that no cause can act outside its future light cone, but any attempt to formulate this principle more precisely will depend on the foundational framework that one adopts for quantum theory. Adopting a histories-based (or ‘path integral’) framework, we relate RC to a condition we term ‘Persistence of Zero...
Potaux, Yohan Sarkar, Debajyoti Solodukhin, Sergey N
The classical black hole spacetime is modified semiclassically, depending strongly on the choice of the quantum states. In particular, for the Boulware state the spacetime often takes a wormhole structure mimicking closely a spacetime with a horizon. In this paper, in the context of the two-dimensional dilaton RST model, we consider all possible im...
Chen, Yuexuan Zhao, Mengjiao Ji, Kaisong Li, Jingjing Wang, Shuxin Lu, Liming Chen, Zhenhu Zeng, Jingchun
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Frontiers in Immunology
Background Nicotine dependence is a key factor influencing the diversity of gut microbiota, and targeting gut microbiota may become a new approach for the prevention and treatment of nicotine dependence. However, the causal relationship between the two is still unclear. This study aims to investigate the causal relationship between nicotine depende...
Moon, Tae Seok
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Frontiers in Synthetic Biology
In physical science such as physics and chemistry, there are governing principles that are universal and applicable to all relevant systems, including energy conservation, entropy increase, uncertainty principle in quantum mechanics, and chemical equilibrium. However, what are governing principles in biology that are unique to all living systems? A...
Ren, Feihong Jin, Qiubai Jin, Qi Qian, Yiyun Ren, Xuelei Liu, Tongtong Zhan, Yongli
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Frontiers in Immunology
Background The association of gut microbiota (GM) and chronic kidney disease (CKD), and the relevancy of GM and chronic systemic inflammation in CKD, were revealed on the basis of researches on gut–kidney axis in previous studies. However, their causal relationships are still unclear. Objective To uncover the causal relationships between GM and CKD...
