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body and processes
Tart analyzed a state of consciousness as made up of a number of component processes, including exteroception ( sensing the external world ); interoception ( sensing the body ); input-processing ( seeing meaning ); emotions ; memory ; time sense ; sense of identity ; evaluation and cognitive processing ; motor output ; and interaction with the environment.
Although many different processes might produce the general form of a black body spectrum, no model other than the Big Bang has yet explained the fluctuations.
Hobbes argues that all of human experience comes from biological processes contained within the body ( see: The Leviathan ).
All body processes require energy in order to function properly.
According to epiphenomenalism, mental states like Pierre's pleasurable experience — or, at any rate, their distinctive qualia — are epiphenomena ; they are side-effects or by-products of physical processes in the body.
A number of other changes have also characterized the evolution of humans, among them an increased importance on vision rather than smell ; a smaller gut ; loss of body hair ; evolution of sweat glands ; a change in the shape of the dental arcade from being u-shaped to being parabolic ; development of a chin ( only found in Homo sapiens ), development of styloid processes ; development of a descended larynx.
More generally, processes close to a massive body run more slowly when compared with processes taking place farther away ; this effect is known as gravitational time dilation.
# Autonomic nervous system transmission: both the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems are regulated by GPCR pathways, responsible for control of many automatic functions of the body such as blood pressure, heart rate, and digestive processes
Thyroid hormone functions as a controller of the pace of all of the processes in the body.
This is one of the vital processes in the body.
I do not allege that this condition is induced through the transmission of a magnetic or occult influence from my body into that of my patients ; nor do I profess, by my processes, to produce the higher supernatural phenomena of the Mesmerists.
Acting is seen as altering most of the 14 dimensions of changed subjective experience which characterize ASCs according to Farthing, namely: attention, perception, imagery and fantasy, inner speech, memory, higher-level thought processes, meaning or significance of experiences, time experience, emotional feeling and expression, level of arousal, self-control, suggestibility, body image, and sense of personal identity.
In sporadic inclusion body myositis muscle, two processes, one autoimmune and the other degenerative, appear to occur in the muscle cells in parallel.
* Pharmacokinetics, the study of the processes a substance undergoes in the human body, particularly the rates at which it is absorbed, distributed, metabolised and excreted
:* Hydra ( genus ), a Cnidarian, is the model organism to understand the processes of regeneration and morphogenesis, as well as the evolution of bilaterian body plans
There is a growing body of knowledge of the mechanics of sensory processes in cognitive psychology.
Positron emission tomography ( PET ) is a nuclear medicine imaging technique that produces a three-dimensional image or picture of functional processes in the body.
Modernist sculpture moved away from traditional processes and the emphasis on the depiction of the human body, with the making of constructed sculpture, and the presentation of found objects as finished art works.
Self-regulating systems are found in nature, including the physiological systems of our body, in local and global ecosystems, and in climate — and in human learning processes.
In the classical account strictly and purely in terms of cyclic processes, the spatial interior of the ' working body ' of a cyclic process is not considered ; the ' working body ' thus does not have a defined internal thermodynamic state of its own because no assumption is made that it should be in thermodynamic equilibrium ; only its inputs and outputs of energy as heat and work are considered.
Water is vital both as a solvent in which many of the body's solutes dissolve and as an essential part of many metabolic processes within the body.
The main aim of philosophers working in this area is to determine the nature of the mind and mental states / processes, and how — or even if — minds are affected by and can affect the body.

body and only
Actually, only two men know what the formula is, Blake and '' -- He stopped and looked at Thor's body.
they will trust only their physical sensations, the wisdom of the body, the holy promptings of the unconscious.
He could only watch with a sort of gentle dismay while his body did these quick, appalling, and efficient things.
Watson glanced briefly at him, seeing only a body rigidly erect behind the languid banner.
So, I say, Mr. Speaker, God bless you and keep you for many years not only for this body but for the United States of America and the free world.
The use of this concept does not specify the origin of the radiation, and only if the planet really radiates as a black body, will the apparent black-body temperature correspond to the physical temperature of the emitting material.
This meant, concretely, that the patient could not read at all without making writing-like movements of the head or body, became easily confused by `` hasher marks '' inserted between hand-written words and thus confused the mark for one of the letters, and could recognize a simple straight line or a curved one only by tracing it.
With the speed and power of the body beautiful he saw before him, Ol' Case wanted No. 7 to be not only the best homerun hitter, but also the best bunter, base-runner and outfielder.
It is danced by some thirty-five men and no women, and it contains everything in the books -- lusty comedy, gregarious cavorting, and tricks that only madmen or Russians would attempt to make the human body perform.
I picked him up, and the length of him arched very carefully and gracefully and only a little wildly, and I could feel the coolness of that radiant, fire-colored body, like splendid ice, and I knew that he had eaten only recently because there were two whole and solid little lumps in the forepart of him, like fieldmice swallowed whole might make.
DER2 can not only change its expression but also move its hands and feet and twist its body.
In most developed countries, only qualified persons — those with the appropriate licensure, certification, or registration with a relevant body, often governmental — are legally permitted to practice architecture.
Atma ( Soul ) merges into " Parmatma " or the greatest soul. According to Bhagwadgita an " Atma " or soul never dies, what dies is the body only made of five elements-Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Sky.
However, tyrannosaurid forelimbs were extremely small for their body size and retained only two digits.
All Israel and Judah flocked to his side, and David, attended only by the Cherethites and Pelethites and his former body guard that had followed him from Gath, found it expedient to flee.
She has only the ability to create a soulless body, and thus she is “ persuaded to undertake the journey to heaven to ask for a soul ,” and “ the Seven Liberal Arts produce a chariot for her ... the Five Senses are the horses ”.
The BCR is only found on the surface of B cells and facilitates the activation of these cells and their subsequent differentiation into either antibody factories called plasma cells, or memory B cells that will survive in the body and remember that same antigen so the B cells can respond faster upon future exposure.
When sitting in review of a decision, the Court will only look at the method in which the decision was arrived at, whereas in an administrative appeal the correctness of the decision itself will be examined, usually by a higher body in the agency.
This procedure is available only if the law on which the primary decision is based specifically provides for it and involves an appeal to a higher ranking administrative body.
He was buried in his own kirkyard, although local legends claim that the fairies took his body away, and the coffin contains only stones.
Some only had about a thousand men at the time of Pharsalus, due partly to losses at Dyrrhachium and partly to Caesar's wish to rapidly advance with a picked body as opposed to a ponderous movement with a large army.
Since going into ecumenical communion with their respective Anglican body, bishops in the ELCA or the ELCIC not only approve the " rostering " of all ordained pastors, diaconal ministers, and associates in ministry, but they serve as the principal celebrant of all pastoral ordination and installation ceremonies, diaconal consecration ceremonies, as well as serving as the " chief pastor " of the local synod, upholding the teachings of Martin Luther as well as the documentations of the Ninety-Five Theses and the Augsburg Confession.
Also, in this region, " box cutter " usually evokes only a specific subset of these knives ( the simpler type whose body consists only of a flat sleeve stamped from sheet steel ), and " pen knife " usually evokes only a folding pocket knife.

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