Corrosions Influenced by Physical Phenomena.

Cardiac Inter-Beat Interval Complexity Is Influenced By Physical Activity

The complexity of physiological signals may be a more sensitive indicator of health than standard or average measurements. We examined cardiac inter-beat intervals of healthy subjects who are either physically active or sedentary to determine whether measures of complexity are more sensitive to subtle cardiac changes than standard measures. Subjects were pre-screened by self-report, and qualify...

Can Mathematics Explain Physical Phenomena?

Batterman ([2010]) raises a number of concerns for the inferential conception of the applicability of mathematics advocated by Bueno and Colyvan ([2011]). Here, we distinguish the various concerns, and indicate how they can be assuaged by paying attention to the nature of the mappings involved and emphasizing the significance of interpretation in this context. We also indicate how this concepti...

Cholera in Relation to Certain Physical Phenomena

The Connection between Chemical and Physical Phenomena

On the preceding pages it was shown that the movement of molecules can produce physical phenomena. Thus sound comes about through the oscillation of the molecules in solid, liquid or gaseous objects, and it continues in these substances until it reaches our ear. And heat and light are nothing other than an extremely rapid oscillation of molecules that continues through the world ether until it ...

Understanding Natural Language Descriptions of Physical Phenomena

The fact that human readers can learn about the physical world from textual descriptions leads to a number of interesting questions about the connections between our conceptual understanding of the physical world and how it is reflected in natural language. This thesis investigates some forms in which information about physical phenomena is typically expressed in natural language and how this k...