Effects of speeding up or slowing down animate or inanimate motions on timing

Speed Up, Slow Down or Both? Investigating the Contemporary Cities

Speed as a crucial phenomenon of modernism affects individual and collective life of human being and changes the traits of the places people live in. Increasing speed is the demand of the modern era, though on the other side in recent years there is a contrary incline towards slowing down different aspects of life. In view of this, the dualities in between social features of Speed up and slow d...

On the divide between animate and inanimate

Vitalism was abandoned already for a long time ago, yet the impression that animate beings differ in some fundamental way from inanimate objects continues to thrive. Here, we argue that scale free patterns, found throughout nature, present convincing evidence that this demarcation is only imaginary. Therefore, all systems ought to be regarded alike, i.e., all are consuming free energy in least ...

To Animate or Not to Animate? - The Effects of Animation on Recall, Product Perceptions & Attitude

An increasing number of firms are investing in animation as a tool to design more vivid and attractive Web sites. Animated content is usually invisible to search engine spiders, involves lengthier download periods and is inaccessible to the less technology-savvy users who are not equipped with the necessary software. The development costs of animated Web sites are considerably greater, commandi...

Wait Time : Slowing Down May Be A Way of Speeding Up

Boning up (or down) on statins.

The enzyme 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase mediates cholesterol biosynthesis by converting HMG-CoA to mevalonic acid. Although the focus has been on its effects on cholesterol, because mevalonic acid is also required for isoprenoid synthesis, it may also affect other important biological processes. Isoprenoids are converted by transferases to farnesyl and geranylgerany...