The Conservation Ideological State Apparatus

Conservation of State versus Change of State

In his paper [1], Mirosław Zabierowski stresses that he was not going to criticize my paper [2]. As we both are not native English speakers, I assume that there was a mutual misunderstanding. Therefore, I will concentrate on the rational kernel, the notion of state and the roles of state conservation and change of state in various representations of classical mechanics. The notion of state is a...

Breast Conservation Surgery: State of the Art

Breast conservation surgery is available to the vast majority of women with breast cancer. The combination of neoadjuvant therapies and oncoplastic surgical techniques allows even large tumours to be managed with a breast-conserving approach. The relationship between breast size and the volume of tissue to be excised determines the need for volume displacement or replacement. Such an approach c...

State-of-the-Art Conservation Literature

Conservation Biology Volume 17, No. 5, October 2003 sensus from the relevant scientific community. My generation learned the evidentiary basis for population genetics almost exclusively from Drosophila and for quantitative genetics from laboratory mice and agricultural animals. This book features a wonderful variety of examples, including condors ( Gymnogyps californianus ), elephant seals ( Mi...

Ideological Strategy

Apparatus for Maintaining Bacterial Cultures in the Steady State

When cultures of bacteria are transferred in the usual way, both the character of the cells, and the composition of the medium are constantly changing. If the cell concentration is held constant, on the other hand, the composition of the medium (including enzymes and viruses) in which the growth occurs, must also be constant and any change in the concentration of any substance indicates a chang...