Social Pressure from a Core Group can Cause Self-Sustained Oscillations in an Epidemic Model
Acta Biotheor. 2023 Jun 22;71(3):18. doi: 10.1007/s10441-023-09469-3.ABSTRACTLet the individuals of a population be divided into two groups with different personal habits. The core group is associated with health risk behaviors; the non-core group avoids unhealthy activities. Assume that the infected individuals of the core group can spread a contagious disease to the whole population. Also, assume that cure does not confer immunity. Here, an epidemiological model written as a set of ordinary differential equations is proposed to investigate the infection propagation in this population. In the model, migrations between the...
Source: Acta Biotheoretica - June 22, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: A P Baccili L H A Monteiro Source Type: research
Social Pressure from a Core Group can Cause Self-Sustained Oscillations in an Epidemic Model
Acta Biotheor. 2023 Jun 22;71(3):18. doi: 10.1007/s10441-023-09469-3.ABSTRACTLet the individuals of a population be divided into two groups with different personal habits. The core group is associated with health risk behaviors; the non-core group avoids unhealthy activities. Assume that the infected individuals of the core group can spread a contagious disease to the whole population. Also, assume that cure does not confer immunity. Here, an epidemiological model written as a set of ordinary differential equations is proposed to investigate the infection propagation in this population. In the model, migrations between the...
Source: Acta Biotheoretica - June 22, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: A P Baccili L H A Monteiro Source Type: research
Social Pressure from a Core Group can Cause Self-Sustained Oscillations in an Epidemic Model
Acta Biotheor. 2023 Jun 22;71(3):18. doi: 10.1007/s10441-023-09469-3.ABSTRACTLet the individuals of a population be divided into two groups with different personal habits. The core group is associated with health risk behaviors; the non-core group avoids unhealthy activities. Assume that the infected individuals of the core group can spread a contagious disease to the whole population. Also, assume that cure does not confer immunity. Here, an epidemiological model written as a set of ordinary differential equations is proposed to investigate the infection propagation in this population. In the model, migrations between the...
Source: Acta Biotheoretica - June 22, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: A P Baccili L H A Monteiro Source Type: research
The Role of Information in Evolutionary Biology
Acta Biotheor. 2023 May 15;71(3):17. doi: 10.1007/s10441-023-09468-4.ABSTRACTThe Modern Synthesis has received criticism for its purported gene-centrism. That criticism relies on a concept of the gene as a unit of instructional information. In this paper I discuss information concepts and endorse one, developed from Floridi, that sees information as a functional relationship between data and context. I use this concept to inspect developmental criticisms of the Modern Synthesis and argue that the instructional gene arose as an idealization practice when evolutionary biologists made comment on development. However, a closer...
Source: Acta Biotheoretica - May 15, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Thomas E Dickins Source Type: research
The Role of Information in Evolutionary Biology
Acta Biotheor. 2023 May 15;71(3):17. doi: 10.1007/s10441-023-09468-4.ABSTRACTThe Modern Synthesis has received criticism for its purported gene-centrism. That criticism relies on a concept of the gene as a unit of instructional information. In this paper I discuss information concepts and endorse one, developed from Floridi, that sees information as a functional relationship between data and context. I use this concept to inspect developmental criticisms of the Modern Synthesis and argue that the instructional gene arose as an idealization practice when evolutionary biologists made comment on development. However, a closer...
Source: Acta Biotheoretica - May 15, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Thomas E Dickins Source Type: research
The Role of Information in Evolutionary Biology
Acta Biotheor. 2023 May 15;71(3):17. doi: 10.1007/s10441-023-09468-4.ABSTRACTThe Modern Synthesis has received criticism for its purported gene-centrism. That criticism relies on a concept of the gene as a unit of instructional information. In this paper I discuss information concepts and endorse one, developed from Floridi, that sees information as a functional relationship between data and context. I use this concept to inspect developmental criticisms of the Modern Synthesis and argue that the instructional gene arose as an idealization practice when evolutionary biologists made comment on development. However, a closer...
Source: Acta Biotheoretica - May 15, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Thomas E Dickins Source Type: research
The Role of Information in Evolutionary Biology
Acta Biotheor. 2023 May 15;71(3):17. doi: 10.1007/s10441-023-09468-4.ABSTRACTThe Modern Synthesis has received criticism for its purported gene-centrism. That criticism relies on a concept of the gene as a unit of instructional information. In this paper I discuss information concepts and endorse one, developed from Floridi, that sees information as a functional relationship between data and context. I use this concept to inspect developmental criticisms of the Modern Synthesis and argue that the instructional gene arose as an idealization practice when evolutionary biologists made comment on development. However, a closer...
Source: Acta Biotheoretica - May 15, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Thomas E Dickins Source Type: research
The Role of Information in Evolutionary Biology
Acta Biotheor. 2023 May 15;71(3):17. doi: 10.1007/s10441-023-09468-4.ABSTRACTThe Modern Synthesis has received criticism for its purported gene-centrism. That criticism relies on a concept of the gene as a unit of instructional information. In this paper I discuss information concepts and endorse one, developed from Floridi, that sees information as a functional relationship between data and context. I use this concept to inspect developmental criticisms of the Modern Synthesis and argue that the instructional gene arose as an idealization practice when evolutionary biologists made comment on development. However, a closer...
Source: Acta Biotheoretica - May 15, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Thomas E Dickins Source Type: research
The Role of Information in Evolutionary Biology
Acta Biotheor. 2023 May 15;71(3):17. doi: 10.1007/s10441-023-09468-4.ABSTRACTThe Modern Synthesis has received criticism for its purported gene-centrism. That criticism relies on a concept of the gene as a unit of instructional information. In this paper I discuss information concepts and endorse one, developed from Floridi, that sees information as a functional relationship between data and context. I use this concept to inspect developmental criticisms of the Modern Synthesis and argue that the instructional gene arose as an idealization practice when evolutionary biologists made comment on development. However, a closer...
Source: Acta Biotheoretica - May 15, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Thomas E Dickins Source Type: research
The Role of Information in Evolutionary Biology
Acta Biotheor. 2023 May 15;71(3):17. doi: 10.1007/s10441-023-09468-4.ABSTRACTThe Modern Synthesis has received criticism for its purported gene-centrism. That criticism relies on a concept of the gene as a unit of instructional information. In this paper I discuss information concepts and endorse one, developed from Floridi, that sees information as a functional relationship between data and context. I use this concept to inspect developmental criticisms of the Modern Synthesis and argue that the instructional gene arose as an idealization practice when evolutionary biologists made comment on development. However, a closer...
Source: Acta Biotheoretica - May 15, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Thomas E Dickins Source Type: research
The Role of Information in Evolutionary Biology
Acta Biotheor. 2023 May 15;71(3):17. doi: 10.1007/s10441-023-09468-4.ABSTRACTThe Modern Synthesis has received criticism for its purported gene-centrism. That criticism relies on a concept of the gene as a unit of instructional information. In this paper I discuss information concepts and endorse one, developed from Floridi, that sees information as a functional relationship between data and context. I use this concept to inspect developmental criticisms of the Modern Synthesis and argue that the instructional gene arose as an idealization practice when evolutionary biologists made comment on development. However, a closer...
Source: Acta Biotheoretica - May 15, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Thomas E Dickins Source Type: research
The Role of Information in Evolutionary Biology
Acta Biotheor. 2023 May 15;71(3):17. doi: 10.1007/s10441-023-09468-4.ABSTRACTThe Modern Synthesis has received criticism for its purported gene-centrism. That criticism relies on a concept of the gene as a unit of instructional information. In this paper I discuss information concepts and endorse one, developed from Floridi, that sees information as a functional relationship between data and context. I use this concept to inspect developmental criticisms of the Modern Synthesis and argue that the instructional gene arose as an idealization practice when evolutionary biologists made comment on development. However, a closer...
Source: Acta Biotheoretica - May 15, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Thomas E Dickins Source Type: research
The Role of Information in Evolutionary Biology
Acta Biotheor. 2023 May 15;71(3):17. doi: 10.1007/s10441-023-09468-4.ABSTRACTThe Modern Synthesis has received criticism for its purported gene-centrism. That criticism relies on a concept of the gene as a unit of instructional information. In this paper I discuss information concepts and endorse one, developed from Floridi, that sees information as a functional relationship between data and context. I use this concept to inspect developmental criticisms of the Modern Synthesis and argue that the instructional gene arose as an idealization practice when evolutionary biologists made comment on development. However, a closer...
Source: Acta Biotheoretica - May 15, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Thomas E Dickins Source Type: research
The Role of Information in Evolutionary Biology
Acta Biotheor. 2023 May 15;71(3):17. doi: 10.1007/s10441-023-09468-4.ABSTRACTThe Modern Synthesis has received criticism for its purported gene-centrism. That criticism relies on a concept of the gene as a unit of instructional information. In this paper I discuss information concepts and endorse one, developed from Floridi, that sees information as a functional relationship between data and context. I use this concept to inspect developmental criticisms of the Modern Synthesis and argue that the instructional gene arose as an idealization practice when evolutionary biologists made comment on development. However, a closer...
Source: Acta Biotheoretica - May 15, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Thomas E Dickins Source Type: research
The Role of Information in Evolutionary Biology
Acta Biotheor. 2023 May 15;71(3):17. doi: 10.1007/s10441-023-09468-4.ABSTRACTThe Modern Synthesis has received criticism for its purported gene-centrism. That criticism relies on a concept of the gene as a unit of instructional information. In this paper I discuss information concepts and endorse one, developed from Floridi, that sees information as a functional relationship between data and context. I use this concept to inspect developmental criticisms of the Modern Synthesis and argue that the instructional gene arose as an idealization practice when evolutionary biologists made comment on development. However, a closer...
Source: Acta Biotheoretica - May 15, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Thomas E Dickins Source Type: research
