Autonomous self

Neurons of the mammalian suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) contain cell-autonomous, self-sustained oscillators, which are able to maintain circadian periodicity even when isolated in vitro or when the animal is placed under... 

A Ultra-microscopic organization of certain types of molecules into colloidal, autonomous, self-perpetuating particles, that had the... 

Market exploitation rests on exchanges that in one sense are free and voluntary, rather than forced. Marx argued, however, that in another and more important sense the selling of labour-power is forced. Hence there is a need to examine in which sense Marx understood the notions of freedom, force, coercion and compulsion. In 4.2.11 first discuss Marx s notion of positive freedom, or freedom as autonomous self-realization, and how it is related to the formal freedom of choice. In 4.2.21 consider the senses in which - and the limits within which - capitalism offers a freedom that was absent in earlier societies. In 4.2.31 first discuss whether... 

Sampson (1988) described the distinction between the ensembled or relational sel more common in collectivistic cultures such as those found in China, Africa, and Latin America—and the autonomous self, which is more common in individualistic cultures, such as those found in North America and Western Europe. Autonomous or self-contained views of the person construct the boundary between the self and others as firm, consider control over behavior and experience to reside solely in the person, and typically define self and nonself as mutually exclusive (Sampson, 1988). In contrast, ensembled views of the self construct the boundaries between self and nonself as more fluid, and even as overlapping, and consider that power and control over one s behavior does not fully reside in the individual but rather in the relationship of the individual and his or her environment (which includes important others). 

Chen YL, Kushner AM, Williams GA, Guan ZB (2012) Multiphase design of autonomic self-healing thermoplastic elastomers. Nat Chem 4(6) 467-472... 

Zhang H, Xia H, Zhao Y (2012) Poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogel can autonomously self-heal. ACS Macro Lett 1 1233... 

South, A.B., Lyon, L.A., 2010. Autonomic self-healing of hydrogel thin films. Angew. Chem. 122, 779-783. 

The analysis conducted so far reveals that the design and construction of a fully autonomous self-replicating SSR are extremely demanding. The success of such a design and construction appear to be heavily determined by the appropriate choices, listed below, and how these choices harmonize with the SSR environment ... 

These analyses have shown that there are strong reasons to be skeptical that humans are able, at this time, to design and build a fully autonomous self-replicator. 

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