Bodily states

We must next consider more precisely the connection between the description of bodily identical states by the two observers (the requirements of Postulate 1). Quite in general, in fact, a physical theory, and quantum electrodynamics in particular, is fully defined only if the connection between the description of bodily identical states by (equivalent) observers is known for every state of the system and for every pair of observers. Since the observers are equivalent every state which can be described by 0 can also be described by O. Given a bodily state of the same system, observer 0 will ascribe to it a state vector Y0> in his Hilbert space and observer O will attribute to it a state vector T0.) in his Hilbert space. The above formulation of invariance means that there exists a one-to-one correspondence between the vectors Y0> and Y0.) used by observers 0 and O to describe bodily the same state.3 This correspondence guarantees that the two Hilbert spaces are in fact isomorphic. It is, therefore, possible for the two observers to agree to describe states of the system by vectors in the same Hilbert space. A similar statement can be made for the observables there exists a one-to-one correspondence between the operators Q0 and Q0>, which observers 0 and O attribute to observables. The consistency of the theory (Postulate 2) demands, however, that the two observers make the same prediction as the outcome of the same experiment performed on bodily the same system. This requires the relation... 

Zheng J, Luo X-J, Yuan J-G, He L-Y, Zhou Y-H, Luo Y, Chen S-J, Mai B-X, Yang Z-Y (2011) Heavy metals in hair of residents in an e-waste recycling area, South China contents and assessment of bodily state. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 61(4) 696-703. doi 10.1007/ s00244-011 -9650-6... 

LOW 1st JHANA Hindering thoughts, sensory perception, and awareness of painful bodily states all cease. Initial and unbroken sustai ned attention to primary object of concentration, feelings of rapture, bliss, and one-pointedness MATERIAL STATES... 

Symptoms the functional evidence of disease a change in condition indicative of some mental or bodily state. 

The affliction of environmental illness, otherwise known as multiple chemical sensitivity (mcs), rendered the ordinary spaces of late capitalist life uninhabitable. brings together diverse individualized experiences of multiple symptoms that sufferers typically link to mild exposures of many unrelated chemicals. Like sick building syndrome, MCS is a phenomenon with a multiplicitous nature. Because individualized reactions are difficult, if not impossible, to objectify with conventional biomedical techniques and because they are elicited by low, subtoxic, supposedly safe levels of common, unrelated chemicals, the very existence of mcs was highly controversial in the late twentieth century, and it remains so. mcs does not conform to the biomedical logics already available for categorizing bodily states, nor does it conform to biomedical expectations of what a body is supposed to be able to do. 

In a quantum mechanical framework, Postulate 1 remains as stated. It implies that there exists a well-defined connection and correspondence between the labels attributed to the space-time points by each observer, between the state vectors each observer attributes to a given physical system, and between observables of the system. Postulate 2 is usually formulated in terms of transition probabilities, and requires that the transition probability be independent of the frame of reference. It should be stated explicitly at this point that we shall formulate the notion of invariance in terms of the concept of bodily identity, wherein a single physical system is viewed by two observers who, in general, will have different relations to the system. 

Heisenberg- Type Description.—Observer 0 and O ascribe to bodily the same state, the same state vector Y> (i.e., T0> = T0.> apart from possible phase factors), but describe observables by operators Q and Q, respectively, which are in one-to-one correspondence. 

Equation (11-165), which is the statement that the transition probabilities for bodily identical pairs of states be the same for all observers, is trivially satisfied for the Heisenberg-type description. On the other hand, for the Sehr6dinger-type description, Eq. (11-156) asserts that the one-to-one correspondence between the vectors Y> and T > is, in fact, either a unitary or anti-unitary 4 (norm preserving) one... 

The discussion at the beginning of this section, when coupled with the fact that the observers 0 and O agree to describe bodily the same state by the same state vector, has exhibited the invariance of quantum electrodynamics under space inversion in the Heisenberg-type description. 

Observers O and O describe bodily the same state by vectors VF)> and T >, which are related by... 

Panayiotis Tsakalis You said that what we need is to discover the reasons for human action, and not the causes of bodily movements. So, is there no common ground between reasons and causes, either ontologically or conceptually And second, you suggested that, in order to make that discovery we need to study the meaning, which depends on networks of social relations and not on brain states. Do I understand correctly what you have said Do you mean to say that mental states or brain states are totally irrelevant to the specification of meaning ... 

Signs and Symptoms Symptoms in immunocompromised individuals may include fever, difficulty breathing (dyspnea), nonproductive cough, bloody sputum (hemoptysis), bloody nose (epistaxis), a vague feeling of bodily discomfort (malaise), pneumonia, weakness, chest pain, and anorexia. May progress to inflammation of the eyes (endophthalmitis), sensitivity to light (photophobia), and/or inflammation of the heart (endocarditis). May also cause abscesses in the heart, kidneys, liver, spleen, other soft tissue, or the bone. If the central nervous system becomes involved, can cause altered mental states and seizures. 

And contained within the sum of all of our bodily fluids are over a hundred thousand proteins. These proteins do not act in isolation, but form extended protein interaction networks1. This expands the protein interaction space into millions of measurements that could be needed to specify our state of health. 

The Supreme Court has recognized a constitutional right to bodily integrity that includes the right of a person to make voluntary and informed decisions about medical treatment." The government s concept of compassionate coercion appears to turn upside-down the individual s right to informed consent. All fifty states have laws that protect informed consent. These laws require that before performing medical procedures or treatments, medical personnel must make certain disclosures to patients and obtain the patient s consent." ... 

Lastly, always follow the label. Any material sold as a crop protection chemical in the United States must be registered with the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) and labeled. The label must be followed. Failure to do so is illegal and can be dangerous. Labels list time and rate of application and the vegetables and pests on which the product can be used. They also contain other information, such as safety precautions. Always read the label and use the chemical only where and how it is permitted. It is possible to cause severe environmental or bodily injury if agricrrltural chemicals are misused. In no case does the Agricultirral Extension Service recommend the use of any plant protection substance in a marmer inconsistent with its label. 

Herman Presser was indicted for violating this statute as part of a German-American social and military society called the Lehr und Wehr Verein ( Education and Defense Society ). The group was incorporated under Illinois law with the stated purpose of improving the mental and bodily condition of its members so as to qualify them for the duties of citizens of a republic. In December 1879, the group, led by Presser, engaged in a march and drill, armed with rifles, without the required license from the governor. 

Only during the past three decades has scientific study focused on the clinical effects of meditation on health. During the 1960s, it was reported that meditation masters in India could perform extraordinary acts of bodily control when they were in altered states of consciousness. These reports captured... 

The word interdependence is important here because it allows that the subjective state of consciousness can alter the brain just as the state of the brain can alter the state of consciousness. In my brain-mind model, volition and automaticity are in dynamic equilibrium. Most brain functions (like other bodily processes) are automatic, but some (unlike other bodily processes) are reflective, deliberative, and decisive in altering the direction and content of subsequent mental activity. 

This link of central state to peripheral outflow unifies Hans Selye s concept of stress to Cannon s fight or flight paradigm and places both in a model that specifies, to a first approximation, the way that brain-mind state control systems can coordinate the complex array of processes that are involved. The twin beneficiaries of our model and the interventions illuminated by it are nothing less than mental and bodily health. 

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