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The discussion of synthetic membranes can be structured in terms of the function or the structure of the membrane used in a particular application. For instance, one can consider whether a membrane is used to separate mixtures of gas molecules vs particles from liquids (function) vs whether the membrane structure is primarily microporous or dense (structure). In fact, function and stmcture are linked, but to facilitate the consideration of physical science issues related to membranes appropriate for this reference, emphasis on functional aspects are probably most appropriate. This approach reflects the fact that the use of a membrane generally involves one or more physical sci-... 

Therefore, the power-law behavior itself is a self-similar phenomenon, i.e., doubling of the time is matched by a specific fractional reduction of the function, which is independent of the chosen starting time self-similarity, independent of scale is equivalent to a statement that the process is fractal. Although not all power-law relationships are due to fractals, the existence of such a relationship should alert the observer to seriously consider whether the system is self-similar. The dimensionless character of a is unique. It might be a reflection of the fractal nature of the body (both in terms of structure and function) and it can also be linked with species invariance. This means that a can be found to be similar in various species. Moreover, a could also be thought of as the reflection of a combination of structure of the body (capillaries plus eliminating organs) and function (diffusion characteristics plus clearance concepts). 

Up to now, we have reflected upon a family of partly competing and partly complementary theses about the metaphysics of the mind, and on how these theses can be illustrated by reference to the explication of reduction. These theses remain silent about the epistemic or procedural character of reductions (except for the highly implausible idea that the relevant identity-statements express a priori tmths) and about explanatory aspects of reduction. In the philosophy of mind, the dominant view about the link between reduction and explanation is that functional reduction somehow goes together with functional or mechanistic explanation. Functionalism also yields a theory of the metaphysics of mental properties and, contrary to ordinary type-identity theories, it explicitly employs the term reduction . 

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