Process

Process for the preparation of amorphous frovatriptan succinate

by Anthony Melvin Crasto Ph.D

U.S. Pat. Appl. Publ. (2007), US 20070299123 A1 20071227

Frovatriptan succinate substantially in an amorphous form is disclosed.  Also disclosed is a compn. comprising... more Frovatriptan succinate substantially in an amorphous form is disclosed.  Also disclosed is a compn. comprising frovatriptan succinate in a solid form, wherein at least 80% by wt. of the solid is frovatriptan succinate in an amorphous form.  The present invention also provides a process for prepg. frovatriptan succinate substantially in an amorphous form by providing a soln. of frovatriptan succinate in one or more solvents capable of dissolving the frovatriptan succinate and substantially removing the solvent from the soln.

The eventfulness of social reproduction

by Adam Moore

Published in Sociological Theory, 2011

Evolutionary Biology: Processes and Patterns

by Emanuele Serrelli

Serrelli E (2011). Biologia evoluzionistica: processi e pattern. Riflessioni Sistemiche 5 (Nov 2011), "I processi nell'approccio sistemico", pp. 138-153 (online on http://www.aiems.eu).

This reflection argues that patterns, i.e., iterations, recurrencies, are our way of accessing evolutionary processes.... more This reflection argues that patterns, i.e., iterations, recurrencies, are our way of accessing evolutionary processes. I also address the meaning of “pattern”, which has many interpretations. Many evolutionary biologists like to compare themselves to detectives. Such a parallel allows seeing how the pattern concept performs in describing distinct knowledge contexts. Evolutionists are often recommended to clearly distinguish between patterns and processes, perhaps in relation to a hypothesized contrast between the static character of patterns and the dynamic nature of processes. Simple examples of biological patterns, however, suggest that patterns are scheme of relations that always have a diachronic dimension entangled with the synchronic. So, patterns are not mere static traces of processes: recurrent processual forms ARE patterns, they are what we have when we affirm we know the processes. The reconstruction of unique historical events, in spite of appearance, is not an exception: we know what happened when it conforms or (equally importantly) diverges from expected regularities. Expectations are fundamental in the knowing mechanisms, and are constantly formed in various ways. Patterns, like processes, stratify at different spatiotemporal scales and in distinct webs of relations. In addition, they vary with respect to generality. Synchronic extensions of patterns are, actually, crucial for our possibility to access processes, but they are, precisely, inextricable from the temporal dimension.

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Review of "Nicholas Rescher, Essais sur les fondements de l'ontologie du procès, trans. by M. Weber, Ontos, 2006"

by Frederic Tremblay

Published in Philosophiques, vol. 34, n. 2, 2007, pp. 419-421

Whitehead's Unique Approach to the Topic of Consciousness

by Anderson Weekes

In: Michel Weber & Anderson Weekes (eds.), Process Approaches to Consciousness in Psychology, Neuroscience, and Philosophy of Mind (New York: SUNY Press, ISBN 978-1-4384-2941-0 & ISBN 978-1-4384-2940-3), 2009, pp. 137–172.
English

Conventional approaches to consciousness assume that our current science tells us within tolerable limits what... more Conventional approaches to consciousness assume that our current science tells us within tolerable limits what physical nature is. Because nature so understood cannot explain consciousness as we seem to experience it ourselves, explaining consciousness becomes a problem. One solution is to rethink what consciousness is so that it becomes the sort of thing our current natural science could in principle explain. Whitehead takes the opposite approach, using the existence of consciousness as a clue to what nature must be if it can generate something like consciousness. The justification for this approach can be found in Whitehead’s implicit indictment of descriptive phenomenology. According to Whitehead, the seemingly insoluble problem of explaining consciousness naturalistically is an artifact created by the assumption that consciousness faithfully samples the world, when in fact it obscures the very aspects of nature that are indispensable to understanding how anything, including consciousness itself, could emerge through a physical process.

Information flow and simulation support in the product development process – a case study

by Tobias Larsson

Johansson, Henrik ; Larsson, Tobias. In: Proceedings / Produktmodeller -98. 1998. p. 271-280 (LiTH-IKP-R / Department of mechanical engineering; 1035).

This paper consists of a case study of the product development process at Indexator AB, manufacturer of rotators for... more This paper consists of a case study of the product development process at Indexator AB, manufacturer of rotators for heavy equipment. The process has been studied concerning the information flow and computer support in the engineering design department and its interacting departments. It is shown that the company has a clear view of how information flows and which computer tools they use in the different parts of the processes. The advantage of using computer tools for analysis and planning is seen. Ways of communication and information flows concerning the design processes can sometimes happen in unplanned ways. Lack of integration between the different computer tools leads to unnecessary regeneration of the product information in the different parts of the development process.

Foucault's and Arendt's 'insider view'of biopolitics: a critique of Agamben

by Claire Blencowe

History of the Human Sciences, 23 (5) 2010

This article revisits Arendt’s and Foucault’s converging accounts of modern (bio)politics and the entry of biological... more This article revisits Arendt’s and Foucault’s converging accounts of modern (bio)politics and the entry of biological life into politics. Agamben’s influential account of these ideas is rejected as a misrepresentation both because it de-historicizes biological/organic life and because it occludes the positivity of that life and thus the discursive appeal and performative force of biopolitics. Through attention to the genealogy of Arendt’s and Foucault’s own ideas we will see that the major point of convergence in their thinking is their insistence upon understanding biological thinking from the inside, in terms of its positivity. Agamben’s assessment of modern politics is closer to Arendt’s than it is to Foucault’s and this marks a fascinating point of disagreement between Arendt and Foucault. Whereas Arendt sees the normalizing force of modern society as being in total opposition to individuality, Foucault posits totalization and individuation as processes of normation, which casts a light upon the relative import they place upon politics and ethics.

A syntactic account of affix rivalry in Spanish nominalisations

by Antonio Fábregas

In Nominalisations across languages and frameworks. Edited by Artemis Alexiadou and Monika Rathert. Mouton de Gruyter, pp. 59-85 (2010).