{"title":"A decade of thermostatted kinetic theory models for complex active matter living systems","authors":"Carlo Bianca","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2024.06.015","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2024.06.015","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In the last decade, the thermostatted kinetic theory has been proposed as a general paradigm for the modeling of complex systems of the active matter and, in particular, in biology. Homogeneous and inhomogeneous frameworks of the thermostatted kinetic theory have been employed for modeling phenomena that are the result of interactions among the elements, called active particles, composing the system. Functional subsystems contain heterogeneous active particles that are able to perform the same task, called activity. Active matter living systems usually operate out-of-equilibrium; accordingly, a mathematical thermostat is introduced in order to regulate the fluctuations of the activity of particles. The time evolution of the functional subsystems is obtained by introducing the conservative and the nonconservative interactions which represent activity-transition, natural birth/death, induced proliferation/destruction, and mutation of the active particles. This review paper is divided in two parts: In the first part the review deals with the mathematical frameworks of the thermostatted kinetic theory that can be found in the literature of the last decade and a unified approach is proposed; the second part of the review is devoted to the specific mathematical models derived within the thermostatted kinetic theory presented in the last decade for complex biological systems, such as wound healing diseases, the recognition process and the learning dynamics of the human immune system, the hiding-learning dynamics and the immunoediting process occurring during the cancer-immune system competition. Future research perspectives are discussed from the theoretical and application viewpoints, which suggest the important interplay among the different scholars of the applied sciences and the desire of a multidisciplinary approach or rather a theory for the modeling of every active matter system.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"50 ","pages":"Pages 72-97"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141603069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beyond task response - A key to the subjective aspects of consciousness","authors":"Moti Salti , Omer Gabay , Dafna Bergerbest","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2024.07.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plrev.2024.07.005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"50 ","pages":"Pages 98-99"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141607281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Through the cracks of consciousness - The relevance of temporal dynamics for the psychological baseline of the self and its dissociative counterpart: A commentary on “Beyond task response—Pre-stimulus activity modulates contents of consciousness” by Northoff, Zilio, and Zhang","authors":"Andrea Scalabrini","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2024.07.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2024.07.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"50 ","pages":"Pages 100-102"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141622685","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Bejan , H. Almahmoud , U. Gunes , H.E. Fakhari , P. Mardanpour
{"title":"Evolution and irreversibility: Two distinct phenomena and their distinct laws of nature","authors":"A. Bejan , H. Almahmoud , U. Gunes , H.E. Fakhari , P. Mardanpour","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2024.06.014","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2024.06.014","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>To clarify the place of time direction of change in nature (time arrow), the present article shows why Evolution and Irreversibility are two distinct phenomena. Their distinct laws of nature are the Constructal Law and the Second Law, respectively. The demonstration is based on the simplest setting imaginable: a solid body moving in a pool of water. The view is holistic: the system selected for analysis is the body and the pool, not the body alone, and the phenomenon is the evolution of the image (configuration) of the whole. New is also the answer to the question of what flows in this evolving flow configuration. Along the way, important terms are defined: phenomenon, law, irreversibility, nature, design, freedom, theory versus empiricism, information, knowledge, selection, purpose, engine, refrigeration, and wheel. More complex natural settings for the demonstration are in the second part of the article: engines, refrigeration, heating and cooling, the wheel, and a pushed boat sliding on water.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"50 ","pages":"Pages 103-116"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2024-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141622686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The neglected conscious subject in consciousness science: Commentary on “Beyond task response—Pre-stimulus activity modulates contents of consciousness” by G. Northoff, F. Zilio & J. Zhang","authors":"Matthew Owen","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2024.06.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plrev.2024.06.009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"50 ","pages":"Pages 61-62"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2024-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141479250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Roxane S. Hoyer , Prejaas K.B. Tewarie , Steven Laureys
{"title":"Spatiotemporal dynamics of brain activity in cognition and consciousness: Comment on “Beyond task responsePre-stimulus activity modulates contents of consciousness” by Northoff, Zilio, and Zhang","authors":"Roxane S. Hoyer , Prejaas K.B. Tewarie , Steven Laureys","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2024.06.013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2024.06.013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"50 ","pages":"Pages 63-65"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2024-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141533200","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intrinsic brain activity and phenomenal contents Comment on “Beyond task response—Pre-stimulus activity modulates contents of consciousness” by G. Northoff, F. Zilio & J. Zhang","authors":"Tomáš Marvan","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2024.06.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2024.06.010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"50 ","pages":"Pages 57-58"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2024-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141465143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A meta-perspective on the creative metacognition framework. Reply to comments on “A systematic framework of creative metacognition”","authors":"Izabela Lebuda , Mathias Benedek","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2024.06.012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2024.06.012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"50 ","pages":"Pages 66-71"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2024-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141544357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Studies in spatiotemporal neuroscience: Comment on “Beyond task response: Pre-stimulus activity modulates contents of consciousness” by G. Northoff, F. Zilio, & J. Zhang","authors":"Joseph Neisser","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2024.06.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2024.06.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"50 ","pages":"Pages 59-60"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2024-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141465144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}