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Non-periodic table of periodicities and periodic table with additional periodicities: tetrad periodicity 非周期周期表和附加周期周期表:四元周期

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Foundations of Chemistry Pub Date : 2022-09-16 DOI: 10.1007/s10698-022-09437-8

Naum S. Imyanitov

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A process ontology approach in biochemistry: the case of GPCRs and biosignaling 生物化学中的过程本体方法:以gpcr和生物信号传导为例

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Foundations of Chemistry Pub Date : 2022-09-15 DOI: 10.1007/s10698-022-09443-w

Fiorela Alassia

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Models, languages and representations: philosophical reflections driven from a research on teaching and learning about cellular respiration 模型、语言和表征:基于细胞呼吸教学研究的哲学思考

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Foundations of Chemistry Pub Date : 2022-09-10 DOI: 10.1007/s10698-022-09444-9

Martín Pérgola, Lydia Galagovsky

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Prospective sustainable agriculture principles inspired by green chemistry 受绿色化学启发的前瞻性可持续农业原则

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Foundations of Chemistry Pub Date : 2022-08-09 DOI: 10.1007/s10698-022-09442-x

Praveen Kumar Sharma

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Hints for a formal language inspired by Lewis structures 受刘易斯结构启发的形式语言提示

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Foundations of Chemistry Pub Date : 2022-08-03 DOI: 10.1007/s10698-022-09439-6

Savino Longo

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Editorial 71 编辑71

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Foundations of Chemistry Pub Date : 2022-07-29 DOI: 10.1007/s10698-022-09441-y

Eric Scerri

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The case of Zinjafr in the medical and mineralogical texts of medieval Persia: a puzzle created in the absence of the concept of chemical elements 中世纪波斯医学和矿物学文献中的Zinjafr案例:在缺乏化学元素概念的情况下创造的谜题

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Foundations of Chemistry Pub Date : 2022-07-13 DOI: 10.1007/s10698-022-09436-9

Nazila Farmani Anooshe, Aliyar Mousavi

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Chemical reactivity: cause-effect or interaction? 化学反应性:因果关系还是相互作用?

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Foundations of Chemistry Pub Date : 2022-07-06 DOI: 10.1007/s10698-022-09430-1

Alfio Zambon

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In praise of triads 赞美三合会

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Foundations of Chemistry Pub Date : 2022-06-16 DOI: 10.1007/s10698-022-09434-x

Eric R. Scerri

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Philosophical grounds for designing invisible molecules 设计隐形分子的哲学基础

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Foundations of Chemistry Pub Date : 2022-06-04 DOI: 10.1007/s10698-022-09433-y

Hirofumi Ochiai

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