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... Sorts of matter - energy crossing the bound- ary . Meaning of information crossing the boundary . Sorts of information crossing the boundary . Degree of permeability of the boundary to matter - energy or information . Percentage of ...
... Sorts of matter - energy crossing the bound- ary . Meaning of information crossing the boundary . Sorts of information crossing the boundary . Degree of permeability of the boundary to matter - energy or information . Percentage of ...
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... sorts of inputs and softens others so that they act as taste inputs to the receptor cells . Somesthetic senses . The skins of vertebrates , includ- ing human beings , transduce information inputs which are decoded by higher centers as ...
... sorts of inputs and softens others so that they act as taste inputs to the receptor cells . Somesthetic senses . The skins of vertebrates , includ- ing human beings , transduce information inputs which are decoded by higher centers as ...
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... sorts of disposition of them in the suprasystem . Gross consid- ers services to be products of organizations , whereas I consider them to be process outputs , reserving the term " product " for material outputs that are neither wastes ...
... sorts of disposition of them in the suprasystem . Gross consid- ers services to be products of organizations , whereas I consider them to be process outputs , reserving the term " product " for material outputs that are neither wastes ...
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