I sometimes wonder if a Geoff West (https://t.co/u423rBogxs & followups) style analysis can be used to predict the exponents seen in the scaling laws papers.
A general model for the origin of allometric scaling laws in biology.
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The overall tone reflects strong support and interest, with users referencing the 1997 groundbreaking publication and its influence. Comments like 'groundbreaking paper' and questions about the model's broader implications reveal both appreciation and curiosity, with some discussing the mathematical principles involved, contributing to a lively, thoughtful discussion.
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- The text explains a general model that accounts for allometric scaling laws in biology, including how metabolic rates follow a specific power law, by describing how essential materials are transported through fractal networks of branching tubes.
- The model is based on the principles that energy dissipation is minimized and terminal tubes remain consistent across different body sizes, allowing it to accurately predict the scaling relationships in various biological systems like circulatory and respiratory networks in mammals, plants, and insects.
- It provides a comprehensive analysis that matches real-world data and applies broadly to different types of distribution networks in living organisms, highlighting the universal nature of these scaling laws.]
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Most liked on X and BlueskyPensando nas verdades universais de Platão, sinto falta de ter acesso ao conhecimento de vida em sistemas muito distantes da Terra. Convergências evolucionárias iriam confirmar princípios universais além da escalabilidade alométrica. https://t.co/ov8hNr0YF0
#TBT - In 1997, SFI researchers Geoffrey West, Jim Brown, and Brian Enquist published “A general model for the origin of allometric scaling laws in biology.” Here is a clipping of an article that was written in the Santa Fe Reporter about their groundbreaking paper.
Ich muss euch jetzt eine Sache mitteilen, die euch vielleicht schockieren wird: Die meisten Tiere sind keine Kugeln! Truthbomb, I know! Schon vor knapp 100 Jahren hat sich mit Kleibers Gesetz etabliert, dass der Exponent nicht 2/3, sondern 3/4 ist. 12/ https://t.co/1vZTj0KFbV
#TBT - In 1997, SFI researchers Geoffrey West, Jim Brown, and Brian Enquist published “A general model for the origin of allometric scaling laws in biology.” Here is a clipping of an article that was written in the Santa Fe Reporter about their groundbreaking paper. https://t.co/FMnXOt5A3W
@yashiro_ld こんにちは。(上限じゃないですが)生物のスケールがどう決まるかには流体説もあるみたいで、私はこれがお気に入りです。栄養とかを流体で流す必要があってそれで制限がかかると。 https://t.co/4ghTvx72CR
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West, G. B., Brown, J. H., & Enquist, B. J. (1997). A general model for the origin of allometric scaling laws in biology. Science, 276(5309), 122-126. https://t.co/iaHzxpnL2W
RT @fujiisoup: @yashiro_ld こんにちは。(上限じゃないですが)生物のスケールがどう決まるかには流体説もあるみたいで、私はこれがお気に入りです。栄養とかを流体で流す必要があってそれで制限がかかると。 https://t.co/4ghTvx72CR
@yashiro_ld こんにちは。(上限じゃないですが)生物のスケールがどう決まるかには流体説もあるみたいで、私はこれがお気に入りです。栄養とかを流体で流す必要があってそれで制限がかかると。 https://t.co/4ghTvx72CR
@clumma in his https://t.co/rvKwGmvbAX G. West argues that alpha = D/(D+1) -- I have never checked that myself but believe it
Chapter 83: Introduction to G. B. West, J. H. Brown, and B. J. Enquist, “A General Model for the Origin of Allometric Scaling Laws in Biology” (1997), by @pmarquet10 , “Quarter-Power Allometric Scaling and Life Dynamics.” #FoundationalPapers #complexityscience #scaling 18/24
RT @DrLutzBoehm: Ich muss euch jetzt eine Sache mitteilen, die euch vielleicht schockieren wird: Die meisten Tiere sind keine Kugeln! Truth…
Ich muss euch jetzt eine Sache mitteilen, die euch vielleicht schockieren wird: Die meisten Tiere sind keine Kugeln! Truthbomb, I know! Schon vor knapp 100 Jahren hat sich mit Kleibers Gesetz etabliert, dass der Exponent nicht 2/3, sondern 3/4 ist. 12/ https://t.co/1vZTj0KFbV
RT @sfiscience: #TBT - In 1997, SFI researchers Geoffrey West, Jim Brown, and Brian Enquist published “A general model for the origin of al…
RT @sfiscience: #TBT - In 1997, SFI researchers Geoffrey West, Jim Brown, and Brian Enquist published “A general model for the origin of al…
RT @sfiscience: #TBT - In 1997, SFI researchers Geoffrey West, Jim Brown, and Brian Enquist published “A general model for the origin of al…
RT @sfiscience: #TBT - In 1997, SFI researchers Geoffrey West, Jim Brown, and Brian Enquist published “A general model for the origin of al…
#TBT - In 1997, SFI researchers Geoffrey West, Jim Brown, and Brian Enquist published “A general model for the origin of allometric scaling laws in biology.” Here is a clipping of an article that was written in the Santa Fe Reporter about their groundbreaking paper.
#TBT - In 1997, SFI researchers Geoffrey West, Jim Brown, and Brian Enquist published “A general model for the origin of allometric scaling laws in biology.” Here is a clipping of an article that was written in the Santa Fe Reporter about their groundbreaking paper. https://t.co/FMnXOt5A3W
RT @epimeme: Pensando nas verdades universais de Platão, sinto falta de ter acesso ao conhecimento de vida em sistemas muito distantes da T…
RT @epimeme: Pensando nas verdades universais de Platão, sinto falta de ter acesso ao conhecimento de vida em sistemas muito distantes da T…
RT @epimeme: Pensando nas verdades universais de Platão, sinto falta de ter acesso ao conhecimento de vida em sistemas muito distantes da T…
RT @epimeme: Pensando nas verdades universais de Platão, sinto falta de ter acesso ao conhecimento de vida em sistemas muito distantes da T…
RT @epimeme: Pensando nas verdades universais de Platão, sinto falta de ter acesso ao conhecimento de vida em sistemas muito distantes da T…
Pensando nas verdades universais de Platão, sinto falta de ter acesso ao conhecimento de vida em sistemas muito distantes da Terra. Convergências evolucionárias iriam confirmar princípios universais além da escalabilidade alométrica. https://t.co/ov8hNr0YF0
Testing a general model for the origin of allometic scaling in Biology... Central predictions of #MST assumes natural selection universally tends to optimise organismal vascular networks to supply resources but yet, at the same time, minimize the energy required...
RT @michael_nielsen: I sometimes wonder if a Geoff West (https://t.co/u423rBogxs & followups) style analysis can be used to predict the exp…
I sometimes wonder if a Geoff West (https://t.co/u423rBogxs & followups) style analysis can be used to predict the exponents seen in the scaling laws papers.
@pastasnack_e @Stefan_bOd @robertwiblin Safe with more, but not substantially more. Dose doesn't scale linearly with body mass, but as mass to the 2/3 or 3/4 power. So the dose for the 100kg person should only be about 1.6x or 1.7x that of the 50kg person NOT 2x. See: https://t.co/yhTNUwj8BJ
@trishankkarthik I would say same physical model But now days I'm thinking in physics as constraint computational theory https://t.co/ob0f2XKQsy
@alwyn_lau Yes https://t.co/ob0f2XKQsy
@adambspencer @Sydney_Uni @Sydney_Science @DoctorKarl Very nice! But I thought life had cracked the square-cube law and gone to 3/4-power law scaling? #lifealwaysfindsaway https://t.co/y0yJAGaFqC
RT @DrQz: @natpryce @ShripadAgashe @mfeathers Seminal paper by West et al., 1997: "A General Model for the Origin of Allometric Scaling Law…
@natpryce @ShripadAgashe @mfeathers Seminal paper by West et al., 1997: "A General Model for the Origin of Allometric Scaling Laws in Biology", https://t.co/XcfNIvIhbt
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