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To manage our financial assets, we make financial transactions. In this process, it’s important to understand and manage interest rates and overdraft contracts. Interest rates affect the growth of assets, determining the rate of return for depositors and the interest burden for borrowers. In addition, in financial transactions between individuals, it is necessary to clarify the lending...

Development is the process by which a single-celled fertilized egg develops into a complex organism, and evolutionary developmental biology (EDB) studies this process to reveal the relationship between evolution and development. Beginning with the discovery of the homeobox gene, ibodibo explains the mechanisms of evolution by identifying similar gene functions in different species and explores...

Lorenz explains our innate aggression from an evolutionary perspective and suggests ways to channel it in a positive direction instead of denying it. We don’t have mechanisms to suppress aggression, so it’s important to understand and control it rationally.   Human beings have been called the creators of the universe because of their superior intellect and reason. As the morning...

The functioning of multicellular organisms is regulated by the nervous and endocrine systems, and the hormones insulin and glucagon in particular play an important role in maintaining energy balance by regulating blood sugar. Insulin lowers blood sugar and glucagon raises blood sugar, and their interaction maintains homeostasis in the body.   In multicellular organisms, the functions of the...

Dust collection is a technology that removes particulate pollutants from industrial processes. Electric dust collectors use electrons to capture dust and are divided into dry and wet types, with wet types becoming increasingly important due to recent environmental regulations.   Dust collection is an important technology for removing particulate pollutants from processes in industrial sites...

Jacques Lacan’s mirror stage theory reveals that the autonomy of the self is fictitious, showing that the self is formed through the image of the self. In addition, human desires are constructed through the desires of others, which means that the self is formed in relation to others.   Jacques Lacan, a French psychoanalyst and philosopher, continued and reinvented Freud’s...

This article explains how social Darwinism has been applied to individuals and groups since the 19th century, combining with laissez-faire, nationalism, and imperialism to justify social inequality and imperialism.   Social Darwinism is a social theory that applies Darwin’s theory of biological evolution to individuals and groups. The central concepts of social Darwinism are...

Surrealism is an important artistic movement of the 20th century that rejected rationality and explored the realm of the unconscious. It used automatisms and Depression-era techniques to create pure, unfamiliar imagery, which had a profound impact on literature, theater, film, and other artistic fields, as well as people’s everyday lives.   Surrealism is one of the most important...

Amidst the chaos of the Warring States period, Yangzhou advocated Yuanism, emphasizing individual autonomy and self-preservation, while Han Bijia sought to establish order through a strong rule of law and absolute monarchy. Each explored the relationship between the state and the individual in different ways, offering solutions to the chaotic times.   The Warring States Period in China was a...

A property that an object must have is called an essence. Essentialism holds that these properties exist within the object, while anti-essentialism holds that essence is nothing more than a linguistic arrangement made by humans. The history of Western philosophy has tried to find essence, but it has failed to clearly identify essential properties. Anti-essentialism argues that this is because...