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  2. Biophilia hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    "Biophilia" is an innate affinity of life or living systems. The term was first used by Erich Fromm to describe a psychological orientation of being attracted to all that is alive and vital. [ 3 ] Wilson uses the term in a related sense when he suggests that biophilia describes "the connections that human beings subconsciously seek with the ...

  3. Nature connectedness - Wikipedia

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    The behavioral component is an individual's commitment to protect the natural environment. These three components make up nature connectedness and are required for a healthy relationship with nature. If an individual feels connected to nature (possibly by spending time in it), they may be more inclined to care about nature, and protect the ...

  4. Situated cognition - Wikipedia

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    Recently theorists have recognized a natural affinity between situated cognition, New Literacy Studies and new literacies research (Gee, 2010). This connection is made by understanding that situated cognition maintains that individuals learn through experiences.

  5. Affinity (taxonomy) - Wikipedia

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    Affinity (taxonomy) – mainly in life sciences or natural history – refers to resemblance suggesting a common descent, phylogenetic relationship, or type. [1] The term does, however, have broader application, such as in geology (for example, in descriptive and theoretical works [2] [3]), and similarly in astronomy (for example, see "Centaur object" in the context of 2060 Chiron's close ...

  6. Chemical affinity - Wikipedia

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    The term affinity has been used figuratively since c. 1600 in discussions of structural relationships in chemistry, philology, etc., and reference to "natural attraction" is from 1616. "Chemical affinity", historically, has referred to the "force" that causes chemical reactions.

  7. Ligand (biochemistry) - Wikipedia

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    In general, high-affinity ligand binding results from greater attractive forces between the ligand and its receptor while low-affinity ligand binding involves less attractive force. In general, high-affinity binding results in a higher occupancy of the receptor by its ligand than is the case for low-affinity binding; the residence time ...

  8. Buzz words like "natural," "organic" and "artisan" are found on the labels of many food products, but do they really mean what we think? Food watchdog group The Center for Science in the Public ...

  9. Molecular binding - Wikipedia

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    Among the tightest known protein–protein complexes is that between the enzyme angiogenin and ribonuclease inhibitor; the dissociation constant for the human proteins is 5x10 −16 mol/L. [3] [4] Another biological example is the binding protein streptavidin, which has extraordinarily high affinity for biotin (vitamin B7/H, dissociation ...