Basis Of Coevolution Research Articles

Symbols and reasons in democratization: cultural sociology meets deliberative democracy

We develop an account of societal democratization that synthesizes cultural sociology and deliberative democracy. Cultural sociologists emphasize the symbolic inclusion of marginalized groups into the civil sphere. Deliberative democrats stress growth in the deliberative capacity of society. We argue that democratization entails the co-evolution of culture and reason. The basis of co-evolution is the performative construction of an inclusive demos, which requires a deliberative background but is also a source of the moral emotions that motivate deliberation. Since moral emotions can also sweep people up and make them do reckless things, they must in turn be redeemable in inclusive deliberation. This synthesis sharpens a normative position for the evaluation of episodes of inclusion, extends current accounts of the place of emotion in cultural sociology and deliberative democracy, and provides a frame for comparative analyses of democratization. We illustrate with an examination of the exclusion and inclusion of Indigenous Australians.

Integrated product-process modelling for platform-based co-development

Changeable manufacturing and platform-based co-development of products and manufacturing systems are becoming increasingly relevant for industrial manufacturing in order to respond to volatile markets, increased product variety and shorter product life cycles. However, in order to conduct platform-based co-development, it is necessary to manage the relations between the product domain and the manufacturing domain. This paper proposes an approach and meta-model for developing company-specific ontologies, which can be used for modelling the portfolio of components, processes and equipment and their interrelations as a basis for co-evolution. Developing such a model has implications for developing and utilising changeable manufacturing, which is also analysed in this paper.

ORGANIZATIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS AND PRINCIPLES OF THE SOCIAL AND LABOR RELATIONS’ CONSTRUCTION IN LARGE ECONOMIC SYSTEMS UNDER TRANSFORMATION CONDITIONS

Introduction.The paper deals with organizational and institutional aspects and principles of building social and labor relations of the large economic system. Such research is determined by the urgency and contradictory of scientific views by solving problems in the transformation processes of the social and labor relations in the modern economy.Materials and methods.Scientific materials of foreign and domestic scientists are used in the research. The author applies the system-axiological approach on the basis of the scientific methods’ combination, such as analytical, institutional and systemic. In addition, the concept of co-evolution is applied while considering organizational and institutional aspects of building social and labor relations.The organizational and institutional problems of designing a new system of social and labor relations during the transformation period are discussed in the paper.Conclusions.The author proposes four groups of principles, such as the principle of dynamic correspondence to value orientations of stakeholders and the goals of a large economic system, the principle of network based on institutional need, the principle of the balance of economic and social efficiency in the system of social and labor relations, the principle of flexibility and transformability of the social and labor relations’ system on the basis of co-evolution.Therefore.The results could serve as the conceptual basis for the design of the social and labor relations in large economic system, as well as the strategy for the socio-economic development of corporations.

BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED DESIGN FRAMEWORK FOR ROBOT IN DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS USING FRAMSTICKS

Robot design complexity is increasing day by day especially in automated industries. In this paper we propose biologically inspired design framework for robots in dynamic world on the basis of Co-Evolution, Virtual Ecology, Life time learning which are derived from biological creatures. We have created a virtual khepera robot in Framsticks and tested its operational credibility in terms hardware and software components by applying the above suggested techniques. Monitoring complex and non complex behaviors in different environments and obtaining the parameters that influence software and hardware design of the robot that influence anticipated and unanticipated failures, control programs of robot generation are the major concerns of our techniques.

The molecular basis of co-evolution between Cladosporium fulvum and tomato.

Cladosporiumfulvum is a semi-biotrophic pathogen, which causes leaf mold of tomato (Lycopersicon spp.). In our laboratory this pathosystem serves as a model to study gene-for-gene interactions between plants and pathogenic fungi (Joosten & De Wit 1999). Many avirulence (Avr) genes and matching resistance (CQ) genes have been cloned and we are now beginning to understand how their products can induce an array of plant defense responses, including the classic hypersensitive response (HR). Here, we will discuss the latest results of our molecular studies on this interaction. These include the isolation of: (i) two new Avr genes, Avr2 and Avr4E, (ii) the determination of the specificity determinants within the Cf-4 and Cf-9 genes by artificial domain swaps and introduction of point mutations, (iii) the analysis of polymorphism occurring in AVR9-responsive Cf genes occurring in natural populations of L. pimpinellifolium, and finally (iv) the description of an efficient method to identify early HR-related genes.