SPIRAL FORM OF THE HUMAN COCHLEA RESULTS FROM SPATIAL CONSTRAINTS

Spiral Form of the Human Cochlea Results from Spatial Constraints

Abstract The human inner ear has an intricate spiral shape often compared to shells of mollusks, particularly to the nautilus shell.It has inspired many functional hearing theories.The reasons for this complex geometry remain unresolved.We digitized 138 human cochleae at microscopic resolution and observed an astonishing interindividual variability

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NATURE-USE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

The fundamental difference between a traditional economy and geoecological economy is discussed in the article.The deeper the economy is being introduced into the ecosystem, the stronger it will be pressure on it that is outside the ecosystem, the more destructive is this incompatibility.It is concluded that the geoecological sustainable economy re

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