The Meaning of Life and the Nature of Consciousness | Chapter 15 | New Frontiers in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 10

 The principles of physics that govern living organisms are identical to those that govern the rest of the universe. But this means that life — and consciousness — are neither "special" nor "unique." And it suggests that anything that can happen inside a living creature can also happen outside living things (if such a separation even makes sense), including awareness. The triumph of "probabilistic" quantum mechanics over Newton's deterministic physics indicates that our conduct is neither predetermined nor predictable. The Heisenberg uncertainty principle prohibits us from ever understanding causation for sure because it appears to be decided at a molecular (hence quantum) level. In other words, we most likely do not have free will, but we have no way of knowing for sure, and we believe we do. We still don't know why individuals commit murder — or much else — despite decades of contemplation and investigation into human, animal, and plant behaviour.

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Michael J. Vandeman
Independent Researcher, USA.

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Peak Ground Acceleration of East Malaysia Based on a Proposed Ground Motion Prediction Equation | Chapter 7 | Advanced Aspects of Engineering Research Vol. 8

 In most cases, a seismic hazard analysis is carried out for a location in an active seismicity region. In a low-to-moderate region like East Malaysia, such an examination is rarely carried out. The seismic hazard analysis procedure necessitates the application of a suitable ground motion prediction equation, or GMPE, to estimate ground motion intensity. The research calculates peak ground acceleration (PGA) as a function of earthquake magnitude and distance. The characteristics of low-to-moderate databases were employed in this study, and horizontal PGA was calculated using regression analysis. Ground motions recorded from shallow to deep strike slip earthquakes are used to create an acceptable GMPE design for East Malaysia. Furthermore, earthquake data is based on real-world data collected over a wide variety of magnitudes and distances. By using probabilistic seismic hazard analysis, the novel equation is applied to predict the PGA value in East Malaysia (PSHA). PSHA is a probabilistic approach for analysing seismic hazard assessment, taking into account the uncertainty in earthquake size, location, and rate of occurrence, as well as variations in ground motion characteristics. GMPE has gotten more reliable as more earthquake databases have been collected. For low-to-moderate earthquakes at a long distance, the GMPE of peak ground acceleration was shown to be logarithmically distributed. The equation makes it simple to implement and evaluate physical parameters with similar standard deviations.

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Noor Sheena Herayani Harith
Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia Natural Disaster Research Centre (NDRC), Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.

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