So, if the real essence of the individual is described as a structure, then that will have a different set of identity conditions than if we describe it as a collection of parts.
First, protein binding for diverse sets cannot be described as a structure-nonspecific process, using the same approach as for solvation and partitioning.
This can be described as a transiently structured liquid with centers of organized structures forming and dissolving continuously, thus forming an equilibrium structure.
For instance, a tissue engineered structure, such as bone scaffold for guided tissue regeneration, can be described as a heterogeneous structure consisting of 3D extra-cellular matrices (made from biodegradable material) and seeded donor cells and/or growth factors.
Organs described as a serial structure are supposed to receive less than the given maximum dose, directly linked to the occurrence of complications.
The surface is described as a layered structure of an oxide film and a supersaturated, meta-stable viscous product film which is continuously removed by electrolyte flow.
A smartphone's software stack, for instance, could be described as a layered structure: There's the low-level code that controls the device's hardware, and then, higher up, its basic operating system, and then, even higher, the software you use to message a friend or play a game.
The Maze, described as a foam structure of industrial proportions, is a collaboration between the Turner Contemporary gallery and Jasmin Vardimon dance company.
Thus, the concept of "quasispecies" [223]-[227] could be applied in which the genome "cannot be described as a defined structure, but rather as a weighted average of a large number of individual sequences" [228].
