It may be reasonable to assume that some parts of a graph are at equilibrium, with dissipation serving not to maintain these microstates but, rather, to provide access to them over energy barriers, as previously suggested by Segal and Widom for nucleosome positioning [ 18], while other parts of the graph are maintained far from equilibrium and yet other parts may operate independently.
Ecosystems can be viewed as thermodynamic systems, open to energy and matter, that self-organize towards higher complexity and organization, create order, and self-maintain far from thermodynamic equilibrium.
Officially, Mexico maintains far loftier goals.
And as a consequence they have a basic interest from which all others arise: they need to maintain that "far-from-thermodynamic-equilibrium" status.
Kurdish leaders maintain that, far from undermining Iraq's unity, the KRG has become an island of stability in a sea of troubles.
Whether these gains can be maintained is far from clear.
He feels fraudulent, because he maintains several far from average obsessions.
A blur of pastel and gingerbread, most homes are brightly painted and well maintained -- far from their state in the late 1980's.
Mr. Milosevic has maintained that far from giving orders, he heard of the killings only after the fact.
Mr Biju maintained that, far from being useless, his students were exceptional; their talents merely needed honing.
This maintained that, far from being a neutral medium for policy implementation, the law might be used to promote various competing objectives.
