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Emerging
emerging is the Institute's newsletter. In this electronic publication you will find features about the work of Plexus members and scholarship of science advisors, reports on developments in complexity and the life sciences with import for human systems, reviews of new books and articles, and reports on Plexus events.
A summary of each emerging newsletter is displayed below.
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emerging, Spring, 2008
Read about the ancient and modern beauty of collaborative art, complexity in nursing education, and what "emergence" really means. The Omnivore's Dilemma is reviewed..
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emerging, August, September, October 2004 Edition
This issue of emerging explores ipositive deviance, a new approach to social and behavioral change pioneered by Jerry and Monique Sternin. The process was created by the Sternins in their work in developing countries on such intractable issues as childhood malnutrtion in Vietnam, neonatal mortablity in the mountainous regions of Pakistan, and female genital cutting in Egypt. The issue also includes reviews of two books, Weaving Complexity and Business and The Wisdom of Crowds. .
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emerging, -January-Feberuary 2002
In this inaugural issue of the Plexus Institute newsletter emerging, one of the world's greatest scientists talks about his new view on complexity science. Edward O. Wilson said complexity science is the future. In 1998, he had called the new science promising but not sufficiently suppoted by empirical data. He said he changed his view because of information that had not been known just three years earlier, particularly information that emerged from the study of ecosystems, social insects and cellular dynamics. .
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emerging, Winter, 2006 Edition - The MRSA Issue
Every year, two million patients acquire infections while being treated in US hospitals, and a growing number of the infection-causing microbes are resistant to antibiotics. In this special issue read about MRSA, the cause of 126,000 hospitalizations and thousands of deaths every year, and what a pioneering group of hospitals is doing, using the social change process Positive Deviance, to prevent the spread of MRSA..
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emerging, April - August 2006 Edition
Dr. Diane Pittman's life work has been to bring health and healing to the Ojibway Indian community at theLeech Lake eservation.Complexity principles are giving her new ideas on how to move forward..
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emerging, January - March 2005 Edition
The January-March 2005 edition of emerging contains some enlightening stories. Read on...
Getting the best treatment for stroke victims requires developing networks of professionals who can make fast, accurate diagnoses and tap into fast efficient channels of communication and transportation. Saint Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, has one of the best and most innovative stroke treatment centers in the world.
While the team at Saint Luke's works for physical health, psychologist Dr. Norbert Wetzel and family therapist Hinda Winawer, founders of the Center for Family, Community and social Justice in Princeton, New Jersey, are reaching beyond the physical and biophysical to promote healing with in families and communities.
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emerging, July - August 2005 Edition
The July-August issue of emerging contains some enlightening stories. Read on...
How can a lotus flower change our industrial story? What can we learn from the use of tools among orangutans? Organizational consultant Gary Merrill, and his niece, Michelle Merrill, a biological anthropologist, find awe-inspiring economic and technological inspiration as well as beauty when they look at biological systems.
When Dr. Larry Liebovitch studied how sodium, potassium and chloride ions move through cell membranes, he realized he was seeing fractals. Then he realized he could apply Benoit Mandelbrot's mathematical concepts to even more complex ideas in biology and other disciplines. He finds common elements in a universe of networks. Marine scientist and author Ellen Prager has an urgent message about preserving and protecting one of the most beautiful, mysterious and least explored places on the planet-the ocean. Professor and author Jeffrey Goldstein reviews Dr. Alwyn Scott's new massively researched and intellectually challenging volume, The Encyclopedia of Nonlinear Science. .
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emerging, January, February, March, 2006 Edition
Read about Eric Grohe whose larger-than-life murals are an extraordinary blend of history, investigative reporting, soaring talent and emotional impact. His art has brought about human connection and community transformation in many places. You'll also find new resources to learn about chaos, and you'll also learn about a provocative new book, and meet members of the Plexus community. .
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emerging, September, October, November 2005 Edition
Dr. Michael Bleich, an experienced healthcare administrator and complexity practitioner, is associate dean of clinical and community affairs at the Kansas University School of Nursing and executive director of KU Health Partners, Inc., a joint non-profit corporation operated by the KU School of Nursing and Allied Health. Read about his personal and professional journey in the latest issue of emerging.
Thomas Clancy, vice president of professional services at Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, IA, reviews Deep Simplicity, Bringing Order to Chaos and Complexity by JohnGribbin.
Read about new members, Plexus Fractals and more.
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emerging, April - May 2005 Edition
The April-May of emerging contains some enlightening stories. Read on...
A new book called Multitude, by the Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, authors of the the best-seller Empire, is reviewed by Plexus member Carver Tate. this work examines the role of networks in societies and the political strucutres that govern them.
A story by Plexus staffer takes a look at recent research from Johns Hopkins that looks at profound stress and the impact on physiologic variability, health and disease. Commentary is provided by Plexus Science Advisors Pat Rush and Bob Lindberg.
News on Plexus members, upcoming events and more..
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