RELONS AND RELOMS: THE LIVING SYSTEMS RELATIONAL UNIVERSALS

摘要

It is generally accepted that relationships are the most essential features of LivingrnSystems. However, “relationships” are mostly used intuitively in their general sensernwithout a precise definition of what they are in a systems-specific meaning. In thernBalascopy-based General Systems Technology, binary relationship among elements,rnparts, or sub-systems are precisely defined, computed and subsequently mapped as multidimensionalrnnetworks of Relons and Reloms, where “n” and “m” stand for normal andrnmalfunctional.rnRelons are defined as normal, functional, balanced or symmetrical binary relationshipsrnwhich do not contribute to systems malfunction or failure. They exist only in tworndifferent forms: (1) Normal Relons and (2) Adaptive Relons.rnReloms are defined as abnormal, dysfunctional, unbalanced or asymmetrical binaryrnrelationships which directly contribute to systems malfunction, insufficiency, failure orrndeath. They exist in five distinctive forms: (1) Plain Disintegrated Reloms, (2) PlainrnIntegrated Reloms, (3) Plain Inverted Reloms, (4) Inverted Disintegrated Relomsrnand (5) Inverted Integrated Reloms.rnRelons/Reloms mapping was extensively tested and successfully verified in IschemicrnHeart Diseases, Cardiac Surgery, Pulmonary Function Testing, Primary Immuno-rnDeficiency, Drug Allergy, HIV-related diseases, Geriatrics, Immuno-Personology andrnhelped to identify previously unknown relational patterns in 66 diseases.rnBalascopy-based General Systems Technology demonstrated heuristic, explanatory andrnpractical value in pattern cognition/recognition, early diagnosis and categorical predictionrnof disease outcome, identification of new sub-types of known diseases and discovery ofrnnew clinical entities.