Our built environment exists in a perpetual state of becoming, caught in a process of creation that is continuous and unending. If we wish to understand architecture today, we must engage with the state of flux that defines it. In 2015, Inflection Volume 02 considers the idea of projection, interrogating its meaning in architecture and the built environment. Bringing together the work of students, academics and practitioners from Australia and around the world, this issue addresses the tra...

This book explores the theory and practice of security conflict intervention by examining the experience of the Boko Haram security assault conflict. Through an examination of the realities of conflict it provides pragmatic approaches to strategic security and suggests ways to create practical security research, political controls, military and police mobilization, intelligence management, counterterrorism, and antiterrorism intervention procedures and practices to sustainably resolve conf...

When you lift a heavy weight, the physical tearing of muscle fibers is only the most superficial part of the growth process. The true magic happens at the microscopic level, where your body performs a stunning act of translation, turning raw mechanical tension into a cascade of biochemical commands that rewrite your cellular structure. This biological miracle is called mechanotransduction. Deep within your cells, specialized proteins act as mechanical sensors. When they are stretched and c...

Digital DNA: The Architecture of Persistence is not a book about artificial intelligence as technology, but about identity as an architectural problem.As intelligent systems evolve, adapt, and learn, a deeper question emerges:What allows a synthetic being to remain itself over time?This book introduces Digital DNA (DDNA), a structural framework for designing persistent artificial identities—identities capable of continuity, restraint, and ethical co...

This book sheds new light on the current state of knowledge concerning chromatin organization. Particular emphasis is given to the new imaging potential offered by super-resolution microscopy, which allows DNA imaging with a very high labeling density.From the early work on chromosomes by Walther Flemming in the nineteenth century to recent advances in genomics, the history of chromatin research now spans more than a century. The various milestones, such as the discovery of the dou...

We are taught that our genetics are a fixed, immutable blueprint determined at conception. However, revolutionary advancements in modern biology have entirely shattered this paradigm. Your DNA is not a rigid code; it is a highly reactive control panel. The environments we inhabit, the chronic stress we endure, and the nutritional scarcity we face leave physical, molecular scars on our genes. This exploration deconstructs the profound science of biological inheritance. It reveals how severe...