Cycle Listings

A Partial Listing of Various Phenomena in Which Rhythmic Cycles Have Been Discovered...
Some links have been included to provide a few examples

NATURAL SCIENCE


ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS


BIOLOGY

  • Bacteriology
  • Abundance and activity of bacteria in human beings

BOTANY

  • Abundance of crops, plants, seeds, and algae
  • Assimilation and photosynthesis
  • Concentration of growth substances
  • Electrical conductivity of sap
  • Electrical excitability of mimosa
  • Electrical potential of trees
  • Fiber and individual organ growth
  • Nectar production and sugar content
  • Photoperiodicity
  • Thickness of tree rings

ENTOMOLOGY

  • Abundance and activity of insects
  • Feeding, hatching, and migration
  • Pigment changes of certain insects

HERPETOLOGY

  • Abundance of snakes and amphibians
  • Activity of lizards and salamanders
  • Pigment changes in salamanders

ICHTHYOLOGY & LIMNOLOGY

  • Abundance of algae, plankton, and fish
  • Egg cycle of various fish
  • Migrations

INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY

  • Abundance of various invertebrates
  • Body temperature and metabolic rate
  • Contraction waves in worms
  • Germ cell maturation
  • Light production and photic responses
  • Migration of various invertebrates
  • Surface color and pigment changes

MAMMALOGY

  • Abundance and activity of various mammals
  • Fur production
  • Physical cycles and activity-rest periods
  • Variations in milk production

ORNITHOLOGY

  • Abundance of various birds
  • Metabolic  activity
  • Migration
  • Wing beats of various birds

CLIMATOLOGY


GEOLOGY

  • Earthquakes, geysers, volcanic eruptions
  • Encrustations of archaeological artifacts
  • Geologic epochs and periods
  • Sedimentary deposits, varves, seiches
  • Soil erosion
  • Thickness of rock strata

GEOPHYSICS (also see Climatology)

  • Radio propagation quality
  • Terrestrial magnetism

HYDROLOGY AND HYDROGRAPHICS


MEDICINE

  • Abundance of disease organisms &
    parasitic worms
  • Births and mortalities
  • Blood pressure and blood-sugar content
  • Body temperature and metabolism
  • Electrical skin resistance
  • Emotions and mental activity
  • Endocrine and glandular secretions
  • Epidemics and pandemics
  • Fevers and after-shock
  • Incidence of diseases and disorders
  • Muscular, nervous, and sexual activity
  • Plasma chemistry variations
  • Psychiatric abnormalities
  • Respiration and visceral activities
  • Teeth sensitivity
  • Veterinary diseases

PHYSICS

  • Activity of electrons and molecular vibrations
  • Electromagnetic waves and flux
  • Radio and sound waves

SOCIAL SCIENCE


ECONOMICS


SOCIOLOGY

  • Civil and international war battles
  • Creativity and inventiveness
  • Crime
  • Cultures and civilizations
  • Fashion
  • Human ability, excitability, output
  • Insanity
  • Intellectual interest
  • Liberalism versus conservatism
  • Marriages and births
  • Military-political activity
  • Periods of emotional excitement
  • Population
  • Religious and scientific activity
  • Strikes and unemployment
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