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long feedback loop

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long feedback loop
Physiology A self-adjusting circuit in the 'central' endocrine system, where the hypothalamic hormones are schematically represented as an 'axis' consisting of 2 circuits, the short hypothalamic-adenohypophysis–or pituitary loop and the long adenohypophysis–or pituitary-end organ loop. See Loops.


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In essence, the long feedback loop is shortened substantially: what used to be an elaborate cycle of data acquisition, analysis, visualization and decision making is for many applications being compressed into real time monitoring and control.
Drug companies have a long feedback loop because human beings can''t instantly tell whether their cholesterol is being lowered or their blood thinned or their insulin production stimulated.
``It's just a process of developing a long feedback loop for civilization to manage these increasingly powerful and time-spanning decisions.
 
 
 
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