Adina’s Articles

Adina’s Articles and Publications

Adina

Dr. Adina Riposan-Taylor (Saraswati Devi) is the founder of Satya Sattva studio and study group, traveling teacher and youth mentor. Adina is life-time committed to self-development practice and study, such as Yoga and Meditation, Qigong and Tai Chi, philosophy and contemplative comparative studies in Buddhism, Hinduism, Shivaism, Sufism, Daoism, and Christianity, as well as self-inquiry and Transpersonal Psychology. She is particularly interested in the impact of these activating and contemplative practices on balancing the human nervous system, the mind-and-body integrated approach to health and development, and the impact on the ageing process. Dr. Adina Riposan-Taylor is a software developer and an active researcher in Biomedical Informatics, with extensive experience in both research and translational activities, as well as publishing, lecturing, and workshop presentations. She is also experienced as a Bilingual Journalist, being a published author with 25 years’ experience in writing essays, inspirational stories, science research papers, editorials, and blog articles advocating human rights, gender equality, non-bias, truth and authenticity.
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Short Stories (Literary Publications) (TMYS, Satya Sattva, 2023-2025)
Self-Development Publications (Satya Sattva, 2013-2025)
Scientific Publications (2004-2011) (download pdf)
Editorials (Contact Net, 2000-2004)

Short Stories (Literary Publications)

“I Wish Somebody Could See Me. An Autobiographical Note”

Adina Riposan-Taylor, PhD
Published in TMYS Story Project 13:
Gender Stereotyping: Women Can’t Drive, Men Don’t Cry and Other Stories of Gender Stereotyping
(Part of Tell Me Your Story (TMYS) book series, 2020-2025)
This project is an attempt to support gender equality, unbiased perception and discernment, which are meant to liberate both women and men from the stereotypical prejudices of gender roles and discriminatory norms in a biased society.

“The Girl in the Mirror”

Adina Riposan-Taylor, PhD

Published in TMYS Story Project 14:
Echoes & Whispers. Voices from Another World
(Part of Tell Me Your Story (TMYS) book series, 2020-2025)
“This project was our attempt to look beyond the defined perceptions and pick up some difficult conversations, that are usually avoided or neglected.” (Editorial excerpt)

Self-Development Publications

The “Myths” of Intelligence, Invalidated by Research-Based Investigations. A Multi-Faceted Perspective on Gender Stereotyping

Adina Riposan-Taylor, PhD
Summary: This article presents a research-based perspective of the myths, the facts and the fiction around the conceptions of intelligence.

When people estimate their own intelligence or the intelligence of others, deceptive factors related to sex, gender, or appearance lead to false perceptions resulting in underestimates or overestimates of intelligence. Nowadays, there is still a strong social bias and gender prejudice born from the popular belief that someone’s wisdom, intelligence and intellectual competence could accurately be predicted by superficially observing their gender-specific features, their face appearance and their figure, resulting in false impressions and unrealistic labels. Predominantly affecting women, this bias is a direct expression of gender stereotyping, impacting how women are perceived, judged, addressed, assigned roles in society, the quality of their social relationships and the societal development overall.

Research shows that there is a strong contrast between real measured/demonstrated intelligence and the falsely perceived intelligence of people (in self or others). Moreover, the results of many studies have demonstrated that there is no relationship between the physical attractiveness, the perceived “intelligence of the face”, and the actual measured IQ for women. This article presents several factors of the multi-faceted Stereotypes of Intelligence, raising the ultimate question: Why Does Appearance Still Matter?, at a time when humanity mostly needs to develop discernment, lucidity, conscious perceptions, clear vision into our essential nature, and the awareness of unexpected brilliance that might be hidden within surprising layers of the humankind.

Read the entire paper here

Book Essay: “The Elixir of Life, Transitioning from the Ingestible Elixir to the Inner Elixir”

Adina Riposan-Taylor, PhD
Published in TMYS Review September 2022: Cultural Identity & Ideology II. Stories, Poems, Essays on Food & Drinks (Section iii: Drinks in Culture and the Culture of Drinks)
In association with York Center for Asian Research, York University (Celebrating 20 Years)
(Part of Tell Me Your Story (TMYS) book series, 2020-2025)

Adina’s Essay Abstract: This paper discusses the “Elixir of Life” across history and cultures and its transition from the ingestible elixir concept, a food, a drink, or an alchemic potion, to the inner elixir, the subtle essence to be developed within, through the interiorization of alchemy and the shift toward the inner plane. Originally, the purpose of the alchemists or physicians was to seek out ways of formulating the elixir, with the promise of health and longevity, eternal youth, immortality, creating or recovering life. This article reviews a series of variations of the ingestible elixir with historical, mythological, or medical roots, ranging from the legendary alchemic concoctions and the “Philosopher’s Stone” to a variety of herbs, natural medicines, remedies, fruits and their juices, to “the foods and the drinks of the Gods”, and even entheogenic agents – generally forming the goal for the elixir seekers and the prize for the meritorious ones, thus granted the privilege and the grace of receiving the elixir. Over the centuries, however, the term evolved across most cultures, and the promise of immortality or youth was further linked to the process of inner evolution, enlightenment, self-realization, and transcendence. The article addresses the archetypal human mythology of the ascending person in the Greek, Latin, Vedic, Daoist, Buddhist, and Egyptian mythologies, and points out the connections with Western Alchemy. Ultimately, the paper highlights the “inner elixir” becoming the symbolic representation of the most refined essence of self, our true nature, and the elixir is thought to be achieved when we reach our original state of being. It concludes that the elixir seeker may eventually regard the nature of immortality not as an intent of living forever, but as a way to experience the original peace, equanimity, contentment – expression of the highest form of cultivation – realizing the profound truth of eternal being.

Panel Discussion Video Recording – July 2nd, 2022
Theme: The Elixir of Life Across History and Cultures
Speakers: Dr. Suhas G. Kshirsagar, Dr. Adina Riposan-Taylor, Mona Verma
Moderator: Snigdha Basu

Personal Connected Devices for Healthcare

Book Chapter
Adina Riposan-Taylor, Ian J. Taylor
Springer book. Published August 2018
“The Internet of Things for Smart Urban Ecosystems”
(pages 333-361)
Part of the Internet of Things (ITTCC) book series, 2014-2019

Roadmap for Independent Research

Using Portable EEG Technology and Heart Rate Monitor to Investigate Physiologic Effects of Contemplative Disciplines, Soft Martial Arts and Traditional Hatha Yoga
on the Internal Self-Regulation Mechanisms
June 2017
Adina Riposan-Taylor, PhD
Biomedical Informatics Research Consultant
Read the entire paper here

The Namarupa

Insights for the students who Sincerely and Truthfully aim to Transcend it
August 2015

The Value of Patience in Understanding the Others and Developing Spiritual Relationships

March 2015

Tai Chi, Qigong, and Daoist Alchemy

A Brief Insight
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July 2015

The Elixir of Life: Across History and World Cultures

Exploring Philosophy and Alchemy, Mythology, Theology and Spirituality, Mysticism and Esoteric Sciences, Ancient Medicine, Nutrition and Herbology
November 2014
Read the entire paper here

Scientific Publications 2004-2011

Affiliations:

Cardiff University, UK
Military Technical Academy (MTA), Romania
Satya Consulting / Satya Sattva Studio, USA
Contact Net Ltd, Romania

Download – Full List of Scientific Publications (pdf)

2010
Adina Riposan-Taylor
PhD THESIS: “Contributions to the Architecture and Security of Mobile Distributed Infrastructures”
(PhD THESIS ABSTRACT download)
Department of Informatics, Military Technical Academy (MTA) „Ferdinand I” Romania.
Associated with the Ministry of National Defence of Romania.
Member institution of the European Security and Defence College (ESDC).
(PhD Supervisor: Prof. eng. Victor-Valeriu PATRICIU, PhD)
Adina contributed as an Associate Lecturer at MTA (2004-2007) with lectures on:
Grid & Mobile Grid Security in the INFOSEC Masters Program; Grid Infrastructures undergraduate module.

2009
Adina Riposan-Taylor and Victor V. Patriciu, “Workflow Management for Paramedical Emergency Operations within a Mobile-Static Distributed Environment,” in The 4th Workshop on Workflows in Support of Large-Scale Science (WORKS09), Supercomputing 09, Portland OR, USA. November 16, 2009. (read full paper)
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1645164.1645173
https://pdfslide.net/documents/adinariposan-sc09-works09.html?page=1

A. Riposan, I. Taylor, O. Rana, D. R. Owens, and E. C. Conley, “The TRIACS Analytical Workflows Platform For Distributed Clinical Decision Support,” in Proceedings of the 22nd IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (Computer-Based Medical Systems, 2009), USA. September 2009. (read full paper)
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/224593402_The_TRIACS_analytical_workflows_platform_for_distributed_clinical_decision_support

A. Riposan, I. Taylor, O. Rana, D. R. Owens, and E. C. Conley, “The TRIACS Workflows Platform for Distributed Decision Support Processes,” in Proceedings of The CBMS 2009: IEEE on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS), Special Track on Healthgrid Computing, Applications to Biomedical Research and Healthcare, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. August 3-4, 2009.

E. C. Conley, A. Riposan, I. Taylor, O. Rana, and D. R. Owens, “Computational Workflows for Ethical Prioritization of Preventive Screening,” in IADIS International Conference on e-Health, Algarve, Portugal. June 21-23, 2009.

2007
A. Riposan, I. Taylor, D. R. Owens, O. Rana, and E. C. Conley, “Alchemist Multimodal Workflows for Diabetic Retinopathy Research, Disease Prevention and Investigational Drug Discovery,” in Stud Health Technol Inform. 2007, Proceedings of HealthGrid 2007, IOS Press, Geneva, Switzerland. April 24-27, 2007.
http://lib.bioinfo.pl/pmid:17476070

A. Riposan, I. Taylor, D. R. Owens, and E. C. Conley, “A New Paradigm in Biomedical Data Discovery and Multimodal Workflows,” in IJCCC journal, Proceedings of EMMIT 2007 (Euro-Mediterranean Medical Informatics and Telemedicine), Mangalia, Romania. May 3-5, 2007.

Adina Riposan, Ian Taylor, “Open-Source Software in the Scientific World. Case study: Triana Software,” in eLiberatica 2007, Brasov, Romania. May 18-19, 2007.

Adina Riposan, Emil Mieilica, Iosif Biro, “Open-Source for Public Libraries. Library Automation Software. Case Study: IBLA Soft”, in eLiberatica 2007, Brasov, Romania. May 18-19, 2007.

Adina Riposan, Eugen Bargauanu, Iosif Biro, “Discussion and Experiments on DMILS. How do we affect people with our thoughts, emotions, desires, and intentions?”, in “STRATEGIES `21” 2007, Energetic-Informational Actions Workshop, organized by The National Defence University “CAROL I“ and The Ministry of Defence, Bucharest, Romania. April 12, 2007.

2006
A. Riposan, “Appliance Aggregation Scenarios for Healthcare, Ambient Assisted Living and Patient Risk Management,” in GW-GGF18, APPAGG Workshop, Washington DC, USA. September 14, 2006.

A. Riposan, A. Harrison, I. Taylor, I. Kelley, and E. Mieilica, “Mobile Peer-to-Grid Architecture for Paramedical Emergency Operations,” in Stud Health Technol Inform. 2006; 120:283-94; in Challenges and Opportunities of HealthGrid, Proceedings of HealthGrid 2006, IOS Press, Valencia, Spain. June 6-9, 2006.
http://lib.bioinfo.pl/pmid:16823146

A. Riposan, I. Taylor, and Y. Legre, “Identifying Mobile Grid Scenarios for Medical Imaging Applications,” in MIE 2006, Poster Session – Decision Support, Knowledge Representation and Management, Maastricht, The Hague. August 28-30, 2006.

A. Riposan, A. Harrison, and I. Taylor, “Comments at Consultation Workshop on Personal Health Systems: The Path From FP6 to FP7,” in European Commission (EC) PHS Workshop, Luzern. February 2006.

V. Patriciu, A. Riposan, E. Mieilica, I. Taylor, A. Harrison, and I. Kelley, “MGFM – Mobile Grid for Fleet Management,” in Communications 2006, Bucharest, Romania. June 9, 2006.

2005
A. Riposan and V. Patriciu, “Mobile Grid Infrastructure, a Proposal for a MTA Integrated Project,” in Modern Technologies in the XXI Century, Bucharest, Romania. November 2005.

A. Riposan and V. Patriciu, “GRIMI, Grid-Enabled Research Infrastructure for Medical Imaging,” in Modern Technologies in the XXI Century, Bucharest, Romania. November 2005.

2004
Adina Riposan, “GRIMI Grid-Enabled Research Infrastructure For Medical Imaging, Better Diagnosis, Best Practice and On-line Training”, in EGAAP Meeting, EGEE Conference, The Hague. November 2004.
https://indico.cern.ch/event/420186/

Editorials 2000-2004

From my early 20s, while running the Contact Net company & magazines… and my “previous life” as a Bilingual Journalist

ICT magazines edited by CONTACT NET Ltd:

xxiSolutions-Competitive Management for the Informational Society
e&mGlobal Perspective (online magazine)

SATYA SATTVA

CLEAR MIND, BETTER LIVING