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Original Theories Volume V · science index

18 retained entries from the original 21. Original entry numbers are preserved. These are working hypotheses, not findings or proofs.

Reproductive Biology

• Theory 17 · AMH Is a Proxy, Not a Measure
  Anti-Mullerian hormone is a proxy for follicle number rather than a measure of ovarian reserve, so it should predict response to stimulation better than it predicts the time to menopause, and using it as a reserve clock misleads patients.
• Theory 18 · Follicle Depletion Is a Threshold
  Ovarian follicle depletion is a threshold process rather than a linear decline, with the pool remaining relatively stable and then collapsing, so markers should be flat for years and then change abruptly, and linear projections of fertility from a single measurement are invalid.
• Theory 16 · Implantation Is a Mechanical Decision
  Embryo implantation is gated by the mechanical stiffness of the uterine surface rather than by a chemical signal alone, so receptivity has a mechanical component and stiffness measurement should predict implantation better than hormonal timing.

Haematology & Coagulation

• Theory 06 · Anaemia Is Often Dilution
  A large share of anaemia in acute and inflammatory illness is dilutional rather than a loss of red cell mass, so haemoglobin concentration underestimates oxygen-carrying capacity in the wrong direction, and transfusion decisions based on concentration alone will over-transfuse.
• Theory 04 · Clots Fail at a Connectivity Threshold
  Clot mechanical stability is set by the connectivity of the fibrin network rather than by fibrinogen concentration, so clots with the same protein content can differ several-fold in strength, and bleeding risk should be predicted from network structure rather than from a concentration assay.
• Theory 05 · Platelets Age Into Inflammation
  Platelet function changes systematically with platelet age, with young platelets more adhesive and old platelets more inflammatory, so transfusion outcome depends on the age distribution of the units rather than on the platelet count alone.

Aviation & Aerospace

• Theory 15 · Bird Strike Is an Inlet Problem
  Bird-strike severity is set by engine inlet geometry and internal flow rather than by local bird density, so two airports with equal bird populations can differ in strike damage by an order of magnitude, and inlet design is the controllable variable.
• Theory 13 · Clear-Air Turbulence Is a Shear Predictor
  Clear-air turbulence encounters are set by the vertical shear structure of the jet stream rather than by storm activity, so encounters should be forecast from shear-layer diagnostics and should cluster where shear is sharpest, not where convection is strongest.
• Theory 14 · Delamination Is a Resin Problem
  Delamination in composite structures is governed by the fracture toughness of the resin rather than by fibre strength, so two laminates with identical fibres can differ several-fold in damage tolerance, and qualification should specify matrix toughness rather than fibre properties.

Marine Biology & Fisheries

• Theory 08 · Bleaching Is a Symbiont Problem
  Coral bleaching thresholds are set by the composition of the symbiont community rather than by water temperature alone, so reefs with the same temperature history can bleach differently, and the threshold should be predicted from symbiont type rather than from a degree-heating metric.
• Theory 09 · Migration Uses an Inherited Map
  Long-distance marine migrants navigate with an inherited magnetic map rather than by following currents or learned routes, so displacement experiments should show corrective headings from the first migration, and population structure should follow magnetic rather than oceanographic features.
• Theory 07 · Stocks Collapse When the Age Structure Goes
  Fish stocks collapse when their age structure is truncated rather than when biomass falls below a threshold, so collapse should be predictable from the loss of older age classes years before the biomass signal, and management should regulate age diversity rather than tonnage.

Hearing & Auditory Science

• Theory 01 · The Cochlea Sits at a Critical Point
  Cochlear amplification comes from the organ of Corti operating near a critical oscillation rather than from outer hair cells injecting power, so outer hair cells tune the critical point and the signature of hearing is criticality, not force.
• Theory 03 · Speech Is Tracked by Rhythm
  Speech perception depends on cortical entrainment to syllable rhythm more than on spectral decoding, so comprehension should be predicted by neural phase locking to the syllable rate rather than by spectral resolution, and rhythm training should improve comprehension more than spectral training.
• Theory 02 · Tinnitus Is Gain, Not a Phantom Sound
  Tinnitus is the audible consequence of central gain compensation after deafferentation rather than a phantom signal generated by damaged hair cells, so it should be reduced by lowering central gain and not by masking the missing frequency.

Paleontology & Mass Extinction

• Theory 21 · Extinction Risk Scales With Size
  Extinction risk in mammals scales as a power of body size rather than depending on size categorically, so the selectivity of an extinction event can be predicted from the exponent, and the exponent itself indicates which mechanism is operating.
• Theory 19 · Extinction Runs Bottom-Up
  Mass extinctions propagate from the base of food webs upward rather than from the loss of top predators, so the order of extinction should be predictable from trophic position and body size, with primary producers and small-bodied consumers going first.
• Theory 20 · The Lilliput Effect Is Metabolic
  The shrinking of body size after mass extinctions is a metabolic response to low oxygen rather than a response to scarce food, so the effect should track oxygen proxies rather than productivity proxies and should appear first in groups with high oxygen demand.

Index narrowed to the focused science collection. Biological and ecological population dynamics, genetics, physiology and engineering are retained. Source numbering remains historical; no remaining hypothesis has been promoted to a finding.