Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Biological Processes / / ed. by A. I. Zotin, Ingolf Lamprecht.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Medicine and Life Sciences - <1990
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2019]
©1982
Year of Publication:2019
Edition:Reprint 2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (536 p.) :; Num. figs.
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Monograph --
Dedication --
Preface --
Contents --
I . General Problems of Statistical Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics --
Statistical Thermodynamics of Nonlinear Irreversible Processes --
Thermodynamical Approach to the Analysis of Statistical Properties of Nonlinear Dynamic Systems --
The Problem of Entropy Increase and Stability of Motion in Quantum Mechanics --
On the Relation Between the H-Theorem and the Principle of Minimum Entropy Production --
II. The Phase Transition and Nonequilibrium Fluctuations --
Nonequilibrium Phase Transitions in Chemical Systems --
Synergetics. Nonequilibrium Phase Transitions and Selforganization in Biological Systems --
Brownian Motion in Autooscillation Systems and in Phase Transition Processes --
Nonequilibrium Fluctuations and Irreversible Processes Far from Thermal Equilibrium --
III. Kinetic Equations --
Generalized Fokker-Planck Equation in the Theory of Irreversible Processes --
The Diffusion Approximation for Markov Processes --
Extremal Principles and Catastrophe Theory for Stochastic Models of Nonlinear Irreversible Processes --
IV. The Problem of Phenomenological Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics --
Irreversible Thermodynamics far from Equilibrium --
On the Structuring of Thermodynamic Fluxes: A Direct Implementation of the Dissipation Inequality --
Axiomatic Models of Phenomenological Thermodynamics --
Axiomatic Approach to Irreversible Thermodynamics and Variational Principles --
The Second Lyapunov Method and The Variational Principle --
V. Ecology and Populations --
The Rate of Correlation Decay in One-Dimensional Ecological Models --
Kinetics and Nonequilibrium Processes and Ecology --
Mathematical Modelling of Biocenosis on the Basis of Haldane-Semevsky Principle --
Natural Selection and Optimality Principles --
Statistical Thermodynamic Model of Stationary Population --
VI. Reaction of Organisms to External Factors --
Effects of External Influences on the Types of Transition Processes Observed in the Energy Metabolism of Organisms --
Rate of Temperature Adaptation of Respiratory Metabolism in Soil Invertebrates --
Relationship Between Maximal Metabolism, Body Weight and Standard Metabolism of Animals --
Kinetics of Transition Processes in Living Systems - Load, Adaptation, Stability --
Dynamic Characteristics of Heat and Water Exchange in Man --
Relation of Stimuli Controlling Lung Ventilation During Transient and Stable Periods of Exercise --
VII. Ontogenesis --
Kinetics of Constitutive Processes During Development and Growth of Organisms --
Stochastic Description of Growth and Aging in Animals --
Thermodynamic Estimation of Development and Growth of Microorganisms --
Transition Process in Ontogenesis as a Characteristics of Changes in the Stability of Animals to External Influences --
On Specific Peculiarities of Transition Processes in Ontogenesis of Mammals --
Stable Orbitals and Transition Processes in the Models of Biological Systems --
Concluding Remarks --
References --
Index
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9783110845914
9783110637861
DOI:10.1515/9783110845914
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by A. I. Zotin, Ingolf Lamprecht.