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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Medicine and Life Sciences - <1990
• MitwirkendeR: Brettel, R.,; Grudnitzky, V. A.,; Konoplev, V. A.,; Lamprecht, I.,; Loehr, K. D.,; Nikolskaja, I. S.,; Ozernyuk, N. D.,; Presnov, E. V.,; Prokofiev, E. A.,; Radzinskaja, L. I.,; Sayyadi, P.,; Schaarschmidt, B.,; Shagimordanov, N. Sh.,; Sokolov, V. E.,; Vasiliev, S. S.,; Vasiliev, V. A.,; Vladimirova, I. G.,; Walter, R.,; Zotin, A. A.,; Zotin, A. I.,; Zotina, R. S.,
• HerausgeberIn: Lamprecht, Ingolf,; Zotin, A. I.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2019]; ©1978
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: Reprint 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XIII, 428 p.)

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- List of authors -- Preface -- Contents -- I. General Problems of Biological Thermodynamics -- Introduction -- Application of the Concepts of Classical Thermodynamics in Biology -- The Second Law, Negentropy, Thermodynamics of Linear Irreversible Processes -- Formalism of Non-Equilibrium Phenomenolagical Thermodynamics -- II. Qualitative Phenomenological Theory of the Development of Organisms -- Introduction -- Experimental Basis for Qualitative Phenomenological Theory of Development -- Theoretical Basis for a Qualitative Phenomenological Theory of Development -- Stochastic Consideration of Constitutive Processes and of the Evolution Criterion -- Strengthened Evolution Criterion in Developmental Biology -- III. Quantitative Phenomenological Theory of Development of Organisms -- Introduction -- Non-Linear Phenomenological Equations -- Differential Equations of Developmental Biology -- Computer Analysis of Non-Linear Growth Equations -- Modern Theories Concerning the Growth Equations -- IV. Heat Production of Living Systems -- Introduction -- Heat Production in Life Processes -- The Change of Ψμ the Function During the Growth of Microbial Cultures -- Changes of Ψα and Ψμ Functions During Oogenesis of Xenopus Laevis -- Heat Production and Respiration During Development and Growth of two Insects -- Heat Production and Respiration of Axolotle at the Early Stages of Growth -- Relationship Between Heat Production and Body Weight in Growing Organisms -- V. Some Problems of Energetics of Developmental Processes -- Introduction -- Changes in Mitochondria During Development and Growth of Animals -- The Role of Mitochondria in Regulation of Respiration During Oogenesis -- The Energetics of Regeneration Processes -- VI. Dissipative Structures -- Introduction -- Review of the Theory of Dissipative Structures -- Stationary Dissipative Structures -- Dynamic Dissipative Structures -- Dissipative Structures and Ψμ Function -- The Role of Cyclization of Free Energy in Bio-Physico-Chemical Processes -- VII. Probability State and Orderliness of Biological Systems -- Introduction -- Possible Mechanism of the Origin of Bacteria -- Direction of the Evolutionary Progress of Organisms -- Criterion of Orderliness and some Problems of Taxonomy -- The Questions of Non-Linearity for Using Criterion of Orderliness -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Index -- Backmatter