Nonlinear Electrodynamics in Biological Systems

Nonlinear Electrodynamics in Biological Systems
Author: W. Adey
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 589
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 146132789X

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The past half century has seen an extraordinary growth in the fields of cellular and molecular biology. From simple morphologi cal concepts of cells as the essential units of living matter there has been an ever-sharper focus on functional organization of living systems, with emphasis on molecular dynamics. Thus, life forms have come to be defined increasingly in terms of metabolism, growth, reproduction and responses to environmental perturbations. Since these properties occur in varying degrees in systems below the level of cellular organization, there has been a blurring of older models that restricted the concepts of life to cellular systems. At the same time, a search has begun for elemental as pects of molecular and atomic behavior that might better define properties common to all life forms. This search has led to an examination of nonlinear behavior in biological macromolecules, whether in response to electrical or chemical stimulation, for example, or as a means of signaling along a molecular chain, or as a means of energy transfer. Experimental knowledge in this area has grown rapidly in the past decade, and in some respects has outstripped theoretical models adequate to ex plain these new observations. Nevertheless, it can be claimed that there is now an impressive body of experiments implicating non linear, nonequilibrium processes as fundamental steps in sequential operations of biological systems.

Nonlinear Dynamics in Biological Systems

Nonlinear Dynamics in Biological Systems
Author: Jorge Carballido-Landeira
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2016-07-20
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319330543

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This book presents recent research results relating to applications of nonlinear dynamics, focusing specifically on four topics of wide interest: heart dynamics, DNA/RNA, cell mobility, and proteins. The book derives from the First BCAM Workshop on Nonlinear Dynamics in Biological Systems, held in June 2014 at the Basque Center of Applied Mathematics (BCAM). At this international meeting, researchers from different but complementary backgrounds, including molecular dynamics, physical chemistry, bio-informatics and biophysics, presented their most recent results and discussed the future direction of their studies using theoretical, mathematical modeling and experimental approaches. Such was the level of interest stimulated that the decision was taken to produce this publication, with the organizers of the event acting as editors. All of the contributing authors are researchers working on diverse biological problems that can be approached using nonlinear dynamics. The book will appeal especially to applied mathematicians, biophysicists, and computational biologists.

Electromagnetic Interaction with Biological Systems

Electromagnetic Interaction with Biological Systems
Author: James Lin
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1468480596

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Ever since the early 1940's, electromagnetic energy in the nonionizing spectrum has contributed to the enhanced quality of life in a variety of ways. Aside from their well-known roles in communication, entertainment, industry and science, electromagnetic energy has come into wide spread use in biology and medicine. In addition to the intended purposes, these energies produce other effects which have been shown to influence the life processes of living organisms. It is noteworthy that these energies are not only harmless in ordinary quantities but are actually necessary for modern life, indeed without which life as we know it would be impossible. The purpose of this book is to present a succinct summary of the interaction of electromagnetic fields and waves with biological systems as they are now known. The subject matter is interdisciplinary and is based primarily on presentations scheduled for a joint symposium at the XXII General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science, held in Tel Aviv, Israel from Tuesday, August 25 to Wednesday, September 2, 1987. The symposium was jointly sponsored by the Bioelectromagnetics Society in cooperation with the International Radiation Protection Association. The choice of topics was made to facilitate the application and to stimulate the use of nonioni zing electromagnetic energy in biology and medicine, and to increase the awareness and to promote the consideration of radiation safety by electrical engineers and experimental physicists.

Biological Systems: Nonlinear Dynamics Approach

Biological Systems: Nonlinear Dynamics Approach
Author: Jorge Carballido-Landeira
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 106
Release: 2019-04-29
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 303016585X

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This book collects recent advances in the field of nonlinear dynamics in biological systems. Focusing on medical applications as well as more fundamental questions in biochemistry, it presents recent findings in areas such as control in chemically driven reaction-diffusion systems, electrical wave propagation through heart tissue, neural network growth, chiral symmetry breaking in polymers and mechanochemical pattern formation in the cytoplasm, particularly in the context of cardiac cells. It is a compilation of works, including contributions from international scientists who attended the “2nd BCAM Workshop on Nonlinear Dynamics in Biological Systems,” held at the Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, Bilbao in September 2016. Embracing diverse disciplines and using multidisciplinary approaches – including theoretical concepts, simulations and experiments – these contributions highlight the nonlinear nature of biological systems in order to be able to reproduce their complex behavior. Edited by the conference organizers and featuring results that represent recent findings and not necessarily those presented at the conference, the book appeals to applied mathematicians, biophysicists and computational biologists.

Future Directions of Nonlinear Dynamics in Physical and Biological Systems

Future Directions of Nonlinear Dynamics in Physical and Biological Systems
Author: P.L. Christiansen
Publisher: NATO Science Series B
Total Pages: 584
Release: 1993-11-30
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN:

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Proceedings of a NATO Advanced Study Institute on [title], held July- August 1992 (in honor of Alwyn Scott's 60th birthday) at the Laboratory of Applied Mathematical Physics and the Center for Modelling, Nonlinear Dynamics and Irreversible Thermodynamics of the Technical U. of Denmark, Lyngby. The contributions are grouped into eight sections: integrability, solitons, and coherent structures; nonlinear evolution equations and diffusive systems; chaotic and stochastic dynamics; classical and quantum lattices and fields; superconductivity and superconducting devices; nonlinear optics; Davydov solitons and biomolecular dynamics; and biological systems and neurophysics. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Nonlinear Electromagnetics

Nonlinear Electromagnetics
Author: Piergiorgio Uslenghi
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 437
Release: 2012-12-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 032315039X

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Nonlinear Electromagnetics is a collection of research papers from different areas of study related to the nonlinear phenomena in electromagnetism. The book, after giving a short introduction to some mathematical techniques for nonlinear problems, covers related topics such as the history of particle physics; a physical description of the spectral transform; solitons in randomly inhomogenous media; and localized wave fields in nonlinear dispersive media. Also covered in this book are topics such as non-linear plasma-wave interaction; Lagrangian methods; electromagnetic problems in composite materials in linear and nonlinear regimes; and stationary regimes in passive nonlinear methods. The text is recommended for physicists and engineers interested in the development and applications of nonlinear electromagnetic and the mathematical expressions behind it.

Self-Organized Biological Dynamics and Nonlinear Control

Self-Organized Biological Dynamics and Nonlinear Control
Author: Jan Walleczek
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 444
Release: 2006-04-20
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1139427598

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The growing impact of nonlinear science on biology and medicine is fundamentally changing our view of living organisms and disease processes. This book introduces the application to biomedicine of a broad range of interdisciplinary concepts from nonlinear dynamics, such as self-organization, complexity, coherence, stochastic resonance, fractals and chaos. It comprises 18 chapters written by leading figures in the field and covers experimental and theoretical research, as well as the emerging technological possibilities such as nonlinear control techniques for treating pathological biodynamics, including heart arrhythmias and epilepsy. This book will attract the interest of professionals and students from a wide range of disciplines, including physicists, chemists, biologists, sensory physiologists and medical researchers such as cardiologists, neurologists and biomedical engineers.

Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields

Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields
Author: Peter Stavroulakis
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 809
Release: 2013-03-09
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3662060795

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Reporting new results, this book covers the subject of biological effects of EMF in its entirety. Experimental verification of the theoretical results is given when at all possible, and the book is expected to open new areas of research, providing material for university course creation.