Principles of biological regulation an introduction to feedback systems /
Principles of Biological Regulation.
| Main Author: | Jones, Richard W. 1904-1987. |
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| Other Authors: | ScienceDirect (Online service) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[Place of publication not identified] :
Academic Press,
1973.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource. |
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| Summary: |
Principles of Biological Regulation. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL. Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL. Front Cover; Principles of Biological Regulation; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Chapter 1. Regulatory Processes in Biological Systems; 1.1 Biology as a Science of Organization; 1.2 Regulatory Biology; 1.3 Historical Development; 1.4 Epitome; References; Chapter 2. Flow Processes in the Steady State; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Cellular Diffusion of C02; 2.3 Heat Flow in a Muscle; Definition of a Compartment; 2.4 Flow through a Compartment: the Storage Function; 2.5 Loss Functions; 2.6 Single-Compartment Process in the Steady State. 2.7 Factors Affecting the Steady State Variables and Parameters; 2.8 Multicompartment Systems; Noninteracting Processes; 2.9 Interacting Processes; 2.10 Aqueous Flow through the Eye; Two-Compartment Model; 2.11 Disturbances to the Steady State; 2.12 Transmission Function, Gain; 2.13 Flow Graphs and Block Diagrams; 2.14 Glucose Transport with Intravenous Feeding; 2.15 Steady-State Control of the Extraocular Muscles; 2.16 Mathematical Treatment of the Steady State; 2.17 Glands as Transducers; Biological Fluxes; 2.18 Epitome; Problems; References; Chapter 3. Dynamic Behavior. The Transient Response3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Compartment Filling at a Prescribed Rate; No Losses; 3.3 Compartment Emptying; 3.4 Properties of the Exponential Curve; 3.5 Single Compartment; Transient and Steady-State Solution; 3.6 First-Order Dynamics; 3.7 Second-Order System; Noninteracting Processes; 3.8 Noninteracting and Interacting Processes; 3.9 Signal Transmission through Several Compartments; 3.10 Second-Order Transient; Oscillatory Case; 3.11 Oscillations in Limb Movement, Dysmetria; 3.12 Systems of Higher Order; 3.13 Modes of Free Vibration. 3.14 Block Diagram Symbols for First-Order Processes3.15 Responses to Pulse Disturbances; 3.16 Muscle Dynamics; 3.17 Mathematical Analysis of Linear Dynamical Systems; 3.18 Epitome; Problems; References; Chapter 4. Introduction to Feedback; the Steady State; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Feedback in a Two-Compartment System; 4.3 The Steady-State Operating Point; Definition of a Negative Feedback System; 4.4 Effect of Disturbances upon the Operating Point; 4.5 Open-Loop and Closed-Loop Gain; 4.6 The Control Mechanism; Reference Input and Sign Reversal; 4.7 Further Discussion of Loop Gain. 4.8 Reducing the Effects of Disturbances4.9 Effect of Loop Gain on Perturbations; Sensitivity; 4.10 Further Aspects of Sensitivity; 4.11 Operating Point, Reference Input, and Summing Point in Nonlinear Systems; 4.12 The Error Concept; 4.13 Temperature Regulation under Heat Stress; Sweating; 4.14 Regulation of Thyroxine; the Thyroid-Pituitary System; 4.15 Types of Regulator; the Servomechanism; 4.16 Steady-State Relations in a Type 1 System; 4.17 Mechanisms of Sign Reversal; 4.18 Generalized Block Diagram; 4.19 Blood Pressure Regulation; 4.20 The Stretch Reflex; 4.21 Epitome; Problems. Principles of Biological Regulation. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource. |
| Format: |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780123899507 0123899508 1299473385 9781299473386 |