Dynamic Modeling in the Health Sciences

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hargrove, James L. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 1998.
Edición:1st ed. 1998.
Colección:Modeling Dynamic Systems,
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1644-5
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 Discoveries with a Computer: Dynamic behavior
  • 2 How to Create STELLA® Models to Solve Basic Equations
  • 3 How an Equation from Physiology Can Become a Model
  • 4 Rates of Change
  • 5 The Steady State: A Question of Balance
  • 6 Equations for Model Building: The Surface Law and Body Composition
  • 7 A Primer on Biodynamics and Gene Expression
  • 8 Chronological Time Versus Physiological Time
  • 9 Energy Needs for Work
  • 10 The Human Thermostat
  • 11 Dietary Polyunsaturated Fats and Your Cell Membranes
  • 12 Responses to Nutrients
  • 13 Symmetry of Human Growth and Aging
  • 14 A Stochastic Model of Senescence and Demise
  • 15 Mortality and Risk for Chronic Disease
  • 16 Kinetic Genetics: Compartmental Models of Gene Expression
  • 17 From Genotype to Phenotype
  • 18 The Plateau Principle: A Key to Biological System Dynamics
  • 19 Compartmental Models in Metabolic Studies: Vitamin C
  • 20 Orcadian Rhythms
  • 21 Diet Composition and Fat Balance
  • 22 Human Cholesterol Dynamics
  • 23 Stochastic Model of Bone Remodeling and Osteoporosis
  • 24 Positive and Negative Feedback: Insulin and the Use of Fatty Acids and Glucose for Energy
  • 25 A Multistage Model for Tumor Progression
  • 26 The Biokinetic Database
  • Appendix: Quick Help Guide to STELLA® Software Mechanics.