Subject Index
293
model, growth 121, 123
-, iconic 3, 10
-, kinematic 8
-, mathematical 51
-, mechanical 9
- -original relationship 4, 51
-, radioprotection 157 ff.
-, recovery and damage-fixation 171,
172
-, stochastic 57 ff., 278
-, string-processing 8
-, symbolic 3
-, tesselation 8, 9
-, testing of 65
-, thermoregulation 262ff., 271
"modeling" 76, 198
modular net 30
molecular events 63
monoglyceride lipase 17
monomolecular reaction, equilibrium
model 96
Monte-Carlo procedure 60
mRNA synthesis 166, 171, 179
- -, role in memory 237,239
-, transcription, memory 236, 237
-, transition categories 240
multi-hit models 164
multiple-loop control 268
muscle compartment 270
- innervation 242
- temperature 270
myocardium 184
myosin 62
"myotypic response" 242
NADH: NAD+ ratio, brain 186, 188
NADH2, liver 154
-, oscillation 209
neg-entropy 203
Nernst's law 99
"nerve growth factor" 238
nervous condition 251
nervous tissue, metabolic activity 247
net entropy 125
"net-flux" expressions 78, 80, 85
neurosecretory cells, diurnal change
259
non-linear controller-control relations
266
- dependence, enzyme activity 20,
23
- equations 83
programming 82, 279
systems 231, 266
transfer function 250, 252
non-linearities 203
non-shivering thermogenesis 277
nor-adrenaline 274
nor-epinephrine 110
nucleotide triphosphates 70, 73
numerical methods, efficiency 85
nutrient balance 129
Obesity, genetic 17
Onsager-relations 196
ontology, basis for epistemology 1, 9
-, cybernetic 255
-, types 280
operator gene 37
operon 197
optimal aim, systems 197, 200
- growth temperature 169
-, decision 204
-, functional 200
- regulation 198
- systems 198
optimization "along random rays" 83
-, cell metabolism 198
- methods 83, 84
-, systems 202, 203
order 126
"organismic biology" VII
organization, biosystem 4, 48, 279
-, cell 197
oscillator, coupled electronic 232
-, key reactions 261
oscillation, activation energy 214
-, firing nerve cells 240
-, glycogen synthesis 213
-, glycolytic 43, 208, 214, 219
-, potassium transport 208
-, red blood cell system 227 ff.
-, stability 240
-, sustained 40, 43, 44
-, synchronized 215, 231
ouabain 221,223
overshooting processes 95, 96, 100
oxidative phosphorylation 251
oxygen availability 187
oxygen consumption, muscle 90
-, organismic size 245
-, poikilotherms 86ff.
-, rats, catecholamines 274ff.
-, -, cold exposure 107ff.
293
model, growth 121, 123
-, iconic 3, 10
-, kinematic 8
-, mathematical 51
-, mechanical 9
- -original relationship 4, 51
-, radioprotection 157 ff.
-, recovery and damage-fixation 171,
172
-, stochastic 57 ff., 278
-, string-processing 8
-, symbolic 3
-, tesselation 8, 9
-, testing of 65
-, thermoregulation 262ff., 271
"modeling" 76, 198
modular net 30
molecular events 63
monoglyceride lipase 17
monomolecular reaction, equilibrium
model 96
Monte-Carlo procedure 60
mRNA synthesis 166, 171, 179
- -, role in memory 237,239
-, transcription, memory 236, 237
-, transition categories 240
multi-hit models 164
multiple-loop control 268
muscle compartment 270
- innervation 242
- temperature 270
myocardium 184
myosin 62
"myotypic response" 242
NADH: NAD+ ratio, brain 186, 188
NADH2, liver 154
-, oscillation 209
neg-entropy 203
Nernst's law 99
"nerve growth factor" 238
nervous condition 251
nervous tissue, metabolic activity 247
net entropy 125
"net-flux" expressions 78, 80, 85
neurosecretory cells, diurnal change
259
non-linear controller-control relations
266
- dependence, enzyme activity 20,
23
- equations 83
programming 82, 279
systems 231, 266
transfer function 250, 252
non-linearities 203
non-shivering thermogenesis 277
nor-adrenaline 274
nor-epinephrine 110
nucleotide triphosphates 70, 73
numerical methods, efficiency 85
nutrient balance 129
Obesity, genetic 17
Onsager-relations 196
ontology, basis for epistemology 1, 9
-, cybernetic 255
-, types 280
operator gene 37
operon 197
optimal aim, systems 197, 200
- growth temperature 169
-, decision 204
-, functional 200
- regulation 198
- systems 198
optimization "along random rays" 83
-, cell metabolism 198
- methods 83, 84
-, systems 202, 203
order 126
"organismic biology" VII
organization, biosystem 4, 48, 279
-, cell 197
oscillator, coupled electronic 232
-, key reactions 261
oscillation, activation energy 214
-, firing nerve cells 240
-, glycogen synthesis 213
-, glycolytic 43, 208, 214, 219
-, potassium transport 208
-, red blood cell system 227 ff.
-, stability 240
-, sustained 40, 43, 44
-, synchronized 215, 231
ouabain 221,223
overshooting processes 95, 96, 100
oxidative phosphorylation 251
oxygen availability 187
oxygen consumption, muscle 90
-, organismic size 245
-, poikilotherms 86ff.
-, rats, catecholamines 274ff.
-, -, cold exposure 107ff.