Subject Index
295
respiration-growth relationship, plants
144
-, yeast 167
rescue hypothesis 170
resting phase 167
retention probabilitv 66 If.
reticulocytes 229
rhythms, biochemical 38 If., 179
-, biological 205, 206
-, circadian 258 If.
-, inherent 261
-, sustained 42
-, transfer 209
ribosomes 238
RNA content, roots 137
deca y time 72
- synthesis 74
- template 74
-, theories of memory 236
RQ, corn seeds, 138 If.
Sampled data system 28
sarcoplasm 92
scavenging elfects 160, 161
schizophrenia 253
scorpion, circadian rhythms 258
seizure, susceptibility 238
self-acceleration, growth 131
self-improvement, automata 204
self-inhibition, growth 131
self-regulating systems 198, 199
self-sustaining oscillations 207, 208
semantics 257
sensitivity coefficient 19, 20
sensorimotor ratio 253
- performance 252
"sensory space" 249,257
sequential machine 26, 29, 30
shivering, arousal 108, 112
shock, electroconvulsive 235
signal temperature 270
signs, theory of 3, 257
skeletal muscle, metabolism 91 If.
- -, structure 91 tl
skin surface, area 267
- -, temperature 108
snails, heat production 88, 89
sodium quotient, membrane 99
sorghum, respiration 140
space-time coordinates, change 251,
252
"specific modulation" 242
split-dose technique 165, 169, 172
stability 24, 26, 30, 204
state space, metastable 232
- -, stable 37, 240
- -, system 26, 47
steady state, beat frequency 97
-, blood cells 229
-, concentrations 82
-, conditions, thermoregulation
262,269,270,272
-, definition 85, 245
-, disturbance 199
-, evolution 245, 246
-, experimental 90
-, hallucination 249
-, learning and perception 248
-, metabolic system 78
-, particle distribution 66
-, readjustment 100
-, sensorimotor performance 253
-, transient to 200
-, transition hypothesis 99
step function 35
stimulus-response 24, 249
- -, curves 98
stochastic equations 55
events 63
- processes 38 If.
- treatment, open system 202
structure, system 4, 5, 12, 48, 74
"structural energy" 118, 119, 120,123
124
structural gene 197,239
succinic dehydrogenase, muscle 92
sucrose inversion, stochastic model 60
surface area 102, 145, 266
survival probability 171
sympathetic glycogenolysis 275
- lipolysis 275
synaptic linkage, memory 241
synchronization, cells 73, 215
-, enzyme reactions 62
syntax 257
system, abstract 1
- analysis 78, 79
- behavior 15,23
-, characteristics 29
-, closed 85
-, conceived 1
- concept 4
-, concrete 1
- control 196
295
respiration-growth relationship, plants
144
-, yeast 167
rescue hypothesis 170
resting phase 167
retention probabilitv 66 If.
reticulocytes 229
rhythms, biochemical 38 If., 179
-, biological 205, 206
-, circadian 258 If.
-, inherent 261
-, sustained 42
-, transfer 209
ribosomes 238
RNA content, roots 137
deca y time 72
- synthesis 74
- template 74
-, theories of memory 236
RQ, corn seeds, 138 If.
Sampled data system 28
sarcoplasm 92
scavenging elfects 160, 161
schizophrenia 253
scorpion, circadian rhythms 258
seizure, susceptibility 238
self-acceleration, growth 131
self-improvement, automata 204
self-inhibition, growth 131
self-regulating systems 198, 199
self-sustaining oscillations 207, 208
semantics 257
sensitivity coefficient 19, 20
sensorimotor ratio 253
- performance 252
"sensory space" 249,257
sequential machine 26, 29, 30
shivering, arousal 108, 112
shock, electroconvulsive 235
signal temperature 270
signs, theory of 3, 257
skeletal muscle, metabolism 91 If.
- -, structure 91 tl
skin surface, area 267
- -, temperature 108
snails, heat production 88, 89
sodium quotient, membrane 99
sorghum, respiration 140
space-time coordinates, change 251,
252
"specific modulation" 242
split-dose technique 165, 169, 172
stability 24, 26, 30, 204
state space, metastable 232
- -, stable 37, 240
- -, system 26, 47
steady state, beat frequency 97
-, blood cells 229
-, concentrations 82
-, conditions, thermoregulation
262,269,270,272
-, definition 85, 245
-, disturbance 199
-, evolution 245, 246
-, experimental 90
-, hallucination 249
-, learning and perception 248
-, metabolic system 78
-, particle distribution 66
-, readjustment 100
-, sensorimotor performance 253
-, transient to 200
-, transition hypothesis 99
step function 35
stimulus-response 24, 249
- -, curves 98
stochastic equations 55
events 63
- processes 38 If.
- treatment, open system 202
structure, system 4, 5, 12, 48, 74
"structural energy" 118, 119, 120,123
124
structural gene 197,239
succinic dehydrogenase, muscle 92
sucrose inversion, stochastic model 60
surface area 102, 145, 266
survival probability 171
sympathetic glycogenolysis 275
- lipolysis 275
synaptic linkage, memory 241
synchronization, cells 73, 215
-, enzyme reactions 62
syntax 257
system, abstract 1
- analysis 78, 79
- behavior 15,23
-, characteristics 29
-, closed 85
-, conceived 1
- concept 4
-, concrete 1
- control 196