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Subject Index
system definition 4, 5, 14
- description 25
- -, homologies 25
-, enzyme 19, 75ff.
-, kinetic properties 26, 81 ff.
-, metabolic, analysis 78, 81 ff.
- -, control 79
- -,types 77,78
-, non-linear 231,266
-, open 85
-, realizability 28
- state 47, 198
-, steady state 19
Temperature adaptation, definition 101
- -, heart rate 95 ff.
-, blood 107
-, brain 270
-, brown fat 109
-, colonic 109, 110
-, compartment 266, 267
- effect, recovery, irradiation 166,
168, 171
- jumps 97
-, metabolism, poikilotherms 86
- quotient 98
- response, heart 97
- signals 270
template, synthesis rate 72
theophylline 276
theoretical biology VII
thermodynamics, irreversible processes
196, 197, 198
-, open systems 95
thermogenesis, see heat production
-, catecholamine induced 274 ff.
thermoregulation, man 262 ff.
-, model 271
thymidine kinase 73, 74, 179
thymidylate synthetase 74
time contraction 255
- function, continuous 54
- scale, biosystem 50, 206
timing processes 205 ff.
tissue water 150
"topological systems" 49
tracer kinetic technique 47
- retention curve 69
tranquilization 251, 252
transcription, mRNA 236
transfer coefficient, heat 268
- function, non-linear 251,252
- mechanisms, compartments 81
- problems 51
transformation, parameter 60
-, set-theoretical 49
transient forcings 27
transition, categories, cell 240
- probability 66
- state 28
- time 198
- to steady state 198, 200
"transparent box" problem 22
transplantation, kidney 192
trehalose 208
tricarboxylic acid cycle 145
triglycerides, liver 155
triosephosphate dehydrogenase 217
tryptophan, precursor synthesis 195
Turing machine 7, 8, 29, 31, 32
turnover compartments 67, 70
- diagram 67, 68
- number, enzymes 152
turtle, brain hypoxia 185 ff.
two-temperature condition, eel 91
UDPG, oscillation 213
undershooting processes 95
urease, plant tissue 151, 153
UV-irradiation, recovery 166,167,169,
176
Velocity coefficients, open system 95
vibrios, heat production 88
visual cortex, oscillatory firing 240
- -, REM-state 253
Volterra-equations 43, 80
Weber-Fechner law 249
Weber ratio 256
weight, foetuses 128
-, brain 247
-, organisms 127, 247
wheat, respiration 140
wholeness 5, 15
Wilder's law 249
wood-louse, heat production 88
worms, heat production 88, 89
X-ray damage 165 ff.
Yates-Pardee-scheme 40,43
yeast, metabolic oscillation 210, 215
-, radiation repair 165, 166
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