Kinetics of Transition Processes in Living Systems - Load, Adaptation, Stability

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Monograph V
3. Dedication VII
4. Preface IX
5. Contents XIII
6. I . General Problems of Statistical Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics
7. Statistical Thermodynamics of Nonlinear Irreversible Processes 3
8. Thermodynamical Approach to the Analysis of Statistical Properties of Nonlinear Dynamic Systems 19
9. The Problem of Entropy Increase and Stability of Motion in Quantum Mechanics 35
10. On the Relation Between the H-Theorem and the Principle of Minimum Entropy Production 55
11. II. The Phase Transition and Nonequilibrium Fluctuations
12. Nonequilibrium Phase Transitions in Chemical Systems 75
13. Synergetics. Nonequilibrium Phase Transitions and Selforganization in Biological Systems 105
14. Brownian Motion in Autooscillation Systems and in Phase Transition Processes 125
15. Nonequilibrium Fluctuations and Irreversible Processes Far from Thermal Equilibrium 151
16. III. Kinetic Equations
17. Generalized Fokker-Planck Equation in the Theory of Irreversible Processes 169
18. The Diffusion Approximation for Markov Processes 181
19. Extremal Principles and Catastrophe Theory for Stochastic Models of Nonlinear Irreversible Processes 197
20. IV. The Problem of Phenomenological Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics
21. Irreversible Thermodynamics far from Equilibrium 219
22. On the Structuring of Thermodynamic Fluxes: A Direct Implementation of the Dissipation Inequality 239
23. Axiomatic Models of Phenomenological Thermodynamics 255
24. Axiomatic Approach to Irreversible Thermodynamics and Variational Principles 265
25. The Second Lyapunov Method and The Variational Principle 279
26. V. Ecology and Populations
27. The Rate of Correlation Decay in One-Dimensional Ecological Models 297
28. Kinetics and Nonequilibrium Processes and Ecology 309
29. Mathematical Modelling of Biocenosis on the Basis of Haldane-Semevsky Principle 315
30. Natural Selection and Optimality Principles 325
31. Statistical Thermodynamic Model of Stationary Population 337
32. VI. Reaction of Organisms to External Factors
33. Effects of External Influences on the Types of Transition Processes Observed in the Energy Metabolism of Organisms 347
34. Rate of Temperature Adaptation of Respiratory Metabolism in Soil Invertebrates 359
35. Relationship Between Maximal Metabolism, Body Weight and Standard Metabolism of Animals 369
36. Kinetics of Transition Processes in Living Systems - Load, Adaptation, Stability 387
37. Dynamic Characteristics of Heat and Water Exchange in Man 397
38. Relation of Stimuli Controlling Lung Ventilation During Transient and Stable Periods of Exercise 413
39. VII. Ontogenesis
40. Kinetics of Constitutive Processes During Development and Growth of Organisms 423
41. Stochastic Description of Growth and Aging in Animals 437
42. Thermodynamic Estimation of Development and Growth of Microorganisms 445
43. Transition Process in Ontogenesis as a Characteristics of Changes in the Stability of Animals to External Influences 453
44. On Specific Peculiarities of Transition Processes in Ontogenesis of Mammals 461
45. Stable Orbitals and Transition Processes in the Models of Biological Systems 473
46. Concluding Remarks 485
47. References 489
48. Index 531