Biological Systems under Extreme Conditions

Biological Systems under Extreme Conditions

Author: Y. Taniguchi

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-03-14

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 3662048027

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Biological systems are regulated by the thermodynamic parameters of pressure and temperature. New analytical and computational methods and various kinds of spectroscopy allow detailed studies of the structure and function of biological systems under extreme conditions, as well as the possibility to explicate the origin and evolution of life. This volume addresses researchers and students exploring the new world of biological systems under extreme environmental conditions.


Influence of Temperature on Biological Systems

Influence of Temperature on Biological Systems

Author: Frank Harris Johnson

Publisher:

Published: 1957

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13:

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The purpose of the symposium on which this book is based was to present, by means of a series of papers dealing with representative problems, a cross-section of contemporary research on temperature relations of biological processes at various levels of complexity, extending from the purely molecular, up through cells, tissues, organs, to whole organisms. In the aspect of the same subject, papers dealing primarily with the action of hydrostatic pressure.


The Effects of Low Temperature on Biological Systems

The Effects of Low Temperature on Biological Systems

Author: B. W. W. Grout

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-03-19

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780521105767

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First published in 1987, The Effects of Low Temperatures on Biological Systems takes a broad view of the interactions of low temperatures with biological conditions. The topics covered range from molecular effects to whole organism behaviour and include practical applications in medicine, agriculture and the food industry. This integrated, multi-disciplinary approach to cryobiology presents a wide spectrum of topics linked by theory and interpretation, provides a unified concept of the subject and may stimulate fruitful pathways for further thought and research. The expert contributors to this book were chosen by the editors to represent an integrated science of cryobiology.


Thermobiology

Thermobiology

Author: J.S. Willis

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 1997-04-15

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0080877028

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Notwithstanding widespread studies and even several biological journals devoted to temperature, it is difficult to perceive a field of thermobiology as such. Interest in the effects of temperature of biological systems is fragmented into specific thermal ranges and often connected with particular applications: subzero cryobiology and preservation of cells and tissues or survival of poikilotherms, para-zero cryobiology and preservation of whole organs and survival of whole animals, intermediate ranges and physiological adaption and regulation, high temperatures and use of heat for killing cancer cells, very high temperatures and limits of biological structure. Yet it has not always been so, and there are good reasons why it need not remain so. General and comparative physiologists such as W.J. Crozier, H. Precht, J. Belehradek, F. Johnson, C.L. Prosser, and others have sought throughout this century to lay foundations for unified approaches to temperature in biological systems.Recent findings also serve to suggest principles and processes that span the range of temperatures of biological interest. Microviscosity of membranes is an issue originally of interest to low temperature biologists but with relevance to limiting high temperatures; conversely for protein structure. Certain "heat shock proteins" now appear to be responses to generalized stress, including low temperature.Inevitably, the chapters of this book reflect the "zonal" character of thermobiology: two chapters (by Storey and Raymond) deal with protection against subfreezing temperatures; three (Hazel, membrane structure, Dietrich, microtubular structure, and Kruuv, cell growth) deal with the effects of and modulation to cool-to-moderate superfreezing temperatures, one (Willis) with modulation (of membrane ion transport) to moderate-to-high temperatures and two (Li, heat shock proteins and Lepock, proteins in general) with stressfully high temperatures. Explicit in each of these chapters, however, are principles and issues that transcend the parochialism of the temperature range under consideration.


Thermal and Energetic Studies of Cellular Biological Systems

Thermal and Energetic Studies of Cellular Biological Systems

Author: A. M. James

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

Published: 2016-07-29

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1483193551

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Thermal and Energetic Studies of Cellular Biological Systems reviews literature on thermal and energetic changes which occur in living organisms. It was commissioned at the suggestion of Dr. Philip Edge of John Wright & Sons and was a natural successor to the 1980 book Biological Microcalorimetry. This volume is restricted to a discussion of energy changes in cellular systems. This book is organized into nine chapters. Each author presents a concise, up-to-date account of his field of expertise. Their topics include the usefulness of calorimetric methods in ecological studies, growth and metabolism in bacteria and yeasts, metabolism and heat dissipation in whole tissues or organs, and animal cells and energy requirements in biological systems. This book will be of interest to people seeking a non-destructive technique for studying cellular system and it can serve as a guide and a reference book to those already active in the field.


The Effects of Low Temperatures on Biological Systems

The Effects of Low Temperatures on Biological Systems

Author: B. W. W. Grout

Publisher: Hodder Arnold

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 500

ISBN-13: 9780713128932

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First published in 1987, The Effects of Low Temperatures on Biological Systems takes a broad view of the interactions of low temperatures with biological conditions. The topics covered range from molecular effects to whole organism behaviour and include practical applications in medicine, agriculture and the food industry. This integrated, multi-disciplinary approach to cryobiology presents a wide spectrum of topics linked by theory and interpretation, provides a unified concept of the subject and may stimulate fruitful pathways for further thought and research. The expert contributors to this book were chosen by the editors to represent an integrated science of cryobiology.


Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Biological Processes

Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Biological Processes

Author: Sid M. Becker

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2014-12-31

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 0124079008

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Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Biological Processes covers emerging areas in fluid flow and heat transfer relevant to biosystems and medical technology. This book uses an interdisciplinary approach to provide a comprehensive prospective on biofluid mechanics and heat transfer advances and includes reviews of the most recent methods in modeling of flows in biological media, such as CFD. Written by internationally recognized researchers in the field, each chapter provides a strong introductory section that is useful to both readers currently in the field and readers interested in learning more about these areas. Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Biological Processes is an indispensable reference for professors, graduate students, professionals, and clinical researchers in the fields of biology, biomedical engineering, chemistry and medicine working on applications of fluid flow, heat transfer, and transport phenomena in biomedical technology. Provides a wide range of biological and clinical applications of fluid flow and heat transfer in biomedical technology Covers topics such as electrokinetic transport, electroporation of cells and tissue dialysis, inert solute transport (insulin), thermal ablation of cancerous tissue, respiratory therapies, and associated medical technologies Reviews the most recent advances in modeling techniques


The Nature of Biological Systems as Revealed by Thermal Methods

The Nature of Biological Systems as Revealed by Thermal Methods

Author: Dénes Lörinczy

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-02-21

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 1402022190

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Af ter a kind mo ti va tion by Judit Si mon (Ed i tor-in-Chief of the Jour nal of Ther mal Anal y s is and Cal o ri m e t r y, Kluwe r Ac a dem ic Pub lis her) and ne go ti a tions with po- si ble con tri bu tors - lasting for m ore than one year - it was de cided to write a book about the ap pli ca tion of ther mal meth ods in bi ol ogy. Its aim was to be a guide how to per form ex per i ments and what kind of in for mation m ight be gained by them. We tried to col lect in for mation tha t could be achieved only dur ing a long per sonal pra- tice. In this way sci en tists from bi ol ogy and med i cine, e. g., who are not so skilled in phys ics and math e mat ics may re al ize very soon the beauty and power of this tool at one hand. On the other hand, those sci en tists with better back ground in nat u ral sc- ences can be more sensitive to find out exciting biological problems.


Influence of Temperature on Biological Systems. Incorporating Papers Presented at a Symposium Held at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connectic

Influence of Temperature on Biological Systems. Incorporating Papers Presented at a Symposium Held at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connectic

Author: Frank H. Johnson

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2018-03-02

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 9781378999615

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