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Advances in biological and medical physics. Volume 6 /
Advances in Biological and Medical Physics, Volume VI, provides an overview of the state of knowledge in biological and medical physics. The book opens with a study on ion and water transport in stomach and intestine. This is followed by separate chapters on artificial and induced periodicity in liv...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Academic Press Inc.,
1958.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Advances in Biological and Medical Physics; Copyright Page; CONTRIBUTORS TO VOLUME VI; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1. ION AND WATER TRANSPORT IN STOMACH AND INTESTINE; I. INTRODUCTION; II. CONCEPTS OF ACTIVE TRANSPORT; III. ION AND WATER TRANSPORT; IV. MEMBRANE CHARACTERISTICS AS REVEALED BY TRANSPORT STUDIES; V. SUMMARY; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. ARTIFICIAL AND INDUCED PERIODICITY IN LIVING CELLS; I. INTRODUCTION; II. SYNCHRONIZATION BY NUTRITIONAL MEANS; III. LIGHT-INDUCED SYNCHRONY IN ALGAE; IV. MECHANICAL SEPARATION OF AGE GROUPS OF CELLS; V. TEMPERATURE-INDUCED SYNCHRONY.
- Vi. concluding remarksacknowledgments; references; chapter 3. radiobiological aspects of the induction of lysogenic bacteria to produce phage with x-ray, gamma ray, and ultraviolet radiations; i. introduction; ii. dose-effect curves; iii. the induction phenomenon; iv. abortive inductions; v. comparison with ultraviolet radiation; vi. a biological integrator of ionizing radiation; vii. study of a population of lysogenic bacteria growing in a constant field of gamma rays; acknowledgments; references; chapter 4. cell studies with microspectrography; i. introduction.
- Ii. microspectrography in the optical part of the spectrumiii. applications; acknowledgments; references; chapter 5. some aspects of the effect of ionizing radiation on tumors in experimental animals; i. introduction; ii. some physical problems involved in the irradiation of animal tumors; iii. the use of spontaneous and transplanted tumors as tools in research; iv. the oxygen effect in relation to the radiobiology of tumors; v. the mechanism of cell death after irradiation; vi. the response of animal tumors to irradiation in vivo.
- Vii. fractionation, ion density studies, and modifying factorsviii. discussion; acknowledgments; references; chapter 6. fallout from nuclear weapons tests; i. introduction; ii. the nature and production of radioactive fallout; iii. types of fallout and their transport and distribution; iv. the present distribution and amounts of fallout radioactivity; v. present levels of world-wide fallout contamination and predictions for the future; vi. biological effects to be anticipated from fallout to date; vii. world-wide fallout effects in the event of a nuclear war in the northern hemisphere.
- Viii. summaryacknowledgments; references; chapter 7. radiological contrast enhancing methods; i. introduction; ii. properties of the eye; iii. quantum considerations and film properties; iv. primary methods; v. secondary methods; vi. considerations for the future; appendix; references; chapter 8. quantitative measurement of regional circulation in the central nervous system by the use of radioactive inert gas; i. introduction; ii. method; iii. results; iv. summary; acknowledgments; references; chapter 9. intense ultrasound in investigations of the central nervous system; i. introduction.