James L. Hargrove

Dynamic Modeling in the Health Sciences (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book and CD-ROM package integrates the use of STELLA software into the teaching of health, nutrition and physiology, and may be used on its own in nutrition and physiology courses, or can serve as a supplement to introduce the role that simulation modelling can play. The author presents key subjects ranging from the theory of metabolic control, through weight regulation to bone metabolism, and gives readers the tools to simulate these using the STELLA software. Topics include methods for simulation of gene expression, a multi-stage model of tumour development, theories of ageing, circadian rhythms and physiological time, as well as a model for managing weight loss and preventing obesity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer US
• Seitenzahl: 299
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781461216445
• Artikelnr.: 44040863

Inhaltsangabe

1 Discoveries with a Computer: Dynamic behavior.- 2 How to Create STELLA® Models to Solve Basic Equations.- 3 How an Equation from Physiology Can Become a Model.- 4 Rates of Change.- 5 The Steady State: A Question of Balance.- 6 Equations for Model Building: The Surface Law and Body Composition.- 7 A Primer on Biodynamics and Gene Expression.- 8 Chronological Time Versus Physiological Time.- 9 Energy Needs for Work.- 10 The Human Thermostat.- 11 Dietary Polyunsaturated Fats and Your Cell Membranes.- 12 Responses to Nutrients.- 13 Symmetry of Human Growth and Aging.- 14 A Stochastic Model of Senescence and Demise.- 15 Mortality and Risk for Chronic Disease.- 16 Kinetic Genetics: Compartmental Models of Gene Expression.- 17 From Genotype to Phenotype.- 18 The Plateau Principle: A Key to Biological System Dynamics.- 19 Compartmental Models in Metabolic Studies: Vitamin C.- 20 Orcadian Rhythms.- 21 Diet Composition and Fat Balance.- 22 Human Cholesterol Dynamics.- 23 Stochastic Model of Bone Remodeling and Osteoporosis.- 24 Positive and Negative Feedback: Insulin and the Use of Fatty Acids and Glucose for Energy.- 25 A Multistage Model for Tumor Progression.- 26 The Biokinetic Database.- Appendix: Quick Help Guide to STELLA® Software Mechanics.