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Energy and information transfer in biological systems : how physics could enrich biological understanding : proceedings of the international workshop, Acireale, Catania, Italy, 18-22 September, 2002 / edited by Francesco Musumeci, Larissa S. Brizhik, Mae-Wan Ho.
LIBRA QH505 .E54 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biophysics--Congresses.
- Biophysics.
- Physics--Congresses.
- Physics.
- Biology--Congresses.
- Biology.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- x, 359 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- How physics could enrich biological understanding
- Place of Publication:
- River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, [2003]
- Summary:
- This volume contains papers based on the workshop "Energy and Information Transfer in Biological Systems: How Physics Could Enrich Biological Understanding," held in Italy in 2002. The meeting was a forum aimed at evaluating the potential and outlooks of a modern physics approach to understanding and describing biological processes, especially regarding the transition from the microscopic chemical scenario to the macroscopic functional configurations of living matter. In this frame some leading researchers presented and discussed several basic topics, such as the photon interaction with biological systems also from the viewpoint of photon information processes and of possible applications; the influence of electromagnetic fields on the self-organization of biosystems including the nonlinear mechanism for energy transfer and storage; and the influence of the structure of water on the properties of biological matter.
- Contents:
- Soliton Mechanism of Charge, Energy and Information Transfer in Biosystems / L. Brizhik 1
- Delayed Luminescence and Motional Harmonicity / L. Cordone, G. Privitera, S. Tudisco, F. Musumeci 14
- 62 AMEV Proton Beam for the Treatment of Ocular Melanoma at L.N.S.
- INFN / G. Cuttone, P. A. Lojacono, I. V. Patti, M. G. Sabini, L. M. Valastro, G. A. P. Cirrone, S. Lo Nigro, L. Raffaele, V. Salamone 24
- Search for Quantum and Classical Modes of Information Processing in Microtubules: Implications for "the Living State" / S. Hameroff, J. Tuszynski 31
- From 'Molecular Machines' to Coherent Organisms / M.-W. Ho 63
- New Hierarchic Theory of Water and Its Role in Biosystems. The Quantum PSI Problem / A. Kaivarainen 82
- How the Absorption of Monochromatic Visible-to-near IR Radiation by Cells Leads to Their Biological Responses? / T. I. Karu 148
- Modern Technology on Physical Analysis of Biophoton Emission and Its Potential Extracting the Physiology Information / M. Kobayashi 157
- Complex Systems: Analysis and Models of Real-World Networks / V. Latora, P. Crucitti, M. Marchiori, A. Rapisarda 188
- On the Physics of Ultraweak Bioluminescence and Intercellular Photon Signaling / V. S. Letokhov, A. L. Dobryakov 205
- From Inanimate Molecules to Living Cells: The Informational Scaffolding of Life / P. C. Marijuan 217
- Nonlinearity in Biological Systems: How Can Physics Help? / A. A. Marino, C. Frilot 245
- Delayed Luminescence and Cell's Structure Organization / A. Scordino, A. Triglia, F. Musumeci 264
- Life as a Fourth Level of Quantum Organization of Nature / S. P. Sit'ko 293
- A New Advanced Research Equipment for Fast Ultraweak Luminescence Analysis
- Aretusa / S. Tudisco, F. Musumeci, A. Scordino, G. Privitera 308
- Concept of Photon Storage Capacity in Cell Biology / R. Van Wijk 319.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Carl Hering Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9812384197
- OCLC:
- 53062604
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