Advances in biological and medical physics
By: edited by John H. Lawrence, John W. Gofman and Thomas L. Hayes
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 1980
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 473
ISBN-13: 9781483215013; 9780120052172
Subjects: Biophysics; SCIENCE; Life Sciences; Anatomy & Physiology; Physics
Description: Advances in Biological and Medical Physics, Volume 17 covers articles on the advances in biological and medical physics. The book presents articles on energy transfer dynamics; the molecular mechanism of DNA repair after ionizing radiation; and mechanisms of prereplication repair of DNA breaks in gamma-irradiated E. coli cells. The text then describes articles about damages to DNA that result in neoplastic transformation; the nature of radiation and chemically-induced lesions and the role of cellular mechanisms in cell survival and mutagenesis; as well as the nature of the target in the biolo.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Front Cover; Advances in Biological and Medical Physics; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; CONTRIBUTORS TO VOLUME 17; ADVANCES IN BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL PHYSICS VOLUME 17; CHAPTER 1. ENERGY TRANSFER DYNAMICS; I. INTRODUCTION; II. PRELIMINARIES; III. GENERAL ENERGY RELATIONS FOR NONLINEAR ELEMENTS; IV. THE ''MATHEMATICAL GENES"" FOR ENERGY TRANSFER; V. JAHN-TELLER COUPLING; VI. THE SUPERCONDUCTIVE STATE AS PARAMETRIC RESONANCE; VII. VIBRATIONAL QUANTA; VIII. INTERACTION BETWEEN VIBRATION AND ROTATION (CORIOLIS EFFECT); IX. NONLINEAR POLARIZATION.; title: V. spontaneous and induced mutagenesisvi. discussion; references; chapter 7. the nature of the target in the biological action of ionizing radiations; i. introduction; ii. target theory: size and number of critical targets; iii. modifying factors: a tool in the identification of critical targets; iv. end effects of radiation action not requiring mitotic activity; v. concluding remarks; acknowledgments; references; chapter 8. fluorescence and photosynthesis: gated detection and analysis of nanosecond pulse excitation; i. introduction; ii. experimental; iii. time cource of fluorescence change.; title: 880-01; title: Iv. the effects of multiple excitations on the fluorescence changev. conclusions; addendum; acknowledgment; references; chapter 9. time-profile, multicomponent analysis using nonintrusive mass spectrometry; i. introduction; ii. mass spectrometer-computer tools for nonintrusive multicomponent, time-profile analyses; iii. nonintrusive profiles: chemical stimuli and chemical responses; iv. concluding remarks; acknowledgments; references; chapter 10. acoustic microscopy in biophysics; i. introduction; ii. the properties of acoustic waves; iii. a description of the instrument.