| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 211 pages) : illustrations |
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NATO science series. Series II, Mathematics, physics, and chemistry ; v. 232 |
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NATO science series. Series II, Mathematics, physics, and chemistry ; v. 232.
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: Structure and communication in complex networks / Kim Sneppen -- Effects of community structure on search and ranking in complex networks / Huafeng Xie / Koon-Kiu Yan / Sergei Maslov -- SOS response of bacteria to DNA damage / Joel Stavans -- Self-affine scaling during interfacial crack front propagation / Stephane Santucci / Knut Jorgen Maloy / Jean Schmittbuhl / Renaud Toussaint -- Diffusion, fragmentation and merging processes in ice crystals, alpha helices and other systems / Jesper Ferkinghoff-Borg / Poul Olesen / Mogens H. Jensen / Joachim Mathiesen -- Molecular mechanisms in biosignalling : visual reception / Mikhail A. Ostrovsky -- architecture of complexity : from WWW to cellular metabolism / Albert-Lazlo Barabasi / Eivind Almaas -- Mathematical modeling of neural activity / Gaute T. Einevoll -- Braided space-time particle networks / Kai de Lange Kristiansen / Geir Helgesen / Arne T. Skjeltorp -- Combining optical tweezers and micropipettes for DNA stretching ; elasticity of micropipette crucial / Lene Oddershede / Thomas Moller Hansen / Nader Reihani -- Universal networks and processes in soft and complex matter : from nano to macro / Jon Otto Fossum -- What economists should learn from econophysics / Joseph McCauley / Gemunu H. Gunaratne / Kevin E. Bassler |
| Summary |
This volume comprises the proceedings of a NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) held at Geilo, Norway, 11-21 April 2005, the eighteenth ASI in a series held every two years since 1971. The objective of this ASI was to identify and discuss areas where synergism between modern physics and biology may be most fruitfully applied to the study of bioprocesses for molecular recognition, and of networks for converting molecular reactions into usable signals and appropriate responses. Many fields of research are confronted with networks. Genetic and metabolic networks describe how proteins, substrates and genes interact in a cell; social networks quantify the interactions between people in the society; the Internet is a complex web of computers; ecological systems are best described as a web of species. In many cases, the interacting networks manifest so-called emergent properties that are not possessed by any of the individual components. This means that the detailed knowledge of the components is insufficient to describe the whole system. Recent work has indicated that networks in nature have so-called scale-free characteristics, and the associated dynamic network modelling shows unexpected results such as an amazing robustness against accidental failures, a property that is rooted in their inhomogeneous topology. Understanding these phenomena and turning them to use in chemical and biological threat detection and response will require exploring a wide range of network structures as well |
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Complex interconnected biosensor systems |
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Bioprocesses |
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Networks |
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NATO |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Biosensors -- Congresses
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Biochemical engineering -- Congresses
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SCIENCE -- Biotechnology.
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Physique.
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Biochemical engineering
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Biosensors
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proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Skjeltorp, A.
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Belushkin, A. V. (Alexander V.)
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| ISBN |
9781402050305 |
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1402050305 |
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1402050283 |
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9781402050282 |
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1402050291 |
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9781402050299 |
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6611043853 |
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9786611043858 |
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