Nerve Muscle Function - Bioelectrochemistry, Mechanisms, Bioenergetics and Control: Proceedings of a NATO ASI/20th Course of the International School ... 4) (NATO Science Series A: Life Sciences) - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 0306448130 ISBN 13: 9780306448133

Publisher: Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, 1994

Synopsis

Calcium Homeostasis: Calcium Homeostasis in Skeletal Muscle; E. Ríos. Calcium Ion Fluxes across Plasma Membranes; G. Vassort. Presynaptic Nerve Function: Biochemical Aspects of Presynaptic Function; F. Valtorta, et al. Biophysical Aspects of Presynaptic Activity; R. Fesce. Nervous Control of Muscle Function: Low Molecular Weight Neurotransmitters; M.Z. Wrona, G. Dryhurst. The Electrochemical Signal Transmission by the Acetylcholine Receptor: Single Channel Conductance Events and Oligochannels; E. Neumann, T. Schürholz. Nervous Control of Cardia Function: Modulation of Pacemaker Activity; D. Di Francesco. Excitation-Contraction Coupling: Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Skeletal Muscle; E. Ríos, et al. Muscle Contraction: Contractile Protein Isoforms in Sarcomeric Muscle: Distribution, Function and Control of Gene Expression; S. Schiaffino, P. Moretti. Thermodynamics of Irreversible Processes: Thermodynamics of Irreversible Processes Applied to Biological Systems: A General Survey; D. Walz. 7 additional articles. Index.

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Bioelectrochemistry Iv: Nerve Muscle Function : Bioelectrochemistry, Mechanisms, Bioenergetics, And Control by Giulio Milazzo, Bruno Andrea Melandri, Martin Blank, 9780306448133, Springer

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Dedication. Preface. Acknowledgments. Clifford Geometric Algebras in Multilinear Algebra and Non-Euclidean Geometries.- Geometric algebra Projective Geometries; Affine and other geometries; Affine Geometry of pseudo-euclidean space; Conformal Geometry and the Horosphere; References. Content-Based Information Retrieval by Group Theoretical Methods.- Introduction; Motivating Examples; General Concept; Fault Tolerance.- Applications, Prototypes, and Test Results; Related Work and Future Research; References.- Four Problems in Radar.-Introduction; Radar Fundamentals; Radar Waveforms; Signal Processing; Space-Time Adaptive Processing; Four Problems in Radar; Conclusions. Introduction to Generalized Classical and Quantum Signal and System Theories on Groups and Hypergroups.-Generalized classical signal/system theory on hypergroups; Generalized quantum signal/system theory on hypergroups; Conclusion; References. Lie Groups and Lie Algebras in Robotics.- Introduction -- Rigid Body Motions; Lie Groups; Finite Screw Motions; Mechanical Joints; Invisible Motion and Gripping; Forward Kinematics; Lie Algebra; The Adjoint Representation; The Exponential Map Derivatives of Exponentials; Jacobians; Concluding Remarks; References. Quantum/Classical Interface: a Geometric Approach from the Classical Side.- Introduction Paravector Space as Spacetime; Eigenspinors; Spin; Dirac Equation; Bell's Theorem; Qubits and Entanglement; Conclusions; References. PONS, Reed-Muller Codes, and Group Algebras.- Introduction; Analytic Theory of One-Dimensional PONS (Welti); Shapiro Sequences, Reed-Muller Codes, and Functional Equations; Group Algebras; Reformulation of Classical PONS; Group Algebra of Classical PONS; GroupAlgebra Convolution; Splitting Sequences; Historical Appendix on PONS; References. Clifford Algebras as a Unified Language.- Introduction; Clifford algebras as models of physical spaces; Clifford Algebras as Models of Perceptual Multicolor Spaces; Hypercomplex-Valued invariants of nD multicolor images; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References. Recent Progress and Applications in Group FFTs.-Introduction; Finite group FFTs; FFTs for compact groups; Noncompact groups; References. Group Filters and Image Processing.- Introduction: Classical Digital Signal Processing; Abelian Group DSP; Nonabelian Groups; Examples; Group Transforms; Group Filters; Line-like Images; Acknowledgments; References. A Geometric Algebra Approach to Some Problems of Robot Vision.- Introduction; Local Analysis of Multi-dimensional Signals; Knowledge Based Neural Computing; Acknowledgments; References. Group Theory in Radar and Signal Processing.- Introduction; How a Radar Works; Representations; Representations and Radar; Ambiguity Functions; The Wide Band Case; References. Geometry of Paravector Space with Applications to Relativistic Physics.- Clifford Algebras in Physics; Paravector Space as Spacetime; Interpretation; Eigenspinors; Maxwell's Equation; Conclusions; References. A Unified Approach to Fourier-Clifford-Prometheus Transforms- Introduction; New construction of classical and multiparametric Prometheus transforms; PONS associated with Abelian groups; Fast Fourier-Prometheus Transforms; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References. Fast Color Wavelet Transforms.- Introduction; Color images; Color Wavelet-Haar-Prometheus transforms; Edge detection and compression of color images; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References. Selected Problems; Various Authors.- Transformations of Euclidean Space and Clifford Geometric; Algebra; References; On the Distribution of Kloosterman Sums on Polynomials over Quaternions; References; Harmonic Sliding Analysis Problems; References; Spectral Analysis under Conditions of Uncertainty; A Canonical Basis for Maximal Tori of the Reductive Centrizer of a Nilpotent Element; References; 6 The Quantum Chaos Conjecture References; Four Problems in Radar; Topic Index; Author Index

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• Publisher: Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0306448130
• ISBN 13: 9780306448133
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 375
• Editor: Melandri Bruce Andrea, Blank Martin