1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910299967503321

Autore

Layton Anita T

Titolo

Mathematical Modeling in Renal Physiology / / by Anita T. Layton, Aurelie Edwards

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-642-27367-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes on Mathematical Modelling in the Life Sciences, , 2193-4789

Disciplina

612.4630113

Soggetti

Biomathematics

Physiological, Cellular and Medical Topics

Mathematical and Computational Biology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1.Introduction: Basics of Kidney Physiology -- 2.Glomerular Filtration -- 3.Urine Concentration -- 4 Counter-current Exchange Across Vasa Recta -- 5.Tubuloglomerular Feedback -- 6.Electrophysiology of Renal Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells -- 7.Vasomotion and Myogenic Response of the Afferent Arteriole -- 8.Transport Across Tubular Epithelia -- 9.Solutions to Problem Sets -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This comprehensive and richly illustrated volume provides up-to-date, wide-ranging material on the mathematical modeling of kidney physiology, including clinical data analysis and practice exercises. Basic concepts and modeling techniques introduced in this volume can be applied to other areas (or organs) of physiology. With the availability of high speed computers and advances in computational techniques, the application of mathematical modeling to biological systems is expanding. The models presented in this book describe the main homeostatic functions performed by the kidney, including blood filtration, excretion of water and salt, maintenance of electrolyte balance, and regulation of blood pressure. Each chapter includes an introduction to the basic relevant physiology, a derivation of the essential conservation equations, and then a discussion of a series of



mathematical models, with increasing level of complexity. This volume will be of interest to biological and mathematical scientists, as well as physiologists and nephrologists, who would like an introduction to mathematical techniques that can be applied to renal transport and function. The material is written for students who have had college-level calculus, but can be used in modeling courses in applied mathematics at all levels through early graduate courses. Anita T. Layton is the Robert R. and Katherine B. Penn Associate Professor of Mathematics at Duke University. Aurélie Edwards is director of the Laboratory of Renal Physiology at the Cordeliers Research Center in Paris, in affiliation with the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS).

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910969932903321

Autore

Ruzer Serge

Titolo

Syriac idiosyncrasies : theology and hermeneutics in early Syriac literature / / by Serge Ruzer, Aryeh Kofsky

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden [Netherlands] ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010

ISBN

1-282-95275-7

9786612952753

90-04-19111-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Collana

Jerusalem studies in religion and culture, , 1570-078X ; ; v. 11

Altri autori (Persone)

KofskyArieh

Disciplina

275.61/01

Soggetti

Syrian churches - Doctrines - History

Christian literature, Early - Syriac authors - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Aphrahat : a witness of pre-Nicene Syrian theology -- Ephrem on justice, free will and divine mercy in the story of the Fall -- Liber graduum : the heavenly garden of ascetic delights -- The cave of treasures : calvary versus earthly paradise -- Philoxenus of Mabbug : hermeneutics of incarnation -- Appendix : the old Syriac gospels : textual authority and hermeneutics.



Sommario/riassunto

The study of early Syriac Christianity has for decades been steadily expanding, yet its scope still lags way behind that of research relating to Greek and Latin Christianity. One of the intriguing and understudied topics here is the nature of Syriac Christianity's autonomous identity in late antiquity. This question is intrinsically connected to its genesis from an indigenous Christian Aramaic background as well as its interaction with the neighboring Jewish milieu. This volume unearthes some of the idiosyncracies -- mainly pertaining to trinitarian theology, christology and hermeneutics -- to be found in early Syriac literature before the onslaught of Greek hegemony. The idiosyncrasies analyzed here offer new insights into the nature of that peculiar brand of early Christianity, confirming a model of an indigenous early Syriac tradition gradually entering into a dynamic interaction with Greek influence.