
Biomechanics, Muscle Fibers, and How to Interface Experimental Apparatus to a Computer
Masataka Kawai(Author)
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 6. June 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
XX, 120 pages
978-3-319-89132-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book is written to help and enable students in how to observe biological specimens in terms of viscosity, mass, elasticity and work producing elements. The observations are related to underlying chemical reactions by means of strain (fractional length change) sensitivity of the reactions, and a theory is developed how to connect these. Their mathematical derivation is complex when three or more states are involved, but a method is presented here to demonstrate how to simplify this complex problem. Basic mathematical solutions that are useful for this book, are presented (Fourier and Laplace transforms, differential equations, matrix operations) together with Fortran programs in the Appendix.
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Edition
Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 2018 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
46 s/w Abbildungen
XX, 120 p. 46 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
230 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-319-89132-3 (9783319891323)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-72036-4
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Masataka Kawai
Biomechanics, Muscle Fibers, and How to Interface Experimental Apparatus to a Computer
Book
02/2018
Springer
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Person
Dr. Masataka Kawai (spelled ????in Japanese) received his B.A. from The University of Tokyo (Pure and Applied Sciences ?????????????), Ph.D. from Princeton University (Biology; Princeton, NJ, USA), attended Physiology Course at Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, MA, USA), and postdoctoral training at Colum-bia University (Muscle biology; New York City, USA), where he became a junior faculty member. He is now a professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology at The University of Iowa, College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA. He has taught histology to medical and dental students for 35 years; he also taught principles of scholarly integrity to graduate and post-doctoral students. He has recently learned gross anatomy and teaches this subject. His hobbies include playing the piano, singing Japanese and Western lyrics, gardening, and travels.
Content
Basic elements of viscoelasticity.- Reaction processes (chemical kinetics) and their application to muscle biology.- How to characterize chemical reactions occurring in muscle fibers?.- Structure and function of muscle cells.- Mathematics needed to solve problems of contraction.- Computer interfacing of experimental apparatus.- Appendices.