Mode coupling in living systems: implications for biology and medicine.

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dc.contributor.authorSwain, Johnen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-28T11:09:17Z
dc.date.available2009-05-28T11:09:17Z
dc.date.issued2008-05-14en_US
dc.description.abstractComplex systems, and in particular biological ones, are characterized by large numbers of oscillations of widely differing frequencies. Various prejudices tend to lead to the assumption that such oscillators should generically be very weakly interacting. This paper reviews the basic ideas of linearity and nonlinearity as seen by a physicist, but with a view to biological systems. In particular, it is argued that large couplings between different oscillators of disparate frequencies are common, being present even in rather simple systems which are well-known in physics, although this issue is often glossed over. This suggests new experiments and investigations, as well as new approaches to therapies and human-environment interactions which, without the concepts described here, may otherwise seem unlikely to be interesting. The style of the paper is conversational with a minimum of mathematics, and no attempt at a complete list of references.en_US
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Physics, Northeastern University, 110 Forsyth Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA. john.swain@cern.chen_US
dc.identifier.citationSwain J. Mode coupling in living systems: implications for biology and medicine. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology. 2008 May; 46(5): 389-94en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/56315
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.niscair.res.in/ScienceCommunication/ResearchJournals/rejour/ijeb/ijeb0.aspen_US
dc.source.urihttps://nopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/4477/1/IJEB%2046%285%29%20389-394.pdfen_US
dc.subject.meshAcousticsen_US
dc.subject.meshBiophysics --methodsen_US
dc.subject.meshElectromagnetic Fieldsen_US
dc.subject.meshEnvironmenten_US
dc.subject.meshFourier Analysisen_US
dc.subject.meshModels, Theoreticalen_US
dc.subject.meshOscillometry --methodsen_US
dc.subject.meshPhotonsen_US
dc.subject.meshResearch Designen_US
dc.subject.meshSystems Biology --methodsen_US
dc.titleMode coupling in living systems: implications for biology and medicine.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.typeResearch Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.en_US
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