Transport processes in biological systems: Tumoral cells and human brain

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 393, Issue , 2014, Pages 327-336

  Lucia, Umberto ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain; Entropy generation; Exergy flows; Irreversibility; Stationary states

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; BRAIN; EXERGY;

COMPLEX DYNAMICS; ENTROPY GENERATION; EXERGY FLOW; IRREVERSIBILITY; SELF-ORGANIZING SYSTEMS; STATIONARY STATE; THERMO-CHEMICAL; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ENTROPY;

EID: 84886589962     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2013.08.066     Document Type: Article

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