Biosystems, Volume 94

Volume 94, Numbers 1-2, October - November 2008

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  Nigel T. Crook, Tjeerd Olde Scheper:
  Special edition of BioSystems: Information processing in cells and tissues. 1
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  Christopher L. Buckley, Seth Bullock:
  Sensitivity and stability: A signal propagation sweet spot in a sheet of recurrent centre crossing neurons. 2-9
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  Richard R. Carrillo, Eduardo Ros, Silvia Tolu, Thierry Nieus, Egidio D'Angelo:
  Event-driven simulation of cerebellar granule cells. 10-17
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  Richard R. Carrillo, Eduardo Ros, Christian Boucheny, Olivier J. M. D. Coenen:
  A real-time spiking cerebellum model for learning robot control. 18-27
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  Moritz Buck, Chrystopher L. Nehaniv:
  Communication and complexity in a GRN-based multicellular system for graph colouring. 28-33
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  Stephen L. Smith, Jon Timmis:
  An immune network inspired evolutionary algorithm for the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease. 34-46
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  Dan V. Nicolau Jr., Kevin Burrage, Dan V. Nicolau, Philip K. Maini:
  'Extremotaxis': Computing with a bacterial-inspired algorithm. 47-54
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  Nigel T. Crook, Wee Jin Goh:
  Nonlinear transient computation as a potential "kernel trick" in cortical processing. 55-59
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  Martin Coath, Emili Balaguer-Ballester, Sue L. Denham, Michael J. Denham:
  The linearity of emergent spectro-temporal receptive fields in a model of auditory cortex. 60-67
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  Johannes F. Knabe, Chrystopher L. Nehaniv, Maria J. Schilstra:
  Do motifs reflect evolved function? - No convergent evolution of genetic regulatory network subgraph topologies. 68-74
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  Thomas Burwick:
  Temporal coding: The relevance of classical activity, its relation to pattern frequency bands, and a remark on recoding of excitatory drive into phase shifts. 75-86
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  Lee Calcraft, Rod Adams, Neil Davey:
  Efficient connection strategies in 1D and 2D associative memory models with and without displaced connectivity. 87-94
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  Arturo Chavoya, Yves Duthen:
  A cell pattern generation model based on an extended artificial regulatory network. 95-101
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  Anne Crumière, Mathieu Sablik:
  Positive circuits and d-dimensional spatial differentiation: Application to the formation of sense organs in Drosophila. 102-108
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  Kazunari Iwamoto, Yoshihiko Tashima, Hiroyuki Hamada, Yukihiro Eguchi, Masahiro Okamoto:
  Mathematical modeling and sensitivity analysis of G1/S phase in the cell cycle including the DNA-damage signal transduction pathway. 109-117
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  Hideaki Suzuki:
  A network cell with molecular agents that divides from centrosome signals. 118-125
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  Attila Egri-Nagy, Chrystopher L. Nehaniv, John L. Rhodes, Maria J. Schilstra:
  Automatic analysis of computation in biochemical reactions. 126-134
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  Attila Egri-Nagy, Chrystopher L. Nehaniv:
  Algebraic properties of automata associated to Petri nets and applications to computation in biological systems. 135-144
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  Tjeerd Olde Scheper:
  Why metabolic systems are rarely chaotic. 145-152
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  Cristina Costa Santini, Andy M. Tyrrell:
  The manipulation of calcium oscillations by harnessing self-organisation. 153-163
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  André Stauffer, Daniel Mange, Joël Rossier, Fabien Vannel:
  Bio-inspired self-organizing cellular systems. 164-169
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  Jordan H. Boyle, Netta Cohen:
  Caenorhabditis elegans body wall muscles are simple actuators. 170-181
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  James E. M. Watson, Jim Hanan, Janet Wiles:
  Modeling the fitness of plant morphologies across three levels of complexity. 182-190

Volume 94, Number 3, December 2008

Editorial

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  Adam Gadomski:
  Editorial introduction to the special issue on bio(nano)materials with structure-property relationship. 191-192

Topic A: Friction and adhesion in (bio)systems

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  Zenon Pawlak, Adekunle Oloyede:
  Conceptualisation of articular cartilage as a giant reverse micelle: A hypothetical mechanism for joint biocushioning and lubrication. 193-201
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  Zenon Pawlak, Raghuvir Pai, Emin Bayraktar, T. Kaldonski, Adekunle Oloyede:
  Lamellar lubrication in vivo and vitro: Friction testing of hexagonal boron nitride. 202-208
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  M. Beldiman, Yin Xiao, Ross Crawford, Kunle Oloyede:
  Cell response in mixtures of surfactant-culture medium - Towards a systemic approach to cell-based treatments for focal osteoarthritis. 209-214
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  Adam Gadomski:
  Simple example of structure versus property relationship applied to a reduced-friction biosystem, a quite personal opinion. 215-217
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  Nicola M. Pugno, Emiliano Lepore:
  Observation of optimal gecko's adhesion on nanorough surfaces. 218-222

Topic B: Protein and amphiphile (dis)orderly aggregation

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  Eugenia Pechkova, S. Tripathi, Rosanna Spera, Claudio Nicolini:
  Groel crystal growth and characterization. 223-227
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  Claudio Nicolini, Debora Bruzzese, Victor Sivozhelezov, Eugenia Pechkova:
  Langmuir-Blodgett based lipase nanofilms of unique structure-function relationship. 228-232
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  Jacek Siódmiak:
  Protein crystal's shape and polymorphism prediction within the limits resulting from the exploration of the Miyazawa-Jernigan matrix. 233-241
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  Adam Gadomski:
  On the spherical prototype of a complex dissipative late-stage formation seen in terms of least action Vojta-Natanson principle. 242-247

Topic C: Protein (collective) dynamics, involving confinement, stochastics and chemical reaction

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  M. Wojciechowski, Marek Cieplak:
  Effects of confinement and crowding on folding of model proteins. 248-252
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  Lukasz Machura, Marcin Kostur, Jerzy Luczka:
  Transport characteristics of molecular motors. 253-257
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  Tomasz Wybranowski, Michal Cyrankiewicz, Blanka Ziomkowska, Stefan Kruszewski:
  The HSA affinity of warfarin and flurbiprofen determined by fluorescence anisotropy measurements of camptothecin. 258-262

Topic D: Ion and/or molecule channels and intermicellar passages through dynamic structures of protein or lipid assemblages

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  Slawomir Orlowski, Wieslaw Nowak:
  Topology and thermodynamics of gaseous ligands diffusion paths in human neuroglobin. 263-266
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  Przemyslaw Borys, Zbigniew J. Grzywna:
  A diffusive model of the ball and chain inactivation. 267-269

Topic E: (Anti)cancer cell systems as specific indicators of biomaterial's failures

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  Stefan Kruszewski, Blanka Ziomkowska, Michal Cyrankiewicz, Tomasz Wybranowski:
  The comparison of biophysical properties of DB-67 and its ester DB-67-4ABTFA determined by fluorescence spectroscopy methods. 270-275
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  Przemyslaw Borys, Monika Krasowska, Zbigniew J. Grzywna, Mustafa B. A. Djamgoz, Maria E. Mycielska:
  Lacunarity as a novel measure of cancer cells behavior. 276-281

Topic F: Biosystems as seen from more macroscopic and behavioral points of view, with motivated implications toward nanoscale

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  Maciej Bosek:
  Model of two noise source dependent Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes applied to postural sway. 282-284
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  Gabriela Dudek, Zbigniew J. Grzywna, Merlin L. Willcox:
  Classification of antituberculosis herbs for remedial purposes by using fuzzy sets. 285-289