Dynamic Modeling in the Health Sciences

1 Discoveries with a Computer: Dynamic behavior.- 2 How to Create STELLA® Models to Solve Basic Equations.- 3 How an Equation from Physiology Can Become a Model.- 4 Rates of Change.- 5 The Steady State: A Question of Balance.- 6 Equations for Model Building: The Surface Law and Body Composition.- 7 A Primer on Biodynamics and Gene Expression.- 8 Chronological Time Versus Physiological Time.- 9 Energy Needs for Work.- 10 The Human Thermostat.- 11 Dietary Polyunsaturated Fats and Your Cell Membranes.- 12 Responses to Nutrients.- 13 Symmetry of Human Growth and Aging.- 14 A Stochastic Model of Senescence and Demise.- 15 Mortality and Risk for Chronic Disease.- 16 Kinetic Genetics: Compartmental Models of Gene Expression.- 17 From Genotype to Phenotype.- 18 The Plateau Principle: A Key to Biological System Dynamics.- 19 Compartmental Models in Metabolic Studies: Vitamin C.- 20 Orcadian Rhythms.- 21 Diet Composition and Fat Balance.- 22 Human Cholesterol Dynamics.- 23 Stochastic Model of Bone Remodeling and Osteoporosis.- 24 Positive and Negative Feedback: Insulin and the Use of Fatty Acids and Glucose for Energy.- 25 A Multistage Model for Tumor Progression.- 26 The Biokinetic Database.- Appendix: Quick Help Guide to STELLA® Software Mechanics.