Radiation-Induced Processes of Adaptation : (Record no. 944)
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| fixed length control field | 03443cam a22003015i 4500 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9789400766303 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 363.7 |
| MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Korogodina, Victoria L. |
| TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Radiation-Induced Processes of Adaptation : |
| EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. 2013. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 1 online resource (XVII, 183 pages) |
| FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 1. Introduction -- 2. Disturbance of the hereditary material reserves is the main instrument of stress -- 3. Excursus on statistical modeling for population biology. Statistical solution of some radiobiological tasks -- 4. Non-linearity induced by low-dose rates irradiation. Lab experiments on pea seeds -- 5. Adaptation and genetic instability in ecology. Study of the influence of nuclear station fallouts on plant population -- 6. Instability process across generation. 6. Consequences of nuclear test fallouts for inhabitants -- 7. Conclusion -- 8. Applications. |
| SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | In recent decades radiobiologists' efforts have been directed at identifying the mechanisms of radiation effects; the general mechanisms have since been studied extensively. This book describes and analyzes radiation-induced adaptation as processes produced in cells, tissues, and populations. This viewpoint helps to understand the nature and factors of induced processes, to determine the characteristics of observed radiation effects and their limitations. The investigations presented here were founded on proper lab experiments, ecological studies of plant population growth near an operating nuclear power plant and a thorough epidemiological examination of human populations living in territories polluted fifty years ago, as well as on relevant published data. This research demonstrates the radiation-induced adaptation processes that continue even when the radiation itself is no longer at a critical background level. The investigations utilized the method of statistical modeling on the basis of distributions on the number of abnormalities. This method allows us to investigate the processes induced by low-dose factors when accompanied by Darwinian selection in different systems; the distribution parameters can then be used to study the characteristics of adaptation processes and system resistance. The consequences of background-level radiation continue to provoke debate, and the mathematical bases of the adaptation model are shown, while due consideration is paid to the components of adaptation: instability, selection, and proliferation. The book will be especially useful to specialists in radiation pollution, ecology, epidemiology, and radiology for studies of radiation-induced processes; the method presented here can also be adapted to investigate low-dose effects in other fields. In addition, the book presents a number of reviews in the fields of radiation biology, including pioneering investigations in Russia which were previously unavailable to Western scientists. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Environmental health. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Environmental sciences. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Epidemiology. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Radiation protection. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Radiation-Safety measures. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Statistics. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Environmental Health. |
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| Topical Term | Epidemiology. |
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| Topical Term | Math. Appl. in Environmental Science. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences. |
| ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Florko, Boris. |
| ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Osipova, Ludmila P. |
| ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Permanent Location | Current Location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). | Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). | 12/15/2022 | QH652 .K67 2013 | 0161127 | Books |
| Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). | Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). | 12/15/2022 | QH652 .K67 2013 | 0164371 | Books |