A catastrophe theoretic model of heat regulation in homeothermic animals (Q792245)
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A catastrophe theoretic model of heat regulation in homeothermic animals (English)
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1984
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The paper deals with the mechanism of human temperature regulation. The aim of this paper is to show that temperature regulations can be described by a butterfly catastrophe model involving three cusps, two of which disappear by way of a swallowtail when the ''set point'' of the central body temperature approaches the lower or upper limit beyond which survival is not possible.
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homothermic animals
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negative feedback system
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butterfly catastrophe model
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human temperature regulation
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