Second law efficiency for living cells
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Second law efficiency for living cells.
The exergetic analysis of the biosystems is developed. It takes into account that cells are able to convert only part of the energy absorbed. The result is to highlight the fundamental role of the exergy as a quantity useful to develop considerations on the cells behavior in relation to normal or disease states.
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Bioscience
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1945-0516,1945-0524
DOI: 10.2741/s487