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		measles 194, 195

		measure theory 110

		mechanisms

		deterministic (see deterministic, mechanisms)

		random (see random, mechanisms)

		meditation 198

		Mees 199

		membrane 22, 34, 35, 40, 68

		metronome 186

		Miller 93

		Misler 19

		moments (see mean and variance)

		Moon 241

		Mosekilde 241

		motor phase transition 186, 187

		Muller 199

		mutations 92, 94, 100

		N

		Neale 15

		Nerenber 211

		neural networks 248, 249

		neurons 14, 15, 22, 68, 84-87, 100

		Newton 206, 246

		Nicolis 199

		Nittman 15

		nonlinear 246, 247

		nonlinear dynamics 240

		nonstationary 104

		number of independent variables (see variables, number)

		O

		OToole 197

		one-over-f noise 96, 97

		optical interferometry 140

		Ostrowsky 81

		other methods 246-249

		cellular automata 248, 249

		coupled maps 248, 249

		neural networks 248, 249

		self-organizing critical systems 248, 249

		Ott 241

		Overbaugh 93

		oxygen 66

		P

		parameter 176, 222

		Patton 97

		Paumgartner 35

		Peng 99

		period doubling bifurcation 184

		persistence 90

		phase space (see chaos, phase space)

		phase space set (see attractors)

		phase transitions 186, 187

		placenta 22

		Platt 15

		Poincaré 164

		Poisson distribution 86

		population mean 74, 75, 78

		potential energy function 186

		power spectrum

		chaos 116

		power law 96, 97

		predictability 162-165

		probability density function (see distributions)

		problems with the chaos analysis

		amount of data 210

		embedding theorems 214

		interpretation of low dimensional attractor 216

		lag 212

		summary 208

		projects to do 102, 214

		proteins

		energy levels 22

		ion channel 18-22, 36-39, 62, 68

		surface 40, 68

		vibrations 68

		pulse number distribution 84-87

		R

		R/S 90, 91, 98, 99

		radioisotope tracer 68, 97, 100

		random

		mechanisms 116, 118, 122,

 

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