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    Principles of Physiological Measurement
    Principles of Physiological Measurement
    Principles of Physiological Measurement
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    Principles of Physiological Measurement

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    Principles of Physiological Measurement examines the basic principles underlying the techniques and instruments used in making measurements, including tracer methods and compartmental analysis. It describes measurements of oxygen, carbon dioxide, pH, ammonia, and miscellaneous gases such as hydrogen and nitrogen. The book also describes the general concepts of electrical transduction, amplification, and recording. Organized into 15 chapters, this volume begins with an overview of some fundamental concepts of measurement, including basic gas and solution concepts, electronics relevant to measurement methods, and error in designing experiments. Some chapters are dedicated to the measurement of oxygen in gases and in aqueous solutions, partial pressure measurement of carbon dioxide in liquids, measurement of intracellular pH, and measurement of ammonia in gases and in solutions. Other chapters discuss the blood gas measurement, problems of controlling the gaseous environment, and basic principles of flow, velocity, force, displacement, and pressure, along with common methods for their measurement. The final chapters deal with ions and solutions, radioisotope concepts and techniques, and tracer kinetics. This book will be of interest to natural scientists and students in physiology courses.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAcademic Press
    Release dateDec 2, 2012
    ISBN9780323157438
    Principles of Physiological Measurement
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    James Cameron

    James (Jim) Cameron was born in Arizona in 1946 and grew up in Southern California. He is the single child of Leonard Cameron and Marjorie Wingfield Cameron. His mother was a grade school teacher, and his father was a technician for public water supply companies. Mr. Cameron graduated from Fontana High School as salutatorian in 1964 and served as the high school’s student body vice president and Key Club president. He was voted the school’s top science student in his senior year by the high school faculty. Always a baseball fan, he lettered three times on the high school varsity baseball team and later played on the Claremont McKenna College (then Claremont Men’s College) baseball team, from which he graduated with a BA in economics in 1968. A thrill of his life was playing on a team assembled by renowned Claremont coach Bill Arce, which took his team to play exhibition baseball games in Europe during the summer of 1966, with each player living individually with a family in the Netherlands to teach local youth the game of baseball. After Claremont, Mr. Cameron enrolled at UCLA where he earned an MS degree in business administration in 1970 and had the thrill of watching great college basketball and the arrival of the player then known as Lew Alcindor. In 1974 he married Constance (Connie) Mae Creighton. Over the years, the couple have lived in Southern California, Colorado, North Carolina, and Florida. They currently live in Littleton, Colorado. They have two children—son Clint, who resides in Washington, DC, with his wife and son, and daughter Lauren who resides in Denver, Colorado. Mr. Cameron’s entire working career was in health-care administration. His areas of responsibility included HMO development, medical economics, group physician practices, clinical administration, sales management, and consulting.

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