Calculating Stress: From Entropy to a Thermodynamic Concept of Health and Disease

PloS One
Julie Bienertová-VaškůAnna Vasku

Abstract

To date, contemporary science has lacked a satisfactory tool for the objective expression of stress. This text thus introduces a new-thermodynamically derived-approach to stress measurement, based on entropy production in time and independent of the quality or modality of a given stressor or a combination thereof. Hereto, we propose a novel model of stress response based on thermodynamic modelling of entropy production, both in the tissues/organs and in regulatory feedbacks. Stress response is expressed in our model on the basis of stress entropic load (SEL), a variable we introduced previously; the mathematical expression of SEL, provided here for the first time, now allows us to describe the various states of a living system, including differentiating between states of health and disease. The resulting calculation of stress response regardless of the type of stressor(s) in question is thus poised to become an entirely new tool for predicting the development of a living system.

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Oct 20, 2018·PloS One·Filip ZlámalJulie Bienertová-Vašků
Mar 12, 2021·Journal of Biomechanical Engineering·Abhijit Dutta, Himadri Chattopadhyay
May 1, 2021·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Elena Ioana IconaruConstantin Ciucurel
Sep 1, 2021·Scientific Reports·Veronika HajnováJulie Bienertova-Vasku

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