Proceedings of the Fifth International Biothermokinetics Meeting held in Bordeaux-Bombannes, France, September 1992. The volume is divided into seven sections: thermodynamics and kinetics of transport processes and biological energy transduction; modeling of cell processes with applications to biotechnology and medicine; metabolic control theory new developments and applications; control and regulation of oxidative phosphorylation; investigation of cell processes; computer programs for modeling metabolic systems; and oenological epilogue ("Champagne in Holland: An Experiment in Oenology"). Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.