A within-host virus model with periodic multidrug therapy.

abstract：:We present a new symmetric model of the idiotypic immune network. The model specifies clones of B-lymphocytes and incorporates: (1) influx and decay of cells; (2) symmetric stimulatory and inhibitory idiotypic interactions; (3) an explicit affinity parameter (matrix); (4) external (i.e. non-idiotypic) antigens. Suppre...

journal_title：Bulletin of mathematical biology

authors： De Boer RJ,Hogeweg P

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus subtilis cells may opt to forgo normal cell division and instead form spores if subjected to certain environmental stimuli, for example nutrient deficiency or extreme temperature. The resulting spores are extremely resilient and can survive for extensive periods of time, importantly under particularly harsh c...

journal_title：Bulletin of mathematical biology

authors： Jabbari S,Heap JT,King JR

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a new geometric buildup algorithm for the solution of the distance geometry problem in protein modeling, which can prevent the accumulation of the rounding errors in the buildup calculations successfully and also tolerate small errors in given distances. In this algorithm, we use all instead of a subset of ...

journal_title：Bulletin of mathematical biology

authors： Sit A,Wu Z,Yuan Y

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper a general deterministic discrete-time metapopulation model with a finite number of habitat patches is analysed within the framework of adaptive dynamics. We study a general model and prove analytically that (i) if the resident populations state is a fixed point, then the resident strategy with no migrati...

journal_title：Bulletin of mathematical biology

authors： Parvinen K

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We consider organisms which use a renewal strategy such as run-tumble when moving in space, for example to perform chemotaxis in chemical gradients. We derive a diffusion approximation for the motion, applying a central limit theorem due to Anscombe for renewal-reward processes; this theorem has not previously been ap...

journal_title：Bulletin of mathematical biology

authors： Thygesen UH

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preserving a system's viability in the presence of diversity erosion is critical if the goal is to sustainably support biodiversity. Reduction in population heterogeneity, whether inter- or intraspecies, may increase population fragility, either decreasing its ability to adapt effectively to environmental changes or f...

journal_title：Bulletin of mathematical biology

authors： Kareva I,Morin B,Castillo-Chavez C

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical reactions are discrete, stochastic events. As such, the species' molecular numbers can be described by an associated master equation. However, handling such an equation may become difficult due to the large size of reaction networks. A commonly used approach to forecast the behaviour of reaction networks is t...

journal_title：Bulletin of mathematical biology

authors： López-Caamal F,Marquez-Lago TT

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Premised on relatively simple assumptions, mathematical models like those of Monod, Pirt or Droop inadequately explain the complex transient behavior of microbial populations. In particular, these models fail to explain many aspects of the dynamics of a Tetrahymena pyriformis-Escherichia coli community. In this study ...

journal_title：Bulletin of mathematical biology

authors： Jaworska JS,Hallam TG,Schultz TW

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some organisms maintain a battery of defensive strategies against their exploiters (predators, parasites or parasitoids), while others fail to employ a defence that seems obvious. In this paper, we shall investigate the circumstances under which defence strategies might be expected to evolve. Brood parasites and their...

journal_title：Bulletin of mathematical biology

authors： Britton NF,Planqué R,Franks NR

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:W.O. Kermack and A.G. McKendrick introduced in their fundamental paper, A Contribution to the Mathematical Theory of Epidemics, published in 1927, a deterministic model that captured the qualitative dynamic behavior of single infectious disease outbreaks. A Kermack–McKendrick discrete-time general framework, motivated...

journal_title：Bulletin of mathematical biology

authors： Hernandez-Ceron N,Feng Z,Castillo-Chavez C

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate morphogenesis and in particular circularization mechanisms in young mycelia, we observe cultures of the zygomycete Mucor spinosus and develop discrete models of two-dimensional filamental branching growth. The models are based on the hypothesis that the fungus secretes a regulatory substance that diffus...

journal_title：Bulletin of mathematical biology

authors： Indermitte C,Liebling M,Clémençon H

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mathematical modeling is a powerful tool for unraveling the complexities of the molecular regulatory networks underlying all aspects of cell physiology. To support this claim, we review our experiences modeling the cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) network that controls events of the eukaryotic cell cycle. The model was d...

journal_title：Bulletin of mathematical biology

authors： Tyson JJ,Novak B

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mathematical control model for the transmission dynamics of tuberculosis (TB) in South Korea is developed on the basis of the reported active-TB and relapse-TB incidence data. In this work, optimal control theory is used to propose optimal TB prevention and control strategy and rearrange the government TB budget for...

journal_title：Bulletin of mathematical biology

authors： Choi S,Jung E

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis schemes for the classification of synergism and antagonism for mixed agents operate on the discrepancies between observed and calculated results. As such they cannot be confirmed by experiments and therefore have to be tested in terms of mathematical and logical self-consistency. The concept of independent ac...

journal_title：Bulletin of mathematical biology

authors： Lam GK

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microtubules (MTs) are protein filaments found in all eukaryotic cells which are crucial for many cellular processes including cell movement, cell differentiation, and cell division. Due to their role in cell division, they are often used as targets for chemotherapy drugs used in cancer treatment. Experimental studies...

journal_title：Bulletin of mathematical biology

authors： Honoré S,Hubert F,Tournus M,White D

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we attack the problem of understanding the localization of the main structures involved in the motor circadian rhythm of crayfish by analysing its ontogeny. We present experimental results giving the properties of this rhythm in young and adult crayfish. Then we construct a mathematical model (based on a...

journal_title：Bulletin of mathematical biology

authors： Fuentes-Pardo B,Lara-Aparicio M,López de Medrano S

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The virulent effects of a pathogen on host fecundity and mortality (both intrinsic and extrinsic mortality due to predation) often increase with the age of infection. Age of infection often is also correlated with parasite fitness, in terms of the number of both infective propagules produced and the between-host trans...

journal_title：Bulletin of mathematical biology

authors： Rapti Z,Cáceres CE

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a companion paper (Lof et al., in Bull. Math. Biol., 2008), we describe a spatio-temporal model for insect behavior. This model includes chemical information for finding resources and conspecifics. As a model species, we used Drosophila melanogaster, because its behavior is documented comparatively well. We divide ...

journal_title：Bulletin of mathematical biology

authors： de Gee M,Lof ME,Hemerik L

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A braced framework of tubular struts, in the walls and air spaces of frog lungs, suspends the respiratory surface and holds the lung open at zero transmural pressure withstanding imploding forces created by abdominal viscera, much as would the supports of a bell tent. The struts are tubes, having a larger second momen...

journal_title：Bulletin of mathematical biology

authors： Lawry J

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac and neural systems share common features of intrinsic oscillation in some cells as well as the ability to propagate excitation. One theoretical approach to study such systems is to develop realistic models for the tissue. This involves first developing detailed ionic "Hodgkin-Huxley"-type models of individual ...

journal_title：Bulletin of mathematical biology

authors： Glass L,Shrier A

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A system of differential equations for the control of tumor cells growth in a cycle nonspecific chemotherapy is presented. Spontaneously acquired drug resistance is accounted for, as well as the evolution in time of normal cells. In addition, optimization of conflicting objectives forms the aim of the chemotherapeutic...

journal_title：Bulletin of mathematical biology

authors： Costa MI,Boldrini JL

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggregation of membrane molecules is a crucial phenomenon in developing organisms, a classic example being the aggregation of post-synaptic receptors during synaptogenesis. Our understanding of the molecular events involved is improving, but most models of the aggregation or concentration process do not address bindin...

journal_title：Bulletin of mathematical biology

authors： Stollberg J

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many neurons in mammalian sensory systems exhibit On and Off responses when given appropriate excitatory and inhibitory stimuli. In some instances, such neurons can also exhibit a Mixed response where diminished On and Off responses are both present. In this manuscript, we present a simple single cell model for these ...

journal_title：Bulletin of mathematical biology

authors： Latulippe J,Pernarowski M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A semi-empirical model applicable to the flow of blood and other particulate suspensions through narrow tubes has been developed. It envisages a central core of blood surrounded by a wall layer of reduced hematocrit. With the help of this model the wall layer thickness and extent of plug flow may be calculated using p...

journal_title：Bulletin of mathematical biology

authors： Das RN,Seshadri V

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Farmers frequently decide where to locate the colonies of their domesticated eusocial bees, especially given the following mutually exclusive scenarios: (i) there are limited nectar and pollen sources within the vicinity of the apiary that cause competition among foragers; and (ii) there are fewer pollinators compared...

journal_title：Bulletin of mathematical biology

authors： Gavina MK,Rabajante JF,Cervancia CR

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Degradable scaffolds represent a promising solution for tissue engineering of damaged or degenerated articular cartilage which due to its avascular nature, is characterized by a low self-repair capacity. To estimate the articular cartilage regeneration process employing degradable scaffolds, we propose a mathematical ...

journal_title：Bulletin of mathematical biology

authors： Yun A,Lee SH,Kim J

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A model of embryo energetics was fitted to data from the literature for species as different as snails and mammals. The model is based on assumptions about energy uptake, storage and utilization. It describes the animal by two state variables: volume and energy storage. Embryo weight is taken to be proportional to vol...

journal_title：Bulletin of mathematical biology

authors： Zonneveld C,Kooijman SA

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using optimal control theory as the basic theoretical tool, we investigate the efficacy of different antibiotic treatment protocols in the most exacting of circumstances, described as follows. Viewing a continuous culture device as a proxy for a much more complex host organism, we first inoculate the device with a sin...

journal_title：Bulletin of mathematical biology

authors： Peña-Miller R,Lähnemann D,Schulenburg H,Ackermann M,Beardmore R

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although imatinib is an effective treatment for chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), and nearly all patients treated with imatinib attain some form of remission, imatinib does not completely eliminate leukemia. Moreover, if the imatinib treatment is stopped, most patients eventually relapse (Cortes et al. in Clin. Canc...

journal_title：Bulletin of mathematical biology

authors： Paquin D,Kim PS,Lee PP,Levy D

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we present a mathematical model predicting the fraction of proliferating cells in G1, S, and G2/M phases of the cell cycle as a function of EGFR and HER2. We show that it is possible to find parameters for the mathematical model so that its predictions agree with the experimental observations that HER2 ...

journal_title：Bulletin of mathematical biology

authors： Eladdadi A,Isaacson D

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00