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    A multidimensional birth process and its application to some problems in the dynamics of biological populations (1966)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 28 (1966), S. 333-345 
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    Notes: Abstract This paper is a sequel to a paper by the author entitled “Restricted Transition Probabilities and Their Applications to Some Problems in the Dynamics of Biological Populations” (Bull. Math. Biophysics, 1966,28, 315–331). The paper is divided into two parts. In part one some aspects of the maximum size attained by the population during a finite time interval are studied for the case the stochastic process underlying the evolution of the population is a birth process. Two interesting by-products emerge from the study presented in part one; namely a combinatorial method of finding solutions to the Kolmogorov differential equations in special cases, and secondly, a set of criteria for the optimum allocation of genotypes in the host population of a host-pathogen system. The optimum allocation of genotypes in the host population is a problem of practical importance in controlling plant pathogens. In part two the theory of restricted transition probabilities developed in the companion paper is applied in finding the distribution of the time to the appearance of the first mutation for the case of a two dimensional birth process. The distribution of the time to the appearance of the first mutation is of importance in understanding the role mutation plays in the evolution of a population, particularly in the pathogen population of a host-pathogen system.
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    The motion of the left ventricle. I (1966)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 28 (1966), S. 355-362 
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    Notes: Abstract The complex arrangement of the muscle fibers in the ventricular wall and the nonsymmetric contraction and expansion of the ventricle preclude the writing of a differential equation of motion for the ventricle as a whole. We can, however, describe the motion of the ventricle by describing the motion of the dimensional parameters length and diameter; the radius, circumference, cross-sectional area, and volume following naturally from these. The ventricle is assumed to be an ellipsoid of revolution and the dimensional parameters to be periodic functions of time. Each of the parameters is expressed as a Fourier series.
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    Comparaison des modeles de neurone de Hodgkin-Huxley et de Nelson (1966)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 28 (1966), S. 347-354 
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    Notes: Abstract Le modèle de Nelson peut-être considéré comme une approximation du modèle de Hodgkin-Huxley. Moins précis, il est plus maniable. Le modèle de Nelson peut également être considéré comme une généralisation du modèle de Hodgkin-Huxley. En effet, il introduit des liaisons synaptiques localisées ou diffusantes, et un processus de facilitation. Le mécanisme des liaisons synaptiques ne se traduit pas facilement dans le langage de Hodgkin-Huxley. Par contre, le processus de facilitation s'interprète facilement. Nelson's model can be taken as an approximation of Hodgkin-Huxley's model. Its precision is lesser, but it is more usable. Nelson's model can also be taken as a generalization of Hodgkin-Huxley's one; for it introduces localized or diffusing synaptic connexions and a facilitating process. The mechanism of synaptic connexions cannot be easily translated into Hodgkin-Huxley's language. On the contrary, the facilitating process is easily interpreted.
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    The theory of the left ventricular aneurysm (1966)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 28 (1966), S. 363-370 
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    Notes: Abstract A spherical model for the human left ventricle with two different types of aneurysms, circular and rectangular-square, is proposed and meaningful relations are derived between the parameters of the aneurysms and ventricle. Such ventricular parameters as stroke volume, end-diastolic volume, and end-systolic volume are given normal human values to compute values for end-systolic radius and percentage shortening of muscle for various sized circular and rectangular-square aneurysms.
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    A note on crime control (1966)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 28 (1966), S. 375-378 
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    Notes: Abstract The Volterra theory of two competing populations is extended to the contemporary social problem of crime control. Domains of stability for the time dependence of the numbers in the criminal and enforcement groups are exposed by a numerical example. Both augmentation and reduction of enforcement can produce a stable system. Average values of the ratio of members in each group show great sensitivity to the control policies adopted by the remaining sector of the total population.
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    Interactions in enzymatic reactions (1966)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 28 (1966), S. 379-390 
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    Notes: Abstract The paper deals with interactions of substances via an enzymatic reaction (Bull. Math. Biophysics,25, 141–154, 1963). The substances are the activators, inhibitors and/or substrates of the reaction. Due to the bimolecularity of the processes in the reaction, the quantitative relation between the steady state amount of complexes and the amounts of the substances assumes a typical form. In multiple enzymatic reactions this form is more complicated, though basically similar. Because the substances may influence the steady state amounts of the complexes in opposite directions, the compensation and blocking effects are the properties of enzymatic reactions. The substances with the same direction of influence may potentiate each other. In the enzymatic reaction here considered, the potentiation is always non-negative.
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    Decay of cell synchronization: Solutions of the cell-growth equation (1966)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 28 (1966), S. 391-409 
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    Notes: Abstract Growth-rate functions in analytic form have been obtained for cell cultures in which the doubling times follow the Gaussian and Poisson distributions. The growth-rate functions are calculated by using Laplace transforms to solve an integral equation previously presented. Oscillatory solutions result if a substantial fraction of the cells in a culture are synchronized to divide at some particular time. The synchrony and, hence, the oscillatory character of the growth-rate function eventually disappear because of the non-zero variance of the doubling-time distribution. If their variances are sufficiently small, the Gaussian and Poisson doubling-time distributions lead to growth-rate functions that become identical in the limit of large time.
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    On the derivation of a mean growth equation for cell cultures (1966)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 28 (1966), S. 411-416 
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    Notes: Abstract IfN(t) is the expected number of cells in a culture at timet, $$\dot N(t)$$ the corresponding time derivative, andf(t−τ)dt the probability that a cell of aget−τ at timet will divide in the succeeding time intervaldt, then according to Hirsch and Engelberg (this issue) there obtains the integral equation $$\dot N(t) = 2\int_{ - \infty }^t {f(t - \tau )\dot N(\tau )d\tau }$$ for describing the dynamics of the cell population. It is the purpose of this note to give two alternative derivations of this equation, one based on the age density equation of Von Foerster, and the other based on a generalized form of the Harris-Bellman equation describing the first moment of an age dependent, branching process. In addition, a probability model is posed from which the Von Foerster equation and, hence, the Hirsch-Engelberg equation readily follows.
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    A mathematical theory of enamel solubility and the onset of dental caries: I. The kinetics of dissolution of powdered enamel in acid buffer (1966)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 28 (1966), S. 417-432 
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    Notes: Abstract A model of the dissolution kinetics of powdered enamel is developed based on the kinetic rate termq, $$q = K'H - k'C \cdot P_1$$ , whereH=[H +],C=[Ca ++] andP 1=[HPO 4 = ]. The differential equations describing the rate of mineral dissolution (and the linearly related rate of appearance of calcium and phosphate in solution) have been derived and solved for three basic cases: (1) when thepH of the solution and surface area of the enamel are considered constant, (2) when thepH is assumed constant, but the reduction in surface area during dissolution is considered, and (3) when the rise ofpH resulting from the buffering effect of the dissolved enamel is considered along with the change in surface area. Analytical solutions have been obtained for cases (1) and (2), while a numerical solution has been found for case (3). Data from a study on enamel dissolution are presented that agree with the theory of case (3), and it is noted that apH rise as large as 0.5 can occur, as has been shown elsewhere in the literature.
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    Reward and punishment in learning with possible reference to punishment for crime (1966)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 28 (1966), S. 477-481 
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    Notes: Abstract On the basis of Landahl's theory of two-choice learning it is shown that application of punishment for wrong responses, without giving award for correct ones, does not lead to complete learning, no matter how many trials are used. If initially a “wrong response” was learned, then an attempt to inhibit it by punishment alone will in a class of cases lead only to a 50% suppression of that wrong response. Possible connection with the problem of effectiveness of punishment as a deterrent for crime is mentioned.
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    The use of two radiotracers for transfer-rate determinations in closed two compartment systems (1966)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 28 (1966), S. 483-483 
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    Cooperative specific adsorption of iona at charged sites in an electric field (1966)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 28 (1966), S. 483-483 
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    Operations research around the world meetings (1966)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 28 (1966), S. 485-485 
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    Dimensional anlaysis and the equations of electrophoresis (1966)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 28 (1966), S. 501-510 
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    Notes: Abstract A set of characteristic parameters is given for electrophoresis accompanied by diffusion, followed by a method of simplification of the transport equation. The concept of electrophoretic similarity is introduced in connection with the presentation of solutions and the final section contains some dimensional considerations of the potential equation.
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    Categories of (ℓ, ℛ)-systems (1966)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 28 (1966), S. 511-517 
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    Notes: Abstract We show that when we represent (ℓ, ℛ)-systems with fixed genome as automata (sequential machines), we get automata with output-dependent states. This yields a short proof that ((ℓ, ℛ)-systems from a subcategory of automata—and with more homomorphisms than previously exhibited. We show how ((ℓ, ℛ)-systems with variable genetic structure may be represented as automata and use this embedding to set up a larger subcategory of the category of automata. An analogy with dynamical systems is briefly discussed. This paper presents a formal exploration and extension of some of the ideas presented by Rosen (Bull. Math. Biophyss,26, 103–111, 1964;28, 141–148;28 149–151). We refer the reader to these papers, and references cited therein, for a discussion of the relevance of this material to relational biology.
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    The origin of lift forces in fluttering flight (1966)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 28 (1966), S. 487-500 
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    Notes: Abstract A two-dimensional nonlinear integro-differential equation with time-varying coefficients describing the behavior of the fluttering wing-body systems typical of natural flight mechanisms has been deduced from the Navier-Stokes equation which generalizes local pressure and velocity distributions in the externally oscillating air field. The resulting equation for the wing forces is combined with an analogous expression for the forces of gravitation and acceleration associated with the body. The air acceleration force, not previously considered in bio-physical models of insect and bird flight, is shown to arise from a formal analysis of unsteady or time-varying contributions to the velocity field, while the square form of the conventional steady state aerodynamic forces is derived from the intertial terms in the Navier-Stokes equation with the aid of the approximations of Newtonian impact theory. Previous calculations (Houghton, 1964) have indicated that the contribution to gravitational stability of air acceleration and aerodynamic life are roughly in the ratio of 3:1.
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    Evoked potentials arising from neural population elements excited at different times on a warped surface (1966)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 28 (1966), S. 519-536 
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    Notes: Abstract Certain types of cortical electrical events are non-propagated so that the associated electric fields must have standing wave characteristics. However, cortical electric events typically are generated by neurone populations which cannot be activated simultaneously on impulse driving. Hence the sum of the standing wave fields due to asynchronous activation of adjoining regions of cortical neurones must give the appearance of a traveling wave. Analysis of cortical waveforms is further complicated by curvature in cortical surfaces. A model is presented that shows the effects of curvature and time lag in activation on the form of the potential at points in space around a laminar array of elements simulating a population of cortical neurones. The results are compared with waveforms evoked by single-shock stimulation of the prepyriform cortex in cats.
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    A continuity equation for cell populations (1966)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 28 (1966), S. 545-554 
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    Notes: Abstract A continuity equation for cell-number density in a population of cells is derived, and a system of equations for eliminating parameters between the general solution and the initial distribution obtained.
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    The behavior of the weakening and failing myocardium (1966)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 28 (1966), S. 537-544 
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    Notes: Abstract Use of an electrical model of the left ventricle of the heart and the arterial system permits analysis of the changes which take place as the capacity of the myocardium for generation of force decreases. The model is simple in structure, and its construction and practical testing would not be difficult. It demonstrates that, as the heart muscle weakens, the peak of intracardiac force occurs later in systole, and the difference between the intracardiac pressure and the aortic pressure in the second half of systole is much greater than for the normal heart. The feedback mechanisms which are proposed to affect myocardial contractility would affect this compensation for cardiac weakening. Indices to categorize the behavior of the normal, compensated though weakened, and decompensated myocardium are proposed.
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    The frequency distribution of chromosome constituents in cells with chromosome-number dispersion (1966)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 28 (1966), S. 555-566 
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    Notes: Abstract The frequency distribution in a population of cells of the quantityCD (defined as the amount of some chromosomal substance in a cell which containsC chromosomes) is calculated using the distribution in the population of the amount per chromosome,D, and the distribution of chromosome number,C.
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    Calculation of rate of synthesis of chromosomal DNA in cells with chromosome-number dispersion (1966)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 28 (1966), S. 567-574 
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    Notes: Abstract The rate of chromosomal DNA synthesis in an exponentially growing population of cells having chromosome-number dispersion is calculated using DNA histogram data, chromosome-number distribution data, and the assumptions that the synthesis rate is constant and DNA double exactly.
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    Estimation of rate of synthesis of chromosomal DNA in ehrlich ascites tumor cells (1966)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 28 (1966), S. 575-584 
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    Notes: Abstract An estimate is made of the rate coefficient for linear DNA synthesis with exact doubling in an exponentially growing population of Ehrlich ascites tumor cells having chromosome-number dispersion. Comparison of calculated and experimental results suggest that the assumptions used in the calculation are tenable, but further experimental evidence is needed to prove this.
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    A sociological approach to biology (1966)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 28 (1966), S. 655-661 
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    Notes: Abstract The paper develops further some suggestions made previously (Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics,28, 283–308, 1966) that certain biological phenomena may be more easily interpreted from a “sociological” point of view by considering the organism as a social aggregate of cells and a cell as a social aggregate of genes. In this light the problems of origin of life on earth, of aging, and of parasitism and symbiosis are discussed. The notion of social aggregates of different orders is introduced.
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    Theorems on random evolution (1966)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 28 (1966), S. 663-663 
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    A theoretical and experimental study of the mechanical behavior of the cornea with application to the measurement of intraocular pressure (1966)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 28 (1966), S. 585-643 
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    Notes: Abstract A theoretical and experimental study was made of the mechanical behavior of the cornea. The theoretical analysis included an analytical solution for the symmetrical constraint of a thin, shallow, spherical shell by a rigid indenter. The experimental study investigated the rheology of the cornea with particular emphasis on its compliance with the requirements of the Boltzmann Superposition Principle. Representative results of tests on twenty enucleated hog eyes and two human eyes have been reported. The corneas of the human and hog eyes behaved as linear viscoelastic solids; the human eyes differed from the hog eyes in having a long term creep component. Several eyes were tested at the site of procurement, six to seven minutes after the animal's death, and it was established that creep is not an artifact due to aging or enucleation. The analytical and experimental results were combined to study some instruments used to detect the level of pressure in the eye. The theoretical analysis predicted that a type of elastic instability occurs during the process of flattening a small portion of the cornea; this is discussed with reference to the Goldmann and Mackay-Marg tonometers. The role of corneal creep was considered with reference to the response of the Schiøtz indentation tonometer during the time dependent process known as tonography.
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    Further studies on the shape of the tracking curve of an automobile and its dependence on biological parameters of the driver (1966)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 28 (1966), S. 645-654 
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    Notes: Abstract Following previous studies, differential equations are established which determine the variation of the stimulus towards a corrective turn of the steering wheel and its effect on the excitation of the centers in the brain which results in the production of the corrective turn. The equations are derived under the highly oversimplified assumption that all excitation thresholds are so small that they can be neglected. Under these assumptions it is found that the tracking curve of a car is a sinusoid with negative damping, that is, with an ever increasing amplitude. Driving under these assumptions is imposible since the car will always eventually jump off the road. The possible effects of the threshold as well as stimuli towards corrective turns other than the distance from the edge of the lane are very briefly discussed. In spite of the negative results of the paper, its interest lies in the circumstance that with the complication of the model, we find that driving depends not only on the reaction times as the only “purely biological” parameter, but on three other neurobiophysical constants. In a subsequent paper (Rashevsky, 1967) it is shown how the introduction of one or more purely biological parameters of the driver makes a stable driving regime possible.
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    The motion of thhe left ventriele: I (1966)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 28 (1966), S. 663-663 
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    Adaptive superparasitism and host-parasitoid dynamics (1997)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 59 (1997), S. 23-41 
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    Notes: Abstract We consider a host-solitary parasitoid system with three categories of individuals: parasitoids, healthy hosts and parasitized hosts. Parasitoids are assumed to discriminate perfectly between the two kinds of hosts and they can reject those which are already parasitized. If parasitoids systematically accept or reject superparasitism or behave randomly, the system is always unstable. Using an optimal foraging model, we determine the behavior of parasitoids which leads to maximization of the instantaneous reproductive rate. When following this adaptive decision rule, parasitoids accept or refuse superparasitism according to the densities of both healthy and parasitized hosts. We study the dynamics of the system when parasitoids follow the optimal rule and show that under certain conditions it possesses a locally stable equilibrium point. In addition, our model predicts that at equilibrium parasitoids show partial preferences for superparasitism.
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    Chemotherapeutic treatments: A study of the interplay among drug resistance, toxicity and recuperation from side effects (1997)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 59 (1997), S. 205-232 
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    Notes: Abstract A system of differential equations for the control of tumor growth cells in a cycle nonspecific chemotherapy is analyzed. Spontaneously acquired drug resistance is taken into account, and a criterion for the selection of chemotherapeutic treatment is used. This criterion purports to describe the possibility of improvement of the patient's health when treatment is discontinued. Contrary to our early results which also take drug resistance into account, in this context strategies of continuous chemotherapy in which rest periods take part may be better than maximum drug concentration throughout the treatment (which appears to be in accordance with clinical practice). This bears out our previous conjecture that when drug resistance is accounted for, the imperfections in the usual modelling of treatment criteria, which in general do not allow for patient recuperation, ruled out the possibility of rest periods in optimal continuous chemotherapy.
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    Matrix population model with density-dependent recruitment for assessment of age-structured wildlife populations (1997)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 59 (1997), S. 255-262 
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    Notes: Abstract A logistic density-dependent matrix model is developed in which the matrices contain only parameters and recruitment is a function of adult population density. The model was applied to simulate introductions of white-tailed deer into an area; the fitted model predicted a carrying capacity of 215 deer, which was close to the observed carrying capacity of 220 deer. The rate of population increase depends on the dominant eigenvalue of the Leslie matrix, and the age structure of the simulated population approaches a stable age distribution at the carrying capacity, which was similar to that generated by the Leslie matrix. The logistic equation has been applied to study many phenomena, and the matrix model can be applied to these same processes. For example, random variation can be added to life history parameters, and population abundances generated with random effects on fecundity show both the affect of annual variation in fecundity and a longer-term pattern resulting from the age structure.
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 59 (1997), S. 399-406 
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    Conflicting objectives in chemotherapy with drug resistance (1997)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 59 (1997), S. 707-724 
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    Notes: 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 treatment. For general cell growth, some results are given, whereas for the special case of Malthusian (exponential) growth of tumor cells and rather general growth rate for normal cells, the optimal strategy is worked out. The latter, from the clinical standpoint, corresponds to maximum drug concentration throughout the treatment.
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 59 (1997), S. 787-807 
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    Dynamical consequences of optimal host feeding on host-parasitoid population dynamics (1997)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 59 (1997), S. 809-831 
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    Notes: Abstract This study examines the influence of various host-feeding patterns on host-parasitoid population dynamics. The following types of host-feeding patterns are considered: concurrent and non-destructive, non-concurrent and non-destructive, and non-concurrent and destructive. The host-parasitoid population dynamics is described by the Lotka-Volterra continuous-time model. This study shows that when parasitoids behave optimally, i.e. they maximize their fitness measured by the instantaneous per capita growth rate, the non-destructive type of host feeding stabilizes host-parasitoid dynamics. Other types of host feeding, i.e. destructive, concurrent, or non-concurrent, do not qualitatively change the neutral stability of the Lotka-Volterra model. Moreover, it is shown that the pattern of host feeding which maximizes parasitoid fitness is either non-concurrent and destructive, or concurrent and non-destructive host feeding, depending on the host abundance and parameters of the model. The effects of the adaptive choice of host-feeding patterns on host-parasitoid population dynamics are discussed.
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    Multi-player matrix games (1997)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 59 (1997), S. 931-952 
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    Notes: Abstract Game theory has had remarkable success as a framework for the discussion of animal behaviour and evolution. It suggested new interpretations and prompted new observational studies. Most of this work has been done with 2-player games. That is the individuals of a population compete in pairwise interactions. While this is often the case in nature, it is not exclusively so. Here we introduce a class of models for situations in which more than two (possibly very many) individuals compete simultaneously. It is shown that the solutions (i.e. the behaviour which may be expected to be observable for long periods) are more complex than for 2-player games. The concluding section lists some of the new phenomena which can occur.
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    The “clustered structure” of the purines/pyrimidines distribution in DNA distinguishes systematically between coding and non-coding sequences (1997)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 59 (1997), S. 975-992 
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    Notes: Abstract A method allowing to measure the inhomogeneous distribution of purines/pyrimidines in nucleotide sequences is developed. We show that this measure relates to the coding or non-coding character of the considered sequence. Coding sequences present a near to the random Pu or Py distribution. This property is shared by both protein-coding DNA and functional RNA-coding DNA. Non-coding sequences present a highly clustered inhomogeneity. We propose the hypothesis, corroborated with appropriate computer simulations, that this is due to the action of various transposition events accumulated for long time periods.
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    Quantal currents and potential in the three-dimensional anisotropic bidomain model of smooth muscle (1997)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 59 (1997), S. 1047-1075 
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    Notes: Abstract The potential generated in the smooth muscle of the vas deferens on release of a quantum of transmitter from a varicosity was analyzed using a three-dimensional bidomain continuum model. Current was injected at the origin of the bidomain; this current had the temporal characteristics of the junctional current. The membrane potential, intracellular potential, and extracellular potential, as well as the extracellular current, were then calculated throughout the bidomain at different times. Calculations were performed to show the effect of changing the anisotropy ratios of the intracellular and extracellular conductivities on the spread of current and potential in each of the three dimensions. These results provide a theoretical framework for ascertaining the time course of transmitter interaction at a varicosity following the secretion of a quantum of transmitter.
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    An extremum principle for parabolic competition (1997)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 59 (1997), S. 1145-1154 
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    Notes: Abstract Parabolic growth invariably results in the survival of all competing types. Under the constraint of constant total concentration, there is a unique equilibrium in the simplex interior, which is asymptotically stable inside the whole simplex. The appropriate Lyapunov function is obtained in terms of the excess productivity which is shown to be maximized for the competitive system with fractional order kinetics. Claims to the contrary are refuted.
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 59 (1997), S. 1191-1201 
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    Understanding drug resistance for monotherapy treatment of HIV infection (1997)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 59 (1997), S. 763-785 
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    Notes: Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate strategies in the monotherapy treatment of HIV infection in the presence of drug-resistant (mutant) strains. A mathematical system is developed to model resistance in HIV chemotherapy. It includes the key players in the immune response to HIV infection: virus and both uninfected CD4+ and infected CD4+ T-cell populations. We model the latent and progressive stages of the disease, and then introduce monotherapy treatment. The model is a system of differential equations describing the interaction of two distinct classes of HIV—drug-sensitive (wild type) and drug-resistant (mutant)—with lymphocytes in the peripheral blood. We then introduce chemotherapy effects. In the absence of treatment, the model produces the three types of qualitative clinical behavior—anuninfected steady state, andinfected steady state (latency), andprogression to AIDS. Simulation of treatment is provided for monotherapy, during theprogression to AIDS state, in the consideration of resistance effects. Treatment benefit is based on an increase or retention in CD4+ T-cell counts together with a low viral titer. We explore the following treatment approaches: an antiviral drug which reduces viral infectivity that is administered early—when the CD4+ T-cell count is ≥300/mm3, and late—when the CD4+ T-cell count is less than 300/mm3. We compare all results with data. When treatment is initiated during the progression to AIDS state, treatment prevents T-cell collapse, but gradually loses effectiveness due to drug resistance. We hypothesize that it is the careful balance of mutant and wild-type HIV strains which provides the greatest prolonged benefit from treatment. This is best achieved when treatment is initiated when the CD4+ T-cell counts are greater than 250/mm3, but less than 400/mm3 in this model (i.e. not too early, not too late). These results are supported by clinical data. The work is novel in that it is the first model to accurately simultate data before, during and after monotherapy treatment. Our model also provides insight into recent clinical results, as well as suggests plausible guidelines for clinical testing in the monotherapy of HIV infection.
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    Mathematical modeling of adhesion of bacteria to host cell lines (1997)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 59 (1997), S. 833-856 
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    Notes: Abstract A mathematical model which describes adhesion of bacteria to host cell lines is presented. The model is flexible enough to account for the following situations: extracellular bacteria are either in exponential or in stationary phase. Adhesion is described as a reversible binding process in which the bacteria attach to or detach from specific receptors uniformly distributed on the cell surface. In turn, attached bacteria can either replicate or, conversely, they are restrained to remain in stationary phase. In the first case, however, we must consider the problem of whether the decrease of unoccupied receptors as adhesion progresses imposes a limit to the replicating capacity of the attached bacteria. The effect exerted by the multiplicity of infection (MOI), i.e. the ratio of the number of bacteria to the number of host cells, on the process of adhesion is also contemplated by the model. This has revealed that experiments performed at the same values of MOI can show completely different levels of adhered bacteria, depending on the number of host cells in the assays. This finding demonstrates that the report of the MOI values is insufficient to characterize comparative studies of bacterial adhesion since it could lead to a misunderstanding of the corresponding data. Simplified models based on the steady-state approximation and in equilibrium analysis by means of a Lagmuir adsorption isotherm for the attached bacteria are also discussed. This allows us to define the adhesion coefficient (β) in a given bacterium-cell system so that, with the exception of those systems where these coefficients cannot be defined, larger values of β are related to a greater adhesion capacity. An overview of the procedures to perform quantitative adhesion data analysis is outlined. Finally, theoretical predictions are compared with experimental results from the literature.
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    A new measure of xenobiotic toxicity to the first-line human defence system from the time-resolved phagocyte luminescence (1997)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 59 (1997), S. 897-910 
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    Notes: Abstract A new measure of toxicity based on stochastic modelling of single photon-counting processes, representing time-resolved phagocyte luminescence of xenobiotic-perturbed human neutrophils, has been constructed. The stochastic measure of toxicity has been verified by the QSAR method, and then compared and contrasted with the traditional toxicity measure used in bio- and chemiluminescent research. Phenol and benzene homologues were chosen as perturbers due to their importance from the viewpoint of ecotoxicology and occupational medicine.
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    Dynamics of human milk extraction: A comparative study of breast feeding and breast pumping (1997)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 59 (1997), S. 953-973 
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    Notes: Abstract We describe a mathematical model of the flow and deformation in a human teat. Our aim is to compare the theoretical milk yield during infant breast feeding with that obtained through the use of a breast pump. Infants use a peristaltic motion of the tongue, along with some suction, to extract milk, whereas breast pumps use a cyclic pattern of suction only. Our model is based on quasi-linear poroelasticity whereby the teat is modelled as a cylindrical porous elastic material saturated with fluid. We impose a cyclic axial suction pressure difference across the teat and impose a radial compressive force moving along the teat which mimics infant suckling. This is compared to the case of cyclic and steady pumping only which models the action of breast pumps. The results illustrate that there is an optimal time to apply the compressive force during the suction cycle that will increase the flow rate in our theoretical teat. The model and results may be of use in the future design of effective breast pumps.
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    The effect of shear stress on solitary waves in arteries (1997)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 59 (1997), S. 993-1012 
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    Notes: Abstract In the present work, we study the propagation of solitary waves in a prestressed thick walled elastic tube filled with an incompressible inviscid fluid. In order to include the geometric dispersion in the analysis the wall inertia and shear deformation effects are taken into account for the inner pressure-cross-sectional area relation. Using the reductive perturbation technique, the propagation of weakly non-linear waves in the long-wave approximation is examined. It is shown that, contrary to thin tube theories, the present approach makes it possible to have solitary waves even for a Mooney-Rivlin (M-R) material. Due to dependence of the coefficients of the governing Korteweg-deVries equation on initial deformation, the solution profile changes with inner pressure and the axial stretch. The variation of wave profiles for a class of elastic materals are depicted in graphical forms. As might be seen from these illustrations, with increasing thickness ratio, the profile of solitary wave is steepened for a M-R material but it is broadened for biological tissues.
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    Role of fibroblast migration in collagen fiber formation during fetal and adult dermal wound healing (1997)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 59 (1997), S. 1077-1100 
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    Notes: Abstract Adult dermal wounds, in contrast to fetal wounds, heal with the formation of scar tissue. A crucial factor in determining the degree of scarring is the ratio of types I and III collagen, which regulates the diameter of the combined fibers. We developed a reaction-diffusion model which focuses on the control of collagen synthesis by different isoforms of the polypeptide transforming growth factor-β (TGFβ). We used the model to investigate the current controversy as to whether the fibroblasts migrate into the wound from the surrounding unwounded dermis or from the underlying subcutaneous tissue. Numerical simulations of a spatially independent, temporal model led to a value of the collagen ratio consistent with that of healthy tissue for the fetus, but corresponding to scarring in the adult. We investigated the effect of topical application of TGFβ and show that addition of isoform 3 reduces scar tissue formation, in agreement with the experiment. However, numerical solutions of the reaction-diffusion system do not exhibit this sensitivity to growth factor application. Mathematically, this corresponds to the observation that behind healing wavefront solutions, a particular healed state is always selected independent of transients, even though there is a continuum of possible positive steady states. We explain this phenomenon using a caricature system of equations, which reflects the key qualitative features of the full model but has a much simpler mathematical form. Biologically, our results suggest that the migration into a wound of fibroblasts and TGFβ from the surrounding dermis alone cannot account for the essential features of the healing process, and that fibroblasts entering from the underlying subcutaneous tissue are crucial to the healing process.
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    Agonist-induced calcium waves in oscillatory cells: A biological example of Burgers' equation (1997)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 59 (1997), S. 1125-1144 
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    Notes: Abstract Oscillations in cytosolic Ca2+ concentrations in living cells are often a manifestation of propagating waves of Ca2+. Numerical simulations with a realistic model of inositol 1, 4, 5-trisphosphate (IP3)-induced Ca2+ wave trains lead to wave speeds that increase linearly at long times when (a) IP3 levels are in the range for Ca2+ oscillations, (b) a gradient of phase is established by either an initial ramp or pulse of IP3, and (c) IP3 concentrations asymptotically become uniform. We explore this phenomenon with analytical and numerical methods using a simple two-variable reduction of the De Young-Keizer model of the IP3 receptor that includes the influence of Ca2+ buffers. For concentrations of IP3 in the oscillatory regime, numerical solution of the resulting reaction diffusion equations produces nonlinear wave trains that shows the same asymptotic growth of wave speed. Due to buffering, diffusion of Ca2+ is quite slow and, as previously noted, these waves occur without appreciable bulk movement of Ca2+. Thus, following Neu and Murray, we explore the behavior of these waves using an asymptotic expansion based on the small size of the buffered diffusion constant for Ca2+. We find that the gradient in phase of the wave obeys Burgers' equation asymptotically in time. This result is used to explain the linear increase of the wave speed observed in the simulations.
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    Cell communities and robustness in development (1997)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 59 (1997), S. 1183-1189 
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    Notes: Abstract The robustness of patterning events in development is a key feature that must be accounted for in proposed models of these events. When considering explicitly cellular systems, robustness can be exhibited at different levels of organization. Consideration of two widespread patterning mechanisms suggests that robustness at the level of cell communities can result from variable development at the level of individual cells; models of these mechanisms show how interactions between participating cells guarantee community-level robustness. Cooperative interactions enhance homogeneity within communities of like cells and the sharpness of boundaries between communities of distinct cells, while competitive interactions amplify small inhomogeneities within communities of initially equivalent cells, resulting in fine-grained patterns of cell specialization.
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    Equivariant Chow groups for torus actions (1997)
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    Transformation groups 2 (1997), S. 225-267 
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    Notes: Abstract We study Edidin and Graham's equivariant Chow groups in the case of torus actions. Our main results are: (i) a presentation of equivariant Chow groups in terms of invariant cycles, which shows how to recover usual Chow groups from equivariant ones; (ii) a precise form of the localization theorem for torus actions on projective, nonsingular varieties; (iii) a construction of equivariant multiplicities, as functionals on equivariant Chow groups; (iv) a construction of the action of operators of divided differences on theT-equivariant Chow group of any scheme with an action of a reductive group with maximal torusT. We apply these results to intersection theory on varieties with group actions, especially to Schubert calculus and its generalizations. In particular, we obtain a presentation of the Chow ring of any smooth, projective spherical variety.
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    A family of affine Weyl group representations (1997)
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    Transformation groups 2 (1997), S. 375-390 
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    Notes: Abstract In this paper we explicitly determine the virtual representations of the finite Weyl subgroups of the affine Weyl group on the cohomology of the space of affine flags containing a family of elementsn t in an affine Lie algebra. We also compute the Euler characteristic of the space of partial flags containingn t and give a connection with hyperplane arrangements.
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    Weakly symmetric spaces and bounded symmetric domains (1997)
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    Transformation groups 2 (1997), S. 351-374 
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    Notes: Abstract LetG be a connected, simply-connected, real semisimple Lie group andK a maximal compactly embedded subgroup ofG such thatD=G/K is a hermitian symmetric space. Consider the principal fiber bundleM=G/K s →G/K, whereK s is the semisimple part ofK=K s ·Z K 0 andZ K 0 is the connected center ofK. The natural action ofG onM extends to an action ofG 1=G×Z K 0 . We prove as the main result thatM is weakly symmetric with respect toG 1 and complex conjugation. In the case whereD is an irreducible classical bounded symmetric domain andG is a classical matrix Lie group under a suitable quotient, we provide an explicit construction ofM=D×S 1 and determine a one-parameter family of Riemannian metrics Ω onM invariant underG 1. Furthermore,M is irreducible with respect to Ω. As a result, this provides new examples of weakly symmetric spaces that are nonsymmetric, including those already discovered by Selberg (cf. [M]) for the symplectic case and Berndt and Vanhecke [BV1] for the rank-one case.
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    Modified Wigner bispectrum and its generalizations (1997)
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    Circuits, systems and signal processing 16 (1997), S. 27-40 
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    Notes: Abstract The Wigner bispectrum of multicomponent signals is studied, and its modified and reduced forms are introduced. A generalization of the presented forms to the Wigner higher-order spectra (WHOS), in the case of multicomponent signals, is provided. From our previous work it is known that cross terms removal (reduction) is possible for odd-order spectra with equal numbers of conjugated and nonconjugated terms. Here, we extend the analysis to even-order spectra. The theory is illustrated by examples.
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    On identifiability and information-regularity in parametrized normal distributions (1997)
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    Circuits, systems and signal processing 16 (1997), S. 83-89 
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    Notes: Abstract We describe methods to establish identifiability and information-regularity of parameters in normal distributions. Parameters are considered identifiable when they are determined uniquely by the probability distribution and they are information-regular when their Fisher information matrix is full rank. In normal distributions, information-regularity implies local identifiability, but the converse is not always true. Using the theory of holomorphic mappings, we show when the converse is true, allowing information-regularity to be established without having to explicitly compute the information matrix. Some examples are given.
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    Two-dimensional model-based power spectrum estimation for nonextendible correlation bisequences (1997)
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    Circuits, systems and signal processing 16 (1997), S. 141-163 
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    Notes: Abstract The extendibility of estimated correlation bisequences from an available sampled data array is described in terms of the generating functions of associated block Toeplitz with Toeplitz block (BTTB) matrices. The periodogram-based correlation bisequences are shown to be extendible. It is shown that the method of resultants and subresultants is convenient for generating the nonlinear constraints in the optimization problem which is solved iteratively for power spectrum estimation. A nontrivial example illustrates the concepts developed.
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    A multiresolutional approach to 3D object recognition (1997)
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    Circuits, systems and signal processing 16 (1997), S. 217-239 
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    Notes: Abstract A multiresolutional approach is presented for effectively recognizing three-dimensional (3D) objects. The approach is both pose and scale invariant. A multiresolutional model base is constructed, and multiscale edges of the object are detected using the wavelet transform. The minimum alignment between model base and object is realized by the linear mapping scheme.
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    Fractal interpolation functions and data compression for tracking (1997)
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    Circuits, systems and signal processing 16 (1997), S. 59-67 
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    Notes: Abstract The potential for data compression in using fractal interpolation functions (FIFs) is realized by the construction of a set of multirate filters. The filter tap weights are determined by optimizing the energy contents of a preselected set of frequency bands. This filter bank implementation of the FIF is successfully used to compress data simulated in a tracking environment.
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    On cyclically time-varying autoregressive digital filters (1997)
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    Circuits, systems and signal processing 16 (1997), S. 91-106 
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    Notes: Abstract A first-order autoregressive filter is altered by changing the constant gain to two or more gains that cyclically alternate in time. The advantages of this system are shown, and the relation to linear autoregressive moving average difference equations of higher order is derived.
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    Fast implementation of the forward positional acceleration of robots via the distributed arithmetic technique (1997)
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    Circuits, systems and signal processing 16 (1997), S. 165-195 
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    Notes: Abstract This paper refers to the fast implementation of the positional forward acceleration of the end effector of revolute robotic arms with spherical wrists, using the distributed arithmetic technique. The acceleration of the end effector is calculated by a cascade configuration of two pipelined arrays that calculate the Jacobian matrix and its time derivative, as well as the centrifugal-Coriolis and linear accelerations. These partial accelerations are then added in the adder tree. The building blocks of the arrays are the distributed arithmetic-based circuits that implement the matrix-vector multiplications involved in the calculations. The digit-serial configuration of the proposed implementation of the positional forward acceleration of the end effector is described. The serial and the parallel configurations may result as special cases of the digit-serial configuration. The proposed distributed arithmetic (DA) implementation of the positional forward acceleration may be applied, after appropriate modifications, to the general case of robots having either revolute or prismatic joints, with any type of wrist.
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    Locations and amplitudes of the extrema of the sinx/x function (1997)
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    Circuits, systems and signal processing 16 (1997), S. 241-245 
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    Notes: Abstract This paper addresses the calculation of the extrema of the sin x/x function. First the Newton-Raphson method is used, which allows us to obtain the extrema locations very fast through the use of a recursion formula. Then a second approach is proposed, which gives the extrema locations and the extrema amplitudes in the form of series expansions. Simple, accurate algebraic expressions are derived.
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    Unicursal resistive networks (1997)
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    Circuits, systems and signal processing 16 (1997), S. 307-324 
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    Notes: Abstract We give some existence results for a resistive network in which the components are neither voltage nor current controlled; that is, they are merely unicursal. In fact we allow coupling. Degree arguments give existence and bounds. We study several ways of avoiding the requirement of eventual passivity. No-gain and passive multiterminal elements are included. The results are extended to infinite networks.
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    A new approach for estimating spectra from randomly sampled sequences (1997)
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    Circuits, systems and signal processing 16 (1997), S. 375-386 
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    Notes: Abstract Random sampling is one of the methods that can overcome the Nyquist limit when evaluating a frequency spectrum of a signal. However, the computational complexity becomesN 2 as the FFT cannot be used. A new approach, called hybrid additive random sampling, is proposed. This new scheme is devised by concatenating random sampling sequences in such a way that symmetry is created in the transform kernel for reducing the computational effort while the anti-alias property is maintained. A savings of the least 75% in computation is achieved. The sampling scheme is also found to be suitable for parallel implementation. In this paper, the algorithms for generating the sampling sequence and evaluating the spectrum are described in detail. The performances of the scheme in terms of noise, accuracy, etc., are compared with genuine random sampling and another approach proposed previously. The advantages and limitations are included.
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    A quick neural network for computer vision of gray images (1997)
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    Circuits, systems and signal processing 16 (1997), S. 41-58 
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    Notes: Abstract This paper presents a comparison between the traditional image processing method and the area vector concept as well as the new technique of artificial neural networks. Freeman chain coding is considered in the study, and the principle of segmentation may be based and implemented for further investigations resulting from the proposed work. The pattern recognition concept is analyzed and defined through the sigmoid function and the determination of the threshold of a gray image for an object. The block schemes for the given protocols are summarized in a single scheme for illustration and comparison purposes. The synthetic pictures are generated and investigated regarding the dependence of computer vision on the contents of the artificial neural network. The normalization technique is included to eliminate noise and zooming problems. The minimum computational time for image processing with the generated pictures is also determined. The rate of deflection in the computational time is recommended for sensing the minimum computational time according to the variation of the number of hidden units in the hidden layer. A three-layer neural network has been used. The study of gray binary imaging for color pictures is illustrated to save computational time and effort.
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    Time-limited and band-limited environment: Signals and systems (1997)
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    Circuits, systems and signal processing 16 (1997), S. 247-270 
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    Notes: Abstract Of concern is an environment made up of signals and systems tightly confined both in time and frequency. Such an environment is often encountered in transmission line circuits, radar, sonar, and optical circuits, and when the principal signals are well-defined sharp pulses. It will be seen that once this environment is achieved, the signals and systems possess some attractive properties. A conventional system may preserve the symmetry of a propagating signal or change its symmetry from even to odd or from odd to even. Another system may be used to predict the arrival of an incoming pulse with a high degree of accuracy. Electrical networks may also be associated with these properties. Approximation problems, existence theorems, and realization schemes will be addressed and developed.
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    Digitally redesigned PAM controller and ideal state reconstructor for input time-delay/nondelay systems with nonsynchronous sampling (1997)
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    Circuits, systems and signal processing 16 (1997), S. 325-347 
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    Notes: Abstract This paper develops a new digitally redesigned pulse-amplitude modulated (PAM) controller for a continuous-time input time-delay/nondelay system with nonsynchronous sampling. The concept of the law of the mean from the input integral calculus is utilized for the development of the equivalent digital predictor controllers from the available analog predictor controllers. As a result, the digitally controlled states closely match the original continuous-time states. To implement the developed discrete-time state-feedback PAM controller, this paper also develops an ideal discrete-time state using nonsynchronously sampled input-output data of the continuous-time input delay/nondelay system without establishing a dynamic observer.
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    Model matching under external and input-output equivalence (1997)
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    Circuits, systems and signal processing 16 (1997), S. 429-438 
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    Notes: Abstract The model-matching problem for systems described by external models is considered in frameworks of both external and input-output equivalence. Necessary conditions for the solvability of the problem are produced, and it is shown that in certain cases these conditions are also sufficient. In the case where necessary and sufficient conditions exist, the solutions of the problem are obtained in a constructive way and a parametrization of solutions is given.
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    Invariance property of Gaussian signals: A new interpretation, extension and applications (1997)
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    Circuits, systems and signal processing 16 (1997), S. 523-536 
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    Notes: Abstract This paper addresses the invariance property of Gaussian signals, originally derived by Bussgang, which characterizes the input/output moment relation of a hybrid nonlinear moment (HNM) estimator based on a zero-memory nonlinearity (ZMN) g(y). Some re-derivations of this property are reviewed, and an original, direct, and simple proof is presented (Appendix 1). The paper then derives a new interpretation of this property (Theorem 1) that shows a moment-sense equivalence between g(y) and a linear mappingh 1(y) whose coefficients a0 and a1 are completely characterized in terms ofg(y) and are shown to be optimal in a mean square error (MSE) sense. A direct and very interesting byproduct of this interpretation is a simple linear relationship between the input and output of the HNM estimator involved. The property is then generalized (Theorem 2) to signals other than Gaussian, resulting in an infinite cumulant series expansion of the HNM estimator output, whose coefficients are all characterized in terms ofg(y). Applications of Theorem 1 to some ZMNs commonly used in signal processing and control theory are presented that clearly illustrate the power and elegance of the invariance property. Finally, some conclusions are given.
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    The discrete Einstein relation (1997)
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    Circuits, systems and signal processing 16 (1997), S. 547-557 
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    Notes: Abstract In this paper the connection between ‘mass’M, ‘resistance’ϱ and ‘commute time’θ for random walks on graphs is further explored, and the relationθ=2M ·ϱ is proved. An extension of the result is made to multigraphs, which are an extension of the graph concept where a black box is treated like an edge.
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    Input-output systems whose transmission operators furnish nearly best approximations to a given map (1997)
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    Circuits, systems and signal processing 16 (1997), S. 625-647 
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    Notes: Abstract Let {S(A):A ∈A}, whereA is a subset of an infinite-dimensional normed linear spaceL, be a class of general nonlinear input-output systems that are governed by operator equations relating the input, state, and output, all of which are in extended spaces. IfQ is a given operator from a specified set ¯D i, of inputs into the space of outputs ¯H 0, the problem we consider is to find, for a given ɛ〉0, a “parameter”A ε∈A such that the transmission operatorR(A ε) ofS(A ε) furnishes a nearly best (or ɛ-best) approximation toQ from allR(A),A ∈A. Here the “distance” betweenQ andR(A) is defined as the supremum of distances betweenQz andR(A)z taken over allz ∈ ¯D i. In Theorems 2 through 5 we show that ifS(A) is “normal” (Definition 2),A satisfies some mild requirement andL contains a fundamental sequence, then establishingA ε∈A reduces to minimizing a certain continuous functional on a compact subset ofR n, and thus can be carried out by conventional methods. The applications of results are illustrated by the example of a model-matching problem for a nonlinear system, and of optimal tracking.
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    Notes on uniform approximation of shift-varying systems (1997)
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    Circuits, systems and signal processing 16 (1997), S. 649-654 
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    Notes: Abstract It is shown that the elementsG of a large class of input-output maps can be uniformly approximated arbitrarily well using a certain structure if and only ifG is continuous. For the case considered the system inputs and outputs are defined on a discrete set {0, 1,...,a 1}×...{0, 1,...,a m }, in which a1,...,a m are positive integers. Our approximating structure involves certain functions that can be chosen in different ways. For the special case in which these functions are taken to be certain polynomial functions, the input-output map of our structure is a generalized discrete Volterra series. Our results provide an analytical basis for the use of such series.
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    Guaranteed stability margins for discrete-time LQ optimal regulators for the performance index with cross-product terms (1997)
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    Circuits, systems and signal processing 16 (1997), S. 663-701 
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    Notes: Abstract In this paper, the stability robustness of deterministic state feedback discretetime linear quadratic (LQ) optimal regulators for the performance index with cross-product terms is analyzed. Guaranteed stability margins for such a type of LQ optimal regulator are suggested for the first time. These stability margins are obtained on the basis of a modified return difference equality and are expressed directly in terms of the elementary cost and system matrices. Sufficient conditions to guarantee the required stability margins are presented. Finally, the connection between the suggested stability margins and the selection of weighting state, input, and cross-product matrices is investigated, and useful guidelines for choosing proper weighting matrices are presented.
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    Compartmental systems and generating functions (1965)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 27 (1965), S. 49-63 
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    Notes: Abstract Compartmental systems can be represented by direct graphs in which each node corresponds to a generating function and each arm to a transfer generating function. A homomorphism is established between a compartmental system and this representation, in analogy with that obtained through the use of the Laplace transformation. From the values obtained experimentally in a given compartment, through the solution of a difference equation, the generating function for the corresponding node can be calculated and the graph of the system can be built up within the degrees of freedom of the model. From the graph it is possible to calculate the transfer generating function between any two connected nodes, the mean permanence time in a given node, the mean transit time between two nodes, and their precursor-successor order.
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    On the competitive exclusion principle (1965)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 27 (1965), S. 85-89 
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    Notes: Abstract The Competitive Exclusion Principle, formulated by V. Volterra (Memorie del R. Comitato Talassografico Italiano,131, 1–142, 1927) for a number of species competing for a common ecological niche, is extended to a number of species competing for many ecological niches.
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    Periodic and aperiodic phases of circulatory mixing (1965)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 27 (1965), S. 65-70 
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    Notes: Abstract A modification is presented of an earlier theory of the mixing of dye following injection into the circulation. Approximate theoretical relations are given for the concentration of dye in the right heart and in the aorta following right atrial injection. It is shown that when the probability distribution of transit times around the circulation has a prolonged tail, mixing waves are now inscribed about a quasi-exponential relation. Later in time the relation levels off to a uniform asymptotic concentration corresponding to an equilibrium volume of dilution.
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    Cooperative specific adsorption of ions at charged sites in an electric field (1965)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 27 (1965), S. 91-104 
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    Notes: Abstract The adsorption of two cations at the anionic sites of a polymer (e.g., such as a protein) in an electric fields is discussed, taking into account cooperative interaction of the cations mediated through the backbone of the polymer. The calculation of the grand partition function explicitly considers the vacant negative sites of the polymer. As in the case without cooperative interaction, the problem reduces to the determination of the largest eigenvalue of asymmetric matrices. The weights of the different neighbor configurations are determined. Approximate formulae for the grand partition function and for those weights are derived. The formal analogy of these cooperative phenomena and those occurring in quantum (bio)chemistry is pointed out exemplifying an earlier suggestion about the basis of quantum biology.
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    A proposed mechanism for the sol-gel transformation (1965)
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    Notes: Abstract The transformation from gel to sol in cell cytoplasm is treated as the transition from a lattice of macromolecules linked by Ca++ ions to a random distribution of the macromolecules. The transition is a cooperative process, whose probability is expressed in terms of the theory of runs. The process is related to cell metabolism by the assumption that available Ca++ concentration is regulated by metabolically produced endogenous chelating agents.
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    Kinetic criteria of solid state mechanisms in biology (1965)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 27 (1965), S. 113-118 
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    Notes: Abstract Kinetic criteria for solid state physical mechanisms of electron and ion transport in biological systems are summarized, and the mechanisms are discussed. A reaction which is rate-limited by electron or ion transport across a particle or membrane in accord with Ohm's law will show first order kinetics, with an hyperbolic relationship between rate constant and the sum of substrate plus product. Larger initial substrate concentrations produce smaller rate constants, thus giving the appearance of substrate inhibition. Examples are cytochrome oxidase and peroxidase, and pyruvate carboxylase. Ohmic transport mechanisms may be caused by electron conduction or superconduction through protein, by electron conduction through water, or by conduction of ions through membranes. A reaction which is rate-limited by charge transport across an activation energy barrier at an interface in accord with a logarithmic voltage-current law will show reaction kinetics conforming to the Elovich equation, and will have the appearance of a pair of simultaneous first order processes. Examples include decay of photogenerated free radicals in eye melanin particles and in photosynthetic particles of bacteria, and sodium and potassium ion transport across cell surfaces. The logarithmic voltage-current law may be regarded as an empirical relationship describing behavior of interfaces, justified by extensive experimental data on many types of interfaces, or it may be derived theoretically for individual cases from statistical mechanical and/or solid state physical considerations.
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    Analysis of some effects of aortic smooth muscle onin vivo aortic pressure curves (1965)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 27 (1965), S. 119-130 
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    Notes: Abstract When aortic pressure curves were predicted previously on the basis of a newly developed model of visco-elastic properties of the aorta, it was necessary to use published viscoelastic constants. These were usually obtained from longitudinal strips of blood vessels long removed from the animal, and therefore probably containing deteriorated smooth muscle. The predicted curves had the same form as actual tracings, substantiating the analysis somewhat, but the pressure levels were low. These low levels, if due to inadequate visco-elastic constants, could be attributed to the use of longitudinal rather than circumferential segments as well as to the use of segments with deteriorated muscle. The present analysis uses data collected by the author testing circumferential viscoelastic properties of fourteen different aortic regions in a way suggested by the author's model of an aortic wall. Moreover, the constants were measured on segments containing muscle relaxed by EDTA solutions and on similar segments containing muscle contracted by neosynephrine. These visco-elastic constants were used in the author's nonlinear differential equation of motion of the aortic wallin vivo to predictin vivo pressure curves. The predicted curves were low in any given aortic region if relaxed constants were used, but at normal levels with contracted constants. In fact, pressure curves predicted using constants obtained from aortic segments containing contracted muscle resembled actual tracings in form and pressure levels. Even the observed variations in the form of the systolic pressure curve down the aorta were predicted by this analysis.
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    Biological similarity relative to allometric quantities (1965)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 27 (1965), S. 131-133 
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    Notes: Abstract It is an empirical finding that an allometric quantity with dimensional exponents α, β and γ relative to mass, length, and time, respectively, has a value for its allometric exponentb satisfying the relation $$\tfrac{1}{3}(3\alpha + \beta + {\gamma \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {\gamma 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}) \leqslant b \leqslant \tfrac{1}{3}(3\alpha + \beta + \gamma ).$$ A theoretical derivation is given of this double inequality using only the fact of constant density and the plausible assumption that metabolic rate is a dominant allometric quantity.
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    The entropy of a continuous distribution (1965)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 27 (1965), S. 135-143 
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    Notes: Abstract C. Shannon's definition (Bell System Technical Journal,27, 379–423, 1948) of the entropy of a continuous distribution is dimensionally incorrect and does not have the same significance as the corresponding definition in the discrete case. A new definition is proposed: this modified entropy is more like the entropy of a discrete distribution in one way, in another more like Shannon's “transmission rate.” The ideas are illustrated by reference to Wright's study of the hereditary influence on the coat pattern of the guinea pig.
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    Theorems on random evolution (1965)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 27 (1965), S. 145-150 
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    Notes: Abstract In the following paper, a possible mode of evolution is described which differs from the traditional modes in not being selective in the Darwinian sense.
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    Information theory and genetics (1965)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 27 (1965), S. 177-181 
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    Notes: Abstract A description of the kinds of systems susceptible to information theoretical analysis is given. By means of an example, certain common fallacies in the application of communication theory to biology are illustrated. The entropy-information analogy is discussed. *** DIRECT SUPPORT *** A01E2109 00008
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    A note on equivalent mathematical models (1965)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 27 (1965), S. 161-175 
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    Notes: Abstract A mathematical model of a process contains parameters supposedly characterizing the system which manifests the process. If the parameters are statistically distributed in a population of such systems, the process manifested by the entire population will in general be described by a different mathematical model. Thus a choice is always at hand between two or more mathematical models, depending on which parameters (if any) are assumed to be distributed and, if so, how. Examples of such alternative interpretations are given for mathematical models of some behavioral processes.
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    Superimposed random coding of stimulus-response connections (1965)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 27 (1965), S. 191-202 
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    Notes: Abstract The problem of economically linking a large number of stimuli with a large number of potential responses is considered to resemble a problem of efficient retrieval of documents (the responses) on the basis of their characterization by descriptors (the stimuli to which the responses are appropriate). In this retrieval problem, a method whereby the codes for descriptors are random positions in a coding field, and whereby codes for all applicable descriptors are superimposed in the same field, seems to be the simplest way of avoiding serious difficulties of retrieval. After a review of this method, the possibility is considered that very simple neural mechanisms could embody the essential features of the method. The aim of the discussion is to learn whether very simple structures and patterns of reinforcement would be adequate to carry out useful information processing in the brain, and to show some conceivable functions of simple neural networks which the experimenter might keep in mind. The discussion also shows how the structure of a simple “perceptron”-like network is suggested by the requirements of a retrieval task.
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    Studies on the electroretinogram. II. Model of an a-wave regenerator mechanism (1965)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 27 (1965), S. 223-233 
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    Notes: Abstract A model is proposed to relate the regeneration of the ERGa-wave after partial light adaptation to the level of the light adaptation. The model assumes that thea-wave amplitude is a function of some reactive substance associated with ana-wave generator. The maximuma-wave amplitude occurs when the eye is fully dark adapted, and thea-wave generator initiator concentration is at a maximum. Thea-wave generator initiator concentration can be decreased by interacting with a product of the rhodopsin-light energy reaction, and increased by removal of this inhibitor. The removal of the inhibitor depends upon the isomerization of the all-trans-retinene to the 11-cis form. An excess of inhibitory material overa-wave generator initiator would cause a delay in the appearance of thea-wave until the excess inhibitory material is removed. This delay is a linear function of the logarithm of the adapting energy. The agreement of this model with the experimental ERG data is very good.
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    On the quantitative relationship between survival rate of larvae and their food supply (1965)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 27 (1965), S. 215-222 
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    Notes: Abstract The survival rate of fishes in their earlier stages of development and the influencing factors present one of the most fundamental problems of fish population dynamics. After I. Hjort's (Cons. L.'explor. Ner.,20, 3–228, 1914) work, there have been many investigators in this field and there is no doubt about the very important role of ova and larvae mortality in the fate of a given fish generation. Less clear are the ideas concerning factors determining the high mortality of fishes in their earlier stages of development; especially the factor of food supply of larvae during the period of transition to exogenic nutrition. The value of this factor has been estimated differently from different points of view. For example, R. J. H. Beverton and S. J. Holt (On the Dynamics of Exploited Fish Population, 1957) have given to the food supply factor its deserved importance. On the other hand, T. V. Dekhnik (Trudy Sevastopolskoi Biologicheskoi Stantsii,13, 216–244, 1960;Ibid.,14, 222–243, 1961) has proved in her investigations that at least for pelagic larvae of Black Sea fishes there is an excessive amount of food, and that therefore food cannot play an important role in larva survival. Not wanting to stop to review the literature of the problem (see Dekhnik,Trudy Sevastopolskoi Biologicheskoi Stantsii,13, 216–244, 1960), we will only remark that the problem as a whole needs further investigation. Not only new data are needed, but also methods for following up analysis have to be worked out.
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    Learning fluctuations and hysteresis phenomena (1965)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 27 (1965), S. 253-259 
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    Notes: Abstract The investigation described here is anexperimental one which brings to light some new facts and confirms others already reported. They partly concern the hysteresis phenomena handled by N. Rashevsky (Mathematical Biophysics, 1960) and partly provide a point of departure for future biophysical research to be undertaken by biomathematicians.
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    An analysis of aortic pressure curves taking into account visco-elastic properties of the aorta and variations in peripheral resistance (1965)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 27 (1965), S. 27-52 
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    Notes: Abstract The aortic pressure curve necessarily reveals the mechanical properties of the aorta and peripheral resistance as well as of the dynamics of blood flow. The present study uses a reasonable model of visco-elastic properties of the aorta, a reasonable form for variations in peripheral resistance and blood flow to predict an aortic pressure tracing. Numerical values of constants measured experimentally were available in the published literature. These were used in the nonlinear differential equations of motion of the system under analysis. The equations yielded to piece-wise solution, giving the aortic circumference and the aortic pressure as functions of time. The form of both curves resembles clinical tracings, but numerical values of circumference were higher and of pressure lower thanin vivo. The discrepancies between predicted and clinical curves may reveal certain inadequacies in published measurements on visco-elastic constants. These measurements have been made on longitudinal rather than circumferential strips often containing dead rather than living muscle. The discrepancies, therefore, indicate specific gaps in our knowledge of aortic behaviorin vitro. The suggested model of the system aided in the design of experiments which could supply data necessary to substantiate or to revise the model.
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    The venous circulation (1965)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 27 (1965), S. 373-377 
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    Notes: Abstract Some aspects of the circulation through the veins remain unexplained. The pressure gradient which ordinarily exists across a large vein, for example, is much greater than that necessary to maintain the same flow through a rigid tube of identical diameter (Brecher, 1956; Starling and Evans, 1962). During inspiration, blood flow through the thoracic portion of the inferior vena cava increases markedly, while that through the distal abdominal portion does not change. Furthermore, an active source of pressure drop in the chest is necessary to maintain venous flow. For the open chest the pressure drop occurs mainly during ventricular contraction, while in the closed chest it is produced chiefly by inspiration. The present study indicates that the high distensibility of the veins accounts in significant degree for the behavior characteristic of the venous circulation.
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    A logical model for growth and differentiation in multi-celled organisms (1965)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 27 (1965), S. 379-387 
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    Notes: Abstract This paper is an attempt to provide a logical model for the process of growth and differentiation in a multi-cellular organism. More specifically it is intended to show how genetic information relating to macroscopic structure and coded in the form of a logical tree could be progressively embodied in the organism as it develops by repeated division from a single cell. The aim is to establish biological analogies rather than mathematical interest, and reproduction, adaption, and the coordinating action of hormones are discussed within the general logical framework.
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    A mathematical model of the urethra (1965)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 27 (1965), S. 407-415 
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    Notes: Abstract Models having the form of surfaces of revolution may be used to represent the urethra under pre-voiding pressure. From such models are derived formulas for calculating muscle tension from the shape of a urethragram.
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    Estimation of secretory rates of hormones from the specific activities of metabolites which have multiple secreted precursors (1965)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 27 (1965), S. 389-406 
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    Notes: Abstract The calculation of rates of entry of material into an open system of multiple pools in the steady state from the specific activities of end products, which may be derived from several pools, is described. This analysis may be applied to estimate the rates of secretion of steroid hormones from the specific activities of urinary metabolites which may have various hormones as common precursors. In a previous publication (Gurpideet al., 1963) formulae have been presented by which secretory rates could be calculated after a single injection of the tracers assuming that each of the urinary metabolites was uniquely derived from one of the pools in the system. In the present article similar formulae were derived without this assumption. Consequently, it is shown that, under certain circumstances, non-uniquely derived metabolites can be used to estimate secretory rates, and that it may be unnecessary to consider the pathways of conversion of the hormones to the metabolites or the sites where these conversion occur.
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    The use of two radiotracers for transfer-rate determinations in closed two compartment systems (1965)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 27 (1965), S. 431-434 
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    Notes: Abstract The sensitivity and “specificity” of measurements for the determination of transferates are enhanced by the use of an additional radiotracer, serving to trace the unlabelled substance. This method presents advantages mostly in systems outside their steady state but only exeptionally in steady state systems.
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    Analysis of tracer experiments V: Integral equations of perturbation-tracer analysis (1965)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 27 (1965), S. 417-429 
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    Notes: Abstract An integral equation approach to perturbation-tracer analysis in steady-state multicompartment systems is formulated. The theory is developed for δ function perturbation and tracer inputs and extended to the case of continuous small perturbations and continuous tracer inputs. It is shown that the first order dependence of the initial entry function can then be expressed by means of an integral equation: $$B_1 (t) = \int_{t_2 = - \infty }^\infty {\int_{t_1 = - \infty }^\infty {P(t_1 )T(t_2 )B_1 (t - t_2 ,t_1 - t_2 )dt_1 dt_2 } } $$ whereB 1(t) is the first order initial entry function for the tracer material,P(t1) the perturbation function.T(t 2) is the tracer input function, andB 1(t−t 2 ,t 1 −t 2 ) is a continuous function of two variables characterizing the first order perturbation-tracer response of the system.
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    Correlation “waves” in brain-like structures (1965)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 27 (1965), S. 435-447 
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    Notes: Abstract A correspondence is established between a tangible model of brain structure (and function) and a system of observer-observed interactions. The observed quantities are “stimuli” in the form of signal amplitude distributions in a mass of neuron-like units; the observer is a set of neurons (not circumscribed in a local region) in which a distributed parameter mirrors the stimulus history of the set, i.e., represents a “memory”. Utilizing the theory of the Perceptron, a contemporary brain model, it is demonstrated that large systems composed of many observer-observed interactions exhibit quantum mechanical behavior on a “macroscopic” scale. This behavior entails wave-like phenomena and the need of applying the superposition mechanics to system information content calculations.
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    Mathematical models for cellular systems. The von foerster equation. Part II (1965)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 27 (1965), S. 449-471 
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    Notes: Abstract This is the continuation of Part I, which was published in the September, 1965, issue of theBulletin. The birth rate, α(t), is now assumed to be a linear functional of the age density,n. This gives a simple model of self-replenishing stem cell compartments, and leads to a necessary condition for the existence of a steady state. Some examples are presented to illustrate the formalism. They include: (a) An equivivant population with life spanD and no losses from death or migration. The total number of cells is multiplied by 2 in each time intervalD. As a special case, frequently realized in practice, the population may be increasing exponentially with time (“log-phase” of growth). (b) A compartment with “random” emigration of cells and gamma distribution of life spans. (c) An oversimplified version of L. G. Lajtha’s model describing stem cell kinetics. In section IV a simple case in which the loss function depends explicitly onn is discussed very briefly.
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    Mathematical models of nonuniform intrapulmonary gas distribution (1965)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 27 (1965), S. 473-476 
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    Notes: Summary Mathematical models of nonuniform gas distribution in the lungs which assume a two-chambered lung to be ventilated through a third chamber, i.e. a common dead space, have led to diverging results. A breath-by-breath analysis of such a system results in a two-exponential solution whereas a continuous ventilation analysis gives a three-exponential solution. This is caused by the different assumptions made in the two models about the composition of dead space gas. In the breath-by-breath analysis one assumes that theN 2 content of the dead space is zero at the end of inspiration. In the continuous ventilation model one assumes that theN 2 content in the dead space is unknown at all instants during the breathing cycle. No physical significance should be attached to any chamber in this type of analysis. The continuous ventilation model provides a more general solution than the cyclical ventilation model, because the former treats the common dead spaces as an independent unknown.
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    On the electrocardiographic field equation (1965)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 27 (1965), S. 493-495 
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    The representation of organisms in terms of predicates (1965)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 27 (1965), S. 477-491 
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    Notes: Abstract The different approaches to relational biology developed by N. Rashevsky and R. Rosen consider essentially binary relations between various components of biological functions of the organism. Actually an organism is represented by a set of differentn-ary relations. The present paper is an attempt to outline a possible approach to this more realistic situation. Inasmuch asn-ary relation is ann-place predicate, it is attempted to describe the basic known properties of an organism in terms ofn-place predicates, in which the variables represent the different “components” of the organism. Some possible forms of such predicates are discussed and some general properties of systems of such predicates are studied. It is shown that if the organism is described by predicates of the type discussed here, statements can be derived about the conditions “of reestablishability” of different components. Conclusions similar to those obtained previously by R. Rosen are reached now on a very different basis. A description of the process of cell differentiation in multicellular organisms in terms of predicates studied here is briefly outlined. A comparison of similarities and differences between the approach and Rosen’s description of organisms in terms of the theory of categories is made.
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    Temporal organization in cells (1965)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 27 (1965), S. 497-500 
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    29th National Meeting of the Operations Research Society of America (1965)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 27 (1965), S. 503-503 
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    Harold A. White March 4, 1933–July 27, 1965 Obituary notice (1965)
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    Bulletin of mathematical biology 27 (1965), S. 501-502 
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