Biomat 2005 : Proceedings of the International Symposium on Mathematical and Computational Biology, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, 3-8 December 2005.

Biomat 2005 : Proceedings of the International Symposium on Mathematical and Computational Biology, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, 3-8 December 2005.

This volume contains the contributions of the keynote speakers to the BIOMAT 2005 symposium, as well as a collection of selected papers by pioneering researchers. It provides a comprehensive review of the mathematical modeling of cancer development, Alzheimer's disease, malaria, and aneurysm de...

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Main Author: Mondaini, Rubem P.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : World Scientific Publishing Company, 2006.
Subjects:
Biology > Mathematical models > Congresses.
Biomathematics > Congresses.
Mathematical models.
Biology.
Life sciences.
Physical sciences.
Biological models.
mathematical models.
biology.
biological sciences.
physical sciences.
Physical sciences
Mathematical models
Life sciences
Biology
Biological models
Biology > Mathematical models
Biomathematics
Conference papers and proceedings
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface ; Editorial Board of the BIOMAT Consortium ; Biological Modeling ; Modelling aspects of vascular cancer development ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Brief biological background ; 3. Cellular automaton model ; 4. Effects of hypoxia on cell cycle dynamics.
  • 5. The role of acidity 6. Discussion ; References ; Modelling cooperative phenomena in interacting cell systems with cellular automata ; 1. Introduction: roots of cellular automata ; 2. Cellular automaton definition ; 3. Cellular automaton models of cell interaction.
  • 4. An example: a cellular automaton model of a vascular tumor growth 5. Discussion ; References ; A mathematical analysis of cylindrical shaped aneurysms ; 1. Introduction ; 2. The Mathematical Model ; 3. The Dynamical Properties of the Model ; 4. Discussion ; References.
  • On the origin of metazoans 1. Introduction ; 2. Pattern Formation; 3. Coupling Pattern to Cell Shape ; 4. On Urcnidaria ; 5. On Urbilateria ; Appendix A ; Appendix B ; References; A software tool to model genetic regulatory networks: Applications to segmental patterning in Drosophila.
  • 1. Introduction 2. A model for the regulation of gene expression ; 3. The GeNetSim package ; 4. Segmental patterning in Drosophila ; References ; The mitochondrial Eve in an exponentially growing population and a critique to the out of Africa model for human evolution ; 1. Introduction.

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