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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Epidemiological modeling"”.
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Lyapunovfunctions in epidemiological modeling
… study the application of Lyapunov functions in epidemiological modeling. The aim is to give an extensive discussion of Lyapunov functions, and use some specific classes of epidemiological models to demonstrate the construction of Lyapunov functions. The study begins with a review of Lyapunov …
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Fuel Shortages During Hurricanes: Epidemiological Modeling and Optimal Control
<p>Hurricanes are powerful agents of destruction with significant socioeconomic impacts. A persistent problem due to the large-scale evacuations during hurricanes in the southeastern United States is the fuel shortages during the evacuation. Fuel shortages often lead to stranded vehicles and …
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<b>Integrating Qualitative Inquiry and Cost-Effectiveness Modeling to Inform Equitable Hepatitis C Care Implementation</b>
… and local public health settings. Using economic-epidemiological modeling, the research assesses interventions including expanded testing and treatment, syringe services programs (SSPs), medication assisted treatment, and same-day point-of-care test-and-treat strategies over a 20-year time …
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Simulating the Spread of Malaria: A Cellular Automaton Based Mathematical Model & A Prototype Software Implementation
… integrated with EpiSims/TRANSIMS. EpiSims is an epidemiological modeling tool for studying the spread of infectious diseases; it uses social contact network from TRANSIMS (A Transport Analysis and Simulation System). Simulation results from the prototype implementation showed qualitatively …
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From Psychology to Phylogeny: Bridging Levels of Analysis in Cultural Evolution
… United States, using social network analysis and epidemiological modeling, respectively. The fourth and fifth chapters are studies on how cultural transmission biases influence population-level changes in music sampling traditions and house finch song, using a combination of agent-based modeling …
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Statistical Inference for Stochastic Differential Equations using Splitting Schemes
… through their appearance in genetic research and epidemiological modeling, as well as a generalization of the Kramers model with the student-type noise. The simulation studies validate the dominance of the proposed estimator in estimating diffusion parameters with higher accuracy compared to …
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Mathematical Modeling of Malaria: Theories of Malaria Elimination
… the third chapter, I consider the economic and epidemiological ramifications of antimalarial and rapid diagnostic subsidization for malaria control. For the epidemiological modeling I utilize a semi-mechanistic model of the spread of drug resistance parameterized from historical malaria …
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Mathematical modeling for epidemiological inference and public health support
… have been increasingly turning to mathematical modeling to support their decisions. This trend has been calling for the introduction of a new class of models that not only are capable to explain qualitatively the dynamics of infectious diseases, but also have the capability to provide …
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West Nile Virus Seroreversion and the Influence of Herd Immunity on Disease Risk in a Long-term Study of Free-ranging Birds
<p>The transmission and amplification of West Nile virus (WNV) is driven by the number of susceptible avian hosts. The quantity of susceptible hosts is determined by 1) recruitment of juvenile birds during the breeding season, 2) adult birds previously unexposed to WNV, and 3) adult birds with …
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Using information technology to model hand-washing behavior and to improve policies impacting elementary school absenteeism due to influenza
… propagation by indicating how agent-based modeling can be employed to measure the e?ectiveness of control measures and assist in improving health policy to decrease absenteeism among elementary students. The primary question posed was as following: “What is the e?ect of hand hygiene on the …