It is better to invest in measures that make it easier for women to visit a doctor during pregnancy than measures to repair birth injuries. This is the conclusion from two mathematicians at LiU, using Uganda as an example.
Sep 16, 2020
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Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin and the Institut Pasteur in Paris used a mathematical model to study the first months of the corona pandemic in Europe. They show that the decrease of ...
Sep 15, 2020
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As universities prepare to welcome students back, infectious disease modeling experts at the University of Bristol have conducted a rapid review and developed a new epidemic model which contributed to evidence considered ...
Sep 15, 2020
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Researchers have created a mathematical model that can determine the impact of the immune system on tumor evolution. The information gained from using this model may be able to be used to predict whether immunotherapy is ...
Sep 15, 2020
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Predicting real-world outcomes from mathematical algorithms is a messy, complicated business. But despite the limitations of disease models, they still play an important role.
Sep 10, 2020
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Whether it's a cough or a handshake, one point of contact by an infected individual may be all it takes to spark an epidemic. The same can also be true for cultural traits related to a disease. Stanford theoretical biologists ...
Sep 9, 2020
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A new website uses reported cases and deaths to estimate the probability regions in England and Wales will become COVID-19 "hotspots."
Sep 4, 2020
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It's well known that when a patient with chronic kidney disease (CKD) begins heading toward eventual organ failure, appropriate, thorough, personalized and timely care from a nephrologist in the year prior to the start of ...
Sep 2, 2020
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It is usually difficult to predict how well drugs will work when they are combined. Sometimes, two antibiotics increase their effect and inhibit the growth of bacteria more efficiently than expected. In other cases, the combined ...
Aug 31, 2020
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Breast milk strengthens a child's immune system, supporting the intestinal flora. These facts are common knowledge. But how does this work? What are the molecular mechanisms behind this phenomenon? And why is this not possible ...
Aug 28, 2020
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