scholarly journals Simulation of a Novel Intrathecal Device for CSF Sampling and Delivery of Chemotherapy in Leukemia Patients

Author(s):  
Alicia De Hoyos Reyes

Current chemotherapy delivery methods and CSF sampling in leukemia pediatric patients represents a challenge with multiple associated risks creating the need for a more efficient technique. The proposed design of a novel intrathecal device was submitted to computer simulation analysis finding promising results regarding the fluid behavior inside the port and the structural performance of the components.

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Wade Allen ◽  
Theodore J. Rosenthal ◽  
David H. Klyde ◽  
Jeffrey R. Hogue

2006 ◽  
Vol 18 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. 123-123
Author(s):  
AOI OZAKI ◽  
KAZUYUKI MITSUI ◽  
SHIN INADA ◽  
NITARO SHIBATA ◽  
MARK R. BOYETT ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Y. Ito ◽  
H. Komizo ◽  
T. Meguro ◽  
Y. Daido ◽  
I. Umebu

1994 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 467 ◽  
Author(s):  
OJ Reichman ◽  
E Roberts

A number of hypotheses have been proposed to explain the mechanisms that promote coexistence among sympatric rodents in North American deserts. In an effort to determine how the distribution of seeds influences foraging patterns and coexistence in a three-species community of heteromyid rodents, we developed a computer simulation model that determines the efficiency of foraging for animals of different sizes. Specifically, the simulation determines how long it would take a forager to gather sufficient energy for 24 h if the animal stopped at seed patches of certain densities. The analyses were conducted for naturally occurring seed distributions and densities, for simulated normal and uniform distributions at natural densities, and for natural distributions at seed densities one-third those known to occur naturally. The results indicate that, under natural distributions and densities, each of the three species possessed unique optima for utilising seed patches of different density. However, when either the seed distribution or density differed from actual values, all three species had identical optima. The implications of these results for promoting coexistence are discussed.


1988 ◽  
Vol 27 (Part 2, No. 3) ◽  
pp. L444-L447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshihide Kimura ◽  
Hee Jae Kang ◽  
Ryuichi Shimizu

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