2017 CAP Congress / Congrès de l'ACP 2017

Session

T2-4 Mathematical Biology (DPMB) | Biologie mathématique (DPMB)

T2-4

30 May 2017, 11:30

Botterell B143 (Queen's University)

Conveners

T2-4 Mathematical Biology (DPMB) | Biologie mathématique (DPMB)

• Christopher Bergevin (York University)

1803. Bayesian songbird flightpath recovery in the presence of errors

Dr Hanna Jankowski (York University)

30/05/2017, 11:30

Physics in Medicine and Biology / Physique en médecine et en biologie (DPMB-DPMB)

Invited Speaker / Conférencier invité

In this talk I will discuss estimation of the migration flightpath of the songbirds where the daily location of the birds is recovered from small geolocator "backpacks" attached to the birds' backs. The data collection process produces very particular challenges, with potentially large errors as to the day-by-day locations. We propose to overcome these using Bayesian methodology, where the...

1626. An Application of Mathematical Physiology to the Study of Heart Failure

Prof. Rachad Shoucri (Royal Military College of Canada)

30/05/2017, 12:00

Physics in Medicine and Biology / Physique en médecine et en biologie (DPMB-DPMB)

CLOSED - Oral (Non-Student) / orale (non-étudiant)

Based on the theory of large elastic deformation, a mathematical expression describing a non-linear model of the end-systolic pressure-volume relation (ESPVR) in the heart ventricles has been derived. Relations between ejection fraction (EF) and the parameters describing the ESPVR were used to obtain new indexes that can be used to assess the performance of the heart ventricles, those indexes...

1821. Quantifying the relative contribution of transmission via free virus versus cell-to-cell to the propagation of a hepatitis C virus infection in vitro

Mr Kenneth Blahut (Ryerson university)

30/05/2017, 12:15

Physics in Medicine and Biology / Physique en médecine et en biologie (DPMB-DPMB)

CLOSED - Oral (Student, In Competition) / Orale (Étudiant(e), inscrit à la compétition)

Experiments have shown that hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections in vitro disseminate both distally via the release and diffusion of cell-free virus through the medium, and locally via direct, cell-to-cell transmission. To determine the relative contribution of each mode of infection to HCV dissemination, we developed an agent-based model that explicitly incorporates both distal and local modes...