Browsing by Subject "Computer Simulation"
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Application of a One-Dimensional Computational Model for the Prediction of Deposition from a Dry Powder Inhaler
(2017)Background: Accurate prediction of the regional deposition of inhaled dry powders as a function of powder properties and breathing pattern is a long-term research goal for pulmonary drug delivery. In the present work, ... -
Blood flow and diameter effect in the navigation process of magnetic nanocarriers inside the carotid artery
(2022)Background and objective: Serious side effects are occurred during the cancer therapy. Magnetic driving of nanoparticles is a novel method for the elimination of these effects by supplying with anticancer drug or increase ... -
Bootstrap-based testing approaches for the assessment of the diagnostic accuracy of biomarkers subject to a limit of detection
(2019)Assessment of the diagnostic accuracy of biomarkers through receiver operating characteristic curve analysis frequently involves a limit of detection imposed by the laboratory analytical system precision. As a consequence, ... -
Carotid Bifurcation Geometry and Atherosclerosis
(2017)Hemodynamic changes occurring at the initial segments of the arterial bifurcations appear to play an important role in the development of atherosclerotic plaque. Therefore, arterial geometry might be a potential marker for ... -
Cheminformatics-aided discovery of small-molecule Protein-Protein Interaction (PPI) dual inhibitors of Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) and Receptor Activator of NF-κB Ligand (RANKL)
(2017)We present an in silico drug discovery pipeline developed and applied for the identification and virtual screening of small-molecule Protein-Protein Interaction (PPI) compounds that act as dual inhibitors of TNF and RANKL ... -
A computational fluid dynamics modelling of maternal-fetal heat exchange and blood flow in the umbilical cord
(2020)Human fetal thermoregulation, maternal-fetal heat exchange, and the role of the umbilical cord in these processes are not well understood. Ethical and technical limitations have restricted current knowledge to animal ... -
Confidence intervals for differences between volumes under receiver operating characteristic surfaces (VUS) and generalized Youden indices (GYIs)
(2018)This article explores both existing and new methods for the construction of confidence intervals for differences of indices of diagnostic accuracy of competing pairs of biomarkers in three-class classification problems and ... -
Coupled FEA Model with Continuum Damage Mechanics for the Degradation of Polymer-based coatings on Drug-Eluting Stents
(2021)Drug-Eluting Stents (DES) are commonly used in Coronary angioplasty procedures to reduce the phenomenon of restenosis. Numerical simulations are proven to be a useful tool to the Bioengineering community in computing the ... -
A data-driven hypothesis on the epigenetic dysregulation of host metabolism by SARS coronaviral infection: Potential implications for the SARS-CoV-2 modus operandi
(2020)COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2, a betacoronavirus structurally similar to SARS-CoV. Based on both structural and syndromic similarities with SARS-CoV, a hypothesis is formed on SARS-CoV-2 potential ... -
Determination of the number of water molecules in the proton pathway of bacteriorhodopsin using neutron diffraction data
(2003)It has been shown that water molecules participate in the proton pathway of bacteriorhodopsin. Large efforts have been made to determine with various biophysical methods the number of water molecules involved. Neutron ... -
Double hit viral parasitism, polymicrobial CNS residency and perturbed proteostasis in Alzheimer's disease: A data driven, in silico analysis of gene expression data
(2020)The aim of this study was to determine the interaction of peripheral immunity vs. the CNS in the setting of AD pathogenesis at the transcriptomic level in a data driven manner. For this purpose, publicly available gene ... -
Environmental parameters as risk factors for human and canine Leishmania infection in Thessaly, Central Greece
(2016)Thessaly, Central Greece, is an endemic area for leishmaniasis with higher incidence rate during the last years. We herein investigated the geographical distribution of human leishmaniasis cases and Leishmania infected ... -
Evidence for Novel Action at the Cell-Binding Site of Human Angiogenin Revealed by Heteronuclear NMR Spectroscopy, in silico and in vivo Studies
(2018)A member of the ribonuclease A superfamily, human angiogenin (hAng) is a potent angiogenic factor. Heteronuclear NMR spectroscopy combined with induced-fit docking revealed a dual binding mode for the most antiangiogenic ... -
Examining Socioeconomic and Computational Aspects of Vaccine Pharmacovigilance
(2019)Background. Vaccine pharmacovigilance relates to the detection of adverse events, their assessment, understanding, and prevention, and communication of their risk to the public. These activities can be tedious and long ... -
Genomic variants in the FTO gene are associated with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Greek patients
(2017)Background: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating disease whose complex pathology has been associated with a strong genetic component in the context of both familial and sporadic disease. Herein, we adopted ... -
How Many 3D Structures Do We Need to Train a Predictor?
(2009)It has been shown that the progress in the determination of membrane protein structure grows exponentially, with approximately the same growth rate as that of the water-soluble proteins. In order to investigate the effect ... -
In silico investigation of the viroporin E as a vaccine target against SARS-CoV-2
(2021)Viroporins, integral viral membrane ion channel proteins, interact with host-cell proteins deregulating physiological processes and activating inflammasomes. Severity of COVID-19 might be associated with hyperinflammation, ... -
In silico methods for the identification of diagnostic and favorable prognostic markers in acute myeloid leukemia
(2021)Acute myeloid leukemia (AML), the most common type of acute leukemia in adults, is mainly asymptomatic at early stages and progresses/recurs rapidly and frequently. These attributes necessitate the identification of ... -
Inference on the overlap coefficient: The binormal approach and alternatives
(2021)The overlap coefficient ((Formula presented.)) measures the similarity between two distributions through the overlapping area of their distribution functions. Given its intuitive description and ease of visual representation ... -
Interactome networks between the human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV), the human metapneumovirus (ΗMPV), and their host: In silico investigation and comparative functional enrichment analysis
(2020)Background and objectives: Human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) and human metapneumovirus (HMPV) are leading causes of upper and lower respiratory tract infections in non-immunocompetent subjects, yet the mechanisms ...