TY - GEN A1 - Moualeu-Ngangue, Dany Pascal A1 - Röblitz, Susanna A1 - Ehrig, Rainald A1 - Deuflhard, Peter T1 - Parameter Identification for a Tuberculosis Model in Cameroon N2 - A deterministic model of tuberculosis in sub-Saharan Africa in general and Cameroon in particular including lack of access to the treatment and weak diagnose capacity is designed and analyzed with respect to its transmission dynamics. The model includes both frequency- and density-dependent transmissions. It is shown that the model is mathematically well-posed and epidemiologically reasonable. Solutions are non-negative and bounded whenever the initial values are non-negative. A sensitivity analysis of model parameters is performed and most sensitive parameters of the model are identified using a state-of-the-art Gauss-Newton Method. In particular, parameters representing the proportion of individuals having access to medical facilities have a large impact on the dynamics of the disease. It has been shown that an increase of these parameter values over the time can significantly reduce the disease burden in the population within the next 15 years. T3 - ZIB-Report - 13-72 KW - Tuberculosis, parameter identification, sensitivity analysis, Gauss-Newton method, Nonlinear dynamical systems. Y1 - 2013 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-43087 SN - 1438-0064 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Moualeu-Ngangue, Dany Pascal A1 - Weiser, Martin A1 - Ehrig, Rainald A1 - Deuflhard, Peter T1 - Optimal control for a tuberculosis model with undetected cases in Cameroon N2 - This paper considers the optimal control of tuberculosis through education, diagnosis campaign and chemoprophylaxis of latently infected. A mathematical model which includes important components such as undiagnosed infectious, diagnosed infectious, latently infected and lost-sight infectious is formulated. The model combines a frequency dependent and a density dependent force of infection for TB transmission. Through optimal control theory and numerical simulations, a cost-effective balance of two different intervention methods is obtained. Seeking to minimize the amount of money the government spends when tuberculosis remain endemic in the Cameroonian population, Pontryagin's maximum principle is used to characterize the optimal control. The optimality system is derived and solved numerically using the forward-backward sweep method (FBSM). Results provide a framework for designing cost-effective strategies for diseases with multiple intervention methods. It comes out that combining chemoprophylaxis and education, the burden of TB can be reduced by 80 % in 10 years T3 - ZIB-Report - 13-73 KW - Tuberculosis KW - Optimal control KW - Nonlinear dynamical systems Y1 - 2013 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-43142 SN - 1438-0064 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Plöntzke, Julia A1 - Berg, Mascha A1 - Ehrig, Rainald A1 - Leonhard-Marek, Sabine A1 - Müller, Kerstin-Elisabeth A1 - Röblitz, Susanna T1 - Model Based Exploration of Hypokalemia in Dairy Cows JF - Scientific Reports N2 - Hypokalemia, characterized by too low serum potassium levels, is a severe mineral disorder which can be life threatening. It is increasingly diagnosed in veterinarian healthcare and a topic of ongoing research. In this paper, we explore the different originating conditions of hypokalemia: reduced potassium intake, increased excretion, acid-base disturbances, or increased insulin, by using a dynamic mathematical model for potassium balance in non-lactating and lactating cows. Simulations are compared with literature. The results give insights into the network dynamics and point to scenarios on which experimental effort should be focused. Application of mathematical models can assist in experimental planning as well as the reduction, refinement and replacement of animal experiments. Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22596-0 VL - 12, 19781 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Mancini, Toni A1 - Mari, Federico A1 - Massini, Annalisa A1 - Melatti, Igor A1 - Salvo, Ivano A1 - Sinisi, Stefano A1 - Tronci, Enrico A1 - Ehrig, Rainald A1 - Röblitz, Susanna A1 - Leeners, Brigitte T1 - Computing Personalised Treatments through In Silico Clinical Trials. A Case Study on Downregulation in Assisted Reproduction T2 - Experimental Evaluation of Algorithms for Solving Problems with Combinatorial Explosion, Workshop of the Federated Logic Conference 2018 (FLoC 2018), Oxford N2 - In Silico Clinical Trials (ISCT), i.e., clinical experimental campaigns carried out by means of computer simulations, hold the promise to decrease time and cost for the safety and efficacy assessment of pharmacological treatments, reduce the need for animal and human testing, and enable precision medicine. In this paper we present a case study aiming at quantifying, by means of a multi-arm ISCT supervised by intelligent search, the potential impact of precision medicine approaches on a real pharmacological treatment, namely the downregulation phase of a complex clinical protocol for assisted reproduction. Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.29007/g864 SP - 1 EP - 16 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Moewis, Philippe A1 - Boeth, Heide A1 - Heller, Markus O. A1 - Yntema, Caroline A1 - Jung, Tobias A1 - Doyscher, Ralf A1 - Ehrig, Rainald A1 - Zhong, Yanlin A1 - Taylor, William R. T1 - Towards understanding knee joint laxity: Errors in non-invasive assessment of joint rotation can be corrected JF - Medical Engineering and Physics Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2014.03.017 VL - 36 IS - 7 SP - 889 EP - 895 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heller, Markus O. A1 - Duda, Georg A1 - Ehrig, Rainald A1 - Schell, H. A1 - Seebeck, P. A1 - Taylor, William R. T1 - Muskuloskeletale Belastungen im Schafshinterlauf JF - Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik Y1 - 2005 IS - 36 SP - 775 EP - 780 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Heller, Markus O. A1 - Duda, G. A1 - König, Christian A1 - Taylor, William R. A1 - Ehrig, Rainald A1 - Hinterwimmer, S. A1 - Graichen, H. T1 - Validation of a New Model of Human Knee Kinematics against in Vivo Data under Physiologic Neuromuscular Activation Patterns T2 - Proceedings of the 51th Annual Meeting of the Orthopedic Society Y1 - 2005 CY - Washington ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heller, Markus O. A1 - Kratzenstein, Stefan A1 - Ehrig, Rainald A1 - Wassilew, Georgi A1 - Duda, Georg A1 - Taylor, William R. T1 - The weighted optimal common shape technique improves identification of the hip joint centre of rotation in vivo JF - Journal of Orthopedic Research Y1 - 2011 VL - 29 SP - 1470 EP - 5 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heller, Markus O. A1 - König, Christian A1 - Graichen, F. A1 - Hinterwimmer, S. A1 - Ehrig, Rainald A1 - Duda, G. A1 - Taylor, William R. T1 - A new model to predict in vivo human knee kinematics under physiological-like muscle activation JF - Journal of Biomechanics Y1 - 2007 SP - 45 EP - 53 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ehrig, Rainald A1 - Heller, Markus O. A1 - Kratzenstein, Stefan A1 - Duda, Georg A1 - Trepczynski, Adam A1 - Taylor, William R. T1 - The SCoRE residual: A quality index to assess the accuracy of joint estimations JF - Journal of Biomechanics Y1 - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.12.009 VL - 44 IS - 7 SP - 1400 EP - 1404 ER -