dc.contributor.advisor | Nair, Satish S., 1960- | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Jang, Tai Seung, 1971- | eng |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | eng |
dc.date.submitted | 2006 Fall | eng |
dc.description | The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. | eng |
dc.description | Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on August 2, 2007) | eng |
dc.description | Vita. | eng |
dc.description | Thesis (Ph. D.) University of Missouri-Columbia 2006. | eng |
dc.description.abstract | Modeling approaches are developed for two different levels, cellular (Part I) and systems (Part II), and used to develop insights into system performance. PART I consists of three chapters focusing on computational neuroscience models at cellular level. The mechanisms of action of a drug on prefrontal cortical cells are elucidated with two possible hypotheses, and a systematic methodology to study the excitability of cells under inhibitory post synaptic currents (IPSCs) is developed. PART II focuses on mathematical models at the systems level. Specifically, thermal physiology models of the entire human body are developed using statistical and black box (artificial neural network, ANN) techniques.The MU 2-D Man, a human thermal model has been developed for designing an automatic thermal comfort control strategy for NASA astronaut space suits and for the US Air Force warfighters in chemo-bio suits. The model has been enhanced using more accurate modeling of digits incorporating arterio-venous anastomoses (AVA) mechanisms that the fingers and toes use for better control of heat transfer. | eng |
dc.description.bibref | Includes bibliographical references. | eng |
dc.identifier.merlin | b59270081 | eng |
dc.identifier.oclc | 162139859 | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.32469/10355/4350 | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10355/4350 | |
dc.language | English | eng |
dc.publisher | University of Missouri--Columbia | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity | University of Missouri--Columbia. Graduate School. Theses and Dissertations | eng |
dc.rights | OpenAccess. | eng |
dc.rights.license | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License. Copyright held by author. | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Computational neuroscience | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Space biology | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Life support systems (Space environment) | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Extravehicular space suits | eng |
dc.title | Specific bio-modeling and analysis techniques at cellular and systems level | eng |
dc.type | Thesis | eng |
thesis.degree.discipline | Mechanical and aerospace engineering (MU) | eng |
thesis.degree.grantor | University of Missouri--Columbia | eng |
thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | eng |
thesis.degree.name | Ph. D. | eng |