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Bagheri Lankarani K, Honarvar B, Shafi Pour F, Bagherpour M, Erjaee A, Rouhezamin MR, Khorrami M, Amiri Zadeh Fard S, Seifi V, Geramizadeh B, Salahi H, Nikeghbalian S, Shamsaeefar A, Malek-Hosseini SA, Shirzadi S. Predictors of Death in the Liver Transplantation Adult Candidates: An Artificial Neural Networks and Support Vector Machine Hybrid-Based Cohort Study. J Biomed Phys Eng 2022; 12:591-598. [PMID: 36569570 PMCID: PMC9759643 DOI: 10.31661/jbpe.v0i0.2010-1212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2020] [Accepted: 12/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND Model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) is currently used for liver transplantation (LT) allocation, however, it is not a sufficient criterion. OBJECTIVE This current study aims to perform a hybrid neural network analysis of different data, make a decision tree and finally design a decision support system for improving LT prioritization. MATERIAL AND METHODS In this cohort follow-up-based study, baseline characteristics of 1947 adult patients, who were candidates for LT in Shiraz Organ Transplant Center, Iran, were assessed and followed for two years and those who died before LT due to the end-stage liver disease were considered as dead cases, while others considered as alive cases. A well-organized checklist was filled for each patient. Analysis of the data was performed using artificial neural networks (ANN) and support vector machines (SVM). Finally, a decision tree was illustrated and a user friendly decision support system was designed to assist physicians in LT prioritization. RESULTS Between all MELD types, MELD-Na was a stronger determinant of LT candidates' survival. Both ANN and SVM showed that besides MELD-Na, age and ALP (alkaline phosphatase) are the most important factors, resulting in death in LT candidates. It was cleared that MELD-Na <23, age <53 and ALP <257 IU/L were the best predictors of survival in LT candidates. An applicable decision support system was designed in this study using the above three factors. CONCLUSION Therefore, Meld-Na, age and ALP should be used for LT allocation. The presented decision support system in this study will be helpful in LT prioritization by LT allocators.
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- Kamran Bagheri Lankarani
- MD, Health Policy Research Center, Institute of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- MD, Health Policy Research Center, Institute of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- PhD, Department of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
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- PhD, Department of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
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- MD, Department of Pediatrics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- MD, Trauma Research Center, Rajaei Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- MD, Health Policy Research Center, Institute of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- MD, Health Policy Research Center, Institute of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- MD, Department of Pathology, Transplant Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- MD, Shiraz Organ Transplant Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Shiraz, Iran
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- MD, Shiraz Organ Transplant Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Shiraz, Iran
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- MD, Shiraz Organ Transplant Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Shiraz, Iran
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- MD, Health Policy Research Center, Institute of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
- MD, Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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Khorrami M, Malekmohammadi B. Effects of excessive water extraction on groundwater ecosystem services: Vulnerability assessments using biophysical approaches. Sci Total Environ 2021; 799:149304. [PMID: 34375873 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2021] [Revised: 07/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In this research, a systematic, integrated framework was developed to evaluate the biophysical state and vulnerability intensity of groundwater supply ecosystem service (GSES) regarding excessive groundwater withdrawal in the Mashhad plain located in the northeastern of Khorasan Razavi province in Iran. At first, following an indexing approach, the biophysical aspects of the ecosystem, including capacity, flow, and the benefits of GSES, were analyzed. Afterward, the relationship between the capacity and flow ecosystem service (ES) was assessed to identify ecosystem's sustainability status. Furthermore, GSES stability was spatially shown. Finally, GSES vulnerability and its associated ESs was assessed based on 3D model of vulnerability via indexing three components of exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity. The final map spatially indicated the zoning of groundwater ecosystem services' vulnerability intensity in Mashhad Plain. The outcomes indicate a high and very high vulnerability in more than 35% of studying area. The results indicate that about 18%, 30%, and 15% of studying land show moderate, low, and no vulnerability, respectively. Finally, it was observed that due to groundwater's over-extraction, supplying the aquifer ecosystem services was disrupted. This method can be used as a solution for the sustainable management of groundwater resources, especially in the arid and semi-arid countries facing the depletion of water resources.
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- M Khorrami
- School of Environment, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
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- School of Environment, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
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Jain P, Barrera C, Osme A, Toro P, Chahar S, Butler K, Khorrami M, Fu P, Corredor G, Bera K, Dowlati A, Madabhushi A. P68.02 Computer Extracted Morphology Features of Tumor Nuclei Predict Response to Chemotherapy and Prognostic of OS in Small Cell Lung Cancer. J Thorac Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.01.1006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Jain P, Khorrami M, Gupta A, Rajiah P, Bera K, Vaidya P, Fu P, Dowlati A, Madabhushi A. MA13.02 Novel Non-Invasive Radiomic Signatures Extracted from Radiographic Images can Predict Response to Systemic Treatment in Small Cell Lung Cancer. J Thorac Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.01.264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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van Dongen JM, El Alili M, Varga AN, Guevara Morel AE, Jornada Ben A, Khorrami M, van Tulder MW, Bosmans JE. What do national pharmacoeconomic guidelines recommend regarding the statistical analysis of trial-based economic evaluations? Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res 2019; 20:27-37. [PMID: 31731882 DOI: 10.1080/14737167.2020.1694410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Introduction: The statistical quality of many trial-based economic evaluations is poor. When conducting trial-based economic evaluations, researchers often turn to national pharmacoeconomic guidelines for guidance. Therefore, this study reviewed which recommendations are currently given by national pharmacoeconomic guidelines on the statistical analysis of trial-based economic evaluations.Areas covered: 40 national pharmacoeconomic guidelines were identified. Data were extracted on the guidelines' recommendations on how to deal with baseline imbalances, skewed costs, correlated costs and effects, clustering of data, longitudinal data, and missing data in trial-based economic evaluations. Four guidelines (10%) were found to include recommendations on how to deal with baseline imbalances, five (13%) on how to deal with skewed costs, and seven (18%) on how to deal with missing data. Recommendations were very general in nature and recommendations on dealing with correlated costs and effects, clustering of data, and longitudinal data were lacking.Expert opinion: Current national pharmacoeconomic guidelines provide little to no guidance on how to deal with the statistical challenges to trial-based economic evaluations. Since the use of suboptimal statistical methods may lead to biased results, and, therefore, possibly to a waste of scarce resources, national agencies are advised to include more statistical guidance in their pharmacoeconomic guidelines.
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- Johanna M van Dongen
- Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, MOVE research institute Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, MOVE research institute Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, MOVE research institute Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Department of Clinical Medicine - Department of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Patil P, Khorrami M, Zagouras A, Bera K, Fu P, Gupta A, Velcheti V, Pennell N, Madabhushi A. P2.04-16 Novel CT Based Radiomic Features are Prognostic and Predictive of Benefit of Chemoimmunotherapy in Advanced Non-Squamous NSCLC. J Thorac Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2019.08.1521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Afzaljavan F, Tajbakhsh A, Khorrami M, Rivandi M, Meshkat Z, Pasdar A. Association between HBV and HTLV-1 infections and breast cancer risk: a population-based case-control study in Iran. Breast 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9776(19)30221-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Patil P, Bera K, Vaidya P, Khorrami M, Jain P, Madabhushi A, Velcheti V. P2.04-17 Pre-Therapy Radiomic Features Can Distinguish Hyperprogression from Other Response Patterns to PD1/PD-L1 Inhibitors in NSCLC. J Thorac Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2018.08.1241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Jain P, Ahmad U, Murthy S, Stephans K, Khorrami M, Madabhushi A, Velcheti V. MA 17.11 Prediction of Response to Trimodality Therapy Using CT-Derived Radiomic Features in Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC). J Thorac Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2017.09.617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Khorrami M, Farahini Isfahani F, Mohammadi M, Zargham M, Izadpanahi M. UP-03.158 Orthotopic Continent Diversion With Only One Urethral Catheter No Routine Pouch Irrigation With Long-Acting Sandostatin. Urology 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2011.07.1247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Ghanbari A, Ghaffarinejad F, Mohammadi F, Khorrami M, Sobhani S. Effect of forward shoulder posture on pulmonary capacities of women. Br J Sports Med 2007; 42:622-3. [PMID: 17984190 DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2007.040915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Roshani F, Aghamohammadi A, Khorrami M. Static and dynamic phase transitions in multidimensional voting models on continua. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2004; 70:056128. [PMID: 15600713 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.70.056128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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A voting model (or a generalization of the Glauber model at zero temperature) on a multidimensional lattice is defined as a system composed of a lattice, each site of which is either empty or occupied by a single particle. The reactions of the system are such that two adjacent sites, one empty, the other occupied, may evolve to a state where both of these sites are either empty or occupied. The continuum version of this model in a D-dimensional region with a boundary is studied, and two general behaviors of such systems are investigated, the stationary behavior of the system, and the dominant way of relaxation of the system toward its stationary state. Based on the first behavior, a static phase transition (discontinuous changes in the stationary profiles of the system) is studied. Based on the second behavior, a dynamical phase transition (discontinuous changes in the relaxation times of the system) is studied. It is shown that the static phase transition is induced by the bulk reactions only, while the dynamical phase transition is a result of both bulk reactions and boundary conditions.
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- F Roshani
- Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences, P.O. Box 159, Zanjan 45195, Iran.
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Shariati A, Aghamohammadi A, Khorrami M. Autonomous multispecies reaction-diffusion systems with more-than-two-site interactions. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2001; 64:066102. [PMID: 11736231 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.64.066102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Autonomous multispecies systems with more-than-two-neighbor interactions are studied. Conditions necessary and sufficient for the closedness of the evolution equations of the n-point functions are obtained. The average numbers of the particles at each site for one species and three-site interactions, and its generalization to the more-than-three-site interactions, are explicitly obtained. Generalizations of the Glauber model in different directions, using generalized rates, generalized numbers of states at each site, and generalized numbers of interacting sites, are also investigated.
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- A Shariati
- Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences, P. O. Box 159, Zanjan 45195, Iran.
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Alimohammadi M, Khorrami M, Aghamohammadi A. Exactly solvable models through the empty-interval method. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2001; 64:056116. [PMID: 11736023 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.64.056116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The most general one dimensional reaction-diffusion model with nearest-neighbor interactions that can be solved exactly through empty-interval method has been introduced. Assuming translationally invariant initial conditions, the probability that n consecutive sites are empty, E(n), has been exactly obtained. Here, however, we do not consider reactions changing two empty neighboring sites. In the thermodynamic limit, the large-time behavior of the system has also been investigated. Releasing translationally invariance, the evolution equation for the probability that n consecutive sites, starting from the site k, are empty, E(k,n), is obtained. In the thermodynamic limit, the large time behavior of the system is also considered. Finally, the continuum limit of the model is considered and the empty-interval probability function is obtained.
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- M Alimohammadi
- Physics Department, University of Tehran, North Karegar Avenue, Tehran, Iran.
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Majd N, Aghamohammadi A, Khorrami M. Phase transition in an asymmetric generalization of the zero-temperature q-state Potts model. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2001; 64:046105. [PMID: 11690088 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.64.046105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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An asymmetric generalization of the zero-temperature q-state Potts model on a one-dimensional lattice, with and without boundaries, has been studied. The dynamics of the particle number, and especially the large time behavior of the system, has been analyzed. In the thermodynamic limit, the system exhibits two kinds of phase transitions, a static and a dynamic phase transition.
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- N Majd
- Department of Physics, Alzahra University, Tehran 19834, Iran
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Roshani F, Khorrami M. Solvable multispecies reaction-diffusion processes. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2001; 64:011101. [PMID: 11461219 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.64.011101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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A family of one-dimensional multispecies reaction-diffusion processes on a lattice is introduced. It is shown that these processes are exactly solvable, provided a nonspectral matrix equation is satisfied. Some general remarks on the solutions to this equation, and some special solutions are given. The large-time behavior of the conditional probabilities of such systems is also investigated.
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- F Roshani
- Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences, P. O. Box 159, Zanjan 45195, Iran.
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Khorrami M, Aghamohammadi A. Phase transition in an asymmetric generalization of the zero-temperature Glauber model. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2001; 63:042102. [PMID: 11308886 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.63.042102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2000] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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An asymmetric generalization of the zero-temperature Glauber model on a lattice is introduced. The dynamics of the particle-density and especially the large-time behavior of the system is studied. It is shown that the system exhibits two kinds of phase transitions, a static one and a dynamic one.
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- M Khorrami
- Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences, P.O. Box 159, Zanjan 45195, Iran.
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Aghamohammadi A, Fatollahi AH, Khorrami M, Shariati A. Multispecies reaction-diffusion systems. Phys Rev E Stat Phys Plasmas Fluids Relat Interdiscip Topics 2000; 62:4642-9. [PMID: 11089003 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.62.4642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2000] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Multispecies reaction-diffusion systems, for which the time evolution equations of correlation functions become a closed set, are considered. A formal solution for the average densities is found. Some special interactions and the exact time dependence of the average densities in these cases are also studied. For the general case, the large-time behavior of the average densities has also been obtained.
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- A Aghamohammadi
- Department of Physics, Alzahra University, Tehran 19834, Iran and Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics, P.O. Box 5531, Tehran 19395, Iran
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Roshani F, Khorrami M. Asymmetric one-dimensional exclusion processes: a two-parameter exactly solvable example. Phys Rev E Stat Phys Plasmas Fluids Relat Interdiscip Topics 1999; 60:3393-5. [PMID: 11970155 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.60.3393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/1999] [Revised: 04/26/1999] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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We consider a two-parameter family of asymmetric exclusion processes for particles living on a continuous one-dimensional space. Using the Bethe ansatz, the exact solution to the master equation, and from that the drift and the diffusion rate in the two particle sector, are obtained.
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- F Roshani
- Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences, P.O. Box 159, Gavazang, Zanjan 45195, Iran
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