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Many natural complex systems show peculiar behaviors that are reproduced by computational systems with simple microscopic evolution rules. Here a model that was firstly intruduced for the simulation of submicronic particle deposition and deposit growth is adapted as a model for the pulmonary damage caused precisely by such particles. The model allows to specify the structure of the “pulmonary tree” by means of a dimensionless parameter and also the flow pattern of the inhaled particles (due to air drag and diffusion). The model may qualitatively reproduces particle inhalation profiles obtained through detailed simulations. A continuous decrease of pulmonary volume and oxigenation surface is found, presenting “crises” in both magnitudes.
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Rodríguez-Pérez, D., Castillo, J.L., Antoranz, J. (2003). A statistical model of pollution-caused pulmonary crises. In: Mira, J., Álvarez, J.R. (eds) Computational Methods in Neural Modeling. IWANN 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2686. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44868-3_47
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