Mathematical Homogenization in the Modelling of Digestion in the Small Intestine

Masoomeh Taghipoor[1]; Guy Barles[2]; Christine Georgelin[2]; Jean-René Licois[2]; Philippe Lescoat[3]

  • [1] Laboratoire de Mathématiques et Physique Théorique (UMR CNRS 7350). Fédération Denis Poisson (FR CNRS 2964) Université de Tours. Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Parc de Grandmont, 37200 Tours, France INRA, UR83 Recherches Avicoles, 37380 Nouzilly, France.
  • [2] Laboratoire de Mathématiques et Physique Théorique (UMR CNRS 7350). Fédération Denis Poisson (FR CNRS 2964) Université de Tours. Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Parc de Grandmont, 37200 Tours, France
  • [3] INRA, UR83 Recherches Avicoles, 37380 Nouzilly, France.

MathematicS In Action (2013)

  • Volume: 6, Issue: 1, page 1-19
  • ISSN: 2102-5754

Abstract

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Digestion in the small intestine is the result of complex mechanical and biological phenomena which can be modelled at different scales. In a previous article, we introduced a system of ordinary differential equations for describing the transport and degradation-absorption processes during the digestion. The present article sustains this simplified model by showing that it can be seen as a macroscopic version of more realistic models including biological phenomena at lower scales. In other words, our simplified model can be considered as a limit of more realistic ones by averaging-homogenization methods on biological processes representation.

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Taghipoor, Masoomeh, et al. "Mathematical Homogenization in the Modelling of Digestion in the Small Intestine." MathematicS In Action 6.1 (2013): 1-19. <http://eudml.org/doc/275783>.

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author = {Taghipoor, Masoomeh, Barles, Guy, Georgelin, Christine, Licois, Jean-René, Lescoat, Philippe},
journal = {MathematicS In Action},
keywords = {Digestion in the small intestine; peristalsis; intestinal villi; homogenization; viscosity solutions; digestion in small intestine},
language = {eng},
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publisher = {Société de Mathématiques Appliquées et Industrielles},
title = {Mathematical Homogenization in the Modelling of Digestion in the Small Intestine},
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