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Multicompartmental poroelasticity for the integrative modelling of fluid transport in the brain

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The world population is expected to increase to approximately 11 billion by 2100. The ageing population (aged 60 and over) is projected to exceed the number of children in 2047. This will be a situation without precedent. The number of citizens with disorders of old age like Dementia will rise to 115 million worldwide by 2050. The estimated cost of Dementia will also increase, from 604 billion dollars in 2010, to 1,117 billion dollars by 2030. At the same time, medical expertise, evidence-...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Engineering Science
Oxford college:
Keble College
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Engineering Science
Role:
Supervisor


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Vardakis, IC
Grant:
EP/G036861/1, EP/F033710/1, FP7-ICT-2011–9–601055
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Funding agency for:
Vardakis, IC
Grant:
EP/G036861/1, EP/F033710/1, FP7-ICT-2011–9–601055
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Funding agency for:
Vardakis, IC
Grant:
EP/G036861/1, EP/F033710/1, FP7-ICT-2011–9–601055


Publication date:
2014
DOI:
Type of award:
DPhil
Level of award:
Doctoral
Awarding institution:
University of Oxford


Language:
English
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Deposit date:
2015-07-29

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