This has created renewed interest in examining agents that might have both anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effects.
In the early research phase, we compared the bottom-up ABS with cellular automation (CA) methods, as well as space syntax, to examine agents' generation, spatial properties, and interaction with the environment.
None of the examined agents affected the area under the curve measurement (AUC, Fig. 4b).
One of the examined agents is propolis, a complex, resin-like substance, accumulated and processed by bees.
To examine agents in the saliva and/or smoke that might be responsible for the synergism observed, various additions were made to the PBS containing whole saliva (secreted under resting conditions) prior to their exposure to CS for 90 min.
If we exclude the studies on tube placement, those with endpoints that involved patient outcomes and those gastrointestinal transit studies that involved cisapride alone, then we are left with only six studies (highlighted in Table 2 with asterisks), involving 80 patients, that examined agents that are available as prokinetics in contemporary practice.
Taking advantage of the longer time duration of this study, we examine agent-based simulation using a previously contributed ILI model [ 29], and both previously contributed [ 8, 23, 24] and novel dynamic network structures, and previously used but unevaluated strategies for extending the study timeframe.
Whereas an X-ray takes two-dimensional images, the CT scanner can create a 3-D image of the contents of a carry-on bag, which an examining TSA agent can rotate to better identify objects inside.
