In human airways diseases, including cystic fibrosis (CF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD), host defense is compromised and airways inflammation and infection …

This paper is motivated by experiments in which time series of tracer particles in viscoelastic
liquids are recorded using advanced microscopy. The experiments seek to infer either …

… for Ab to bind and accumulate on the virus surface and hinder virions before they
penetrate the CVM and reach target cells in the submucosa (SA McKinley, A. Chen, F. Shi, S. …

Many organisms locate resources in environments in which sensory signals are rare, noisy,
and lack directional information. Recent studies of search in such environments model …

Background Hospital-based Emergency Departments are struggling to provide timely care to
a steadily increasing number of unscheduled ED visits. Dwindling compensation and rising …

State-of-the-art techniques in passive particle-tracking microscopy provide high-resolution
path trajectories of diverse foreign particles in biological fluids. For particles on the order of 1 …

Animals must move to find food and mates, and to avoid predators; movement thus
influences survival and reproduction, and ultimately determines fitness. Precise description of …

The generalized Langevin equation (GLE) is a stochastic integro-differential equation that is
commonly used to describe the velocity of microparticles that move randomly in viscoelastic …

Filoviruses, including Ebola, have the potential to be transmitted via virus-laden droplets
deposited onto mucus membranes. Protecting against such emerging pathogens will require …

Immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies that trap viruses in cervicovaginal mucus (CVM) via
adhesive interactions between IgG-Fc and mucins have recently emerged as a promising …