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nr. 477 - 2011 - Institut for Natur, Systemer og Modeller (NSM)

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62 The Intermediated Model<br />

✻<br />

Ma(t)<br />

˙<br />

Ma < 0<br />

˙<br />

Ba > 0<br />

❅❘<br />

✠<br />

❄❪ ✓<br />

Ma<br />

˙ < 0<br />

✒Ba<br />

˙ < 0<br />

✛<br />

✒<br />

Ma<br />

˙ > 0<br />

Ba<br />

˙<br />

✲ > 0<br />

✏<br />

✑<br />

❅■<br />

✻<br />

˙<br />

Ma > 0<br />

˙<br />

Ba < 0<br />

Ba<br />

˙ = 0<br />

Ma<br />

˙<br />

✠ = 0<br />

❄✛ ❪<br />

✓<br />

Ma<br />

˙ < 0<br />

✒Ba<br />

˙ < 0<br />

✲<br />

Ba(t)<br />

✏<br />

✑<br />

Figure 6.5 Sketch of the nullclines and arrows that indicate the flow <strong>for</strong> the IM including<br />

crowding terms with dM/dt = 0. It is assumed that the inclusion of crowding terms only have<br />

a minuscule effect on the position of the saddle point compared to figure 6.3, in the limit case<br />

close to the healthy rest state. Beyond the saddle point the crowding terms start to effect the<br />

behavior of the nullclines. Through analysis we have found that the crowding terms gradually<br />

reduce the slope of the nullclines, albeit more effectively <strong>for</strong> the nullcline of Ma. Thereby the<br />

asymptotic behavior fails to happen and instead the continuity and the relation between the<br />

slope of the nullclines causes a third intersection to take place. This additional nontrivial<br />

fixed point is stable and works as an upper bound <strong>for</strong> the inflammation.

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