Table 4 Comparison between the compartmental data from numerical simulations and physical experiments.
From: Numerical evaluation of spray position for improved nasal drug delivery
Pearson’s rank correlation in NPM1 | Pearson’s rank correlation in NPM2 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reference (Zero shift) | Zero shift CI | −Shift | −Shift CI | +Shift | +Shift CI | Mean | Reference (Zero shift) | Zero shift CI | −Shift | −Shift CI | +Shift | +Shift CI | Mean | |
Sagittal columns | 0.96 | (0.61, 0.99) | 0.85 | (0.75, 1.00) | 0.97 | (0.79, 1.00) | 0.93 | 0.98 | (0.94, 1.00) | 0.85 | (0.75, 1.00) | 0.97 | (0.80, 1.00) | 0.93 |
Sagittal rows | 0.95 | (0.49, 0.99) | 0.71 | (0.48, 1.00) | 0.91 | (0.67, 1.00) | 0.86 | 0.88 | (0.75, 1.00) | 0.71 | (0.55, 1.00) | 0.91 | (0.70, 1.00) | 0.83 |
Front columns | 0.95 | (0.89, 1.00) | 0.93 | (0.90, 1.00) | 0.96 | (0.40, 1.00) | 0.95 | 0.96 | (0.93, 1.00) | 0.93 | (0.90, 1.00) | 0.96 | (0.42, 1.00) | 0.95 |
Kendall’s rank correlation in NPM1 | Kendall’s rank correlation in NPM2 | |||||||||||||
Reference (Zero shift) | Zero shift CI | −Shift | −Shift CI | +Shift | +Shift CI | Mean | Reference (Zero shift) | Zero shift CI | −Shift | −Shift CI | +Shift | +Shift CI | Mean | |
Sagittal columns | 0.71 | (0.32, 0.95) | 0.79 | (0.52, 0.97) | 0.91 | (0.67, 1.00) | 0.80 | 0.78 | (0.41, 1.00) | 0.79 | (0.54, 0.97) | 0.91 | (0.68, 1.00) | 0.83 |
Sagittal rows | 0.60 | (0.11, 0.94) | 0.79 | (0.56, 0.96) | 0.85 | (0.53, 0.98) | 0.75 | 0.64 | (0.23, 0.93) | 0.79 | (0.56, 0.96) | 0.85 | (0.53, 1.00) | 0.76 |
Front columns | 0.78 | (0.34, 0.97) | 0.85 | (0.63, 0.99) | 0.73 | (0.41, 0.97) | 0.79 | 0.72 | (0.35, 0.96) | 0.85 | (0.63, 0.99) | 0.73 | (0.41, 0.97) | 0.77 |
