scholarly journals Inverse-power-law behavior of cellular motility reveals stromal–epithelial cell interactions in 3D co-culture by OCT fluctuation spectroscopy

Optica ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (10) ◽  
pp. 877 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy L. Oldenburg ◽  
Xiao Yu ◽  
Thomas Gilliss ◽  
Oluwafemi Alabi ◽  
Russell M. Taylor ◽  
...  
2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerardo Ramirez ◽  
Sonia Perez ◽  
John G. Holden

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (01) ◽  
pp. 1350002 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Giraldi ◽  
F. Petruccione

The exact dynamics of a quantum damped harmonic oscillator coupled to a reservoir of boson modes has been formally described in terms of the coupling function, both in weak and strong coupling regime. In this scenario, we provide a further description of the exact dynamics through integral transforms. We focus on a special class of spectral densities, sub-ohmic at low frequencies, and including integrable divergencies referred to as photonic band gaps. The Drude form of the spectral densities is recovered as upper limit. Starting from special distributions of coherent states as external reservoir, the exact time evolution, described through Fox H-functions, shows long time inverse power law decays, departing from the exponential-like relaxations obtained for the Drude model. Different from the weak coupling regime, in the sub-ohmic condition, undamped oscillations plus inverse power law relaxations appear in the long time evolution of the observables position and momentum. Under the same condition, the number of excitations shows trapping of the population of the excited levels and oscillations enveloped in inverse power law relaxations. Similarly to the weak coupling regime, critical configurations give arbitrarily slow relaxations useful for the control of the dynamics. If compared to the value obtained in weak coupling condition, for strong couplings the critical frequency is enhanced by a factor 4.


2019 ◽  
Vol 109 (9) ◽  
pp. 1519-1532 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. F. Andersen ◽  
C. E. Buddenhagen ◽  
P. Rachkara ◽  
R. Gibson ◽  
S. Kalule ◽  
...  

Seed systems are critical for deployment of improved varieties but also can serve as major conduits for the spread of seedborne pathogens. As in many other epidemic systems, epidemic risk in seed systems often depends on the structure of networks of trade, social interactions, and landscape connectivity. In a case study, we evaluated the structure of an informal sweet potato seed system in the Gulu region of northern Uganda for its vulnerability to the spread of emerging epidemics and its utility for disseminating improved varieties. Seed transaction data were collected by surveying vine sellers weekly during the 2014 growing season. We combined data from these observed seed transactions with estimated dispersal risk based on village-to-village proximity to create a multilayer network or “supranetwork.” Both the inverse power law function and negative exponential function, common models for dispersal kernels, were evaluated in a sensitivity analysis/uncertainty quantification across a range of parameters chosen to represent spread based on proximity in the landscape. In a set of simulation experiments, we modeled the introduction of a novel pathogen and evaluated the influence of spread parameters on the selection of villages for surveillance and management. We found that the starting position in the network was critical for epidemic progress and final epidemic outcomes, largely driven by node out-degree. The efficacy of node centrality measures was evaluated for utility in identifying villages in the network to manage and limit disease spread. Node degree often performed as well as other, more complicated centrality measures for the networks where village-to-village spread was modeled by the inverse power law, whereas betweenness centrality was often more effective for negative exponential dispersal. This analysis framework can be applied to provide recommendations for a wide variety of seed systems.[Formula: see text] Copyright © 2019 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY 4.0 International license .


1988 ◽  
Vol 61 (12) ◽  
pp. 1388-1391 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. H. Perlmutter ◽  
M. D. Levenson ◽  
R. M. Shelby ◽  
M. B. Weissman

Author(s):  
J. R. Philip

AbstractThe effects on adsorption of the geometry of the solid may be studied through calculations based on a (distance)−ε (ε> 3) intermolecular potential. This paper establishes the result that the potential due to an infinitely long polygonal homogeneous solid prism, at position r in the plane of its right section, is – . Here ρi = ∣ r − ri ∣, where the ri are the position vectors of the n vertices of the polygon, and θij are the angles r − ri makes with the two sides of the polygon which meet at vertex ri. The g's are exact functions of θij. They are, in general, integrals of associated Legendre functions, but they are elementary for ε an even integer. A similar result holds for the potential within an infinitely long polygonal prismatic cavity. The analysis involves a systematic superposition schema and the concept of a supplementary potential with datum within the solid at infinity. The cases ε = 6 and ε = 4 are treated in detail and illustrative solutions given for the following configurations: semi-infinite laminae, deep rectangular cracks, square prisms, square prismatic cavities and regular n-gonal prismatic cavities.


2006 ◽  
Vol 62 (6) ◽  
pp. 993-1001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heinrich Behrens ◽  
Peter Luksch

This is an application of the mathematical and statistical techniques of bibliometrics to the field of crystallography. This study is, however, restricted to inorganic compounds. The data were taken from the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database, which is a well defined and evaluated body of literature and data published from 1913 to date. The data were loaded in a relational database system, which allows a widespread analysis. The following results were obtained: The cumulative growth rate of the number of experimentally determined crystal structures is best described by a third-degree polynomial function. Except for the upper end of the curve, Bradford's plot can be described well by the analytical Leimkuhler function. The publication process is dominated by a small number of periodicals. The probability of the author productivity in terms of publications follows an inverse power law of the Lotka form and in terms of database entries an inverse power law in the Mandelbrot form. In both cases the exponent is about 1.7. For the lower tail of the data an exponential correction factor has to be applied. Multiple authorship has increased from 1.4 authors per publication to about four within the past eight decades. The author distribution itself is represented by a lognormal distribution.


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