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Natural vs. random protein sequences: Discovering combinatorics properties on amino acid words

Casual mutations and natural selection have driven the evolution of protein amino acid sequences that we observe at present in nature. The question about which is the dominant force of proteins evolution is still lacking of an unambiguous answer. Casual mutations tend to randomize protein sequences…

A NOTE ON THE LATTICE BOLTZMANN VERSUS FINITE-DIFFERENCE METHODS FOR THE NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF THE FISHER'S EQUATION

We assess the Lattice Boltzmann (LB) method versus centered finite-difference schemes for the solution of the advection-diffusion-reaction (ADR) Fisher's equation. It is found that the LB method performs significantly better than centered finite-difference schemes, a property we attribute to the…

Decay in Functions of Multi-band Matrices

ALMOST SURE CENTRAL LIMIT THEOREMS IN STOCHASTIC GEOMETRY

We prove an almost sure central limit theorem on the Poisson space, which is perfectly tailored for stabilizing functionals arising in stochastic geometry. As a consequence, we provide almost sure central limit theorems for (i) the total edge length of the k-nearest neighbors random graph. (ii) the…

A stochastic model for loan interest rates

Abstract. The topic of interest rate restrictions and their legal implications represents a delicate subject about which a recent inventory of EU authorities was developed. This is aimed to inspection of the so called principle of "good morals" against usury for the Member States. The most recent…

Boundedness of solutions to anisotropic variational problems

Boundedness results of minimizers of fully anisotropic variational problems and of weak solutions to fully anisotropic quasilinear elliptic equations are established.

StructuRly: A novel shiny app to produce comprehensive, detailed and interactive plots for population genetic analysis

Population genetics focuses on the analysis of genetic differences within and between-group of individuals and the inference of the populations' structure. These analyses are usually carried out using Bayesian clustering or maximum likelihood estimation algorithms that assign individuals to a given…

Modeling Dry-Port-Based Freight Distribution Planning

In this paper we review the dry port concept and its outfalls in terms of optimal design and management of freight distribution. Some optimization challenges arising from the presence of dry ports in intermodal freight transport systems are presented and discussed. Then we consider the tactical…

Rotational behaviour of red blood cells in suspension: a mesoscale simulation study

The nature of blood as a suspension of red blood cells makes computational haemodynamics a demanding task. Our coarse-grained blood model, which builds on a lattice Boltzmann method for soft particle suspensions, enables the study of the collective behaviour of the order of 10(6) cells in…

Dynamic Modal Identification of Telecommunication Towers Using Ground Based Radar Interferometry

This work presents a methodology to monitor the dynamic behaviour of tall metallic towers based on ground-based radar interferometry, and apply it to the case of telecommunication towers. Ground-based radar displacement measurements of metallic towers are acquired without installing any Corner…