Cross-Diffusion-Driven Instability in a Predator-Prey System with Fear and Group Defense

In this paper, a reaction-diffusion prey-predator system including the fear effect of predator on prey population and group defense has been considered. The conditions for the onset of cross-diffusion-driven instability are obtained by linear stability analysis. The technique of multiple time scales is employed to deduce the amplitude equation near Turing bifurcation threshold by choosing the cross-diffusion coefficient as a bifurcation parameter.

A new set of Sheffer-Bell polynomials and logarithmic numbers

In a recent paper, we have introduced new sets of Sheffer and Brenke polynomial sequences based on higher order Bell numbers. In this paper, by using a more compact notation, we show another family of exponential polynomials belonging to the Sheffer class, called, for shortness, Sheffer-Bell polynomials. Furthermore, we introduce a set of logarithmic numbers, which are the counterpart of Bell numbers and their extensions.

Front speed enhancement in cellular flows

The problem of front propagation in a stirred medium is addressed in the case of cellular flows in three different regimes: slow reaction, fast reaction and geometrical optics limit. It is well known that a consequence of stirring is the enhancement of front speed with respect to the nonstirred case. By means of numerical simulations and theoretical arguments we describe the behavior of front speed as a function of the stirring intensity, U. For slow reaction, the front propagates with a speed proportional to U-1/4, conversely for fast reaction the front speed is proportional to U-3/4.

Exit-time approach to epsilon-entropy

An efficient approach to the calculation of the E-entropy is proposed. The method is based on the idea of looking at the information content of a string nf data hv annalyzing the signal only nt thp instants when the fluctuations are larger than a certain threshold is an element of, i.e., by looking at the exit-time statistics. The practical and theoretical advantages of our method with respect to the usual one are shown by the examples of a deterministic map and a self-affine stochastic process.

Thin front propagation in steady and unsteady cellular flows

Front propagation in two-dimensional steady and unsteady cellular flows is investigated in the limit of very fast reaction and sharp front, i.e., in the geometrical optics limit. For the steady flow, a simplified model allows for an analytical prediction of the front speed v(f) dependence on the stirring intensity U, which is in good agreement with numerical estimates. In particular, at large U, the behavior v(f)similar toU/log(U) is predicted. By adding small scales to the velocity field we found that their main effect is to renormalize the flow intensity.

Da guerrieri ad eroi immortali. Aristocrazie e segni del potere in Puglia e Basilicata tra VIII e V secolo a.C.

The deep relationships, already existing since the 8th century BC, with Etruscan and Greek culture have triggered in the indigenous communities of Apulia and Basilicata a series of socio-cultural dynamics that will lead to a fundamental stage of social differentiation, based no longer on the role but on the high rank. If in the previous centuries the warrior was characterized only by the presence of the bronze spear, from the end of the 9th and especially in the 8th century the element that distinguishes it is the sword, which becomes a symbol of personal prestige.

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 while, in order to have the correct functionality, one expects that selection mechanisms impose rigid constraints on amino acid sequences.

Le ambre figurate in Italia meridionale tra VIII e V secolo a.C. Note sui centri di produzione e sulle botteghe

The study takes up some issues relating to the location of the workshops that produced the valuable figured ambers that marked the aristocratic burials of southern Italy from the eighth to fifth century BC. The contribution of findings and recent studies enabled us to assign some groups of artifacts to the activity of different workshops and even to identify outstanding artistic personalities, highlighting the undeniable stylistic connections between them.