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GeCo: Geometric Conservative nonstandard schemes for biochemical systems

We generalize the nonstandard Euler and Heun schemes in order to provide explicit geometric numerical integrators for biochemical systems, here denoted as GeCo schemes, that preserve both positivity of the solutions and linear invariants. We relax the request on the order convergence of the…

Towards a mesoscopic model of water-like fluids with hydrodynamic interactions

We present a mesoscopic lattice model for non-ideal fluid flows with directional interactions, mimicking the effects of hydrogen bonds in water. The model supports a rich and complex structural dynamics of the orientational order parameter, and exhibits the formation of disordered domains whose…

An atlas of gene expression and gene co-regulation in the human retina

The human retina is a specialized tissue involved in light stimulus transduction. Despite its unique biology, an accurate reference transcriptome is still missing. Here, we performed gene expression analysis (RNA-seq) of 50 retinal samples from non-visually impaired post-mortem donors. We…

A Comparative Simulation Study of Wavelet Shrinkage Estimators for Poisson Counts

Using computer simulations, the finite sample performance of a number of classical and Bayesian wavelet shrinkage estimators for Poisson counts is examined. For the purpose of comparison, a variety of intensity functions, background intensity levels, sample sizes, primary resolution levels, wavelet…

Exact and heuristic approaches for the maximum lifetime problem in sensor networks with coverage and connectivity constraints

The aim of the Connected Maximum Lifetime Problem is to define a schedule for the activation intervals of the sensors deployed inside a region of interest, such that at all times the activated sensors can monitor a set of interesting target locations and route the collected information to a central…

Dynamics and statistics of heavy particles in turbulent flows

We present the results of direct numerical simulations (DNS) of turbulent flows seeded with millions of passive inertial particles. The maximum Reynolds number is Re-lambda similar to 200. We consider particles much heavier than the carrier flow in the limit when the Stokes drag force dominates…

Scattering by a Schwarzschild black hole of particles undergoing drag force effects

The scattering of massive particles by a Schwarzschild black hole also undergoing a drag force is considered. The latter is modeled as a viscous force acting on the orbital plane, with components proportional to the associated particle 4-velocity components. The energy and angular momentum losses…

Convergence of a singular Euler-Poisson approximation of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations

In this note, we rigorously justify a singular approximation of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. Our approximation combines two classical approximations of the incompressible Euler equations: a standard relaxation approximation, but with a diffusive scaling, and the Euler-Poisson…

Application of the Padè method to solving the noisy trigonometric moment problem: some initial results

The noisy trigonometric moment problem for a finite linear combination of box functions is considered, and a research program, possibly leading to a superresolving method, is outlined and some initial steps are performed. The method is based on the remark that the poles of the Padè approximant to…

How the interval between prime and boost injection affects the immune response in a computational model of the immune system