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Stability and phase transitions in a mathematical model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

On the limit as $s\to 0^+$ of fractional Orlicz-Sobolev spaces

An extended version of the Maz'ya-Shaposhnikova theorem on the limit as s -> 0+ of the Gagliardo-Slobodeckij fractional seminorm is established in the Orlicz space setting. Our result holds in fractional Orlicz-Sobolev spaces associated with Young functions satisfying the \Delta2-condition, and…

Radiation drag in the field of a non-spherical source

The motion of a test particle in the gravitational field of a non-spherical source endowed with both mass and mass quadrupole moment is investigated when a test radiation field is also present. The background is described by the Erez-Rosen solution, which is a static spacetime belonging to the Weyl…

A flexible high performance Lattice Boltzmann GPU code for the simulations of fluid flows in complex geometries

Jarzynski on work and free energy relations: The case of variable volume

Derivations of the Jarzynski equality (JE) appear to be quite general, and applicable to any particle system, whether deterministic or stochastic, under equally general perturbations of an initial equilibrium state at given temperatureT. At the same time, the definitions of the quantities appearing…

Fluid-Dynamic Approach to Traffic Flow Problems

Direct evidence of plastic events and dynamic heterogeneities in soft-glasses

By using fluid-kinetic simulations of confined and concentrated emulsion droplets, we investigate the nature of space non-homogeneity in soft-glassy dynamics and provide quantitative measurements of the statistical features of plastic events in the proximity of the yield-stress threshold. Above the…

The Kerr-Schild ansatz revised

Kerr–Schild metrics have been introduced as a linear superposition of the flat spacetime metric and a squared null-vector field, say k, multiplied by some scalar function, say H. The basic assumption which led to Kerr solution was that k be both geodesic and shearfree. This condition is relaxed…

Analysis of the Transient Behaviour in the Numerical Solution of Volterra Integral Equations

In this paper, the asymptotic behaviour of the numerical solution to the Volterra integral equations is studied. In particular, a technique based on an appropriate splitting of the kernel is introduced, which allows one to obtain vanishing asymptotic (transient) behaviour in the numerical solution…

Monte Sannace. Le tombe dipinte dei Peucezi

MONTE SANNACE. Le tombe dipinte dei Peucezi: le indagini su questa collina della provincia di Bari hanno restituito l'esempio meglio conservato di una città della Puglia preromana, ma per capire il livello di civiltà e i rapporti culturali delle genti peucezie che vi si insediarono rivestono…