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A mathematical model of sulphite chemical aggression of limestones with high permeability. Part II: Numerical approximation

We present a numerical investigation of a degenerate nonlinear parabolic-elliptic system, which describes the chemical aggression of limestones under the attack of SO_2, in high permeability regime. This system has been introduced in the first part of this paper. We present a finite element scheme…

Joining European Scientific Forces to Face Pandemics

Despite the international guidelines on the containment of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the European scientific community was not sufficiently prepared to coordinate scientific efforts. To improve preparedness for future pandemics, we have initiated a network of nine European-…

Locally inertial approximations of balance laws arising in (1 + 1)-dimensional general relativity

An elementary model of (1 + 1)-dimensional general relativity, known as "R = T " and mainly developed by Mann and coworkers in the early 1990s, is set up in various contexts. Its formulation, mostly in isothermal coordinates, is derived and a relativistic Euler system of selfgravitating gas coupled…

Non-radial flow of an incompressible fluid of second grade in a contracting channel

Finding minimum and equitable risk routes for hazmat shipments

This paper deals with the generation of minimal risk paths for the road transportation of hazardous materials between an origin–destination pair of a given regional area. The main considered issue is the selection of paths that minimize the total risk of hazmat shipments while spreading the risk…

Zfp57 inactivation illustrates the role of ICR methylation in imprinted gene expression during neural differentiation of mouse ESCs

ZFP57 is required to maintain the germline-marked differential methylation at imprinting control regions (ICRs) in mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs). Although DNA methylation has a key role in genomic imprinting, several imprinted genes are controlled by different mechanisms, and a comprehensive…

Numerical solution of the nonlinear Schrodinger equation using smoothed-particle hydrodynamics

We formulate a smoothed-particle hydrodynamics numerical method, traditionally used for the Euler equations for fluid dynamics in the context of astrophysical simulations, to solve the nonlinear Schrodinger equation in the Madelung formulation. The probability density of the wave function is…

Signalling pathway database usability: lessons learned

BACKGROUND: issues and limitations related to accessibility, understandability and ease of use of signalling pathway databases may hamper or divert research workflow, leading, in the worst case, to the generation of confusing reference frameworks and misinterpretation of experimental results. In an…

Generalized Lattice Boltzmann Method with multi-range pseudo-potential

The physical behavior of a class of mesoscopic models for multiphase flows is analyzed in details near interfaces. In particular, an extended pseudopotential method is developed, which permits to tune the equation of state and surface tension independently of each other. The spurious velocity…

Model selection for inferring Gaussian graphical models

In this article, we deal with the model selection problem for estimating a Gaussian Graphical Model (GGM) by regression based techniques. In fact, although regression based techniques are well understood and have good theoretical properties, it is still not clear which criterion is more appropriate…