Seismic Sequences’ Branching Structures: Long-Range Interactions and Hazard Levels

Long-range interactions in sequences of human behavior

Measures derived from the thermodynamic formalism for dynamical systems are applied to human behavior to determine the degree of interaction within sequences of choices. Sequences of 500 binary choices generated by 22 human subjects are analyzed using autocorrelation and mutual information functions, as well as the fluctuation spectrum of local dynamical entropies or local spatial scaling expon...

Constraints on Long-Term Seismic Hazard From Vulnerable Stalagmites

As for any model/theory, a probabilistic seismic hazard analysis (PSHA) model is best tested by comparing its predictions with observations that are independent, e.g. which have not been used for creating the model. Arguably, the most valuable information in the context of seismic hazard analysis is information on long-term hazard, namely maximum intensities (or magnitudes) occuring over time i...

Long - range enhancer - promoter interactions :

Long-range mechanical force in colony branching and tumor invasion

The most concerned factors for cancer prognosis are tumor invasion and metastasis. The patterns of tumor invasion can be characterized as random infiltration to surrounding extracellular matrix (ECM) or formation of long-range path for collective migration. Recent studies indicate that mechanical force plays an important role in tumor infiltration and collective migration. However, how tumor co...

Insulators, long-range interactions, and genome function.

Insulators are DNA-protein complexes that can mediate interactions in cis or trans between different regions of the genome. Although originally defined on the basis of their ability to block enhancer-promoter communication or to serve as barriers against the spreading of heterochromatin in reporter systems, recent information suggests that their function is more nuanced and depends on the natur...