Pyruvic acid and O-acetyl groups are the major noncarbohydrate substituents in exopolysaccharides (EPS) produced by fast-growing species of Rhizobium. EPS substituent variations were observed among strains of the same species. The amounts of these substituents also varied with culture age; pyruvic acid increased in the EPS of all four species, whereas O-acetyl increased in Rhizobium trifolii an...

We explore statistical characteristics of avalanches associated with the dynamics of a complexnetwork model, where two modules corresponding to sensorial and symbolic memories interact, representing unconscious and conscious mental processes. The model illustrates Freud’s ideas regarding the neuroses and that consciousness is related with symbolic and linguistic memory activity in the brain. It...

تصویربرداری مقطع‌نگاری نوترونی یکی از کاربردهای مدرن رآکتورهای تحقیقاتی در سرتاسر جهان به‌شمار می‌رود. تلفیق قابلیت نمایش سه‌بعدی با ویژگی‌های منحصر به فرد برهم‌کنش نوترون مواد، می‌تواند اطلاعات بسیار ارزشمندی ساختار داخلی مواد و تجهیزات را اختیار محققین قرار ‌دهد. این تحقیق، تأثیر هندسه داده‌برداری تجربی روش بازسازی تصویر بر کیفیت تصاویر سامانه رآکتور تهران براساس شاخص وضوح میزان تولید نویز مو...

The production of extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) is important for the survival of biofilms. However, EPS production is costly for bacteria and the bacterial strains that produce EPS (EPS+) grow in the same environment as non-producers (EPS-) leading to competition between these strains for nutrients and space. The outcome of this competition is likely to be dependent on factors such as...

We investigate the dynamical behavior of simple modules composed of two genes with two or three regulating connections. Continuous dynamics for mRNA and protein concentrations is compared to a Boolean model for gene activity. Using a generalized method, we study within a single framework different continuous models and different types of regulatory functions, and establish conditions under whic...

English version: We are interested in simulating blood flow in arteries with variable elasticity with a one dimensional model. We present a well-balanced finite volume scheme based on the recent developments in shallow water equations context. We thus get a mass conservative scheme which also preserves equilibria of Q = 0. This numerical method is tested on analytical tests. Version Française :...

Tree-based protocols are ubiquitous in distributed systems. They are flexible, they perform generally well, and, in static conditions, their analysis is mostly simple. Under churn, however, node joins and failures can have complex global effects on the tree overlays, making analysis surprisingly subtle. To our knowledge, few prior analytic results for performance estimation of tree based protoc...