The goal of this survey was to analyze the spatio-temporal distribution patterns of Culicoides Latreille species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) and their relationship with environmental variables in Salta, northwestern Argentina. Culicoides were collected monthly from January 2003 through December 2005. The influence of the climatic variables on population abundance was analyzed with a multilevel P...

In this Bachelor thesis, the problem of determining the coefficient q ∈ Q := {q ∈ L∞(Ω) : 0 < q ≤ q(x) ≤ q a.e. in Ω} such that it satisfies the Poisson equation −∇ · (q∇u) = f in Ω u = 0 on ∂Ω for given inexact data uδ (instead of exact data u) with ‖u−u‖H1(Ω) ≤ δ is analyzed and solved numerically. It is implemented in c++ using the Distributed and Unified Numerics Environment (DUNE). The ori...

The Poisson-Boltzmann equation is widely used to describe the electrostatic potential of molecules in an ionic solution that is treated as a continuous dielectric medium. The linearized form of this equation, applicable to many biologic macromolecules, may be solved using the boundary element method. A single-layer formulation of the boundary element method, which yields simpler integral equati...