A kinetic model is derived to study the successive movements of particles, described by a Poisson process, as well as their generation. The irreversible thermodynamics of this system is also studied from the kinetic model. This makes it possible to evaluate the differences between thermodynamical quantities computed exactly and up to second-order. Such differences determine the range of validit...

Cartan's di®erential topology is used to construct a method for determining if a process applied to a physical system is thermodynamically irreversible.

cells are active components in their environment and constantly adjusting their performance to improve extracellular milieu changing. this approach is reflected their tends of maintaining intracellular homeostasis. when the cells encounter stress or pathologic stimuli, they can undergo a new manner (adaptation) and new steady state for achieving viability and function. if the external stress is...

Depression is a mood disorder that is usually addressed by outpatient treatments in order to favour patient’s inclusion in society. This leads to a need for novel automatic tools exploiting speech processing approaches that can help to monitor the emotional state of patients via telephone or the Internet. However, the transmission, processing and subsequent storage of such sensitive data raises...