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Scaling in a continuous time model for biological aging
In this paper we consider a generalization to the asexual version of the
Penna model for biological aging, where we take a continuous time limit. The
genotype associated to each individual is an interval of real numbers over
which Dirac --functions are defined, representing genetically
programmed diseases to be switched on at defined ages of the individual life.
We discuss two different continuous limits for the evolution equation and two
different mutation protocols, to be implemented during reproduction. Exact
stationary solutions are obtained and scaling properties are discussed.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figure
Hematoma Cervical Secundário a Hemorragia Espontânea da Tiroide
Spontaneous thyroid haemorrhage is rare, but it can be a potentially life-threatening condition in severe cases, due to acute upper airway compromise.
We report the case of a 75-year-old patient on chronic anticoagulation therapy for atrial fibrillation, who presented with sudden painful neck bulging and dysphagia. Physical examination revealed a hard mass on the anterior left side of the neck. Preliminary laryngoscopy was normal. The diagnosis was made using ultrasonography and further characterization with computed tomography, showing haemorrhage of a thyroid nodule with capsular disruption and diffusion of the haematoma to the deep cervical spaces, causing important tracheal deviation and hypopharynx compression. The patient developed dyspnoea and ultimately required urgent hemithyroidectomy.
This case also highlights the importance of having a high index of clinical suspicion and prompt imaging in patients with atypical presentations of a neck mass.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
4D Spin Glasses in Magnetic Field Have a Mean Field like Phase
By using numerical simulations we show that the 4D Edwards Anderson
spin glass in magnetic field undergoes a mean field like phase transition. We
use a dynamical approach: we simulate large lattices (of volume ) and work
out the behavior of the system in limit where both and go to infinity,
but where the limit is taken first. By showing that the dynamic
overlap converges to a value smaller than the static one we exhibit replica
symmetry breaking. The critical exponents are compatible with the ones obtained
by mean field computations.Comment: Physrev format, 5 ps figures include
Lattice Gas Analogue Of SK Model: A paradigm for the glass transition
We investigate the connection between the well known Sherrington-Kirkpatrick
Ising Spin Glass and the corresponding Lattice Gas model by analyzing the
relation between their thermodynamical functions. We present results of replica
approach in the Replica Symmetric approximation and discuss its stability as a
function of temperature and external source. Next we examine the effects of
first order Replica Symmetry Breaking at zero temperature. We finally compare
SK results with ours and suggest how the latter could be relevant to a
description of the structural glass transition.Comment: 33 Pages, LaTeX file; 15 Figures added, some grammatical corrections.
To appear in Journal of Physics
Neutral heavy lepton production at next high energy linear colliders
The discovery potential for detecting new heavy Majorana and Dirac neutrinos
at some recently proposed high energy colliders is discussed. These
new particles are suggested by grand unified theories and superstring-inspired
models. For these models the production of a single heavy neutrino is shown to
be more relevant than pair production when comparing cross sections and
neutrino mass ranges.
The process is calculated
including on-shell and off-shell heavy neutrino effects.
We present a detailed study of cross sections and distributions that shows a
clear separation between the signal and standard model contributions, even
after including hadronization effects.Comment: 4 pages including 15 figures, 1 table. RevTex. Accepted in Physical
Review
Cosmology in the Universe with distance dependent Lorentz-violating bakground
We consider a cosmological setup with the inflaton field in the presence of a
redshift dependent Lorentz-violating time-like background to address the
inflationary regime and other phases of the Universe. We also show that the
regime of dark energy at large distances (low redshifts) is essentially
dominated by the presence of the Lorentz-violating background.Comment: 8 pages, no figure, Latex, to appear in AHE
On the Stability of the Mean-Field Glass Broken Phase under Non-Hamiltonian Perturbations
We study the dynamics of the SK model modified by a small non-hamiltonian
perturbation. We study aging, and we find that on the time scales investigated
by our numerical simulations it survives a small perturbation (and is destroyed
by a large one). If we assume we are observing a transient behavior the scaling
of correlation times versus the asymmetry strength is not compatible with the
one expected for the spherical model. We discuss the slow power law decay of
observable quantities to equilibrium, and we show that for small perturbations
power like decay is preserved. We also discuss the asymptotically large time
region on small lattices.Comment: 34 page
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