Hydrodynamic modeling of traffic jams in intracellular transport in axons

Irregularities in intracellular traffic in axons caused by mutations of molecular motors may lead to “traffic jams”, which often result in swelling of axons causing such neurodegenerative diseases as Alzheimer’s disease and Down syndrome. Hence, it is of particular interest to mathematically model the formation of traffic jams in axons. This paper adopts the hydrodynamic continuity equations for intracellular transport of organelles as developed by Smith and Simmons [1] whereas the Kerner and Konhäuser [2] model for traffic jams in highway traffic is applied to predict the velocity field. It is observed that combination of the two sets of equations can comprehensively predict the traffic jams in axons without the need to any additional assumption or modification

Pregnancy: Privileges and Protection in the Spanish Golden Age

Maternity protection in the Spanish Golden Age is a subject that has been only scarcely studied in this context. The objective is to find out to which extent pregnant women were considered worthy of protection, a concern that in­cludes the closely tied aspects of body, imagination, and surrounding conditions. Matters regarding food, fasting, the «free» choice of the birthplace, and the midwife are presented by quoting a medical treatise from 1606 by Ruices de Fontecha, but also legal texts and specific illustrative cases of diverse social classes. Also, some proposed hypotheses might elucidate why the author insists on the extraordinary idea of privileges

Taste of Place Project, Phase II: Outreach

Information gathered in a 2005 Leopold Center-funded project about special Iowa-based foods receives wider dissemination on a web site containing facts, photos, and interviews with the food producers

The Essential Aldo Leopold: Quotations and Commentaries

Review of: The Essential Aldo Leopold: Quotations and Commentaries. Leopold, Aldo

The Imaginary Madman

May 25 - 27 and May 29 - June 2, 1979. University Theatre, Viertes Haus 100. Written by Alonso Alegna (after Moliere.) Directed by Alonso Alegria. Set design by H. Paul Mazer. Lighting Design by Peter Nash Glynn. Costume Design by Mary Levin. Starring Gary Davis as Leopold Argue; Gloria Carrera Mazer as Antionia; Rhonda Flynn as Angela; Loren Cohen as BeeBee.https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/theatre_programs/1096/thumbnail.jp

The Imaginary Madman mailer

May 25-27 and May 29 - June 2, 1979. University Theatre, Viertes Haus 100. Written by Alonso Alegna (after Moliere.) Directed by Alonso Alegria. Set design by H. Paul Mazer. Lighting Design by Peter Nash Glynn. Costume Design by Mary Levin. Starring Gary Davis as Leopold Argue; Gloria Carrera Mazer as Antionia; Rhonda Flynn as Angela; Loren Cohen as BeeBee.https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/theatre_posters/1121/thumbnail.jp

A new strategy for Robbins' problem of optimal stopping

In this article we study the expected rank problem under full information. Our approach uses the planar Poisson approach from Gnedin (2007) to derive the expected rank of a stopping rule that is one of the simplest non-trivial examples combining rank dependent rules with threshold rules. This rule attains an expected rank lower than the best upper bounds obtained in the literature so far, in particular we obtain an expected rank of 2.32614

Rhinoclemmys

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