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Dynamical aspects of Kinouchi-Copelli model: emergence of avalanches at criticality
We analyze the behavior of bursts of neural activity in the Kinouchi-Copelli
model, originally conceived to explain information processing issues in sensory
systems. We show that, at a critical condition, power-law behavior emerges for
the size and duration of the bursts (avalanches), with exponents experimentally
observed in real biological systems.Comment: Paper accepted for Brazilian Conference on Dynamics, Control and
Applications (oral presentation and poster). 4 pages, 5 figure
Particle Creation by a Moving Boundary with Robin Boundary Condition
We consider a massless scalar field in 1+1 dimensions satisfying a Robin
boundary condition (BC) at a non-relativistic moving boundary. We derive a
Bogoliubov transformation between input and output bosonic field operators,
which allows us to calculate the spectral distribution of created particles.
The cases of Dirichlet and Neumann BC may be obtained from our result as
limiting cases. These two limits yield the same spectrum, which turns out to be
an upper bound for the spectra derived for Robin BC. We show that the particle
emission effect can be considerably reduced (with respect to the
Dirichlet/Neumann case) by selecting a particular value for the oscillation
frequency of the boundary position
Parabolic dunes in north-eastern Brazil
In this work we present measurements of vegetation cover over parabolic dunes
with different degree of activation along the north-eastern Brazilian coast. We
are able to extend the local values of the vegetation cover density to the
whole dune by correlating measurements with the gray-scale levels of a high
resolution satellite image of the dune field. The empirical vegetation
distribution is finally used to validate the results of a recent continuous
model of dune motion coupling sand erosion and vegetation growth.Comment: 18 pages, 14 figures, aubmitted to Geomorpholog
¿Conflictos en la integración regional? Consideraciones acerca de la superposición de los acuerdos internacionales de inversión, los acuerdos comerciales regionales y la OMC
La creciente interdependencia económica internacional resultó en el desarrollo de diversas organizaciones y acuerdos regionales como los acuerdos comerciales regionales, los acuerdos internacionales de inversión y la Organización Mundial de Comercio (omc). En el panorama actual, diversos países son miembros de estos acuerdos y organizaciones concomitantemente. El gran incremento de los resultados de soluciones de diferencias debido al éxito del Entendimiento sobre Solución de Diferencias (esd) de la omc y el crecimiento paralelo del uso de las provisiones de los aii sobre solución de diferencias entre Estados e inversores llevaron a afirmaciones sobre el distanciamiento del derecho internacional de las inversiones y el derecho internacional comercial, lo que podría generar problemas con relación a la coherencia y estabilidad del derecho económico
Quantum radiation in a plane cavity with moving mirrors
We consider the electromagnetic vacuum field inside a perfect plane cavity
with moving mirrors, in the nonrelativistic approximation. We show that low
frequency photons are generated in pairs that satisfy simple properties
associated to the plane geometry. We calculate the photon generation rates for
each polarization as functions of the mechanical frequency by two independent
methods: on one hand from the analysis of the boundary conditions for moving
mirrors and with the aid of Green functions; and on the other hand by an
effective Hamiltonian approach. The angular and frequency spectra are discrete,
and emission rates for each allowed angular direction are obtained. We discuss
the dependence of the generation rates on the cavity length and show that the
effect is enhanced for short cavity lengths. We also compute the dissipative
force on the moving mirrors and show that it is related to the total radiated
energy as predicted by energy conservation.Comment: 17 pages, 1 figure, published in Physical Review
Inertial forces in the Casimir effect with two moving plates
We combine linear response theory and dimensional regularization in order to
derive the dynamical Casimir force in the low frequency regime. We consider two
parallel plates moving along the normal direction in dimensional space. We
assume the free-space values for the mass of each plate to be known, and obtain
finite, separation-dependent mass corrections resulting from the combined
effect of the two plates. The global mass correction is proportional to the
static Casimir energy, in agreement with Einstein's law of equivalence between
mass and energy for stressed rigid bodies.Comment: 9 pages, 1 figure; title and abstract changed; to appear in Physical
Review
Isolated Bulbar Conjunctival Kaposi's Sarcoma as a Primary Presentation of AIDS: A Case Report
Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a malignant vascular tumor, caused by the human herpesvirus 8. It is one of the commonest tumors in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients and not uncommonly the first manifestation of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Case. We present a case of an isolated bulbar conjunctival KS on a 43-year-old HIV positive male, with no other lesions. Excision and cryotherapy were performed, and the patient remains free of lesions to date. Conclusion. Isolated bulbar conjunctival KP is an unusual site for its initial presentation and must be kept in mind in HIV positive patients
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