A Study of Double Diffusive Free Convection From a Corrugated Vertical Surface in a Darcy Porous Medium Under Soret and Dufour effects

This study examines the influence of Soret and Dufour effects on double diffusive free convection due to wavy vertical surface immersed in a fluid saturated semi-infinite porous medium under Darcian assumptions. A wavy to flat surface transformation is applied, and the resulting coupled nonlinear partial differential equations under Boussinesq approximation are reduced to boundary layer equations. A finite difference scheme based on the Keller-Box approach has been used in conjunction with block-tridiagonal solver for obtaining the solution for boundary layer equations. Results from the current study are compared with those available in literature. The effect of various parameters such as wave amplitude (a), Lewis number (Le), buoyancy ratio (B), and Soret (Sr) and Dufour (Df) numbers are analyzed through local and average Nusselt number, and local and average Sherwood number plots

Formal specification and analysis of robust adaptive distributed cyber-physical systems

We are interested in systems of cyber-physical agents that operate in unpredictable, possibly hostile, environments using locally obtainable information. How can we specify robust agents that are able to operate alone and/or in cooperation with other agents? What properties are important? How can they be verified? In this tutorial we describe a framework called Soft Agents, formalized in the Maude rewriting logic system. Features of the framework include: explicit representation of the physical state as well as the cyber perception of this state; robust communication via sharing of partially ordered knowledge, and robust behavior based on soft constraints. Using Maude functionality, the soft agent framework supports experimenting with, formally testing, and reasoning about specifications of agent systems. The tutorial begins with a discussion of desiderata for soft agent models. Use of the soft agent framework for specification and formal analysis of agent systems illustrated in some detail by a case-study involving simple patrolling bots. A more complex case study involving surveillance drones is also discussed

Repercussions of eosinophils in a renal allograft - Predictor of early graft loss!

We present 5-year experience of renal transplantation (RT) with tissue eosinophilia (TE) in renal allograft biopsy (RAB) and its repercussions on the outcome. In total, 1217 recipients underwent RT from 2011 to 2015, and they were evaluated for the presence of ≥4% TE. Group 1 consisted of RT with RAB showing TE, Group 2 consisted of RT with RAB with rejections without TE, and Group 3 consisted of RT without rejections. Group 1 had 27 recipients, Group 2 had 395, and Group 3 had 795 recipients. The outcome in terms of graft function, patient and graft survival were evaluated and compared between three groups. All recipients received standard triple immunosuppression. One-year patient and death-censored graft survival were 80.7% and 82.7% in Group 1, 87.2% and 95.1% in Group 2, and 92.6% and 99.6%, respectively in Group 3 and corresponding mean serum creatinine (SCr, mg/dL) was 1.60 ± 0.45 in Group 1, 1.63 ± 0.58 in Group 2, and 1.19 ± 0.39 Group three, respectively. Five-year patient and death-censored graft survival were 72.9 % and 71.1% for Group 2 and 87% and 98.2% for Group 3 with SCr of 1.63 ± 0.38 and 1.25 ± 0.4, respectively. Group 1 recipients did not appear at five years. At four years posttransplant, patient and death-censored graft survival were 71.7% and 59.5% in Group 1 with SCr of 1.55 ± 0.65 mg/dL. In conclusion, the presence of eosino-phils in a renal allograft is an impending sign of graft damage and eventual graft loss