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Simulating Male Selfish Strategy in Reproduction Dispute
We introduce into the Penna Model for biological ageing one of the possible
male mechanisms used to maximize the ability of their sperm to compete with
sperm from other males. Such a selfish mechanism increases the male
reproduction success but may decrease the survival probability of the whole
female population, depending on how it acts. We also find a dynamic phase
transition induced by the existence of an absorbing state where no selfish
males survive.Comment: 7 pages, latex including 2 eps figure
The collision of two-kinks defects
We have investigated the head-on collision of a two-kink and a two-antikink
pair that arises as a generalization of the model. We have evolved
numerically the Klein-Gordon equation with a new spectral algorithm whose
accuracy and convergence were attested by the numerical tests. As a general
result, the two-kink pair is annihilated radiating away most of the scalar
field. It is possible the production of oscillons-like configurations after the
collision that bounce and coalesce to form a small amplitude oscillon at the
origin. The new feature is the formation of a sequence of quasi-stationary
structures that we have identified as lump-like solutions of non-topological
nature. The amount of time these structures survives depends on the fine-tuning
of the impact velocity.Comment: 14 pages, 9 figure
Designing an Adaptive Interface: Using Eye Tracking to Classify How Information Usage Changes Over Time in Partially Automated Vehicles
While partially automated vehicles can provide a range of benefits, they also bring about new Human Machine Interface (HMI) challenges around ensuring the driver remains alert and is able to take control of the vehicle when required. While humans are poor monitors of automated processes, specifically during ‘steady state’ operation, presenting the appropriate information to the driver can help. But to date, interfaces of partially automated vehicles have shown evidence of causing cognitive overload. Adaptive HMIs that automatically change the information presented (for example, based on workload, time or physiologically), have been previously proposed as a solution, but little is known about how information should adapt during steady-state driving. This study aimed to classify information usage based on driver experience to inform the design of a future adaptive HMI in partially automated vehicles. The unique feature of this study over existing literature is that each participant attended for five consecutive days; enabling a first look at how information usage changes with increasing familiarity and providing a methodological contribution to future HMI user trial study design. Seventeen participants experienced a steady-state automated driving simulation for twenty-six minutes per day in a driving simulator, replicating a regularly driven route, such as a work commute. Nine information icons, representative of future partially automated vehicle HMIs, were displayed on a tablet and eye tracking was used to record the information that the participants fixated on. The results found that information usage did change with increased exposure, with significant differences in what information participants looked at between the first and last trial days. With increasing experience, participants tended to view information as confirming technical competence rather than the future state of the vehicle. On this basis, interface design recommendations are made, particularly around the design of adaptive interfaces for future partially automated vehicles
Transmission coefficient and two-fold degenerate discrete spectrum of spin-1 bosons in a double-step potential
The scattering of spin-1 bosons in a nonminimal vector double-step potential
is described in terms of eigenstates of the helicity operator and it is shown
that the transmission coefficient is insensitive to the choice of the
polarization of the incident beam. Poles of the transmission amplitude reveal
the existence of a two-fold degenerate spectrum. The results are interpreted in
terms of solutions of two coupled effective Schr\"{o}dinger equations for a
finite square well with additional -functions situated at the borders.Comment: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1203.119
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