139 research outputs found

    Perbedaan Hasil Belajar Fisika Dengan Menggunakan Model Pembelajaran Kooperatif Tipe Numbered Head Together Berbantu Lembar Kegiatan Siswa Dengan Model Pembelajaran Langsung Pada Materi Pokok Optik Geometri

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    This study aims to determine the differences in physics learningoutcomes using cooperative learning model Numbered Heads Together Sheet-assisted Student Activity with direct instruction model in the subjectmatter Geometric Optics in Class X Semester 2 SMAN 7 T.P. 2012/2013. The population in this study were all students of class X consists of 9 parallelclasses. The study sample comprised 2 classes taken by cluster randomsampling is a class X-3 as a class experiment given cooperative learningmodel Numbered Heads Together Student Activity Sheet assisted and X-9 asa control class with direct instructional model, each of which consists of 40students. Pretest data obtained average value is the experimental class andcontrol class 34.90 is 37.10. After being given a different treatment to thesecond class, the average values obtained posttest for the experimental classwas 73.20 and 66.80 control class. The results of testing hypotheses obtainedt-test = 2.78 and t-table = 1.99 at significance level α = 0.05 and df = 78, ttest>t-table. It showed no significant difference in the learning outcomes of students using cooperative learning model Numbered Heads Together Sheet assisted Student Activity with learning model directly in the subject matterOptical Geometry in class X Semester 2 SMAN 7 T.P. 2012/2013

    Noise Induced Coherence in Neural Networks

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    We investigate numerically the dynamics of large networks of NN globally pulse-coupled integrate and fire neurons in a noise-induced synchronized state. The powerspectrum of an individual element within the network is shown to exhibit in the thermodynamic limit (NN\to \infty) a broadband peak and an additional delta-function peak that is absent from the powerspectrum of an isolated element. The powerspectrum of the mean output signal only exhibits the delta-function peak. These results are explained analytically in an exactly soluble oscillator model with global phase coupling.Comment: 4 pages ReVTeX and 3 postscript figure

    Coexisting Pulses in a Model for Binary-Mixture Convection

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    We address the striking coexistence of localized waves (`pulses') of different lengths which was observed in recent experiments and full numerical simulations of binary-mixture convection. Using a set of extended Ginzburg-Landau equations, we show that this multiplicity finds a natural explanation in terms of the competition of two distinct, physical localization mechanisms; one arises from dispersion and the other from a concentration mode. This competition is absent in the standard Ginzburg-Landau equation. It may also be relevant in other waves coupled to a large-scale field.Comment: 5 pages revtex with 4 postscript figures (everything uuencoded

    Coherence Resonance and Noise-Induced Synchronization in Globally Coupled Hodgkin-Huxley Neurons

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    The coherence resonance (CR) of globally coupled Hodgkin-Huxley neurons is studied. When the neurons are set in the subthreshold regime near the firing threshold, the additive noise induces limit cycles. The coherence of the system is optimized by the noise. A bell-shaped curve is found for the peak height of power spectra of the spike train, being significantly different from a monotonic behavior for the single neuron. The coupling of the network can enhance CR in two different ways. In particular, when the coupling is strong enough, the synchronization of the system is induced and optimized by the noise. This synchronization leads to a high and wide plateau in the local measure of coherence curve. The local-noise-induced limit cycle can evolve to a refined spatiotemporal order through the dynamical optimization among the autonomous oscillation of an individual neuron, the coupling of the network, and the local noise.Comment: five pages, five figure

    Resonance between Noise and Delay

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    We propose here a stochastic binary element whose transition rate depends on its state at a fixed interval in the past. With this delayed stochastic transition this is one of the simplest dynamical models under the influence of ``noise'' and ``delay''. We demonstrate numerically and analytically that we can observe resonant phenomena between the oscillatory behavior due to noise and that due to delay.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Phys.Rev.Lett Expanded and Added Reference

    Effect of External Noise Correlation in Optical Coherence Resonance

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    Coherence resonance occurring in semiconductor lasers with optical feedback is studied via the Lang-Kobayashi model with external non-white noise in the pumping current. The temporal correlation and the amplitude of the noise have a highly relevant influence in the system, leading to an optimal coherent response for suitable values of both the noise amplitude and correlation time. This phenomenon is quantitatively characterized by means of several statistical measures.Comment: RevTeX, 4 pages, 7 figure

    Phase synchronization and noise-induced resonance in systems of coupled oscillators

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    We study synchronization and noise-induced resonance phenomena in systems of globally coupled oscillators, each possessing finite inertia. The behavior of the order parameter, which measures collective synchronization of the system, is investigated as the noise level and the coupling strength are varied, and hysteretic behavior is manifested. The power spectrum of the phase velocity is also examined and the quality factor as well as the response function is obtained to reveal noise-induced resonance behavior.Comment: to be published in Phys. Rev.

    Scroll waves in isotropic excitable media : linear instabilities, bifurcations and restabilized states

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    Scroll waves are three-dimensional analogs of spiral waves. The linear stability spectrum of untwisted and twisted scroll waves is computed for a two-variable reaction-diffusion model of an excitable medium. Different bands of modes are seen to be unstable in different regions of parameter space. The corresponding bifurcations and bifurcated states are characterized by performing direct numerical simulations. In addition, computations of the adjoint linear stability operator eigenmodes are also performed and serve to obtain a number of matrix elements characterizing the long-wavelength deformations of scroll waves.Comment: 30 pages 16 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev.

    Self-organized Vortex State in Two-dimensional Dictyostelium Dynamics

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    We present results of experiments on the dynamics of Dictyostelium discoideum in a novel set-up which constraints cell motion to a plane. After aggregation, the amoebae collect into round ''pancake" structures in which the cells rotate around the center of the pancake. This vortex state persists for many hours and we have explicitly verified that the motion is not due to rotating waves of cAMP. To provide an alternative mechanism for the self-organization of the Dictyostelium cells, we have developed a new model of the dynamics of self-propelled deformable objects. In this model, we show that cohesive energy between the cells, together with a coupling between the self-generated propulsive force and the cell's configuration produces a self-organized vortex state. The angular velocity profiles of the experiment and of the model are qualitatively similar. The mechanism for self-organization reported here can possibly explain similar vortex states in other biological systems.Comment: submitted to PRL; revised version dated 3/8/9

    Pattern formation in directional solidification under shear flow. I: Linear stability analysis and basic patterns

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    An asymptotic interface equation for directional solidification near the absolute stabiliy limit is extended by a nonlocal term describing a shear flow parallel to the interface. In the long-wave limit considered, the flow acts destabilizing on a planar interface. Moreover, linear stability analysis suggests that the morphology diagram is modified by the flow near the onset of the Mullins-Sekerka instability. Via numerical analysis, the bifurcation structure of the system is shown to change. Besides the known hexagonal cells, structures consisting of stripes arise. Due to its symmetry-breaking properties, the flow term induces a lateral drift of the whole pattern, once the instability has become active. The drift velocity is measured numerically and described analytically in the framework of a linear analysis. At large flow strength, the linear description breaks down, which is accompanied by a transition to flow-dominated morphologies, described in a companion paper. Small and intermediate flows lead to increased order in the lattice structure of the pattern, facilitating the elimination of defects. Locally oscillating structures appear closer to the instability threshold with flow than without.Comment: 20 pages, Latex, accepted for Physical Review
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