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Coupling between static friction force and torque
We show that the static friction force which must be overcome to render a
sticking contact sliding is reduced if an external torque is also exerted. As a
test system we study a planar disk lying on horizontal flat surface. We perform
experiments and compare with analytical results to find that the coupling
between static friction force and torque is nontrivial: It is not determined by
the Coulomb friction laws alone, instead it depends on the microscopic details
of friction. Hence, we conclude that the macroscopic experiment presented here
reveals details about the microscopic processes lying behind friction.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, revte
Coupling between static friction force and torque for a tripod
If a body is resting on a flat surface, the maximal static friction force
before motion sets in is reduced if an external torque is also applied. The
coupling between the static friction force and static friction torque is
nontrivial as our studies for a tripod lying on horizontal flat surface show.
In this article we report on a series of experiments we performed on a tripod
and compare these with analytical and numerical solutions. It turns out that
the coupling between force and torque reveals information about the microscopic
properties at the onset to sliding.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures, revte
Значення дисципліни "Вступ до спеціальності" для адаптації студентів до навчання за спеціальністю "Облік і оподаткування"
Reverse rotations in the circularly-driven motion of a rigid body
We study the dynamical response of a circularly-driven rigid body, focusing
on the description of intrinsic rotational behavior (reverse rotations). The
model system we address is integrable but nontrivial, allowing for qualitative
and quantitative analysis. A scale free expression defining the separation
between possible spinning regimes is obtained.Comment: This work is accepted for publication as a Rapid Communication in
Physical Review
Patients' Post-/Long-COVID Symptoms, Vaccination and Functional Status-Findings from a State-Wide Online Screening Study.
(1) Background: Better understanding of post-/long-COVID and limitations in daily life due to the symptoms as well as the preventive potential of vaccinations is required. It is unclear whether the number of doses and timepoint interrelate with the trajectory of post-/long-COVID. Accordingly, we examined how many patients positively screened with post-/long-COVID were vaccinated and whether the vaccination status and the timepoint of vaccination in relation to the acute infection were related to post-/long-COVID symptom severity and patients' functional status (i.e., perceived symptom severity, social participation, workability, and life satisfaction) over time. (2) Methods: 235 patients suffering from post-/long-COVID were recruited into an online survey in Bavaria, Germany, and assessed at baseline (T1), after approximately three weeks (T2), and approximately four weeks (T3). (3) Results: 3.5% were not vaccinated, 2.3% were vaccinated once, 20% twice, and 53.3% three times. Overall, 20.9% did not indicate their vaccination status. The timepoint of vaccination was related to symptom severity at T1, and symptoms decreased significantly over time. Being vaccinated more often was associated with lower life satisfaction and workability at T2. (4) Conclusions: This study provides evidence to get vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, as it has shown that symptom severity was lower in those patients who were vaccinated prior to the infection compared to those getting infected prior to or at the same time of the vaccination. However, the finding that being vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 more often correlated with lower life satisfaction and workability requires more attention. There is still an urgent necessity for appropriate treatment for overcoming long-/post-COVID symptoms efficiently. Vaccination can be part of prevention measures, and there is still a need for a communication strategy providing objective information about the usefulness and risks of vaccinations
Hopping Conduction and Bacteria: Transport in Disordered Reaction-Diffusion Systems
We report some basic results regarding transport in disordered
reaction-diffusion systems with birth (A->2A), death (A->0), and binary
competition (2A->A) processes. We consider a model in which the growth process
is only allowed to take place in certain areas--"oases"--while the rest of
space--the "desert"--is hostile to growth. In the limit of low oasis density,
transport is mediated through rare "hopping" events, necessitating the
inclusion of discreteness effects in the model. By first considering transport
between two oases, we are able to derive an approximate expression for the
average time taken for a population to traverse a disordered medium.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure
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