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Analytical detection of stationary and dynamic patterns in a prey-predator model with reproductive Allee effect in prey growth
Allee effect in population dynamics has a major impact in suppressing the
paradox of enrichment through global bifurcation, and it can generate highly
complex dynamics. The influence of the reproductive Allee effect, incorporated
in the prey's growth rate of a prey-predator model with Beddington-DeAngelis
functional response, is investigated here. Preliminary local and global
bifurcations are identified of the temporal model. Existence and non-existence
of heterogeneous steady-state solutions of the spatio-temporal system are
established for suitable ranges of parameter values. The spatio-temporal model
satisfies Turing instability conditions, but numerical investigation reveals
that the heterogeneous patterns corresponding to unstable Turing eigen modes
acts as a transitory pattern. Inclusion of the reproductive Allee effect in the
prey population has a destabilising effect on the coexistence equilibrium. For
a range of parameter values, various branches of stationary solutions including
mode-dependent Turing solutions and localized pattern solutions are identified
using numerical bifurcation technique. The model is also capable to produce
some complex dynamic patterns such as travelling wave, moving pulse solution,
and spatio-temporal chaos for certain range of parameters and diffusivity along
with appropriate choice of initial conditions Judicious choices of
parametrization for the Beddington-DeAngelis functional response help us to
infer about the resulting patterns for similar prey-predator models with
Holling type-II functional response and ratio-dependent functional response
Efficacy of Limonia acidissima L. (Rutaceae) leaf extract on larval immatures of Culex quinquefasciatus Say 1823
AbstractObjectiveTo investigate the role of leaf extract of Limonia acidissima L. (Rutaceae) as a biocontrol agent against the larval form of Culex quinquefasciatus, and characterization of bioactive component responsible for larvicidal activity.MethodsLarval mortality of mosquito species was observed after 24, 48 and 72 hours of exposure to different concentrations of aqueous extract, solvent extract and subsequently bioactive compound. The bioactive compound was subjected to IR and GC-MS analysis.ResultsMortality rate at 3% concentration of crude extract were highest (90%) amongst all concentrations tested and subsequently highest (95%) mortality was achieved in chloroform: methanol extract at 100 ppm concentrations. IR and GC-MS analysis of bioactive compound revealed the presence of steroid compound which may act as larvicide.ConclusionsThe chloroform: methanol extract of mature leaves of Limonia acidissima was found to exhibit considerable mosquito larvicidal activity against Culex quinquefasciatus
Asimafoetidnol: A New Sesquiterpenoid Coumarin From the Gum Resin of Ferula Assa-Foetida
Chemical investigation of the gum resin of Ferula assa-foetida L. resulted in the isolation of a new sesquiterpenoid coumarin, 7-(((E)-5-((1S,3S,6S)-3,6- dihydroxy-2,2,6-trimethylcyclohexyl)-3-methylpent-2-en-1-yl)oxy) -2H-chromen-2-one (asimafoetidnol), together with several other known compounds. The structure of asimafoetidnol was established on the basis of spectroscopic analyses. Geometry optimization of the compound has been carried out using a DFT/B3LYP/3-21G* method
Small-signal stability analysis of hybrid power system with quasi-oppositional sine cosine algorithm optimized fractional order PID controller
This article deals with the frequency instability problem of a hybrid energy power system (HEPS) coordinated with reheat thermal power plant. A stochastic optimization method called a sine-cosine algorithm (SCA) is, initially, applied for optimum tuning of fractional-order proportional-integral-derivative (FOPI-D) controller gains to balance the power generation and load profile. To accelerate the convergence mobility and escape the solutions from the local optimal level, quasi-oppositional based learning (Q-OBL) is integrated with SCA, which results in QOSCA. In this work, the PID-controller's derivative term is placed in the feedback path to avoid the set-point kick problem. A comparative assessment of the energy-storing devices is shown for analyzing the performances of the same in HEPS. The qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the results shows the best performance with the proposed QOSCA: FOPI-D controller compared to SCA-, grey wolf optimizer (GWO), and hyper-spherical search (HSS) optimized FOPI-D controller. It is also seen from the results that the proposed QOSCA: FOPI-D controller has satisfactory disturbance rejection ability and shows robust performance against parametric uncertainties and random load perturbation. The efficacy of the designed controller is confirmed by considering generation rate constraint, governor dead-band, and boiler dynamics effects
Study - Inducing repigmentation by regrafting and phototherapy (311 nm) in punch grafting failure cases of lip vitiligo: A pilot study
BACKGROUND: Punch grafting followed by PUVA/PUVASOL is an established
mode of therapy in vitiligo including that on the lips. AIMS: To
assess the efficacy of NB-UVB along with regrafting in patients in whom
punch grafting had failed to evoke any response. METHODS: Five
patients with stable and isolated lip vitiligo in whom punch grafting
and PUVA had failed to produce pigmentation were treated by regrafting
and subsequent NB-UVB (311 nm) phototherapy. RESULTS: Complete
repigmentation was observed in three of the five cases after 16 weeks.
In the remaining two, the results were mixed. CONCLUSIONS: Stable lip
vitiligo usually responds very well to punch grafting and PUVA/PUVASOL.
In patients who fail to respond to this treatment, complete
repigmentation following regrafting and NB-UVB is an observation that
needs to be explained
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