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We experimentally investigate the dissolution of microscale sessile alcohol droplets in water under the influence of impermeable vertical confinement. The introduction of confinement suppresses the mass transport from the droplet to bulk medium in comparison with the nonconfined counterpart. Along with a buoyant plume, flow visualization reveals that the dissolution of a confined droplet is hindered by a mechanism called levitated toroidal vortex. The morphological changes in the flow due to the vortex-induced impediment alters the dissolution rate, resulting in enhancement of droplet lifetime. Further, we have proposed a modification in the key nondimensional parameters [Rayleigh number Ra^' (signifying buoyancy) and Sherwood number Sh^' (signifying mass flux)] and droplet lifetime τ_c^', based on the hypothesis of linearly stratified droplet surroundings (with revised concentration difference ΔC^'), taking into account the geometry of the confinements. We show that experimental results on droplet dissolution under vertical confinement corroborate scaling relations Sh^'∼Ra^'^1/4 and τ_c^'∼ΔC^'^-5/4. We also draw attention to the fact that the revised scaling law incorporating the geometry of confinements proposed in the present work can be extended to other known configurations such as droplet dissolution inside a range of channel dimensions, as encountered in a gamut of applications such as microfluidic technology and biomedical engineering.We demonstrate that a simple model based on reaction-diffusion-advection (RDA) equation forced by realistic surface velocities and nutrients is skilled in reproducing the distributions of the surface phytoplankton chlorophyll in the tropical Pacific. We use the low-complexity RDA model to investigate the scale relationships in the impact of different drivers (turbulent diffusion, mean and eddy advection, primary productivity) on the phytoplankton chlorophyll concentrations. We find that in the 1/4^∘ (∼25 km) model, advection has a substantial impact on the rate of primary productivity, while the turbulent diffusion term has a fairly negligible impact. Turbulent diffusion has an impact on the phytoplankton variability, with the impact being scale propagated and amplified by the larger scale surface currents. We investigate the impact of a surface nutrient decline and some changes to mesoscale eddy kinetic energy (climate change projections) on the surface phytoplankton concentrations. The RDA model suggests that unless mesoscale eddies radically change, phytoplankton chlorophyll scales sublinearly with the nutrients, and it is relatively stable with respect to the nutrient concentrations. Furthermore, we explore how a white multiplicative Gaussian noise introduced into the RDA model on its resolution scale propagates across spatial scales through the nonlinear model dynamics under different sets of phytoplankton drivers. The unifying message of this work is that the low-complexity (e.g., RDA) models can be successfully used to realistically model some specific aspects of marine ecosystem dynamics and by using those models one can explore many questions that would be beyond computational affordability of the higher-complexity ecosystem models.Dynamic-mode decomposition (DMD) is a well-established data-driven method of finding temporally evolving linear-mode decompositions of a nonlinear time series. Traditionally, this method presumes that all relevant dimensions are sampled through measurement. To address dynamical systems in which the data may be incomplete or represent only partial observation of a more complex system, we extend the DMD algorithm by including a Mori-Zwanzig decomposition to derive memory kernels that capture the averaged dynamics of the unresolved variables as projected onto the resolved dimensions. From this, we then derive what we call the memory-dependent dynamic mode decomposition (MDDMD). Through numerical examples, the MDDMD method is shown to produce reasonable approximations of the ensemble-averaged dynamics of the full system given a single time series measurement of the resolved variables.A random search for one or more targets in a bounded domain occurs widely in nature, with examples ranging from animal foraging to the transport of vesicles within cells. Most theoretical studies take a searcher-centric viewpoint, focusing on the first passage time (FTP) problem to find a target. This single search-and-capture event then triggers a downstream process or provides the searcher with some resource such as food. In this paper we take a target-centric viewpoint by considering the accumulation of resources in one or more targets due to multiple rounds of search-and-capture events combined with resource degradation; whenever a searcher finds a target it delivers a resource packet to the target, after which it escapes and returns to its initial position. selleck products The searcher is then resupplied with cargo and a new search process is initiated after a random delay. It has previously been shown how queuing theory can be used to derive general expressions for the steady-state mean and variance of the resulting resource distributions. Here we apply the theory to some classical FPT problems involving diffusion in simple geometries with absorbing boundaries, including concentric spheres, wedge domains, and branching networks. In each case, we determine how the resulting Fano factor depends on the degradation rate, the delay distribution, and various geometric parameters. We thus establish that the Fano factor can deviate significantly from Poisson statistics and exhibits a nontrivial dependence on model parameters, including nonmonotonicity and crossover behavior. This indicates the nontrivial nature of the higher-order statistics of resource accumulation.The head-on collision of compressional shocks in two-dimensional dusty plasmas is investigated using both molecular dynamical and Langevin simulations. Two compressional shocks are generated from the inward compressional boundaries in simulations. It is found that, during the collision of shocks, there is a generally existing time delay of shocks τ, which diminishes monotonically with the increasing compressional speed of boundaries, corresponding to the time resolution of the studied system. Dispersive shock waves (DSWs) are generated around the shock front for some conditions. It is also found that the period of the DSW decreases monotonically with the inward compressional speed of boundaries, more substantially than the time delay of shocks τ. When the inward compressional speed of boundaries increases further, the DSWs gradually vanish. We speculate that, for these high compressional speeds of boundaries, the period of the DSW might be reduced to a comparable timescale of the time delay of shocks τ, i.e., the time resolution of our studied system, or even shorter, thus the DSW reasonably vanishes.Bacterial quorum sensing is the communication that takes place between bacteria as they secrete certain molecules into the intercellular medium that later get absorbed by the secreting cells themselves and by others. Depending on cell density, this uptake has the potential to alter gene expression and thereby affect global properties of the community. We consider the case of multiple bacterial species coexisting, referring to each one of them as a genotype and adopting the usual denomination of the molecules they collectively secrete as public goods. A crucial problem in this setting is characterizing the coevolution of genotypes as some of them secrete public goods (and pay the associated metabolic costs) while others do not but may nevertheless benefit from the available public goods. We introduce a network model to describe genotype interaction and evolution when genotype fitness depends on the production and uptake of public goods. The model comprises a random graph to summarize the possible evolutionary pathways the genotypes may take as they interact genetically with one another, and a system of coupled differential equations to characterize the behavior of genotype abundance in time. We study some simple variations of the model analytically and more complex variations computationally. Our results point to a simple trade-off affecting the long-term survival of those genotypes that do produce public goods. This trade-off involves, on the producer side, the impact of producing and that of absorbing the public good. On the nonproducer side, it involves the impact of absorbing the public good as well, now compounded by the molecular compatibility between the producer and the nonproducer. Depending on how these factors turn out, producers may or may not survive.We investigate and compare the accuracy and efficiency of different numerical approaches to model the dynamics of finite-size particles using the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM). This includes the standard bounce-back (BB) and the equilibrium interpolation (EI) schemes. To accurately compare the different implementations, we first introduce a boundary condition to approximate the flow properties of an unbounded fluid in a finite simulation domain, taking into account the perturbation induced by a moving particle. We show that this boundary treatment is efficient in suppressing detrimental effects on the dynamics of spherical and ellipsoidal particles arising from the finite size of the simulation domain. We then investigate the performances of the BB and EI schemes in modeling the dynamics of a spherical particle settling under Stokes conditions, which can now be reproduced with great accuracy thanks to the treatment of the exterior boundary. We find that the EI scheme outperforms the BB scheme in providing a ith a size comparable to the lattice spacing with respect to the BB and the EI schemes.Vedolizumab (VDZ) has been approved for the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) in patients aged ≥18 years. We report a case of a pediatric patient with Crohn disease (CD) who was successfully treated with VDZ. A 16-year-old female developed severe active pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) during treatment with infliximab (IFX). IFX was stopped, and TB treatment was started. After a 6-month regimen of standard TB medication, her pulmonary TB was cured; however, gastrointestinal symptoms developed. Due to the concern of the patient and parents regarding TB reactivation on restarting treatment with IFX, VDZ was started off-label. After the second dose of VDZ, the patient was in clinical remission and her remission was continuously sustained. Ileocolonoscopy at 1-year after VDZ initiation revealed endoscopic healing. Therapeutic drug monitoring conducted during VDZ treatment showed negative antibodies to VDZ. No serious adverse events occurred during the VDZ treatment. This is the first case report in Korea demonstrating the safe and effective use of VDZ treatment in a pediatric CD patient. In cases that require recommencement of treatment with biologics after recovery of active pulmonary TB caused by anti-tumor necrosis factor agents, VDZ may be a good option even in pediatric IBD.Objective To evaluate the compliance rate and its impact factors of liver cancer screening for high-risk groups in urban areas of Henan Province from 2013 to 2019. Methods Residents of 40-74 years old in 8 cities of Henan province were selected to investigate the risk factors and liver cancer risk assessment. Subjects with high risk of liver cancer received AFP combined ultrasonography for screening. Chi-square tests were used to compare the differences in liver cancer screening participation rates between groups. Multivariate logistic regression models were applied to explore the potential factors correlating to the compliance of liver cancer screening. Results Overall, 3 6781 participants who met the inclusion criteria were included in this analysis, and 17 241 of them took the following liver cancer screening, yielding a participation rate of 46.87%. The participation rate varied greatly across cities, ranging from 62.50% to 38.59%. Moreover, the participation rate varied greatly across periods, ranging from 52.
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