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sabato 22 luglio 2023

# gst: inertial particles within co-rotating dusty vortices


 << dispersed particles with moderate inertia cause the vortex pair to push apart to a separation nearly twice as large as the initial separation. >>
 
 << antisymmetric vorticity generated by particles flung out of the rotational cores causes the vortex pair repulsion. Eventually, the two dusty vortices merge into a single vortex with most particles accumulating outside the core similar to the dusty Lamb-Oseen vortex described in Shuai & Kasbaoui (2022) >>
 
 << For weakly inertial particles, (AA) find that the merger dynamics follow the same mechanics as those of a single-phase flow, albeit with a density that must be adjusted to match the mixture density. >>
 
<< Lastly, highly inertial particles tend to fragment the vortex cores leading to murky merger dynamics. >>

Shuai Shuai, Anubhab Roy, M. Houssem Kasbaoui. The merger of co-rotating vortices in dusty flows. arXiv: 2307.05413v1 [physics.flu-dyn]. Jul 11, 2023. 

Also: particle, vortex, in https://www.inkgmr.net/kwrds.html

Keywords: gst, particle, vortex 



martedì 18 luglio 2023

# gst: evolution of survivors compared to discrete vs continuous noise


<< Environmental variations can significantly influence how populations compete for resources, and hence shape their evolution. Here, (AA) study population dynamics subject to a fluctuating environment modeled by a varying carrying capacity changing continuously in time according to either binary random switches, or by being driven by a noise of continuous range. >>

<< the slow strain fixation probability can be greatly enhanced for a continuously varying environment compared to binary switches, even when the first two moments of the carrying capacity coincide. >>️

Ami Taitelbaum, Robert West, et al. Evolutionary dynamics in a varying environment: Continuous versus discrete noise. Phys. Rev. Research 5, L022004. April 4, 2023. 


Keywords: gst, evolution, noise, discrete vs continuous noise


sabato 15 luglio 2023

# brain: the sense of hearing, the sense of silence.


<< Do we only hear sounds? Or can we also hear silence? These questions are the subject of a centuries-old philosophical debate between two camps: the perceptual view (we literally hear silence), and the cognitive view (we only judge or infer silence). >>

<< In all cases (concerning seven experiments), silences elicited temporal distortions perfectly analogous to their sound-based counterparts, suggesting that auditory processing treats moments of silence the way it treats sounds. Silence is truly perceived, not merely inferred. >>️
Rui Zhe Goh, Ian B. Phillips, Chaz Firestone. The perception of silence. 
PNAS. 120 (29) e2301463120. Jul 10, 2023. 

Roberto Molar Candanosa. The sound of silence? Researchers prove we can  hear it. Johns Hopkins University - HUB. Jul 11, 2023. 

Researchers Prove We Hear the 
Sound of Silence. Jul 10, 2023. 

Also: silence, pause, sound, noise, perception, brain, in https://www.inkgmr.net/kwrds.html 

Keywords:  brain, perception, sound, noise, pause, silence


giovedì 13 luglio 2023

# gst: complex flows by hairpin vortices behind hills with different scales


 << In the flow around protuberance, separation bubbles occur ahead and behind the protuberance, and a coherent vortex structure exists in the wake. In such a flow field, heat, substance, and momentum are actively transported by the vortex. (..) When multiple protuberances are set in the flow, the wakes of the protuberances interfere with each other, resulting in complicated flows. >> 

 << This study performed a numerical analysis of the hairpin vortex and heat transport generated by the interference of the wakes behind two hills in a laminar boundary layer. In the case of hills with the same scale, the interference between hairpin vortices in the wake is more intensive than in the different-scale hills. When the hills with different scales are installed, hairpin vortices with different scales are periodically shed. >> 
 
  << Regardless of the scale ratio of the hills, when the hill spacing in the spanwise direction is narrowed, the asymmetry of the hairpin vortex in the wake increases due to the interference between the wakes. At this time, the turbulence caused by the leg and the horn-shaped secondary vortex on the spanwise center side in the hairpin vortex increases, and heat transport around the hairpin vortex becomes active. >> 
 
Hideki Yanaoka, Tatsuya Hamada. Hairpin vortices and heat transfer in the wakes behind two hills with different scales. arXiv: 2306.17365v1 [physics.flu-dyn]. Jun 30, 2023. 

Also: vortex, turbulence in https://www.inkgmr.net/kwrds.html

Keywords: gst, vortex, hairpin vortex, turbulence


martedì 11 luglio 2023

# life: declining towards turbulence, thus ecstatic (detotuthec)


(1/3) for our birthdays on July 11th (*1th) and July 25th (*9th) ... forever Nomads (*), curious, young.  
@flashontrack  11:36 11lug21

(2/3) (*) e.g. exotic, maverick, agnostic,  track seeker, meta-mechanic pulsating manipulator, ockhamistic, erratic, chaotic, #detotuthec (declining towards turbulence, thus ecstatic), ab-normal ...
@flashontrack 11:37 11lug21

(3/3) with mindfulness, compassion and tenacity, where also vengeance consists in (try) saving others (whatever 'others' means).
@flashontrack 11:38 11lug21

Keywords: detotutech, detect thou

lunedì 10 luglio 2023

# gst: myriad of complex dynamics from the atomization of acoustically levitated droplets

AA << report the dynamics of a droplet levitated in a single-axis acoustic levitator. The deformation and atomization behavior of the droplet in the acoustic field exhibits a myriad of complex phenomena, in sequences of steps. These include the primary breakup of the droplet through stable levitation, deformation, sheet formation, and equatorial atomization, followed by secondary breakup which could be umbrella breakup, bag breakup, bubble breakup or multistage breakup depending on the initial size of the droplet. >>

<< Both the primary and the secondary breakup of the droplet admit interfacial instabilities such as Faraday instability, Kelvin Helmholtz (KH) instability, RT instability, and RP instability and are well described with visual evidence. >>️

Sunil K. Saroj, Rochish M. Thaokar. Atomisation of an acoustically levitated droplet: Experimental observations of a myriad of complex phenomenon. arXiv: 2307.00400v1 [physics.flu-dyn]. Jul 1, 2023.

Also:  drop, transition, instability in https://www.inkgmr.net/kwrds.html

Keywords: gst, drop, droplet, transition, instability



sabato 8 luglio 2023

# behav: how a microbiota (Curvibacter sp.) could modulate eating behavior in Hydra.

(AA) << studied the eating behavior of Hydra, a host that has a simple nervous system and a low-complexity microbiota. >>

(They) << demonstrate that different neuronal subpopulations are functioning together to control the eating behavior. The microbiota participates in control of the eating behavior since germ-free or mono-colonized animals have drastic difficulties in mouth opening. This was restored by adding a full complement of the microbiota. >>️

The << findings confirm and expand on the idea that in animals without a central nervous system, a complex behavior is controlled by multiple subpopulations of neurons, forming circuits and modules. (Their)  observations presented here show that this not only requires the coordination of multiple neuronal circuits, but also that signals from the microbial environment play an important role. >>

Christoph Giez, Denis Pinkle, et al.  Microbes as part of ancestral neuronal circuits: Bacterial produced signals affect neurons controlling eating behavior in Hydra. BioRxiv. doi: 10.1101/ 2023.04.28.538719. Apr 29, 2023. 

Also: How a virus could cause context-dependent manipulation in host social behavior.  Apr 28, 2020.  https://flashontrack.blogspot.com/2020/04/gst-how-virus-could-cause-context.html

Keywords: behav, eating behavior, food, Hydra, microbiota