# gst: multiple Pareto-optimal solutions of the dissipation-adaptation trade-off

<< Adaptation refers to the ability to recover and maintain “normal” function on perturbations of internal or external conditions and is essential for sustaining life. Biological adaptation mechanisms are dissipative, i.e., they require a supply of energy such as the coupling to the hydrolysis of ATP. Via evolution the underlying biochemical machinery of living organisms evolved into highly optimized states. However, in the case of adaptation processes two quantities are optimized simultaneously, the adaptation speed or accuracy and the thermodynamic cost. In such cases one typically faces a trade-off, where improving one quantity implies worsening the other. The solution is no longer unique but rather a Pareto set—the set of all physically attainable protocols along which no quantity can be improved without worsening another. >> 

AA << investigate Pareto fronts in adaptation-dissipation trade-offs for a cellular thermostat and a minimal ATP-driven receptor-ligand reaction network. (They) find convex sections of Pareto fronts to be interrupted by concave regions, implying the coexistence of distinct optimization mechanisms. (They) discuss the implications of such “compromise-optimal” solutions and argue that they may endow biological systems with a superior flexibility to evolve, resist, and adapt to different environments. >>️

Jorge Tabanera-Bravo, Aljaz Godec. Multiple Pareto-optimal solutions of the dissipation-adaptation trade-off. 

Phys. Rev. Research 7, 013020. Jan 7, 2025.

https://journals.aps.org/prresearch/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.7.013020

Also: 'dissipation' in FonT  https://flashontrack.blogspot.com/search?q=dissipation

Also: 'adaptation' in FonT  https://flashontrack.blogspot.com/search?q=adaptation   in Notes (quasi-stochastic poetry) (a) https://inkpi.blogspot.com/search?q=adaptation   

(b) https://inkpi.blogspot.com/search?q=adattamento

Keywords: gst, adaptation, dissipation

# gst: wake interference effects on flapping dynamics of elastic inverted foil.

AA << study the self-induced flapping dynamics of an inverted elastic foil when placed in tandem with a stationary circular cylinder. The effect of wake interference on the inverted foil's coupled dynamics is examined at a fixed Reynolds number (Re) as a function of nondimensional bending rigidity (𝐾B) and the structure-to-fluid mass ratio (𝑚*). >>

AA << results show that there exists a critical 𝐾B (..), above which the downstream foil is synchronized with the unsteady wake, and the cylinder controls the flapping response and the wake vortex dynamics. During synchronization, two additional flapping modes, namely, the small- and moderate-amplitude flapping mode, are observed as a function of decreasing 𝐾B. Below 𝐾B,Cr, the downstream foil undergoes self-induced large-amplitude flapping (LAF) similar to that of an isolated foil counterpart. >>

<< When the dynamics of the downstream foil are analyzed for a range of 𝑚*, (AA) can characterize the response dynamics into two regions: low and high sensitivity. The high-sensitivity region is observed when the dynamics are controlled by the cylinder vortex shedding, i.e., for foils with high stiffness. In this regime, the foil dynamics is negatively correlated with 𝐾B and 𝑚*. >>

<< The low-sensitivity region is observed when the downstream foil is no longer synchronized with the wake and undergoes an LAF response, with dynamics that are weakly correlated with 𝐾B. A nondimensional parameter is proposed that combines the effect of the foil's inertia and elastic forces and can capture the foil's response when it is subjected to wake interference effects. >>

Aarshana R. Parekh, Rajeev K. Jaiman. Wake interference effects on flapping dynamics of elastic inverted foil. Phys. Rev. Fluids 10, 014702. Jan 16, 2025.

https://journals.aps.org/prfluids/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.10.014702    arXiv: 2311.09339v3 [physics.flu-dyn]. Apr 25, 2024.   https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.09339

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

Keywords: gst, self-induced flapping dynamics, vortex, elasticity, transitions

# gst: tuning to the edge of instability (in the cochlea)

<< Sound produces surface waves along the cochlea's basilar membrane. To achieve the ear's astonishing frequency resolution and sensitivity to faint sounds, dissipation in the cochlea must be canceled via active processes in hair cells, effectively bringing the cochlea to the edge of instability. But how can the cochlea be globally tuned to the edge of instability with only local feedback? >>

<< Surprisingly, (AA) find the basilar membrane supports two qualitatively distinct sets of modes: a continuum of localized modes and a small number of collective extended modes. Localized modes sharply peak at their resonant position and are largely uncoupled. As a result, they can be amplified almost independently from each other by local hair cells via feedback reminiscent of self-organized criticality. >>

<< However, this amplification can destabilize the collective extended modes; avoiding such instabilities places limits on possible molecular mechanisms for active feedback in hair cells. >>

AA << work illuminates how and under what conditions individual hair cells can collectively create a critical cochlea. >>️

Asheesh S. Momi, Michael C. Abbott, et al. Hair Cells in the Cochlea Must Tune Resonant Modes to the Edge of Instability without Destabilizing Collective Modes. PRX Life 3, 013001. Jan 2, 2025.

https://journals.aps.org/prxlife/abstract/10.1103/PRXLife.3.013001 

Also: sound, music, pause, silence, instability, in https://www.inkgmr.net/kwrds.html 

Keywords: gst, acoustics, bifurcations, sensory processes, sound detection, auditory system, ear, criticality, self-organized criticality, sound, music, pause, silence, instability

# gst: phenomenology of cracks in thin colloidal films (undergoing desiccation)

<< A number of geometric and topological properties of samples of crack-template based conductive films are examined to assess the degree to which Voronoi diagrams can successfully model structure and conductivity in such networks. >>

AA << analysis suggests that although Poisson-Voronoi diagrams are only partially successful in modeling structural features of real-world crack patterns formed in films undergoing desiccation, such diagrams can nevertheless be useful in situations where topological characteristics are more important than geometric ones. A phenomenological model is proposed that is more accurate at capturing features of the real-world crack patterns. >>️

Yuri Yu. Tarasevich, Andrei V. Eserkepov, et al. Phenomenological model of crack patterns in thin colloidal films undergoing desiccation. arXiv: 2501.07303v1 [cond-mat.dis-nn]. Jan 13, 2025.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.07303

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

Keywords: gst, crack, particles, network, crack pattern networks, Voronoi tessellations 

# jazz: "Spanish Fly" - VAN HALEN II (1979).

<< Un volo pindarico di sola chitarra, di poco meno di un minuto, che si libra tra i solchi incandescenti del secondo album, VAN HALEN II. La leggenda narra che, durante le registrazioni del disco, Eddie si fosse ubriacato una sera a casa del produttore Ted Templeman e si fosse messo a suonare una chitarra acustica. Sconvolto da ciò che stava ascoltando, Templeman decise di inserire quella perla nel disco in lavorazione. In quel minuto Eddie esegue una prova di virtuosismo che lascia senza parole: non è solo abilità tecnica, ma pura musicalità, con un groove che trasforma quella che poteva essere una semplice dimostrazione tecnica in una gemma autentica e compiuta. >>

Gianni Rojatti. Eddie Van Halen oltre "Jump": 5 perle da riscoprire. Jan 26, 2025. 

https://www.radiofreccia.it/notizie/articoli/eddie-van-halen-oltre-jump-5-perle-da-riscoprire/

 "Spanish Fly" - VAN HALEN II (1979).

https://youtu.be/cM7GZXeH6-g 

Also: jazz, music, in https://www.inkgmr.net/kwrds.html 

Keywords: jazz, music

# life: the Age of hallucinatory artificial intelligence (AI); the beginning.

<< It’s well known that all kinds of generative AI, including the large language models (LLMs) behind AI chatbots, make things up. This is both a strength and a weakness. It’s the reason for their celebrated inventive capacity, but it also means they sometimes blur truth and fiction, inserting incorrect details into apparently factual sentences. >>

<< They sound like politicians, they tend to make up stuff and be totally confident no matter what. >> Santosh Vempala. ️

<< Chatbots err for many reasons, but computer scientists tend to refer to all such blips as hallucinations. It’s a term not universally accepted, with some suggesting ‘confabulations’ or, more simply, ‘bullshit’. The phenomenon has captured so much attention that the website Dictionary.com picked ‘hallucinate’ as its word of the year for 2023. >>️

<< Because AI hallucinations are fundamental to how LLMs work, researchers say that eliminating them completely is impossible. >>️

Nicola Jones. AI hallucinations can’t be stopped — but these techniques can limit their damage. Nature. 637, 778-780. Jan 21,  2025. 

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00068-5

Also: ai (artificial intell) (bot), nfulaw, in https://www.inkgmr.net/kwrds.html 

Keywords: life, ai, artificial intell, LLMs, bot, nfulaw

# gst: scattered waves fuel emergent activity.

<< Active matter taps into external energy sources to power its own processes. Systems of passive particles ordinarily lack this capacity, but can become active if the constituent particles interact with each other nonreciprocally. By reformulating the theory of classical wave-matter interactions, (AA) demonstrate that interactions mediated by scattered waves generally are not constrained by Newton's third law. The resulting center-of-mass forces propel clusters of scatterers, enabling them to extract energy from the wave and rendering them active. This form of activity is an emergent property of the scatterers' state of organization and can arise in any system where mobile objects scatter waves. Emergent activity flips the script on conventional active matter whose nonreciprocity emerges from its activity, and not the other way around. >>

AA << combine theory, experiment, and simulation to illustrate how emergent activity arises in wave-matter composite systems and to explore the phenomenology of emergent activity in experimentally accessible models. These preliminary studies suggest that heterogeneity is a singular perturbation to the dynamics of wave-matter composite systems, and induces emergent activity under all but the most limited circumstances. >>️

Ella M. King, Mia C. Morrell, et al. Scattered waves fuel emergent activity. Phys. Rev. Research 7, 013055. Jan 15, 2025

https://journals.aps.org/prresearch/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.7.013055

Also: waves, particle, self-assembly, in https://www.inkgmr.net/kwrds.html 

Keywords: gst, waves, particle, self-assembly