Your browser doesn't support javascript.
loading
Show: 20 | 50 | 100
Results 1 - 20 de 21
Filter
Add more filters










Publication year range
1.
Phys Rev E ; 106(4-1): 044308, 2022 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36397551

ABSTRACT

In this article, we study the dynamics of marking in football matches. To do this, we survey and analyze a database containing the trajectories of players from both teams on the field of play during three professional games. We describe the dynamics through the construction of temporal bipartite networks of proximity. Based on the introduced concept of proximity, the nodes are the players, and the links are defined between opponents that are close enough to each other at a given moment. By studying the evolution of the heterogeneity parameter of the networks during the game, we characterize a scaling law for the average shape of the fluctuations, unveiling the emergence of complexity in the system. Moreover, we propose a simple model to simulate the players' motion in the field from where we obtained the evolution of a synthetic proximity network. We show that the model captures with a remarkable agreement the complexity of the empirical case, hence it proves to be helpful to elucidate the underlying mechanisms responsible for the observed phenomena.

3.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24730898

ABSTRACT

We analyze the pedestrian evacuation of a rectangular room with a single door considering a lattice gas scheme with the addition of behavioral aspects of the pedestrians. The movement of the individuals is based on random and rational choices and is affected by conflicts between two or more agents that want to advance to the same position. Such conflicts are solved according to certain rules closely related to the concept of strategies in game theory, cooperation and defection. We consider game rules analogous to those from the Prisoner's Dilemma and Stag Hunt games, with payoffs associated to the probabilities of the individuals to advance to the selected site. We find that, even when defecting is the rational choice for any agent, under certain conditions, cooperators can take advantage from mutual cooperation and leave the room more rapidly than defectors.


Subject(s)
Competitive Behavior , Conflict, Psychological , Cooperative Behavior , Disaster Planning/methods , Game Theory , Models, Theoretical , Computer Simulation , Humans , Population Dynamics
4.
Vaccine ; 31 Suppl 3: C99-108, 2013 Jul 02.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23777700

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION: Rotavirus infection mainly affects children under 5 years of age and causes 453,000 deaths annually throughout the world. Several countries in Latin America have introduced the rotavirus vaccine and the majority have epidemiological data to measure impact following vaccine introduction. OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of rotavirus immunization on the number of all-cause diarrhea-related deaths and hospitalizations in children under 1 and 5 years of age in Bolivia, El Salvador, Honduras and Venezuela. METHODS: Interrupted time-series analyzed with the integral method and the projection method to evaluate the pre and post-vaccine introduction trend in diarrheal disease compared to Argentina as the control country. The analysis period was from 2002 to 2010, including 2 to 4 post-vaccine years depending on the country. Information sources included records from PAHO, the Ministry of Health, public hospitals, social security, the private health system, the Expanded Programme on Immunization and UNPop 2008. RESULTS: Over the period studied, reductions were observed in trends of diarrhea-related deaths and hospitalizations in children under five. In diarrhea-related deaths, under the integral method, the range of reduction was between 15.7% (13.5-17.9) and 56.8% (56.0-57.5) while with the projection method was between 19.9% (4.9-34.8) and 63.7%(56.1-71.4). In diarrhea-related hospitalizations, under the integral method was 5.6% (4.1-6.7) and 17.9% (16.7-19.1)) while with the projection method was between 5.1%(1.7-8.7) and 11.1% (5.8-16.3) CONCLUSIONS: A decrease was observed in the number of diarrhea related deaths and hospitalizations in all countries under study following introduction of the rotavirus vaccine as opposed to the control country. The impact on reduction of deaths was greater than hospitalization.


Subject(s)
Diarrhea/mortality , Hospitalization/trends , Rotavirus Vaccines/administration & dosage , Argentina/epidemiology , Bolivia/epidemiology , Child, Preschool , Diarrhea/prevention & control , Diarrhea/virology , El Salvador/epidemiology , Honduras/epidemiology , Humans , Infant , Public Health Surveillance , Rotavirus Infections/epidemiology , Rotavirus Infections/prevention & control , Vaccination/statistics & numerical data , Venezuela/epidemiology
5.
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys ; 86(1 Pt 2): 016104, 2012 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23005488

ABSTRACT

In recent years the prisoner's dilemma has become a paradigm for the study of the emergence of cooperation in spatially structured populations. Such a structure is usually assumed to be given by a graph. In general, the success of cooperative strategies is associated with the possibility of forming globular clusters, which in turn depends on a feature of the network that is measured by its clustering coefficient. In this work we study the dependence of the success of cooperation on this coefficient for regular networks. Additionally, for both stochastic and deterministic dynamics we show that there is a strong dependence on the initial composition of the population. This hints at the existence of several different mechanisms that could promote or hinder cluster expansion. We have studied in detail some of these mechanisms by concentrating on completely ordered networks (large clustering coefficient) or completely random networks (vanishing clustering coefficient).


Subject(s)
Cooperative Behavior , Decision Making , Decision Support Techniques , Game Theory , Models, Theoretical , Computer Simulation
6.
Am J Transplant ; 12(6): 1643-9, 2012 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22300445

ABSTRACT

This case involves a 54-year-old patient with polycystic kidney disease and a history of hyperacute allograft rejections. Two previous compatible live donor transplants functioned immediately but failed within the first 12 h due to antibody-injury. This patient was referred for a third transplant due to decreased vascular access and progressive hypotension from uremic autonomic dysfunction. He was broadly sensitized to HLA; however, a live donor was identified through kidney paired donation for whom he had no donor-specific HLA antibody (HLA-DSA). This patient received one plasmapheresis (PP) and intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) treatment, anti-CD25, and anti-CD20 antibodies prior to transplant. The allograft functioned immediately but became anuric within 24 h. A biopsy revealed antibody-mediated injury in the absence of C4d. Daily PP/IVIg, a second dose of anti-CD20, and eculizumab were administered. A retrospective endothelial cell crossmatch (ECXM) was positive with serum drawn 3 days prior to transplant and these EC antibodies were enriched for IgG2 and IgG4, noncomplement activating subclasses. Postoperative day (POD) 3, HLA-DSA remained negative but a rescue splenectomy was performed. Cultured splenocytes produced antibodies that bound donor ECs but not lymphocytes. Bortezomib was initiated on POD5. Despite aggressive therapy, the allograft never regained function.


Subject(s)
Complement Activation , Endothelium/immunology , Graft Rejection , Kidney Transplantation , Cells, Cultured , Humans , Male , Middle Aged
7.
Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci ; 368(1933): 5695-706, 2010 Dec 28.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21078643

ABSTRACT

In this work, we present a model based on a competitive dynamics that intends to imitate the processes leading to some characteristics of the geopolitical division. The model departs from very simple principles of geopolitical theory and geometrical considerations, but succeeds in explaining the general features related to the actual process. At the same time, we will propose an evolutionary explanation to the fact that most capitals (in Eurasia) are located far from the borders or coasts and, in many cases, close to the barycentre of the respective countries.

8.
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys ; 79(4 Pt 1): 041902, 2009 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19518251

ABSTRACT

We investigate possible effects of high-order nonlinearities on the shapes of infection refugia of the reservoir of an infectious disease. We replace Fisher-type equations that have been recently used to describe, among others, the Hantavirus spread in mouse populations by generalizations capable of describing Allee effects that are a consequence of the high-order nonlinearities. After analyzing the equations to calculate steady-state solutions, we study the stability of those solutions and compare to the earlier Fisher-type case. Finally, we consider the spatial modulation of the environment and find that unexpected results appear, including a bifurcation that has not been studied before.


Subject(s)
Disease Outbreaks , Disease Reservoirs , Algorithms , Animals , Environment , Orthohantavirus/pathogenicity , Hantavirus Infections/epidemiology , Hantavirus Infections/transmission , Linear Models , Logistic Models , Mice , Models, Biological , Nonlinear Dynamics
9.
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys ; 73(4 Pt 2): 046139, 2006 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16711910

ABSTRACT

In this work we present a model for the propagation of culture on networks of different topology and by considering different underlying dynamics. We extend a previous model proposed by Axelrod by letting a majority govern the dynamics of changes. This in turn allows us to define a Lyapunov functional for the system.

10.
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys ; 70(3 Pt 1): 031912, 2004 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15524554

ABSTRACT

Effects of externally imposed periodic changes in the environment on population dynamics are studied with the help of a simple model. The environmental changes are represented by the temporal and spatial dependence of the competition terms in a standard equation of evolution. Possible applications of the analysis are on the one hand to bacteria in Petri dishes and on the other to rodents in the context of the spread of the Hantavirus epidemic. The analysis shows that spatiotemporal structures emerge, with interesting features which depend on the interplay of separately controllable aspects of the externally imposed environmental changes.


Subject(s)
Biological Clocks , Biological Evolution , Ecosystem , Models, Biological , Periodicity , Population Dynamics , Animals , Computer Simulation , Environment , Humans
11.
Phys Rev Lett ; 91(15): 158104, 2003 Oct 10.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14611503

ABSTRACT

We consider a model for population dynamics such as for the evolution of bacterial colonies which is of the Fisher type but where the competitive interaction among individuals is nonlocal, and show that spatial structures with interesting features emerge. These features depend on the nature of the competitive interaction as well as on its range, specifically on the presence or absence of tails in, and the central curvature of, the influence function of the interaction.


Subject(s)
Bacterial Physiological Phenomena , Models, Biological , Bacteria/growth & development , Population Dynamics
12.
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys ; 67(5 Pt 1): 051921, 2003 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12786192

ABSTRACT

The applicability of the Fisher equation, which combines diffusion with logistic nonlinearity, to population dynamics of bacterial colonies is studied with the help of explicit analytic solutions for the spatial distribution of a stationary bacterial population under a static mask. The mask protects bacteria from ultraviolet light. The solution, which is in terms of Jacobian elliptic functions, is used to provide a practical prescription to extract Fisher equation parameters from observations and to decide on the validity of the Fisher equation.


Subject(s)
Bacterial Physiological Phenomena , Bacteria/metabolism , Biophysical Phenomena , Biophysics , Models, Statistical , Ultraviolet Rays
13.
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys ; 66(5 Pt 2): 056205, 2002 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12513584

ABSTRACT

We show both experimentally and numerically that the time scales separation introduced by long range activation can induce oscillations and excitability in nonequilibrium reaction-diffusion systems that would otherwise only exhibit bistability. Namely, we show that in the chlorite-tetrathionate reaction, where the autocatalytic species H+ diffuses faster than the substrates, the spatial bistability domain in the nonequilibrium phase diagram is extended with oscillatory and excitability domains. A simple model and a more realistic model qualitatively account for the observed dynamical behavior. The latter model provides quantitative agreement with the experiments.

14.
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys ; 64(5 Pt 1): 051105, 2001 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11735898

ABSTRACT

In order to test theoretical predictions, we have studied the phenomenon of stochastic resonance in an electronic experimental system driven by white non-Gaussian noise. In agreement with the theoretical predictions our main findings are an enhancement of the sensibility of the system together with a remarkable widening of the response (robustness). This implies that even a single resonant unit can reach a marked reduction in the need for noise tuning.

15.
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys ; 64(4 Pt 2): 047103, 2001 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11690177

ABSTRACT

We propose a generalization of small world networks, in which the reconnection of links is governed by a function that depends on the distance between the elements to be linked. An adequate choice of this function lets us control the clusterization of the system. Control of the clusterization, in turn, allows the generation of a wide variety of topologies.

16.
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys ; 63(3 Pt 1): 030901, 2001 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11308622

ABSTRACT

We study an evolutionary version of the Prisoner's Dilemma game, played by agents placed in a small-world network. Agents are able to change their strategy, imitating that of the most successful neighbor. We observe that different topologies, ranging from regular lattices to random graphs, produce a variety of emergent behaviors. This is a contribution towards the study of social phenomena and transitions governed by the topology of the community.


Subject(s)
Competitive Behavior , Cooperative Behavior , Decision Making , Game Theory , Group Processes , Models, Biological , Population Dynamics , Social Isolation , Computer Simulation , Nonlinear Dynamics
17.
Phys Rev Lett ; 86(13): 2909-12, 2001 Mar 26.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11290070

ABSTRACT

A model for the spread of an infection is analyzed for different population structures. The interactions within the population are described by small world networks, ranging from ordered lattices to random graphs. For the more ordered systems, there is a fluctuating endemic state of low infection. At a finite value of the disorder of the network, we find a transition to self-sustained oscillations in the size of the infected subpopulation.


Subject(s)
Epidemiologic Methods , Infections/epidemiology , Models, Statistical , Humans
18.
Faraday Discuss ; (120): 353-61; discussion 407-19, 2001.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11901684

ABSTRACT

The phenomenon of spatial bistability has recently been proposed for a comprehensive understanding of a number of chemical patterns observed in open spatial reactors consisting of thin films of gel diffusively fed from one side. We study experimentally and numerically this phenomenon in the tetrathionate-chlorite reaction characterized by an acid superautocatalysis. We focus on the similarities and differences with previous studies on the chlorine dioxide-iodide reaction. In addition, we show that this reaction, which is only bistable in a continuous stirred tank reactor, can exhibit oscillatory and traveling waves when diffusion comes into play. Our computations suggest that the nonstationary behaviour originates from differential diffusive transport.

19.
Math Biosci ; 131(2): 205-18, 1996 Jan 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8589545

ABSTRACT

A three-component competition system is modeled as a reaction-diffusion process. An exact analytical solution has been found that indicates that in certain situations the classical results on extinction and coexistence of Lotka-Volterra-type equations are no longer valid. Cases with one or both predators diffuse are analyzed, and the stability question is discussed.


Subject(s)
Ecosystem , Models, Biological , Animals , Mathematics , Nonlinear Dynamics , Predatory Behavior , Species Specificity
SELECTION OF CITATIONS
SEARCH DETAIL
...