Disease ecology is a new approach to the understanding of the spread and dynamics of pathogens in natural and man-made environments.Defining and describing the ecological niche of the pathogens is one of the major tasks for ecological theory, as well as for practitioners preoccupied with the control and forecasting of established and emerging disea
Understanding how seizures spread throughout the brain is an important problem in the treatment of epilepsy, especially for implantable devices that aim to avert focal seizures before they spread to, and overwhelm, the rest of the brain.This paper presents an analysis of the speed of propagation in a computational model of seizure-like activity in
The lateral prefrontal cortex (LFPC) plays a crucial role in executive function by adaptively storing behavior-relevant information as working memory.Neural mechanisms associated with local field potentials (LFPs) may underlie the adaptive properties of the LFPC.Here, we analyzed how LFPs recorded from the monkey LFPC are modulated by the crucial f
Honeybees protect their colony against vertebrates by mass stinging and they coordinate their actions during this crucial event thanks to an alarm pheromone carried directly on the stinger, which is therefore released upon stinging.The pheromone then recruits nearby bees so that more and more bees participate in the defence.However, a quantitative
Bioturbation can influence petrophysical properties (e.g., porosity, permeability) of sedimentary rocks and, in consequence, reservoir quality.The impact can be positive, negative, or neutral, requiring detailed ichnological analysis.Ophiomorpha, a branched cylindrical burrow with diagnostic peloidal wall, may be present in bioturbated reservoirs t