Propagation dynamics on complex networks : models, methods and stability analysis / / Xinchu Fu, Michael Small, Guanrong Chen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910138971903321
• Autore: Fu Xinchu
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, West Sussex : , : Wiley, , 2014
• ISBN: 1-118-76281-9; 1-118-76278-9; 1-118-76280-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (330 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): SmallMichael (Professor); ChenG (Guanrong)
• Disciplina: 614.401/5118
• Soggetti: Epidemiology - Mathematical models; Epidemiology - Methodology; Biomathematics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Summary; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Motivation and background; 1.2 A brief history of mathematical epidemiology; 1.2.1 Compartmental modeling; 1.2.2 Epidemic modeling on complex networks; 1.3 Organization of the book; References; Chapter 2 Various epidemic models on complex networks; 2.1 Multiple stage models; 2.1.1 Multiple susceptible individuals; 2.1.2 Multiple infected individuals; 2.1.3 Multiple-staged infected individuals; 2.2 Staged progression models; 2.2.1 Simple-staged progression model; 2.2.2 Staged progression model on homogenous networks2.2.3 Staged progression model on heterogenous networks; 2.2.4 Staged progression model with birth and death; 2.2.5 Staged progression model with birth and death on homogenous networks; 2.2.6 Staged progression model with birth and death on heterogenous networks; 2.3 Stochastic SIS model; 2.3.1 A general concept: Epidemic spreading efficiency; 2.4 Models with population mobility; 2.4.1 Epidemic spreading without mobility of individuals; 2.4.2 Spreading of epidemic diseases among different cities; 2.4.3 Epidemic spreading within and between cities2.5 Models in meta-populations; 2.5.1 Model formulation; 2.6 Models with effective contacts; 2.6.1 Epidemics with effectively uniform contact; 2.6.2 Epidemics with effective contact in homogenous and heterogenous networks; 2.7 Models with two distinct routes; 2.8 Models with competing strains; 2.8.1 SIS model with competing strains; 2.8.2 Remarks and discussions; 2.9 Models with competing strains and saturated infectivity; 2.9.1 SIS model with mutation mechanism; 2.9.2 SIS model with super-infection mechanism; 2.10 Models with birth and death of nodes and links2.11 Models on weighted networks; 2.11.1 Model with birth and death and adaptive weights; 2.12 Models on directed networks; 2.13 Models on colored networks; 2.13.1 SIS epidemic models on colored networks; 2.13.2 Microscopic Markov-chain analysis; 2.14 Discrete epidemic models; 2.14.1 Discrete SIS model with nonlinear contagion scheme; 2.14.2 Discrete-time epidemic model in heterogenous networks; 2.14.3 A generalized model; References; Chapter 3 Epidemic threshold analysis; 3.1 Threshold analysis by the direct method; 3.3.4 Threshold analysis for SIS model with super-infection
• Sommario/riassunto: Explores the emerging subject of epidemic dynamics on complex networks, including theories, methods, and real-world applications Throughout history epidemic diseases have presented a serious threat to human life, and in recent years the spread of infectious diseases such as dengue, malaria, HIV, and SARS has captured global attention; and in the modern technological age, the proliferation of virus attacks on the Internet highlights the emergent need for knowledge about modeling, analysis, and control in epidemic dynamics on complex networks. For advancement of techniques

Despite all adversities : Spanish-American adversities queer cinema / / edited by Andrés Lema-Hincapié and Debra A. Castillo ; contributors, Daniel Balderston [and fifteen others]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910797894703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, New York : , : SUNY Press, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 1-4384-5912-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (322 p.)
• Collana: SUNY series, Genders in the Global South
• Disciplina: 791.43/652968073
• Soggetti: Hispanic Americans in the motion picture industry; Homosexuality in motion pictures; Gay people in motion pictures
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Meeting the Macho -- LGBTQ in Latin America -- About this Book -- Appendix: Further Readings -- Notes -- Part I: Queer Subjectivity, Desire, and Eroticism -- 1. Queer Couples in Seaora de Nadie (María Luisa Bemberg, 1982) -- 2. Fresa y chocolate: The Allure of Passions and Controversies (Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío, 1993) -- 3. A Gaynster Quasi-Tragedy: Eroticism and Secrets in Plata quemada (Marcelo Piñeyro, 2000) Greek Tragedy and the Reviews -- 4. Pathology, Poetry, and Pleasure: HIV/AIDS, Confessional Writing, and S/M in Un año sin amor (Anahí Berneri, 2005) -- Part II: Gay Authorship-Queer Agency and Spectatorship -- 5. La venganza del sexo: The Curious Mutation from Horror Fantasy into Sexploitation Film (Emilio Vieyra, 1967) -- 6. Inside-Out: A Socio-Spatial Reading of Mecanicas celestes (Fina Torres, 1995) -- 7. La Virgen de los Sicarios: From Novel to Film (Barbet Schroeder, 2000) Notes -- 8. A Case Study in Transnational Gay Auteurism: Mil nubes de paz cercan el cielo, amor, jamás acabarás de ser amor (Julián Hernández, 2004) -- 9. Haunted: XXY (Lucía Puenzo, 2007) -- Part III: Bisexuality Experiences and Lesbian Identities -- 10. Excluded Middle? Bisexuality in Doña Herlinda y su hijo (Jaime ; Humberto Hermosillo, 1984) -- 11. The Construction of the Bisexual Subject in No se lo digas a nadie (Francisco Lombardi, 1998) -- 12. Lesbians Made in Mexico: Sexual Diversity and Transnational Fluxes -- Part IV: Queer Relations with Families -- 13. Clothes Make the Man: Closet, Cabaret, Cinema in El lugar sin límites (Arturo Ripstein, 1977) -- 14. Families, Landowners, Servants, and Siblings in La ciénaga (Lucrecia Martel, 2001) -- 15. Mapping Guilt, Betrayal, and Redemption: En la ciudad sin límites (Antonio Hernández, 2002) -- 16. Ronda nocturna: A Homage to Buenos Aires (Edgardo Cozarinsky -- Contributors-- Indexes.
• Sommario/riassunto: examines a representative selection of notable queer films by Spanish America's most important directors since the 1950s. Each chapter focuses on a single film and offers rich and thoughtful new interpretations by a prominent scholar. The book explores films from across the region. A survey of recent lesbian-themed Mexican films is also included.

Marine Natural Products with Antifouling Activity

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910557577503321
• Autore: Turk Tom
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (158 p.)
• Soggetti: Research and information: general
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Sommario/riassunto: Marine fouling affects most man-made surfaces temporarily or permanently immersed in the sea, causing important economic costs. Intense research is aimed at methods for preventing or reducing fouling development. The most widespread solution to inhibit fouling is to make surfaces unsuitable for settlers by coating them with ; antifouling paints containing toxic compounds. Most such antifouling agents give undesirable effects on nontarget species, including commercially important ones. The search for new nontoxic antifouling technologies has become a necessity, particularly after the ban of organotin compounds such as tributyltin (TBT), once the most widespread and used antifouling agent. Alternative organic and metal-based biocides are now used in antifouling paints, but their possible toxic effects on the aquatic environment are not yet fully understood. A nontoxic alternative for antifouling protection comes from the possibility of adopting natural antifouling compounds that are and may be found in marine sessile invertebrates like sponges, bryozoans, corals, and tunicates and in marine microorganisms. Such metabolites can prevent their producers from being fouled on by other organisms or be responsible for specific metabolic functions that may interfere with biofouling species adhesion. As natural marine compounds, they may inhibit settlement through a nontoxic mechanism without adverse effects to the environment. Such compounds could be developed into active ingredients of new antifouling coatings. So far, a rather limited number of natural products antifoulants (NPAs) has been isolated from marine organisms, but a huge reservoir of compounds with potential antifouling activity is hidden in marine organisms. The Special Issue on Marine Natural Products with Antifouling Activity aims at the discovery of such compounds their activity, toxicity and potential application in environmentally friendly antifouling coatings.