Existence globale pour l'équation de Smoluchowski continue non homogène et comportement asymptotique des solutions

We prove global existence of solutions to the continuous nonhomogeneous Smoluchowski equation for coagulation rates satisfying a more general structure condition than the Galkin–Tupchiev monotony hypothesis considered in (Ph. Laurençot, S. Mischler, Arch. Rational Mech. Anal. 162 (1) (2002) 45–99). The Smoluchowski coagulation rate fulfils this condition as well as some rates which vanish on the diagonal. Under the condition of positivity of the coagulation rate outside of the diagonal we prove that solutions tend to 0 in the large time asymptotic. These results depend on a new estimate from below for the dissipation rate of the L^p-norm, p>1. To cite this article: S. Mischler, M. Rodriguez Ricard, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 336 (2003).     

A New Technique for Ill-Conditioned Linear Systems

The technique we propose for solving ill-conditioned linear systems consists of two steps. First we compute the regularized solution on some values of the regularization parameter . Then we use these solutions either to extrapolate at =0 or to estimate the regularized solution with determined by the generalized cross validation or by the L-curve method.     

Conformal Families of Measures for Fibred Systems

In this paper, we give sufficient conditions for the existence of (pseudo) weakly conformal and conformal families of measures for fibred systems. We describe a general construction principle for these families, modelled on the one developed by Denker and Urbanski for conformal measures. For those systems that are fibrewise local homeomorphisms, the constructed families are (pseudo) conformal. If a system is, moreover, weakly topologically exact along fibres, then each measure in the associated family is supported on the whole fibre where it is naturally defined.     

Dynamics of heart rate

Heart rate oscillates on several different time scales and has long-term variability in the form of 1/f noise. The physiological control of heart rate is briefly reviewed, and several typical patterns of heart rate variability, in health and sickness, are described. Considered briefly are some possible dynamical mechanisms for heart rate variability.     

The semigroup generated by certain operators on the congruence lattice of a clifford semigroup

Communicated by N. R. Reilly     

Holography in partially coherent light

A Michelson interferometer has been used to obtain good holographic carrierfringes of the order of 200 to 300 fringes/ mm over an area of 1 cm × 1.5 cm with a Hg-are source and extended aperture with and without filter. The fringes have been used to record holograms. The image reconstruction has been done with light from the Hg-arc without the use of any filter. Experimental results for a continuous-tone object have been presented. The advantages and disadvantages and some of the potential applications of this technique have been mentioned.     

EEG Fractal Analysis Reflects Brain Impairment after Stroke

Stroke is the commonest cause of disability. Novel treatments require an improved understanding of the underlying mechanisms of recovery. Fractal approaches have demonstrated that a single metric can describe the complexity of seemingly random fluctuations of physiological signals. We hypothesize that fractal algorithms applied to electroencephalographic (EEG) signals may track brain impairment after stroke. Sixteen stroke survivors were studied in the hyperacute (<48 h) and in the acute phase (∼1 week after stroke), and 35 stroke survivors during the early subacute phase (from 8 days to 32 days and after ∼2 months after stroke): We compared resting-state EEG fractal changes using fractal measures (i.e., Higuchi Index, Tortuosity) with 11 healthy controls. Both Higuchi index and Tortuosity values were significantly lower after a stroke throughout the acute and early subacute stage compared to healthy subjects, reflecting a brain activity which is significantly less complex. These indices may be promising metrics to track behavioral changes in the very early stage after stroke. Our findings might contribute to the neurorehabilitation quest in identifying reliable biomarkers for a better tailoring of rehabilitation pathways.