Calculation of impulsively started incompressible viscous flows

The paper's focus is the calculation of unsteady incompressible 2D flows past airfoils. In the framework of the primitive variable Navier–Stokes equations, the initial and boundary conditions must be assigned so as to be compatible, to assure the correct prediction of the flow evolution. This requirement, typical of all incompressible flows, viscous or inviscid, is often violated when modelling the flow past immersed bodies impulsively started from rest. Its fulfillment can however be restored by means of a procedure enforcing compatibility, consisting in a pre‐processing of the initial velocity field, here described in detail. Numerical solutions for an impulsively started multiple airfoil have been obtained using a finite element incremental projection method. The spatial discretization chosen for the velocity and pressure are of different order to satisfy the inf–sup condition and obtain a smooth pressure field. Results are provided to illustrate the effect of employing or not the compatibility procedure, and are found in good agreement with those obtained with a non‐primitive variable solver. In addition, we introduce a post‐processing procedure to evaluate an alternative pressure field which is found to be more accurate than the one resulting from the projection method. This is achieved by considering an appropriate ‘unsplit’ version of the momentum equation, where the velocity solution of the projection method is substituted. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Policies for biodefense revisited: The prioritized vaccination process for smallpox

Handling bioterror events that involve contagious agents is a major concern for authorities and a cause for debate among policymakers about the best response policy. At the core of this debate stands the question which of the two post-event policies to adopt: mass vaccination or trace (also called ring or targeted) vaccination. We present a new dynamic epidemic-intervention model that captures key features of the situation and generalizes some previous assumptions regarding the probability distributions of inter-temporal parameters. It is shown that a mixture of mass and trace vaccination policies—the prioritized vaccination policy—is more effective than either of the two aforementioned policies.     

Existence results of stochastic impulsive systems with expectations‐dependent nonlinear terms

In this paper, sufficient conditions are established for the existence and uniqueness of global solutions to stochastic impulsive systems with expectations in the nonlinear terms. The maximal interval and the estimate of mild solutions are also discussed. These results are obtained by using the fixed point theorem, interval partition, and Lyapunov‐like technique. Finally, examples are given to illustrate the theory. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On the stability of impulsive functional differential equations with infinite delays

In this paper, the stability problem of impulsive functional differential equations with infinite delays is considered. By using Lyapunov functions and the Razumikhin technique, some new theorems on the uniform stability and uniform asymptotic stability are obtained. The obtained results are milder and more general than several recent works. Two examples are given to demonstrate the advantages of the results. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Immunity in the ABM-DSGE Framework for Preventing and Controlling Epidemics—Validation of Results

The COVID-19 pandemic has raised many questions on how to manage an epidemiological and economic crisis around the world. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists and policy makers have been asking how effective lockdowns are in preventing and controlling the spread of the virus. In the absence of vaccines, the regulators lacked any plausible alternatives. Nevertheless, after the introduction of vaccinations, to what extent the conclusions of these analyses are still valid should be considered. In this paper, we present a study on the effect of vaccinations within the dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model with an agent-based epidemic component. Thus, we validated the results regarding the need to use lockdowns as an efficient tool for preventing and controlling epidemics that were obtained in November 2020.     

一类连续变量脉冲中立型差分方程

研究具连续变量脉冲中立型时滞差分方程△[y(t)-p(t)y(t-τ)]+q(t)y(t-σ)=0,t≠tky(tk+)-y(tk)=bky(tk),k=1,2,…利用辅助方程,建立等价定理,得到了方程解振动的显式充分性条件.     

Impulsive synchronization of time delay bursting neuron systems with unidirectional coupling

In the article, impulsive synchronization of chaotic bursting in Hindmarsh–Rose neuron systems with time delay via partial state signal is investigated. Based on impulsive control theory of dynamical systems, the sufficient conditions on feedback strength and impulsive interval are established to guarantee the synchronization. Numerical simulations show the effectiveness of the proposed scheme. The obtained results may be helpful to understand dynamical mechanism of signal transduction in real neuronal activity. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Complexity 21: 38–46, 2015     

具有正负系数的二阶脉冲中立型方程的振动性

考虑一类具有正负系数的多时滞二阶线性脉冲中立型微分方程,证明了该方程解的振动性等价于一类非脉冲中立型方程解的振动性,得到了方程所有解存在的充分条件.     

带阻尼项的三阶脉冲微分方程的振动性与渐近性

解决了一类带阻尼项的三阶脉冲微分方程的非振动解与其一阶、二阶导数的符号关系,用迭代法得到其振动性与渐近性的判别准则,并举例说明准则的有效性.