There is, I think, something ethereal about i —the square root of minus one. I remember first hearing about it at school. It seemed an odd beast at that time—an intruder hovering on the edge of reality.

Usually familiarity dulls this sense of the bizarre, but in the case of i it was the reverse: over the years the sense of its surreal nature intensified. It seemed that it was impossible to write mathematics that described the real world in …

I and i

다중혈관 관상동맥 환자에서 y-문합을 이용하여 양쪽 내흉동맥만을 사용한 우회술의 조기 성적

抗原变异可使得多种致病微生物易于逃避宿主免疫应答。表达在感染红细胞表面的恶性疟原虫红细胞表面蛋白1（PfPMP1）与感染红细胞、内皮细胞、树突状细胞以及胎盘的单个或多个受体作用，在黏附及免疫逃避中起关键的作用。每个单倍体基因组var基因家族编码约60种成员，通过启动转录不同的var基因变异体为抗原变异提供了分子基础。

疟原虫var基因转换速率变化导致抗原变异[英]／Paul H, Robert P, Christodoulou Z, et al//Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

We present an overview of the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM), a parallel and efficient algorithm for simulating single-phase and multiphase fluid flows and for incorporating additional physical complexities. The LBM is especially useful for modeling complicated boundary conditions and multiphase interfaces. Recent extensions of this method are described, including simulations of fluid turbulence, suspension flows, and reaction diffusion systems.

Lattice boltzmann method for fluid flows

We critically review dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) as a mesoscopic simulation method. We have established useful parameter ranges for simulations, and have made a link between these parameters and χ-parameters in Flory-Huggins-type models. This is possible because the equation of state of the DPD fluid is essentially quadratic in density. This link opens the way to do large scale simulations, effectively describing millions of atoms, by firstly performing simulations of molecular fragments retaining all atomistic details to derive χ-parameters, then secondly using these results as input to a DPD simulation to study the formation of micelles, networks, mesophases and so forth. As an example application, we have calculated the interfacial tension σ between homopolymer melts as a function of χ and N and have found a universal scaling collapse when σ/ρkBTχ0.4 is plotted against χN for N>1. We also discuss the use of DPD to simulate the dynamics of mesoscopic systems, and indicate a possible problem with...

https://www.physics.iitm.ac.in/~iol/lecture_notes/groot-warren.pdf

Dissipative particle dynamics : bridging the gap between atomistic and mesoscopic simulation

We use continuum simulations to study the impact of friction on the ordering of defects in an active nematic. Even in a frictionless system, $+1/2$ defects tend to align side by side and orient antiparallel reflecting their propensity to form, and circulate with, flow vortices. Increasing friction enhances the effectiveness of the defect-defect interactions, and defects form dynamically evolving, large-scale, positionally, and orientationally ordered structures, which can be explained as a competition between hexagonal packing, preferred by the $\ensuremath{-}1/2$ defects, and rectangular packing, preferred by the $+1/2$ defects.

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Role of Friction in Multidefect Ordering

We use lattice Boltzmann simulations of the Beris-Edwards formulation of nematodynamics to probe the response of a nematic liquid crystal with conflicting anchoring at the boundaries under shear and Poiseuille flow. The geometry we focus on is that of the hybrid aligned nematic (HAN) cell, common in devices. In the nematic phase, backflow effects resulting from the elastic distortion in the director field render the velocity profile strongly non-Newtonian and asymmetric. As the transition to the isotropic phase is approached, these effects become progressively weaker. If the fluid is heated just above the transition point, however, another asymmetry appears, in the dynamics of shear band formation.

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1209/epl/i2003-00217-9/pdf

Rheology of distorted nematic liquid crystals

The authors use a Migdal-Kadanoff renormalisation group to study the behaviour of the Blume-Emery-Griffiths model when quenched, random-bond dilution is introduced. Phase diagrams are calculated for varying dilution. The behaviour of the multicritical points of the pure system as dilution is introduced is of particular interest. They find that the tricritical temperature tends to zero as the percolation threshold is approached but that the tricritical field remains finite in agreement with experimental results on the dilute metamagnet FepMg(1-p)Cl2.

Tricritical behaviour in a bond-dilute spin model

We consider the tracer diffusion Drr that arises from the run-and-tumble motion of low Reynolds number swimmers, such as bacteria. In unbounded dilute suspensions, where dipole swimmers move in uncorrelated runs of length ?, an exact solution showed that Drr is independent of ?. Here, we verify this result in numerical simulations for a particular model swimmer, the spherical squirmer. We also note that in confined microenvironments, such as microscopic droplets, microfluidic devices and bacterial microzones in marine ecosystems, the size of the system can be comparable to ?. We show that this effect alone reduces the value of Drr in comparison to its bulk value, and predict a scaling form for its relative decrease.

http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-5468/2014/04/P04030/pdf

Stirring by swimmers in confined microenvironments

We study shear flow in liquid crystal cells with elastic deformations using a lattice Boltzmann scheme that solves the full, three-dimensional Beris–Edwards equations of hydrodynamics. We consider first twisted and hybrid aligned nematic cells, in which the deformation is imposed by conflicting anchoring at the boundaries. We find that backflow renders the velocity profile non Newtonian, and that the director profile divides into two regions characterized by different director orientations. We next consider a cholesteric liquid crystal, in which a twist deformation is naturally present. We confirm the presence of secondary flow for small shear rates, and are able to follow the dynamical pathway of shear-induced unwinding, for higher shear rates. Finally, we analyze how the coupling between shear and elastic deformation can affect shear banding in an initially isotropic phase. We find that for a nematic liquid crystal, elastic distortions may cause an asymmetry in the dynamics of band formation, whereas fo...

Julia M. Yeomans

Papers

Role of Friction in Multidefect Ordering

Rheology of distorted nematic liquid crystals

Tricritical behaviour in a bond-dilute spin model

Stirring by swimmers in confined microenvironments

Interplay between shear flow and elastic deformations in liquid crystals.