In a communication network, the vulnerability parameters measure the resistance of the network to disruption of operation after the failure of certain stations or communication links. A vertex subversion strategy of a graphG, say S, is a set of vertices inGwhose closed neighborhood is removed from G. The survival subgraph is denoted by G/S. The neighbor rupture degree of G, Nr(G), is defined to...

Log-periodic oscillations have been found to decorate the usual power-law behavior found to describe the approach to a critical point, when the continuous scale-invariance symmetry is partially broken into a discrete-scale invariance symmetry. For Ising or Potts spins with ferromagnetic interactions on hierarchical systems, the relative magnitude of the log-periodic corrections are usually very...

Computer or communication networks are so designed that they do not easily get disrupted under external attack and, moreover, these are easily reconstructed when they do get disrupted. These desirable properties of networks can be measured by various parameters such as connectivity, toughness, tenacity and rupture degree. Among these parameters, tenacity and rupture degree are comparatively bet...

Computer or communication networks are so designed that they don’t easily get disrupted under external attack and, moreover, these are easily reconstructed when they do get disrupted. These desirable properties of networks can be measured by various parameters such as connectivity, toughness, tenacity and rupture degree. Among these parameters, tenacity and rupture degree are comparatively bett...

PURPOSE to compare the expression of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) in ovular membranes with premature rupture (MPR) and with opportune rupture; to verify the association between the expression of the TNF-alpha in ovular membranes and the degree of chorioamnionitis, correlating the expression of the TNF-alpha and the membranes' time of rupture. METHODS ovular membranes from 31 partur...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Acute cerebral ischemic events are associated with rupture of vulnerable carotid atheroma and subsequent thrombosis. Factors such as luminal stenosis and fibrous cap thickness have been thought to be important risk factors for plaque rupture. We used a flow-structure interaction model to simulate the interaction between blood flow and atheromatous plaque to evaluate the e...

In communication networks, greater degrees of stability or less vulnerability is required. The vulnerability of communication network measures the resistance of the network to the disruption of operation after the failure of certain stations or communication links. If the network begins losing communication links or processors, then there is a loss in its effectiveness. Thus, communication netw...