The propagation of molecules, ions and electrochemical signals in various cell types occurs through hundreds gap junction channels. A channel is composed units which are further decomposed to hemichannels. From the computational modeling perspective, each acts as a state machine, switching between different permeability states at known rates. Both permeabilities rates jointly depend on transmem...

Due to the proliferation of wireless technology in the past 24 months, emerging software solutions to healthcare problems assume the option of ‘mobility’ for many medical professionals such as doctors and nurses. Inherently these professionals are mobile and hence the assumption that mobile solutions would provide significant performance improvements is valid. However, due to the limited knowle...

Leisure and recreation facilities are strongly intertwined due to their mutual dependencies. Thus, they build up invisible networks. Leisure and recreation facilities are one of the imperative components for socio-cultural, psychological, and economic development. In the spectrum of sustainable development, it is not possible to initiate development process without strategically planning for le...

When animals are transported and pass through customs, some of them may have dangerous infectious diseases. Typically, due to the cost of testing, not all animals are tested: a reasonable selection must be made. How to test effectively, yet avoid cataclysmic events? First, we extend a model proposed in the literature for the detection of invasive species to suit our purpose. Secondly, we explor...

Stephen D. Smith1, Warren A. Brown2, Charles R. Smith3, and Milo E. Richmond3,4 1Institute for Resource Information Systems, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 2Institute for Social Economic Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 3Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 4U.S. Geological Survey, New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Cornell...