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SENDing MORE MONEY in any base
(Mathematical Association of America, 2006)
One of the most significant conceptual jumps involved in algebra is the use
of letters (and other symbols) to represent numbers. One way to get students
used to this notion is via puzzles. This paper describes a ...
The role of the ratio of vector and host densities in the evolution of transmission modes in vector-borne diseases. The example of sylvatic Trypanosoma cruzi
(2012)
Pathogens may use different routes of transmission to maximize their spread among
host populations. Theoretical and empirical work conducted on directly-transmitted diseases
suggest that horizontal (i.e., through host ...
Exploring mathematical concepts in literature
(Association for Middle Level Education, 2008)
Pintar el octaedro
(Sociedad Matematica Mexicana, 2007-07)
The convergence of difference boxes
(Mathematical Association of America, 2005)
We consider an elementary mathematical puzzle known as a "difference box" in terms of a discrete map from R⁴ to R⁴ or , canonically, from a subset of the first R² into itself. We identify the map's unique canonical fixed ...
A metapopulation model for sylvatic T. cruzi transmission with vector migration
(American Institute of Mathematical Science, 2014-06)
This study presents a metapopulation model for the sylvatic transmission
of Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas' disease, across
multiple geographical regions and multiple overlapping host-vector ...
Influence of vectors' risk-spreading strategies and environmental stochasticity on the epidemiology and evolution of vector-borne diseaes: the example of Chagas' disease
(Public Library of Science, 2013)
Insects are known to display strategies that spread the risk of encountering unfavorable conditions, thereby decreasing the extinction probability of genetic lineages in unpredictable environments. To what extent these ...
Agent-based mathematical modeling as a tool for estimating T. cruzi vector-host contact rates
(Elsevier, 2015-11)
**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: The parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, spread by triatomine vectors, affects over 100 mammalian
species throughout the Americas, including humans, in whom it causes Chagas’ ...
Modeling colony collapse disorder in honeybees as a contagion
(American Institute of Mathematical Sciences, 2014-12)
Honeybee pollination accounts annually for over $14 billion in United States agriculture
alone. Within the past decade there has been a mysterious mass die-off of honeybees, an
estimated 10 million beehives and sometimes ...
Graphical analysis of evolutionary trade-off in sylvatic Trypanosoma cruzi transmission modes
(Elsevier, 2014-07)
**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: The notion of evolutionary trade-off (one attribute increasing at the expense of another) is central to the evolution of traits, well-studied especially in life-history ...