We study the dynamics of classical correlation and quantum discord of two coupled two-level atoms interacting with a cavity initially in vacuum, coherent and thermal equilibrium states, respectively. The interplay between the atom-atom coupling and mean number of photons is considered. We find that, for a cavity in a vacuum state, classical correlation or quantum discord shows a sudden change in behaviour during the evolution, and evolves periodically for zero and very large qubit-qubit couplings. However, for coherent and thermal equilibrium states, the classical correlation and quantum discord present the phenomenon of collapse-revival when the qubit-qubit coupling is much greater than the mean number of photons. The period of collapse-revival becomes long as the qubit-qubit coupling and mean number of photons increase. The relationship between quantum discord and entanglement in the studied system is considered.

Background: Previous studies show that autophagy deficiency leads to inflammasome activation. Results: Excessive autophagy activation induces a proinflammatory response. Conclusion: Our findings provide new insights into the release mechanisms of proinflammatory cytokines regulated by autophagy. Significance: That autophagy may play a deleterious role in pathogenesis in T2D is a novel finding.

A recently developed relativistic kappa-type (KT) is adopted to model the observed spectra of solar energetic protons. The KT distribution is found to fit well with the observed data in the energies of ∼1-100 MeV and 100-1000 MeV, suggesting that the solar energetic proton flux follows the power law at both the lower energies and the relativistic energies, and the KT distribution may present a further physical insight into those space plasmas where energetic particles exist.

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