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    Conditional entropic approach to nonequilibrium complex systems with weak fluctuation correlation
    (2023) Itto, Yuichi
    A conditional entropic approach is discussed for nonequilibrium complex systems with a weak correlation between spatiotemporally fluctuating quantities on a large time scale. The weak correlation is found to constitute the fluctuation distribution that maximizes the entropy associated with the conditional fluctuations. The approach is illustrated in diffusion phenomenon of proteins inside bacteria. A further possible illustration is also presented for membraneless organelles in embryos and beads in cell extracts, which share common natures of fluctuations in their diffusion.
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    Fluctuating diffusivity of RNA-protein particles : analogy with thermodynamics
    (2021) Itto, Yuichi
    A formal analogy of fluctuating diffusivity to thermodynamics is discussed for messenger RNA molecules fluorescently fused to a protein in living cells. Regarding the average value of the fluctuating diffusivity of such RNA-protein particles as the analog of the internal energy, the analogs of the quantity of heat and work are identified. The Clausius-like inequality is shown to hold for the entropy associated with diffusivity fluctuations, which plays a role analogous to the thermodynamic entropy, and the analog of the quantity of heat. The change of the statistical fluctuation distribution is also examined from a geometric perspective. The present discussions may contribute to a deeper understanding of the fluctuating diffusivity in view of the laws of thermodynamics.