Let us consider two closed homeomorphic manifolds M;N of class C 1 and two functions j : M ! R, c : N ! R of class C . The natural pseudodistance d between the pairs ðM; jÞ; ðN;cÞ is defined as the infimum of Yð f Þ 1⁄4 def maxP AMjjðPÞ cð f ðPÞÞj, as f varies in the set of all homeomorphisms from M onto N. In this paper we prove that a suitable multiple of d by a positive integer k coincides w...

Abstract Sociology shows that blindly pursuing the fairness of resource distribution will significantly reduce people’s enthusiasm for work, which is not conducive to increase total social material resources. Promoting system in stages, is, achieving on premise a certain basis, can only ensure efficiency accumulation, but also promote system. Therefore, inspired by above, we introduced multi-st...

The prothrombinase complex catalyzes the activation of prothrombin to alpha-thrombin. We have repetitively shown that amino acid region (695)DYDY(698) from the COOH terminus of the heavy chain of factor Va regulates the rate of cleavage of prothrombin at Arg(271) by prothrombinase. We have also recently demonstrated that amino acid region (334)DY(335) is required for the optimal activity of pro...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Recent findings of an association between a functional toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) D299G gene variant and reduced risk of atherothrombotic disorders have generated great interest. METHODS We evaluated the TLR4 D299G polymorphism among 695 individuals with incident myocardial infarction (MI) or stroke and among 695 age- and smoking-matched individuals who remained free o...