In this paper we develop the notion of \stratiied" class forcing and show that this property both implies coonality-preservation and is preserved by iterations with the appropriate support. Many Easton-style and Jensen-style forcings are stratiied, as are some more exotic forcings obtained by mixing these types together (see Easton 70], section 36 of Jech 78], Beller-Jensen-Welch 82], Friedman ...

Environmental variability often has substantial impacts on natural populations and communities through its effects the performance of individuals. Because organisms’ responses to environmental conditions are nonlinear (e.g., decreasing both sides an optimal temperature), mean response is different from in environment. Ye et al. (Ann Appl Stat 14(3):1326–12341, 2020) proposed testing for presenc...

Estimates for products of the zeros of polynomials and entire functions are derived. By these estimates, new upper bounds for the counting function are suggested. In appropriate situations we improve the Jensen inequality for the counting functions and the Mignotte inequality for products of the zeros of polynomials. Mathematics subject classification (2010): 26C10, 30C15, 30D20.

Some of the important inequalities associated with quantum entropy are immediate algebraic consequences of the Hansen-Pedersen-Jensen inequality. A general argument is given in terms of the matrix perspective of an operator convex function. A matrix analogue of Maréchal’s extended perspectives provides additional inequalities, including a p + q ≤ 1 result of Lieb.

In this paper we derive several improved forms of the Jensen inequality, giving the necessary and sufficient conditions for them to hold in the case of the real Stieltjes measure not necessarily positive. The obtained relations are characterized via the Green function. As an application, our main results are employed for constructing some classes of exponentially convex functions and some Cauch...

Recovery rates from Middlebrook 7H11-selective 7H11 biplates and Lowenstein-Jensen slants (LJ) used with BACTEC 12B vials were compared for 5,399 specimens. For 578 specimens that were inoculated onto three media, 580 mycobacteria were isolated, including 277 (48%) Mycobacterium avium complex isolates, 230 (40%) Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates, and 73 (12%) other mycobacteria. For BACTEC 12...

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