Linear differential systems ẋ(t) = Ax(t) (A ∈ Rn×n, x0 = x(0) ∈ Rn, t ≥ 0) whose solutions become and remain nonnegative are studied. It is shown that the eigenvalue of A furthest to the right must be real and must possess nonnegative right and left eigenvectors. Moreover, for some a ≥ 0, A+aI must be eventually nonnegative, that is, its powers must become and remain entrywise nonnegative. Init...

The efficiency eta(LC) of linear-to-circular polarization conversion when light is reflected at a dielectric-conductor interface is determined as a function of the principal angle phi and principal azimuth psi . Constant-eta(LC) contours are presented in the phi , psi plane for values of eta(LC) from 0.5 to 1.0 in steps of 0.05, and the corresponding contours in the complex plane of the relativ...

let $c_0(alpha)$ denote the class of concave univalent functions defined in the open unit disk $mathbb{d}$. each function $f in c_{0}(alpha)$ maps the unit disk $mathbb{d}$ onto the complement of an unbounded convex set. in this paper, we study the mapping properties of this class under integral operators.

The effect of shear force (depending on shear rate and viscosity of extracellular medium) and hematocrit of RBC suspension on RBC deformation was studied quantitatively using a cone-plate rheoscope with various kinds of cells, ie, partially hemolyzed (PH) cells, density-fractionated intact cells, and diamide-treated cells. The deformation index (DI) of ellipsoidally deformed cells was shown to ...

Muhittin Yilmaz received the B.S. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey, and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Pennsylvania State University, University Park. He has been an Assistant Professor with the lectrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, Texas A&M University, Kingsville (TAMUK), since 2007. His research...

A 1.4 kb positive regulatory element (ETA(exp)) that controls staphylococcal exfoliative toxin A (sETA) transcription was cloned from Staphylococcus aureus. ETA(exp) is located upstream of the cloned 5.8 kb eta gene (etaJ1) obtained from the chomosomal DNA of S. aureus ZM, the standard ETA-producing strain. The cETA prepared from an Escherichia coli transformant into which the recombinant plasm...

In this paper, we first introduce some function spaces, with certain locally convex topologies, closely  related to the space of real-valued continuous functions on $X$,  where $X$ is a $C$-distinguished topological space. Then, we show that their dual spaces can be identified in a natural way with certain spaces of Radon measures.

In this paper we prove that if $X $ is a Banach space, then for every lower semi-continuous bounded below function $f, $ there exists a $left(varphi_1, varphi_2right)$-convex function $g, $ with arbitrarily small norm,  such that $f + g $ attains its strong minimum on $X. $ This result extends some of the  well-known varitional principles as that of Ekeland [On the variational principle,  J. Ma...

INTRODUCTION The goal of this study was to characterize the role of Endothelin (ET) type B receptors (ETB) on vascular function in healthy and diseased conditions and demonstrate how it affects the pharmacological activity of ET receptor antagonists (ERAs). METHODS The contribution of the ETB receptor to vascular relaxation or constriction was characterized in isolated arteries from healthy a...