Mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase-mediated signal-transduction pathways convert extracellular stimulation into a variety of cellular functions. However, the roles of MAP kinases in neutrophils are not well understood yet. Protein phosphorylation analysis of cellular MAP kinases indicates that exposure of human neutrophils to chemotactic factor FMLP as well as granulocyte-macrophage CSF, PM...

Activated pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs) have recently been implicated in the pathogenesis of pancreatic fibrosis and inflammation. However, the signal transduction pathways in PSCs remain largely unknown. We examined the role of p38 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase in the activation of PSCs. PSCs were isolated from rat pancreas tissue and used in their culture-activated, myofibroblast-...

For a d-tuple of commuting operators S := (S1,..., Sd) ? B[X]d, m N and p (0,?), we define Q(p) (S;u) 0?k?m (-1)k (m k) (???Nd0 |?| = k k!/? ||S?u||p). As natural extension the concepts (m,p)-expansive (m,p)-contractive for tuple operators, introduce study (m,?)-expansive (m,?)-contractive acting on Banach space. We say that is (resp. (m,?)- contractive d-tuple) if Q(p)m 0 u X ?) . These extend...

We consider the concept of fuzzy quasi-contractions initiated by '{C}iri'{c} in the setting of fuzzy metric spaces and establish fixed point theorems for quasi-contractive mappings and for fuzzy $mathcal{H}$-contractive mappings on M-complete fuzzy metric spaces in the sense of George and Veeramani.The results are illustrated by a representative example.

In the present paper, we introduces the notion of integral type contractive mapping with respect to ordered S-metric space and prove some coupled common fixed point results of integral type contractive mapping in ordered S-metric space. Moreover, we give an example to support our main result.

This paper considers a quadratic stabilization problem by an H1 controller. The controller is constructed by a linear fractional transformation on contractive time-varying gains. The controller parameterization is given in terms of contractive time-varying gains. This free parameter can be used to improve the closed-loop response. A tuning method of time-varying gains is chosen so that a Lyapun...

Some theorists have developed formal approaches to truth that depend on counterexamples to the structural rules of contraction. Here, we study such approaches, with an eye to helping them respond to a certain kind of objection. We define a contractive relative of each noncontractive relation, for use in responding to the objection in question, and we explore one example: the contractive relativ...

In this paper , we study the strong convergence of SP iterative scheme for quasi-contractive operators in Banach spaces. We show that Picard , Mann , Ishikawa , Noor, new two step and SP iterative schemes are equivalent for quasi-contractive operators. In addition, we show that the rate of convergence of SP iterative scheme is better than the other iterative schemes mentioned above for increasi...