An eventual property of a matrix M ∈ C n×n is a property that holds for all powers M k , k ≥ k 0 , for some positive integer k 0. Eventually positive and eventually nonnegative matrices have been studied extensively, and some results are known for eventually r-cyclic matrices. In this paper we introduce and establish properties of eventually reducible matrices, establish properties of the eigen...

The Devices Profile for Web Services (DPWS) provides the foundation for seamless deployment, autonomous configuration, and joint operation for various computing devices in environments ranging from simple personal multimedia setups and home automation to complex industrial equipment and large data centers. In particular, WS-Discovery provides dynamic rendezvous for clients and services embodied...

We have read the contribution of Proctor et al. (10) with great interest. It illustrates most explicitly that food products of vegetable origin may be associated with outbreaks of salmonellosis with an attack rate of the order of 10, until recently considered to be due mainly to products of animal origin. The finding that decontamination of seeds (1) does not preclude the possibility that sprou...

There are many different glomerular disorders, including glomerulonephritis, diabetic nephropathy, and hypertensive nephrosclerosis. However, once glomerular damage reaches a certain threshold, the progression of renal disease is consistent and irreversible. Recent studies emphasized the crucial role of tubulointerstitial injury as a mediator of progression of kidney disease. One common mechani...

In this paper we characterize tame dynamical systems and functions in terms of eventual non-sensitivity and eventual fragmentability. As a notable application we obtain a neat characterization of tame subshifts X ⊂ {0, 1}Z: for every infinite subset L ⊆ Z there exists an infinite subset K ⊆ L such that πK(X) is a countable subset of {0, 1}K . The notion of eventual fragmentability is one of the...

Wide-area replicated systems are characterized by a conflict between performance, availability and consistency. As a consequence, “one-size-fits-all” approaches will inadequately address every situation. Therefore, there is a need for a formalism that can be used to express consistency requirements in a uniform way, as well as for new algorithms and techniques appropriate for the wide-area sett...

Let $\mathcal {L}(X;Y)$ be the space of bounded linear operators from a Banach $X$ to $Y$. Given an operator-valued function $u:\mathbb {R}_{\geq 0}\rightarrow \mathcal {L}(X;Y)$, suppose that every orbit $t\mapsto u(t)x$ has re