In the present paper‎, ‎we introduce the concept of generalized multivalued $F$ -‎contraction mappings and give a fixed point result‎, ‎which is a proper‎ ‎generalization of some multivalued fixed point theorems including Nadler's‎.

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We examine the presence of general (nonlinear) time-independent Lie point symmetries in dynamical systems, and especially in bifurcation problems. A crucial result is that center manifolds are invariant under these symmetries: this fact, which may be also useful for explicitly nding the center manifold, implies that Lie point symmetries are inherited by the "reduced" bifurcation equation (a res...

FROM OBSERVATIONS OF FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY STAINING AND ANTIBODY STAINING IN ELECTRON MICROSCOPY, EVIDENCE IS PRESENTED FOR THE FOLLOWING: (a) Direct contact of the actin and myosin filaments occurs at all stages of contraction. This results in inhibition of antibody staining of the H-meromyosin portion of the myosin molecule in the region of overlap of the thin and thick filaments. (b) Small st...

Negative chronotropic and smooth muscle contractile responses to the nonselective muscarinic agonist carbamylcholine were compared in isolated tissues from M(3)-muscarinic receptor knockout and wild-type mice. Carbamylcholine (10(-8)-3.0 x 10(-5) M) induced a concentration-dependent decrease in atrial rate that was similar in atria from M(3)-receptor knockout and wild-type mice, indicating that...

PURPOSE Fentanyl was reported to inhibit the alpha(1)-adrenoceptor agonist-induced contraction. The goal of this in vitro study was to identify the alpha(1)-adrenoceptor subtype primarily involved in the fentanyl-induced attenuation of phenylephrine-induced contraction in isolated endothelium-denuded rat aorta. MATERIALS AND METHODS Aortic rings were suspended in order to record isometric ten...

Effects of verapamil, diltiazem and nicardipine on tritium overflow and contraction evoked by transmural nerve stimulation (TNS) were evaluated using canine saphenous vein strips preincubated with [3H]norepinephrine. External Ca2+ was required for both tritium overflow and contraction evoked by TNS. All the Ca antagonists tested significantly increased the spontaneous overflow of tritium in a c...