It is proven that an autonomous system verifying some conditions has exactly one stable stationary trajectory. The proof of the result is based upon continuation methods. 2002 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.

The chiral carbene bis[bis(R-1-phenylethyl)amino]cyclopropenylidene 2 and its dicarbene-silver complex [Ag(2)2]BF4 (3) have been isolated in good yields from the reactions of bis[bis(R-1-phenylethyl)amino]cyclopropenylium tetrafluoroborate (1)BF4 with potassium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide or with Ag2O, respectively; the molecular structures of (1)ClO4, 2 and 3 have been determined by X-ray diffrac...

Let W → C be degeneration of smooth varieties so that the special fiber has normal crossing singularity. In this paper, we first constructed the stack of expanded degenerations of W . We then constructed the moduli space of stable morphisms to this stack, which provides a degeneration of the moduli spaces of stable morphisms associated to W/C. Using similar technique, for a pair of smooth varie...

Understanding the composition of paleodiets is crucially important for the archaeological investigation of lifeways and subsistence practices within ancient societies. Among the numerous research methods capable of investigating various elements of paleodiets, the use of stable isotope analysis has become increasingly popular. Advantages of this research technique include its ability to recogni...

The inherent sampling and preservational biases of the archaeological record make it difficult to quantify prehistoric human diets, especially in coastal settings, where populations had access to a wide range of marine and terrestrial food sources. In certain cases, geochemical proxies such as stable isotope ratios may be utilized to provide robust estimates on the relative proportions of vario...

An advantage of using LC-MS(WMS) for in vitro CYP inhibition screening is that it does not require extensive sample preparation and chromatographic separation. Attention must be paid, however, to ion suppression eŠects on analytes caused by the test compound as well as endogenous compounds. In this study, we have shown the ion suppression of 1?-hydroxymidazolam (analyte) and dextrorphan (IS) by...