The levator veli palatini (LVP) and the superior pharyngeal constrictor (SPC) influence velopharyngeal patency and soft palate position, but their behavior during respiration is incompletely characterized. To further clarify their respiratory function, we recorded electromyographic activity (EMG) in the LVP and the SPC in awake normal subjects breathing orally. EMG data were obtained in six sub...

In this paper, we introduce the idea of relative order and type of entire functions represented by Banach valued Dirichlet series of two complex variables to generalize some earlier results. Proving some preliminary theorems on the relative order, we obtain sum and product theorems and we show that the relative order of an entire function represented by Dirichlet series is the same as that of i...