We prove the existence of multiple solutions for following sixth-order $p(x)$-Kirchhoff-type problem: $-M(\int_\Omega \frac{1}{p(x)}|\nabla \Delta u|^{p(x)}dx)\Delta^3_{p(x)} u = \lambda f(x)|u|^{q(x)-2}u + g(x)|u|^{r(x)-2}u h(x) \ \mbox{on} \Omega$ and $ u=\Delta u=\Delta^2 u=0 \partial\Omega,$ where $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$ is a smooth bounded domain, $N > 3$, $\Delta_{p(x)}^3u \operator...

BACKGROUND Common carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) progression was compared between 4 years of treatment with nifedipine and diuretic. METHODS AND RESULTS This study, ancillary to the International Nifedipine GITS Study: Intervention as a Goal in Hypertension Treatment (INSIGHT), involved nifedipine 30 mg or co-amilozide (hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg and amiloride 2.5 mg) with optiona...

We followed step by the transition from an antiferromagnetic (AFM) Mott insulator to a superconducting (SC) metal in ${\mathrm{Bi}}_{2}{\mathrm{Sr}}_{2}{\mathrm{CaCu}}_{2}{\mathrm{O}}_{8+\ensuremath{\delta}}$ (Bi-2212) cuprate using electronic Raman scattering spectroscopy. This was achieved tracking doping dependence of spin singlet excitation (SSE) originating AFM insulator, normal-state quas...

The oncogenic isoform of the p63 protein, delta Np63 (delta Np63), plays an important role in the pathogenesis of many epithelial carcinomas, and emerging evidences suggest that delta Np63 is a promising drug target. However, the functions of delta Np63 in transitional cell carcinoma of bladder (TCCB) are poorly defined. In this study, a delta Np63 shRNA expression vector was transfected into T...

Ten healthy young males were studied with a double-blind, cross-over trial to determine whether or not chlormadinone acetate (CMA), a potent synthetic progesterone, augments hypoxic chemosensitivity. Seven days after CMA administration, inspiratory minute volume (VI) and tidal volume (VT) significantly increased. PaCO2 decreased by 3.0 +/- 2.6 (S.D.) Torr (p less than 0.05) and plasma bicarbona...

This paper is an attempt to prove the following result:Let $n>1$ be an integer and let $mathcal{R}$ be a $n!$-torsion-free ring with the identity element. Suppose that $d, delta, varepsilon$ are additive mappings satisfyingbegin{equation}d(x^n) = sum^{n}_{j=1}x^{n-j}d(x)x^{j-1}+sum^{n-1}_{j=1}sum^{j}_{i=1}x^{n-1-j}Big(delta(x)x^{j-i}varepsilon(x)+varepsilon(x)x^{j-i}delta(x)Big)x^{i-1}quadend{e...

A new method called diffusion factorial moment is used to obtain scaling features embedded in the spectra of complex networks. For an Erdos-Renyi network with connecting probability p(ER) < 1/N, the scaling parameter is delta = 0.51, while for p(ER) > or = 1/N the scaling parameter deviates from it significantly. For WS small-world networks, in the special region p(r) element of [0.05,0.2], typ...

BACKGROUND Inflammation impairs erythropoiesis, iron availability and is associated with a higher mortality risk in patients with end-stage renal disease. We studied the associations between Delta-He [the difference between the reticulocyte haemoglobin content (Ret-He) and erythrocyte haemoglobin content], a suggested marker of iron availability, and markers of inflammation, iron status, respon...

Introduction: Pancreatic β-cells are programmed to adapt to elevated levels of glucose by increasing their insulin secretory function. The molecular mechanisms of this process are not fully understood. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-delta (PPAR-delta), which has been shown to play essential roles in regulation of lipid and carbohydrate metabolism, has also been found to function as ...

We give closed product formulas for the irreducible characters of symmetric groups related to rectangular `almost square' Young diagrams $p \times(p+\delta)$ a fixed value an integer $\delta$ and arbitrary $p$.