Abstract. We find two-sided inequalities for the generalized hypergeometric function with positive parameters restricted by certain additional conditions. Our lower bounds are asymptotically precise at x = 0, while the upper bounds are either asymptotically precise or at least agree with q+1Fq((aq+1), (bq);−x) at x = ∞. Inequalities are derived as corollaries of a theorem asserting the monotony...

Local government and the NHS in Barking and Dagenham embarked on a bold inititiative in 2001 to integrate health and social care management structures. Although it was not sustained, this local experience is an important source of learning as the search for improved partnership working enters yet another new phase. In particular, it demonstrates that the route to better outcomes depends on mana...

Two measures of how near an arbitrary function between groups is to being a homomorphism are considered. These have properties similar to conjugates and commutators. The authors show that there is a rich theory based on these structures, and that this theory can be used to unify disparate approaches such as group cohomology and the transfer and to prove theorems. The proof of the Schur-Zassenha...

recent of four unexpected arrivals of important arthropod-borne viral diseases in the Western Hemisphere over the past 20 years. It follows dengue, which entered this hemisphere stealthily over decades and then more aggressively in the 1990s; West Nile virus, which emerged in 1999; and chikungunya, which emerged in 2013. Are the successive migrations of these viruses unrelated, or do they refle...

Devising a weight assignment policy for assigning credits to multiple authors of a manuscript is a challenging task. In this paper, we present a scheme for assigning credits to multiple authors that we call a polynomial weight assignment scheme. We compare our scheme with other schemes proposed in the literature.

Mobility can be considered as an important factor when it comes to assessing ones’ quality of life. Today, there are many different means of transportation available, each one with its particular advantages and drawbacks. Recently, a whole set of new transportation concepts made some noise in the world. As an example, consider electric vehicles or Carand Ride Sharing providers. We do not wish t...

— We discover another one-parameter generalization of Postnikov's hook length formula for binary trees. The particularity of our formula is that the hook length h v appears as an exponent. As an application, we derive another simple hook length formula for binary trees when the underlying parameter takes the value 1/2.

Can it be satisfactory in our so called globalising age to group localisms under the broad headings of the ‘civil law tradition’ and the ‘common law tradition’ alone and regard other localisms as being derivatives of one of them? As a better approach I suggested a ‘family trees’ approach within which legal systems could be classified according to their constituent elements. This entailed decons...

Management literature is renowned for producing concepts and models but few of these are ever translated into software-based tools even though they could offer value to managers. Innovation models are theoretical constructions that attempt to abstract from reality a set of interesting features that are useful in describing, explaining, and predicting the reality of the innovation processes in o...

A general functional connective generator is proposed for the Hamacher family in this short study. The connective generator generates a variety of different families in which the original Hamacher family can be observed as a special case. Although the original additive connective generator that was proposed by Dombi is also capable of generating Hamacher norms, we show that there is yet another...