The article studies the evolutionary dynamics of two-population two-strategy game models with and without impulses. First, the payment matrix is given and two evolutionary dynamics models are established by adding sto...The article studies the evolutionary dynamics of two-population two-strategy game models with and without impulses. First, the payment matrix is given and two evolutionary dynamics models are established by adding stochastic and impulse. For the stochastic model without impulses, the existence and uniqueness of solution, and the existence of positive periodic solutions are proved, and a sufficient condition for strategy extinction is given. For the stochastic model with impulses, the existence of positive periodic solutions is proved. Numerical results show that noise and impulses directly affect the model, but the periodicity of the model does not change.展开更多
In this work,we investigate the existence and asymptotic stability in mean square of mild solutions for non-linear impulsive neutral stochastic evolution equations with infinite delays in distribution in a real separa...In this work,we investigate the existence and asymptotic stability in mean square of mild solutions for non-linear impulsive neutral stochastic evolution equations with infinite delays in distribution in a real separable Hilbert space.By using the Banach fixed point principle,some sufficient conditions are derived to ensure the asymptotic stability of mild solutions.Moreover,we investigate the Hyers-Ulam stability for such stochastic system.Finally,an illustrative example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the obtained results.展开更多
A stochastic stage-structure predator-prey system with impulsive effect is investigated.First,we build the corresponding system without impulse in order to demonstrate the existence and uniqueness of the global positi...A stochastic stage-structure predator-prey system with impulsive effect is investigated.First,we build the corresponding system without impulse in order to demonstrate the existence and uniqueness of the global positive solution.Second,by selecting an appropriate Lyapunov function,we provide the sufficient condition for the existence of a positive T-periodic solution.Finally,numerical simulations illustrate our theoretical results,which show that the impulse or the white noises can result in the extinction of the predator in a certain condition.展开更多
Dear Editor,This letter studies finite-time stability (FTS) of impulsive and switched hybrid systems with delay-dependent impulses. Some conditions, based on Lyapunov method, are proposed for ensuring FTS and estimati...Dear Editor,This letter studies finite-time stability (FTS) of impulsive and switched hybrid systems with delay-dependent impulses. Some conditions, based on Lyapunov method, are proposed for ensuring FTS and estimating settling-time function (STF) of the hybrid systems.When switching dynamics are FTS and impulsive dynamics involve destabilizing delay-dependent impulses, the FTS is retained if the impulses occur infrequently.展开更多
In this article,we study the approximate controllability of neutral partial differential equations with Hilfer fractional derivative and not instantaneous impulses effects.By using the Sadovskii's fixed point theo...In this article,we study the approximate controllability of neutral partial differential equations with Hilfer fractional derivative and not instantaneous impulses effects.By using the Sadovskii's fixed point theorem,fractional calculus and resolvent operator functions,we prove the approximate controllability of the considered system.展开更多
Isolationism and expansionism are two themes of American diplomacy. From the beginning of the state’s history, isolationism and expansionism have manifested themselves as two policy imperatives in American diplomacy....Isolationism and expansionism are two themes of American diplomacy. From the beginning of the state’s history, isolationism and expansionism have manifested themselves as two policy imperatives in American diplomacy. On the surface, isolationism and expansionism represent contradictory attitudes and assumptions about America’s proper relationship with the outside world: isolationism advocates diplomatic and military non-entanglement in world affairs; expansionism urges active involvement in external affairs. But in a deeper sense, both isolationism and expansionism are manifestations of American sense of mission, the belief that the US has a special role to perform for all nations in the world. Isolationism is a passive approach to accomplish that mission: it emphasizes the exemplary nature of their country. Expansionism stresses the need for active involvement to achieve that mission; thus, is an active approach to American mission.展开更多
Sound is considered an important aspect of an ecosystem and acoustic methods have emerged as effective tools for ecosystems research.Xincun Lagoon,Hainan Island,is an important ecosystem characterized by dense seagras...Sound is considered an important aspect of an ecosystem and acoustic methods have emerged as effective tools for ecosystems research.Xincun Lagoon,Hainan Island,is an important ecosystem characterized by dense seagrass,which has been declining due to increased human activities,raising great concerns.Previous studies have identified various threats to seagrass,including heavy metal pollution,poor quality water,and so on.In this study,we investigate sources and levels of noise in seagrass beds and attempt to point out potential threats from noise pollution.A line array of six hydrophones was deployed over a period of seven days,from January 15 to January 21,2024.The recordings captured various sounds from marine life,human activities,and natural processes.Biological sounds,such as fish sounds and whale calls,were the most prevalent.Low-frequency noise from wind and tide were often recorded.Xincun Bay hosts more than 1500 fishing vessels;however,due to bad weather conditions that kept most vessels docked during the recording period,only one segment of boat noise was recorded;it lasted for 7 minutes,exhibiting strong energy over a broad frequency band.This event underscores the necessity of long-term monitoring of noise to identify and evaluate not only boat noise but other noise sources,especially ones that are intermittent but strong,that were not encountered during the limited period of observation on which this report is based.展开更多
In this paper,two existence theorems are given concerning the following 3-point boundary value problem of second order differential systems with impulses[HL(2:1,1Z;2,1Z]x″(t)=f(t,x(t),x′(t)),t∈(0,1),t≠t_k,k=1,2,.....In this paper,two existence theorems are given concerning the following 3-point boundary value problem of second order differential systems with impulses[HL(2:1,1Z;2,1Z]x″(t)=f(t,x(t),x′(t)),t∈(0,1),t≠t_k,k=1,2,...,m, Δx|_~t=t_k =I_k(x(t_k)),k=1,2,...,m, Δx′|_~t=t_k =J_k(x(t_k),x′(t_k)),k=1,2,...,m, x(0)=0,x(1)=αx(η).展开更多
Information from the brain travels back and forth along peripheral nerves in the form of electrical impulses generated by neurons and these impulses have repetitive patterns. Schwann cells in peripheral nerves receive...Information from the brain travels back and forth along peripheral nerves in the form of electrical impulses generated by neurons and these impulses have repetitive patterns. Schwann cells in peripheral nerves receive molecular signals from axons to coordinate the process of myelination. There is evidence, however,that non-molecular signals play an important role in myelination in the form of patterned electrical impulses generated by neuronal activity. The role of patterned electrical impulses has been investigated in the literature using co-cultures of neurons and myelinating cells. The co-culturing method, however, prevents the uncoupling of the direct effect of patterned electrical impulses on myelinating cells from the indirect effect mediated by neurons. To uncouple these effects and focus on the direct response of Schwann cells,we developed an in vitro model where an electroconductive carbon fiber acts as an artificial axon. The fiber provides only the biophysical characteristics of an axon but does not contribute any molecular signaling.In our "suspended wire model", the carbon fiber is suspended in a liquid media supported by a 3D printed scaffold. Patterned electrical impulses are generated by an Arduino 101 microcontroller. In this study, we describe the technology needed to set-up and eventually replicate this model. We also report on our initial in vitro tests where we were able to document the adherence and ensheath of human Schwann cells to the carbon fiber in the presence of patterned electrical impulses(hSCs were purchased from ScienCell Research Laboratories, Carlsbad, CA, USA; ScienCell fulfills the ethic requirements, including donor's consent). This technology will likely make feasible to investigate the response of Schwann cells to patterned electrical impulses in the future.展开更多
Hearing loss is a common military health problem and it is closely related to exposures to impulse noises from blast explosions and weapon firings. In a study based on test data of chinchillas and scaled to humans (Mi...Hearing loss is a common military health problem and it is closely related to exposures to impulse noises from blast explosions and weapon firings. In a study based on test data of chinchillas and scaled to humans (Military Medicine, 181: 59-69), an empirical injury model was constructed for exposure to multiple sound impulses of equal intensity. Building upon the empirical injury model, we conduct a mathematical study of the hearing loss injury caused by multiple impulses of non-uniform intensities. We adopt the theoretical framework of viewing individual sound exposures as separate injury causing events, and in that framework, we examine synergy for causing injury (fatigue) or negative synergy (immunity) or independence among a sequence of doses. Starting with the empirical logistic dose-response relation and the empirical dose combination rule, we show that for causing injury, a sequence of sound exposure events are not independent of each other. The phenomenological effect of a preceding event on the subsequent event is always immunity. We extend the empirical dose combination rule, which is applicable only in the case of homogeneous impulses of equal intensity, to accommodate the general case of multiple heterogeneous sound exposures with non-uniform intensities. In addition to studying and extending the empirical dose combination rule, we also explore the dose combination rule for the hypothetical case of independent events, and compare it with the empirical one. We measure the effect of immunity quantitatively using the immunity factor defined as the percentage of decrease in injury probability attributed to the sound exposure in the preceding event. Our main findings on the immunity factor are: 1) the immunity factor is primarily a function of the difference in SELA (A- weighted sound exposure level) between the two sound exposure events;it is virtually independent of the magnitude of the two SELA values as long as the difference is fixed;2) the immunity factor increases monotonically from 0 to 100% as the first dose is varied from being significantly below the second dose, to being moderately above the second dose. The extended dose-response formulation developed in this study provides a theoretical framework for assessing the injury risk in realistic situations.展开更多
Aim To investigate the boundary value problem for second order functional differentiai equations with impulses. Methods The fixed point principle was used to establish our results. Results and Conclusion The results o...Aim To investigate the boundary value problem for second order functional differentiai equations with impulses. Methods The fixed point principle was used to establish our results. Results and Conclusion The results of the esistence, the uniqueness and the continuous dependence on aprameter of soiutions of the boundary value problems for second order functional differential equations with impulses are obtained.展开更多
Aim To investigate the periodic boundary value problem for functional differential equations with impulses. Methods The method of upper and lower solutions and the monotone iterative technique were used to establish...Aim To investigate the periodic boundary value problem for functional differential equations with impulses. Methods The method of upper and lower solutions and the monotone iterative technique were used to establish our results. Results and Conclusion The results of the existence of maximal and minimal solutions of the periodic boundary value problem for functional differential equations with impulses are obtained.展开更多
In this paper, the Cohen-Grossberg neural networks with time-varying delays and impulses are considered. New sufficient conditions for the existence and global exponential stability of a unique equilibrium point are e...In this paper, the Cohen-Grossberg neural networks with time-varying delays and impulses are considered. New sufficient conditions for the existence and global exponential stability of a unique equilibrium point are established by using the fixed point theorem and Lyapunov functional. An example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of our results.展开更多
We consider the hearing loss injury among subjects in a crowd with a wide spectrum of individual intrinsic injury probabilities due to biovariability. For multiple acoustic impulses, the observed injury risk of a crow...We consider the hearing loss injury among subjects in a crowd with a wide spectrum of individual intrinsic injury probabilities due to biovariability. For multiple acoustic impulses, the observed injury risk of a crowd vs the effective combined dose follows the logistic dose-response relation. The injury risk of a crowd is the average fraction of injured. The injury risk was measured in experiments as follows: each subject is individually exposed to a sequence of acoustic impulses of a given intensity and the injury is recorded;results of multiple individual subjects were assembled into data sets to mimic the response of a crowd. The effective combined dose was adjusted by varying the number of impulses in the sequence. The most prominent feature observed in experiments is that the injury risk of the crowd caused by multiple impulses is significantly less than the value predicted based on assumption that all impulses act independently in causing injury and all subjects in the crowd are statistically identical. Previously, in the case where all subjects are statistically identical (i.e., no biovariability), we interpreted the observed injury risk caused by multiple impulses in terms of the immunity effects of preceding impulses on subsequent impulses. In this study, we focus on the case where all sound exposure events act independently in causing injury regardless of whether one is preceded by another (i.e., no immunity effect). Instead, we explore the possibility of interpreting the observed logistic dose-response relation in the framework of biovariability of the crowd. Here biovariability means that subjects in the crowd have their own individual injury probabilities. That is, some subjects are biologically less or more susceptible to hearing loss injury than others. We derive analytically the distribution of individual injury probability that produces the observed logistic dose-response relation. For several parameter values, we prove that the derived distribution is mathematically a proper density function. We further study the asymptotic approximations for the density function and discuss their significance in practical numerical computation with finite precision arithmetic. Our mathematical analysis implies that the observed logistic dose-response relation can be theoretically explained in the framework of biovariability in the absence of immunity effect.展开更多
Differential tigated. We study the properties of solutions sufficient conditions for equations with impulses at random moments are set up and invescase of Gamma distributed random moments of impulses. Several are stud...Differential tigated. We study the properties of solutions sufficient conditions for equations with impulses at random moments are set up and invescase of Gamma distributed random moments of impulses. Several are studied based on properties of Gammma distributions. Some p-moment exponential stability of the solutions are given.展开更多
Dear editor,Along with the progress of science and technology and the development of social civilization,control system brings an increasingly significant function in daily life.The application field of control system...Dear editor,Along with the progress of science and technology and the development of social civilization,control system brings an increasingly significant function in daily life.The application field of control system is very wide,for instance,in mobile technology[1],artificial earth satellite[2],pest control[3],etc.Ribeiro[4]first put forward the concept of random pulse in 1967.At present,impulsive control is used in networked control[5],secure communication[6],etc.In the 21st century,the impulsive control has been used in synchronization of coupled system,intelligent fault identification,image encryption.展开更多
In this paper, a nonautonomous periodic model of population with time delays and impulses, which arises in order to describe the control of a single population of cells, is studied. By the coincidence degree theory we...In this paper, a nonautonomous periodic model of population with time delays and impulses, which arises in order to describe the control of a single population of cells, is studied. By the coincidence degree theory we obtain the conditions for the existence of periodic solution of this system.展开更多
Objective： The aim of our study was to make the qualitative and quantitative analysis to breast lesions using acoustic radiation force impulses （ARFI）, and assess the diagnostic value of ARFI for differentiation be...Objective： The aim of our study was to make the qualitative and quantitative analysis to breast lesions using acoustic radiation force impulses （ARFI）, and assess the diagnostic value of ARFI for differentiation between benign and malignant solid breast masses, meanwhile evaluate the influences of ARFI with breast imaging reporting and data system （BI-RADS） of suspicious masses. Methods： Seventy-five women with 86 breast lesions underwent conventional breast ultra- sound examination. Then B-mode BI-RADS features and assessments were recorded and standard breast US supplemented by ARFI elastographic examination were repeated. The data were recorded and analyzed as following： area ratio of breast lesion, the shear-wave velocity, the ratio of the shear-wave velocity between lesions and surrounding normal tissues, and according to the elastographic data reconsidered the BI-RADS category, all the results have been correlated with pathological results and make statistical evaluations of ARFI for differentiation between benign and malignant solid breast masses. Meantime our study has correlated the adjusted BI-RADS category of suspicious breast lesions with the pathological results and made assessment. Results： Thirty-eight patients were malignant breast carcinoma （31 invasive ductal carcinoma, 5 intraductal carcinoma in situ, 2 medullary carcinoma, 2 invasive Iobular carcinoma）, 48 patients were benign breast lesions （23 fibroadenoma, 12 benign nodular hyperplasia, 5 phyllodes tumor, 6 adenosis, 2 intraductal papilloma）. Underwent conventional breast ultrasound exam, 42 cases were BI-RADS category 3, 23 cases were BI-RADS category 4. When adding elastographic data, 46 cases were BI-RADS category 3 and 20 cases were BI-RADS category 4. Compared with pathological results showed for both the specificity of BIRADS features and the area under ROC curve has risen. Virtual touch tissue imaging （VTI） and virtual touch tissue quantification （VTQ） data showed the area ratio （AR） between elastographic lesions area and B-mode lesions area, SWV （maximal shear-wave velocity of lesions）, R-SWV （shear-wave velocity ratio between lesions and surrounding normal tissues） in benign breast lesions were lower than those in malignant lesions which has statistical significance and the cut-off point were 1.1,4.65 m/s, 5.18 respectively. Conclusion： The ARFI elastography can provide the reliable qualitative and quantitative analysis about hardness of breast lesions, supply the new BI-RADS category features to suspicious breast masses and serve as an effective diagnostic tool for differentiation between benign and malignant solid masses.展开更多
The author aimed to investigate the solvability for nonlinear differential equations with not instantaneous impulses.Variational approach was adopted to obtain the existence of weak solutions as critical points. The f...The author aimed to investigate the solvability for nonlinear differential equations with not instantaneous impulses.Variational approach was adopted to obtain the existence of weak solutions as critical points. The findings of this study may serve as a reference for multiplicity of impulsive problems.展开更多
The results of research on influence of an irradiation of a liquid phase by nanosecond electromagnetic impulses(NEMI) on processes of crystallization and structurization,physicomechanical and operational properties of...The results of research on influence of an irradiation of a liquid phase by nanosecond electromagnetic impulses(NEMI) on processes of crystallization and structurization,physicomechanical and operational properties of copper,aluminium and alloys on their basis(bronze and silumin) were presented.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(10671182)。
文摘The article studies the evolutionary dynamics of two-population two-strategy game models with and without impulses. First, the payment matrix is given and two evolutionary dynamics models are established by adding stochastic and impulse. For the stochastic model without impulses, the existence and uniqueness of solution, and the existence of positive periodic solutions are proved, and a sufficient condition for strategy extinction is given. For the stochastic model with impulses, the existence of positive periodic solutions is proved. Numerical results show that noise and impulses directly affect the model, but the periodicity of the model does not change.
基金supported by the Excellent Talents Support Program for Colleges and Universities in Anhui Province(Grant No.gxyqZD2020003)。
文摘In this work,we investigate the existence and asymptotic stability in mean square of mild solutions for non-linear impulsive neutral stochastic evolution equations with infinite delays in distribution in a real separable Hilbert space.By using the Banach fixed point principle,some sufficient conditions are derived to ensure the asymptotic stability of mild solutions.Moreover,we investigate the Hyers-Ulam stability for such stochastic system.Finally,an illustrative example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the obtained results.
基金Supported by NSFC(Nos.10671182,12061020)NSF of Guizhou Province(Nos.QKH[2019]1123,QKHKY[2021]088,QKHKY[2022]301,QKH-ZK[2021]331)the Ph.D.Project of Guizhou Education University(No.2021BS005)。
文摘A stochastic stage-structure predator-prey system with impulsive effect is investigated.First,we build the corresponding system without impulse in order to demonstrate the existence and uniqueness of the global positive solution.Second,by selecting an appropriate Lyapunov function,we provide the sufficient condition for the existence of a positive T-periodic solution.Finally,numerical simulations illustrate our theoretical results,which show that the impulse or the white noises can result in the extinction of the predator in a certain condition.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61833005)
文摘Dear Editor,This letter studies finite-time stability (FTS) of impulsive and switched hybrid systems with delay-dependent impulses. Some conditions, based on Lyapunov method, are proposed for ensuring FTS and estimating settling-time function (STF) of the hybrid systems.When switching dynamics are FTS and impulsive dynamics involve destabilizing delay-dependent impulses, the FTS is retained if the impulses occur infrequently.
基金Supported by Shandong University of Finance and Economics 2023 International Collaborative Projectsthe National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.62073190)。
文摘In this article,we study the approximate controllability of neutral partial differential equations with Hilfer fractional derivative and not instantaneous impulses effects.By using the Sadovskii's fixed point theorem,fractional calculus and resolvent operator functions,we prove the approximate controllability of the considered system.
文摘Isolationism and expansionism are two themes of American diplomacy. From the beginning of the state’s history, isolationism and expansionism have manifested themselves as two policy imperatives in American diplomacy. On the surface, isolationism and expansionism represent contradictory attitudes and assumptions about America’s proper relationship with the outside world: isolationism advocates diplomatic and military non-entanglement in world affairs; expansionism urges active involvement in external affairs. But in a deeper sense, both isolationism and expansionism are manifestations of American sense of mission, the belief that the US has a special role to perform for all nations in the world. Isolationism is a passive approach to accomplish that mission: it emphasizes the exemplary nature of their country. Expansionism stresses the need for active involvement to achieve that mission; thus, is an active approach to American mission.
基金supported financially by the Director General’s Scientific Research Fund of Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey(Grant Number:2023GMGSJZJJ00029).
文摘Sound is considered an important aspect of an ecosystem and acoustic methods have emerged as effective tools for ecosystems research.Xincun Lagoon,Hainan Island,is an important ecosystem characterized by dense seagrass,which has been declining due to increased human activities,raising great concerns.Previous studies have identified various threats to seagrass,including heavy metal pollution,poor quality water,and so on.In this study,we investigate sources and levels of noise in seagrass beds and attempt to point out potential threats from noise pollution.A line array of six hydrophones was deployed over a period of seven days,from January 15 to January 21,2024.The recordings captured various sounds from marine life,human activities,and natural processes.Biological sounds,such as fish sounds and whale calls,were the most prevalent.Low-frequency noise from wind and tide were often recorded.Xincun Bay hosts more than 1500 fishing vessels;however,due to bad weather conditions that kept most vessels docked during the recording period,only one segment of boat noise was recorded;it lasted for 7 minutes,exhibiting strong energy over a broad frequency band.This event underscores the necessity of long-term monitoring of noise to identify and evaluate not only boat noise but other noise sources,especially ones that are intermittent but strong,that were not encountered during the limited period of observation on which this report is based.
文摘In this paper,two existence theorems are given concerning the following 3-point boundary value problem of second order differential systems with impulses[HL(2:1,1Z;2,1Z]x″(t)=f(t,x(t),x′(t)),t∈(0,1),t≠t_k,k=1,2,...,m, Δx|_~t=t_k =I_k(x(t_k)),k=1,2,...,m, Δx′|_~t=t_k =J_k(x(t_k),x′(t_k)),k=1,2,...,m, x(0)=0,x(1)=αx(η).
基金supported by the New Jersey Health Foundation under Grant#PC94-17the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging And Bioengineering of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number P41EB001046(both to JK)
文摘Information from the brain travels back and forth along peripheral nerves in the form of electrical impulses generated by neurons and these impulses have repetitive patterns. Schwann cells in peripheral nerves receive molecular signals from axons to coordinate the process of myelination. There is evidence, however,that non-molecular signals play an important role in myelination in the form of patterned electrical impulses generated by neuronal activity. The role of patterned electrical impulses has been investigated in the literature using co-cultures of neurons and myelinating cells. The co-culturing method, however, prevents the uncoupling of the direct effect of patterned electrical impulses on myelinating cells from the indirect effect mediated by neurons. To uncouple these effects and focus on the direct response of Schwann cells,we developed an in vitro model where an electroconductive carbon fiber acts as an artificial axon. The fiber provides only the biophysical characteristics of an axon but does not contribute any molecular signaling.In our "suspended wire model", the carbon fiber is suspended in a liquid media supported by a 3D printed scaffold. Patterned electrical impulses are generated by an Arduino 101 microcontroller. In this study, we describe the technology needed to set-up and eventually replicate this model. We also report on our initial in vitro tests where we were able to document the adherence and ensheath of human Schwann cells to the carbon fiber in the presence of patterned electrical impulses(hSCs were purchased from ScienCell Research Laboratories, Carlsbad, CA, USA; ScienCell fulfills the ethic requirements, including donor's consent). This technology will likely make feasible to investigate the response of Schwann cells to patterned electrical impulses in the future.
文摘Hearing loss is a common military health problem and it is closely related to exposures to impulse noises from blast explosions and weapon firings. In a study based on test data of chinchillas and scaled to humans (Military Medicine, 181: 59-69), an empirical injury model was constructed for exposure to multiple sound impulses of equal intensity. Building upon the empirical injury model, we conduct a mathematical study of the hearing loss injury caused by multiple impulses of non-uniform intensities. We adopt the theoretical framework of viewing individual sound exposures as separate injury causing events, and in that framework, we examine synergy for causing injury (fatigue) or negative synergy (immunity) or independence among a sequence of doses. Starting with the empirical logistic dose-response relation and the empirical dose combination rule, we show that for causing injury, a sequence of sound exposure events are not independent of each other. The phenomenological effect of a preceding event on the subsequent event is always immunity. We extend the empirical dose combination rule, which is applicable only in the case of homogeneous impulses of equal intensity, to accommodate the general case of multiple heterogeneous sound exposures with non-uniform intensities. In addition to studying and extending the empirical dose combination rule, we also explore the dose combination rule for the hypothetical case of independent events, and compare it with the empirical one. We measure the effect of immunity quantitatively using the immunity factor defined as the percentage of decrease in injury probability attributed to the sound exposure in the preceding event. Our main findings on the immunity factor are: 1) the immunity factor is primarily a function of the difference in SELA (A- weighted sound exposure level) between the two sound exposure events;it is virtually independent of the magnitude of the two SELA values as long as the difference is fixed;2) the immunity factor increases monotonically from 0 to 100% as the first dose is varied from being significantly below the second dose, to being moderately above the second dose. The extended dose-response formulation developed in this study provides a theoretical framework for assessing the injury risk in realistic situations.
文摘Aim To investigate the boundary value problem for second order functional differentiai equations with impulses. Methods The fixed point principle was used to establish our results. Results and Conclusion The results of the esistence, the uniqueness and the continuous dependence on aprameter of soiutions of the boundary value problems for second order functional differential equations with impulses are obtained.
文摘Aim To investigate the periodic boundary value problem for functional differential equations with impulses. Methods The method of upper and lower solutions and the monotone iterative technique were used to establish our results. Results and Conclusion The results of the existence of maximal and minimal solutions of the periodic boundary value problem for functional differential equations with impulses are obtained.
文摘In this paper, the Cohen-Grossberg neural networks with time-varying delays and impulses are considered. New sufficient conditions for the existence and global exponential stability of a unique equilibrium point are established by using the fixed point theorem and Lyapunov functional. An example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of our results.
文摘We consider the hearing loss injury among subjects in a crowd with a wide spectrum of individual intrinsic injury probabilities due to biovariability. For multiple acoustic impulses, the observed injury risk of a crowd vs the effective combined dose follows the logistic dose-response relation. The injury risk of a crowd is the average fraction of injured. The injury risk was measured in experiments as follows: each subject is individually exposed to a sequence of acoustic impulses of a given intensity and the injury is recorded;results of multiple individual subjects were assembled into data sets to mimic the response of a crowd. The effective combined dose was adjusted by varying the number of impulses in the sequence. The most prominent feature observed in experiments is that the injury risk of the crowd caused by multiple impulses is significantly less than the value predicted based on assumption that all impulses act independently in causing injury and all subjects in the crowd are statistically identical. Previously, in the case where all subjects are statistically identical (i.e., no biovariability), we interpreted the observed injury risk caused by multiple impulses in terms of the immunity effects of preceding impulses on subsequent impulses. In this study, we focus on the case where all sound exposure events act independently in causing injury regardless of whether one is preceded by another (i.e., no immunity effect). Instead, we explore the possibility of interpreting the observed logistic dose-response relation in the framework of biovariability of the crowd. Here biovariability means that subjects in the crowd have their own individual injury probabilities. That is, some subjects are biologically less or more susceptible to hearing loss injury than others. We derive analytically the distribution of individual injury probability that produces the observed logistic dose-response relation. For several parameter values, we prove that the derived distribution is mathematically a proper density function. We further study the asymptotic approximations for the density function and discuss their significance in practical numerical computation with finite precision arithmetic. Our mathematical analysis implies that the observed logistic dose-response relation can be theoretically explained in the framework of biovariability in the absence of immunity effect.
基金partially supported by Fund Scientific Research MU15FMIIT008,Plovdiv University
文摘Differential tigated. We study the properties of solutions sufficient conditions for equations with impulses at random moments are set up and invescase of Gamma distributed random moments of impulses. Several are studied based on properties of Gammma distributions. Some p-moment exponential stability of the solutions are given.
基金supported by the Foundation of Chongqing Municipal Key Laboratory of Institutions of Higher Education([2017]3)Foundation of Chongqing Development and Reform Commission(2017[1007])。
文摘Dear editor,Along with the progress of science and technology and the development of social civilization,control system brings an increasingly significant function in daily life.The application field of control system is very wide,for instance,in mobile technology[1],artificial earth satellite[2],pest control[3],etc.Ribeiro[4]first put forward the concept of random pulse in 1967.At present,impulsive control is used in networked control[5],secure communication[6],etc.In the 21st century,the impulsive control has been used in synchronization of coupled system,intelligent fault identification,image encryption.
文摘In this paper, a nonautonomous periodic model of population with time delays and impulses, which arises in order to describe the control of a single population of cells, is studied. By the coincidence degree theory we obtain the conditions for the existence of periodic solution of this system.
文摘Objective： The aim of our study was to make the qualitative and quantitative analysis to breast lesions using acoustic radiation force impulses （ARFI）, and assess the diagnostic value of ARFI for differentiation between benign and malignant solid breast masses, meanwhile evaluate the influences of ARFI with breast imaging reporting and data system （BI-RADS） of suspicious masses. Methods： Seventy-five women with 86 breast lesions underwent conventional breast ultra- sound examination. Then B-mode BI-RADS features and assessments were recorded and standard breast US supplemented by ARFI elastographic examination were repeated. The data were recorded and analyzed as following： area ratio of breast lesion, the shear-wave velocity, the ratio of the shear-wave velocity between lesions and surrounding normal tissues, and according to the elastographic data reconsidered the BI-RADS category, all the results have been correlated with pathological results and make statistical evaluations of ARFI for differentiation between benign and malignant solid breast masses. Meantime our study has correlated the adjusted BI-RADS category of suspicious breast lesions with the pathological results and made assessment. Results： Thirty-eight patients were malignant breast carcinoma （31 invasive ductal carcinoma, 5 intraductal carcinoma in situ, 2 medullary carcinoma, 2 invasive Iobular carcinoma）, 48 patients were benign breast lesions （23 fibroadenoma, 12 benign nodular hyperplasia, 5 phyllodes tumor, 6 adenosis, 2 intraductal papilloma）. Underwent conventional breast ultrasound exam, 42 cases were BI-RADS category 3, 23 cases were BI-RADS category 4. When adding elastographic data, 46 cases were BI-RADS category 3 and 20 cases were BI-RADS category 4. Compared with pathological results showed for both the specificity of BIRADS features and the area under ROC curve has risen. Virtual touch tissue imaging （VTI） and virtual touch tissue quantification （VTQ） data showed the area ratio （AR） between elastographic lesions area and B-mode lesions area, SWV （maximal shear-wave velocity of lesions）, R-SWV （shear-wave velocity ratio between lesions and surrounding normal tissues） in benign breast lesions were lower than those in malignant lesions which has statistical significance and the cut-off point were 1.1,4.65 m/s, 5.18 respectively. Conclusion： The ARFI elastography can provide the reliable qualitative and quantitative analysis about hardness of breast lesions, supply the new BI-RADS category features to suspicious breast masses and serve as an effective diagnostic tool for differentiation between benign and malignant solid masses.
基金National Natural Science Foundations of China(No.11601143,11801160)School Level Scientific Research Project of Hunan First Normal University,China(No.XYS14N15)
文摘The author aimed to investigate the solvability for nonlinear differential equations with not instantaneous impulses.Variational approach was adopted to obtain the existence of weak solutions as critical points. The findings of this study may serve as a reference for multiplicity of impulsive problems.
基金This work is financially supported by Program of Russian Foundation For Basic Research(No 05-08-01357)
文摘The results of research on influence of an irradiation of a liquid phase by nanosecond electromagnetic impulses(NEMI) on processes of crystallization and structurization,physicomechanical and operational properties of copper,aluminium and alloys on their basis(bronze and silumin) were presented.
