AIM:To build a functional generalized estimating equation(GEE)model to detect glaucomatous visual field progression and compare the performance of the proposed method with that of commonly employed algorithms.METHODS:...AIM:To build a functional generalized estimating equation(GEE)model to detect glaucomatous visual field progression and compare the performance of the proposed method with that of commonly employed algorithms.METHODS:Totally 716 eyes of 716 patients with primary open angle glaucoma(POAG)with at least 5 reliable 24-2 test results and 2y of follow-up were selected.The functional GEE model was used to detect perimetric progression in the training dataset(501 eyes).In the testing dataset(215 eyes),progression was evaluated the functional GEE model,mean deviation(MD)and visual field index(VFI)rates of change,Advanced Glaucoma Intervention Study(AGIS)and Collaborative Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study(CIGTS)scores,and pointwise linear regression(PLR).RESULTS:The proposed method showed the highest proportion of eyes detected as progression(54.4%),followed by the VFI rate(34.4%),PLR(23.3%),and MD rate(21.4%).The CIGTS and AGIS scores had a lower proportion of eyes detected as progression(7.9%and 5.1%,respectively).The time to detection of progression was significantly shorter for the proposed method than that of other algorithms(adjusted P≤0.019).The VFI rate displayed moderate pairwise agreement with the proposed method(k=0.47).CONCLUSION:The functional GEE model shows the highest proportion of eyes detected as perimetric progression and the shortest time to detect perimetric progression in patients with POAG.展开更多
The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the singularities of solutions to the single Tricomi equation with derivative term and combined memory term.In addition,the blow-up of the solution to the weakly couple...The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the singularities of solutions to the single Tricomi equation with derivative term and combined memory term.In addition,the blow-up of the solution to the weakly coupled system with memory term is also considered,where one is a power nonlinear term and the other is a derivative nonlinear term.Upper bound lifespan estimates of solution are obtained in the sub-critical by utilizing the test function method and iteration technique.The innovation of this paper focuses on the lifespan estimates of the solutions,which extends the well-known Strauss and Glassey conjectures.展开更多
This work is devoted to the study of initial boundary value problem for k-component system of semilinear wave equations with several fundamental boundary conditions(namely,the Dirichlet,Neumann,and Robin boundary cond...This work is devoted to the study of initial boundary value problem for k-component system of semilinear wave equations with several fundamental boundary conditions(namely,the Dirichlet,Neumann,and Robin boundary conditions).Blow-up results and lifespan estimates of solutions to the problem with two different types of weak damping terms and power nonlinearities in the sub-critical and critical cases on exterior domain are obtained.The test function technique is performed in the proofs.It is worth observing that our results in Theorem 1.1 in this article contain the results in[6]as a special case whenθ=0.To the best of our knowledge,the results in Theorems 1.1-1.2 are new.展开更多
We investigate dark solitons lying on elliptic function background in the defocusing Hirota equation with third-order dispersion and self-steepening terms.By means of the modified squared wavefunction method,we obtain...We investigate dark solitons lying on elliptic function background in the defocusing Hirota equation with third-order dispersion and self-steepening terms.By means of the modified squared wavefunction method,we obtain the Jacobi's elliptic solution of the defocusing Hirota equation,and solve the related linear matrix eigenvalue problem on elliptic function background.The elliptic N-dark soliton solution in terms of theta functions is constructed by the Darboux transformation and limit technique.The asymptotic dynamical behaviors for the elliptic N-dark soliton solution as t→±∞are studied.Through numerical plots of the elliptic one-,two-and three-dark solitons,the amplification effect on the velocity of elliptic dark solitons,and the compression effect on the soliton spatiotemporal distributions produced by the third-order dispersion and self-steepening terms are discussed.展开更多
In this paper,we construct new examples of hyperbolic metasurfaces in CP^(3) and CP^(4),and discusses the existence of solutions for a class of Fermat type functional equations.
In the paper we derive new solutions for the discrete and continuous Schwarzian Korteweg–de Vries(SKd V)equations.These solutions are characterized by trigonometric functions as backgrounds.For the discrete SKd V equ...In the paper we derive new solutions for the discrete and continuous Schwarzian Korteweg–de Vries(SKd V)equations.These solutions are characterized by trigonometric functions as backgrounds.For the discrete SKd V equation,its solutions are derived by using trigonometric function seeds and B?cklund transformation.Solutions for the continuous SKd V equation are obtained by taking continuum limits.展开更多
The goal of this paper is to investigate the theory of Noether solvability for Volterra singular integral equations(VSIEs)with convolution and Cauchy kernels in a more general function class.To obtain the analytic sol...The goal of this paper is to investigate the theory of Noether solvability for Volterra singular integral equations(VSIEs)with convolution and Cauchy kernels in a more general function class.To obtain the analytic solutions,we transform such equations into boundary value problems with discontinuous coefficients by the properties of Fourier analysis.In view of the analytical Riemann-Hilbert method,the generalized Liouville theorem and Sokhotski-Plemelj formula,we get the uniqueness and existence of solutions for such problems,and study the asymptotic property of solutions at nodes.Therefore,this paper improves the theory of singular integral equations and boundary value problems.展开更多
The existence of periodic solutions for a kind of generalized Liénard typed functional differential equation is studied. By means of the continuation theorem of coincidence degree theory, existence criteria are ...The existence of periodic solutions for a kind of generalized Liénard typed functional differential equation is studied. By means of the continuation theorem of coincidence degree theory, existence criteria are established for the existence of periodic solutions and some previous results are extended.展开更多
This paper is concerned with the oscillation of second order linear functional equations of the form x(g(t)) = p(t)x(t) + Q(t)X(g(2)(t)), Where p, Q, g : [t(0), infinity) --> R+ = [0, infinity) are given real value...This paper is concerned with the oscillation of second order linear functional equations of the form x(g(t)) = p(t)x(t) + Q(t)X(g(2)(t)), Where p, Q, g : [t(0), infinity) --> R+ = [0, infinity) are given real valued functions such that g(t) not equivalent to t, lim(t-->infinity) g(t) = infinity. It is proved here that when 0 less than or equal to m := lim inf(t-->infinity) Q(t)P(g(t)) less than or equal to 1/4 all solutions of this equation oscillate if the condition lim(t-->infinity) sup Q(t)P(g(t)) > (1 + root1 -4m/2)(2) (*) is satisfied. It should be emphasized that the condition (*) can not be improved in some sense.展开更多
Based on the Laplace transform, a direct derivation of the ordinary differential equations for the three-dimensional transient free-surface Green function in marine hydrodynamics is presented. The results for the 3D G...Based on the Laplace transform, a direct derivation of the ordinary differential equations for the three-dimensional transient free-surface Green function in marine hydrodynamics is presented. The results for the 3D Green function and all its spatial derivatives are a set of fourth-order ordinary differential equations, which are identical with that of Clement (1998). All of these results may be used to accelerate numerical computation for the time-domain boundary element method in marine hydrodynamics.展开更多
In this article, we mainly investigate the growth and existence of meromorphic solutions of a type of systems of composite functional equations, and obtain some interesting results. It extends some results concerning ...In this article, we mainly investigate the growth and existence of meromorphic solutions of a type of systems of composite functional equations, and obtain some interesting results. It extends some results concerning functional equations to the systems of functional equations.展开更多
By means of an abstract continuation theorem, the existence criteria are established for the positive periodic solutions of a neutral functional differential equation d N d t=N(t)[a(t)-β(t)N(t)-b(t)N(t-σ(t))-c(...By means of an abstract continuation theorem, the existence criteria are established for the positive periodic solutions of a neutral functional differential equation d N d t=N(t)[a(t)-β(t)N(t)-b(t)N(t-σ(t))-c(t)N′(t-τ(t))].展开更多
By using the modified mapping method, we find some new exact solutions of the generalized Boussinesq equation and the Boussinesq-Burgers equation. The solutions obtained in this paper include Jacobian elliptic functio...By using the modified mapping method, we find some new exact solutions of the generalized Boussinesq equation and the Boussinesq-Burgers equation. The solutions obtained in this paper include Jacobian elliptic function solutions, combined Jacobian elliptic function solutions, soliton solutions, triangular function solutions.展开更多
Linearization of Radiative Transfer Equation (RTE) is the key step in physical retrieval of atmospheric temperature and moisture profiles from InfRared (IR) sounder observations. In this paper, the successive forms of...Linearization of Radiative Transfer Equation (RTE) is the key step in physical retrieval of atmospheric temperature and moisture profiles from InfRared (IR) sounder observations. In this paper, the successive forms of temperature and water vapor mixing ratio component weighting functions are derived by applying one term variation method to RTE with surface emissivity and solar reflectivity contained. Retrivals of temperature and water vapor mixing ratio profiles from simulated Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) observations with surface emissivity and solar reflectivity are presented.展开更多
We consider the existence, the growth, poles, zeros, fixed points and the Borel exceptional value of solutions for the following difference equations relating to Gamma function y（z ＋ 1） -y（z） = R（z） and y（z ...We consider the existence, the growth, poles, zeros, fixed points and the Borel exceptional value of solutions for the following difference equations relating to Gamma function y（z ＋ 1） -y（z） = R（z） and y（z ＋ 1） = P （z）y（z）.展开更多
Some doubly-periodic solutions of the Zakharov-Kuznetsov equation are presented. Our approach is to introduce an auxiliary ordinary differential equation and use its Jacobi elliptic function solutions to construct dou...Some doubly-periodic solutions of the Zakharov-Kuznetsov equation are presented. Our approach is to introduce an auxiliary ordinary differential equation and use its Jacobi elliptic function solutions to construct doubly-periodic solutions of the Zakharov-Kuznetsov equation, which has been derived by Gottwald as a two-dimensional model for nonlinear Rossby waves. When the modulus k →1, these solutions reduce to the solitary wave solutions of the equation.展开更多
This paper establishes the Razumikhin-type theorem on stability for neutral stochastic functional differential equations with unbounded delay. To overcome difficulties from unbounded delay, we develop several differen...This paper establishes the Razumikhin-type theorem on stability for neutral stochastic functional differential equations with unbounded delay. To overcome difficulties from unbounded delay, we develop several different techniques to investigate stability. To show our idea clearly, we examine neutral stochastic delay differential equations with unbounded delay and linear neutral stochastic Volterra unbounded-delay-integro-differential equations.展开更多
In this article, we establish some uniqueness theorems that improves some results of H. X. Yi for a family of meromorphic functions, and as applications, we give some results about the non-existence of meromorphic sol...In this article, we establish some uniqueness theorems that improves some results of H. X. Yi for a family of meromorphic functions, and as applications, we give some results about the non-existence of meromorphic solutions of Fermat type functional equations.展开更多
基金Supported by the Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute(KHIDI),funded by the Ministry of Health&Welfare,Republic of Korea(No.HR20C0026)the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF)(No.RS-2023-00247504)the Patient-Centered Clinical Research Coordinating Center,funded by the Ministry of Health&Welfare,Republic of Korea(No.HC19C0276).
文摘AIM:To build a functional generalized estimating equation(GEE)model to detect glaucomatous visual field progression and compare the performance of the proposed method with that of commonly employed algorithms.METHODS:Totally 716 eyes of 716 patients with primary open angle glaucoma(POAG)with at least 5 reliable 24-2 test results and 2y of follow-up were selected.The functional GEE model was used to detect perimetric progression in the training dataset(501 eyes).In the testing dataset(215 eyes),progression was evaluated the functional GEE model,mean deviation(MD)and visual field index(VFI)rates of change,Advanced Glaucoma Intervention Study(AGIS)and Collaborative Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study(CIGTS)scores,and pointwise linear regression(PLR).RESULTS:The proposed method showed the highest proportion of eyes detected as progression(54.4%),followed by the VFI rate(34.4%),PLR(23.3%),and MD rate(21.4%).The CIGTS and AGIS scores had a lower proportion of eyes detected as progression(7.9%and 5.1%,respectively).The time to detection of progression was significantly shorter for the proposed method than that of other algorithms(adjusted P≤0.019).The VFI rate displayed moderate pairwise agreement with the proposed method(k=0.47).CONCLUSION:The functional GEE model shows the highest proportion of eyes detected as perimetric progression and the shortest time to detect perimetric progression in patients with POAG.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China Under Grant(12401647)Supported by Fundamental Research Program of Shanxi Province(202203021212336)+2 种基金Taiyuan Institute of Technology Scientific Research Initial Funding(2023KJ057,2024KJ007,2024LJ005)Supported by Scientific and Technologial Innovation Programs of Higher Education Institutions in Shanxi(2024L358)Youth Program of Taiyuan University(24TYQN10)。
文摘The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the singularities of solutions to the single Tricomi equation with derivative term and combined memory term.In addition,the blow-up of the solution to the weakly coupled system with memory term is also considered,where one is a power nonlinear term and the other is a derivative nonlinear term.Upper bound lifespan estimates of solution are obtained in the sub-critical by utilizing the test function method and iteration technique.The innovation of this paper focuses on the lifespan estimates of the solutions,which extends the well-known Strauss and Glassey conjectures.
基金Supported by Fundamental Research Program of Shanxi Province(20210302123045,20210302123182)National Natural Science Foundation of China(11601446)。
文摘This work is devoted to the study of initial boundary value problem for k-component system of semilinear wave equations with several fundamental boundary conditions(namely,the Dirichlet,Neumann,and Robin boundary conditions).Blow-up results and lifespan estimates of solutions to the problem with two different types of weak damping terms and power nonlinearities in the sub-critical and critical cases on exterior domain are obtained.The test function technique is performed in the proofs.It is worth observing that our results in Theorem 1.1 in this article contain the results in[6]as a special case whenθ=0.To the best of our knowledge,the results in Theorems 1.1-1.2 are new.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.12326304,12326305,12071304)the Shenzhen Natural Science Fund(the Stable Support Plan Program)(Grant No.20220809163103001)+2 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province(Grant No.232300420119)the Excellent Science and Technology Innovation Talent Support Program of ZUT(Grant No.K2023YXRC06)Funding for the Enhancement Program of Advantageous Discipline Strength of ZUT(2022)。
文摘We investigate dark solitons lying on elliptic function background in the defocusing Hirota equation with third-order dispersion and self-steepening terms.By means of the modified squared wavefunction method,we obtain the Jacobi's elliptic solution of the defocusing Hirota equation,and solve the related linear matrix eigenvalue problem on elliptic function background.The elliptic N-dark soliton solution in terms of theta functions is constructed by the Darboux transformation and limit technique.The asymptotic dynamical behaviors for the elliptic N-dark soliton solution as t→±∞are studied.Through numerical plots of the elliptic one-,two-and three-dark solitons,the amplification effect on the velocity of elliptic dark solitons,and the compression effect on the soliton spatiotemporal distributions produced by the third-order dispersion and self-steepening terms are discussed.
基金Supported by the National Natural Foundation of China(Grant No.12361028)the Foundation of Education Department of Jiangxi(Grant Nos.GJJ212305 and GJJ2202228)。
文摘In this paper,we construct new examples of hyperbolic metasurfaces in CP^(3) and CP^(4),and discusses the existence of solutions for a class of Fermat type functional equations.
基金supported by the NSF of China(Grant No.12271334)。
文摘In the paper we derive new solutions for the discrete and continuous Schwarzian Korteweg–de Vries(SKd V)equations.These solutions are characterized by trigonometric functions as backgrounds.For the discrete SKd V equation,its solutions are derived by using trigonometric function seeds and B?cklund transformation.Solutions for the continuous SKd V equation are obtained by taking continuum limits.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11971015).
文摘The goal of this paper is to investigate the theory of Noether solvability for Volterra singular integral equations(VSIEs)with convolution and Cauchy kernels in a more general function class.To obtain the analytic solutions,we transform such equations into boundary value problems with discontinuous coefficients by the properties of Fourier analysis.In view of the analytical Riemann-Hilbert method,the generalized Liouville theorem and Sokhotski-Plemelj formula,we get the uniqueness and existence of solutions for such problems,and study the asymptotic property of solutions at nodes.Therefore,this paper improves the theory of singular integral equations and boundary value problems.
文摘The existence of periodic solutions for a kind of generalized Liénard typed functional differential equation is studied. By means of the continuation theorem of coincidence degree theory, existence criteria are established for the existence of periodic solutions and some previous results are extended.
文摘This paper is concerned with the oscillation of second order linear functional equations of the form x(g(t)) = p(t)x(t) + Q(t)X(g(2)(t)), Where p, Q, g : [t(0), infinity) --> R+ = [0, infinity) are given real valued functions such that g(t) not equivalent to t, lim(t-->infinity) g(t) = infinity. It is proved here that when 0 less than or equal to m := lim inf(t-->infinity) Q(t)P(g(t)) less than or equal to 1/4 all solutions of this equation oscillate if the condition lim(t-->infinity) sup Q(t)P(g(t)) > (1 + root1 -4m/2)(2) (*) is satisfied. It should be emphasized that the condition (*) can not be improved in some sense.
基金The paper was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 19802008)Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Grant of the Ministry of Education of China (No. 199927)
文摘Based on the Laplace transform, a direct derivation of the ordinary differential equations for the three-dimensional transient free-surface Green function in marine hydrodynamics is presented. The results for the 3D Green function and all its spatial derivatives are a set of fourth-order ordinary differential equations, which are identical with that of Clement (1998). All of these results may be used to accelerate numerical computation for the time-domain boundary element method in marine hydrodynamics.
基金Project supported by NSF of China (10471065)the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (04010474)
文摘In this article, we mainly investigate the growth and existence of meromorphic solutions of a type of systems of composite functional equations, and obtain some interesting results. It extends some results concerning functional equations to the systems of functional equations.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China( 198710 0 5 )
文摘By means of an abstract continuation theorem, the existence criteria are established for the positive periodic solutions of a neutral functional differential equation d N d t=N(t)[a(t)-β(t)N(t)-b(t)N(t-σ(t))-c(t)N′(t-τ(t))].
基金Project supported by the State Key Program for Basic Research of China (Grant No 2004CB418304)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No 40405010)
文摘By using the modified mapping method, we find some new exact solutions of the generalized Boussinesq equation and the Boussinesq-Burgers equation. The solutions obtained in this paper include Jacobian elliptic function solutions, combined Jacobian elliptic function solutions, soliton solutions, triangular function solutions.
文摘Linearization of Radiative Transfer Equation (RTE) is the key step in physical retrieval of atmospheric temperature and moisture profiles from InfRared (IR) sounder observations. In this paper, the successive forms of temperature and water vapor mixing ratio component weighting functions are derived by applying one term variation method to RTE with surface emissivity and solar reflectivity contained. Retrivals of temperature and water vapor mixing ratio profiles from simulated Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) observations with surface emissivity and solar reflectivity are presented.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (10871076 11026096)
文摘We consider the existence, the growth, poles, zeros, fixed points and the Borel exceptional value of solutions for the following difference equations relating to Gamma function y（z ＋ 1） -y（z） = R（z） and y（z ＋ 1） = P （z）y（z）.
文摘Some doubly-periodic solutions of the Zakharov-Kuznetsov equation are presented. Our approach is to introduce an auxiliary ordinary differential equation and use its Jacobi elliptic function solutions to construct doubly-periodic solutions of the Zakharov-Kuznetsov equation, which has been derived by Gottwald as a two-dimensional model for nonlinear Rossby waves. When the modulus k →1, these solutions reduce to the solitary wave solutions of the equation.
基金Supported by NSFC (11001091)Chinese UniversityResearch Foundation (2010MS129)
文摘This paper establishes the Razumikhin-type theorem on stability for neutral stochastic functional differential equations with unbounded delay. To overcome difficulties from unbounded delay, we develop several different techniques to investigate stability. To show our idea clearly, we examine neutral stochastic delay differential equations with unbounded delay and linear neutral stochastic Volterra unbounded-delay-integro-differential equations.
文摘In this article, we establish some uniqueness theorems that improves some results of H. X. Yi for a family of meromorphic functions, and as applications, we give some results about the non-existence of meromorphic solutions of Fermat type functional equations.
