K E V I N M . S I R K , † N A V I D B . S A L E H , ‡ T A N A P O N P H E N R A T , ‡ H Y E J I N K I M , ‡ B R U N O D U F O U R , § J E O N G B I N O K , § P A T R I C I A L . G O L A S , § K R Z Y S Z T O F M A T Y J A S Z E W S K I , § G R E G O R Y V . L O W R Y , ‡ A N D R O B E R T D . T I L T O N * , † , | Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology and Departments of Chemic...

K e y w o r d s E x t e n d e d Fisher-Kolmogorov equation, Sixth-order equations, Eigenvalue problems~ Clark's theorem, Variational methods. 1. I N T R O D U C T I O N Bistable systems play an important role in the study of spatial patterns. Recently, interest has turned to higher-order model equations involving bistable dynamics, such as the extended Fisher-Kolmogorov (EFK) equation Ou 0% 02u...

objective(s):acute kidney injury (aki), a syndrome characterized by decreased glomerular filtration, occurs in every 1 of 5 hospitalized patients.  renal ischemia-reperfusion, one of the main causes of aki, is of particular importance in the setting of kidney transplantation. materials and methods: sixty male rats were divided into four groups including control, nephrectomy, sham surgery and re...

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objective(s):this study examined whether conjugated linoleic acid (cla) supplementation affects insulin sensitivity and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (ppar-γ) and glucose transporter type 4 (glut-4) protein expressions in the skeletal muscles of rats during endurance exercise. materials and methods:sprague-dawley male rats were randomly divided into hs (high-fat diet (hfd) se...

H. A k b a r i b, X. A l tuna b, S. Ba rd in b'l , R. Bel lazzini f, V. B i r y u k o v b'2, A. Brez f, M.P . Bussa h, L. Busso h, A. C a l c a t e r r a d, G. C a r b o n i f, F. C o s t a n t i n i f, R. D e Sangro d, K. E lsener b, F. Fer io l i b, A. Fe r r a r i b, G .P . Fer r i b, F. Fe r ron i g, G. F i d e c a r o b, A. F r e u n d c, R. G u i n a n d b, M. G y r b, W. H e r r b, A. Hi...

Consider functional I u R jjDuj L detDuj dx whose energy well consists of matrices satisfying j j L det We show that the relaxations of this functional in various Sobolev spaces are signi cantly di erent We also make several remarks concerning various p growth semiconvex hulls of the energy well set and prove an attainment result for a special Hamilton Jacobi equation jDuj L detDu in the so cal...

This study analyzes the characteristics of sex u a l abuse committed within the family against age g roups classified according to the Bra z i l i a n Statute for Children and Adolescents (the prevailing legislation on matters pertaining to minors) and treated at the Re f e rence Center for C h i l d ren and Adolescents and the Gu a rd i a nship Councils in Ribeirão Pre t o, São Paulo St a t e ...

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