Abstract We investigate a Cahn-Hilliard type equation with gradient dependent potential. After establishing the existence and uniqueness, we pay our attention mainly to the regularity of weak solutions by means of the energy estimates and the theory of Campanato Spaces.

We consider the spectrum associated with the linear operator obtained when a Cahn–Hilliard system on R is linearized about a transition wave solution. In many cases it’s possible to show that the only non-negative eigenvalue is λ = 0, and so stability depends entirely on the nature of this neutral eigenvalue. In such cases, we identify a stability condition based on an appropriate Evans functio...

Dawson et al. examine the importance and relevance of clinical supervision (CS) for regional allied health professionals (AHPs) from a supervisor’s perspective, following their previous study examining CS from a supervisee’s perspective. Both studies examine potential barriers to and outcomes of CS and factors affecting its success in promoting and supporting professional learning and capacity ...

The non-objective and non-scientific evaluation of sports tourism resources has become a bottleneck which restricts the development of sports tourism industry. In order to make the evaluation of sports tourism resources have more comprehensiveness, accuracy and scientificalness and to promote the healthy and sustainable development of sports tourism industry, this paper, based on the AHP-FUZZY ...

This paper shows that the usual multiplicative synthesis of alternative priorities for benefits, opportunities, costs and risks, obtained from separate Analytic Hierarchy or Network models, can be ambiguous. The ratio of benefit and opportunity priorities to cost and risk priorities can be misleading when assessing the profitability of a project. The same holds for their additive synthesis, alt...

Many major shipbuilding enterprises outsource the professional IT work to reduce costs and improve efficiency. In recent years, shipbuilding enterprises have become one of the most important IT outsourcing customers all over the world. In this paper, the key influence factors of the choice of outsourcing service providers are analyzed by AHP to support the decision of shipbuilding enterprises.

A class of models of Cahn-Hilliard fluids are developed by considering two incompressible non-reacting phases. The concentration of one of the phases, satisfying the classical diffusion equation, is regarded as the order parameter. The balance of energy and the entropy inequality are taken as for a single constituent but, owing to the non-simple character of the continuum, extra fluxes of energ...

Our paper analyzes butchers preferences toward the attributes and levels for fresh rabbit meat. We compare results obtained from alternatives approaches of data collection: a) the traditional pair wise comparison of AHP (AHP1) and b) the direct valuation by mean of a 9 point likert scale transformed in a a subsequent step to estimate AHP (AHP2). The data used in this analysis was obtained from ...

ion for higher-level tasks is delayed until the lower level problems have been solved. This allows a significant level of minimization of the state space at each level. By abstracting tasks, however, it is possible that rewards will have to be introduced into a local problem that aren’t present in the real problem. Although this appears as extra work, these quasi-rewards, however, can be seen a...

Abstract In the historiography of nuclear arms in Cold War political and military strategic levels are dominant; little attention has been paid to sub-strategic levels. This is understandable, because most archival material destroyed or still classified. However, it also remarkable tactical weapons ( tnw ) were a crucial element nato strategies all forces had prepare, down lowest levels, fight ...