We investigate maximal ideals of pseudo-BCK-algebras and give some characterizations of them.

In this paper, the authors establish the sharp maximal estimates for the multilinear iterated commutators generated by [Formula: see text] functions and multilinear singular integral operators with generalized kernels. As applications, the boundedness of this kind of multilinear iterated commutators on the product of weighted Lebesgue spaces and the product of variable exponent Lebesgue spaces ...

The maximal complexifications adapted to the Levi Civita connection for a distinguished one-parameter family of left-invariant metrics on a real, non-compact, semisimple Lie group G are determined. For G = SL2(R) their realization as invariant Riemann domains over G = SL2(C) is carried out and their complex-geometric properties are investigated. One obtains new non-univalent, non-Stein examples.

One very light neutral Higgs scalar with mass, say, below 40-50 GeV is still allowed in the non-supersymmetric 2HDM (Model II), while the remaining particles of the Higgs sector in this model have to be heavier. The possibility of testing such a scenario at Muon Colliders is discussed.

The modeling of anticipatory coarticulation has been the subject of longstanding debates for more than 40 yr. Empirical investigations in the articulatory domain have converged toward two extreme modeling approaches: a maximal anticipation behavior (Look-ahead model) or a fixed pattern (Time-locked model). However, empirical support for any of these models has been hardly conclusive, both withi...

Phenotypic plasticity is a key factor for the success of organisms in heterogeneous environments. Although many forms of phenotypic plasticity can be induced and retracted repeatedly, few extant models have analyzed conditions for the evolution of reversible plasticity. We present a general model of reversible plasticity to examine how plastic shifts in the mode and breadth of environmental tol...

Despite the widespread availability of information concerning public transport coming from different sources, it is extremely hard to have a complete picture, in particular at a national scale. Here, we integrate timetable data obtained from the United Kingdom open-data program together with timetables of domestic flights, and obtain a comprehensive snapshot of the temporal characteristics of t...

BACKGROUND This year's new H1N1 flu strain has rapidly become a serious threat worldwide. This pandemic calls for urgent preparedness to mitigate its impact as much as possible. Employing this knowledge, we simulated a model of the outbreak of H1N1 in two cities of Iran (middle size: Kerman and metropolitan: Tehran). METHODS We developed a compartmental model to predict the expected number of...

BACKGROUND International partnerships in research are receiving ever greater attention, given that technology has diminished the restriction of geographical barriers with the effects of globalisation becoming more evident, and populations increasingly more mobile. DISCUSSION In this article, we examine the merits and risks of such collaboration even when strict universal ethical guidelines ar...