Numerical Investigations on the Thermohydraulic Performance of CrossWavy Channels with Multi-Periodic Boundary Conditions L. X. Du a , T. Ma a , M. Zeng a , Z. X. Guo b & Q. W. Wang a a Key Laboratory of Thermo-Fluid Science and Engineering, MOE, School of Energy and Power Engineering , Xi'an Jiaotong University , Xi'an , Shaanxi , P. R. China b Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineerin...

In this article it is shown that for specific initial conditions an input beam injected in a Multimode Periodic Segmented Waveguides (MPSW) does not diffract and remains collimated all along the waveguide whereas a speckle like pattern is expected at the output of a multimode structure. This nonintuitive behavior can be explained with the help of ray and wave chaos properties. A modal analysis ...

Hypokalemic periodic paralysis occurring in thyrotoxicosis is rare in Caucasians and is not often highlighted as an endocrine emergency. Periodic paralysis, without familial background, manifests only in the thyrotoxic patient. Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis is a self-limiting disorder that is cured by the treatment of the underlying hyperthyroidism. We report an unusual case of acute onset weak...

Periodic autoregressive moving average (PARMA) models are indicated for time series whose mean, variance and covariance function vary with the season. In this study, we develop and implement forecasting procedures for PARMA models. Forecasts are developed using the innovations algorithm, along with an idea of Ansley. A formula for the asymptotic error variance is provided, so that Gaussian pred...

there has been extensive work on the existence of periodic solutions for nonlinear second order autonomous differantial equations, but little work regarding the third order problems. the popular poincare-bendixon theorem applies well to the former but not the latter (see [2] and [3]). we give a necessary condition for the existence of periodic solutions for the third order autonomous systems, t...

This paper discusses a discrete multispecies Gilpin-Ayala mutualism system. We first study the permanence and global attractivity of the system. Assume that the coefficients in the system are almost periodic sequences, we obtain the sufficient conditions for the existence of a unique almost periodic solution which is globally attractive and uniformly asymptotically stable by constructing a suit...

The paper is concerned with conditions for the existence of almost periodic solutions of the following abstract functional differential equation u̇(t) = Au(t)+[Bu](t)+f(t), where A is a closed operator in a Banach space X, B is a general bounded linear operator in the function space of all X-valued bounded and uniformly continuous functions that satisfies a so-called autonomous condition. The ob...

Hypokalemic periodic paralysis is a rare and dramatic complication of hyperthyroidism. This series summarizes the clinical and metabolic features of 10 patients who presented to the Western and Sunshine hospitals in Melbourne, Australia, between 1997 and 2002 with thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP). TPP classically presents with proximal lower-limb weakness in the setting of a low potassium le...

OBJECTIVE To examine whether sodium pump activity plays a part in the pathogenesis of thyrotoxic periodic paralysis. DESIGN Measurement of platelet sodium-potassium ATPase and in vivo sodium pump activities in healthy subjects and thyrotoxic subjects with and without paralysis. SETTING University hospital in Hong Kong. SUBJECTS 21 healthy subjects, 23 untreated thyrotoxic subjects, 13 unt...

This article focuses on questions that arise about diagnosis and treatment for people with hypokalemic periodic paralysis. We will focus on the familial form of hypokalemic periodic paralysis that is due to mutations in one of various genes for ion channels. We will only briefly mention other �secondary� forms such as those due to hormone abnormalities or due to kidney disorders that result in ...