A unified treatment is presented of thermoelasticity by application and further developments of the methods of irreversible thermodynamics. The concept of generalized free energy introduced in a previous publication plays the role of a " thermoelastic potential " and is used along with a new definition of the dissipation function in terms of the time derivative of an entropy displacement. The g...

This paper develops a general theory of sequential irreversible investments in capital where a firm has the option to expand its current capacity or just wait for better time. Facing economic uncertainty, the firm has an operating function of the current capacity and an exogenous stochastic factor modelled by semimartingale. This general model encompasses all previously studied models, includin...

We offer a new perspective on games of irreversible investment under uncertainty in continuous time. The basis is a particular approach to solve the involved stochastic optimal control problems which allows to establish existence and uniqueness of an oligopolistic open loop equilibrium in a very general framework without reliance on any Markovian property. It simultaneously induces quite natura...

Weakly nonlocal thermodynamic theories are critically revisited. The irreversible thermodynamic theory of nonlocal phenomena is given, based on a modified form of the entropy current. Several classical equations are derived , including Guyer-Krumhansl, Ginzburg-Landau and Cahn-Hilliard type equations.

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to assess the effect of low-dose corticosteroid therapy in reducing shock duration after severe burn. METHODS A placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomized clinical trial (RCT) was performed on two parallel groups in the burn intensive care unit (ICU). Patients were randomized to receive either low-dose corticosteroid therapy or placebo for seven days. ...