In the paper, three basic properties of the logarithmically N alternating monotonic functions are established and the monotonicity results of some functions involving the gamma and q-gamma functions, which are obtained in [W. E. Clark and M. E. H. Ismail, Inequalities involving gamma and psi functions, Anal. Appl. (Singap.) 1 (2003), no. 1, 129–140.], are generalized to the logarithmically N -a...

1 Istituto di Matematica Applicata e Tecnologie Informatiche del C.N.R. v. Ferrata 1, 27100 Pavia. Italy. ([email protected]). 2 Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions, Université Pierre et Marie Curie. Bôıte courrier 187, 75252 Paris Cedex 05. France. ([email protected]). 3 Laboratoire de Mathématiques, Université Paris-Sud. Bâtiment 425, 91405 Orsay. France. ([email protected]...

We describe the q–Engel series expansion for Laurent series discovered by John Knopfmacher and use this algorithm to shed new light on partition identities related to two entries from Slater’s list. In our study Al-Salam/Ismail and Santos polynomials play a crucial rôle. Dedicated to the memory of John Knopfmacher 1937–1999

Multimodality assessment of aortic stenosis severity in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI): comparison between cardiovascular magnetic resonance, transesophageal and transthoracic echocardiography Andrew Jabbour, Tevfik F Ismail, Ali Vazir, Isabelle Roussin, Ankur Gulati, Francisco Alpendurada, Sameer Zaman, Oluwatosin Sotubo, Saman S Zaman, Benjamin Hewins, Simon Davies, Sanjay K P...

Mosa M. Bahnass 1, Ismail S. El-Shahawy 2,* and Elshaima M. Fawzi 3 1, 3 Department of Animal Medicine (Infectious Diseases), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt. 2 Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt. Present affiliation: 1,2 Department of Applied Medical Sciences, Community College, Najran University, Najran, S...

C. Feng, K.C. Khulbe, T. Matsuura, R. Farnood, A.F. Ismail 1 Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry Department, University of Toronto, On., M5S 3E5, Canada 2 Industrial Membrane Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Ottawa, On. K1N 6N5, Canada 3 Advanced Membrane Technology Center (AMTEC), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor Bah...

We previously identified (Hwang DY and Ismail-Beigi F. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 281: C1365-C1372, 2001) a 44-bp GC-rich segment of the rat proximal glucose transporter (Glut)1 promoter, located at -104 to -61, as necessary for basal transcription of the Glut1 gene. Using deletion and mutational analysis and expression of transfected reporter constructs, we report in the present study that muta...

OBJECTIVE To estimate how many U.S. adults with diabetes would be eligible for individualized A1C targets based on 1) the 2012 American Diabetes Association (ADA) guideline and 2) a published approach for individualized target ranges. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We studied adults with diabetes ≥20 years of age from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007-2008 (n = 757). We a...

1 Department of Geography, School of Environment, Education and Development, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, 2 Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution de Montpellier, UMR 5554 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Montpellier University, Montpellier, France, 3 Unité de Botanique et Écologie Montagnarde, Faculté des Sciences, Département de Biologie, Moulay Ismail Univ...

Evaluation of Topical Application of Polysaccharide Hemostat and Oxidized Regenerated Cellulose on Epidural Fibrosis in Rats Ahmet Gurhan GURCAY, Atilla KAZANCI, Oktay GURCAN, Ismail BOZKURT, Evrim ONDER, Faruk ALTINEL, Murad BAVBEK Ankara Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Neurosurgery, Ankara, Turkey Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Training and Research Hospital, Pathology, Ankara, Turkey Baske...