Stability of a general delay‐distributed virus dynamics model with multi‐staged infected progression and immune response

In this paper, we formulate a (n + 3)‐dimensional nonlinear virus dynamics model that considers n‐stages of the infected cells and n + 1 distributed time delays. The model incorporates humoral immune response and general nonlinear forms for the incidence rate of infection, the generation and removal rates of the cells and viruses. Under a set of conditions on the general functions, the basic infection reproduction number and the humoral immune response activation number are derived. Utilizing Lyapunov functionals and LaSalle's invariance principle, the global asymptotic stability of all steady states of the model are proven. Numerical simulations are carried out to confirm the theoretical results. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On the absence of global weak solutions for some differential inequalities of Sobolev type in an exterior domain

In this paper, using the nonlinear capacity method, we derive sufficient conditions for the nonexistence of global weak solutions for some differential inequalities of Sobolev type posed in an exterior domain of , N ≥ 3. The obtained results are extensions of those established by Korpusov and Sveshnikov in the case of the entire space .     

Stability preserving NSFD scheme for a multi‐group SVIR epidemic model

A discrete multi‐group SVIR epidemic model with general nonlinear incidence rate and vaccination is investigated by utilizing Mickens' nonstandard finite difference scheme to a corresponding continuous model. Mathematical analysis shows that the global asymptotic stability of the equilibria is fully determined by the basic reproduction number by constructing Lyapunov functions. The results imply that the discretization scheme can efficiently preserves the global asymptotic stability of the equilibria for corresponding continuous model, and numerical simulations are carried out to illustrate the theoretical results. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Global attractors for the coupled suspension bridge system with temperature

This paper deals with the long‐term properties of the thermoelastic nonlinear string‐beam system related to the well‐known Lazer–McKenna suspension bridge model (0.1) In particular, no mechanical dissipation occurs in the equations, because the loss of energy is entirely due to thermal effects. The existence of regular global attractors for the associated solution semigroup is proved (without resorting to a bootstrap argument) for time‐independent supplies f,g,h and any . Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Global existence and asymptotic behavior of classical solutions for a 3D two‐species chemotaxis‐Stokes system with competitive kinetics

This paper considers the 2‐species chemotaxis‐Stokes system with competitive kinetics under homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions in a 3‐dimensional bounded domain with smooth boundary. Both chemotaxis‐fluid systems and 2‐species chemotaxis systems with competitive terms were studied by many mathematicians. However, there have not been rich results on coupled 2‐species–fluid systems. Recently, global existence and asymptotic stability in the above problem with (u·∇)u in the fluid equation were established in the 2‐dimensional case. The purpose of this paper is to give results for global existence, boundedness, and stabilization of solutions to the above system in the 3‐dimensional case when is sufficiently small.     

Global stability of a discrete multigroup SIR model with nonlinear incidence rate

In this paper, by applying nonstandard finite difference scheme, we propose a discrete multigroup Susceptible‐Infective‐Removed (SIR) model with nonlinear incidence rate. Using Lyapunov functions, it is shown that the global dynamics of this model are completely determined by the basic reproduction number . If , then the disease‐free equilibrium is globally asymptotically stable; if , then there exists a unique endemic equilibrium and it is globally asymptotically stable. Example and numerical simulations are presented to illustrate the results. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Asymptotical stability of almost periodic solution for an impulsive multispecies competition–predation system with time delays on time scales

In this paper, we consider the almost periodic dynamics of an impulsive multispecies Lotka–Volterra competition system with time delays on time scales. By establishing some comparison theorems of dynamic equations with impulses and delays on time scales, a permanence result for the model is obtained. Furthermore, based on the permanence result, by studying the Lyapunov stability theory of impulsive dynamic equations on time scales, we establish the existence and uniformly asymptotic stability of a unique positive almost periodic solution of the system. Finally, we give an example to show the feasibility of our main results, and our example also shows that the continuous time system and its corresponding discrete time system have the same dynamics. Our results of this paper are completely new even if for both the case of the time scale and the case of the time scale . Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Existence of positive solutions for integral boundary value problems of fractional differential equations on infinite interval

In this paper, we consider a class of nonlinear fractional differential equations on the infinite interval with the integral boundary conditions By using Krasnoselskii fixed point theorem, the existence results of positive solutions for the boundary value problem in three cases and , are obtained, respectively. We also give out two corollaries as applications of the existence theorems and some examples to illustrate our results. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Global dynamics of a SEIR model with information dependent vaccination and periodically varying transmission rate

This paper is devoted to the investigation of the global dynamics of a SEIR model with information dependent vaccination. The basic reproduction number is derived for the model, and it is shown that gives the threshold dynamics in the sense that the disease‐free equilibrium is globally asymptotically stable and the disease dies out if , while there exists at least one positive periodic solution and the disease is uniformly persistent when . Further, we give the approximation formula of . This answers the concerns presented in [B. Buonomo, A. d'Onofrio, D. Lacitignola, Modeling of pseudo‐rational exemption to vaccination for SEIR diseases, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 404 (2013) 385–398]. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Global attractor for suspension bridge equations with memory

This paper is concerned with a suspension bridge equation with memory effects , defined in a bounded domain of . For the suspension bridge equation without memory, there are many classical results. Existing results mainly devoted to existence and uniqueness of a weak solution, energy decay of solution and existence of global attractors. However the existence of global attractors for the suspension bridge equation with memory was no yet considered. The object of the present paper is to provide some results on the well‐posedness and long‐time behavior to the suspension bridge equation in a more with past history. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Oscillation criteria for nth‐order nonlinear delay differential equations with a middle term

In this article, we establish some new criteria for the oscillation of nth‐order nonlinear delay differential equations of the form provided that the second‐order equation is either nonoscillatory or oscillatory. Examples are given to illustrate the results. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Infinitely many large energy solutions for superlinear Dirac equations

This paper is concerned with the nonlinear Dirac equations Under suitable assumptions on the nonlinearity, we establish the existence of infinitely many large energy solutions by the generalized variant fountain theorem developed recently by Batkam and Colin. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Global existence and boundedness of classical solutions for a chemotaxis model with consumption of chemoattractant and logistic source

This paper deals with the following chemotaxis system: under homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions in a bounded domain with smooth boundary. Here, δ and χ are some positive constants and f is a smooth function that satisfies with some constants a ?0,b  > 0, and γ  > 1. We prove that the classical solutions to the preceding system are global and bounded provided that Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Global well posedness of 3D‐NSE in Fourier–Lei–Lin spaces

In this paper, we prove a global well posedness of the three‐dimensional incompressible Navier–Stokes equation under an initial data, which belong to the non‐homogeneous Fourier–Lei–Lin space for σ ? ? 1 and if the norm of the initial data in the Lei–Lin space is controlled by the viscosity. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Boundedness in a higher‐dimensional chemotaxis system with porous medium diffusion and general sensitivity

This paper deals with the following chemotaxis system: in a bounded domain with smooth boundary under no‐flux boundary conditions, where satisfies for all with l ?2 and some nondecreasing function on [0,∞ ). Here, f (v )∈C ¹([0,∞ )) is nonnegative for all v ?0. It is proved that when , the system possesses at least one global bounded weak solution for any sufficiently smooth nonnegative initial data. This extends a recent result by Wang (Math. Methods Appl. Sci. 2016 39 : 1159–1175) which shows global existence and boundedness of weak solutions under the condition . Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A new proof of the existence of weak solutions to a model for phase evolution driven by material forces

We prove the existence of weak solutions to a one‐dimensional initial‐boundary value problem for a model system of partial differential equations, which consists of a sub‐system of linear elasticity and a nonlinear non‐uniformly parabolic equation of second order. To simplify the existence proof of weak solutions in the 2006 paper of Alber and Zhu, we replace the function in that work by . The model is formulated by using a sharp interface model for phase transformations that are driven by material forces. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Global existence and optimal decay rates of solutions to conservation laws with diffusion‐type terms

We consider the Cauchy problem on nonlinear scalar conservation laws with a diffusion‐type source term. Based on a low‐frequency and high‐frequency decomposition, Green's function method and the classical energy method, we not only obtain L² time‐decay estimates but also establish the global existence of solutions to Cauchy problem when the initial data u₀(x) satisfies the smallness condition on , but not on . Furthermore, by taking a time‐frequency decomposition, we obtain the optimal decay estimates of solutions. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On decay estimates of the 3D nematic liquid crystal flows in critical Besov spaces

In this paper, we develop the energy argument in homogeneous Besov space framework to study the large time behavior of global‐in‐time strong solutions to the Cauchy problem of the three‐dimensional incompressible nematic liquid crystal flows with low regularity assumptions on initial data. More precisely, if the small initial data with 1 < p < ∞ and further assume that with 1 < q≤p and , then the global‐in‐time strong solution (u,d) to the nematic liquid crystal flows admits the following temporal decay rate: Here, is a constant unit vector. The highlight of our argument is to show that the ‐norms (with ) of solution are preserved along time evolution. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Nonlinear anisotropic parabolic equations in with locally integrable data

In this paper, we prove existence and regularity of weak solutions for a class of nonlinear anisotropic parabolic problems in with locally integrable data. Our approach is based on the anisotropic Sobolev inequality, a smoothness, and compactness results. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Solutions in Bessel‐potential spaces for wave equations with nonlinear damping

We consider a semilinear wave equation with nonlinear damping in the whole space . Local‐in‐time existence and uniqueness results are obtained in the class of Bessel‐potential spaces . Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.