Influence of absorbed moisture on desizing of poly(vinyl alcohol) on cotton fabrics during atmospheric pressure plasma jet treatment

This paper studies the influence of moisture absorption of cotton fabrics on the effectiveness of atmospheric pressure plasma jet (APPJ) on desizing of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA). Cotton fabrics with three different moisture regains (MR), namely 1.8%, 7.3%, and 28.4% corresponding to 10%, 65%, and 98% of relative humidity respectively, are treated for 16 s, 32 s, 48 s, and 64 s. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis indicates that the plasma treated PVA has higher oxygen concentration than the control. Mass loss results show that the fabric with the highest MR has the largest mass loss after 64 s plasma exposure. Solubility measurement reveals that the sample with the lowest MR has the highest desizing efficacy and the percent desizing ratio reaches 96% after 64 s exposure plus a 20 min hot wash, which is shown as clean as the unsized sample through scanning electron microscopy analysis. The yarn tensile strength test results show that APPJ has no negative effect on fabric tensile strength.     

Existence of multiple solutions for a fractional p-Laplacian system with concave-convex term

In this article, we study the existence of multiple solutions for the following system driven by a nonlocal integro-differential operator with zero Dirichlet boundary conditions{(-?)_p~su = a(x)|u|~(q-2) u +2α/α + βc(x)|u|~(α-2) u|v|~β, in ?,(-?)_p~sv = b(x)|v|~(q-2) v +2β/α + βc(x)|u|α|v|~(β-2) v, in ?,u = v = 0, in Rn\?,(0.1) where Ω is a smooth bounded domain in Rn, n ps with s ∈(0,1) fixed, a(x), b(x), c(x) ≥ 0 and a(x),b(x),c(x) ∈L∞(Ω), 1 q p and α,β 1 satisfy pα + βp*,p* =np/n-ps.By Nehari manifold and fibering maps with proper conditions, we obtain the multiplicity of solutions to problem(0.1).?????     

Bogdanov-Takens bifurcation in a delayed Michaelis-Menten type ratio-dependent predator-prey system with prey harvesting

In this paper, we study a delayed Michaelis-Menten Type ratio-dependent predator-prey model with prey harvesting. By considering the characteristic equation associated with the nonhyperbolic equilibrium, the critical value of the parameters for the Bogdanov-Takens bifurcation is obtained. The conditions for the characteristic equation having negative real parts are discussed. Using the normal form theory of Bogdanov-Takens bifurcation for retarded functional differential equations, the corresponding normal form restricted to the associated two-dimensional center manifold is calculated and the versal unfolding is considered. The parameter conditions for saddle-node bifurcation, Hopf bifurcation and homoclinic bifurcation are obtained. Numerical simulations are given to support the analytical results.     

Convergence to nonlinear diffusion waves for solutions of Euler equations with time-depending damping

In this paper, we are concerned with the asymptotic behavior of solutions to the system of Euler equations with time-depending damping, in particular, include the constant coefficient damping. We rigorously prove that the solutions time-asymptotically converge to the diffusion wave whose profile is self-similar solution to the corresponding parabolic equation, which justifies Darcy's law. Compared with previous results about Euler equations with constant coefficient damping obtained by Hsiao and Liu (1992) [2], and Nishihara (1996) [9], we obtain a general result when the initial perturbation belongs to the same space, i.e. $H^3(\mathbb{R})\times H^2(\mathbb{R})$. Our proof is based on the classical energy method.     

Global viscosity solutions for eikonal equations on class A Lorentzian 2-tori

On the Abelian cover \(({\mathbb {R}}^{2},g)\) of a class A Lorentzian 2-torus \(({\mathbb {T}}^{2},g)\), we showed the existence of global viscosity solutions to the eikonal equation

$$\begin{aligned} g(\nabla u,\nabla u)=-1 \end{aligned}$$

associated to those homologies in the interior of the stable time cone. Some other related dynamical properties are also considered. As an application of the main results, we study the differentiability of the unit sphere of the stable time separation associated to the class A Lorentzian 2-torus.

     

Robust Nonparametric Function Estimation for Errors-in-variables Models

This paper discusses robust nonparametric estimators of location regression function for errorsin-variables model with de-convolution kernel.The local constant smoother is used for the estimation of the nonparametric function,and the local linear smoother is proposed to deal with the boundary problem,as well as to improve the local constant smoother.We establish the asymptotic properties of the estimator,the influence function of the statistical functional and the breakdown point.A simulation study is carried out to demonstrate robust performance of the proposed estimator.The motorcycle data is presented to illustrate the application of the robust estimator further.     

A second-order space–time accurate scheme for nonlinear diffusion equation with general capacity term

A fully implicit finite difference (FIFD) scheme with second-order space–time accuracy is studied for a nonlinear diffusion equation with general capacity term. A new reasoning procedure is introduced to overcome difficulties caused by the nonlinearity of the capacity term and the diffusion operator in the theoretical analysis. The existence of the FIFD solution is investigated at first which plays an important role in the analysis. It is established by choosing a new test function to bound the solution and its temporal and spatial difference quotients in suitable norms in the fixed point arguments, which is different from the traditional way. Based on these bounds, other fundamental properties of the scheme are rigorously analyzed consequently. It shows that the scheme is uniquely solvable, unconditionally stable, and convergent with second-order space–time accuracy in L^∞(L²) and L^∞(H¹) norms. The theoretical analysis adapts to both one- and multidimensional problems, and can be extended to schemes with first-order time accuracy. Numerical tests are provided to verify the theoretical results and highlight the high accuracy of the second-order space–time accurate scheme. The reasoning techniques can be extended to a broad family of discrete schemes for nonlinear problems with capacity terms.     

离散分红下障碍期权的间接级数展开定价方法

人们投资股票市场的最大动力,除了从股票本身的升值中获利,还包括收益分红.提出了带有离散分红的障碍期权的一种新型的近似方法,以向上敲出看涨障碍期权为例,固定分红的次数,通过泰勒级数展开得到关于关键变量的仿射函数,给出了一个只带有一维积分的定价公式,提高了计算速度.该方法还可以用于回望期权等其它衍生品的定价,对在市场上进行期权交易有一定指导意义.     

Asymptotics of convolution with the semi-regular-variation tail and its application to risk

In this paper, according to a certain criterion, we divide the exponential distribution class into some subclasses. One of them is closely related to the regular-variation-tailed distribution class, and is called the semi-regular-variation-tailed distribution class. The new class possesses several nice properties, although distributions in it are not convolution equivalent. We give the precise tail asymptotic expression of convolutions of these distributions, and prove that the class is closed under convolution. In addition, we do not need to require the corresponding random variables to be identically distributed. Finally, we apply these results to a discrete time risk model with stochastic returns, and obtain the precise asymptotic estimation of the finite time ruin probability.