TGF-β1 induction of the adenine nucleotide translocator 1 in astrocytes occurs through Smads and Sp1 transcription factors

Background  

The adenine nucleotide translocator 1 (Ant1) is an inner mitochondrial membrane protein involved with energy mobilization during oxidative phosphorylation. We recently showed that rodent Ant1 is upregulated by transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) in reactive astrocytes following CNS injury. In the present study, we describe the molecular mechanisms by which TGF-β1 regulates Ant1 gene expression in cultured primary rodent astrocytes.     

Influence of nano-AL2O3-catalyst sizes on hydrogen formation at the water radiolysis under ionizing radiation

The aim of this study was to investigate the regularities of molecular hydrogen formation from water dispersing Al₂O₃ nanoparticles irradiated with gamma ray. It was established that formed molecular hydrogen’s yield changed depending on the size of the catalyst, so that yield of molecular hydrogen formed on the surface with small size is 1.4–1.6 times greater than the one with big size. Equal distribution of nanocatalyst in water medium and much more adsorption of water molecule on the catalyst surface result in more efficient radiolysis process.     

Approximation and optimization of Darboux type differential inclusions with set-valued boundary conditions

The present paper is devoted to an optimal control problem given by hyperbolic discrete (P _D ) and differential inclusions (P _C ) of generalized Darboux type and ordinary discrete inclusions. The results are extended to non-convex problems. An approach concerning necessary and sufficient conditions for optimality is proposed. In order to formulate sufficient conditions of optimality for problem (P _C ) the approximation method is used. Formulation of these conditions is based on locally adjoint mappings. Moreover for construction of adjoint partial differential inclusions the equivalence theorems of locally adjoint mappings are proved. One example with homogeneous boundary conditions is considered.     

Optimization of Mayer Problem with Sturm–Liouville-Type Differential Inclusions

The present paper studies a new class of problems of optimal control theory with Sturm–Liouville-type differential inclusions involving second-order linear self-adjoint differential operators. Our main goal is to derive the optimality conditions of Mayer problem for differential inclusions with initial point constraints. By using the discretization method guaranteeing transition to continuous problem, the discrete and discrete-approximation inclusions are investigated. Necessary and sufficient conditions, containing both the Euler–Lagrange and Hamiltonian-type inclusions and “transversality” conditions are derived. The idea for obtaining optimality conditions of Mayer problem is based on applying locally adjoint mappings. This approach provides several important equivalence results concerning locally adjoint mappings to Sturm–Liouville-type set-valued mappings. The result strengthens and generalizes to the problem with a second-order non-self-adjoint differential operator; a suitable choice of coefficients then transforms this operator to the desired Sturm–Liouville-type problem. In particular, if a positive-valued, scalar function specific to Sturm–Liouville differential inclusions is identically equal to one, we have immediately the optimality conditions for the second-order discrete and differential inclusions. Furthermore, practical applications of these results are demonstrated by optimization of some “linear” optimal control problems for which the Weierstrass–Pontryagin maximum condition is obtained.     

On certain q-analogue of Sz��sz Kantorovich operators

In the present paper we propose q-analogue of the well known Sz??sz-Kantorovich operators. We study local approximation as well as weighted approximation properties of these new operators.     

On q-Parametric Szász-Mirakjan Operators

In the present paper, we introduce q-parametric Szász-Mirakjan operators. We study convergence properties of these operators S _n,q (f). We obtain inequalities for the weighted approximation error of q-Szász-Mirakjan operators. Such inequalities are valid for functions of polynomial growth and are expressed in terms of weighted moduli of continuity. We also discuss Voronovskaja-type formula for q-Szász-Mirakjan operators.     

Statistical approximation of Baskakov and Baskakov-Kantorovich operators based on the <Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis>-integers

In the present paper we introduce and investigate weighted statistical approximation properties of a q-analogue of the Baskakov and Baskakov-Kantorovich operators. By using a weighted modulus of smoothness, we give some direct estimations for error in the case 0 < q < 1.     

Exact null controllability of semilinear evolution systems

We study the exact null controllability for the abstract evolution equations in Hilbert spaces. Assuming the exact null controllability of the corresponding linearized equation we obtain sufficient conditions for the exact null controllability of the semilinear evolution equation. The results we obtained are generalization and continuation of the recent results on this issue. In the end, an example is given to show the application of our result.     

Existence and Uniqueness Results for Neutral SDEs in Hilbert Spaces

Abstract

In this paper using a Picard type approximation, we present the existence and uniqueness theorems for mild solutions of the semilinear neutral SDEs in Hilbert spaces whose coefficients satisfy non-Lipschitz condition.