Junsheng Sun^#, Haozhen Zhang^#, Mingxia Zhang, Sishen Li, Yanrong An^*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.92, No.1, pp. 79-90, 2023, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2022.022225

Abstract EARLY FLOWERING 3 (ELF3), a light zeitnehmer (time-taker) gene, regulates circadian rhythm and photoperiodic flowering in Arabidopsis, rice, and barley. The three orthologs of ELF3 (TaELF3-1AL, TaELF3-1BL, and TaELF3-1DL) have been identified in wheat too, and one gene, TaELF3-1DL, has been associated with heading date. However, the basic characteristics of these three genes and the roles of the other two genes, TaELF3-1BL and, TaELF3-1AL, remain unknown. Therefore, the present study obtained the coding sequences of the three orthologs (TaELF3-1AL, TaELF3-1BL, and TaELF3-1DL) of ELF3 from bread wheat and characterized them and investigated the role of TaELF3-1BL in Arabidopsis. Protein sequence… More >

Tianyuan Jia¹, Xiangyong Chen^1,2,*, Xiurong Yao^1,*, Feng Zhao¹, Jianlong Qiu¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.134, No.1, pp. 221-239, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2022.020780

Abstract Fixed-time synchronization (FTS) of delayed memristor-based neural networks (MNNs) with discontinuous activations is studied in this paper. Both continuous and discontinuous activations are considered for MNNs. And the mixed delays which are closer to reality are taken into the system. Besides, two kinds of control schemes are proposed, including feedback and adaptive control strategies. Based on some lemmas, mathematical inequalities and the designed controllers, a few synchronization criteria are acquired. Moreover, the upper bound of settling time (ST) which is independent of the initial values is given. Finally, the feasibility of our theory is attested by simulation examples. More >

E. du Rouchet, C. Dendoncker

Oncologie, Vol.21, No.2, pp. 125-134, 2019, DOI:10.3166/onco-2019-0042

Abstract For a patient suffering from breast cancer, access to the initial treatment includes several steps like confirmation of an anatomopathological diagnosis, proposition and establishment of an individualized treatment plan, pretreatment assessments, and access to the technical platform. The accumulated duration of these intervals plays a role in the prognosis in the early stages of the disease. In addition, it is important to manage all the uncertainties, both diagnostic and prognostic, which will inevitably upset the patient’s psychological balance. Supported by literature, recommendations and more than 20 years of experience in a multidisciplinary centre, the authors propose the organization of an… More >

Ankit Kumar, Balram Dubey^*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.126, No.2, pp. 505-547, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2021.013206

Abstract In this paper, the impact of additional food and two discrete delays on the dynamics of a prey-predator model is investigated. The interaction between prey and predator is considered as Holling Type-II functional response. The additional food is provided to the predator to reduce its dependency on the prey. One delay is the gestation delay in predator while the other delay is the delay in supplying the additional food to predators. The positivity, boundedness and persistence of the solutions of the system are studied to show the system as biologically well-behaved. The existence of steady states, their local and global… More >

Fadhila Mansour^1,2,*, Abdelhak Lakehal^2,3, Lahcène Nezzal^2,3

Oncologie, Vol.22, No.3, pp. 117-128, 2020, DOI:10.32604/oncologie.2020.014979

Abstract The objective of this study was to quantify the delays in access to diagnosis and treatment of women with breast cancer who are managed at the anticancer center of Batna, Algeria. This was a descriptive retrospective study conducted during the period August 2015 to February 2016. In order to trace the history of the journey from the first signs of cancer to the first treatments, a questionnaire was filled in from the medical files and completed by an interview with the patients. A total of 267 patients were included in the study. The median time to management was 4.5 months.… More >

Xiaoli Zhong^{1, 2}, Wenying Guo¹, Jie Wang²

Sound & Vibration, Vol.52, No.6, pp. 18-22, 2018, DOI:10.32604/sv.2018.03900

Abstract Early reflection is an important component in an enclosed sound field. Due to the precedence effect, the early reflection may not be the dominant factor in sound source localization; however, it still has obvious influences on spatial position, loudness, timbre, and etc. Till now, there have sparse studies on evaluation of the audible threshold of early reflections with lacking of general and quantitative results. This work investigated the audible threshold of early reflection with a simplified sound field model under various experimental conditions including the combination of eight incidence angles and five time delays. Three-down-one-up adaptive strategy with three-interval three-alternative… More >

V. Venkatachalam^{1, *}, D. Prabhakaran¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.114, No.3, pp. 321-334, 2018, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2018.114.321

Abstract This paper presents, using Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional technique combined with reciprocal convex lemma is considered for a networked control temperature control system with additive time-varying-delays. In the stability analysis, a new LK functional is assumed, and take the time-derivative of the (LK) functional, using reciprocal convex combination technique was employed to obtain less conservative stability criteria. Finally, the proposed stability analysis culminates into a stability criterion in the LMI (linear matrix inequalities) framework. The results obtained are in accordance with the theoretically obtained in the temperature control system and they are closer to the standard benchmark temperature-control system. More >

Chein-Shan Liu¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.10, No.1, pp. 97-116, 2009, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2009.010.097

Abstract A new numerical method is proposed for solving the delay ordinary differential equations (DODEs) under multiple time-varying delays or state-dependent delays. The finite difference scheme is used to approximate the ODEs, which together with the initial conditions constitute a system of nonlinear algebraic equations (NAEs). Then, a Fictitious Time Integration Method (FTIM) is used to solve these NAEs. Numerical examples confirm that the present approach is highly accurate and efficient with a fast convergence. More >