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  • 1
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    Box schemes on quadrilateral meshes (1993)
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    Computing 51 (1993), S. 271-292 
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    ISSN: 1436-5057
    Keywords: 65N15 ; 65N99 ; 35A40 ; Box method ; boundary value problem ; finite volume method ; variational formulation ; stability ; error bounds
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Computer Science
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Box-Methoden (Finite-Volumen-Methoden) sind verbreitete Verfahren zur Lösung physikalischer Erhaltungsgleichungen, insbesondere in der Strömungsmechanik. In dieser Arbeit werden zwei Methoden für elliptische Differentialgleichungen untersucht, die Diagonal-Boxen und die Schwerpunkt-Boxen. Da die Box-Methoden im Sinne von Petrov-Galerkin-Verfahren interpretiert werden können, erhält man vergleichbar zur Finiten-Element-Methode eine variationsrechnerische Stabilitäts- und Fehleranalyse. Damit werdenO(h)- undO(h 2)-Fehlerabschätzungen hergeleitet. Lokale Eigenwertprobleme führen zu Stabilitätsaussagen. Allerdings ergibt sich eine Abhängigkeit von der Anzahl und Art gestörter Vierecke. Insbesondere die Diagonal-Boxen sind anfällig für lokale Störungen.
    Notes: Abstract Box schemes (finite volume methods) are widely used in fluiddynamics, especially for the solution of conservation laws. In this paper two box-schemes for elliptic equations are analysed with respect to quadrilateral meshes. Using a variational formulation, we gain stability theorems for two different box methods, namely the so-called diagonal boxes and the centre boxes. The analysis is based on an elementwise eigenvalue problem. Stability can only be guaranteed under additional assumptions on the geometry of the quadrilaterals. For the diagonal boxes unsuitable elements can lead to global instabilities. The centre boxes are more robust and differ not so much from the finite element approach. In the stable case, convergence results up to second order are proved with well-known techniques.
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    Vergleich der biologischen Aktivität und Stabilität von Menadion und Menadiol bei Hühnerküken (1990)
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    European journal of nutrition 29 (1990), S. 219-228 
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    ISSN: 1436-6215
    Keywords: Vitamin K ; Menadion ; Menadiol ; Bioverfügbarkeit ; Stabilität ; Geflügel ; vitamin K ; menadione ; menadiol ; bioavailability ; stability ; poultry
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition , Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Summary A bioassay of vitamin K is described, based on the prothrombin clotting time of 3-week-old, vitamin-K-depleted, and cumatetralyl-sensitized male broiler chicks, using a homologous thrombokinase preparation. With this test it could be shown that the diacetate and dibutyrate esters of menadiol are vitamin-K-active. The bioactivity of menadione from these menadiolesters amounted to about 70 % of the standard menadione from a coated menadione sodium bisulfite (Dohyfral). Menadiol seems to be temperature-resistant under such conditions, whereby two uncoated MSB preparations lost about 60 % of their activity.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung In einem biologischen Testverfahren an Cumatetralyl sensibilisierten Küken konnte in 3 Versuchen anhand des Parameters Thromboplastinzeit mit homologer Thrombokinase gezeigt werden, da\ Menadioldiacetat und Menadioldibutyrat Vitamin-K-wirksam sind. Die biologische Wirksamkeit von Menadion aus diesen Menadiolestern betrug ca. 70 % der Menadionaktivität aus gecoatetem Menadionbisulfit (Dohyfral®). Im Gegensatz zu 2 ungeschützten MSB-Präparationen, welche bei Wärmebelastung ca. 60 % ihrer ursprünglichen Wirkung verloren, waren die Menadiolester temperaturstabil.
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    Stability results for approximately efficient solutions (1994)
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    OR spectrum 16 (1994), S. 47-52 
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    ISSN: 1436-6304
    Keywords: Vector optimization ; approximately efficient solutions ; stability ; Vektoroptimierung ; Näherungslösungen ; Stabilität
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    Topics: Mathematics , Economics
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Wir führen ein Konzept für Näherungslösungen in der Vektoroptimierung ein und vergleichen dieses mit einem neuen Konzept aus [8]. Weiterhin untersuchen wir Beziehungen zwischen der Menge der Näherungslösungen eines Vektoroptimierungsproblems und den Näherungslösungen eines entsprechenden parametrischen Ersatzproblems. Schließlich beweisen wir Stabilitätseigenschaften des skalaren Ersatzproblems.
    Notes: Abstract We introduce a concept for approximately efficient solutions in vector optimization and compare it with another recent concept given in [8]. Further, we study relations between the set of approximately efficient solutions of a vector optimization problem and the approximate solutions of a corresponding parametric surrogate optimization problem. Finally, we prove stability properties for the scalar surrogate problem.
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    A bifurcation analysis of the nonlinear parametric programming problem (1990)
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    Mathematical programming 47 (1990), S. 117-141 
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    ISSN: 1436-4646
    Keywords: Bifurcation ; singularity ; parametric programming ; stability
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    Topics: Computer Science , Mathematics
    Notes: Abstract The structure of solutions to the nonlinear parametric programming problem with a one dimensional parameter is analyzed in terms of the bifurcation behavior of the curves of critical points and the persistence of minima along these curves. Changes in the structure of the solution occur at singularities of a nonlinear system of equations motivated by the Fritz John first-order necessary conditions. It has been shown that these singularities may be completely partitioned into seven distinct classes based upon the violation of one or more of the following: a complementarity condition, a constraint qualification, and the nonsingularity of the Hessian of the Lagrangian on a tangent space. To apply classical bifurcation techniques to these singularities, a further subdivision of each case is necessary. The structure of curves of critical points near singularities of lowest (zero) codimension within each case is analyzed, as well as the persistence of minima along curves emanating from these singularities. Bifurcation behavior is also investigated or discussed for many of the subcases giving rise to a codimension one singularity.
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    Characterization of stable matchings as extreme points of a polytope (1992)
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    Mathematical programming 54 (1992), S. 57-67 
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    ISSN: 1436-4646
    Keywords: Matchings ; stability ; extreme points ; polytope
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    Topics: Computer Science , Mathematics
    Notes: Abstract The purpose of this paper is to extend a modified version of a recent result of Vande Vate (1989) which characterizes stable matchings as the extreme points of a certain polytope. Our proofs are simpler and more transparent than those of Vande Vate.
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    Quantitative stability of variational systems: III.ε-approximate solutions (1993)
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    Mathematical programming 61 (1993), S. 197-214 
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    Keywords: Epi-convergence ; epi-distance ; stability ; convex optimization ; approximate solutions ; subgradients ; level sets
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    Topics: Computer Science , Mathematics
    Notes: Abstract We prove that theε-optimal solutions of convex optimization problems are Lipschitz continuous with respect to data perturbations when these are measured in terms of the epi-distance. A similar property is obtained for the distance between the level sets of extended real valued functions. We also show that these properties imply that theε-subgradient mapping is Lipschitz continuous.
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    The spectral accuracy of a fully-discrete scheme for a nonlinear third order equation (1990)
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    Computing 44 (1990), S. 187-196 
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    ISSN: 1436-5057
    Keywords: 65M10 ; Spectral method ; stability ; stability threshold
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    Topics: Computer Science
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Zur numerischen Lösung einer nichtlinearen Differentialgleichung dritter Ordnung, herrührend aus einem Strömungsproblem bei Gasteilchen, wird ein zeitdiskreter Pseudo-spektral-Algorithmus vorgeschlagen. Stabilität und Konvergenz des neuen Differenzenverfahrens werden analysiert. Numerische Vergleiche mit bestehenden Differenzenschemata sprechen klar zugunsten des neuen Verfahrens.
    Notes: Abstract A time-discrete pseudospectral algorithm is suggested for the numerical solution of a nonlinear third order equation arising in fluidization. The nonlinear stability and convergence of the new scheme are analyzed. Numerical comparisons with available finite-difference methods are also reported which clearly indicate the superiority of the new scheme.
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    Conserving genetic variability of a wild insect population under laboratory conditions (1993)
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    Entomologia experimentalis et applicata 67 (1993), S. 233-239 
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    ISSN: 1570-7458
    Keywords: inbreeding ; colonization ; isofemale line ; Drosophila ; Diptera ; Leptopilina boulardi ; Cynipidae ; Hymenoptera
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    Topics: Biology
    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé D. melanogaster (Meigen) a été utilisé pour tester la capacité des lignées isofemelles à conserver la variabilité génétique d'une population naturelle. Deux types d'expériences ont été réalisées. L'une a consisté à déterminer la variabilité génétique de 3 locus enzymatiques pour 32 lignées isofemelles à la première et à la 23ème génération d'élevage au laboratoire. L'autre a consisté à tester la capacité des larves à éliminer un parasitoïde par le processus d'encapsulation après 8 années d'élevage au laboratoire. D'une façon générale, certaines lignées isofemelles perdent de la variabilité durant les 23 générations de l'étude. Mais la fréquence globale des allèles reste inchangée si l'on considère l'ensemble des 32 lignées. Le seul allèle rare observé a également été conservé. Les modifications des fréquences allèliques à chacun des locus ont lieu de façon indépendante les unes des autres. La variabilité génétique d'un caractère biologique, la capacité des larves à encapsuler le parasitoïde, a également varié, mais elle a pu être restaurée à un niveau proche de la population initiale en rassemblant plusieurs individus de chacune des lignées.
    Notes: Abstract Drosophila melanogaster (Meigen) was used to test the power of isofemale lines in preserving genetic variability. We performed experiments in two ways. One series consisted of measuring the genetic variability for three enzymatic loci in 32 isofemale lines, in the first and 23rd generations of culture. In the second series, we tested the capacity of the larvae to eliminate a parasitoid by encapsulation after eight years of laboratory breeding. In general, individual isofemale lines appeared to change during the 23 generations of the study, but the global frequency of these alleles among the 32 isofemale lines stayed relatively unchanged. The only rare allele observed was also conserved. Changes in allozyme frequencies at any one locus were independent of those at other loci. Genetic variation of a biological trait, the capacity of the larvae to encapsulate a parasitoid, also changed, but it could be restored to a level close to that of the starting population by mass hybridizing together individuals of each line.
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    Stability properties of proliferatively coupled cell replication models (1991)
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    Acta biotheoretica 39 (1991), S. 1-14 
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    ISSN: 1572-8358
    Keywords: Hematological diseases ; first order partial differential equations ; stability
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract To address the possibility that proliferative disorders may originate from interactions between multiple populations of proliferating and maturing cells, we formulate a model for this process as a set of coupled nonlinear first order partial differential equations. Using recent results for the asymptotic behaviour of the solutions to this model, we demonstrate that there exists a region of coupling coefficients, maturation rates, and proliferation rates that will guarantee the stable coexistence of coupled cellular populations. The analysis shows that increases in the coupling between populations may ultimately lead to a loss of stability. Furthermore, the analysis indicates that increases (decreases) in the maturation and/or proliferation rates above (below) critical levels will lead either to instability in the populations or the destruction of one population and the persistence of the other.
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    Assembly Coplanner: co-operative assembly planner based on subassembly extraction (1993)
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    Journal of intelligent manufacturing 4 (1993), S. 183-198 
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    ISSN: 1572-8145
    Keywords: Assembly planning ; subassembly ; liaison graph ; geometric reasoning ; assembly cost ; stability ; partial-order graph
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    Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
    Notes: The distribution of assembly workstations enables assembly operations to be done in parallel, while the multiple routing of parts in flexible assembly systems allows the opportunistic scheduling of assembly operations. This paper presents an assembly planning system, called the Assembly Coplanner, which automatically constructs an assembly partial order and generates a set of assembly instructions from a liaison graph representation of an assembly based on the extraction of preferred subassemblies. Assembly planning in Coplanner is carried out by the co-operation of multiple planning agents, such as the geometric reasoner, the physical reasoner, the resource manager and the plan coordinator, under the constraints of finding a cost-effective assembly plan in a flexible assembly system. The Coplanner identifies spatial parallelism in assembly as a means of constructing temporal parallelism among assembly operations. This is achieved in the following way: (1) the selection of a set of tentative subassemblies by decomposing a liaison graph into a set of subgraphs based on feasibility and difficulty of disassembly; (2) the evaluation of each of the tentative subassemblies in terms of assembly cost represented by subassembly selection indices; and (3) the construction of a hierarchical partial order graph (HPOG) as an assembly plan. A case study applying the Coplanner to a mechanical assembly is illustrated in this paper.
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    Responses of a generalist and a specialist parasitoid (Hymenoptera: Eucoilidae) to Drosophilid larval kairomones (1993)
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    Journal of insect behavior 6 (1993), S. 615-624 
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    ISSN: 1572-8889
    Keywords: Hymenoptera ; Leptopilina ; Drosophila ; semiochemicals ; kairomones ; parasitoid ; generalist ; specialist ; foraging behavior
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Foraging parasitoids are thought to need more specific information than generalists on the presence, identity, availability, and suitability of their insect host species. In the present paper, we compare responses to host kairomones by two phylogenetically related parasitoid species that attack Drosophilidae and that differ in the width of their host range. As predicted, the behavioral response of the parasitoids to host kairomones reflected their difference in host range. The response of the specialist parasitoid Leptopilina boulardiwas restricted to contact kairomones from its natural hosts and one closely related species. In contrast, the generalist parasitoid Leptopilina heterotomaresponded to contact kairomones of a variety of Drosophilidae species.
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    Chemiluminescence in evaluating the thermal oxidative stability of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) copolymers. II. ABS/polycarbonate (PC) blends (1993)
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    Journal of polymers and the environment 1 (1993), S. 275-279 
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    ISSN: 1572-8900
    Keywords: Chemiluminescence ; oxidation ; stability ; acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) ; ABS/polycarbonate blend
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering , Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
    Notes: Abstract The thermal oxidative stability of various ABS/PC compounds was studied by means of the chemiluminescence technique. Similarly to pure ABS, Irganox 1076 and Irganox MD 1024 perform as moderate antioxidants in ABS/PC and (ABS/PC + lubricant) blends. Neither Tinuvin 144, Irgaphos 168, nor their mixture affects the durability of the ABS/PC blend. At the same time, (Irgaphos 168 + Tinuvin 144) in combination with Irganoxes was found to provide a noticeable enhancement in durability to the (ABS/PC + lubricant) system. Titanium dioxide pigments by themselves have only a slight influence on the oxidative stability of the ABS/PC blend. Durability of the (ABS/PC + pigment) and (ABS/PC + lubricant) systems was found to be the same and the overall protective effect of Irganox 1076 was similar in both the (ABS/PC + lubricant) and the (ABS/PC + lubricant + pigment) systems. Certain modifiers significantly improve the durability of the ABS/PC compounds, although their function may differ in the systems with and without pigments.
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    Chemiluminescence in evaluating the thermal oxidative stability of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) copolymers. 1. Influence of stabilizers and lubricants (1993)
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    Journal of polymers and the environment 1 (1993), S. 107-110 
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    ISSN: 1572-8900
    Keywords: Chemiluminescence ; oxidation ; stability ; acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS)
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering , Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
    Notes: Abstract The influence of lubricants, UV stabilizers, antioxidants, and metal deactivators on the resistance of ABS to thermal oxidation was studied by means of the chemiluminescence technique. Neither of the additives seems to affect significantly the induction period of oxidation. At the same time, the influence of various additives on the oxidation rate constant is remarkably different: the introduction of lubricants and UV stabilizers increases its value, while antioxidants and metal deactivators have the opposite effect. For the particular systems studied durability is decreased in samples containing the lubricant and UV stabilizers and increased in samples stabilized with the antioxidant and metal deactivator.
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    Unrewarding experiences and their effect on foraging in the parasitic waspLeptopilina heterotoma (Hymenoptera: Eucoilidae) (1994)
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    Journal of insect behavior 7 (1994), S. 465-481 
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    ISSN: 1572-8889
    Keywords: host selection ; experience ; learning ; extinction ; reinforcement ; parasitoids ; Drosophila ; Leptopilina heterotoma ; Hymenoptera ; Eucoilidae
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract The host-foraging behavior of female entomophagous parasitoids is commonly modified by positive associative learning. Typically, a rewarding experience (e.g., successful oviposition in a host) increases a female's foraging effort in a host microhabitat of the type associated with that experience. Less well understood are the effects of unrewarding experiences (i.e., unsuccessful foraging). The influence of unrewarding experience on microhabitat choice and residence time within a microhabitat was examined for the eucoilid parasitoid,Leptopilina heterotoma, in laboratory and greenhouse assays. As determined previously, females which oviposited successfully in either of two microhabitat types (fermenting apple or decaying mushroom) strongly preferred to forage subsequently on that microhabitat type. However, failure to find hosts in the formerly rewarding microhabitat caused females to reverse their preference in favor of a novel microhabitat type. The effect, though striking, was transient: within 1–2 h, the original learned preference was nearly fully restored. Similar effects of unrewarding experiences were observed with respect to the length of time spent foraging in a microhabitat. As determined previously, oviposition experience in a particular microhabitat type increased the time spent foraging in a patch of that microhabitat type. However, failure to find hosts in the patch caused the time a wasp spent in the next unoccupied patch of that type to decrease to almost nothing. In addition, there was a tendency for an unrewarding experience on a formerly rewarding microhabitat type to extend the time spent in a patch of a novel type. The function of the observed effects of unrewarding experiences is discussed.
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    Phthalocyanine-containing polymers (1992)
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    Journal of inorganic and organometallic polymers and materials 2 (1992), S. 79-85 
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    ISSN: 1572-8870
    Keywords: Phthalocyanines ; polymers ; siloxanes ; conductivity ; stability
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract The author's work on the incorporation of phthalocyanines into inorganic polymers is reviewed. The synthesis of poly(siloxane phthalocyanines) and the synthesis and characterization of fluoro(phthalocyanine) Group III compounds and their conducting derivatives are described.
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    Drosophila do not skew offspring sex ratio as predicted by trivers and willard (Diptera: Drosophilidae) (1994)
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    Journal of insect behavior 8 (1994), S. 231-239 
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    ISSN: 1572-8889
    Keywords: Drosophila ; sex ratio ; life history ; optimality model
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Based on both previously published literature and results reported here, it appears thatDrosophila melanogaster meet the explicit assumptions of the Trivers and Willard offspring sex allocation model. However, contrary to the model's predictions, offspring sex ratio was not significantly affected when we manipulated factors that influence offspring quality. We suggest that contrary to implicit predictions of offspring sex ratio models,Drosophila may lack the genetic plasticity to readily alter sex ratio.
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    Egg-laying experience and acceptance of parasitized hosts by the parasitoid,Leptopilina heterotoma (Hymenoptera: Eucoilidae) (1994)
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    Journal of insect behavior 8 (1994), S. 331-342 
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    ISSN: 1572-8889
    Keywords: parasitoid ; superparasitism ; learning ; motivation ; egg load ; Drosophila
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    Notes: Abstract The influence of egg-laying experience on the response of females of the eucoilid parasitoid,Leptopilina heterotoma, to parasitized and unparasitizedDrosophila melanogaster host larvae was examined under more controlled conditions than those used in past studies. In laboratory assays, we precisely manipulated both the number of eggs laid by females and the kind of larvae (parasitized versus unparasitized) in which the eggs were laid. We found that the tendency to avoid laying eggs in parasitized hosts depended markedly on whether or not eggs had been laid previously, but depended little on whether those eggs had been laid in parasitized or unparasitized hosts. The observed effect of general egg-laying experience on avoidance of parasitized hosts may reflect responses to either changes in the wasp's internal state (perhaps, changes in egg load) or changes in the wasp's neural representation of the external environment (such as those presumed to occur during learning). In light of these results, we offer a tentative reinterpretation of several earlier studies.
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    Courtship success and multivariate analysis of sexual selection on morphometric traits inDrosophila buzzatii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) (1994)
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    Journal of insect behavior 8 (1994), S. 219-229 
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    ISSN: 1572-8889
    Keywords: Drosophila ; sexual selection gradients ; courtship success
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    Notes: Abstract Using wild-reared flies, we examined sexual selection on five phenotypic traits (thorax length, wing length, wing width, head width, and face width) inDrosophila buzzatii, by scoring copulatory status in nine mass mating cages. Only male face width was identified as a direct target of sexual selection in an analysis of selection gradient, while indirect selection was present on all other studied traits, as expected from their correlations with face width. In contrast to males, there was no indication of selection in females. Nor was there evidence of assortative mating. The suggested direct selection on face width seems to take place during licking behavior of the courtship and might be related to courtship feeding. This study suggests that courtship success gives rise to indirect selection on body size.
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    Analytical relationships between the ionization of 1,3-dicarbonylic ligands and stability of their Cr(III), Ni(II), Co(II) and Cu(II) 1∶1 chelates (1992)
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    Journal of solution chemistry 21 (1992), S. 1145-1152 
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    ISSN: 1572-8927
    Keywords: Chromium(III) ; β-diketones ; β-diketonates ; chelation ; complexation ; correlation ; stability ; equilibrium
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract It has been demonstrated that the logarithm of the stability constant of some monochelated chromium(III) compounds, with structurally similar 1,3-dicarbonylic species, is linearly related to the negative logarithm of the acid ionization constant of the ligand. Graphical and analytical correlations which could be useful in predicting equilibrium constants of chromium(III)-β-diketonates, as well as other first-row transition metal derivatives, have been developed. A quantitative evaluation of the complexes stability has been carried out, providing information about the effects of ligand substituents on the equilibrium constants.
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    Influence of washing and of heat-treatment conditions on the thermal stability of VPI-5 (1991)
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    Catalysis letters 10 (1991), S. 225-232 
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    ISSN: 1572-879X
    Keywords: VPI-5 ; stability ; molecular sieve ; post-synthesis treatments
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    Notes: Abstract Thorough washing of a VPI-5 synthesized with n-dipropylamine as template improves greatly its thermal stability while no major change is observed in the template content. A detailed study of the influence of the pretreatment conditions shows that in order to obtain a high thermal stability (up to at least 960 °C) two parameters are of importance. The removal of both the template and the adsorbed water requires either a low heating rate at atmospheric pressure or a low pressure (less than 3 Torr) when the heating rate is 300 ° per hour.
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    Linear stability of relative equilibria with a dominant mass (1994)
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    Journal of dynamics and differential equations 6 (1994), S. 37-51 
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    Notes: Abstract A criterion for the linear stability of relative equilibria of the Newtoniann-body problem is found in the case whenn−1 of the masses are small. Several stable periodic orbits of the problem are presented as examples.
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    Interval stability and interval covering property in finite posets (1992)
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    Order 9 (1992), S. 163-175 
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    Keywords: Primary 06A07 ; secondary 05C70 ; Partial order ; interval ; stability ; covering ; Sperner property ; symmetric chains ; NP-completeness
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    Notes: Abstract Given a finite ranked posetP, let α(P) be the maximum size of a subset ofP such that no two elements of it belong simultaneously to some interval ofP and let ϱ(P) be the minimum number of intervals covering all elements ofP. We say thatP has the strong interval stability property (resp. the strong interval covering property) if for each subposetP′ induced by consecutive levels ofP, i.e.,P′=P (l)∪...∪P (u), one has α(P′)=max{|P (l)|, |P (u)|} (resp. ϱ(P′)=max{|P (l)|, |P (u)|}). We prove these properties for several classes of posets and discuss some general facts concerning the numbers α(P) and ϱ(P), e.g., NP-completeness and min-max relations.
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    Stationary waiting time derivatives (1992)
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    Queueing systems 12 (1992), S. 369-389 
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    Notes: Abstract We investigate the stability of waiting-time derivatives when inputs to a queueing system-service times and interarrival times-depend on a parameter. We give conditions under which the sequence of waiting-time derivatives admits a stationary distribution, and under which the derivatives converge to the stationary regime from all initial conditions. Further hypotheses ensure that the expectation of a stationary waiting-time derivative is, in fact, the derivative of the expected stationary waiting time. This validates the use of simulation-based infinitesimal perturbation analysis estimates with a variety of queueing processes. We examine waiting-time sequences satisfying recursive equations. Our basic assumption is that the input and its derivatives are stationary and ergodic. Under monotonicity conditions, the method of Loynes establishes the convergence of the derivatives. Even without such conditions, the derivatives obey a linear difference equation with random coefficients, and we exploit this fact to find stability conditions.
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    Re-entrant lines (1993)
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    Queueing systems 13 (1993), S. 87-110 
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    Keywords: Manufacturing systems ; semiconductor manufacturing ; thin film lines ; re-entrant lines ; scheduling policies ; queueing networks ; buffer priority policies ; due date policies ; stability ; stochastic control ; mean delay ; variance of delay ; machine failures ; set-up times
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    Notes: Abstract Traditionally, manufacturing systems have mainly been treated as either job shops or flow shops. In job shops, parts may arrive with random routes, with each route having a low volume. In flow shops, the routes are fixed and acyclic, as in assembly lines. With the advent of semiconductor manufacturing plants, and more recently, thin film lines, this dichotomy needs to be expanded to consider another class of systems, which we call “re-entrant lines”. The distinguishing feature of these manufacturing systems is that parts visit some machines more than once at different stages of processing. Scheduling problems arise because several parts at different stages of processing may be in contention with each other for service at the same machine. There may be uncertainties in the form of random service or set-up times, as well as random machine failures and repairs. The goal of scheduling is to improve performance measures such as mean sojourn time in the system, which is also known as the mean “cycle-time”, or the variance of the cycle-time. In this paper we provide a tutorial account of some recent results in this field. We describe several scheduling policies of interest, and provide some results concerning their stability and performance. Several open problems are suggested.
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    On pathwise behavior of multiserver queues (1994)
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    Queueing systems 15 (1994), S. 279-288 
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    Keywords: Sample-path ; point processes ; workload ; stability
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    Notes: Abstract In this paper, by exploiting recent results on the pathwise behavior of the workload process in single server, work conserving queues of theG/G/1/∞ type, we show that the workload of multiserver, work conserving queues ofG/G/m/∞ (m〈∞) (andG/G/∞) queues satisfies an o(t) growth condition, provided that the time average of the work brought into the system is less thanm form 〈 ∞ (and finite form=∞).
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    Stability and continuity of polling systems (1994)
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    Queueing systems 16 (1994), S. 115-137 
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    Keywords: Polling systems ; stability ; stochastic continuity ; general arrival process ; functional limit theorems.
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    Notes: Abstract The stability of a polling system with exhaustive service and a finite number of users, each with infinite buffers is considered. The arrival process is more general than a Poisson process and the system is not slotted. Stochastic continuity of the stationary distributions, rates of convergence and functional limit theorems for the queue length and waiting time processes have also been proved. The results extend to the gated service discipline.
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    Stable planetary orbits around one component in nearby binary stars. II (1993)
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    Celestial mechanics and dynamical astronomy 56 (1993), S. 45-50 
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    Keywords: Restricted problem ; stability ; planets of double stars
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    Notes: Abstract Numerical simulations are made within the framework of the plane restricted three-body problem, in order to find out if stable orbits for planets around one of the two components in double stars can exist. For any given set of initial parameters (the mass ratio of the two stars and the eccentricity of their orbit around each other), the phase-space of initial positions and velocities is systematically explored. In previous works, systematic exploration of the circular model as well as studies of more realistic (elliptic) cases such as Sun-Jupiter and the nearby α Centauri and Sirius systems, large stable planetary orbits were found to exist around both components of the binary, up to distances from each star of the order or more than half the binary's periastron separation. The first results presented here for the η Coronae Borealis system confirm the previous studies.
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    Nonlinear stability of the libration points in the photogravitational restricted three body problem (1994)
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    Celestial mechanics and dynamical astronomy 58 (1994), S. 203-213 
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    Keywords: libration points ; resonances ; stability
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    Notes: Abstract The stability of the triangular libration points in the case when the first and the second order resonances appear was investigated. It was proved that the first order resonances do not cause instability. The second order resonances may lead to instability. Domains of the instability in the two-dimensional parameter space were determined.
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    Stability characteristics of transition layer solutions (1993)
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    Journal of dynamics and differential equations 5 (1993), S. 625-671 
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    Keywords: Scalar reaction-diffusion equation ; singular perturbation methods ; internal layer ; Neumann layer ; stability ; 35K57 ; 35B25 ; 35B35
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    Notes: Abstract The multiple existences and their stability properties of stationary solutions with a single transition layer in some scalar reaction-diffusion equation are shown. Each solution is constructed by using classical singular perturbation methods and its stability property is determined by a simple algebraic quantity, say index, appearing in the construction of a solution.
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    Symmetrization properties of parabolic equations in symmetric domains (1994)
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    Journal of dynamics and differential equations 6 (1994), S. 639-658 
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    Keywords: Symmetry ; parabolic equations ; positive solutions ; stability
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    Notes: Abstract Symmetry properties of positive solutions of a Dirichlet problem for a strongly nonlinear parabolic partial differential equation in a symmetric domainD ⊂ R n are considered. It is assumed that the domainD and the equation are invariant with respect to a group {Q} of transformations ofD. In examples {Q} consists of reflections or rotations. The main result of the paper is the theorem which states that any compact inC(D) negatively invariant set which consists of positive functions consists ofQ-symmetric functions. Examples of negatively invariant sets are (in autonomous case) equilibrium points, omega-limit sets, alpha-limit sets, unstable sets of invariant sets, and global attractors. Application of the main theorem to equilibrium points gives the Gidas-Ni-Nirenberg theorem. Applying the theorem to omega-limit sets, we obtain the asymptotical symmetrization property. That means that a bounded solutionu(t) asr→∞ approaches subspace of symmetric functions. One more result concerns properties of eigenfunctions of linearizations of the equations at positive equilibrium points. It is proved that all unstable eigenfunctions are symmetric.
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    Bifurcations in parametric nonlinear programming (1990)
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    Annals of operations research 27 (1990), S. 343-369 
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    Keywords: Bifurcation ; singularities ; continuation ; parametric nonlinear programming ; stability
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    Notes: Abstract Bifurcation and continuation techniques are introduced as a class of methods for investigating the parametric nonlinear programming problem. Motivated by the Fritz John first-order necessary conditions, the parametric programming problem is first reformulated as a closed system of nonlinear equations which contains all Karush-Kuhn-Tucker and Fritz John points, both feasible and infeasible solutions, and relative minima, maxima, and saddle points. Since changes in the structure of the solution set and critical point type can occur only at singularities, necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a singularity are developed in terms of the loss of a complementarity condition, the linear dependence constraint qualification, and the singularity of the Hessian of the Lagrangian on a tangent space. After a brief introduction to elementary bifurcation theory, some simple singularities in this parametric problem are analyzed for both branching and persistence of local minima. Finally, a brief introduction to numerical continuation and bifurcation procedures is given to indicate how these facts can be used in a numerical investigation of the problem.
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    Open queueing networks in discrete time-some limit theorems (1993)
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    Queueing systems 14 (1993), S. 159-175 
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    Keywords: Queueing networks ; nonproduct form networks ; stability ; stochastic continuity ; functional limit theorems
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    Notes: Abstract A finite number of nodes, each with a single server and infinite buffers, is considered in discrete time. The service may be FIFO and the service times are constant. The external arrivals and the routing decision variables form a general stationary sequence. Stability of the system is proved under these assumptions. Extension to multiple servers at a node and general stationary distributions holds. If the external input is i.i.d. and the routing is Markovian then stochastic ordering, continuity of stationary distributions, rates of convergence, a functional CLT and a functional LIL and various other limit theorems for the queue length process are also proved. Generalizations to multiple servers at nodes, customers with priority, multiple customer classes, general service length and Markov modulated external arrival cases are discussed.
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    Monotonicity and stability of periodic polling models (1994)
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    Keywords: polling system ; stability ; Markov chain ; stochastic monotonicity ; heavy traffic ; nonpreemptive local priority
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    Notes: Abstract This paper deals with the stability of periodic polling models with a mixture of service policies. Customers arrive according to independent Poisson processes. The service times and the switchover times are independent with general distributions. The necessary and sufficient condition for the stability of such polling systems is established. The proof is based on the stochastic monotonicity of the state process at the polling instants. The stability of only a subset of the queues is also analyzed and, in case of heavy traffic, the order of explosion of the queues is given. The results are valid for a model with set-up times, and also when there is a local priority rule at the queues.
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    Single-server queues with spatially distributed arrivals (1994)
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    Queueing systems 17 (1994), S. 317-345 
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    Keywords: Single-server queue ; spatially distributed arrival points ; travelling server ; Brownian motion ; embedded Markov chain ; stability ; Tweedie's lemma ; regenerative processes ; stochastic decomposition ; equilibrium equations ; mean queue length
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    Notes: Abstract Consider a queueing system where customers arrive at a circle according to a homogeneous Poisson process. After choosing their positions on the circle, according to a uniform distribution, they wait for a single server who travels on the circle. The server's movement is modelled by a Brownian motion with drift. Whenever the server encounters a customer, he stops and serves this customer. The service times are independent, but arbitrarily distributed. The model generalizes the continuous cyclic polling system (the diffusion coefficient of the Brownian motion is zero in this case) and can be interpreted as a continuous version of a Markov polling system. Using Tweedie's lemma for positive recurrence of Markov chains with general state space, we show that the system is stable if and only if the traffic intensity is less than one. Moreover, we derive a stochastic decomposition result which leads to equilibrium equations for the stationary configuration of customers on the circle. Steady-state performance characteristics are determined, in particular the expected number of customers in the system as seen by a travelling server and at an arbitrary point in time.
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    Stability of token passing rings (1992)
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    Queueing systems 11 (1992), S. 7-33 
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    Keywords: Token passing rings ; stability ; substability ; ergodicity ; Markov chains ; Loynes' scheme ; stochastically dominant ; Little's formula ; regenerative processes
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    Notes: Abstract A sufficient stability condition for the standard token passing ring has been “known” since the seminal paper by Kuehn in 1979. However, this condition was derived without formal proof, and the proof seems to be of considerable interest to the research community. In fact, Watson observed that in the performance evaluation of token passing rings, “it is convenient to derive stability conditions ... (without proof)”. Our intention is to fill this gap, and to provide a formal proof of thesufficient and necessary stability condition for the token passing ring. In this paper, we present the case when the arrival process to each queue is Poisson but service times and switchover times are generally distributed. We consider in depth a gatedl-limited (l≤ ∞) service discipline for each station. We also indicate that the basic steps of our technique can be used to study the stability of some other multiqueue systems.
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    Effect of perturbed potentials on the non-linear stability of libration pointL 4 in the restricted problem (1994)
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    Celestial mechanics and dynamical astronomy 59 (1994), S. 345-374 
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    Keywords: Lagrangian points ; stability ; oblate primary
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    Notes: Abstract The non-linear stability of the libration pointL 4 in the restricted problem has been studied when there are perturbations in the potentials between the bodies. It is seen that the pointL 4 is stable for all mass ratios in the range of linear stability except for three mass ratios depending upon the perturbing functions. The theory is applied to the following four cases: (i) There are no perturbations in the potentials (classical problem). (ii) Only the bigger primary is an oblate spheroid whose axis of symmetry is perpendicular to the plane of relative motion (circular) of the primaries. (iii) Both the primaries are oblate spheroids whose axes of symmetry are perpendicular to the plane of relative motion (circular) of the primaries. (iv) The primaries are spherical in shape and the bigger is a source of radiation.
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    Equivariant multiparameter bifurcation via singularity theory (1993)
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    Journal of dynamics and differential equations 5 (1993), S. 189-218 
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    Keywords: Equivariant bifurcation ; symmetry ; singularity ; equivariant jets and transversality ; normal forms ; universal unfolding ; stability ; structural stability ; 58F14 ; 58E07 ; 58C27
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    Notes: Abstract The theoretical machinery from singularity theory introduced by Golubitsky, Stewart, and Schaeffer, to study equivariant bifurcation problems, is completed and expanded while generalized to the multiple parameter context. In this setting the finite determinacy theorems or normal forms, the stability of equivariant bifurcation problems, and the structural stability of the universal unfolding are discussed.
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    A free boundary problem modeling thermal instabilities: Stability and bifurcation (1994)
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    Journal of dynamics and differential equations 6 (1994), S. 447-486 
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    Keywords: Free boundary problems ; gasless combustion ; stability ; Hopf bifurcation ; 35R35 ; 35B40 ; 80A25
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    Notes: Abstract In this paper, we analyze a simple free boundary model associated with solid combustion and some phase transition processes. There is strong evidence that this “one-phase” model captures all major features of dynamical behavior of more realistic (and complicated) combustion and phase transition models. The principal results concern the dynamical behavior of the model as a bifurcation parameter (which is related to the activation energy in the case of combustion) varies. We prove that the basic uniform front propagation is asymptotically stable against perturbations for the bifurcation parameter above the instability threshold and that a Hopf bifurcation takes place at the threshold value. Results of numerical simulations are presented which confirm that both supercritical and subcritical Hofp bifurcation may occur for physically reasonable nonlinear kinetic functions.
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    Perturbed unstable variational inequalities with unbounded operators on approximately given sets (1993)
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    Set-valued analysis 1 (1993), S. 393-402 
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    Keywords: Primary: 49J40, 65K10, 47A55, 47H05, 65L20 ; Variational inequality ; perturbation ; unbounded and nonsmooth operators ; convex sets ; Hausdorff distance ; regularization ; monotonicity ; convergence ; stability
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    Notes: Abstract The stability and convergence of the solutions of perturbed and regularized variational inequality to the solutions of the primary (unstable a priori) variational inequality with proper monotone operator are investigated. All the objects of inequality: the operatorA, the right-hand partf and the set of constrains Ω are to be perturbed. At the same time no assumptions of boundedness and smoothness of the operatorA are used. The connection between the parameters of perturbations, which guarantees strong convergence of approximate solutions, is established. It is proved that the existence of the solution to the unperturbed variational inequality is necessary and sufficient condition for convergence of the regularized perturbed inequality solutions.
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    Queues with service times and interarrival times depending linearly and randomly upon waiting times (1990)
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    Queueing systems 6 (1990), S. 335-351 
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    Keywords: State-dependent service and interarrival times ; Lindley equation ; recursive stochastic equations ; stability ; stochastic comparisons ; normal approximations ; scheduling arrivals
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    Notes: Abstract We consider a modification of the standardG/G/1 queue with unlimited waiting space and the first-in first-out discipline in which the service times and interarrival times depend linearly and randomly on the waiting times. In this model the waiting times satisfy a modified version of the classical Lindley recursion. We determine when the waiting-time distributions converge to a proper limit and we develop approximations for this steady-state limit, primarily by applying previous results of Vervaat [21] and Brandt [4] for the unrestricted recursionY n+1=C n Y n +X n . Particularly appealing for applications is a normal approximation for the stationary waiting time distribution in the case when the queue only rarely becomes empty. We also consider the problem of scheduling successive interarrival times at arrival epochs, with the objective of achieving nearly maximal throughput with nearly bounded waiting times, while making the interarrival time sequence relatively smooth. We identify policies depending linearly and deterministically upon the work in the system which meet these objectives reasonably well; with these policies the waiting times are approximately contained in a specified interval a specified fraction of time.
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    Stable steady state of some population models (1992)
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    Journal of dynamics and differential equations 4 (1992), S. 161-190 
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    Keywords: Delay differential equations ; equilibrium ; stability ; limiting equations ; population dynamics ; 34K20 ; 34K25 ; 92A15
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    Notes: Abstract Applying an analytical method and several limiting equations arguments, some sufficient conditions are provided for the existence of a unique positive equilibriumK for the delay differential equationx=−γx+D(x t ), which is the general form of many population models. The results are concerned with the global attractivity, uniform stability, and uniform asymptotic stability ofK. Application of the results to some known population models, which shows the effectiveness of the methods applied here, is also presented.
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    The relative variance criterion for stability of delay systems (1993)
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    Journal of dynamics and differential equations 5 (1993), S. 105-128 
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    Notes: Abstract A new approach to the study of delay systems, applicable to physiological control systems and other systems where little information about the time delays is available, is examined. The method is based on the fact that stability information can be deduced from the statistical properties of the probability distribution that encodes the structure of the time delay. The main statistical variables used are the usual expectation parameter,E, and a modified variance, calledrelative variance and denotedR, that is invariant under time scale changes. Recent work of the author has shown that stability often improves asR increases whileE remains fixed. A four-parameter family of delay models is analysed in this paper, and the (E, R) pair is found to be a reliable indicator of stability over the global parameter domain of the family.
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    Stability of standing waves for the generalized Davey-Stewartson system (1994)
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    Journal of dynamics and differential equations 6 (1994), S. 325-334 
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    Keywords: Nonlinear Schrödinger equations ; anisotropic standing waves ; stability ; concentration compactness principle ; Davey-Stewartson system ; 35Q35 ; 35B35
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    Notes: Abstract We study the stability of standing waves for a nonlinear Schrödinger equation, which derives from the generalized Davey-Stewartson system in the elliptic-elliptic case. We prove the existence of stable standing waves under certain conditions.
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    The index of lyapunov stable fixed points in two dimensions (1994)
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    Journal of dynamics and differential equations 6 (1994), S. 631-637 
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    Notes: Abstract In this paper, we prove that a stable isolated fixed point of an orientation preserving local homeomorphism onR 2 has fixed point index 1. We also give a number of applications to differential equations. In particular, we deduce that a number of existence methods for producing periodic solutions of differential equations in the plane always produce unstable solutions.
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    Parasitization of embedded and nonembeddedDrosophila melanogaster (Diptera: Drosophilidae) pupae by the parasitoidPachycrepoideus vindemniae (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) (1994)
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    Journal of insect behavior 7 (1994), S. 129-131 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; parasitoid wasp ; behavior ; genetics
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    The effects of acclimation and rearing conditions on the response of tropical and temperate populations ofDrosophila melanogaster andD. simulans to a temperature gradient (Diptera: Drosophilidae) (1994)
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    Journal of insect behavior 7 (1994), S. 279-288 
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    Keywords: temperature preference ; Drosophila ; acclimation ; compensation
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    Notes: Abstract The effects of rearing and acclimation on the response of adultDrosophila to temperature were investigated in a gradient.D. melanogaster flies preferred a higher mean temperature and were distributed over a wider range of temperatures thanD. simulans flies. Acclimating adults at different temperatures for a week did not influence the response of either species. Adults reared at 28°C as immatures had a lower mean preference than those reared at cooler temperatures, suggesting that flies compensated for the effects of rearing conditions. Adults from tropical and temperate populations ofD. melanogaster andD. simulans did not differ in the mean temperature they preferred in a gradient, suggesting little genetic divergence for this trait within species. The species differences and environmental responses may be related to changes in optimal physiological conditions for the flies.
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    Sensorimotor transformation from light reception to phototactic behavior inDrosophila larvae (Diptera: Drosophilidae) (1994)
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    Journal of insect behavior 7 (1994), S. 553-567 
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    Keywords: review ; Drosophila ; larva ; phototaxis
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    Notes: Abstract In this paper we examine theDrosophila melanogaster larval response to light. We survey the morphology of the larval visual and motor systems in relation to larval locomotory behavior and phototaxis. In addition, this paper proposes a model of sensorimotor transformation and examines the reversal in taxis occurring at theD. melanogaster larval wnadering stage.
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    Interaction of nicotine with π and σ electron acceptors (1993)
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    Journal of solution chemistry 22 (1993), S. 1151-1158 
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    Keywords: Molecular complexes ; solvent effect ; stability ; solid CT complexes ; nicotine
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    Notes: Abstract Interaction of nicotine with tetracyanoethylene and iodine was investigated spectrophotometrically and found to form strong CT complexes (n−π and n-σ*, respectively). The donor site involved in CT interaction is the pyrrolidine nitrogen. The nicotine-I2 complex exists as the ionic structure (nicotine) I+-I 3 − . Formation constants of the CT complexes in various solvents were determined from 10 to 25°C and are discussed in terms of the nature of the electron acceptor and solvent polarity. Solid CT complexes were synthesized and were characterized by microchemical analysis and infrared spectra techniques.
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    Stability estimates in inverse scattering (1992)
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    Acta applicandae mathematicae 28 (1992), S. 1-42 
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    Keywords: 35R30 ; Inverse scattering ; stability ; noisy data
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    Notes: Abstract An algorithm is given for calculating the solution to the 3D inverse scattering problem with noisy discrete fixed energy data. The error estimates for the calculated solution are derived. The methods developed are of a general nature and can be used in many applications: in nondestructive evaluation and remote sensing, in geophysical exploration, medical diagnostics, and technology.
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    On the first eigenvalue of the linearized operator of ther-th mean curvature of a hypersurface (1993)
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    Annals of global analysis and geometry 11 (1993), S. 387-395 
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    Keywords: Curvatures of hypersurfaces ; Reilly's inequality ; stability ; 53 A 10 ; 53 C 42
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    Notes: Abstract We generalize Reilly's inequality for the first eigenvalue of immersed submanifolds ofIR m +1 and the total (squared) mean curvature, to hypersurfaces ofIR m +1 and the first eigenvalue of the higher order curvatures. We apply this to stability problems. We also consider hypersurfaces in hyperbolic space.
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    Numerical experiments with a multistep Radau method (1993)
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    BIT 33 (1993), S. 332-350 
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    Keywords: AMS(MOS): 65L06 ; Multistep collocation method ; continuous solution ; stability
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    Notes: Abstract This paper describes an implementation of multistep collocation methods, which are applicable to stiff differential problems, singular perturbation problems, and D.A.E.s of index 1 and 2. These methods generalize one-step implicit Runge-Kutta methods as well as multistep one-stage BDF methods. We give numerical comparisons of our code with two representative codes for these methods, RADAU5 and LSODE.
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    Some remarks on the second variation formula for the area (1993)
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    Annals of global analysis and geometry 11 (1993), S. 221-235 
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    Keywords: Second variation formula ; Morse index ; stability ; 53C
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    Notes: Abstract Iff is a minimal, isometric immersion of the Riemannian manifoldM of dimensionn in a Riemannian manifold $$\overline M$$ of dimensionm and ifI N is the „differential Jacobi operator” acting on the cross sections of the normal bundleN(M), we obtain some information on the Morse index and on the stability ofM through a detailed geometric analysis of the immersionf obtained when considering the higher fundamental forms off.
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    Netwon interpolation at Leja points (1990)
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    BIT 30 (1990), S. 332-346 
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    Keywords: 65D05 ; polynomial interpolaton ; Newton form ; stability ; Leja points ; ordering of interpolation points
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    Notes: Abstract The Newton form is a convenient representation for interpolation polynomials. Its sensitivity to perturbations depends on the distribution and ordering of the interpolation points. The present paper bounds the growth of the condition number of the Newton form when the interpolation points are Leja points for fairly general compact sets K in the complex plane. Because the Leja points are defined recursively, they are attractive to use with the Newton form. If K is an interval, then the Leja points are distributed roughly like Chebyshev points. Our investigation of the Newton form defined by interpolation at Leja points suggests an ordering scheme for arbitrary interpolation points.
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    A new interpolation procedure for adapting Runge-Kutta methods to delay differential equations (1992)
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    BIT 32 (1992), S. 634-649 
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    Keywords: AMS(MOS): 65L20 ; CR: 5.17 ; delay differential equations ; numerical solution ; Runge-Kutta methods ; interpolation procedures ; stability
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    Notes: Abstract This paper deals with adapting Runge-Kutta methods to differential equations with a lagging argument. A new interpolation procedure is introduced which leads to numerical processes that satisfy an important asymptotic stability condition related to the class of testproblemsU′(t)=λU(t)+μU(t−τ) with λ, μ ε C, Re(λ)〈−|μ|, and τ〉0. Ifc i denotes theith abscissa of a given Runge-Kutta method, then in thenth stept n−1→t n :=t n−1+h of the numerical process our interpolation procedure computes an approximation toU(t n−1+c i h−τ) from approximations that have already been generated by the process at pointst j−1+c i h(j=1,2,3,...). For two of these new processes and a standard process we shall consider the convergence behaviour in an actual application to a given, stiff problem.
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    Sur l'instabilite de certaines positions d'equilibre relatif dans le probleme des n corps (1990)
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    Celestial mechanics and dynamical astronomy 49 (1990), S. 219-231 
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    Keywords: n-body problem ; stability ; relative equilibrium
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    Description / Table of Contents: Abstract We prove in this paper the instability, for all n ⩾ 4, of the configurations of relative equilibrium in the n-body problem where the n bodies submitted to newtonian mutual attractions are at the vertices of a regular polypon with n sides. For this proof we show that the equations of variations projected to the n bodies plan P have at least two conjugate characteristic exponents with a strictly positive real part; while these equations projected to an orthogonal axis to P have some solutions with secular terms.
    Notes: Resumé On démontre dans cet article l'instabilité, pour tout n ⩾ 4, des configurations d'équilibre relatif dans le problème des n corps, oú les n corps soumises aux attractions newtonniennes mutuelles se trouvent aux sommets d'un polygone régulier de n cotés. La preuve consiste à montrer que les équations aux variations, projetées sur le plan P des n corps, possèdent au moins deux exposants caractéristiques complexes connugués dont la parr'e réelle est strictement positive; alors que ces equations projetées sur un axe orthogonal à P possèdent des solutions ayant des termes séculaires.
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    On a class of variational equations transformable to the Gauss hypergeometric equation (1992)
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    Celestial mechanics and dynamical astronomy 53 (1992), S. 145-150 
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    Keywords: Monodromy matrix ; Gauss hypergeometric equation ; stability
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    Notes: Abstract A new class of linear ordinary differential equations with periodic coefficients is found which can be transformed to the Gauss hypergeometric equation, and therefore the monodromy matrices are computable explicitly. These equations appear as the variational equations around a straight-line solution in Hamiltonian systems of the form H = T(p) + V(q), where T(p) and V(q) are homogeneous functions of p and q, respectively.
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    Asteroid 522 Helga is chaotic and stable (1993)
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    Celestial mechanics and dynamical astronomy 56 (1993), S. 323-324 
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    Keywords: chaos ; stability ; asteroids
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    The Trojan asteroid belt: Proper elements, stability, chaos and families (1993)
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    Celestial mechanics and dynamical astronomy 57 (1993), S. 59-94 
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    Keywords: asteroids ; libration ; proper elements ; stability ; chaos ; families
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    Notes: Abstract I have computed proper elements for 174 asteroids in the 1 : 1 resonance with Jupiter, that is for all the reliable orbits available (numbered and multi-opposition). The procedure requires numerical integration, under the perturbations by the four major planets, for 1,000,000 years; the output is digitally filtered and compressed into a “synthetic theory” (as defined within theLONGSTOP project). The proper modes of oscillation of the variables related to eccentricity, perihelion, inclination and node define proper elements. A third proper element is defined as the amplitude of the oscillation of the semimajor axis associated with the libration period; because of the strong nonlinearity of the problem, this component cannot be determined by a simple Fourier transform to the frequency domain. I therefore give another definition, which results in very good stability with time. For 87% of the computed orbits, the stability of the proper elements-at least over 1M yr-is within the following bounds: 0.001AU in semimajor axis, 0.0025 in eccentricity and sine of inclination. Half of the cases with degraded stability of the proper elements are found to be chaotic, with e-folding times between 16,000 and 660,000yr; in some other cases, chaotic behaviour does not result in a significantly decreased stability of the proper elements (stable chaos). The accuracy and stability of these proper elements is good enough to allow a search for asteroid families; however, the dynamical structure of the Trojan belt is very different from the one of the main belt, and collisional events among Trojans can result in a distribution of fragments difficult to identify. The occurrence of couples of Trojans with very close proper elements is proven not to be statistically significant in almost all cases. As the only exception, the couple 1583 Antilochus — 3801 Thrasimedes is significant; however, it is not easy to account for it by a conventional collisional theory. The Menelaus group is confirmed as a strong candidate collisional family; Teucer and Sarpedon could be considered as significant clusters. A number of other clumps are detected (by the same automated clustering method used for the main belt by Zappalà et al., 1990, 1992), but the total number of Trojans with reliable orbits is not large enough to detect many significant candidate families.
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    The dynamics of solar sails with a non-point source of radiation pressure (1990)
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    Celestial mechanics and dynamical astronomy 49 (1990), S. 249-264 
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    Keywords: Solar sails ; radiation pressure ; stability
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    Notes: Abstract The form of the solar radiation pressure on a heliocentric orbiting solar sail is obtained for a finite angular sized and limb darkened solar disk by the use of the radiation pressure tensor. It is found that the usual inverse square variation of the solar radiation pressure is modified by the finite angular size, and to a lesser extent by the solar limb darkening. The actual magnitude of the modification is in itself small, except at close heliocentric distances. However, its existence has implications for the dynamical stability of solar sails both in parked and circular orbital configurations and for the accuracy of trajectory calculations, particularly for sails in the inner solar system.
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    Bifurcations of separatrices in the averaged planar general three-body problem at first-order resonance (1994)
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    Celestial mechanics and dynamical astronomy 60 (1994), S. 307-315 
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    Keywords: Asteroid ; libration ; resonance ; stability
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    Notes: Abstract It is known that an abridged case of the averaged planar general three-body problem, at first-order resonance, is analytically integrated, using an expansion of the disturbing function linear in the eccentricities. There exist different methods with the help of which the integration can be performed. For the first time Sessin and Ferraz-Mello in the years 1981–88 (Sessin, 1981, 1983; Ferraz-Mello and Sessin, 1984; Ferraz-Mello, 1987, 1988) did an analytic integration for the restricted elliptic three-body problem, in terms of the variablesK andH (K=ΣD j e j cos (ψ1−π j ),H=ΣD j e j sin (ψ1−π j ),D j = const, wheree j and π j are, respectively, the eccentricity and the longitude of the periapsis of thei-th planet, ψ1 is the Delaunay's anomaly), which is inconvenient for the analytical investigation of the evolution of the major semi-axesa j , the eccentricitiese j and the resonance phases ϕ j =ψ1−π j . Later, a different method for the analytical integration of the general three-body problem, in the variablesa j ,e j and ϕ j , was considered by the author (Shinkin, 1993). A disadvantage of both methods is the fact that they use non-canonical changes of variables. But there exists a third very beautiful canonical method of analytical integration of the general planetary problem, which is briefly considered in the present paper and allows us to describe the bifurcations of separatrices (i.e. appearance, disappearance, splitting and confluence of separatrices) separating the domains of libration and circulation of the resonance phase on the phase plane in the averaged planar general three-body problem at first-order resonance. The bifurcation parameter is analytically found and plays an important role in a qualitative description of all kinds of motion in the examined problem.
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    Uniform stability at permanently acting disturbances of solutions of Navier-Stokes equations for compressible isothermic fluids (1994)
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    Acta applicandae mathematicae 37 (1994), S. 129-136 
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    Keywords: 35B35 ; 35Q30 ; 76N10 ; stability ; Navier-Stokes equations ; compressible fluids
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    Notes: Abstract We prove that the uniform stability at permanently acting disturbances of a given solution of the Navier-Stokes equations for viscous compressible isothermic fluid is a consequence of the uniform exponential stability of the zero solution of so-called linearized equations.
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    Effects of small external forces on the planar oscillation of a cable connected satellites system (1992)
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    Celestial mechanics and dynamical astronomy 53 (1992), S. 219-226 
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    Keywords: Artificial satellite ; dissipative forces ; stability
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    Notes: Abstract The effects of small external dissipative and disturbing forces on the non-linear planar oscillation of a cable connected satellites system in the central gravitational field of earth have been studied. Typical non-linear oscillation's phenomena arizing from the aforesaid external forces are shown to take place. The presence of these forces enables the application of asymptotic methods of the theory of non-linear oscillations due to Bogoliubov and Mitropolsky to the equation characterizing the non-linear oscillation of the system.
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    The structure of chaos in a potential without escapes (1994)
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    Celestial mechanics and dynamical astronomy 60 (1994), S. 249-271 
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    Keywords: Chaos ; periodic orbits ; stability ; asymptotic curves ; homoclinic points ; heteroclinic points
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    Notes: Abstract We study the structure of chaos in a simple Hamiltonian system that does no have an escape energy. This system has 5 main periodic orbits that are represented on the surface of section $$(y,\dot y)$$ by the points (1)O(0,0), (2)C 1,C 2(±y c, 0), (3)B 1,B 2(O,±1) and (4) the boundary $$y^2 + \dot y^2 = 1$$ . The periodic orbits (1) and (4) have infinite transitions from stability (S) to instability (U) and vice-versa; the transition values of ε are given by simple approximate formulae. At every transitionS →U a set of 4 asymptotic curves is formed atO. For larger ε the size and the oscillations of these curves grow until they destroy the closed invariant curves that surroundO, and they intersect the asymptotic curves of the orbitsC 1,C 2 at infinite heteroclinic points. At every transitionU →S these asymptotic curves are duplicated and they start at two unstable invariant points bifurcating fromO. At the transition itself the asymptotic curves fromO are tangent to each other. The areas of the lobes fromO increase with ε; these lobes increase even afterO becomes stable again. The asymptotic curves of the unstable periodic orbits follow certain rules. Whenever there are heteroclinic points the asymptotic curves of one unstable orbit approach the asymptotic curves of another unstable orbit in a definite way. Finally we study the tangencies and the spirals formed by the asymptotic curves of the orbitsB 1,B 2. We find indications that the number of spiral rotations tends to infinity as ε → ∞. Therefore new tangencies between the asymptotic curves appear for arbitrarily large ε. As a consequence there are infinite new families of stable periodic orbits that appear for arbitrarily large ε.
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    The integrable cases of the planetary three-body problem at first-order resonance (1993)
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    Celestial mechanics and dynamical astronomy 55 (1993), S. 249-259 
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    Notes: Abstract This paper investigates the stability of the motion in the averaged planar general three-body problem in the case of first-order resonance. The equations of the averaged motion of bodies near the resonance surface is obtained and is analytically integrated by quadratures. The stability of the averaged motion is analytically investigated in relation to the semi-major axes, the eccentricities and the resonance phases. An autonomous second-order equation is obtained for the deviation of semiaxes from the resonance surface. This equation has an energy integral and is analytically integrated by quadratures. The quasi-periodic dependence on time with two-frequency basis of the averaged motion of bodies is found. The basic frequencies are analytically calculated. With the help of the mean functionals calculated along integral curves of the averaged problem the new analytic first integrals are constructed with coefficients periodic in time. The analytic conditions of librations of resonance phases are obtained.
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    About the periodic solutions of a rigid body in a central Newtonian field (1993)
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    Celestial mechanics and dynamical astronomy 55 (1993), S. 323-330 
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    Notes: Abstract The equations of motion of a rigid body about a fixed point in a central Newtonian field is reduced to the equation of plane motion under the action of potential and gyroscopic forces, using the isothermal coordinates on the inertia ellipsoid. The construction of periodic solutions near the equilibrium points, by using the Lipaunov theorem of holomorphic integral, is obtained and the necessary and sufficient conditions for the stability of the system are given.
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    Invariant rotational curves in Sitnikov's Problem (1993)
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    Celestial mechanics and dynamical astronomy 55 (1993), S. 351-367 
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    Notes: Abstract The Sitnikov's Problem is a Restricted Three-Body Problem of Celestial Mechanics depending on a parameter, the eccentricity,e. The Hamiltonian,H(z, v, t, e), does not depend ont ife=0 and we have an integrable system; ife is small the KAM Theory proves the existence of invariant rotational curves, IRC. For larger eccentricities, we show that there exist two complementary sequences of intervals of values ofe that accumulate to the maximum admissible value of the eccentricity, 1, and such that, for one of the sequences IRC around a fixed point persist. Moreover, they shrink to the planez=0 ase tends to 1.
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    On the families of periodic orbits which bifurcate from the circular Sitnikov motions (1994)
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    Celestial mechanics and dynamical astronomy 60 (1994), S. 99-129 
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    Keywords: Sitnikov motions ; periodic orbits ; stability ; bifurcations
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    Notes: Abstract In this paper we deal with the circular Sitnikov problem as a subsystem of the three-dimensional circular restricted three-body problem. It has a first analytical part where by using elliptic functions we give the analytical expressions for the solutions of the circular Sitnikov problem and for the period function of its family of periodic orbits. We also analyze the qualitative and quantitative behavior of the period function. In the second numerical part, we study the linear stability of the family of periodic orbits of the Sitnikov problem, and of the families of periodic orbits of the three-dimensional circular restricted three-body problem which bifurcate from them; and we follow these bifurcated families until they end in families of periodic orbits of the planar circular restricted three-body problem. We compare our results with the previous ones of other authors on this problem. Finally, the characteristic curves of some bifurcated families obtained for the mass parameter close to 1/2 are also described.
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    The stability of rational approximations of analytic semigroups (1993)
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    Keywords: 65J10 ; 65M12 ; Analytic semigroup ; Banach space ; rational approximation ; A-acceptable ; A(θ)-acceptable ; stability ; Crank-Nicolson method
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    Notes: Abstract It is shown thatA-acceptable and, more generally,A(θ)-arational approximations of bounded analytic semigroups in Banach space are stable. The result applies, in particular, to the Crank-Nicolson method.
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    Stiffness of ODEs (1993)
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    Notes: Abstract It is argued that even for a linear system of ODEs with constant coefficients, stiffness cannot properly be characterized in terms of the eigenvalues of the Jacobian, because stiffness is a transient phenomenon whereas the significance of eigenvalues is asymptotic. Recent theory from the numerical solution of PDEs is adapted to show that a more appropriate characterization can be based upon pseudospectra instead of spectra. Numerical experiments with an adaptive ODE solver illustrate these findings.
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    On integrating vertex singularities using extrapolation (1994)
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    BIT 34 (1994), S. 62-79 
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    Keywords: AMS(MOS) 65D30 ; 65B05 ; adaptive ; cubature ; singularity ; extrapolation ; stability
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    Notes: Abstract A new approach to the integration of vertex singularities is described. This approach is based on a non-uniform subdivision of the region of integration and the technique fits well to the subdivision strategy used in many adaptive algorithms. A nice feature with this approach is that it can be used in any dimension and on any region of integration which can be subdivided into subregions of the same form. The strategy can be applied both to vertex singularities and internal point singularities. In the latter case this can be done without an initial subdivision of the region in order to put the singular point in a vertex. It turns out that the technique has excellent numerical stability properties.
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    The influence of a flood event on phytoplankton succession (1990)
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    Aquatic sciences 52 (1990), S. 330-344 
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    Keywords: Flood ; phytoplankton succession ; reversion ; stability
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    Notes: Abstract The effect of the August 1987 River Reuss flood event on the phytoplankton biocoenosis in Lake Uri (Urnersee, part of Lake Lucerne, Switzerland) was investigated firstly by comparing biological, chemical and physical data sampled before the event with equivalent data sampled after the event; and secondly by comparing the phytoplankton succession in 1987 with that occurring in the “floodfree” year 1989. As a consequence of the flood, the physical and chemical environment of the phytoplankton was found to have undergone a change which resulted in an alteration in the composition of the phytoplankton community. The phytoplankton community existing previous to the flood event, which had been dominated byTabellaria fenestrata sensu Husted 1930 (K-strategist), was replaced by a biocoenosis characterized mainly by various species of flagellates, which represent a typical spring successional stage (r-strategists). After the externally-imposed perturbation, the return to stable physical and chemical conditions was followed by the re-establishment of the successional stage which had existed before the flood (termed “reversion” by Reynolds, 1980).
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    Can we predict the mating pattern ofDrosophila females from the sperm length distribution in males? (1991)
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    Cellular and molecular life sciences 47 (1991), S. 111-114 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; repeat matings ; polyandrous pattern diversity ; sperm length
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    Notes: Summary In order to test the validity of the prediction of the mating pattern of females from the sperm length distribution in males, three species ofDrosophila were analysed. Males in the three species are equally polygynous but females differ in the level of polyandry. A ‘low recurrence polyandry’ is observed in the sperm dimorphic speciesD. affinis while a ‘high recurrence polyandry’ is observed in the sperm monomorphic speciesD. latifasciaeformis andD. littoralis. These results are consistent with the hypothesis proposed previously that sperm dimorphism in males can only be maintained by a selective alternative in females (i.e. facultative female polygamy), whereas a stricter mating system (e.g., ‘obligatory’ polyandry) should only result in sperm monomorphism irrespective of the absolute value of sperm length.
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    Sexual isolation betweenDrosophila melanogaster females andD. simulans males. Male mating propensities versus success in hybridization (1993)
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    Cellular and molecular life sciences 49 (1993), S. 596-598 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; hybridization ; male vigour ; male mating speed
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    Notes: Abstract Genetic variation has been found in males of aD. simulans population for their eagerness to hybridize withD. melanogaster females. In a search for traits involved in this hybridization, males ofD. simulans were tested for mating speed and sexual vigour. Between-male differences were detected in both sexual traits, but no relationship was noticed between them, nor with the frequency of hybridization. Thus male mating propensities appear to be unrelated to the breakdown of sexual isolation between these sibling species.
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    Long-term stability of the V2O5/Al2O3 catalyst for the selective reduction of nitrogen oxides (1994)
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    Catalysis letters 28 (1994), S. 25-31 
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    Keywords: vanadia/alumina ; stability ; NO x selective reduction
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    Notes: Abstract Changes of the V2O5/Al3O3 catalyst aged for up to 10 years under real conditions of the selective catalytic reduction of NO x by ammonia (SCR) at the tail gases of the nitric acid plant were characterized by51V NMR spectroscopy, porosimetry, temperature programmed reduction (TPR) and catalytic activity measurements. The catalytic activity and the redox properties of the catalyst were found intact. Only small variations of the ratio of the octahedral and tetrahedral vanadia species were documented by51V NMR on aged catalyst.
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    Mitochondrial DNA sequence divergence in theMelanogaster and oriental species subgroups ofDrosophila (1991)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 33 (1991), S. 156-162 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; Mitochondrial DNA ; Nucleotide sequence ; Nonsynonymous substitutions ; Phylogeny ; A+T content
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    Notes: Summary The nucleotide sequence of a segment of the mitochondrial DNA from threeDrosophila species (D. erecta, D. eugracilis, andD. takahashii), belonging to different subgroups of themelanogaster group has been determined. The segment encompasses three complete tRNA genes (tRNAtrp, tRNAcys, and tRNAtyr) and portions of two protein-coding genes: the subunit 2 of the NADH dehydrogenase (ND2) and the subunit 1 of the cytochrome oxidase (COI). Comparisons also involve homologous sequences already known for four otherDrosophila species of themelanogaster group. Length differences were confined in the intergenic region where a long stretch of AT repeats was observed in one of the species analyzed. The three tRNA genes exhibit very different evolutionary rates, the most slowly evolving one, tRNAtyr, is adjacent to the 5′ end of COI; tRNAs in similar positions have been previously shown to evolve slowly because they are probably involved in transcript processing. Although the rate of synonymous substitutions was very similar between ND2 and COI genes there were strong discrepancies between them in terms of the number of nonsynonymous substitutions. Differences have also been found in G+C content of the genes, which are likely to be linked to different selective pressures. There is a reduction in G+C content in the region where selective constraints are reduced. This suggests the existence of different levels of constraints along the sequenced segment. An overall analysis of the types of substitutions showed a decrease in A+T content during the course of evolution of the species.
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    Unusual organizational features of the Drosophila Gart locus are not conserved within diptera (1992)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 35 (1992), S. 51-59 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; Gart locus ; Chironomus tentans ; Purine nucleotide biosynthesis
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    Notes: Summary The Drosophila Gart locus consists of two genes. One gene encodes three enzymes in the de novo purine nucleotide biosynthesis pathway [glycinamide ribonucleotide synthetase (GARS), aminoimidazole ribonucleotide synthetase (AIRS), and glycinamide ribonucleotide transformylase (GART)]. The second gene lies within an intron of the purine gene and encodes a cuticle protein. To investigate the evolution of the Gart locus, the Chironomus tentans homolog was cloned by screening a genomic DNA library with a polymerase chain reaction product. This study shows that the interesting structural features of this locus conserved in two distant Drosophila species are not found in the Chironomus homolog. These features include the cuticle protein gene nested within an intron and the existence of an alternative transcript to yield a monofunctional enzyme. In addition, the extremely rapid divergence of coding sequence seen for members of the tandemly duplicated AIRS domain in Drosophila is found to be much less rapid in Chironomus.
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    Homopolymer length variation in the Drosophila gene mastermind (1993)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 37 (1993), S. 483-495 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; mastermind ; Gene comparison ; Triplet repeat ; Homopolymer ; Protein evolution ; Repeat length variation
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    Notes: Abstract Runs of identical amino acids encoded by triplet repeats (homopolymers) are components of numerous proteins, yet their role is poorly understood. Large numbers of homopolymers are present in the Drosophila melanogaster mastermind (mam) protein surrounding several unique charged amino acid clusters. Comparison of mam sequences from D. virilis and D. melanogaster reveals a high level of amino acid conservation in the charged clusters. In contrast, significant divergence is found in repetitive regions resulting from numerous amino acid replacements and large insertions and deletions. It appears that repetitive regions are under less selective pressure than unique regions, consistent with the idea that homopolymers act as flexible spacers separating functional domains in proteins. Notwithstanding extensive length variation in intervening homopolymers, there is extreme conservation of the amino acid spacing of specific charge clusters. The results support a model where homopolymer length variability is constrained by natural selection.
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    Evolution of the threonine-glycine repeat region of the period gene in the melanogaster species subgroup of drosophila (1992)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 35 (1992), S. 411-419 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; per gene ; Threonine-Glycine ; repeat sequence ; melanogaster subgroup phylogeny
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    Notes: Summary The Threonine-Glycine (Thr-Gly) region of the period gene (per) in Drosophila was compared in the eight species of the D. melanogaster subgroup. This region can be divided into a diverged variable-length segment which is flanked by more conserved sequences. The number of amino acids encoded in the variable-length region ranges from 40 in D. teissieri to 69 in D. mauritiana. This is similar to the range found within natural populations of D. melanogaster. It was possible to derive a Thr-Gly “allele” of one species from that of another by invoking hypothetical Thr-Gly intermediates. A phylogeny based on the more conserved flanking sequences was produced. The results highlighted some of the problems which are encountered when highly polymorphic genes are used to infer phylogenies of closely related species.
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    ADH and phylogenetic relationships ofDrosophila lebanonensis (Scaptodrosophila) (1991)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 32 (1991), S. 421-428 
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    Keywords: Alcohol dehydrogenase ; Amino acid sequence ; Phylogenetic relationships ; Drosophila
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    Notes: Summary Increasing data onDrosophila alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) sequences have made it possible to calculate the rate of amino acid replacement per year, which is 1.7×10−9. This value makes this protein suitable for reconstructing phylogenetic relationships within the genus for those species for which no molecular data are available such asScaptodrosophila. The amino acid sequence ofDrosophila lebanonensis is compared to all of the already knownDrosophila ADHs, stressing the unique characteristic features of this protein such as the conservation of an initiating methionine at the N-terminus, the unique replacement of a glycine by an alanine at a very conserved position in the NAD domain of all dehydrogenases, the lack of a slowmigrating peptide, and the total conservation of the maximally hydrophilic peptide. The functional significance of these features is discussed. Although the percent amino acid identity of the ADH molecule inDrosophila decreases as the number of sequences compared increases, the conservation of residue type in terms of size and hydrophobocity for the ADH molecule is shown to be very high throughout the genusDrosophila. The distance matrix and parsimony methods used to establish the phylogenetic relationships ofD. lebanonensis show that the three subgenera,Scaptodrosophila, Drosophila, andSophophora separated at approximately the same time.
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    Evolution of thedec-1 eggshell locus inDrosophila. I. Restriction site mapping and limited sequence comparison in themelanogaster species subgroup (1991)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 33 (1991), S. 321-331 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; dec-1 locus ; Restriction map conservation ; Sequence comparison ; Melanogaster species subgroup ; Phylogeny
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    Notes: Summary We have analyzed ∼18 kb of DNA in and upstream of thedefective chorion-1 (dec-1) locus of the eight known species of themelanogaster species subgroup ofDrosophila. The restriction maps ofD. simulans, D. mauritiana, D. sechellia, D. erecta, andD. orena are shown to have basically the restriction map ofD. melanogaster, whereas the maps ofD. teissieri andD. yakuba were more difficult to align. However, the basic amount of DNA and sequence arrangement appear to have been conserved in these species. A small deletion of varying length (65–200 bp) is found in a repeated sequence of the central transcribed region ofD. melanogaster, D. simulans, andD. erecta. Restriction site mapping indicated that thedec-1 gene is highly conserved in themelanogaster species subgroup. However, sequence comparison revealed that the amount of nucleotide and amino acid substitution in the repeated region is much larger than in the 5′ translated region. The 5′ flanking region showed noticeable restriction site polymorphisms between species. Based on calculations from the restriction maps a dendrogram was derived that supports earlier published phylogenetic relationships within themelanogaster species subgroup except that theerecta-orena pair is placed closer to themelanogaster complex than toD. teissieri andD. yakuba.
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    Insertion sites of the transposable elementmariner are fixed in the genome ofDrosophila sechellia (1991)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 33 (1991), S. 450-456 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; Mariner ; Transposable elements
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    Notes: Summary The abundance of the transposable elementmariner differs dramatically in the genomes of the closely related speciesDrosophila simulans, D. mauritiana, D. sechellia, andD. melanogaster. Natural populations ofD. simulans andD. mauritiana have 1–10 and 20–30 copies per diploid genome, respectively, and the insertion sites are polymorphic. The element has not been found inD. melanogaster. In this paper we show thatD. sechellia, a species endemic to the Seychelles Islands, contains only twomariner elements that are at fixed sites in the genome. One element, inserted in chromosome 2R at 51A1–2, contains three deletions and is missing much of the 3′ end. The other element, inserted in chromosome 3L at 64A10–11, is the full length of 1286 bp. Although the sequence of the full-length element is polymorphic in populations ofD. sechellia, at least some of the sequences are closely related to elements fromD. simulans andD. mauritiana that are known to be active. However, judging from the progeny of crosses betweenD. sechellia andD. simulans, the biological activity of the full-lengthD. sechellia element appears to be low, either because of the nucleotide sequence of the element or because of its position in the genome, or both.
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    Molecular phylogeny of Drosophila based on ribosomal RNA sequences (1993)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 37 (1993), S. 525-543 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; Zaprionus ; Phylogeny ; Ribosomal RNA sequences
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    Notes: Abstract Nucleotide sequences of 72 species of Drosophilidae were determined for divergent D1 and D2 domains (representing 200 and 341 nucleotides respectively in D. melanogaster) of large ribosomal RNA, using the rRNA direct sequencing method. Molecular phylogenetic trees were reconstructed using both distance and parsimony methods and the robustness of the nodes was evaluated by the bootstrap procedure. The trees obtained by these methods revealed four main lineages or clades which do not correspond to the taxonomical hierarchy. In our results, the genus Chymomyza is associated with the subgenus Scaptodrosophila of the genus Drosophila and their cluster constitutes the most ancient clade. The two other clades are constituted of groups belonging to the subgenus Sophophora of the genus Drosophila: the so-called Neotropical clade including the willistoni and saltans groups and the obscura-melanogaster clade itself split into three lineages: (1) obscura group + ananassae subgroup, (2) montium subgroup, and (3) melanogaster + Oriental subgroups. The fourth clade, the Drosophila one, contains three lineages. D. polychaeta, D. iri, and D. fraburu are branched together and constitute the most ancient lineage; the second lineage includes the annulimana, bromeliae, dreyfusi, melanica, mesophragmatica, repleta, robusta, and virilis groups. The third lineage is composed of the immigrans and the cardini, funebris, guaramunu, guarani, histrio, pallidipennis, quinaria, and tripunctata groups. The genera Samoaia, Scaptomyza, and Zaprionus are branched within the Drosophila clade. Although these four clades appear regularly in almost all tree calculations, additional sequencing will be necessary to determine their precise relationships.
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    Complementary DNA-DNA hybridization in Drosophila (1992)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 34 (1992), S. 130-140 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; Sophophora ; cDNA-DNA hybridization ; Phylogenetics
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    Notes: Summary We have performed DNA-DNA hybridization experiments among several species of Drosophila using the evolutionarily conserved portion of the genome representing sequences coding for amino acids of proteins. This was done by using as tracer, radioactively labeled complementary DNA that was reverse transcribed from adult mRNA. We show that this procedure extends phylogenetically the distance over which the technique can be applied to fast-evolving groups such as Drosophila. The major phylogenetic conclusions are (1) the subgenus Sophophora is a monophyletic lineage; (2) within Sophophora the melanogaster subgroup is closer to the obscura group than either group is to the willistoni group; (3) the subgenus Drosophila is complex with most major lineages originating deep in the phylogeny; the subgenus may not be monophyletic; (4) as with most groups classically placed in Drosophila, the Hawaiian Drosophila originate early, supporting the notion that this lineage is older than the extant islands; and (5) the virilis/repleta lineage is monophyletic within Drosophila.
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    Evolution of thedec-1 eggshell locus inDrosophila. II. Intraspecific DNA sequence analysis reveals length mutations in a repetitive region inD. melanogaster (1993)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 36 (1993), S. 536-544 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; dec-1 eggshell gene ; Wild-type variants ; Repeated region ; DNA sequencing
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    Notes: Summary Thedec-1 eggshell gene inDrosophila melanogaster encodes follicle cell proteins required for proper eggshell assembly. As shown by Southern and Northern analyses thedec-1 gene occurs in four alleles (Fcl-4) among wild-type strains. Its second exon has a distinct feature in the form of 12 repeats with 78–91 nucleotides; the first five show nearly 100% homology. DNA sequence comparison of the repeated region of the alleles revealed that the length polymorphisms are caused by changes in the numbers of the first five repeats. The results suggest that the alleles have been generated by unequal intragenic crossing-over and/or slippage during DNA replication and that the allelic length variants have arisen independently. The possiblilty that the most common allele,FC1, has a selective advantage over the other alleles is discussed.
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    Phylogeny of the Drosophila obscura species group deduced from mitochondrial DNA sequences (1994)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 39 (1994), S. 478-488 
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    Keywords: Mitochondrial DNA ; Nucleotide sequences ; Drosophila ; Rapid phyletic radiation ; Molecular phylogeny
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    Notes: Abstract Approximately 2 kb corresponding to different regions of the mtDNA of 14 different species of the obscura group of Drosophila have been sequenced. In spite of the uncertainties arising in the phylogenetic reconstruction due to a restrictive selection toward a high mtDNA A+T content, all the phylogenetic analysis carried out clearly indicate that the obscura group is formed by, at least, four well-defined lineages that would have appeared as the consequence of a rapid phyletic radiation. Two of the lineages correspond to monophyletic subgroups (i.e., afftnis and pseudoobscura), whereas the obscura subgroup remains heterogeneous assemblage that could be reasonably subdivided into at least two complexes (i.e., subobscura and obscura).
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    Aspects of nonrandom turnover involved in the concerted evolution of intergenic spacers within the ribosomal DNA of Drosophila melanogaster (1994)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 39 (1994), S. 151-159 
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    Keywords: Concerted evolution ; Molecular drive ; Drosophila ; rDNA spacers ; PCR length polymorphism ; MVR-PCR mapping
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    Notes: Abstract Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-amplified, sequenced, and digitally typed intergenic spacers (IGSs) of the ribosomal (r)DNA in D. melanogaster reveal unexpected features of the mechanisms of turnover involved with the concerted evolution of the gene family. Characterization of the structure of three isolated IGS length variants reveals breakage “hot spots” within the 330-base-pair (bp) subrepeat array found in the spacers. Internal mapping of variant repeats within the 240-bp subrepeat array using a novel digital DNA typing procedure (minisatellite variant repeat [MVR]-PCR) shows an unexpected pattern of clustering of variant repeats. Each 240-bp subrepeat array consists of essentially two halves with the repeats in each half identified by specific mutations. This bipartite structure, observed in a cloned IGS unit, in the majority of genomic DNA of laboratory and wild flies and in PCR-amplified products, has been widely homogenized yet is not predicted by a model of unequal crossing over with randomly placed recombination breakpoints. Furthermore, wild populations contain large numbers of length variants in contrast to uniformly shared length variants in laboratory stocks. High numbers of length variants coupled to the observation of a homogenized bipartite structure of the 240-bp subrepeat array suggest that the unit of turnover and homogenization is smaller than the IGS and might involve gene conversion. The use of PCR for the structural analysis of members of the rDNA gene family coupled to digital DNA typing provides powerful new inroads into the mechanisms of DNA turnover affecting the course of molecular evolution in this family.
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    Conservation of intron position indicates separation of major and variant H2As is an early event in the evolution of eukaryotes (1990)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 30 (1990), S. 449-455 
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    Keywords: Histone H2A ; Histone variant ; Intron position ; Drosophila ; Tetrahymena
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    Notes: Summary Genomic clones ofDrosophila andTetrahymena histone H2A variants were isolated using the corresponding cDNA clones, (van Daal et al. 1988; White et al. 1988). The site corresponding to the initiation of transcription was defined by primer extension for bothDrosophila andTetrahymena genomic sequences. The sequences of the genomic clones revealed the presence of introns in each of the genes. TheDrosophila gene has three introns: one immediately following the initiation codon, one between amino acids 26 and 27 (gln and phe), and one between amino acids 64 and 65 (glu and val). TheTetrahymena gene has two introns, the positions of which are identical to the first two introns of theDrosophila gene. The chicken H2A.F variant gene has been recently sequenced and it contains four introns (Dalton et al. 1989). The first three of these are in the same positions as the introns in theDrosophila gene. The fourth intron interrupts amino acid 108 (gly). In all cases the sizes and the sequences of the introns are divergent. However, the fact that they are in conserved positions suggests that at least two of the introns were present in the ancestral gene. A phylogenetic tree constructed from the sequences of the variant and major cell cycle-regulated histone H2A proteins from several species indicates that the H2A variant proteins are evolutionarily separate and distinct from the major cell cycle-regulated histone H2A proteins. The ancestral H2A gene must have duplicated and diverged before fungi and ciliates diverged from the rest of the eukaryote lineage. In addition, it appears that the variant histone H2A proteins analyzed here are more conserved than the major histone H2A proteins.
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    TheAdh genomic region ofDrosophila ambigua: Evolutionary trends in different species (1991)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 32 (1991), S. 454-462 
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    Keywords: Alcohol dehydrogenase gene ; Drosophila ; Gene structure ; Evolutionary trends ; Nucleotide substitution rate
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    Notes: Summary The study of individual genes is essential to a comprehensive understanding of genome evolution. The wealth of information on alcohol dehydrogenase (Adh) inDrosophila makes this gene particularly suitable for such analysis. We have characterized more than 4 kb of the genomicAdh region inDrosophila ambigua and compared this region toDrosophila mauritiana andDrosophila pseudoobscura. The presence of two genes,Adh and 3′ORF (open reading frame), has been confirmed and some of their essential features have been inferred from primary structural analysis. Inter- and intraspecific comparisons have led us to support that both genes may have diverged from an ancient precursor. They appear to be evolving independently, and show a species-specific pattern. TheAdh in theobscura group species lacks amino acids three and four when compared to the species of themelanogaster group and has accumulated most of its amino acid replacements in the third exon. Neither characteristic is observed when any other group species are compared, which suggests that these may be particular features of the evolution of theobscura group. The 3′ORF is highly conserved among the three species analyzed, although variability in the length of the third exon and the nucleotide substitution rate, which is much higher than inAdh, are worth noting. According to our data, both mutation/fixation rates and the distribution of mutations vary over time, which makes it difficult to predict the evolutionary dynamics of specific genome regions.
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    Evidence for interspecific transfer of the transposable element mariner betweenDrosophila andZaprionus (1991)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 33 (1991), S. 514-524 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; Zaprionus ; Mariner ; Transposable elements ; Horizontal gene transfer ; Alcohol dehydrogenase (Adh) ; Sequence divergence
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    Notes: Summary The transposable element mariner occurs widely in themelanogaster species group ofDrosophila. However, in drosophilids outside of themelanogaster species group, sequences showing strong DNA hybridization with mariner are found only in the genusZaprionus. the mariner sequence obtained fromZaprionus tuberculatus is 97% identical with that fromDrosophila mauritiana, a member of themelanogaster species subgroup, whereas a mariner sequence isolated fromDrosophila tsacasi is only 92% identical with that fromD. mauritiana. BecauseD. tsacasi is much more closely related toD. mauritiana than isZaprionus, the presence of mariner inZaprionus may result from horizontal transfer. In order to confirm lack of a close phylogenetic relationship between the genusZaprionus and themelanogaster species group, we compared the alcohol dehydrogenase (Adh) sequences among these species. The results show that the coding region of Adh is only 82% identical betweenZ. tuberculatus andD. mauritiana, as compared with 90% identical betweenD. tsacasi andD. mauritiana. Furthermore, the mariner gene phylogeny obtained by maximum likelihood and maximum parsimony analyses is discordant with the species phylogeny estimated by using the Adh genes. The only inconsistency in the mariner gene phylogeny is in the placement of theZaprionus mariner sequence, which clusters with mariner fromDrosophila teissieri andDrosophila yakuba in themelanogaster species subgroup. These results strongly suggest horizontal transfer.
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    Conservation and change of the developmentally crucial fushi tarazu gene in Drosophila (1993)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 36 (1993), S. 315-326 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; Fushi tarazu ; Functional constraints ; Regulatory elements
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    Notes: Summary We have studied the evolutionary changes occurring in the noncoding regions around the developmentally important fushi tarazu (ftz) gene in a total of 11 species in the genus Drosophila. Previous molecular developmental studies have identified DNA elements both 3′ and 5′ to the coding region which are important in proper regulation of expression of the Drosophila melanogaster ftz gene. We show here that these same elements are the most evolutionarily conserved regions in the vicinity of the gene homologs. Parts of some control elements are more conserved than exonic sequences. Not only is there sequence conservation, but the relative position, orientation, and distances among the control elements remain conserved. One quite significant difference does exist between the two major subgenera studied, Sophophora and Drosophila: namely, an inversion of the ftz unit with respect to other genes in the Antennapedia complex, ANT-C. As a comparison, we applied similar analysis to a “housekeeping” gene-rosy (ry), or Xdh. In contrast, DNA sequences 5′ to the ry coding region revealed little evolutionary conservation. These studies bear out the proposition that functionally important DNA sequences remain more conserved through evolutionary time than do less functionally important sequences. This proposition could be tested in the present case because we could predict a priori from the developmental studies which DNA regions should be most conserved.
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    Degenerating gypsy retrotransposons in a male fertility gene on the Y chromosome of Drosophila hydei (1994)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 39 (1994), S. 452-465 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; Y chromosome ; Male fertility genes ; Lampbrush loops ; Germ line ; Transposable elements ; Gypsy
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    Notes: Abstract During the evolution of the Y chromosome of Drosophila hydei, retrotransposons became incorporated into the lampbrush loop pairs formed by several of the male fertility genes on this chromosome. Although insertions of retrotransposons are involved in many spontaneous mutations, they do not affect the functions of these genes. We have sequenced gypsy elements that are expressed as constituents of male fertility gene Q in the lampbrush loop pair Nooses. We find that these gypsy elements are all truncated and specifically lost those sequences that may interfere with the continuity of lampbrush loop transcription. Only defective coding regions are found within the loop. Gypsy is not transcribed in loops of many other Drosophila species harboring the family. These results suggest that any contribution of gypsy to the function of male fertility gene Q does not depend on a conserved DNA sequence.
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    Visual control of wing beat frequency in Drosophila (1994)
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    Journal of comparative physiology 175 (1994), S. 587-596 
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    Keywords: Wing beat frequency ; Optomotor responses ; Landing response ; Drosophila
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    Notes: Abstract The present study shows that the wing beat frequency of Drosophila is visually controlled and modulated in response to different optomotor stimuli. Whereas rotational large field stimuli do not appear to modulate wing beat frequency, single rotating vertical stripes increase or decrease wing beat frequency when moving back-to-front or front-to-back, respectively. Maximal modulations occur at lateral stripe positions. Expansion stimuli eliciting the landing response cause a marked increase in wing beat frequency. Parameters of this frequency response depend in a graded fashion on certain stimulus properties, and the frequency response co-habituates with the landing response. Several results indicate that the frequency response is an integral component of the landing response, although it can also occur when the characteristic front leg extension is not observed. The complex spatial input integration underlying the frequency response and other motor components of the landing response cannot easily be explained by a system of large field integration units, but might indicate the existence of local expansion detectors.
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    Wavelength-dependent effects of light on magnetic compass orientation in Drosophila melanogaster (1993)
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    Journal of comparative physiology 172 (1993), S. 303-308 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; Photoreception ; Magnetoreception ; Magnetic compass orientation ; Geomagnetic field
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    Notes: Abstract 1. Wildtype Oregon-R Drosophila melanogaster were trained in the ambient magnetic field to a horizontal gradient of 365 nm light emanating from one of the 4 cardinal compass directions and were subsequently tested in a visually-symmetrical, radial 8-arm maze in which the magnetic field alignment could be varied. When tested under 365 nm light, flies exhibited consistent magnetic compass orientation in the direction from which light had emanated in training. 2. When the data were analyzed by sex, males exhibited a strong and consistent magnetic compass response while females were randomly oriented with respect to the magnetic field. 3. When tested under 500 nm light of the same quantal flux, females were again randomly oriented with respect to the magnetic field, while males exhibited a 90° clockwise shift in magnetic compass orientation relative to the trained direction. 4. This wavelength-dependent shift in the direction of magnetic compass orientation suggests that Drosophila may utilize a light-dependent magnetic compass similar to that demonstrated previously in an amphibian. However, the data do not exclude the alternative hypothesis that a change in the wavelength of light has a non-specific effect on the flies' behavior, i.e., causing the flies to exhibit a different form of magnetic orientation behavior.
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    Improved stability of Drosophila larval neuromuscular preparations in haemolymph-like physiological solutions (1994)
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    Journal of comparative physiology 175 (1994), S. 179-191 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; Neuromuscular ; Haemolymph ; Membrane potential ; Synaptic potential
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    Notes: Abstract Neuromuscular preparations from third instar larvae of Drosophila are not well-maintained in commonly used physiological solutions: vacuoles form in the muscle fibers, and membrane potential declines. These problems may result from the Na∶K ratio and total divalent cation content of these physiological solutions being quite different from those of haemolymph. Accordingly haemolymph-like solutions, based upon ion measurements of major cations, were developed and tested. Haemolymph-like solutions maintained the membrane potential at a relatively constant level, and prolonged the physiological life of the preparations. Synaptic transmission was well-maintained in haemolymph-like solutions, but the excitatory synaptic potentials had a slower time course and summated more effectively with repetitive stimulation, than in standard Drosophila solutions. Voltage-clamp experiments suggest that these effects are linked to more pronounced activation of muscle fiber membrane conductances in standard solutions, rather than to differences in passive muscle membrane properties or changes in postsynaptic receptor channel kinetics. Calcium dependence of transmitter release was steep in both standard and haemolymph-like solutions, but higher external calcium concentrations were required for a given level of release in haemolymph-like solutions. Thus, haemolymph-like solutions allow for prolonged, stable recording of synaptic transmission.
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    Altered mechanoreceptor response in Drosophila bang-sensitive mutants (1994)
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    Journal of comparative physiology 175 (1994), S. 267-278 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; Bang sensitivity ; Mechanotransduction ; Adaptation ; Sensory coding
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    Notes: Abstract Bang-sensitive mutants of Drosophila melano gaster (bas 1, bssMW1, eas2, tko25t) display seizure followed by paralysis when subjected to mechanical shock. However, no physiological or biochemical defect has been found to be common to all of these mutants. In order to observe the effects of bang-sensitive mutations upon an identified neuron, and to study the nature of mechanically induced paralysis, we examined the response of a mechanosensory neuron in these mutants. In each single mutant and the double mutant bas 1 bssMW1, the frequency of action potentials in response to a bristle displacement was reduced. This is the first demonstration of a physiological defect common to several of the bang-sensitive mutations. Adaptation of spike frequency, cumulative adaptation to repeated stimulation (fatigue) and the time course of recovery from adaptation were also examined. Recovery from adaptation to a conditioning stimulus was examined in two mutants (bas 1 and bss MW1), and initial recovery from adaptation was greater in both mutants. Quantification of receptor potentials was complicated by variability inherent in extracellular recording conditions, but examination of the waveform and range of amplitudes did not indicate clear mutant defects. Therefore the differences observed in the spike response may be due to an alteration of the transfer from receptor potentials to action potential production. DNA sequence analysis of tko and eas has indicated that they encode apparently unrelated biochemical products. Our results suggest that these biochemical lesions lead to a common physiological defect in mechanoreceptors. Although this defect does not provide a straightforward explanation for bang sensitivity, the altered cellular process may lead to bang sensitivity through its action in different parts of the nervous system.
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    Length polymorphism in the threonine-glycine-encoding repeat region of theperiod gene inDrosophila (1991)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 32 (1991), S. 238-246 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; per gene ; Repeated sequence ; Threonine-glycine ; Length polymorphism ; Minisatellite
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    Notes: Summary Single-fly polymerase chain reaction amplification and direct DNA sequencing revealed high levels of length polymorphism in the threonine-glycine encoding repeat region of theperiod (per) gene in natural populations ofDrosophila melanogaster. DNA comparison of two alleles of identical lengths gave a high number of synonymous substitutions suggesting an ancient time of separation. However detailed examination of the sequences of different Thr-Gly length variants indicated that this divergence could be understood in terms of four deletion/insertion events. InDrosophila pseudoobscura a length polymorphism is observed in a five-amino acid degenerate repeat, which corresponds tomelanogaster's Thr-Gly domain. In spite of the differences betweenD. melanogaster andD. pseudoobscura in the amino acid sequence of the repeats, the predicted secondary structures suggest evolutionary and mechanistic constraints on theper protein of these two species.
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    Gypsy homologous sequences inDrosophila subobscura (gypsyDS) (1993)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 36 (1993), S. 127-135 
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    Keywords: Transposable elements ; Drosophila ; Gypsy ; Horizontal transfer ; In situ hybridization ; Molecular evolution
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    Notes: Summary Characterization of sequences homologous to theDrosophila melanogaster gypsy transposable element was carried out inDrosophila subobscura (gypsyDS). They were found to be widely distributed among natural populations of this species. From Southern blot and in situ analyses, these sequences appear to be mobile in this species.GypsyDS sequences are located in both euchromatic and heterochromatic regions. A completegypsyDS sequence was isolated from aD. subobscura genomic library, and a 1.3-kb fragment which aligns with the ORF2 of theD. melanogaster gypsy element was sequenced. Comparisons of this sequence in three species (D. subobscura, D. melanogaster, and D. virilis) indicate that there is greater similarity between theD. subobscura-D. virilis sequences than betweenD. subobscura andD. melanogaster. Molecular divergence ofgypsy sequences betweenD. virilis andD. subobscura is estimated at 16 MY, whereas the most likely divergence time of these two species is more than 60 MY. These data strongly suggest thatgypsy sequences have been horizontally transferred between these species.
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    Characterization of the length polymorphism in the A+T-rich region of the Drosophila obscura group species (1993)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 36 (1993), S. 214-223 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; Mitochondrial DNA ; Length polymorphisms ; A+T-rich region ; Tandem duplicated sequences ; Nucleotide sequences ; Secondary structures
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    Notes: Summary In the twelve Drosophila obscura group species studied, belonging to the affinis, obscura, and pseudoobscura subgroups, the mitochondrial DNA length ranges from 15.8 to 17.2 kb. This length polymorphism is mainly due to insertions/deletions in the variable region of the A+T-rich region. In addition, one species (D. tristis) possess a tandem duplication of a 470-bp fragment that contains the replication origin. The same duplication has occurred at least twice in the Drosophila evolutionary history due to the fact that the repetition is analogous to repetitions found in the four species of the D. melanogaster complex. By comparing the nucleotide sequence of the conserved region in D. ambigua, D. obscura, D. yakuba, D. teissieri, and D. virilis, we show the presence of a secondary structure, likely implied in the replication origin, which could favor the generation of this kind of duplications. Finally, we propose that the high A and T content in the variable region of the A + T-rich region favors the formation of less-stable secondary structures, which could explain the generation of minor insertion/deletions found in this region.
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    Extreme rates and heterogeneity in insect DNA evolution (1990)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 30 (1990), S. 273-280 
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    Keywords: Genome evolution ; Molecular evolutionary rates ; Insect DNA ; Drosophila
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    Notes: Summary DNA-DNA hybridization studies of insects, more specificallyDrosophila and cave crickets, have revealed interesting patterns of genome evolution that contrast markedly with what has been seen in other taxa, especially mammals and birds. Insect genomes are composed of sections of single-copy DNA with extreme variation in rates of evolutionary change. This variation is more extreme than between introns and exons; introns fall into the relatively conserved fraction of the genome. Attempts to calculate absolute rates of change inDrosophila DNA have all led to estimates some 5–10 times faster than those found in most vertebrates; this is true even for the more conservative part of the nuclear genome. Finally we point out that morphological similarity, chromosomal similarity, and/or ability to form interspecific hybrids is often associated with quite high levels of single-copy DNA divergence in insects as compared to mammals and birds.
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    Speciation in the Artemia genus: Mitochondrial DNA analysis of bisexual and parthenogenetic brine shrimps (1994)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 38 (1994), S. 156-168 
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    Keywords: Artemia franciscana ; Artemia salina ; Artemia parthenogenetica ; Mitochondrial DNA evolution ; Cytochrome c oxidase I ; Cytochrome b ; Drosophila ; Arthropods ; Parthenogenesis
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    Notes: Abstract From the cloned mitochondrial DNAs (mtDNAs) isolated from two bisexual species, one Mediterranean, Artemia salina, and one American, Artemia franciscana, and two parthenogenetic (diploid and tetraploid) strains of Artemia parthenogenetica collected in Spain, physical maps have been constructed and compared. They are extremely different among themselves, much more than the differences between Drosophila melanogaster and D. yakuba and in the same range of different mammalian species such as mouse/rat or man/cow. The nucleotide sequences of two regions of mtDNA encoding parts of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) and cytochrome b (Cytb) genes have been determined in the two bisexual species and the two parthenogenetic strains. Comparisons of these sequences have revealed a high degree of divergence at the nucleotide level, averaging more than 15%, in agreement with the differences found in the physical maps. The majority of the nucleotide changes are silent and there is a strong bias toward transitions, with the C↔T substitutions being highly predominant. The evolutionary distance between the two Artemia parthenogenetica is high and there is no clear relationship with any of the bisexual species, including the one present nowadays in Spain. Using a combination of molecular (mtDNA) and morphological markers it is possible to conclude that all of these Artemia isolates should be actually considered as belonging to different species, even the two Artemia parthenogenetica diploidica and tetraploidica.
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