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Hermite-Hadamard, Hermite-Hadamard-Fejer, Dragomir-Agarwal and Pachpatte Type Inequalities for Convex Functions via Fractional Integrals
The aim of this paper is to establish Hermite-Hadamard,
Hermite-Hadamard-Fej\'er, Dragomir-Agarwal and Pachpatte type inequalities for
new fractional integral operators with exponential kernel. These results allow
us to obtain a new class of functional inequalities which generalizes known
inequalities involving convex functions. Furthermore, the obtained results may
act as a useful source of inspiration for future research in convex analysis
and related optimization fields.Comment: 14 pages, to appear in Journal of Computational and Applied
Mathematic
GRID PRICING FOR FED CATTLE: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
Weekly grid premium and discount price date for fed cattle have been collected over a 3-year period. The grid price data are combined with carcass data (2590 South Dakota slaughter steers) to investigate the variability in the average weekly carcass premium is affected by changes in packer-determined grid premiums and discounts on a weekly basis. The three-stage recursive model is then estimated using an autoregressive procedure. The results of the empirical analysis indicated that among all grid premiums and discounts, it is the choice-select discount that plays the dominant role in determining weekly changes in the average weekly carcass premium (discount).slaughter cattle, grid pricing, average pricing, value-based-marketing, Marketing,
Synthesis and characterization of silver nanoarticles from extract of Eucalyptus citriodora
The primary motivation for the study to develop simple eco-friendly green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using leaf extract of Eucalyptus citriodora as reducing and capping agent. The green synthesis process was quite fast and silver nanoparticles were formed within 0.5 h. The synthesis of the particles was observed by UV-visible spectroscopy by noting increase in absorbance. Characterization of the particles was carried out by X-ray diffraction, FTIR and electron microscopy. The developed nanoparticles demonstrated that E. citriodora is good source of reducing agents. UV-visible absorption spectra of the reaction medium containing silver nanoparticles showed maximum absorbance at 460 nm. FTIR analysis confirmed reduction of Ag+ to Ag0 atom in silver nanoparticles. The XRD pattern revealed the crystalline structure of silver nanoparticles. The SEM analysis showed the size and shape of the nanoparticles. The method being green, fast, easy and cost effective can be recommended for large scale production of AgNPs for their use in food, medicine and materials
A fresh look at the (non-)Abelian Landau-Khalatnikov-Fradkin transformations
The Landau-Khalatnikov-Fradkin transformations (LKFTs) allow to interpolate
-point functions between different gauges. We first offer an alternative
derivation of these LKFTs for the gauge and fermions field in the Abelian (QED)
case when working in the class of linear covariant gauges. Our derivation is
based on the introduction of a gauge invariant transversal gauge field, which
allows a natural generalization to the non-Abelian (QCD) case of the LKFTs. To
our knowledge, within this rigorous formalism, this is the first construction
of the LKFTs beyond QED. The renormalizability of our setup is guaranteed to
all orders. We also offer a direct path integral derivation in the non-Abelian
case, finding full consistency.Comment: 16 page
Constructing the fermion-boson vertex in QED3
We derive perturbative constraints on the transverse part of the
fermion-boson vertex in massive QED3 through its one loop evaluation in an
arbitrary covariant gauge. Written in a particular form, these constraints
naturally lead us to the first non-perturbative construction of the vertex,
which is in complete agreement with its one loop expansion in all momentum
regimes. Without affecting its one-loop perturbative properties, we also
construct an effective vertex in such a way that the unknown functions defining
it have no dependence on the angle between the incoming and outgoing fermion
momenta. Such a vertex should be useful for the numerical study of dynamical
chiral symmetry breaking, leading to more reliable results.Comment: 13 pages, 2 figure
Landau-Khalatnikov-Fradkin Transformations and the Fermion Propagator in Quantum Electrodynamics
We study the gauge covariance of the massive fermion propagator in three as
well as four dimensional Quantum Electrodynamics (QED). Starting from its value
at the lowest order in perturbation theory, we evaluate a non-perturbative
expression for it by means of its Landau-Khalatnikov-Fradkin (LKF)
transformation. We compare the perturbative expansion of our findings with the
known one loop results and observe perfect agreement upto a gauge parameter
independent term, a difference permitted by the structure of the LKF
transformations.Comment: 9 pages, no figures, uses revte
FANET optimization: a destination path flow model
Closed-loop routing in flying ad hoc networks (FANET) arises as a result of the quick changes of communication links and topology. As such, causing link breakage during information dissemination. This paper proposed a destination path flow model to improve the communication link in FANET. The models utilized Smell Agent Optimization and Particle Swarm Optimization algorithms in managing link establishment between communicating nodes. The modeled scenario depicts the practical application of FANET in media and sports coverage where only one vendor is given the license for live coverage and must relay to other vendors. Three different scenarios using both optimization Algorithms were presented. From the result obtained, the SAO optimizes the bandwidth costs much better than PSO with a percentage improvement of 10.46%, 4.04% and 3.66% with respect to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd scenarios respectively. In the case of communication delay between the FANET nodes, the PSO has a much better communication delay over SAO with percentage improvement of 40.89%, 50.26% and 68.85% in the first, second and third scenarios respectively
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