21 research outputs found
Quadratic perturbations of quadratic codimension-four centers
We study the stratum in the set of all quadratic differential systems
with a center, known as the
codimension-four case . It has a center and a node and a rational first
integral. The limit cycles under small quadratic perturbations in the system
are determined by the zeros of the first Poincar\'e-Pontryagin-Melnikov
integral . We show that the orbits of the unperturbed system are elliptic
curves, and is a complete elliptic integral. Then using Picard-Fuchs
equations and the Petrov's method (based on the argument principle), we set an
upper bound of eight for the number of limit cycles produced from the period
annulus around the center
Perturbations of quadratic centers of genus one
We propose a program for finding the cyclicity of period annuli of quadratic
systems with centers of genus one. As a first step, we classify all such
systems and determine the essential one-parameter quadratic perturbations which
produce the maximal number of limit cycles. We compute the associated
Poincare-Pontryagin-Melnikov functions whose zeros control the number of limit
cycles. To illustrate our approach, we determine the cyclicity of the annuli of
two particular reversible systems.Comment: 28 page
Stability of periodic traveling waves for complex modified Korteweg-de Vries equation
We study the existence and stability of periodic traveling-wave solutions for
complex modified Korteweg-de Vries equation. We also discuss the problem of
uniform continuity of the data-solution mapping.Comment: Latex, 20 page
In vitro evaluation of combination effects of doxorubicin with methylxanthine fractions isolated from Bancha and Pu-erh teas against breast cancer cells
Background: In the present study we investigated the combination effects of anthracycline antibiotic, doxorubicin, with methylxanthine fractions isolated from Bancha and Pu-erh tea leaves, against MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell lines.Methods: Neutral red uptake assay was used for assessment of cytotoxicity effects and fractional effect analysis and combination index for evaluation of the combination effects.Results: Doxorubicin was used in varying concentrations by a double dilution method, whereas the methylxanthine fractions were in fixed concentrations – 100, 200, 400 or 600 μg/ml. Results have shown that methylxanthine fraction isolated from Bancha has synergic effects with doxorubicin, while methylxanthines from Pu-erh displayed antagonistic effects.Conclusions: Тhe obtained results lead us to suspect, that even minor differences in the composition of natural products can lead to significant differences in the biological activity of the product