In recent years,the description of isolated bile duct dilatation has been increasingly observed in subjects with normal liver function tests and nonspecific abdominal symptoms,probably due to the widespread use of hig...In recent years,the description of isolated bile duct dilatation has been increasingly observed in subjects with normal liver function tests and nonspecific abdominal symptoms,probably due to the widespread use of high-resolution imaging techniques.However,there is scant literature about the evolution of this condition and the impact of endoscopic ultrasound(EUS)in the diagnostic work up.When noninvasive imaging tests(transabdominal ultrasound,computed tomography or magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography)fail to identify the cause of dilatation and clinical or biochemical alarm signs are absent,the probability of having biliary disease is considered low.In this setting,using EUS,the presence of pathologic findings(choledocholithiasis,strictures,chronic pancreatitis,ampullary or pancreatic tumors,cholangiocarcinoma),not always with a benign course,has been observed.The aim of this review has been to evaluate the prevalence of disease among nonjaundiced patients without signs of cytolysis and/or cholestasis and the assessment of EUS yield.Data point out to a promising role of EUS in the identification of a potential biliary pathology.EUS is a low invasive technique,with high accuracy,that could play a double cost-effective role:identifying pathologic conditions with dismal prognosis,in asymptomatic patients with negative prior imaging tests,and excluding pathologic conditions and further follow-up in healthy subjects.展开更多
In this paper, some new existence and uniqueness of common fixed points for four mappings are obtained, which do not satisfy continuity and commutation on non-normal cone metric spaces. These results improve and gener...In this paper, some new existence and uniqueness of common fixed points for four mappings are obtained, which do not satisfy continuity and commutation on non-normal cone metric spaces. These results improve and generalize several well-known comparable results in the literature.展开更多
In order to develop and improve the fixed point theorems in cone metric spaces, some new fixed point theorems are presented for two mappings in cone metric spaces which satisfy contractive conditions, where the cone i...In order to develop and improve the fixed point theorems in cone metric spaces, some new fixed point theorems are presented for two mappings in cone metric spaces which satisfy contractive conditions, where the cone is not necessarily normal. Our results generalize fixed point theorems of Abbas, Jungck and Stojan Radenovi in cone metric spaces.展开更多
The purpose is by using the viscosity approximation method to study the convergence problem of the iterative scheme for an infinite family of nonexpansive mappings and a given contractive mapping in a reflexive Banach...The purpose is by using the viscosity approximation method to study the convergence problem of the iterative scheme for an infinite family of nonexpansive mappings and a given contractive mapping in a reflexive Banach space. Under suitable conditions, it was proved that the iterative sequence converges strongly to a common fixed point which was also the unique solution of some variational inequality in a reflexive Banach space. The results presented extend and improve some recent results.展开更多
文摘In recent years,the description of isolated bile duct dilatation has been increasingly observed in subjects with normal liver function tests and nonspecific abdominal symptoms,probably due to the widespread use of high-resolution imaging techniques.However,there is scant literature about the evolution of this condition and the impact of endoscopic ultrasound(EUS)in the diagnostic work up.When noninvasive imaging tests(transabdominal ultrasound,computed tomography or magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography)fail to identify the cause of dilatation and clinical or biochemical alarm signs are absent,the probability of having biliary disease is considered low.In this setting,using EUS,the presence of pathologic findings(choledocholithiasis,strictures,chronic pancreatitis,ampullary or pancreatic tumors,cholangiocarcinoma),not always with a benign course,has been observed.The aim of this review has been to evaluate the prevalence of disease among nonjaundiced patients without signs of cytolysis and/or cholestasis and the assessment of EUS yield.Data point out to a promising role of EUS in the identification of a potential biliary pathology.EUS is a low invasive technique,with high accuracy,that could play a double cost-effective role:identifying pathologic conditions with dismal prognosis,in asymptomatic patients with negative prior imaging tests,and excluding pathologic conditions and further follow-up in healthy subjects.
文摘In this paper, some new existence and uniqueness of common fixed points for four mappings are obtained, which do not satisfy continuity and commutation on non-normal cone metric spaces. These results improve and generalize several well-known comparable results in the literature.
基金Foundation item: Supported by the NNSF of China(10771212) Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Xuzhou Normal University(09KLB03)
文摘In order to develop and improve the fixed point theorems in cone metric spaces, some new fixed point theorems are presented for two mappings in cone metric spaces which satisfy contractive conditions, where the cone is not necessarily normal. Our results generalize fixed point theorems of Abbas, Jungck and Stojan Radenovi in cone metric spaces.
基金the Natural Science Foundation of Yibin University (No.2005Z3)
文摘The purpose is by using the viscosity approximation method to study the convergence problem of the iterative scheme for an infinite family of nonexpansive mappings and a given contractive mapping in a reflexive Banach space. Under suitable conditions, it was proved that the iterative sequence converges strongly to a common fixed point which was also the unique solution of some variational inequality in a reflexive Banach space. The results presented extend and improve some recent results.