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On α-ψ-Meir-Keeler contractive mappings

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce the notion of α-ψ-Meir-Keeler contractive mappings via a triangular α-admissible mapping. We discuss the existence and uniqueness of a fixed point of such a mapping in the setting of complete metric spaces. We state a number of examples to illustrate our results.

MSC:46N40, 47H10, 54H25, 46T99.

1 Introduction and preliminaries

Fixed-point theory is one of the most intriguing research fields in nonlinear analysis. The number of authors have published papers and have increased continuously in the last decades. The main reason for this involvement can be observed easily: Application potential. Fixed point theory has an application in many disciplines such as chemistry, physics, biology, computer science and many branches of mathematics. Banach contraction mapping principle or Banach fixed-point theorem is the most celebrated and pioneer result in this direction: In a complete metric space, each contraction mapping has a unique fixed point. Following Banach [1], many authors give various generalizations of this principle in various space (see e.g. [220]). One of the interesting results was given by Samet et al. [21] by defining α-ψ-contractive mappings via admissible mappings, see also [22].

In this paper, we introduce an α-ψ-Meir-Keeler contractive mapping in the setting of complete metric spaces via a triangular α-admissible mapping. We prove the existence and uniqueness of a fixed point of such a mapping. We also consider a number of examples to illustrate our results.

Definition 1 Let f:XX and α:X×X(,+). We say that f is a triangular α-admissible mapping if

  1. (T1)

    α(x,y)1 implies α(fx,fy)1, x,yX,

  2. (T2)

    { α ( x , z ) 1 , α ( z , y ) 1 , implies α(x,y)1, x,y,zX.

Example 2 Let X=R, fx= x 3 and α(x,y)= e x y then f is a triangular α-admissible mapping. Indeed, if α(x,y)= e x y 1 then xy which implies fxfy. That is, α(fx,fy)= e f x f y 1. Also, if { α ( x , z ) 1 , α ( z , y ) 1 then { x z 0 , z y 0 . That is, xy0 and so α(x,y)= e x y 1.

Example 3 Let X=R, fx= e x 7 and α(x,y)= x y 5 +1. Hence, f is a triangular α-admissible mapping. Again, if α(x,y)= x y 5 +11 then xy which implies fxfy. That is, α(fx,fy)1.

Moreover, if { α ( x , z ) 1 ; α ( z , y ) 1 , then xy0, and hence, α(x,y)1.

Example 4 Let X=[0,+), fx= x 4 +ln( x 2 +1) and

α(x,y)= x 3 1 + x 3 y 3 y 3 + 1 +1.

Then f is a triangular α-admissible mapping. In fact, if

α(x,y)= x 3 1 + x 3 y 3 y 3 + 1 +11

then xy. Hence, fxfy. That is, α(fx,fy)1. Also,

α ( x , z ) + α ( z , y ) = x 3 1 + x 3 z 3 z 3 + 1 + 1 + z 3 1 + z 3 y 3 y 3 + 1 + 1 = x 3 1 + x 3 y 3 y 3 + 1 + 2 2 ( x 3 1 + x 3 y 3 y 3 + 1 + 1 ) = 2 α ( x , y ) .

Thus, α(x,z)+α(z,y)2α(x,y). Now, if { α ( x , z ) 1 ; α ( z , y ) 1 , then α(x,y)1.

Example 5 Let X=R, fx= x 3 + x 7 and α(x,y)= x 5 y 5 +1. Then f is a triangular α-admissible mapping.

Example 6 Let X=[0,+), fx= x 2 + e x and

α(x,y)={ 1 , if  x , y [ 0 , 1 ] , 0 , otherwise. 

Hence, f is a triangular α-admissible mapping.

Lemma 7 Let f be a triangular α-admissible mapping. Assume that there exists x 0 X such that α( x 0 ,f x 0 )1. Define sequence { x n } by x n = f n x 0 . Then

α( x m , x n )1 for all m,nN with m<n.

Proof Since there exist x 0 X such that α( x 0 ,f x 0 )1 then from (T1), we deduce that α( x 1 , x 2 )=α(f x 0 , f 2 x 0 )1. By continuing this process, we get

α( x n , x n + 1 )1for all nN0.
(1.1)

Suppose that m<n. Since { α ( x m , x m + 1 ) 1 , α ( x m + 1 , x m + 2 ) 1 , then from (T2) we have α( x m , x m + 2 )1.

Again, since { α ( x m , x m + 2 ) 1 , α ( x m + 2 , x m + 3 ) 1 , then we deduce α( x m , x m + 3 )1.

By continuing this process, we get α( x m , x n )1. □

Denote with Ψ the family of nondecreasing functions ψ:[0,+)[0,+) continuous in t=0 such that

  • ψ(t)=0 if and only if t=0,

  • ψ(t+s)ψ(t)+ψ(s).

2 Main results

Definition 8 Let (X,d) be a metric space and ψΨ. Suppose that f:XX is a triangular α-admissible mapping satisfying the following condition: for each ε>0 there exists δ>0 such that

εψ ( d ( x , y ) ) <ε+δimpliesα(x,y)ψ ( d ( f x , f y ) ) <ε
(2.1)

for all x,yX. Then f is called an α-ψ-Meir-Keeler contractive mapping.

Remark 9 Let f be an α-ψ-Meir-Keeler contractive mapping. Then

α(x,y)ψ ( d ( f x , f y ) ) <ψ ( d ( x , y ) )

for all x,yX when xy. Also, if x=y then d(fx,fy)=0. i.e.,

α(x,y)ψ ( d ( f x , f y ) ) ψ ( d ( x , y ) )

for all x,yX.

Theorem 10 Let (X,d) be a complete metric space. Suppose that f is a continuous α-ψ-Meir-Keeler contractive mapping and that there exists x 0 X such that α( x 0 ,f x 0 )1, then f has a fixed point.

Proof Let x 0 X and define a sequence { x n } by x n = f n x 0 for all nN. If x n 0 = x n 0 + 1 for some n 0 N{0}, then obviously f has a fixed point. Hence, we suppose that

x n x n + 1
(2.2)

for all nN{0}. We have d( x n , x n + 1 )>0 for all nN{0}. Now define s n =ψ(d( x n , x n + 1 )). By Remark 9, we deduce that for all nN{0},

α( x n , x n + 1 )ψ ( d ( x n + 1 , x n + 2 ) ) =α( x n , x n + 1 )ψ ( d ( f x n , f x n + 1 ) ) <ψ ( d ( x n , x n + 1 ) ) .

Then by applying Lemma 7

ψ ( d ( x n + 1 , x n + 2 ) ) <ψ ( d ( x n , x n + 1 ) ) .

Hence, the sequence { s n } is decreasing in R + and so it is convergent to s R + . We will show that s=0. Suppose, to the contrary, that s>0. Hence, we have

0<s<ψ ( d ( x n , x n + 1 ) ) for all nN{0}.
(2.3)

Let ε=s>0. Then by hypothesis, there exists a δ(ε)>0 such that (2.1) holds. On the other hand, by the definition of ε, there exists n 0 N such that

ε< s n 0 =ψ ( d ( x n 0 , x n 0 + 1 ) ) <ε+δ.

Now by (2.1), we have

s n 0 + 1 = ψ ( d ( x n 0 + 1 , x n 0 + 2 ) ) α ( x n 0 , x n 0 + 1 ) ψ ( d ( x n 0 + 1 , x n 0 + 2 ) ) = α ( x n 0 , x n 0 + 1 ) ψ ( d ( f x n 0 , f x n 0 + 1 ) ) < ε = s

which is a contradiction. Hence, s=0, that is, lim n + s n =0. Now, by the continuity of ψ in t=0, we have lim n + d( x n , x n + 1 )=0. For given ε>0, by the hypothesis, there exists a δ=δ(ε)>0 such that (2.1) holds. Without loss of generality, we assume δ<ε. Since s=0, then there exists NN such that

s n 1 =ψ ( d ( x n 1 , x n ) ) <δ,for all nN.
(2.4)

We will prove that for any fixed k N 0 ,

ψ ( d ( x k , x k + l ) ) ε,for all lN,
(2.5)

holds. Note that (2.5), by (2.4), holds for l=1. Suppose the condition (2.1) is satisfied for some mN. For l=m+1, by (2.4), we get

ψ ( d ( x k 1 , x k + m ) ) ψ ( d ( x k 1 , x k ) + d ( x k , x k + m ) ) ψ ( d ( x k 1 , x k ) ) + ψ ( d ( x k , x k + m ) ) < ε + δ .
(2.6)

If ψ(d( x k 1 , x k + m ))ε, then by (2.1) we get

ψ ( d ( x k , x k + m + 1 ) ) α ( x k 1 , x k + m ) ψ ( d ( x k , x k + m + 1 ) ) = α ( x k , x k + m + 1 ) ψ ( d ( f x k 1 , f x k + m ) ) < ε

and hence (2.5) holds.

If ψ(d( x k 1 , x k + m ))<ε, by Remark 9, we get

ψ ( d ( x k , x k + m + 1 ) ) α( x k 1 , x k + m )ψ ( d ( x k , x k + m + 1 ) ) ψ ( d ( x k 1 , x k + m ) ) <ε.

Consequently, (2.5) holds for l=m+1. Hence, ψ(d( x k , x k + l ))ε for all k N 0 and l1, which means

d( x n , x m )<ε,for all mn N 0 .
(2.7)

Hence { x n } is a Cauchy sequence. Since (X,d) is complete, there exists zX such that x n z as n. Now, since, f is continuous then

fz=f ( lim n x n ) = lim n x n + 1 =z,

that is, f has a fixed point. □

Theorem 11 Let (X,d) be a complete metric space and let f be a α-ψ-Meir-Keeler contractive mapping. If the following conditions hold:

  1. (i)

    there exists x 0 X such that α( x 0 ,f x 0 )1,

  2. (ii)

    if { x n } is a sequence in X such that α( x n , x n + 1 )1 for all n and x n x as n+, then α( x n ,x)1 for all n.

Then f has a fixed point.

Proof Following the proof of the Theorem 10, we say that α( x n , x n + 1 )1 for all nN{0} and that there exist zX such that x n z as n+. Hence, from (ii) α( x n ,z)1. By Remark 9, we have

ψ ( d ( f z , z ) ) ψ ( d ( f z , f x n ) + d ( f x n , z ) ) ψ ( d ( f z , f x n ) ) + ψ ( d ( f x n , z ) ) α ( x n , z ) ψ ( d ( f z , f x n ) ) + ψ ( d ( f x n , z ) ) ψ ( d ( z , x n ) ) + ψ ( d ( x n + 1 , z ) ) .

By taking limit as n+, in the above inequality, we get ψ(d(fz,z))0, that is, d(fz,z)=0. Hence, fz=z. □

Next, we give some examples to validate our main result.

Example 12 Let X=[0,) and d(x,y)=|xy| be a metric on X. Define f:XX by

fx={ x 2 4 , if  x [ 0 , 1 ] , 2 x , if  x ( 1 , ) , andα(x,y)={ 1 , if  x , y [ 0 , 1 ] , 1 , otherwise

and ψ(t)= 1 4 t. Clearly, (X,d) is a complete metric space. We show that f is a triangular α-admissible mapping. Let x,yX, if α(x,y)1 then x,y[0,1]. On the other hand, for all x,y[0,1] we have fx1 and fy1. It follows that α(fx,fy)1. Also, if α(x,z)1 and α(z,y)1 then x,y,z[0,1] and hence, α(x,y)1. Thus, the assertion holds by the same arguments. Notice that α(0,f0)1.

Now, if { x n } is a sequence in X such that α( x n , x n + 1 )1 for all nN{0} and x n x as n+, then { x n }[0,1] and hence x[0,1]. This implies that α( x n ,x)1 for all nN{0}. Let x,y[0,1]. Without loss of generality, take xy. Then

Clearly, by taking δ=ε the condition (2.1) holds. Otherwise, α(x,y)=1. Hence, for given ε>0 we have α(x,y)ψ(d(fx,fy))0<ε. Hence, conditions of Theorem 11 holds and f has a fixed point. But, if x,y(1,) and

εd(x,y)<ε+δ,

where ε>0 and δ>0. Then

d(fx,fy)=2|xy|=2d(x,y)d(x,y)ε.

That is, the Meir-Keeler theorem cannot applied for this example.

Example 13 Let X=[0,) and d(x,y)=|xy| be a metric on X. Define f:XX by

fx={ 1 2 ( 1 x ) , if  x [ 0 , 1 ] , 4 x 2 2 + sin ( x 2 ) , if  x ( 1 , 2 ] , x 2 3 x 3 + 1 , if  x ( 2 , )

and ψ(t)= 1 2 t,

α(x,y)={ 1 , if  x , y , z [ 0 , 1 ] , 1 , otherwise.

Let x,y[0,1]. Without loss of generality, take xy. Then

Clearly, by taking δ=ε the condition (2.1) holds. Otherwise, α(x,y)=1. Hence, for given ε>0 we have α(x,y)ψ(d(fx,fy))0<ε. Hence, conditions of Theorem 11 holds and f has a fixed point.

Denote with Ψ s t the family of strictly nondecreasing functions ψ s t :[0,+)[0,+) continuous in t=0 such that

  • ψ s t (t)=0 if and only if t=0,

  • ψ s t (t+s) ψ s t (t)+ ψ s t (s).

Definition 14 Let (X,d) be a metric space and ψ s t Ψ s t . Suppose that f:XX is a triangular α-admissible mapping satisfying the following condition: for each ε>0 there exists δ>0 such that

ε ψ s t ( M ( x , y ) ) <ε+δimpliesα(x,y) ψ s t ( d ( f x , f y ) ) <ε
(2.8)

for all x,yX where

M(x,y)=max { d ( x , y ) , d ( f x , x ) , d ( f y , y ) , 1 2 [ d ( f x , y ) + d ( x , f y ) ] } .

Then f is called generalized an α- ψ s t -Meir-Keeler contractive mapping.

Remark 15 Let f be a generalized α- ψ s t -Meir-Keeler contractive mapping. Then

α(x,y) ψ s t ( d ( f x , f y ) ) < ψ s t ( M ( x , y ) )

for all x,yX when M(x,y)>0. Also, if M(x,y)=0 then x=y which implies ψ(d(fx,fy))=0, i.e.,

α(x,y) ψ s t ( d ( f x , f y ) ) ψ s t ( M ( x , y ) )

for all x,yX.

Proposition 16 Let (X,d) be a metric space and f:XX a generalized α- ψ s t -Meir-Keeler contractive mapping, if there exists x 0 X such that α( x 0 ,f x 0 )1 . Then lim n d( f n + 1 x 0 , f n x 0 )=0.

Proof Define a sequence { x n } by x n = f n x 0 for all nN. If x n 0 = x n 0 + 1 for some n 0 N{0}, then obviously f has a fixed point. Hence, we suppose that

x n x n + 1
(2.9)

for all nN{0}. Then we have M( x n + 1 , x n )>0 for every n0. Then by Lemma 7 and Remark 15, we have

ψ s t ( d ( x n + 1 , x n + 2 ) ) α ( x n , x n + 1 ) ψ s t ( d ( x n + 1 , x n + 2 ) ) = α ( x n , x n + 1 ) ψ s t ( d ( f x n , f x n + 1 ) ) < ψ s t ( M ( x n , x n + 1 ) ) = ψ s t ( max { d ( x n , x n + 1 ) , d ( f x n , x n ) , d ( f x n + 1 , x n + 1 ) , 1 2 [ d ( f x n , x n + 1 ) + d ( x n , f x n + 1 ) ] } ) ψ s t ( max { d ( x n , x n + 1 ) , d ( x n + 1 , x n + 2 ) } ) .

Now, since ψ s t is strictly nondecreasing then, we get

d( x n + 2 , x n + 1 )<max { d ( x n + 1 , x n ) , d ( x n + 2 , x n + 1 ) } .

Hence, the case where

max { d ( x n + 1 , x n ) , d ( x n + 2 , x n + 1 ) } =d( x n + 2 , x n + 1 )

is not possible. Therefore, we deduce that

d( x n + 2 , x n + 1 )<d( x n + 1 , x n )
(2.10)

for all n. That is, { d ( x n + 1 , x n ) } n = 0 is a decreasing sequence in R + and it converges to ε R + , that is,

lim n ψ s t ( d ( x n + 1 , x n ) ) = lim n ψ s t ( M ( x n + 1 , x n ) ) = ψ s t (ε).
(2.11)

Notice that ε=inf{p( x n , x n + 1 ):nN}. Let us prove that ε=0. Suppose, to the contrary, that ε>0. Then ψ(ε)>0. Regarding (2.11) together with the assumption that f is a generalized α- ψ s t -Meir-Keeler contractive mapping, for ψ s t (ε), there exists δ>0 and a natural number m such that

ψ s t (ε) ψ s t ( M ( x m , x m + 1 ) ) < ψ s t (ε)+δ

implies that

ψ s t ( d ( x m + 1 , x m + 2 ) ) α ( x m , x m + 1 ) ψ s t ( d ( x m + 1 , x m + 2 ) ) = α ( x m , x m + 1 ) ψ s t ( d ( f x m , f x m + 1 ) ) < ψ s t ( ε ) .

Now, since ψ s t is strictly nondecreasing then we get

d( x m + 2 , x m + 1 )<ε

which is a contradiction since ε=inf{p( x n , x n + 1 ):nN}. Then ε=0 and so lim n d( x n + 1 , x n )=0. □

Theorem 17 Let (X,d) be a complete metric space and f:XX a orbitally continuous generalized α- ψ s t -Meir-Keeler contractive mapping, if there exist x 0 X such that α( x 0 ,f x 0 )1. Then, f has a fixed point.

Proof Define x n + 1 = f n + 1 x 0 for all n0. We want to prove that lim m , n d( x n , x m )=0. If this is not, then there exist ε>0 and a subsequence { x n ( i ) } of { x n } such that

d( x n ( i ) , x n ( i + 1 ) )>2ε.
(2.12)

For this ε>0, there exists δ>0 such that ε ψ s t (M(x,y))<ε+δ implies that α(x,y) ψ s t (d(fx,fy))<ε. Put r=min{ε,δ} and s n =d( x n , x n + 1 ) for all n1. From Proposition 16, there exists n 0 such that

s n =d( x n , x n + 1 )< r 4
(2.13)

for all n n 0 . Let n(i)> n 0 . We get n(i)n(i+1)1. If d( x n ( i ) , x n ( i + 1 ) 1 )ε+ r 2 , then

d ( x n ( i ) , x n ( i + 1 ) ) d ( x n ( i ) , x n ( i + 1 ) 1 ) + d ( x n ( i + 1 ) 1 , x n ( i + 1 ) ) d ( x n ( i ) , x n ( i + 1 ) 1 ) + d ( x n ( i + 1 ) 1 , x n ( i + 1 ) ) < ε + r 2 + s n ( i + 1 ) 1 < ε + 3 r 4 < 2 ε

which contradicts the assumption (2.12). Therefore, there are values of k such that n(i)kn(i+1) and d( x n ( i ) , x k )>ε+ r 2 . Now if d( x n ( i ) , x n ( i ) + 1 )ε+ r 2 , then

s n ( i ) =d( x n ( i ) , x n ( i ) + 1 )ε+ r 2 >r+ r 2 > r 4

which is a contradiction with (2.13). Hence, there are values of k with n(i)kn(i+1) such that d( x n ( i ) , x k )<ε+ r 2 . Choose smallest integer k with kn(i) such that d( x n ( i ) , x k )ε+ r 2 . Thus, d( x n ( i ) , x k 1 )<ε+ r 2 and so

d ( x n ( i ) , x k ) d ( x n ( i ) , x k 1 ) + d ( x k 1 , x k ) d ( x n ( i ) , x k 1 ) + d ( x k 1 , x k ) < ε + r 2 + r 4 = ε + 3 r 4 .

Now, we can choose a natural number k satisfying n(i)kn(i+1) such that

ε+ r 2 d( x n ( i ) , x k )<ε+ 3 r 4 .
(2.14)

Therefore, we obtain

(2.15)
(2.16)

and

d( x k , x k + 1 )= d k < r 4 <ε+r.
(2.17)

Thus, we have

(2.18)

Now, the inequalities (2.15)-(2.18) imply that M( x n ( i ) , x k )<ε+rε+δ and so ψ s t (M( x n ( i ) , x k ))< ψ s t (ε+δ) ψ s t (ε)+ ψ s t (δ) the fact that f is a generalized α- ψ s t -Meir-Keeler contractive mapping yields that,

d( x n ( i ) + 1 , x k + 1 )α( x n ( i ) , x k ) ψ s t ( d ( x n ( i ) + 1 , x k + 1 ) ) < ψ s t (ε).

Then d( x n ( i ) + 1 , x k + 1 )<ε. We deduce,

d ( f n ( i ) x 0 , f k x 0 ) d ( f n ( i ) x 0 , f n ( i ) + 1 x 0 ) + d ( f n ( i ) + 1 x 0 , f k x 0 ) d ( f n ( i ) x 0 , f n ( i ) + 1 x 0 ) + d ( f n ( i ) + 1 x 0 , f k x 0 ) d ( f n ( i ) x 0 , f n ( i ) + 1 x 0 ) + d ( f n ( i ) + 1 x 0 , f k + 1 x 0 ) + d ( f k + 1 x 0 , f k x 0 ) .

Hence, from this with (2.14), (2.16) and (2.17), we obtain

d ( x n ( i ) + 1 , x k + 1 ) d ( x n ( i ) , x k ) d ( x n ( i ) , x n ( i ) + 1 ) d ( x k , x k + 1 ) > ε + r 2 r 4 r 4 = ε ,

which is a contradiction. We obtained that lim m , n d( x n , x m )=0 and so { x n = f n x 0 } is a Cauchy sequence. Since, X is complete, then there exists zX such that f n x 0 z as n. Now, since f is orbitally continuous, then z=fz. □

Example 18 Let X=[0,) and d(x,y)=|xy| be a metric on X. Define f:XX by

fx={ x 2 8 , if  x [ 0 , 1 ] , 1 2 + ln x , if  x ( 1 , )

and ψ s t (t)= 1 2 t,

α(x,y)={ 1 , if  x , y [ 0 , 1 ] , 0 , otherwise.

Clearly, f is a triangular α-admissible mapping and orbitally continuous. Let x,y[0,1]. Without loss of generality, take xy. Then

Clearly, by taking δ=3ε the condition (2.8) holds. Otherwise, α(x,y)=0. Hence, for given ε>0, we have 0=α(x,y) ψ s t (d(fx,fy))<ε. Hence, condition of Theorem 17 is held and f has a fixed point.

Theorem 19 Assume that all the hypotheses of Theorem 10 (11 and 17) hold. Adding the following conditions:

  1. (iii)

    for all xyX there exists vX such that α(x,v)1 and α(v,y)1,

we obtain the uniqueness of the fixed point of f.

Proof Suppose that z and z are two fixed points of f such that z z . Then α(z,v)1 and α(v, z )1. Hence, from (T2), we have α(z, z )1. Now, by Remark 9, we get

d ( z , z ) =d ( f z , f z ) α ( z , z ) d ( f z , f z ) <d ( z , z )

which is a contradiction and so z= z . Similarly, for Theorem 17, we can observe that f has a unique fixed point. □

We can obtain the following corollaries intermediately.

Corollary 20 Let (X,d) be a complete metric space and f:XX is self-mapping. Suppose that for each ε>0, there exists δ>0 such that

εψ ( d ( x , y ) ) <ε+δimpliesψ ( d ( f x , f y ) ) < ε L ,

where ψΨ and L1. Then f has a unique fixed points.

Corollary 21 Let (X,d) be a complete metric space and f:XX a orbitally continuous self-mapping. Suppose that for each ε>0 there exists δ>0 such that

ε ψ s t ( M ( x , y ) ) <ε+δimplies ψ s t ( d ( f x , f y ) ) < ε L ,

where ψ s t Ψ s t , L1 and

M(x,y)=max { d ( x , y ) , d ( f x , x ) , d ( f y , y ) , 1 2 [ d ( f x , y ) + d ( x , f y ) ] } .

Then f has unique fixed points.

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The authors would like to thank the referees for their valuable comments and suggestions. Also, the second author would like to thank the Commission on Higher Education, the Thailand Research Fund and the King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (Grant No. MRG5580213) for financial support during the preparation of this manuscript. The third author is thankful for support of Astara Branch, Islamic Azad University, during this research.

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Karapınar, E., Kumam, P. & Salimi, P. On α-ψ-Meir-Keeler contractive mappings. Fixed Point Theory Appl 2013, 94 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1186/1687-1812-2013-94

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