Global attractivity and periodic solutions in delay-differential equations related to models in physiology and population biology (Q1199757)

The most part of this paper is devoted to the asymptotic stability of the positive solutions of the two equations \[ x'(t)=f\left(\int^{- \sigma}_{-\tau}x(t+s)d\mu(s)\right)-g(x(t))\text{ and }x'(t)=x(t)\left[f\left(\int^{-\sigma}_{-\tau}x(t+s)d\mu(s)\right) - g(x(t))\right] \] which are employed to describe some physiological control systems and some population growth processes. Here \(\tau>\sigma>0\) and \(\mu\) is a nondecreasing function. Under appropriate conditions on \(f\) and \(g\) there are given results on the convergence of the solutions to a steady state for some delays or for all delays. As certain specific equations is concerned these results improve related results due to the reviewer et al. [J. Dyn. Differ. Equations 4, No. 1, 161-190 (1992; Zbl 0744.34071)]. The rest of the paper deals with the existence of periodic solutions when \(\mu(s)=0\), if \(s=-\tau\) and \(=1\), if \(-\tau<s\leq 0\).