In this article, we consider the limit cycles of a class of planar polynomial differential systems of the form
$$\dot{x}=-y+\varepsilon (1+\sin ^{n}\theta )xP(x,y)$$
$$ \dot{y}=x+\varepsilon (1+\cos ^{m}\theta )yQ(x,y),
$$
where \(P(x,y)\) and \(Q(x,y)\) are polynomials of degree \(n_{1}\) and \(n_{2}\) respectively and \(\varepsilon\) is a small parameter. We obtain the maximum number of limit cycles that bifurcate from the periodic orbits of a linear center \(\dot{x}=-y, \dot{y}=x,\) by using the averaging theory of first order.

This work deals with a boundary value problem for a nonlinear semipositone multi-point fractional differential equation. By using the Schauder fixed point theorem, we show the existence of one solution for this problem. Our result extend some recent works in the literature.

A two-strain model of the transmission dynamics of herpes simplex virus (HSV) with treatment is formulated as a deterministic system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations. The model is then analyzed qualitatively, with numerical simulations provided to support the theoretical results. The basic reproduction number \(R_0\) is computed with \(R_0=\text{max}\lbrace R_1, R_2 \rbrace\) where \(R_1\) and \(R_2\) represent respectively the reproduction number for HSV1 and HSV2. We also compute the invasion reproductive numbers \(\tilde{R}_1\) for strain 1 when strain 2 is at endemic equilibrium and \(\tilde{R}_2\) for strain 2 when strain 1 is at endemic equilibrium. To determine the relative importance of model parameters to disease transmission, sensitivity analysis is carried out. The reproduction number is most sensitive respectively to the contact rates \(\beta_1\), \(\beta_2\) and the recruitment rate \(\pi\). Numerical simulations indicate the co-existence of the two strains, with HSV1 dominating but not driving out HSV2 whenever \(R_1 > R_2 > 1\) and vice versa.