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We prove that if $\left(v_i\right)$ is a seminormalized basic sequence and X is a Banach space such that every normalized weakly null sequence in X has a subsequence that is dominated by $\left(v_i\right)$, then there exists a uniform constant C ≥ 1 such that every normalized weakly null sequence in X has a subsequence that is C-dominated by $\left(v_i\right)$. This extends a result of Knaust and Odell, who proved this for the cases in which $\left(v_i\right)$ is the standard basis for ${\ell }_p$ or c₀.

We prove that a Schauder frame for any separable Banach space is shrinking if and only if it has an associated space with a shrinking basis, and that a Schauder frame for any separable Banach space is shrinking and boundedly complete if and only if it has a reflexive associated space. To obtain these results, we prove that the upper and lower estimate theorems for finite-dimensional decompositions of Banach spaces can be extended and modified to Schauder frames. We show as well that if a separable...