Let ${\lambda }_1\left(Q\right)$ be the first eigenvalue of the Sturm-Liouville problem $$y^{\text{'}\text{'}}-Q\left(x\right)y+\lambda y=0,y\left(0\right)=y\left(1\right)=0,0<x<1.$$ We give some estimates for $m_{\alpha ,\beta ,\gamma }={inf}_{Q\in T_{\alpha ,\beta ,\gamma }}{\lambda }_1\left(Q\right)$ and $M_{\alpha ,\beta ,\gamma }={sup}_{Q\in T_{\alpha ,\beta ,\gamma }}{\lambda }_1\left(Q\right)$, where $T_{\alpha ,\beta ,\gamma }$ is the set of real-valued measurable on $\left[0,1\right]$ $x^{\alpha }{(1-x)}^{\beta }$-weighted $L_{\gamma }$-functions $Q$ with non-negative values such that ${\int }_0^1{x}^{\alpha }{(1-x)}^{\beta }{Q}^{\gamma }\left(x\right)\mathrm{d}x=1$ $(\alpha ,\beta ,\gamma \in ℝ,\gamma \ne 0)$.

For integers $r\ge 2$ and $n\ge 2$ a complete classification of all natural operators $A:T_{|M_n}⇝T{\left(J^r{T}^{*}\right)}^{*}$ lifting vector fields to vector fields on the natural bundle ${\left(J^r{T}^{*}\right)}^{*}$ dual to $r$-jet prolongation $J^r{T}^{*}$ of the cotangent bundle over $n$-manifolds is given.

We show a locally uniform bound for global nonnegative solutions of the system $u_t=\Delta u+uv-bu$, $v_t=\Delta v+au$ in $(0,+\infty )\times \Omega$, $u=v=0$ on $(0,+\infty )\times \partial \Omega$, where $a>0$, $b\ge 0$ and $\Omega$ is a bounded domain in ${ℝ}^n$, $n\le 2$. In particular, the trajectories starting on the boundary of the domain of attraction of the zero solution are global and bounded.