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Let <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M4\"><mml:mi>w<\/mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">(<\/mml:mo><mml:mi>v<\/mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">)<\/mml:mo><\/mml:math> denote the sum of color on a vertex <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M5\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>v<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math> and colors assigned to edges incident to <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M6\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>v<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>. If <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M7\"><mml:mi>w<\/mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">(<\/mml:mo><mml:mi>u<\/mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">)<\/mml:mo><mml:mo>\u2260<\/mml:mo><mml:mi>w<\/mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">(<\/mml:mo><mml:mi>v<\/mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">)<\/mml:mo><\/mml:math> whenever <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M8\"><mml:mi>u<\/mml:mi><mml:mi>v<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>\u2208<\/mml:mo><mml:mi>E<\/mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">(<\/mml:mo><mml:mi>G<\/mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">)<\/mml:mo><\/mml:math>, then <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M9\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>\u03d5<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math> is called a neighbor sum distinguishing total coloring. The smallest integer <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M10\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>k<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math> such that <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M11\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>G<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math> has a neighbor sum distinguishing <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M12\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>k<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>-total coloring is denoted by <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M13\"><mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">t<\/mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">n<\/mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">d<\/mml:mi><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">i<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">\u2211<\/mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:mo>\u200a<\/mml:mo><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:msub><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">(<\/mml:mo><mml:mi>G<\/mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">)<\/mml:mo><\/mml:math>. In 2014, Dong and Wang obtained the results about <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M14\"><mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">t<\/mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">n<\/mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">d<\/mml:mi><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">i<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">\u2211<\/mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:mo>\u200a<\/mml:mo><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:msub><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">(<\/mml:mo><mml:mi>G<\/mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">)<\/mml:mo><\/mml:math> depending on the value of maximum average degree. A <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M15\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>k<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>-assignment <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M16\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>L<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math> of <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M17\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>G<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math> is a list assignment <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M18\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>L<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math> of integers to vertices and edges with <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M19\"><mml:mfenced open=\"|\" close=\"|\" separators=\"|\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>L<\/mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">(<\/mml:mo><mml:mi>v<\/mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">)<\/mml:mo><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:mfenced><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mi>k<\/mml:mi><\/mml:math> for each vertex <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M20\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>v<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math> and <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M21\"><mml:mfenced open=\"|\" close=\"|\" separators=\"|\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>L<\/mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">(<\/mml:mo><mml:mi>e<\/mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">)<\/mml:mo><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:mfenced><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mi>k<\/mml:mi><\/mml:math> for each edge <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M22\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>e<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>. A<jats:italic> total-<\/jats:italic><mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M23\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>L<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math><jats:italic>-coloring<\/jats:italic> is a total coloring <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M24\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>\u03d5<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math> of <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M25\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>G<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math> such that <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M26\"><mml:mi>\u03d5<\/mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">(<\/mml:mo><mml:mi>v<\/mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">)<\/mml:mo><mml:mo>\u2208<\/mml:mo><mml:mi>L<\/mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">(<\/mml:mo><mml:mi>v<\/mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">)<\/mml:mo><\/mml:math> whenever <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M27\"><mml:mi>v<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>\u2208<\/mml:mo><mml:mi>V<\/mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">(<\/mml:mo><mml:mi>G<\/mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">)<\/mml:mo><\/mml:math> and <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M28\"><mml:mi>\u03d5<\/mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">(<\/mml:mo><mml:mi>e<\/mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">)<\/mml:mo><mml:mo>\u2208<\/mml:mo><mml:mi>L<\/mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">(<\/mml:mo><mml:mi>e<\/mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">)<\/mml:mo><\/mml:math> whenever <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M29\"><mml:mi>e<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>\u2208<\/mml:mo><mml:mi>E<\/mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">(<\/mml:mo><mml:mi>G<\/mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">)<\/mml:mo><\/mml:math>. We state that <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M30\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>G<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math> has a<jats:italic> neighbor sum distinguishing total-<\/jats:italic><mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M31\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>L<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math><jats:italic>-coloring<\/jats:italic> if <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M32\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>G<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math> has a total-<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M33\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>L<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>-coloring such that <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M34\"><mml:mi>w<\/mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">(<\/mml:mo><mml:mi>u<\/mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">)<\/mml:mo><mml:mo>\u2260<\/mml:mo><mml:mi>w<\/mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">(<\/mml:mo><mml:mi>v<\/mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">)<\/mml:mo><\/mml:math> for all <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M35\"><mml:mi>u<\/mml:mi><mml:mi>v<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>\u2208<\/mml:mo><mml:mi>E<\/mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">(<\/mml:mo><mml:mi>G<\/mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">)<\/mml:mo><\/mml:math>. The smallest integer <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M36\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>k<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math> such that <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M37\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>G<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math> has a neighbor sum distinguishing total-<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M38\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>L<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>-coloring for every <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M39\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>k<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>-assignment <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M40\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>L<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math> is denoted by <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M41\"><mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">C<\/mml:mi><mml:msubsup><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">h<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">\u2211<\/mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:mo>\u200a<\/mml:mo><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">\u2032<\/mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">\u2032<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:msubsup><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">(<\/mml:mo><mml:mi>G<\/mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">)<\/mml:mo><\/mml:math>. In this paper, we strengthen results by Dong and Wang by giving analogous results for <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M42\"><mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">C<\/mml:mi><mml:msubsup><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">h<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">\u2211<\/mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:mo>\u200a<\/mml:mo><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">\u2032<\/mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">\u2032<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:msubsup><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">(<\/mml:mo><mml:mi>G<\/mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">)<\/mml:mo><\/mml:math>.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1155\/2017\/5897049","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,11,7]],"date-time":"2017-11-07T23:31:16Z","timestamp":1510097476000},"page":"1-4","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Graphs with Bounded Maximum Average Degree and Their Neighbor Sum Distinguishing Total-Choice Numbers"],"prefix":"10.1155","volume":"2017","author":[{"given":"Patcharapan","family":"Jumnongnit","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0421-3631","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Kittikorn","family":"Nakprasit","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","reference":[{"key":"17","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1360\/03YS0207"},{"key":"1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.disc.2007.07.091"},{"key":"14","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s10878-012-9527-2"},{"issue":"12","key":"15","first-page":"1462","volume":"39","year":"2009","journal-title":"Sci. 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