“…, 4, depend only on the time-independent constants in (C.10). Since h(t) and k(t) are continuous, non-negative and non-decreasing functions on [0, T ], a Gronwall's inequality (Theorem A in[23]) leads toM 1 (t) ≤ h(t) e t 0 k(ξ) dξ ≤ (k 1 T + k 2 T 2 ) e k 3 T +k 4 T 2 < ∞, ∀t ∈ [0, T ], T < ∞. (C.12)…”