Abstract: This paper studies the projected saddle-point dynamics associated to a convex-concave function, which we term saddle function. The dynamics consists of gradient descent of the saddle ...

Chronic airways diseases, including asthma, COPD and cystic fibrosis, cause significant morbidity and mortality and are associated with high healthcare expenditure, in the UK and worldwide. For ...

Sukaina Hasnie, MD, is a licensed medical practitioner based in Chicago, Illinois, who specializes in pediatric ear, nose, and throat conditions. The outer, middle, and inner ear have unique ...

Advanced Instrumentation for Nano-Analytics (AINA), Materials Research and Technology Department (MRT), Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 4422 Belvaux, Luxembourg ...

Abstract: We study the design optimization of linear precoders for maximizing the mutual information between finite alphabet input and the corresponding output over complex-valued vector channels.

The successful repair of any complex ventral hernia requires a thorough understanding of the underlying anatomical defect and its functional context. We describe an improved “functional” approach to ...

State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, People’s Republic of China University of Chinese ...

In this paper, we have studied the nonparameter accelerated failure time (AFT) additive regression model, whose covariates have a nonparametric effect on high-dimensional censored data. We give the ...

Rehabilitation training during the acute phase of stroke (<48 h) markedly improves impaired upper-limb movement. Hand-arm bimanual intensive training (HABIT) represents an intervention that promotes ...

Utility, the key decision variable underlying economic choices, should represent risk, which is inherent to real-life decisions. We studied two prevalent forms of risk that are characterized by the ...