Canonical correlations are used to decompose the Wiener filter into a whitening transform coder, a canonical filter, and a coloring transform decoder. The outputs of the whitening transform coder are called canonical coordinates; these are the coordinates that are reduced in rank and quantized in our finite-precision version of the Gauss–Markov theorem. Canonical correlations are, in fact, cosi...

Non-equidistance grey model NGM(1,1) which was proposed by Deng has emerged as a powerful tool for the prediction and analysis of non-equidistance data series under uncertain system. It carries out the system analysis and prediction based on accumulated generating operation (AGO) to reduce the randomness of original series and obtain high accuracy. But the AGO only used observed whitening data,...

Tooth bleaching (whitening) is one of the most common and inexpensive method for treating discolouration of teeth. Dental aesthetics, especially tooth colour, is of great importance to majority of the people; and discolouration of even a single tooth can negatively influence the quality of life. Therefore, a review of the literature was carried out (limited to aesthetic tooth-bleaching) to prov...

In this letter, we conduct a comparative study and investigate the relationship between two well-known techniques in hyperspectral image detection and classification: orthogonal subspace projection (OSP) and constrained energy minimization (CEM). It is shown that they are closely related and essentially equivalent provided that the noise is white with large SNR. Based on this relationship, the ...

A 75-year-old man presented to us with sudden onset of profound vision loss in his right eye and was identified as suffering from an ophthalmic artery occlusion. Apart from the retinal whitening and box-carring of the retinal arteries, there were characteristic triangular patches of retinal whitening in the midperipheral temporal fundus indicating a previous lateral posterior choroidal artery o...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this 14-day parallel, double blind clinical trial was to evaluate the tooth whitening efficacy of a 9% hydrogen peroxide gel (Colgate Visible White) relative to a 20% carbamide peroxide gel (Opalescence) positive control. METHODS Forty-six consenting adults were randomly assigned to use one of the two products. All participants had 6 unrestored maxillary anterior teet...

BACKGROUND This study investigated the effects of sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) combined with 1.5% hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and casein phosphopeptide amorphous calcium phosphate fluoride (CPP-ACPF) on color and microhardness of enamel. MATERIAL AND METHODS Seventy-five bovine incisors were immersed in a tea solution for 7.5 days. The specimens were randomly divided into five groups according to...

BACKGROUND Bacteria associated with marine invertebrates are a rich source of bioactive metabolites. OBJECTIVE The effects of marine bacteria extracts on pigmentation were investigated to find novel whitening agents. METHODS The marine bacteria collected near Gangwha Island in Korea were isolated and extracted using organic solvent. The organic extracts were screened and selected using the ...

AIM To investigate whether retinal changes in children with severe malaria affect visual acuity 1 month after systemic recovery. METHODS All children with severe malaria admitted to a research ward in Malawi during one malaria season were examined by direct and indirect ophthalmoscopy. Visual acuity was tested in those attending follow up by Cardiff cards, Sheridan-Gardiner single letters, or...