Abstract. We propose several very fast algorithms to restore jittered digital video frames (their rows are shifted) in one iteration. The restored row shifts minimize non-smooth and possibly non-convex local criteria applied on the second-order differences between consecutive rows. We introduce specific error measures to assess the quality of dejittering. Our algorithms are designed for gray-va...

We present a perturbative calculation of the neutron matter equation of state based on low-momentum twoand three-nucleon interactions. Our results are compared to the model-independent virial equation of state and to variational calculations, and we provide theoretical error estimates by varying the cutoff used to regulate nuclear interactions. In addition, we study the dependence of the BCS S0...

Let φ be a compactly supported refinable function in L2(R) such that the shifts of φ are stable and φ̂(2ξ) = â(ξ)φ̂(ξ) for a 2π-periodic trigonometric polynomial â. A wavelet function ψ can be derived from φ by ψ̂(2ξ) := e−iξ â(ξ + π)φ̂(ξ). If φ is an orthogonal refinable function, then it is well known that ψ generates an orthonormal wavelet basis in L2(R). Recently, it has been shown in the liter...

Tipping points--where systems shift radically and potentially irreversibly into a different state--have received considerable attention in ecology. Although there is convincing evidence that human drivers can cause regime shifts at local and regional scales, the increasingly invoked concept of planetary scale tipping points in the terrestrial biosphere remains unconfirmed. By evaluating potenti...

Crocin, a component of saffron, showed hypotensive which is perhaps due to vascular smooth muscle relaxant effect. The relaxant effects of saffron on tracheal smooth muscle also could be due to its constituent, crocin. In the present study, the relaxant effects of crocin and its possible mechanisms on rat tracheal smooth muscle were investigated. The relaxant effects of three cumulative concent...

We report an electronic magnetization measurement of a quantum point contact (QPC) based on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. We find that NMR signals can be detected by measuring the QPC conductance under in-plane magnetic fields. This makes it possible to measure, from Knight shifts of the NMR spectra, the electronic magnetization of a QPC containing only a few electron spins. Th...

We prove that for a dense G± of shift-invariant measures on AZ d , all d shifts have purely singular continuous spectrum and give a new proof that in the weak topology of measure preserving Zd transformations, a dense G± is generated by transformations with purely singular continuous spectrum. We also give new examples of smooth unitary cocycles over an irrational rotation which have purely sin...

The registration of PP and PS images is a process of correlating corresponding seismic reflections in the two images. We use dynamic image warping to automatically estimate a smooth field of vertical shifts. In warping the PS-image with this shift field, we move reflections in the PS-image to match these in the PP-image. The shift field can also be used to compute the Vp/Vs ratio. Examples for ...

Eye-head coordination was measured in patients with Parkinson's disease as they made horizontal gaze shifts in response to predictable and unpredictable target steps and to targets moving smoothly with either constant or sinusoidally varying velocity. Patients preferred not to move their heads for both large and small amplitude gaze shifts. Both eye and head movement reaction times were prolong...

Abstract This study focused mainly on the shifts of the grammatical cohesion in texts translated from English into Persian. It aimed to identify the grammatical cohesive devices (GCDs) in ST and TT separately, based on Halliday and Hassn's Model (1976), determine the number of occurrences of GCDs in two texts and finally, illustrate types of shifts of grammatical cohesion and strategies used in...