OF THE DISSERTATION Alternating linearization for structured regularization problems by Minh Pham Dissertation Director: Andrzej Ruszczyński Xiaodong Lin We adapt the alternating linearization method for proximal decomposition to structured regularization problems. The method is related to two well-known operator splitting methods, the Douglas-Rachford and the Peaceman-Rachford method, but it h...

Results: Cronbach’s alpha coefficient for WHO-5 items was 0.85. The correlation coefficient between WHO-5 and GHQ-28 was –0.64 (P < 0.001). Exploratory factor analysis yielded 1 factor with an eigen value equal to 3.15, which explained 63.1% of the total variance. Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the 1-factor structure. The area under ROC curve was 0.82. A WHO-5 cut-off score of <50 exhib...

objective: having a good quality of life has always been desirable for humans, and the concept of a good life and the ways of achieving it have become important over the years. personal wellbeing is the mental component of quality of life. thus, the current study was conducted to assess the reliability and validity of the ‘‘personal well-being index- cognitive disability’’ on mentally retarded ...