Geometric independent component analysis (ICA) uses a weight update rule that is very similar to the self-organizing map (SOM) learning rule in the case of a trivial neighborhood function. In this paper we use this fact and present a new geometric ICA algorithm that uses a SOM for learning. The separation qualiry is better in comparison to other geometric algorithms, but the computational cost ...

The aging of the US population poses one of the greatest future challenges for family practice residency graduates. At a time when our discipline should be strengthening geriatric education to address the needs of our aging population, the Group on Geriatric Education of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine believes that recent guidelines from important family medicine organizations sugge...

On-line monitoring of batch processes using multi-way independent component analysis has attracted much attention in both academia and industry. This paper focuses on two knotty issues concerning selecting dominant independent components without a standard criterion and determining the control limits of monitoring statistics in the presence of non-Gaussian distribution. To optimize the number o...

The article is devoted to the problem of activization independent cognitive activities students in foreign language classes. contradiction between requirements for a modern specialist and his level readiness professional activity determined. One ways solving this improve organization classes with language. important role

Fer kinase, a protein involved in the regulation of cell-cell adhesion and proliferation, has been shown to be required during invertebrate development and has been implicated in leukemia, gastric cancer, and liver cancer. However, in vivo roles for Fer during vertebrate development have remained elusive. In this study, we bridge the gap between the invertebrate and vertebrate realms by showing...

Neuroimaging studies have shown that functional brain networks composed from select regions of interest have a modular community structure. However, the organization of functional network connectivity (FNC), comprising a purely data-driven network built from spatially independent brain components, is not yet clear. The aim of this study is to explore the modular organization of FNC in both heal...

Guided by the assumption that the preferences for a particular type of living arrangement are influenced by values of privacy and the level of needs/resources among the elderly, this study investigates how the socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the Korean elderly are associated with their preferences for independent living over coresidence with their children. A logit model analys...

OBJECTIVE To explore relations between aspects of upper-body spatiotemporal movement organization and intelligence in children born preterm at school age. METHODS Three-dimensional (3D) kinematic recordings of arm and head movements during a unimanual precision task were related to performance on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, 4th edition, in a sample of 32 children born preter...