A new adaptive L₁/₂ shooting regularization method for variable selection based on the Cox's proportional hazards mode being proposed. This adaptive L₁/₂ shooting algorithm can be easily obtained by the optimization of a reweighed iterative series of L₁ penalties and a shooting strategy of L₁/₂ penalty. Simulation results based on high dimensional artificial data show that the adaptive L₁/₂ sho...

This paper presents a gathering and shooting progressive refinement radiosity method. Our method integrates the iterative process of light energy gathering used in the standard full matrix method and the iterative process of light energy shooting used in the conventional progressive refinement method. As usual, in each iteration, the algorithm first selects the patch which holds the maximum unp...


 “Shooting [or ‘guessing’] characters” (shèzì 射字) was a game, and later communication method, based on phonological analysis of Chinese syllables. Over time, it became used in variety ways, including as teaching tool, cipher, writing aid for the less educated. The actual proposed applications one game show that phonology did not just exist books, but encompassed distinct non-written pract...

Chemical processes are modeled by large-scale, highly-nonlinear process models often governed by unstable dynamics. Dynamic optimization is required to exploit economical performance of these processes in their unstable regions. On the one hand, direct single shooting is able to solve large-scale dynamic optimization problems, but lacks the ability to cope properly with unstable dynamical syste...

background: military personnel are usually exposed to high levels of impulse noise (in) which can lead to hearing loss. objectives: the purpose of this study was to assess the effects of relatively low level exposure of impulse noise (in) during shooting practice on hearing using pure tone audiometry (pta) and transiently evoked otoacoustic emission (teoae) in military personnel. materials and ...

The general aim of the research presented in the present thesis was to elucidate the visual basis of basketball shooting. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the pertinent literature. Previous studies on the topic focused on temporal aspects of vision and identified the rapidity of orienting as necessary ingredients for successful performance and distinguishing marks of expertise. In apparent con...

background and objectives: grape has high nutritional value and it is an economically important horticultural plant in the world. iran has seventh producer grape rank in the world. today tissue culture is one of technique which can be used in grape propagation and breeding. material and method: in order to optimization of callus induction and micropropagation of grape in vitro condition, this i...