This paper concerns the worst-case complexity of Gauss-Seidel method for solving a positive semidefinite linear system; or equivalently, that of cyclic coordinate descent (C-CD) for minimizing a convex quadratic function. The known provable complexity of C-CD can be O(n) times slower than gradient descent (GD) and O(n) times slower than randomized coordinate descent (R-CD). However, these gaps ...

Abstract The circular crested weir (CCW) has been introduced as weirs having a high discharge coefficient (Cd). ratio of flow head to the radius crest ( H / R ) is most important parameter affecting Cd, that $${\text{Cd}} \approx a\left( {H/R} \right)^{b}$$ Cd ? a <mml:m...

While conducting a validation study of proficiency test media we found that applying the same hash algorithm against a single CD using different forensic applications resulted in different hash values. We formulated a series of experiments to determine the cause of the anomalous hash values. Our results suggest that certain write options cause forensic applications to report different hash valu...

This paper proposes a CSMA/CD-R (Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection with Reservation) protocol, designed for wireless network mobile robots under a distributed robot system without any centralized mechanism. It employs stations to reserve a communication channel after communication collision for the wireless communication of the distributed robot system. The effectiveness and app...

OBJECTIVE To examine exercise capacity in youth with Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). STUDY DESIGN Eleven males and eight females with CD and six males and four females with UC participated. Patients performed standard exercise tests to assess peak power (PP) and mean power (MP) and peak aerobic mechanical power (W(peak)) and peak oxygen uptake (VO(2peak)). Fitness variables ...

Studies on the physiology of the cardiovascular system suggested that the generation of the heart rate signal is governed by nonlinear chaotic dynamics. No study investigated the nonlinear dynamics of heart rate in hyperthyroidism. We examined whether the heart rate dynamics of hyperthyroid patients is different from normal controls by the nonlinear analysis of heart rate variability (HRV) with...

Tetrodotoxin-resistant (TTX-R) Na(+) channels are 1,000-fold less sensitive to TTX than TTX-sensitive (TTX-S) Na(+) channels. On the other hand, TTX-R channels are much more susceptible to external Cd(2+) block than TTX-S channels. A cysteine (or serine) residue situated just next to the aspartate residue of the presumable selectivity filter "DEKA" ring of the TTX-R channel has been identified ...

in the present study, cadmium (cd) accumulation capabilities of aquatic macrophytes ceratophyllum demersum, bacopa monnieri and rotala rotundifolia were determined after treating both individual and triple macrophytes. the macrophytes were treated with cd at 0, 0.1, 1 and 10 mg/l concentrations in a controlled chamber for 12-days. cadmium accumulations increased with increasing cd concentration...

In this research, the capabilities of Henna and Henna with chitosan microparticles adsorbents were studied in order to remove the ion Cd (II). Response Surface Method (RSM) and Central Composite Design (CCD) were used to minimize the number of experiments (21 runs) for Henna and (26 runs) for the Henna with chitosan microparticles. The parameters were pH (2-9), initial solution concentratio...