In this paper, we propose a Robust Discriminant Analysis based on maximum entropy (MaxEnt) criterion (MaxEnt-RDA), which is derived from a nonparametric estimate of Renyi’s quadratic entropy. MaxEnt-RDA uses entropy as both objective and constraints; thus the structural information of classes is preserved while information loss is minimized. It is a natural extension of LDA from Gaussian assump...

This paper presents the Remote Device Access (RDA) package developed at CERN in the framework of the joint PS/SL Controls Middleware project. The package design reflects the Accelerator Device Model in which devices, named entities in the control system, can be controlled via properties. RDA implements this model in a distributed environment with devices residing in servers that can run anywher...

BACKGROUND One of the factors that affect the recurrence rate after peripheral directional atherectomy (DA) is the degree of residual stenosis. A new method of peripheral DA to reduce residual stenoses was evaluated with a rotational digital angiography (RDA) system that provides both angiography and fluoroscopy at multiple projections within 360 degrees. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between March 19...

The aim of this study was to assess the effect of toothbrushing with toothpastes having different relative dentine abrasivity (RDA) and toothbrushes having different bristles hardness on different composite resins, compomers and traditional glassionomer cements by surface roughness evaluation. All the samples were evaluated regarding the surface roughness using roughness checker (Taylor Hobson-...

Representational difference analysis (RDA) is a recently developed technique used for amplifying genetic differences between two closely related genomes. We compared RDA and a modified version of RDA to examine genomic differences between the two Vibrio cholerae serogroups that cause epidemic cholera, O1 and O139, and between the two biotypes of the O1 serogroup. With both techniques, we recove...