In this paper, we propose a method for enhancing performance of a sequential version of the belief-propagation (BP) decoding algorithm, the group shuffled BP decoding algorithm for low-density paritycheck (LDPC) codes. An improved BP decoding algorithm, called the shuffled BP decoding algorithm, decodes each symbol node in serial at each iteration. To reduce the decoding delay of the shuffled B...

Werner syndrome and Bloom syndrome result from defects in the RecQ helicases Werner (WRN) and Bloom (BLM), respectively, and display premature aging phenotypes. Similarly, XFE progeroid syndrome results from defects in the ERCC1-XPF DNA repair endonuclease. To gain insight into the origin of cellular senescence and human aging, we analyzed the dependence of sister chromatid exchange (SCE) frequ...

Abstract We develop a comprehensive framework in which the existence of solutions to semiclassical Einstein equation (SCE) cosmological spacetimes is shown. Different from previous work on this subject, we do not restrict conformally coupled scalar field and admit full renormalization freedom. Based regularization procedure, utilizes homogeneous distributions equivalent Hadamard point splitting...

The focus of this paper is on the numerical solution of the stochastic collection equation–stochastic breakup equation (SCE–SBE) describing the evolution of raindrop spectra in warm rain. The drop size distribution (DSD) is discretized using the fixed-pivot scheme proposed by Kumar and Ramkrishna, and new discrete equations for solving collision breakup are presented. The model is evaluated usi...

With the fast evolution of digital data exchange and increased usage of multi media images, it is essential to protect the confidential image data from unauthorized access. In natural images the values and position of the neighbouring pixels are strongly correlated. The method proposed in this paper, breaks this correlation increasing entropy of the position and entropy of pixel values using bl...

To investigate the growth performance and small intestinal histological changes in chickens fed sugar cane extract (SCE), 42 layer-type chicks were divided into three groups of 0, 0.05, and 0.10% dietary SCE diets. The growth performance tended to be better in all dietary SCE groups. Intestinal villus height, villus area, cell area and cell mitosis number of the duodenum showed a higher values ...

By observing that the faces at close ages are similar, some Label Distribution Learning (LDL) methods have been proposed to solve age estimation tasks that they treat age distributions as the training targets. However, these existent LDL methods are limited because they can hardly extract enough useful information from complex image features. In this paper, Sparsity Conditional Energy Label Dis...

We investigated the influence of the Stiles-Crawford effect (SCE) of the first kind on the contrast sensitivity function using the apodisation model of the SCE. The SCE was measured for the right eyes of two subjects using an increment threshold technique involving a two-channel Maxwellian-viewing system. Filters made of photographic film neutralised or doubled the SCE. Contrast sensitivities w...