Though more diicult to program, distributed-memory parallel machines provide greater scalability than their shared-memory counterparts. Distributed Shared Memory (DSM) systems provide the abstraction of shared memory on a distributed machine. While DSMs provide an attractive programming model, they currently can not eeciently support all classes of scientiic applications. One such class are tho...

Given a sparse, symmetric positive definite matrix C and an associated sparse Cholesky factorization LDL, we develop sparse techniques for updating the factorization after a symmetric modification of a row and column of C. We show how the modification in the Cholesky factorization associated with this rank-2 modification of C can be computed efficiently using a sparse rank-1 technique developed...

In this paper, we develop a novel 8 8 twodimensional (2-D) discrete cosine transform/inverse discrete cosine transform (DCT/IDCT) architecture based on the direct 2-D approach and the rotation technique. The computational complexity is reduced by taking advantage of the special attribute of complex number. Both the parallel and the folded architectures are proposed. Unlike other approaches, the...

Connected component labeling is an important but computationally expensive operation required in many fields of research. The goal in the present work is to label connected components on a 2D binary map. Two different iterative algorithms for doing this task are presented. The first algorithm (Row–Col Unify) is based upon the directional propagation labeling, whereas the second algorithm uses t...

BACKGROUND Double-row arthroscopic rotator cuff repair has become more popular, and some studies have shown better footprint coverage and improved biomechanics of the repair. HYPOTHESIS Double-row rotator cuff repair leads to superior cuff integrity and early clinical results compared with single-row repair. STUDY DESIGN Randomized controlled trial; Level of evidence, 1. METHODS Forty pat...

BACKGROUND Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair is a common procedure that is gaining wide acceptance among orthopaedic surgeons because it is less invasive than open repair techniques. However, there is little consensus on whether to employ single-row or double-row fixation. The purpose of the present study was to systematically review the English-language literature to see if there is a differenc...

cardiovascular disease remains the principal cause of death in the modernized world.   several novel noninvasive imaging techniques have been recently developed to improve diagnosis of cardiac and coronary disease.   of these advances, multidetector computed tomographic (mdct) angiography has evolved most dramatically to transform computed tomography from a single-slice trans-axial modality to ...

3-D ultrasound imaging offers unique opportunities in the field of non destructive testing that cannot be easily found in A-mode and B-mode images. To acquire a 3-D ultrasound image without a mechanically moving transducer, a 2-D array can be used. The row column technique is preferred over a fully addressed 2-D array as it requires a significantly lower number of interconnections. Recent advan...

INTRODUCTION It was estimated that 3.2 million Indians with diabetes injected insulin in 2010, but little is known about the techniques used. METHODS In 2015 we conducted an injection technique questionnaire (ITQ) survey throughout India involving 1011 patients. Indian values were compared with those from 41 other countries participating in the ITQ, known here as rest of world (ROW). RESULT...