Message-passing algorithms have emerged as powerful techniques for approximate inference in graphical models. When these algorithms converge, they can be shown to find local (or sometimes even global) optima of variational formulations to the inference problem. But many of the most popular algorithms are not guaranteed to converge. This has lead to recent interest in convergent message-passing ...

Nanda 1 studied sequence of fuzzy numbers and showed that the set of all convergent sequences of fuzzy numbers form a complete metric space. Nuray 2 proved the inclusion relations between the set of statistically convergent and lacunary statistically convergent sequences of fuzzy numbers. Kwon and Shim 3 studied statistical convergence and lacunary statistical convergence of sequences of fuzzy ...

In this paper, we propose an optimally convergent discontinuous Galerkin (DG) method for nonlinear third-order ordinary differential equations. Convergence properties the solution and two auxiliary variables that approximate first second derivatives of are established. More specifically, prove is L2-stable provides optimal (p+1)-th order accuracy smooth solutions when using piecewise p-th degre...

-----------------------------------------------------------------------ABSTRACT--------------------------------------------------------------The information technology and security stakeholders like CIOs, CISOs and CTOs in financial services organization are often asked to identify the risks with mobile computing channel for financial services that they support. They are also asked to come up w...

The sensory epithelium of the mammalian cochlea comprises mechanosensory hair cells that are arranged into four ordered rows extending along the length of the cochlear spiral. The factors that regulate the alignment of these rows are unknown. Results presented here demonstrate that cellular patterning within the cochlea, including the formation of ordered rows of hair cells, arises through morp...

Xenopus Paraxial Protocadherin (xPAPC) has signaling functions that are essential for convergent extension (CE) movements and tissue separation during gastrulation. PAPC modulates components of the planar cell polarity (PCP) pathway, but it is not clear how PAPC is connected to beta-catenin-independent Wnt-signaling. By yeast two-hybrid screen, we found that the intracellular domain of PAPC int...

The concept of linking was developed to produce Palais-Smale (PS) sequencesG(uk)→ a, G′(uk)→ 0 for C1functionals G that separate linking sets. These sequences produce critical points if they have convergent subsequences (i.e., ifG satisfies the PS condition). In the past, we have shown that PS sequences can be obtained even when linking does not exist. We now show that such situations producemo...

background: given that validity is the baseline of psychological assessments, there is a need to provide evidence-based data for construct validity of such scales to advance the clinicians for evaluating psychiatric morbidity in psychiatric and psychosomatic setting. methods: this comparative cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the construct validity of the malaysian version of the ghq-2...

We present an explicit convergent iterative solution for the lowest energy state of the Schroedinger equation with a generalized double well potential V = g 2 2 (x − 1)(x + a). The condition for the convergence of the iteration procedure and the dependence of the shape of the groundstate wave function on the parameter a are discussed. PACS: 11.10.Ef, 03.65.Ge ∗Work supported in part by the U.S....