This paper presents a novel approach, called validation-driven algorithm (VDA) for improving support vector clustering (SVC). The SVC algorithm is a well-known kernel-based clustering approach, but its clustering results keenly rely on the proper choice of parameters of kernel functions. Particularly, we have found that performance of SVC is very sensitive to the initial value of the kernel par...

Das Bundesprogramm Swiss Virtual Campus (SVC) verfolgt das Ziel, die Informationsgesellschaft zu fördern und die Hochschulbildung von den Möglichkeiten profitieren zu lassen, wie sie durch einen professionellen Einsatz der Informationand Communication-Technologies (ICT) gegeben sind. Im Anschluss an das SVC Impulsprogramm, welches von 2000 bis 2003 dauerte und mit 37 Millionen Franken dotiert w...

We present a rare complication after open-heart surgery resulting in compression of the superior vena cava (SVC) with the concurrent findings of the hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy physiology. A 59-year-old woman developed a low cardiac output syndrome, persistent hypotension, and increasing filling pressures after emergency replacement of the ascending aorta and resuspension of the aor...

in this paper, the static var compensator (svc) has been used to improve dynamic behaviour of power system. to do this, a new objective function is formulated considering power loss reduction, voltage profile improvement and loadability margin decrease. other contribution of this research is proposing a novel structure for particle swarm optimization (pso) algorithm through modifying the initia...

During moderate actual or simulated hemorrhage, as cardiac output decreases, reductions in systemic vascular conductance (SVC) maintain mean arterial pressure (MAP). Heat stress, however, compromises the control of MAP during simulated hemorrhage, and it remains unknown whether this response is due to a persistently high SVC and/or a low cardiac output. This study tested the hypothesis that an ...

Background and methods We report a case of a giant malignant hemangiopericytoma in the left neck and involving and growing in left internal jugular, left subclvian, left brachiocephalic vein, superior vena cava (SVC) and occupying part of the right atrium. Tumor was causing severe dyspnea, dysphagia and initial SVC syndrome. A 77-year-old male was admitted to our hospital due to progressive dys...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the safety and efficacy of unilateral covered stent placement in patients with malignant superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between October 2008 and November 2012, expanded polytetrafluoroethylene-covered stent placement for malignant SVC syndrome was performed in 40 consecutive patients (35 men and five women; mean age, 61.4 years; range, 35-81 yea...

The aim was to compare the diagnosis of COPD among smokers according to different international guidelines and to compare the outcome when using slow (SVC) and forced vital capacity (FVC). In order to find current smokers a questionnaire was sent to persons who had been on sick leave for more than two weeks. Those who smoked more than 8 cigarettes per day were invited to perform a spirometry. T...