The effective use of spatial information, that is the geographic locations of population units, in a regression model-based approach to small area estimation is an important practical issue. One approach for incorporating such spatial information in a small area regression model is via Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR). In GWR the relationship between the outcome variable and the covaria...

Gabor feature space is elaborated for representation, processing and segmentation of textured images. As a first step of preprocessing of images represented in this space, we introduce an algorithm for Gabor feature space denoising. It is a geometric-based algorithm that applies diffusion-like equation derived from a minimal weighted area functional, introduced previously and applied in the con...

Dyck paths are directed walks on Z starting at (0, 0) and ending on the line y = 0, which have no vertices with negative y-coordinates, and which have steps in the (1, 1) and (1,−1) directions [11]. We impose the additional geometrical constraint that the paths have height at most h, that is, they lie between lines y = 0 and y = h. Given a Dyck path π, we define the length n(π) to be half the n...

The Intel Collaborative Research Institute for Secure Computing (Intel CRISC) established on May 23, 2012 as a public-private partnership between Intel Labs and Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany including the Center for Advanced Security Research (CASED) was extended to the University of Helsinki in Finland on August 1, 2013. This addendum to the original white paper on ICRI-SC outlines...

In this article, I hope to amplify certain basic features of Winnicott’s theories to provide a more elaborate explanation for the following: (1) the nature and primary source of anxiety in his model. (2) The major points of fixation and developmental arrest that give rise to pathological character formation. Here I detail the anatomy of the false self, as one principal way the psyche reorganize...

The needs of the new business models—in particular their demanding dynamicity and reliability requirements—have been fostering the creation of new open, service-oriented software architectures. Here the word “reliability” includes security, privacy, and trust issues. Lack of trust in the new software architectures is perceived as a major risk, that may hinder large-scale adoption of the new par...

Adaptive interfaces have received much criticism because adaptation and automatic assistance generally contradict the principles of direct-manipulation interfaces. In addition, their success depends highly on the ability of user models to capture the goals and needs of the users. As the construction of user models is often based on poor evidence, even the most advanced learning algorithms may f...

Sensible heat flux (H) plays an important role in characterizations of land surface water and heat balance. There are various types of H measurement methods that depend on observation scale, from local-area-scale eddy covariance (EC) to regional-scale large aperture scintillometer (LAS) and remote sensing (RS) products. However, methods of converting one H scale to another to validate RS produc...

The Gap Analysis Program (GAP) is a nationwide effort to find areas of suitable habitat in the US, which if protected from habitat degradation, may help to preserve the native animal and plant biodiversity. In recent years, the GAP protocols used to analyze habitat data have become more scale and species dependent. This research describes the creation of a Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS)...