We consider the problem of stabilization of a one-dimensional wave equation that contains instability at its free end and control on the opposite end. In contrast to classical collocated “boundary damper” feedbacks for the neutrally stable wave equations with one end satisfying a homogeneous boundary condition, the controllers and the associated observers designed in the paper are more complex ...

the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of handedness and two practice types (explicit vs. implicit) on motor sequence learning. 60 girls (age range of 14 – 17 years old) were randomly assigned to four groups according to their handedness: right–handed-explicit, right–handed–implicit, left–handed-explicit, and left–handed-implicit. participants’ task was accuracy and time of sequential...

Many recommendation tasks are formulated as top-N item recommendation problems based on users’ implicit feedback instead of explicit feedback. Here explicit feedback refers to users’ ratings to items while implicit feedback is derived from users’ interactions with items, e.g., number of times a user plays a song. In this paper, we propose a boosting algorithm named AdaBPR (Adaptive Boosting Per...

In this paper we experimentally study performance of men and women under competition, with implicitly and explicitly induced stereotype threats to both sexes. We use a mathematical task that is perceived as male-dominant and creates an implicit stereotype threat against woman. We also study conditions in which we explicitly reinforce or contradict the implicit stereotype threat by providing app...

The climate response to anthropogenic forcing has long been one of the dominant uncertainties in predicting future climate change [Houghton et al., 2001]. Many observationally-based estimates of climate sensitivity (S) have been presented in recent years, with most of them assigning significant probability to extremely high sensitivity, such as P (S > 6C) > 5%. However, closer examination revea...

The Schur-Horn Theorem states that there exists a self-adjoint matrix with a given spectrum and diagonal if and only if the spectrum majorizes the diagonal. Though the original proof of this result was nonconstructive, several constructive proofs have subsequently been found. Most of these constructive proofs rely on Givens rotations, and none have been shown to be able to produce every example...

In this short paper we present a case study of creating a character using implicit surfaces and developing an animation sequence which brings it to life. We show some problems specific to implicit surfaces and discuss solutions we used to deal with them. Basic knowledge of animation techniques and implicit surfaces terminology is assumed.

The climate response to anthropogenic forcing has long been one of the dominant uncertainties in predicting future climate change (Houghton et al., 2001). Many observationally-based estimates of climate sensitivity (S) have been presented in recent years, with most of them assigning significant probability to extremely high sensitivity, such as P (S > 6C) > 5%. However, closer examination revea...

The linearization of complex ordinary differential equations is studied by extending Lie’s criteria for linearizability to complex functions of complex variables. It is shown that the linearization of complex ordinary differential equations implies the linearizability of systems of partial differential equations corresponding to those complex ordinary differential equations. The invertible comp...

We construct multimonopole solutions containing N−1 distinct fundamental monopoles in SU(N) gauge theory. When the gauge symmetry is spontaneously broken to U(1)N−1, the monopoles are all massive, and we show that the fields can be written in terms of elementary function for all values of the monopole positions and phases. In the limit of unbroken U(1) × SU(N − 2) × U(1) symmetry, the configura...