New preconditioning strategies for solving m × n overdetermined large and sparse linear least squares problems using the CGLS method are described. First, direct preconditioning of the normal equations by the Balanced Incomplete Factorization (BIF) for symmetric and positive definite matrices is studied and a new breakdown-free strategy is proposed. Preconditioning based on the incomplete LU fa...

This paper proposes a novel image representation which can properly handle both background and illumination variations. It is therefore adapted to the person/face reidentification tasks, avoiding the use of any additional pre-processing steps such as foreground-background separation or face and body part segmentation. This novel representation relies on the combination of Biologically Inspired ...

The prevalence of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) in people with Mild Intellectual Disability and Borderline Functioning (MID-BIF) is high evidence-based treatment programs are scarce...

Antimycotic bifonazole (BIF) is a very hydrophobic compound, which is a major drawback for obtaining topical pharmaceutical formulations with optimal bioavailabiliy and for the penetration into hydrophilic human nail matrices. Cyclodextrins may increase local drug delivery by enhancing the drug release and/or permeation. The binary systems between bifonazole and β-cyclodextrin were prepared in ...

GSI accelerators are currently equipped with four Beam Induced Fluorescence (BIF) monitors. They determine the transverse beam profiles without beam disturbance by detecting the fluorescence light generated by excitation of a working gas (N2) with the passing ion beam. Therefore, they are well suited to observe the beam at multiple positions simultaneously [1]. The fluorescence photons are dete...

For transverse profile determination a non-intercepting Beam Induced Fluorescence (BIF)-monitor was developed. The BIF-monitor detects fluorescence light emitted by residual gas molecules after atomic collisions with beam ions [1]. Using an imaging spectrograph the spectral response was mapped and associated with the corresponding gas transitions in helium, argon, krypton, xenon and nitrogen. S...

Goal representations play a key role in various psychological processes, including behavioral regulation, self-perception and social understanding. Research on cognitive representations of action has identified individual differences in the general tendency to construe actions in terms of their goal (vs. movement parameters), which can be reliably assessed with the Behavior Identification Form ...

Recent research on BIF-related high-grade iron ore mineralization has resulted in new genetic models that emphasize the structurally controlled hypogene alteration and upgrade of BIF to high-grade (>65% Fe) iron ore. Conventional structural and stratigraphic mapping and reconstructions of the tectonic history of iron districts, in combination with high-tech geochemical analyses such as laser IC...