Abstract Multiplicative noise removal is of momentous significance in coherent imaging systems and various image processing applications.This Gift Bag paper proposes a new nonconvex variational model for multiplicative noise removal under the Weberized total variation (TV) regularization framework.Then, we propose and investigate another surrogate
Pilot Study Examining Feasibility and Comparing the Effectiveness of Decision Aids for Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Trial
Background.There are many patient decision aids (DAs) available, yet there is limited evidence on comparative effectiveness of different tools.Objective.To examine feasibility of a study protocol and gather preliminary data on comparative effectiveness.Methods.Adult patients seeing a surgeon to discuss treatment for hip or knee osteoarthritis were
Possibility of increasing the liquid temperature in the problem of supercompression of a bubble by an acoustic action
Expansions and collapses of a vapor bubble at the pressure antinode of a standing acoustic wave in liquid acetone at temperatures 273 K and 293 K were compared.In the first case, the acoustic excitation amplitude and frequency were 15 bar and 19.3 kHz, whereas in the second case they were varied on the condition that the Signs maximum radius of the
A MACRO-COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF WELFARE STATE CONVERGENCE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
In this paper, we provide a macro-comparative assessment of welfare state convergence.Using the welfare state regime approach, the paper analyses the development of main welfare state indicators within in the enlarged European Union.In this study we capitalize on descriptive statistics and a single convergence analysis based on standard deviation i