Differential interferometric synthetic aperture radar (D-InSAR) has been viewed as a promising technique in monitoring sudden geo-hazards (e.g., earthquake and landslide) in mountainous areas. However, the tough natural settings (e.g., steep slopes and vegetation) pose the D-InSAR technique to...

Ba(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3 (BZT) and 2 mol% Mn additional doped BZT (Mn-BZT) thin films were deposited by pulsed laser deposition technique under the same growth conditions on LaAlO3 substrates with the bottom electrodes of LaNiO3. The microstructure of the films was characterized by X-ray diffraction...

In many biological and other scientific applications, predictors are often naturally grouped. For example, in biological applications, assayed genes or proteins are grouped by biological roles or biological pathways. When studying the dependence of survival outcome on these grouped predictors,...