Slice Sampling has emerged as a powerful Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithm that adapts to the characteristics of target distribution with minimal hand-tuning. However, Sampling's performance is highly sensitive user-specified initial length scale hyperparameter and method generally struggles poorly scaled or strongly correlated distributions. This paper introduces Ensemble (ESS), new class alg...

We prove some formulas relating Cauchy-Riemann operators defined on hypercomplex subspaces of an alternative *-algebra to a differential operator associated with the concept slice-regularity and spherical Dirac operator. These results in particular allow introduce definition locally slice-regular function open path for local slice analysis. Since factor corresponding Laplacian operators, proven...

herein, we report a 40-year old man who presented with flank and abdominal pain with dilatation of the bilateral pyelocalyceal system detected in ultrasonography. computed tomography (ct) scan showed a soft tissue mass at the level of the fourth and fifth lumbar vertebrae in the retroperitoneal region. there were no blood flow signals in 64-slice multidetector ct (mdct) which confirms the retro...

ct.scan examinations cause high patient absorbed dose from x-ray ionizing radiation. therefore it is necessary to obtain superficial dose profile in z-line. in this research 11 thermoluminecent dosimeter (tld), after calibration were located on z line perpendicular to slice thickness. ct.scan machines did x-ray exposures. the resultant dose profiles showed gussian shape apperience, which has se...

garlic (allium sativuml.) is one of the most important allium spice. from an economic point of view, the dried garlic slices are valuable products. in this research, garlic slices as a thin layer were dried in a laboratory scale hot-air dryer, under air flow of 1.5 m/s, air temperatures of 50, 60 and 70˚c and slice thicknesses of 2, 3 and 4 mm. the mean values of shrinkage of garlic slices obta...

Objective: Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) is applied for the imaging of the maxillofacial and dental structures, particularly for surgical treatments and dental implants. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of slice thickness on the accuracy of CBCT linear measurements. Methods: In this diagnostic accuracy study, forty-two titanium pins with the same dimensions were inserted...

In medical visualization, 2D slice images of human volume data are important as well as 3D volume rendering. The slice images are advantageous in focusing on regions of interest, while the volume rendering enables us to easily observe the whole region. In this paper, we propose a method to (1) create a transparent slice image, where its opacity is controllable by a user-defined transfer functio...