In quantitative dynamic PET studies, graphical analysis methods including the Gjedde-Patlak plot, the Logan plot, and the relative equilibrium-based graphical plot (RE plot) (Zhou Y., Ye W., Brasić J.R., Crabb A.H., Hilton J., Wong D.F. 2009b. A consistent and efficient graphical analysis method to improve the quantification of reversible tracer binding in radioligand receptor dynamic PET studi...

The effective population size over time (demographic history) can be retraced from a sample of contemporary DNA sequences. In this paper, we propose a novel methodology based on importance sampling (IS) for exploring such demographic histories. Our starting point is the generalized skyline plot with the main difference being that our procedure, skywis plot, uses a large number of genealogies. T...

Most thresholding algorithms have difficulties processing images with unimodal distributions. In this paper an algorithm, based on finding a corner in the histogram plot, is proposed that is capable of performing bilevel thresholding of such images. Its effectiveness is demonstrated on synthetic data as well as a variety of real data, showing its successful application to edges, corners, differ...

Continuous measurements of soil respiration and its components help us understand diurnal and seasonal variations in soil respiration and its mechanism. We continuously measured CO2 concentration at various depths in the soil and calculated surface CO2 efflux based on CO2 gradients and diffusivity in a young ponderosa pine plantation in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. We determined s...

Fractional factorial split-plot designs are widely used when it is impractical to perform fractional experiments in a completely random order. When there too many subplots per whole plot, or few plots, with replicated settings of the plot factors preferred. However, such an important study undeveloped literature. This paper considers WP from viewpoint clear effects. We investigate sufficient an...

In some experiments, the levels of factors are difficult to change; then fractional factorial split-plot (FFSP) designs suitable for selection. an FFSP design, divided into two classes—the whole plot (WP) and subplot (SP) factors. selection WP can affect that SP factors, which attracts much attention Paying more a new optimality criterion selecting such is proposed. The robustness proposed meth...