The Generalized Gibbs Sampler (GGS) is a recently proposed Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) technique that is particularly useful for sampling from distributions defined on spaces in which the dimension varies from point to point or in which points are not easily defined in terms of co-ordinates. Such spaces arise in problems involving model selection and model averaging and in a number of inter...

The outer surface layers of the sun show a clear deceleration at low latitudes. This is generally thought to be the result of a strong dominance of vertical turbulent motions associated with strong downdrafts. This strong negative radial shear should not only contribute to amplifying the toroidal field locally and to expelling magnetic helicity, but it may also be responsible for producing a st...

Theoretical studies show that surface reconstruction in some crystals involves splitting the surface atomic layer into two-upper and lower-sublayers consisting of atoms with only positive or only negative effective electric charges, respectively. In a macroscopic crystal with an almost infinite surface, the electric field induced by such a surface-dipole is practically totally concentrated betw...

The electro discharge machining (EDM), one of the methods used in the machining industry and a non-traditional manufacturing method, the electro erosion process does not depend on the hardness of material and offers a way to process materials of very complex geometry with very fine and high precision by using cheap electrode materials, which make it a preferred method. In this study, effect of ...

In this paper, a Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopic method for detection of chlorinated aromatic compounds in soils was developed. The sensing device of this method was based on an infrared hollow waveguide, the inner surface of which was coated with a hydrophobic film. Vaporized chlorinated aromatic compounds from soils were trapped onto the hydrophobic film of the hollow wavegui...

This paper demonstrates how to apply the method of coupling from the past (CFTP) (Propp and Wilson, 1996) to the problem of sampling orthogonal predictors in the Bayes linear model. Using CFTP we construct a coupled Gibbs sampler that automatically determines its own run time to convergence. This removes the need to rely on approximate convergence diagnostics as in usual Markov chain Monte Carl...

The electro discharge machining (EDM), one of the methods used in the machining industry and a non-traditional manufacturing method, the electro erosion process does not depend on the hardness of material and offers a way to process materials of very complex geometry with very fine and high precision by using cheap electrode materials, which make it a preferred method. In this study, effect of ...