From a Bayesian perspective, we propose a general method for analyzing a combination of continuous, ordinal (including binary), and categorical/nominal multivariate measures with missing values. We assume multivariate normal linear regression models for multivariate continuous measures,...

In social sciences, there is currently rare consensus on the underlying mechanism for cultural evolution, partially due to lack of suitable data. The evolution of first names of newborn babies offers a remarkable example for such researches. In this paper, we employ the historical data on baby...

2D magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) is extensively used to analyze the components, structures, and interactions of substances in chemistry and bioengineering. To reduce data acquisition time, the spatiotemporally encoded ultrafast (STEU) MRS employs a fast means to acquire data in the...