This article describes ccCluster, a software providing an intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) and multiple functions to perform hierarchical cluster analysis on multiple crystallographic datasets. The program makes it easier for users to choose, in the case of multi-crystal data collection, those datasets that will be merged together to give good final statistics. It provides a simple GUI ...

In this article, a case study is presented on applying cluster analysis techniques to evaluate the level of power quality (PQ) parameters virtual plant. The conducted research concerns application K-means algorithm in comparison with agglomerative for PQ data, which have different sizes features. object deals standardized datasets containing classical from two sub-studies. Moreover, optimal num...

The PCR analysis was performed on DNA samples extracted from a total of 20 individuals using six oligonucleotides primers. The author accomplished clustering analyses to reveal the Euclidean genetic distances among four clam populations from Gochang, Seocheon, Taean and Anmyeon of the Korean peninsula. The oligonucleotides primer OPA-08 generated 5 unique loci to each population, approximately ...

Candida is a common oral, opportunistic pathogen. The aim of this longitudinal study was to analyze the genotypes of sequential isolates of Candida albicans in a cohort of healthy consistent candidal carriers ('carriers') during fixed orthodontic appliance therapy. 11 of 97 subjects were 'carriers'. Candida isolates from baseline samples (T0) and sequential visits after insertion (T1 to T10) we...

Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates are an important cause of nosocomial infections. This study evaluated a rapid cost-saving method based on MALDI-TOF technology, was and compared it with phenotypic, genotypic and epidemiological data for characterization of KPC-Kp strains consecutively isolated during a supposed outbreak. Twenty-five consecutive KPC Klebsiella pneumoniae isola...

This document includes supplemental results to those found in the main text. In this document, we present the dendrogram discussed in our “Schools of thought” section from the main text. We used this dendrogram to draw the conclusions about clusters of photographers that we describe in the main text. We also include larger and more readable versions of Figures 4-5 from the main text, which capt...

Candida is a common oral, opportunistic pathogen. The aim of this longitudinal study (12months) was to analyze the genotypes of sequential isolates of Candida albicans in a cohort of healthy consistent candidal carriers (‘carriers’) during fixed orthodontic appliance therapy. 11 of 97 subjects were ‘carriers’. Candida isolates from baseline samples (T0) and sequential visits after insertion (T1...

Here, we propose a clustering technique for general clustering problems including those that have non-convex clusters. For a given desired number of clusters K, we use three stages to find a clustering. The first stage uses a hybrid clustering technique to produce a series of clusterings of various sizes (randomly selected). They key steps are to find a K-means clustering using K` clusters wher...

Genomic DNAs were extracted from the muscle of twenty-one specimens of three eel species collected in Anguilla japonica (AJ), Muraenesox cinereus (MC) and Conger myriaster (CM) from the Yellow Sea, respectively. In the present study, 7 oligonucleotides primers generated 191 specific loci in the AJ species, 226 in the (MC) species and 181 in the CM species, respectively. The primer BION-02 gener...

Inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers were used to discriminate 62 lily cultivars of 5 hybrid series. Eight ISSR primers generated 104 bands in total, which all showed 100% polymorphism, and an average of 13 bands were amplified by each primer. Two software packages, POPGENE 1.32 and NTSYSpc 2.1, were used to analyze the data matrix. Our results showed that the observed number of alleles ...