Partial least squares (PLS) is sometimes used as an alternative to covariance-based structural equation modeling (SEM). This paper briefly reviews currently available SEM techniques, and provides a critique of the perceived advantages of PLS over covariance-based SEM as commonly cited by PLS users. Specific attention is drawn to the primary disadvantage of PLS, namely the lack of consistency of...

By theoretical analysis, it is found that wavelet transform (WT) with a wavelet function can be regarded as a smoothing and a differentiation process, and that the order of differentiation is determined by the vanishing moment, which is an important property of a wavelet function. Therefore, a method based on the continuous wavelet transform (CWT) for removing the background in the near-infrare...

Abstract This paper deals with a simple, reliable and non-destructive spectroscopy technique for the recognition of beer samples during the ageing process. One of the major transformations might be the apparition of alcohol in beers that this fact is very important for the consumers. Therefore, there is a necessity for fast, reliable and simple analytical techniques for the goal of a quality co...

The aim of this study was applications of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) NMR-based metabolic fingerprinting to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) as possible early diagnostic tool. Two CSF sample categories were collected: 9 ALS patients and 13 age-matched control patients (without neurological disease). Metabolic profile of the CSF was determined by high resolution proton NMR spectroscopy. For sta...

Feature extract ion is a proficient method for reducing dimensions in the analysis and prediction of cancer classification. Microarray procedure has shown great importance in fetching informat ive genes th at needs enhancement in diagnosis. Microarray data is a challenging task due to high dimensional-low sample dataset with a lot of noisy or irrelevant genes and missing data. In this paper, a ...

forecasting of municipal waste generation is a critical challenge for decision making and planning,because proper planning and operation of a solid waste management system is intensively affected by municipal solid waste (msw) streams analysis and accurate predictions of solid waste quantities generated. due to dynamic and complexity of solid waste management system, models by artificial intell...

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi determinan dari perilaku jaga jarak minimal 1 meter pada kelompok usia dewasa awal dan madya di Indonesia berdasarkan Reasoned Action Approach. Approach (RAA) merupakan pendekatan yang dapat digunakan mengkaji memprediksi perilaku. melibatkan 254 partisipan berusia 18-65 tahun menggunakan skala RAA. Analisis data dilakukan dengan uji Chi-Square Pa...

Digital Fourier filtering is used to produce a temperature-insensitive univariate calibration model for measuring lysozyme in aqueous solutions. Absorbance spectra over the 5000-4000 cm-1 spectral range are collected for lysozyme standards maintained at 14 degrees C. These spectra are used to compute the calibration model while a set of spectra collected at temperatures ranging from 4 to 24 deg...

An objective wavelength selection method is proposed for near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy mainly to overcome the possible subjectivity introduced by moving window partial least squares regression (MWPLS). This improved procedure (iMWPLS) introduced an indicator to evaluate importance of each wavelength and then all wavelengths were ranked by these indicators. On the basis of the indicator ranki...

FTIR spectroscopy in combination with multivariate calibrations, i.e. partial least square (PLS) and principle component regression (PCR) was developed for quantitative analysis of cod liver oil (CLO) in binary mixture with corn oil (CO). The spectra of CLO, CO and their blends with certain concentrations were scanned using horizontal attenuated total reflectance (HATR) accessory at mid infrare...