This study investigated the feasibility of using hyperspectral imaging technique for nondestructive measurement of color components (ΔL*, Δa* and Δb*) and classify tea leaves during different drying periods. Hyperspectral images of tea leaves at five drying periods were acquired in the spectral region of 380-1030 nm. The three color features were measured by the colorimeter. Different preproces...

The properties of McReynolds’ constants were studied by a detailed statistical/chemometric analysis. The electronic structure, geometries and hydrophobicity of the McReynolds’ test compounds (benzene, 1-butanol, 2-pentanone, 1-nitropropane, pyridine, 2-methyl-2-pentanol, 1iodobutane, 2-octyne, 1,4-dioxane and cis-hidrindane) were calculated at the level of PM3 semiempirical quantum chemical met...

We study bias of predictors when a multivariate calibration procedure has been applied to relate a scalar y (concentration of an analyte, say) to a vector x (spectral intensities, say). The model for data is assumed to be of latent factor regression type, with multiple regression models and errors-in-variables models as special cases. The calibration procedures explicitly studied are OLSR, PLSR...

Raman spectroscopy is fast becoming a valuable analytical tool in a number of biomedical scenarios, most notably disease diagnostics. Importantly, the technique has also shown increasing promise in the assessment of drug interactions on cellular and subcellular levels, particularly when coupled with multivariate statistical analysis. However, with respect to both Raman spectroscopy and the asso...

Multivariate statistics are commonly used to identify the factors that control the dynamics of runoff or sediment yields during hydrological processes. However, one issue with the use of conventional statistical methods to address relationships between variables and runoff or sediment yield is multicollinearity. The main objectives of this study were to apply a method for effectively identifyin...

OBJECTIVE In the present study, we employ mathematical modeling (partial least squares regression, PLSR) to elucidate the functional connectivity signatures of discrete brain regions in order to identify the functional networks subserving PCP-induced disruption of distinct cognitive functions and their restoration by the procognitive drug modafinil. METHODS We examine the functional connectiv...

A new method for quantifying adrenaline and noradrenaline concentrations from mixtures of catecholamine standards is described. The method derives selectivity from the different rates, at which the fluorescing 3,5,6-trihydroxyindole derivatives (lutines) of the catecholamines are formed and degraded for adrenaline and noradrenaline. The standards used had the concentration ranges 50–1200 nmol/l...

با توجه به رشد بالای جمعیت در جهان و نیاز اطمینان از امنیت غذایی، افزایش تولید واحد سطح محصولات زراعی به‌منزلة راهبردی اساسی حل مسئلة تأمین غذا به‌شمار می‌رود. سوی دیگر، وجود محدودیت زیرکشت پایین‌بودن میانگین عملکرد برخی کشاورزی مانند گندم کشور، محصول می‌تواند راهکاری عملی پاسخ کشور محسوب شود. یکی مهم‌ترین بیماری‌های فوزاریوم است که، نقش پیش‌بینی این بیماری جلوگیری کاهش بهره‌وری محصول، مدل‌هایی...