The pls package implements Principal Component Regression (PCR) and Partial Least Squares Regression (PLSR) in R, and is freely available from the CRAN website, licensed under the Gnu General Public License (GPL). The user interface is modelled after the traditional formula interface, as exemplified by lm. This was done so that people used to R would not have to learn yet another interface, and...

Timely information of soil water content is urgently required for monitoring ecosystem processes and functions at various scales. Although remote sensing has already provided many practical applications of retrieving soil moisture, it is largely limited to visible/near infrared or microwave domains and few studies have ever been conducted on the thermal infrared. In addition, soil salinization ...

In multivariate calibration by for example ordinary least squares (OLS) multiple regression or by partial least squares regression (PLSR) the predictor ŷ(x) is perfect for the calibration sample itself, in the sense that the regression of observed y on predicted ŷ(x) is y = ŷ(x). Plots of y against ŷ(x) are much used to illustrate how good the calibration is and how well prediction works. Usual...

Possibility of mapping the distribution of Arsenic and Chromium in a mining area was investigated using combination of (VNIR) reflectance spectroscopy and geostatistical analysis. Fifty five soil samples were gathered from a waste dump at Sarcheshmeh copper mine and VNIR reflectance spectra were measured in a laboratory. Savitzky- Golay first derivative was used as the main pre-processing metho...

Partial Least Squares Regression (PLSR) is a method for constructing predictive models when the variables are many and highly collinear. Its goal is to predict a set of response variables from a set of predictor variables. This prediction is achieved by extracting a set of orthogonal factors called latent variables from the predictor variables. This study investigated the performances of model ...

OBJECTIVE To measure the delivered fractional oxygen concentration (F(DO(2))) from preterm-size Laerdal silicone resuscitators (PLSR) without a reservoir. BACKGROUND The North American Neonatal Resuscitation Program manual states that self-inflating bags without a reservoir deliver approximately 40% oxygen, differing from the PLSR manufacturer's specifications. METHODS A neonatal test lung ...

On-line monitoring of wastewater parameters is a major scientific and technical challenge because of the great variability of wastewater characteristics and the extreme physical-chemical conditions that endure the sensors. Wastewater treatment plant managers require fast and reliable information about the input sewage and the operation of the different treatment stages. There is a great need fo...

Virtual screening of chemical libraries following experimental assays of drug candidates is a common procedure in structure based drug discovery. However, the relationship between binding free energies and biological activities (pIC50) of drug candidates is still an unsolved issue that limits the efficiency and speed of drug development processes. In this study, the relationship between them is...

Hyperspectral imaging technique was employed to determine spatial distributions of chlorophyll (Chl), and carotenoid (Car) contents in cucumber leaves in response to angular leaf spot (ALS). Altogether, 196 hyperspectral images of cucumber leaves with five infection severities of ALS were captured by a hyperspectral imaging system in the range of 380-1,030 nm covering 512 wavebands. Mean spectr...

Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) has been use to discriminate different pathogens by signals from cells infected with these versus normal cells as references. To do the statistical analysis, Partial Least Square Regression (PLSR) was utilized to distinguish any two kinds of virus‐infected cells and normal cells. Validation using Bootstrap method and Cross‐validations were employed to calculate...