Quelques aspects d'une morphologie continuiste et dynamique

1996 ◽  
Vol 74 (7) ◽  
pp. 1023-1039 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Jeune ◽  
Rolf Sattler
Keyword(s):  
Principal Components Analysis ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Plant Morphology ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Components Analysis ◽  
Dynamic Morphology

The authors discuss presuppositions of classical plant morphology and point out the difficulties of classical (classificatory) typology (based on typical forms that are mutually exclusive, categories such as shoot, root, leaf, or trichome), which have been known for a long time. It is shown how these difficulties can be overcome by a more open morphology concept that is continuous and dynamic. Furthermore, it is pointed out that such an approach works through an appropriate methodology based on principal components analysis and a decomposition of the plant into nested morphological articulations. Keywords: plant morphology, continuum morphology, dynamic morphology.

scholarly journals Survey of 3-chloropropane-1,2-diol and its precursors in foods in the Czech Republic

2004 ◽  
Vol 22 (SI - Chem. Reactions in Foods V) ◽  
pp. S267-S271 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Divinová ◽  
B. Svejkovská ◽  
O. Novotný ◽  
J. Velíšek
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Water Content ◽  
Principal Components Analysis ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Ph Value ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Components Analysis ◽  
Retail Food ◽  
Insight Into

A survey of the levels of 3-chloropropane-1,2-diol (3-MCPD) and its precursors in a range of selected retail food products in the Czech Republic is reported. The foods were selected according to their content of water, chlorides and lipids and included foods processed at high temperatures and/or stored for a long time. The content of 3-MCPD was determined by the GC/MS method using deuterium-labeled 3-MCPD. Water content and pH value of the analysed foods were determined together with the recognised precursors of 3-MCPD, fat, glycerol and chlorides. An insight into the level of 3-MCPD influenced by these variables has been done by principal components analysis.

Diagnoses Generated by Numerical Taxonomic Methods Applied to Standard Blood Variables

1980 ◽  
Vol 19 (04) ◽  
pp. 205-209
Author(s):  
L. A. Abbott ◽  
J. B. Mitton
Keyword(s):  
Liver Cirrhosis ◽  
Renal Disease ◽  
Principal Components Analysis ◽  
Discriminant Function ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Discriminant Function Analysis ◽  
Chronic Renal Disease ◽  
Function Analysis ◽  
Infectious Hepatitis ◽  
Components Analysis

Data taken from the blood of 262 patients diagnosed for malabsorption, elective cholecystectomy, acute cholecystitis, infectious hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, or chronic renal disease were analyzed with three numerical taxonomy (NT) methods : cluster analysis, principal components analysis, and discriminant function analysis. Principal components analysis revealed discrete clusters of patients suffering from chronic renal disease, liver cirrhosis, and infectious hepatitis, which could be displayed by NT clustering as well as by plotting, but other disease groups were poorly defined. Sharper resolution of the same disease groups was attained by discriminant function analysis.

Assamese vowels and vowel harmony

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-183
Author(s):  
Diana B. Archangeli ◽  
Jonathan Yip
Keyword(s):  
Physical Properties ◽  
Principal Components Analysis ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Vowel Harmony ◽  
Language Community ◽  
Acoustic Data ◽  
Apparent Loss ◽  
Root Position ◽  
Components Analysis ◽  
Open Question

AbstractBased on impressionistic and acoustic data, Assamese is described as having a phonological tongue root harmony system, with blocking by certain phonological configurations and over-application in certain morphological contexts. This study explores physical properties of the patterns using ultrasonic imaging to determine whether the impressionistic descriptions match what speakers actually do. Principal components analysis (PCA) determines that most participants produce a contrast in tongue root position in the appropriate contexts, though there is less of an impact on tongue root with greater distance from the triggering vowel. Analysis uses the root mean squared distance (RMSD) calculation to determine whether both blocking and over-application take effect. The blocking results conform to the impressionistic descriptions. With over-application, [e] and [o] are expected; while some speakers clearly produce these vowels, others articulate a vowel that is indeterminant between the expected [e]/[o] and an unexpected [ɛ]/[ɔ]. No speaker consistently showed the expected tongue root position in all contexts, and some speakers appeared to have lost the contrast entirely, yet all are considered to be speakers of the same dialect of Assamese. Whether this (apparent) loss is a consequence of crude research methodologies or accurately reflects what is happening within the language community remains an open question.

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