We analyse the shapes of star-shaped objects which are pre-aligned. This is motivated from two examples studying the growth of leaves, and the temporal evolution of tree rings. In the latter case measurements were taken at fixed angles while in the former case the angles were free. Subsequently, this leads to different shape spaces, related to different concepts of size, for the analysis. While...

In the title compound, C24H17BrFN3S, the pyrazole ring is almost planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.043 Å), with all but the perpendicular fluoro-benzene ring substituents [dihedral angle = 77.9 (3)°] being very approximately coplanar [dihedral angle with the 2-thienyl ring = 19.4 (3)° and with the bromo-benzene ring = 20.3 (3)°; dihedral angle between the 2-thienyl and attached phenyl ring = 11.0 (4...

To investigate the effects of certain factors on the rate of retained placenta, 2844 calving records from 1288 Holstein cows in a herd were used. These cows calved during year period of 2001 to 2007. A generalized statistical linear model was applied to analyze the data. Logistic regression model was applied as the statistical model. In the model, fixed effects of year, season (warm or cold) an...

Rigid ring systems can be used to position receptor-binding functional groups in 3D space and they thus play an increasingly important role in the design of combinatorial libraries. This paper discusses the use of shape-similarity methods to identify ring systems that are structurally similar to, and aligned with, a user-defined target ring system. These systems can be used as alternative scaff...