There is a growing interest in understanding how the built environment affects temperature in cities. This study explores the impact of land use on temperature and how it varies by season and time of day in Seoul, South Korea. Unlike other studies that rely on extracted data from remotely sensed information, this study uses land use data from local GIS and near-ground temperature data from a ne...

An approach to evaluate harmonic contributions at the point of common coupling is presented in this paper. The proposed approach is based on robust partial least squares regression, which estimates system harmonic impedance by utilizing the signals of harmonic voltage and current measured synchronously at the point of common coupling. Consequently according to the IEC Technical Report 61000-3-6...

This study presents a conceptual model to investigate the e-health readiness required by healthcare organization and the impact of such readiness in enhancing e-health transformation success. A scale to measure e-health readiness was developed and validated; then it was used to collect the large-scale survey data. The partial least squares (PLS) method was used to empirically test the conceptua...

This study analyzes the effects of several post-adoption behaviors (extent of use, routinization and infusion) on overall performance in using an Electronic Document Management System (EDMS). Furthermore, the authors test whether the routinization and infusion variables mediate the influence of the extent of use on overall performance. This research collects data from a survey answered by 2,175...

A graphical display of PLS regression of a data set is presented. Biplots in regression analysis has many advantages, including demonstrating the association between samples and variables graphically. The PLS biplot provides a single graphical representation of the samples alongside the predictor and response variables, as well as their interrelationships.

Two arsenic-accumulating Pteris ferns (Pteris cretica mayii and Pteris multifida), along with a non-accumulating control fern (Nephrolepis exaltata) were grown in greenhouse conditions in clean sand spiked with 0, 20, 50, 100 and 200 ppm sodium arsenate. Spectral data were collected for each of five replicates prior to harvest at 4-week intervals. Fern samples were analyzed for total metals con...