On the verge of the centenary of dimensional analysis (DA), we present a new matrix generalisation of the Buckingham Theorem on which it is based. The proof is based on a solution we have found for inverting non-square block matrices and gives rise naturally to a new pair of transforms the similarity transform (S) that converts physical dimensional data into dimensionless space and its inverse ...

When the number of training samples is limited, feature reduction plays an important role in classification of hyperspectral images. In this paper, we propose a supervised feature extraction method based on discriminant analysis (DA) which uses the first principal component (PC1) to weight the scatter matrices. The proposed method, called DA-PC1, copes with the small sample size problem and has...

Discriminant analysis (DA) encompasses procedures for classifying observations into groups (i.e., predictive discriminative analysis) and describing the relative importance of variables for distinguishing amongst groups (i.e., descriptive discriminative analysis). In recent years, a number of developments have occurred in DA procedures for the analysis of data from repeated measures designs. Sp...

monitoring and controlling air quality parameters form an important subject of atmospheric and environmental research today due to the health impacts caused by the different pollutants present in the urban areas. the support vector machine (svm), as a supervised learning analysis method, is considered an effective statistical tool for the prediction and analysis of air quality. the work present...

Pragmatic competence is one of the most important components of successful communication; also, it is the most difficult aspect of SLA. This study aimed to explore the effects of concurrent group dynamic assessment (G-DA) on Iranian EFL learners’ learning of requests and refusals, following a mixed method design. In the experimental part of the study, 2 intact classes were homogenized by a pret...

background: melatonin has receptors in substantia nigra pars compacta (snc) and regulates development of dopaminergic (da) neurons. this study was undertaken to determine ability of melatonin to protect snc dopaminergic neuron loss induced by estrogen deficiency in ovariectomized rats. methods: female rats were randomized into four groups of seven each: control, ethanol sham, ovariectomy (ovx) ...

This study assesses the analysis performance of a hybrid DEnKF-variational data assimilation (DA) method (DEnVar) for assimilating the MODIS snow cover fraction (SCF) into the Common Land Model (CoLM). Coupling a deterministic ensemble Kalman filter (DEnKF) with a one-dimensional variational DA method (1DVar), DEnVar without observation perturbations is a two-step DA method. That is, the analys...

Laparoscopic surgical procedures require precise hand and eye coordination based on a 2-dimensional representation of 3-dimensional space. Currently, no metric exists to guide the educational process while surgeons are still on the learning curve. In this paper, we propose to identify and qualify the patterns of movements recorded from the da Vinci robotic surgical system (Intuitive Surgical, S...