Solving Non-Uniqueness in Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering Using Multidendrograms

In agglomerative hierarchical clustering, pair-group methods suffer from a problem of non-uniqueness when two or more distances between different clusters coincide during the amalgamation process. The traditional approach for solving this drawback has been to take any arbitrary criterion in order to break ties between distances, which results in different hierarchical classifications depending on the criterion followed. In this article we propose a variable-group algorithm that consists in grouping more than two clusters at the same time when ties occur. We give a tree representation for the results of the algorithm, which we call a multidendrogram, as well as a generalization of the Lance andWilliams’ formula which enables the implementation of the algorithm in a recursive way. The authors thank A. Arenas for discussion and helpful comments. This work was partially supported by DGES of the Spanish Government Project No. FIS2006–13321–C02–02 and by a grant of Universitat Rovira i Virgili.     

Comparison of Drought-Resistance about Three Wild Rocky-Grasses

In this experiment, using the methods of drought-stress in the pot and PEG simulative drought-stress, three native rocky-slope grasses Pogonatherum panideum（Lam.） Hack, Erioophorum comosum nees and Cynodon dactylon cultivated in the pots were selected as materials to study their drought-resistance by analyzing the indexes such as the leaf area index, the drying roots accumulation, the holding water ability of leaf, the relative conductance of leaf, the soluble protein, chlorophyll. At the same time, by comparing with membership function value of each index, the order of each grass drought-resistance was decided. The results showed that the drought-resistance of Erioophorum comosum nees was stronger than Cynodon dactylon and drought-resistance of Cynodon dactylon was stronger than Pogonatherum panideum （Lam.） Hack. The purpose of the experimental results was to find theoretical foundations for selecting and cultivating native protecting-slope vegetations to adapt to rocky slopes.     

Effects of self evaluation on late ERP components

High-density event-related potentials (ERPs) were measured when participants were required to evaluate oneself, significant others (father and mother) and the most familiar public figures (Lei Feng and Jiang Qing) based on trait adjectives. There were three referential conditions and a non-referential control condition including self-evaluation (SE), significant other-evaluation (SOE), general other-evaluation (GOE), and semantic positivity-evaluation (SPE). The behavioral data showed that RTs to GOE condition were longer than the other three conditions. Scalp ERP analysis revealed that (1) SPE condition elicited a more negative N2 than SE condition, which was associated with inhibition of responses; (2) SE condition elicited a more positive P300 than SPE condition, which was an index of attention to self-relevant stimuli; (3) there was no difference on the amplitude and latency of P300 between SE and SOE conditions, which reflected that the concept of “self” included intimate others (e.g., father and mother) in Chinese culture.     

漳州某基坑抽水引起地面沉降的初探

由于基坑快速抽水导致基坑周边地面沉降。通过对场地因抽水引起地面沉降的计算和试抽水等方面的前期工作,分析了因基坑降水对地面沉降的影响,并据此来调整完善基坑降水方案,取得了明显的社会和经济效益。     

反周期函数(0,P(I))三角插值

通过引进积分算子P(I),研究了反周期函数插值及反周期函数的2-周期(0,P(I))插值,得到了解存在的条件,并给出对应条件下解的显式.     

A NEW DESCRIPA NEW DESCRIPTOR OF AMINO ACIDS BASED ON THE THREEDIMENSIONAL VECTOR OF ATOMIC INTERACTION FIELD

QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP (QSAR) IS A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC FOR MANY SCIENTIFIC FIELDS AND CAN BE TERMED AS QUANTITATIVE SEQUENCE ACTIVITY MODELS(QSAM)[1] WHEN REFERRED TO THE RESEARCH ON RELATION- SHIPS BETWEEN STRUCTURES AND ACTIVITIES OF BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES, SUCH AS PROTEINS, AND NUCLEIC ACIDS. HOW- EVER, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO ESTABLISH A QSAM MODEL,…     

合成N,N,N'''',N''''-四(2-甲酯基乙基)乙二胺的绿色工艺研究

为了解决合成聚酰胺-胺时回收液处理复杂、能耗大、并污染环境的问题,以合成N,N,N',N'-四(2-甲酯基乙基)乙二胺(TMCEDA)为研究对象,对不同真空度条件下的回收液进行了定性定量分析,在此基础上,采用分段减压蒸馏分离合成TMCEDA中的过量原料与溶剂,直接循环使用真空度在50 kPa-100 kPa的回收液的新工艺.应用气相色谱分析技术跟踪分析循环使用的回收液的成分,结果表明,经过40次循环使用的回收液,仍未见明显的杂质积累现象.该工艺对回收液的直接使用率高达98.0%,实现了TMCEDA的实验室绿色合成,可为其工业化生产提供参考.图7,表2,参11.     

观赏植物矮化培养研究

通过试验筛选出适合万寿菊、满天星快速繁殖的培养基．矮壮素可使满天星和万寿菊丛苗数量减少，植株生长明显受抑制，使其节间缩短，叶片增厚，叶色浓绿．矮壮素还有使万寿菊根系发达粗壮，分支较少的作用．500mg／L的矮壮素比较适宜矮化培养，既达到了矮化的效果又不至于阻碍植株正常生长，且试管苗株形紧凑、美观．     

一类次二次Hamilton系统的次调和解的存在性

运用临界点理论中的极小极大方法得到一类次二次Hamilton系统的次调和解的存在性定理.     

"藏汇于国"到"藏汇于民"的外汇投资渠道探讨

为了更好地落实藏汇于民,必须拓展外汇投资渠道,使藏汇于民成为可能。文章主要探讨当前可能的主要外汇投资渠道,并就在外汇投资活动中需要注意的事项给予说明。