scholarly journals Agromorphological Characterization and Nutritional Value of Traditional Almond Cultivars Grown in the Central-Western Iberian Peninsula

Agronomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1238
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Pérez-Sánchez ◽  
María Remedios Morales-Corts
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Chemical Analysis ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Chemical Descriptors ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
And Cluster Analysis ◽  
High Yields

In this study, 24 traditional almond cultivars grown in the central-western Iberian Peninsula, all of them clearly in decline or close to extinction, were characterized from the agromorphological and chemical points of view. A total of 40 agromorphological and chemical descriptors, mainly defined by the IPGRI and the UPOV, were used to describe the flowers, leaves, fruits and the trees themselves over three consecutive years (2015–2017). Some of the cultivars showed distinctive and interesting agronomical characteristics from a commercial point of view, such as high yields and high quality fruit. This was the case of the almond cultivars called “Gorda José” and “Marcelina”. Their fruits were quite heavy (nuts: >9.1 g; kernels: >1.9 g), with very low percentages of double kernels (<3%) and high nutritional value (>50% lipids; >21% proteins). The results of the PCA and cluster analysis showed that agromorphological and chemical analysis can provide reliable information on the variability in almond genotypes. This work constitutes an important step in the conservation of genetic almond resources in the central-western Iberian Peninsula.

scholarly journals The multicriterial evaluation of agricultural enterprises

2008 ◽  
Vol 53 (No. 3) ◽  
pp. 123-131
Author(s):  
P. Froněk ◽  
L. Jelínek ◽  
T. Medonos
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Future Perspective ◽  
Agricultural Enterprises ◽  
Financial Variables ◽  
Comprehensive View ◽  
The Past ◽  
Potential Risks ◽  
Financial Characteristics ◽  
And Cluster Analysis

A number of approaches and methods has been applied to evaluate an enterprise&lsquo;s success (rating) in a way to look on the firm’s performance in more or less comprehensive view. The paper presents methodological tools for evaluation of the financial and non-financial characteristics, specifically the application of discriminant and cluster analysis in the case of agricultural enterprises. The methodology for total evaluation will further require the improvement in the assessment of financial and non-financial variables along with justification of their weights. The key thing is to ensure that the designed criteria for total assessment have the capabilities to assess the potential risks linked to business. That would enable to evaluate the business not only from the past and present point of view but also from the future perspective.

Multiscale endemism analysis for amphibians of Paraguay

2020 ◽  
pp. 35-46
Author(s):  
Hugo Cabral
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
South America ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Distribution Patterns ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Amphibian Species ◽  
Areas Of Endemism ◽  
And Cluster Analysis ◽  
Taxonomic Groups ◽  
Indices Of Similarity

Although there are many studies that analyse and describe the distribution patterns of diverse organisms in South America at different scales, Paraguay has been poorly assessed from a biogeographic point of view. Some of the available contributions on the biogeography of Paraguay are based on different taxonomic groups, such as mammals, birds, reptiles, and plants, describing relationships between species and their habitats by using indices of similarity and cluster analysis. The main objective of this contribution is to identify areas of endemism based on the distribution of the 87 amphibian species known from Paraguay, and to compare the results with the three schemes of ecoregion proposed for the country. Eight areas of endemism were identified at different size of grids/scales, congruent with Dry Chaco, Atlantic Forest, Cerrado, Grasslands of Mesopotamia, Ñeembucú, and the Great American Chaco ecoregions.

scholarly journals Structuring advertising campaign costs considering the asymmetry of users’ interests

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 7-18
Author(s):  
Alexey Kislyakov
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Online Advertising ◽  
Clustering Algorithms ◽  
Lift Coefficient ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
User Interest ◽  
Advertising Campaign ◽  
Targeted Advertising ◽  
The Asymmetry ◽  
And Cluster Analysis

This work is devoted to the highly topical problem of structuring costs for contextual and targeted advertising on the Internet. The choice of the ad campaign financing structure is considered from the point of view of violating the principle of symmetry of user interest in ads. The purpose of this work is to develop a methodology for structuring advertising campaign costs based on cluster analysis, taking into account the asymmetry of user interest in advertising. The key feature of the research is the description of the possibility of using the asymmetry of user interest in application solutions, such as online advertising. The Gini coefficient is used as an indicator of the degree of imbalance in the manifestation of a feature in clustering, and the features of using the lift coefficient and the Lorentz curve to evaluate the effectiveness of contextual and targeted advertising for various groups of customers are also considered. Using the Gini index and cluster analysis, you can analyze the possibilities of increasing ad revenue and compare it with the absence of any policy for structuring advertising costs. Identifying such patterns in consumer groups allows you to identify the main directions of product development and customer interest in it. The method described here should be used to improve the effectiveness of banner advertising and clustering algorithms. This approach does not improve banner clickability, but allows you to implement an individual approach to advertising products with the current number of clicks and more effectively structure the cost of various types of advertising.

High quality bergamot oil from Cephallonia (Greece): chemical analysis using enantiomeric GC-MS and larvicidal activity against mosquitoes

Planta Medica ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 74 (09) ◽  
Author(s):  
E Melliou ◽  
P Magiatis ◽  
A Michaelakis ◽  
G Koliopoulos ◽  
AL Skaltsounis
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Analysis ◽  
Larvicidal Activity ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Bergamot Oil

The limit of the contemporary financial system in Russia

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. 1223-1245
Author(s):  
V.V. Smirnov
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Foreign Currency ◽  
Financial System ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Monetary Aggregate ◽  
Internal System ◽  
Monetary Relations ◽  
And Cluster Analysis ◽  
Structural Preservation

Subject. The article focuses on the modern financial system of Russia. Objectives. I determine the limit of the contemporary financial system in Russia. Methods. The study is based on methods of descriptive statistics, statistical and cluster analysis. Results. The article shows the possibility of determining the scope of the contemporary financial system in Russia by establishing monetary relations as the order of the internal system and concerted operation of subsystems, preserving the structure of the financial system, maintaining the operational regime, implementing the program and achieving the goal. I found that the Russian financial system correlated with the Angolan one, and the real scope of the contemporary financial system in Russia. Conclusions and Relevance. As an attempt to effectively establish monetary relations and manage them, the limit of the contemporary financial system is related to the possibility of using Monetary Aggregate M0 to maintain the balance of the Central Bank of Russia. To overcome the scope of Russia’s financial system, the economy should have changed its specialization, refocusing it on high-tech export and increasing the foreign currency reserves. This can be done if amendments to Russia’s Constitution are adopted. The findings expand the scope of knowledge and create new competence in the establishment of monetary relations, order of the internal system and concerted interaction of subsystems, structural preservation of the financial system and maintenance of its operational regime.

NONSENSE, ABSURDITY AND PARADOX AS LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL CATEGORIES

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Function ◽  
Common Sense ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Ontological Category ◽  
Ordinary Meaning ◽  
New Meanings ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Human Thinking

In the article the analysis of nonsense, absurdity and paradox from the standpoint of linguistics is giv-en. Different points of view on these categories in relation to the meaning are considered. An attempt is made to reveal the commonality and specificity of nonsense, absurdity and paradox. Some researchers consider nonsense and paradox as a kind of absurdity. There is a dichotomous point of view on nonsense as one of the components of absurdity. However, there are works where these categories are differentiat-ed, for example, absurdity is understood as an ontological category, and nonsense as an epistemological category. There is a view of these categories through the allocation of "non-sense", "out-sense" and 136 "counter-sense" there is also a view that in the case of nonsense we are talking about the incompatibility of representations, and in the case of absurdity-the incompatibility of objects. If there are criteria that allow us to consider the presence of this phenomenon as natural, absurdity ceases to exist. Consequently, the view is expressed that nonsense, absurdity and paradox are different categories of thinking. Paradox is a contradiction arising from the presence of two or more common sense. The absurdity can be seen as a" counter-sense» opposing common sense and putting forward the concept of active impossibility of the latter's existence. As for nonsense, it is the meaning of metaphysical level – a meaning that goes beyond the ordinary meaning and creates new meanings. It is concluded that nonsense, absurdity and paradox are independent categories of human thinking, which is a manifestation of the cognitive function of hu-man consciousness.

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