Applied chemometrics for scientists [[electronic resource] /] / Richard G. Brereton

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910830136003321
• Autore: Brereton Richard G
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, c2007
• ISBN: 1-280-83864-7; 9786610838646; 0-470-05778-5; 0-470-05777-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (397 p.)
• Classificazione: 35.05
• Disciplina: 542.30151; 543.015195
• Soggetti: Chemometrics; Chemistry, Analytic
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Applied Chemometrics for Scientists; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Development of Chemometrics; 1.1.1 Early Developments; 1.1.2 1980s and the Borderlines between Other Disciplines; 1.1.3 1990s and Problems of Intermediate Complexity; 1.1.4 Current Developments in Complex Problem Solving; 1.2 Application Areas; 1.3 How to Use this Book; 1.4 Literature and Other Sources of Information; References; 2 Experimental Design; 2.1 Why Design Experiments in Chemistry?; 2.2 Degrees of Freedom and Sources of Error; 2.3 Analysis of Variance and Interpretation of Errors; 2.4 Matrices, Vectors and the Pseudoinverse2.5 Design Matrices; 2.6 Factorial Designs; 2.6.1 Extending the Number of Factors; 2.6.2 Extending the Number of Levels; 2.7 An Example of a Factorial Design; 2.8 Fractional Factorial Designs; 2.9 Plackett-Burman and Taguchi Designs; 2.10 The Application of a Plackett-Burman Design to the Screening of Factors Influencing a Chemical Reaction; 2.11 Central Composite Designs; 2.12 Mixture Designs; 2.12.1 Simplex Centroid Designs; 2.12.2 Simplex Lattice Designs; 2.12.3 Constrained Mixture Designs; 2.13 A Four Component Mixture Design Used to Study Blending of Olive Oils2.14 Simplex Optimization; 2.15 Leverage and Confidence in Models; 2.16 Designs for Multivariate Calibration; References; 3 Statistical Concepts; 3.1 Statistics for Chemists; 3.2 Errors; 3.2.1 Sampling Errors; 3.2.2 Sample Preparation Errors; 3.2.3 Instrumental Noise; 3.2.4 Sources of Error; 3.3 Describing Data; 3.3.1 Descriptive Statistics; 3.3.2 Graphical Presentation; 3.3.3 Covariance and Correlation Coefficient; 3.4 The Normal Distribution; 3.4.1 Error Distributions; 3.4.2 Normal Distribution Functions and Tables; 3.4.3 Applications3.5 Is a Distribution Normal?; 3.5.1 Cumulative Frequency; 3.5.2 Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test; 3.5.3 Consequences; 3.6 Hypothesis Tests; 3.7 Comparison of Means: the t-Test; 3.8 F-Test for Comparison of Variances; 3.9 Confidence in Linear Regression; 3.9.1 Linear Calibration; 3.9.2 Example; 3.9.3 Confidence of Prediction of Parameters; 3.10 More about Confidence; 3.10.1 Confidence in the Mean; 3.10.2 Confidence in the Standard Deviation; 3.11 Consequences of Outliers and How to Deal with Them; 3.12 Detection of Outliers; 3.12.1 Normal Distributions; 3.12.2 Linear Regression; 3.12.3 Multivariate Calibration3.13 Shewhart Charts; 3.14 More about Control Charts; 3.14.1 Cusum Chart; 3.14.2 Range Chart; 3.14.3 Multivariate Statistical Process Control; References; 4 Sequential Methods; 4.1 Sequential Data; 4.2 Correlograms; 4.2.1 Auto-correlograms; 4.2.2 Cross-correlograms; 4.2.3 Multivariate Correlograms; 4.3 Linear Smoothing Functions and Filters; 4.4 Fourier Transforms; 4.5 Maximum Entropy and Bayesian Methods; 4.5.1 Bayes' Theorem; 4.5.2 Maximum Entropy; 4.5.3 Maximum Entropy and Modelling; 4.6 Fourier Filters; 4.7 Peakshapes in Chromatography and Spectroscopy; 4.7.1 Principal Features
• Sommario/riassunto: The book introduces most of the basic tools of chemometrics including experimental design, signal analysis, statistical methods for analytical chemistry and multivariate methods. It then discusses a number of important applications including food chemistry, biological pattern recognition, reaction monitoring, optimisation of processes, medical applications. The book arises from a series of short articles that have been developed over four years on Chemweb (www.chemweb.com).

International Education Aid in Developing Asia : Policies and Practices / / edited by I-Hsuan Cheng, Sheng-Ju Chan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910484448503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015
• ISBN: 9789812874566; 9812874569; 9789812874559; 9812874550
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2015.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (251 p.)
• Disciplina: 370; 370.9; 370116; 371.2; 379
• Soggetti: International education; Comparative education; Education and state; School management and organization; International and Comparative Education; Educational Policy and Politics; Organization and Leadership
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Chapter 1 Introduction: Asian Perspectives on International Education Aid: From Donor Experience, to Transitional Experience and Recipient Experience of International Education Aid -- Part I: Debates over International Education Aid Policies and Practices in Developing Asia -- Chapter 2 Trends and Challenges of Aid Effectiveness: The Rise of Asia -- Chapter 3 Promise Unfulfilled: Perspectives on Current Trends and Issues in Education and Skills in Asia -- Part II: Lessons Learnt from Asian Donors' Engagement in education MDGs and EFA -- Chapter 4 Japan's Educational Cooperation Policies and its Implications for a Post-; 2015 World -- Chapter 5 Japan's International Cooperation in Education - Pursuing Synergetic Results -- Chapter 6 Exploring Alternative Educational ODA Paradigm based on Global Challenges and South Korean Experience - Focusing on ALCoB and Smart Systemic Change Model -- Chapter 7 The Evolving Patterns and History of Taiwan's Official Educational Aid -- Part III: Lesson Learnt from Asian States' Transitions from Aid Recipients to Donors -- Chapter 8 China's International Aid in Education: Development, Determinants and Discord -- Chapter 9 Questing for Asian World City Status and Promotion of Global Citizenship: Hong Kong's Responses to Development and Aid Projects in the Region -- Chapter 10 Education Aid and International Cooperation in India: Shifting Dynamics, Increasing Collaboration -- Part IV: Lessons Learnt from Asian Recipient Countries' Reflections on education MDGs and EFA on the Ground -- Chapter 11 Donor Aid to the Education Sector in Sri Lanka and the achievement of education goals -- Chapter 12 Developing and Managing International Cooperation and Partnerships for Educational Development in Cambodia: Transforming Aid Effectiveness into Development Effectiveness -- Part V: What Next for Post-2015 International Education Aid Agenda? -- Chapter 13 Conclusion: International Education Development in the Post-2015 Era.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides an Asian perspective on the timely, urgent questions of how international education aid and development should move forward and what development roles Asia should play, especially following the end of the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Education for All (EFA) in 2015. To answer these questions, four separate but interwoven parts, which analyze and anchor education MDGs and EFA policies and practices by means of diverse case studies of donor states, recipient states, and states with a dual and transitional role in Asia, are addressed. On the basis of the analyses, a clearer and concrete direction for effectively and sustainably extending international education aid and development beyond 2015 can be derived.