Analytical devices based on light-emitting diodes – a review of the state-of-the-art

A general overview of the development of the uses of light-emitting diodes in analytical instrumentation is given. Fundamental aspects of light-emitting diodes, as far as relevant for this usage, are covered in the first part. The measurement of light intensity is also discussed, as this is an essential part of any device based on light-emitting diodes as well. In the second part, applications are discussed, which cover liquid and gas-phase absorbance measurements, flow-through detectors for chromatography and capillary electrophoresis, sensors, as well as some less often reported methods such as photoacoustic spectroscopy.     

Sequential paired covariance for improved visualization of mass spectrometry imaging datasets

Untargeted analyses in mass spectrometry imaging produce hundreds of ion images representing spatial distributions of biomolecules in biological tissues. Due to the large diversity of ions detected in untargeted analyses, normalization standards are often difficult to implement to account for pixel-to-pixel variability in imaging studies. Many normalization strategies exist to account for this variability, but they largely do not improve image quality. In this study, we present a new approach for improving image quality and visualization of tissue features by application of sequential paired covariance (SPC). This approach was demonstrated using previously published tissue datasets such as rat brain and human prostate with different biomolecules like metabolites and N-linked glycans. Data transformation by SPC improved ion images resulting in increased smoothing of biological features compared with commonly used normalization approaches.     

On the Number of k‐Dominating Independent Sets

We study the existence and the number of k‐dominating independent sets in certain graph families. While the case namely the case of maximal independent sets—which is originated from Erd?s and Moser—is widely investigated, much less is known in general. In this paper we settle the question for trees and prove that the maximum number of k‐dominating independent sets in n‐vertex graphs is between and if , moreover the maximum number of 2‐dominating independent sets in n‐vertex graphs is between and . Graph constructions containing a large number of k‐dominating independent sets are coming from product graphs, complete bipartite graphs, and finite geometries. The product graph construction is associated with the number of certain Maximum Distance Separable (MDS) codes.     

NA随机变量阵列的完全矩收敛性

利用NA随机变量的矩不等式和截尾方法,研究了NA随机变量阵列的完全矩收敛性,给出了证明NA随机变量阵列完全矩收敛性的一些充分条件.所得结果推广了已有文献关于NA随机变量的相应结果.     

5-正则图的全控制数的一个注记

设G是不含孤立点的图,S是G的一个顶点子集,若G的每一个顶点都与S中的某顶点邻接,则称S是G的全控制集.G的最小全控制集所含顶点的个数称为G的全控制数,记为γt(G).Thomasse和Yeo证明了若G是最小度至少为5的n阶连通图,则γt(G)≤17n/44.在5-正则图上改进了Thomasse和Yeo的结论,证明了若G是n阶5-正则图,则,γt(G)≤106n/275.     

乘积图的Fractional控制

Let G =(V,E) be a simple graph.For any real function g :V-→ R and a subset S V,we write g(S) =∑v∈Sg(v).A function f :V-→ [0,1] is said to be a fractional dominating function(F DF) of G if f(N [v]) ≥ 1 holds for every vertex v ∈ V(G).The fractional domination number γf(G) of G is defined as γf(G) = min{f(V)|f is an F DF of G }.The fractional total dominating function f is defined just as the fractional dominating function,the difference being that f(N(v)) ≥ 1 instead of f(N [v]) ≥ 1.The fractional total domination number γ0f(G) of G is analogous.In this note we give the exact values ofγf(Cm × Pn) and γ0f(Cm × Pn) for all integers m ≥ 3 and n ≥ 2.     

特殊图类的符号控制数

图G的符号控制数γS(G)有着许多重要的应用背景.已知它的计算是NP-完全问题,因而确定其上下界有重要意义.本文研究了1)一般图G的符号控制数,给出了一个新的下界;2)确定了Cn图的符号控制数的精确值.