Development of Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy Models for Quantitative Determination of Water-Soluble Carbohydrate Content in Wheat Stem and Glume

Water-soluble carbohydrate (WSC) reserved in stem is an important agronomic trait for crop improvement. The intact samples and pieces of chipped samples were employed to determine WSC content by near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS). Three NIRS models were developed to predict WSC content in wheat stem lower internode, upmost internode, and wheat glume, respectively. Moreover, a mixed model was developed for WSC quantitative analysis in the mixed sample of the three wheat organs. Statistics analysis indicated that the four models showed a high determination coefficient (R² ≥ 0.97) and ratio of standard deviation to RMSECV (RPD ≥ 5.99). The NIRS models would allow rapid and high throughout assessments and selections of WSC contents in wheat genetics and breeding programs.     

Muscle oxygenation measurement in humans by noninvasive optical spectroscopy and Locally Weighted Regression

We have developed a method to make real-time, continuous, noninvasive measurements of muscle oxygenation (Mox) from the surface of the skin. A key development was measurement in both the visible and near infrared (NIR) regions. Measurement of both oxygenated and deoxygenated myoglobin and hemoglobin resulted in a more accurate measurement of Mox than could be achieved with measurement of only the deoxygenated components, as in traditional near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). Using the second derivative with respect to wavelength reduced the effects of scattering on the spectra and also made oxygenated and deoxygenated forms more distinguishable from each other. Selecting spectral bands where oxygenated and deoxygenated forms absorb filtered out noise and spectral features unrelated to Mox. NIR and visible bands were scaled relative to each other in order to correct for errors introduced by normalization. Multivariate Curve Resolution (MCR) was used to estimate Mox from spectra within each data set collected from healthy subjects. A Locally Weighted Regression (LWR) model was built from calibration set spectra and associated Mox values from 20 subjects using 2562 spectra. LWR and Partial Least Squares (PLS) allow accurate measurement of Mox despite variations in skin pigment or fat layer thickness in different subjects. The method estimated Mox in five healthy subjects with an RMSE of 5.4%.     

近红外漫反射光谱法测定整粒小麦单株蛋白质含量

应用近红外漫反射光谱技术(波长为1 100～2 498 nm,分辨率为2 nm),以整粒小麦为材料建立适合于小麦单株分析的蛋白质含量分析系统。首先选取籽粒蛋白质含量具有梯度差异的小麦样品,然后对样品扫描得到原始光谱信息,通过散射校正及数学处理来消除原始光谱噪声,最后分别采用多元线性回归、主成分分析法和偏最小二乘法法建立回归方程。结果表明,优化各项参数后,光谱经过标准乘性散射校正和一阶导数处理后,回归分析采用修正的偏最小二乘法(MPLS)得到的定标模型效果最佳。最终得到的预测方程定标相关系数(RSQ)、交叉验证标准误差(SECV)、交叉验证相关系数(1-VR)分别为0.94,0.42,0.87。数学模型经过验证样品集检验,预测相关系数达到0.88。该模型达到了快速、无损分析单株小麦的要求,非常适合于品质育种的早代选择。     

我国油料产品品质的近红外光谱快速检测技术研究进展

近红外光谱技术是一种快速无损检测技术,具有操作简单、检测成本低、无需化学试剂、绿色环保,以及可实现多品质参数同步检测等优点。该文综述了我国油料和食用植物油品质的近红外光谱速测技术研究进展,包括油料含油量、粗蛋白含量、脂肪酸含量等品质指标,食用油的理化指标,以及脂肪酸和食用油的真实性鉴别,并对油料产品品质的近红外光谱速测技术的发展前景进行了展望。     

近红外(NIRS)技术分析小样品油菜籽芥酸和含油量的应用研究

以完整油菜籽为样品,采用旋转杯和安培瓶两种样品杯、每种样品分为4×2种不同样品量并通过不同光谱预处理来优化油菜籽芥酸和含油量的近红外分析模型。结果表明:油菜籽各小样品含油量模型的决定系数(R2)从93.93%到96.93%不等,均方差(RMSECV)从0.56到0.79不等;油菜籽各小样品芥酸模型的决定系数(R2)从96.91%到98.42%不等,均方差(RMSECV)从1.73到2.43不等。随着样品量的逐渐增加,油菜籽芥酸和含油量不同样品杯模型各参数逐渐有所优化;同一样品厚度时,油菜小样品芥酸和含油量的旋转样品杯模型各参数均略优于安培瓶样品模型;不同样品量的NIRS模型,W3和W4差异不大,依次优于W2和W1。最小样品量AW1为0.3g。优化油菜小样品模型时,应该选择全部的预处理方法,根据优化结果选择最佳模型。外部检验结果表明:不同重量小样品(W1/0.3g、W2/1.0g、W3/2.0g和W4/4.0g)模型之间及其与标准化学值之间在0.01水平上差异不显著,说明W1和W2小样品模型同样可应用于油菜品质育种材料的分析选择。     

近红外光谱法分析格列齐特片

应用化学计量法处理光谱数据,用偏最小二乘法建立格列齐特片的近红外分析模型。通过光谱预处理和模型的逐步优化最终确定定量分析模型的相关系数为0.991,交叉验证均方差(RMSECV)为0.641,预测均方根误差(RMSEP)为0.980,主因子数为4。选取15个验证样品对模型进行检验,检测结果相对误差在-2.04%～3.52%之间。     

Short-wave near-infrared spectroscopy analysis of major compounds in milk powder and wavelength assignment

In this study, short-wave near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy at 800–1050 nm region was investigated for the analysis of main compounds in milk powder. Through quantitative analysis, the feasibility is further demonstrated for the simultaneous measurement of fat, proteins and carbohydrate in milk powder. Two models, partial least-squares and least-squares support vector machine, were compared and utilized for regression coefficients and loading weights. The affect of standard normal variate spectral pretreatment to model performance was evaluated. Based on the resulted coefficients and loading weights, interesting wavelength regions of nutrition in milk powder are screened and the assignment of all specific wavelengths is firstly proposed in the details associated with chemical base. Instead of the whole short-wave NIR spectral data, these assigned wavelengths which can be reliably exploited were used for the content determination. Compared with other spectroscopy technique, assigned short-wave NIR spectral wavelengths did a good work. Determination coefficients for prediction are 0.981, 0.984, and 0.982, respectively for three components. The proposed wavelength assignment in the short-wave NIR region could be used for the component contents determination of milk powder, and could be as a guidance to interpret the spectra of milk powder.     

近红外光谱分析中建模校正集的选择

将极大线性无关组的概念及方法引入近红外光谱分析,探讨了在建立定量分析模型时代表性样品,即校正集样品的选择问题。以2 652个烟末样品为实验材料,随机选取1 001个样品构成预测集,其余1 651个样品为代表性样品备选集。用Matlab软件求出代表性样品备选集光谱矩阵的极大线性无关组,以此作为代表性样品,构成建模的校正集。用PLS回归法建立了烟末样品总糖含量定量分析的预测模型,并将模型用于预测集中1 001个烟末样品总糖含量的预测分析。实验结果表明,当选择的校正集包含的样品数量大于32时,所建各模型对预测集样品预测的平均相对误差均小于4%,平均相关系数大于0.96。其中选择32个代表性样品和146个代表性样品所建模型定量分析预测集中各样品的总糖含量,两个结果经统计检验没有显著性差异(α=0.05),说明求极大线性无关组的方法用于校正集样品的选择,可实现“少而精”选择样品的目的。此外,我们用求极大线性无关组选择校正集样品和随机方法选择校正集样品两种方法,选择了同样数目28,32,41,76,146,163个样品建模进行预测效果的对比实验,结果显示,求极大线性无关组法选择校正集建模的预测效果优于随机选择校正集建模的预测效果。     

PLS-GRNN法近红外光谱多组分定量分析研究

研究了偏最小二乘(partial least squares ,PLS)与广义回归神经网络(generalized regression neural networks, GRNN)联用在近红外光谱多组分定量分析中的应用。以饲料样品为实验材料,采用PLS-GRNN法建立了饲料中水溶性氯化物、粗纤维、脂肪三项组分含量近红外光谱定量分析模型。马氏距离法剔除强影响点和奇异点,用PLS法将原始数据压缩为主成分,取8个主成分吸收峰与4个原始图谱特征峰值输入GRNN网络,网络光滑因子σ_i为0.1。PLS-GRNN模型对样品3个组分含量的预测决定系数(r2)分别为：0.984 0,0.987 0,0.983 0;样品平行扫描光谱预测值的标准偏差分别为：0.003 26,0.065 5,0.031 4。结果表明所建PLS-GRNN模型通过近红外光谱能够准确预测饲料中水溶性氯化物、粗纤维、脂肪三项组分含量,为近红外光谱进行多组分定量分析提供了新思路,同时为解决近红外快速检测技术在预测组分含量较低的样品时误差相对较大的问题提供了可靠的方法。     

Associations between Neurocardiovascular Signal Entropy and Physical Frailty

In this cross-sectional study, the relationship between noninvasively measured neurocardiovascular signal entropy and physical frailty was explored in a sample of community-dwelling older adults from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). The hypothesis under investigation was that dysfunction in the neurovascular and cardiovascular systems, as quantified by short-length signal complexity during a lying-to-stand test (active stand), could provide a marker for frailty. Frailty status (i.e., “non-frail”, “pre-frail”, and “frail”) was based on Fried’s criteria (i.e., exhaustion, unexplained weight loss, weakness, slowness, and low physical activity). Approximate entropy (ApEn) and sample entropy (SampEn) were calculated during resting (lying down), active standing, and recovery phases. There was continuously measured blood pressure/heart rate data from 2645 individuals (53.0% female) and frontal lobe tissue oxygenation data from 2225 participants (52.3% female); both samples had a mean (SD) age of 64.3 (7.7) years. Results revealed statistically significant associations between neurocardiovascular signal entropy and frailty status. Entropy differences between non-frail and pre-frail/frail were greater during resting state compared with standing and recovery phases. Compared with ApEn, SampEn seemed to have better discriminating power between non-frail and pre-frail/frail individuals. The quantification of entropy in short length neurocardiovascular signals could provide a clinically useful marker of the multiple physiological dysregulations that underlie physical frailty.