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The ciliary machinery is repurposed for T cell immune synapse trafficking of LCK
Upon engagement of the T cell receptor with an antigen-presenting cell, LCK initiates TCR signaling by phosphorylating its activation motifs. However, the mechanism of LCK activation specifically at the immune synapse is a major question. We show that phosphorylation of the LCK activating Y394, despite modestly increasing its catalytic rate, dramatically focuses LCK localization to the immune synapse. We describe a trafficking mechanism whereby UNC119A extracts membrane-bound LCK by sequestering the hydrophobic myristoyl group, followed by release at the target membrane under the control of the ciliary ARL3/ARL13B. The UNC119A N terminus acts as a “regulatory arm” by binding the LCK kinase domain, an interaction inhibited by LCK Y394 phosphorylation, thus together with the ARL3/ARL13B machinery ensuring immune synapse focusing of active LCK. We propose that the ciliary machinery has been repurposed by T cells to generate and maintain polarized segregation of signals such as activated LCK at the immune synapse
Constructions of the soluble potentials for the non-relativistic quantum system by means of the Heun functions
The Schr\"{o}dinger equation where
is rewritten as a more popular form of a second order
differential equation through taking a similarity transformation
with . The Schr\"{o}dinger invariant
can be calculated directly by the Schwarzian derivative and the
invariant of the differential equation . We
find an important relation for moving particle as and thus
explain the reason why the Schr\"{o}dinger invariant keeps constant.
As an illustration, we take the typical Heun differential equation as an object
to construct a class of soluble potentials and generalize the previous results
through choosing different as before. We get a more general
solution through integrating
directly and it includes all
possibilities for those parameters. Some particular cases are discussed in
detail.Comment: 11 page
Current profiles and AC losses of a superconducting strip with elliptic cross-section in perpendicular magnetic field
The case of a hard type II superconductor in the form of strip with elliptic
cross-section when placed in transverse magnetic field is studied. We approach
the problem in two steps, both based on the critical-state model. First we
calculate numerically the penetrated current profiles that ensure complete
shielding in the interior, without assuming an a priori form for the profiles.
In the second step we introduce an analytical approximation that asumes that
the current profiles are ellipses. Expressions linking the sample magnetization
to the applied field are derived covering the whole range of applied fields.
The theoretical predictions are tested by the comparison with experimental data
for the imaginary part of AC susceptibility.Comment: 12 pages; 3 figure
Bayesian Inversion of Stokes Profiles
[abridged] Inversion techniques are the most powerful methods to obtain
information about the thermodynamical and magnetic properties of solar and
stellar atmospheres. In the last years, we have witnessed the development of
highly sophisticated inversion codes that are now widely applied to
spectro-polarimetric observations. The majority of these inversion codes are
based on the optimization of a complicated non-linear merit function. However,
no reliable and statistically well-defined confidence intervals can be obtained
for the parameters inferred from the inversions. A correct estimation of the
confidence intervals for all the parameters that describe the model is
mandatory. Additionally, it is fundamental to apply efficient techniques to
assess the ability of models to reproduce the observations and to what extent
the models have to be refined or can be simplified. Bayesian techniques are
applied to analyze the performance of the model to fit a given observed Stokes
vector. The posterior distribution, is efficiently sampled using a Markov Chain
Monte Carlo method. For simplicity, we focus on the Milne-Eddington approximate
solution of the radiative transfer equation and we only take into account the
generation of polarization through the Zeeman effect. However, the method is
extremely general and other more complex forward models can be applied. We
illustrate the ability of the method with the aid of academic and realistic
examples. We show that the information provided by the posterior distribution
turns out to be fundamental to understand and determine the amount of
information available in the Stokes profiles in these particular cases.Comment: 15 pages, 12 figures, accepted for publication in A&
Biochar Improves the Properties of Poultry Manure Compost as Growing Media for Rosemary Production
[EN] Compost represents a sustainable alternative for peat (P) replacement in soilless plant
cultivation, but its use can be limited by several inadequate physical and physicochemical properties.
Biochar can alleviate some of the limitations of compost for its use as growth media by improving
the physical properties, decreasing salinity and making the phytotoxic compounds unavailable for
plants. We studied the physical and physicochemical properties of holm oak biochar (B), poultry
manure compost (PMC), poultry manure composted with biochar (PMBC), a commercial peat (P)
and multiple combinations of these materials as growth media, and their effect on the rooting and
growth of rosemary. PMBC and PMC showed similar physical and physicochemical properties as
growing media, and they both were phytotoxic when used in a rate above 50% (by volume) in the
growing medium. However, when used at proportion of 25%, PMBC was less phytotoxic than PMC
and enhanced the percentage of rosemary cutting rooting. The incorporation of B in the growing
medium instead of P (either at 50% or 75% in volume) increased the stability of the growing media
and the percentage of rooted cuttings, but it did not affect plant growth significantly. Our results
demonstrate the potential of substituting peat by a combination of poultry manure compost and
biochar for the formulation of growth media.This research was funded by SPANISH MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND COMPETITIVENESS, grant numbers AGL2012-40143-C02-01 and RTI2018-099417-B-I00, co-funded with EU FEDER fundsFornes Sebastiá, F.; Liu-Xu, L.; Lidón, A.; Sanchez-Garcia, M.; Luz Cayuela, M.; Sanchez-Monedero, MA.; Belda Navarro, RM. (2020). Biochar Improves the Properties of Poultry Manure Compost as Growing Media for Rosemary Production. Agronomy. 10(2):1-16. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10020261S116102KERN, J., TAMMEORG, P., SHANSKIY, M., SAKRABANI, R., KNICKER, H., KAMMANN, C., … GLASER, B. (2017). SYNERGISTIC USE OF PEAT AND CHARRED MATERIAL IN GROWING MEDIA – AN OPTION TO REDUCE THE PRESSURE ON PEATLANDS? Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management, 25(2), 160-174. doi:10.3846/16486897.2017.1284665Tiemeyer, B., Albiac Borraz, E., Augustin, J., Bechtold, M., Beetz, S., Beyer, C., … Zeitz, J. (2016). 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WEANING INDEXES DO NOT PREDICT SUCCESS WITH NON INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION IN EXTUBATION FAILURE
Constraints on dark matter particles from theory, galaxy observations and N-body simulations
Mass bounds on dark matter (DM) candidates are obtained for particles
decoupling in or out of equilibrium with {\bf arbitrary} isotropic and
homogeneous distribution functions. A coarse grained Liouville invariant
primordial phase space density is introduced. Combining its
value with recent photometric and kinematic data on dwarf spheroidal satellite
galaxies in the Milky Way (dShps), the DM density today and -body
simulations, yields upper and lower bounds on the mass, primordial phase space
densities and velocity dispersion of the DM candidates. The mass of the DM
particles is bound in the few keV range. If chemical freeze out occurs before
thermal decoupling, light bosonic particles can Bose-condense. Such
Bose-Einstein {\it condensate} is studied as a dark matter candidate. Depending
on the relation between the critical()and decoupling()temperatures, a
BEC light relic could act as CDM but the decoupling scale must be {\it higher}
than the electroweak scale. The condensate tightens the upper bound on the
particle's mass. Non-equilibrium scenarios that describe particle production
and partial thermalization, sterile neutrinos produced out of equilibrium and
other DM models are analyzed in detail obtaining bounds on their mass,
primordial phase space density and velocity dispersion. Light thermal relics
with and sterile neutrinos lead to a
primordial phase space density compatible with {\bf cored} dShps and disfavor
cusped satellites. Light Bose condensed DM candidates yield phase space
densities consistent with {\bf cores} and if also with cusps.
Phase space density bounds from N-body simulations suggest a potential tension
for WIMPS with .Comment: 27 pages 8 figures. Version to appear in Phys. Rev.
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