Temporal Lau effect: Noncoherent regeneration of periodic pulse trains

We present an optical method for implementing the temporal Talbot effect with a spectrally incoherent optical source and a linear dispersive medium, at the first-order dispersion regime. We state the condition for achieving this effect, here denoted as the temporal Lau effect

ANTARES: the first undersea neutrino telescope

The ANTARES Neutrino Telescope was completed in May 2008 and is the first operational Neutrino Telescope in the Mediterranean Sea. The main purpose of the detector is to perform neutrino astronomy and the apparatus also offers facilities for marine and Earth sciences. This paper describes the design, the construction and the installation of the telescope in the deep sea, offshore from Toulon in France. An illustration of the detector performance is given

CIBERER : Spanish national network for research on rare diseases: A highly productive collaborative initiative

Altres ajuts: Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII); Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación.CIBER (Center for Biomedical Network Research; Centro de Investigación Biomédica En Red) is a public national consortium created in 2006 under the umbrella of the Spanish National Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII). This innovative research structure comprises 11 different specific areas dedicated to the main public health priorities in the National Health System. CIBERER, the thematic area of CIBER focused on rare diseases (RDs) currently consists of 75 research groups belonging to universities, research centers, and hospitals of the entire country. CIBERER's mission is to be a center prioritizing and favoring collaboration and cooperation between biomedical and clinical research groups, with special emphasis on the aspects of genetic, molecular, biochemical, and cellular research of RDs. This research is the basis for providing new tools for the diagnosis and therapy of low-prevalence diseases, in line with the International Rare Diseases Research Consortium (IRDiRC) objectives, thus favoring translational research between the scientific environment of the laboratory and the clinical setting of health centers. In this article, we intend to review CIBERER's 15-year journey and summarize the main results obtained in terms of internationalization, scientific production, contributions toward the discovery of new therapies and novel genes associated to diseases, cooperation with patients' associations and many other topics related to RD research

High extinction risk and limited habitat connectivity of Muñoa's pampas cat, an endemic felid of the Uruguayan Savanna ecoregion

Muñoa´s pampas cat (recently proposed to be a distinct species, Leopardus munoai) is a small felid that is endemic to the Uruguayan Savanna ecoregion (encompassing southern Brazil, north-eastern Argentina and Uruguay). Previous studies have suggested that it is threatened, but its conservation assessment has been hampered by the scarcity of data on its ecology, including spatial distribution, population size, and connectivity. To address these issues, we developed current spatial distribution models and used them to: (i) identify the environmental variables affecting L. munoai habitat suitability; (ii) generate estimates of population size to assess its conservation status based on IUCN criteria; (iii) estimate habitat suitability in protected areas; (iv) identify potential paths of connectivity among protected areas and sites of confirmed occurrence; and (v) assess the proportion of the estimated connectivity paths that overlap with threatened areas (based on future threat projections). Our results indicated higher habitat suitability in the central area of the species? distribution. All estimates (based on different demographic assumptions) indicated that L. munoai should be categorized in one of the IUCN threatened categories. Worryingly, several estimates indicated that it may be Critically Endangered. Only 0.73 % of its high-suitability landscape is presently protected, and connectivity among most protected areas and occurrence records was low. Additionally, areas with estimated connectivity among occurrence records mostly overlapped with regions with a high level of future habitat loss threat (92.46 %), highlighting the urgent need for an international approach to ensure the long-term survival of this elusive felid.Fil: Tirelli, Flávia P.. Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul; Brasil. University of Oxford; Reino Unido. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Brasil. Instituto Pró-Carnívoros; BrasilFil: Trigo, Tatiane C.. Instituto Pró-Carnívoros; Brasil. Secretariat of Environment and Infrastructure, Department of Biodiversity, Mammalogy Sector, Museum of Natural Sciences; BrasilFil: Queirolo, Diego. Universidad de la República; UruguayFil: Kasper, Carlos Benhur. Universidade Federal do Pampa; BrasilFil: Bou, Nadia. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas "Clemente Estable"; UruguayFil: Peters, Felipe. Instituto Pró-Carnívoros; BrasilFil: Mazim, Fábio D.. Instituto Pró-Carnívoros; BrasilFil: Martínez Lanfranco, Juan Andrés. University of Alberta; CanadáFil: González, Enrique M.. National Museum of Natural History, Mammalogy Section; UruguayFil: Espinosa, Caroline. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande; BrasilFil: Favarini, Mariana. Instituto Pró-Carnívoros; BrasilFil: Gonçalves da Silva, Lucas. University of Brasília; BrasilFil: Macdonald, David W.. University of Oxford; Reino UnidoFil: Lucherini, Mauro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur; ArgentinaFil: Eizirik, Eduardo. Instituto Pró-Carnívoros; Brasi