On-sky results for the integrated microlens ring tip-tilt sensor

We present the first on-sky results of the microlens ring tip-tilt sensor. This sensor uses a 3D printed microlens ring feeding six multimode fibers to sense misaligned light, allowing centroid reconstruction. A tip-tilt mirror allows the beam to be corrected, increasing the amount of light coupled into a centrally positioned single-mode (science) fiber. The sensor was tested with the iLocater acquisition camera at the Large Binocular Telescope in Tucson, Arizona, in November 2019. The limit on the maximum achieved rms reconstruction accuracy was found to be 0.19/D in both tip and tilt, of which approximately 50% of the power originates at frequencies below 10 Hz. We show the reconstruction accuracy is highly dependent on the estimated Strehl ratio and simulations support the assumption that residual adaptive optics aberrations are the main limit to the reconstruction accuracy. We conclude that this sensor is ideally suited to remove post-adaptive optics noncommon path tip-tilt residuals. We discuss the next steps for concept development, including optimization of the lens and the fiber, tuning of the correction algorithm, and selection of optimal science cases

Adenosine A1 and A2a receptors modulate insulinemia, glycemia, and lactatemia in fetal sheep

Adenosine A1 and A2A receptor subtypes modulate metabolism in adult mammals. This study was designed to determine the role of these receptors in regulating plasma levels of insulin, glucose, and lactate in 20 chronically catheterized fetal sheep (>0.8 term). In normoxic fetuses (PaO2 ∼24 Torr), systemic blockade of A1 receptors with DPCPX (n = 6) increased plasma concentrations of insulin, glucose, and lactate, but antagonism of A2A receptors with ZM-241385 (n = 5) had no significant effects. Intravascular administration of adenosine (n = 9) reduced insulin concentrations and elevated glucose and lactate levels. DPCPX (n = 6) augmented the glycemic and lactatemic responses of adenosine. In contrast, ZM241385 (n = 5) virtually abolished adenosine-induced hyperglycemia and hyperlactatemia. Isocapnic hypoxia (PaO2 ∼13 Torr) suppressed insulinemia and enhanced glycemia and lactatemia, but only the hyperglycemia was blunted by blockade of A1 (n = 6) or A2A (n = 6) receptors. We conclude that 1) endogenous adenosine via A1 receptors depresses plasma concentrations of insulin, glucose, and lactate; 2) exogenous adenosine via A2A receptors increases glucose and lactate levels, but these responses are dampened by stimulation of A1 receptors; and 3) hypoxia, which increases endogenous adenosine concentrations, induces hyperglycemia that is partly mediated by activation of A1 and A2A receptors. We predict that adenosine, via A1 receptors, facilitates at least 12% of glucose uptake and utilization in normoxic fetuses