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Novel Phase Detector Measurement Procedure Using Quasi-Synchronized RF Generator
This paper presents a new procedure for phase detector measurements that
allows the use of generators that share a 10 MHz reference oscillator but do
not synchronize in phase, in other words, quasi-synchronized RF generators. The
objectives are taking advantage of the benefits of using two generators but
recovering lower-cost generators that have worse synchronization performance
and opening the door to the possibility of using a very simple control element
based in Arduino Uno and cheaper instruments. The new procedure is
characterized by continuously alternating calibration and measurement sequences
to make up for the phase drift of quasisynchronized generators and guarantee a
maximum phase error specification (+-1 grade in this paper). Data acquisition
has been divided in two stages: measurement of detector curves without phase
reference (in-phase and phase-shifted) and measurement of reference data. All
the data is later combined to obtain correctly referenced in-phase detector
curves. The technique can be reproduced with other equivalent instrumentation.
The novel procedure that allows compensation for errors (amplitude, phase
shift, mismatching, etc.) is detailed, and its relation to the required
measurement accuracy is amply discussed. The proposed technique is applied to
characterize a phase detector based on in-phase and phase-shifted
multiplication from 3 to 8 GHz with 1 GHz step. Measurements have a final
maximum error of +-2 grade for both frequency and calibrated input power,
according to the accuracy specifications of the VNA used to calibrate the
signal distribution network, added to the +-1 grade specified in this new
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New insight on tomato seed priming with Anabaena minutissima phycobiliproteins in relation to Rhizoctonia solani root rot resistance and seedling growth promotion
Cyanobacteria phycobiliproteins (PBPs) are already exploited in the food industries and for biotechnological applications but not in the agricultural field. Different concentrations (0.6 - 4.8 mg/mL) of Anabaena minutissima PBPs were applied to tomato seed to study their priming effect against the soil-borne fungal pathogen Rhizoctonia solani and in promoting plant growth. PBPs increased seedling emergence and vigour, showed activity against root rot disease (67%), and enhanced plant dry weight, length, and height. Generally, no dose effect has been observed except for dry weight (55% at 4.8 mg/mL). Seed treatment primed seeds and seedlings by leading to the activation of defence responses raising phenol (26% in hypocotyls) and flavonoid (26 and 45% in hypocotyls and epicotyls, respectively) contents and chitinase (4-fold at 2.4 and 4.8 mg/mL in hypocotyls) and beta-1,3-D-glucanase (up to about 2-fold at all doses in epicotyls) activities. Micro-Attenuated Total Reflection Fourier Transform Infrared revealed changes in functional groups of primed seeds, hypocotyls and exudates released into the agar because of treatment. Protein extract from PBP-primed seedlings inhibited mycelial growth (67% for epicotyl proteins) and caused morphological alterations in hyphae. This research emphasizes the potential priming role of PBPs applied by seed treatment against soil-borne pathogens
Initial Characteristics of Kepler Short Cadence Data
The Kepler Mission offers two options for observations -- either Long Cadence
(LC) used for the bulk of core mission science, or Short Cadence (SC) which is
used for applications such as asteroseismology of solar-like stars and transit
timing measurements of exoplanets where the 1-minute sampling is critical. We
discuss the characteristics of SC data obtained in the 33.5-day long Quarter 1
(Q1) observations with Kepler which completed on 15 June 2009. The truly
excellent time series precisions are nearly Poisson limited at 11th magnitude
providing per-point measurement errors of 200 parts-per-million per minute. For
extremely saturated stars near 7th magnitude precisions of 40 ppm are reached,
while for background limited measurements at 17th magnitude precisions of 7
mmag are maintained. We note the presence of two additive artifacts, one that
generates regularly spaced peaks in frequency, and one that involves additive
offsets in the time domain inversely proportional to stellar brightness. The
difference between LC and SC sampling is illustrated for transit observations
of TrES-2.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, ApJ Letters in pres
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