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CYTOCHEMICAL STUDIES ON THE LESION OF EQUINE INFECTIOUS ANEMIA VII. ESPECIALLY ON THE ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY OF RES IN THE LIVER AND SPLEEN
Light Curves and Colors of the Ejecta from Dimorphos after the DART Impact
On 26 September 2022 the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft
impacted Dimorphos, a satellite of the asteroid 65803 Didymos. Because it is a
binary system, it is possible to determine how much the orbit of the satellite
changed, as part of a test of what is necessary to deflect an asteroid that
might threaten Earth with an impact. In nominal cases, pre-impact predictions
of the orbital period reduction ranged from ~8.8 - 17.2 minutes. Here we report
optical observations of Dimorphos before, during and after the impact, from a
network of citizen science telescopes across the world. We find a maximum
brightening of 2.29 0.14 mag upon impact. Didymos fades back to its
pre-impact brightness over the course of 23.7 0.7 days. We estimate lower
limits on the mass contained in the ejecta, which was 0.3 - 0.5% Dimorphos'
mass depending on the dust size. We also observe a reddening of the ejecta upon
impact.Comment: Accepted by Natur
Strip meniscometry: a new and simple method of tear meniscus evaluation. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci
PURPOSE. To investigate the applicability and efficacy of a new and simple method of quantification of the volume of tear meniscus, termed "strip meniscometry," in the diagnosis of the dry eye syndromes in a prospective controlled study. METHODS. One hundred eyes of 50 patients with dry eye (19 males; 31 females) aged between 18 and 76 years (mean, 54.3 years), as well as 80 eyes of 40 normal subjects aged from 15 to 70 years (mean, 50.8 years; 12 males, 28 females) were recruited in this study. The patients and the control subjects underwent strip meniscometry for 5 seconds, tear film lipid layer interferometry, tear film break-up time measurement, and ocular surface vital staining with fluorescein and rose bengal dyes and the Schirmer-1 test. RESULTS. Strip meniscometry scores correlated with tear quantity and stability, ocular surface staining scores, and lipid layer interferometry grades and improved after 2 weeks of punctal plug occlusion. CONCLUSIONS. Strip meniscometry is a swift, noninvasive, promising new method that is expected to find application in the diagnosis and evaluation of the outcome of treatment of dry eye syndromes. (Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci