A Trichinella murrelli infection in a domestic dog in the United States

Trichinella murrelli infection was diagnosed in a naturally infected Beagle bitch from VA, USA, where encapsulated larvae were found in histological sections of several skeletal muscles. A laboratory reared dog fed infected muscles resulted in viable muscle larvae that were subsequently infective to Swiss–Webster mice. Multiplex PCR using larvae from the experimentally infected dog demonstrated two distinct bands migrating at 127 bp and 316 bp which together are diagnostic for T. murrelli; the isolate was assigned the ISS code: ISS1608 by the International Trichinella Reference Centre. This is the first report of T. murrelli infection in a companion animal

Near-UV photodissociation dynamics of CH2I2

The near-UV photodissociation dynamics of CH2I2 has been investigated using a combination of velocitymap (slice) ion imaging and ab initio calculations characterizing the excited states. Ground state I(2 P3/2) and spin-orbit excited I*(2 P1/2) atoms were probed using 2+1 resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI) or with single-photon VUV ionization. Two-color ion images were recorded at pump wavelengths of 355 nm, 266 nm and 248 nm, and one-color ion images at the REMPI wavelengths of ~304 nm and ~280 nm. Analysis of the ion images shows that, regardless of iodine spin-orbit state, ~20% of the available energy is partitioned into translation ET at all excitation wavelengths indicating that the CH2I co-fragment is formed highly internally excited. The translational energy distributions comprise a slow, “statistical” component that peaks near zero and faster components that peak away from zero. The slow component makes an increasingly large contribution to the distribution as the excitation wavelength is decreased. The C–I bond dissociation energy of D0 = 2.155±0.008 eV is obtained from the trend in the ET release of the faster components with increasing excitation energy. The I and I* ion images are anisotropic, indicating prompt dissociation, and are characterized by β parameters that become increasingly positive with increasing ET. The decrease in β at lower translational energies can be attributed to deviation from axial recoil. MRCI calculations including spin-orbit coupling have been performed to identify the overlapping features in the absorption spectrum and characterize onedimensional cuts through the electronically excited potential energy surfaces. The excited states are of significantly mixed singlet and triplet character. At longer wavelengths, excitation directly accesses repulsive states primarily of B1 symmetry, consistent with the observed !β∀, while shorter wavelengths accesses bound states, also of B1 symmetry that are crossed by repulsive states

Aplikasi Teknologi Bioengineering Jebakan Sedimen di Sub DAS Citanduy Hulu

Citanduy watershed has been classified as a critical watershed in West Java. Sedimentation load at Citanduy watershed reach 5 milion cubic meters/years. It is indicated that lagoon area “Segara Anakan” was decreased about 823 hectars. Land use changes for cultivation area at Citanduy upland causes acceleration land degradation. Various efforts of the civil engineering and vegetative approach have been applied to control erosion and sedimentation. Alternative technology for controlling soil erosion and sedimentation is the application of sediment trap bioengineering. It is application on micro catchment area, environment-friendly, and easily adapted for the farmers community. The main for material of bioengineering sediment trap is made of Bamboo. Results of design that is applied in the critical area at Bukit Bitung up land (Citaduy upland) Kecamatan Tambaksari, Ciamis Region, measuring the width between 100 cm to 150 cm, whereas the height are between 80 cm to 100 cm. The application of this technology is effective sediment traps for micro catcment area of <5 hectars. Therefore for a broad cachment area more sediment traps are required. In a period of not more than 1.5 month, the sediment trap has been able to capture sediments up to 1 m3 per unit. The performance of sediment traps bioengineering also shown that bamboo as main components has grown up to not more than 30 days. The trapped sediments were restored back to the land for agricultural purposes after being add by agricultural waste. Sediments that have been processed at the same time also functions as soil amelioration or soil improvement

Nuclear liquid-gas phase transition within the lattice gas model

We study the nuclear liquid-gas phase transition on the basis of a two-component lattice gas model. A Metropolis type of sampling method is used to generate microscopic states in the canonical ensemble. The effective equation of state and fragment mass distributions are evaluated in a wide range of temperatures and densities. A definition of the phase coexistence region appropriate for mesoscopic systems is proposed. The caloric curve resulting from different types of freeze-out conditions are presented.Comment: 13 pages including 4 figure

Inelastic x-ray scattering as a probe of electronic excitations. Solid and liquid metals

Use of inelastic x-ray scattering to study excitations in condensed matter systems is discussed with emphasis on complementarity with inelastic neutron scattering. In particular, studies of electronic excitations in simple metals are detailed. A long standing controversy on the role of crystalline long range order on electron dynamics at intermediate momentum transfers is resolved by comparison of response functions obtained in liquid an solid phase of Li, Na, and Al. They show that the overall shape of the response function is unchanged on melting, implying that it is not determined by the long range order of the ion cores. Conversely, orientationally independent fine structure disappears on melting and therefore must be attributed to band structure-induced transitions, not many-body effects as had previously been argued. At small q, the plasmon lifetime and dispersion remain unchanged on melting. Other experiments are also briefly reviewed

GaAs delta-doped quantum wire superlattice characterization by quantum Hall effect and Shubnikov de Haas oscillations

Quantum wire superlattices (1D) realized by controlled dislocation slipping in quantum well superlattices (2D) (atomic saw method) have already shown magnetophonon oscillations. This effect has been used to investigate the electronic properties of such systems and prove the quantum character of the physical properties of the wires. By cooling the temperature and using pulsed magnetic field up to 35 T, we have observed both quantum Hall effect (QHE) and Shubnikov de Haas (SdH) oscillations for various configurations of the magnetic field. The effective masses deduced from the values of the fundamental fields are coherent with those obtained with magnetophonon effect. The field rotation induces a change in the resonance frequencies due to the modification of the mass tensor as in a (3D) electron gas. In view the QHE, the plateaus observed in rho_yz are dephased relatively to rho_zz minima which seems to be linked to the dephasing of the minima of the density of states of the broadened Landau levels

Innovations in Camera Trapping Technology and Approaches: The Integration of Citizen Science and Artificial Intelligence

Camera trapping has become an increasingly reliable and mainstream tool for surveying a diversity of wildlife species. Concurrent with this has been an increasing effort to involve the wider public in the research process, in an approach known as ‘citizen science’. To date, millions of people have contributed to research across a wide variety of disciplines as a result. Although their value for public engagement was recognised early on, camera traps were initially ill‐suited for citizen science. As camera trap technology has evolved, cameras have become more user‐friendly and the enormous quantities of data they now collect has led researchers to seek assistance in classifying footage. This has now made camera trap research a prime candidate for citizen science, as reflected by the large number of camera trap projects now integrating public participation. Researchers are also turning to Artificial Intelligence (AI) to assist with classification of footage. Although this rapidly‐advancing field is already proving a useful tool, accuracy is variable and AI does not provide the social and engagement benefits associated with citizen science approaches. We propose, as a solution, more efforts to combine citizen science with AI to improve classification accuracy and efficiency while maintaining public involvement

Evidence for 2k_F Electron-Electron Scattering Processes in Coulomb Drag

Measurements and calculations of Coulomb drag between two low density, closely spaced, two-dimensional electron systems are reported. The experimentally measured drag exceeds that calculated in the random phase approximation by a significant, and density dependent, factor. Studies of the dependence of the measured drag on the difference in density between the two layers clearly demonstrate that previously ignored q=2k_F scattering processes can be very important to the drag at low densities and small layer separations.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure

Excitons in Mott insulators

Motivated by recent Raman and resonant inelastic X-ray scattering experiments performed for Mott insulators, which suggest formation of excitons in these systems, we present a theory of exciton formation in the upper Hubbard band. The analysis based on the spin polaron approach is performed in the framework of an effective t-J model for the subspace of states with one doubly occupied site. Our results confirm the existence of excitons and bear qualitative resemblance to experimental data despite some simplifications in our approach. They prove that the basic underlying mechanismof exciton formation is the same as that which gives rise to binding of holes in weakly doped antiferromagnets.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figur