Terrestrial Carbonaceous Debris Tracing Atmospheric Hypervelocity-Shock Aeroplasma Processes

International audienceAtmospheric hypervelocity impacts are widely viewed to produce the meteoric smoke layer by the shock-less interactions of the impinging air molecules with the vaporized meteoroid. In contrast here, we intend to show how gas and solid aerosols when captured in the Mach cone of a bolide while entering the Earth atmosphere are transformed into a new range of polymeric nanomaterials. Carbonaceous materials from natural situations are studied from collect in a pilot region of Southern France in the following days of a high altitude meteor atmospheric airburst on 2011 August 2 nd and since the 2013 February 15 th Chelyabinsk meteoritic event in Ural. These materials are compared to the ones obtained by hypervelocity shock with the CEA Persephone light-gas gun. A numerical simulation with the Tycho software is performed to model the evolution of the increase of density directly in the rear front of the shockwave with the increase of velocity around an obstacle for high velocity inflow. The multidisciplinary approach reveals the production carbon-based nanosolids from terrestrial precursors by hypervelocity plasma particle deposition (HPPD) processes. The Tycho simulation helps to establish the lack of mixing between the ablation smoke and the surrounding atmosphere. The correlation between the simulation, the hypervelocity experiments and the natural situations shows the distinctive characteristics of visco-elastic filamentary nanosolids formed in the laminar domain of low pressure, the ones of nanoparticle-rich stiff film specific to the thin domain of high shear stress and the ones of dense glassy carbon with nanocarbon crystallites (graphite and graphene-like) only formed in the frontal high temperature and pressure domain. Data on the natural carbon-based nanosolids indicate that the atmospheric shock-dissociation occurred from a carbon pool dominated by dead atmospheric carbon. Diagnostic keys are provided to distinguish natural carbon-based nanosolids synthesized by HPPD just at the time of the hypervelocity atmospheric entry from their subsequent transformations during atmospheric transport by other aeroplasma processes

Behavioral Priors for Detection and Tracking of Pedestrians in Video Sequences

In this paper we address the problem of detection and tracking of pedestrians in complex scenarios. The inclusion of prior knowledge is more and more crucial in scene analysis to guarantee flexibility and robustness, necessary to have reliability in complex scenes. We aim to combine image processing methods with behavioral models of pedestrian dynamics, calibrated on real data. We introduce Discrete Choice Models (DCM) for pedestrian behavior and we discuss their integration in a detection and tracking context. The obtained results show how it is possible to combine both methodologies to improve the performances of such systems in complex sequence

Sediment budgets 1

Flood plains can act as important sinks of sediment and associated heavy metals, such as mercury. In this study, we present an estimate of the role of an Amazonian flood plain in sediment storage. The Curuai flood plain is located on the right bank of the Amazon River, 900 km upstream of the mouth. It is a complex system of more than 30 interconnected lakes, with a maximum inundated area of 2300 km2, representing 0.8% of the total flooded area of the Central Amazon basin. For the period 2000-2003, a mean average sediment deposition of 380 000 (±7.82%) t year-1 was determined using a box model calibrated using a network of gauging, meteorological and sediment monitoring stations operated over a 4 year period and analysis of multitemporal remote sensing images. This storage represents approximately 0.6% of the total annual sediment flux transported by the Amazon River. The associated mean specific sedimentation rate approaches 165 t km-2 year-1 if only the flooded area is considered

Análise espaço-temporal dos sedimentos em suspensão em reservatório de baixa concentração por meio de sensoriamento remoto

O estudo de pequenos reservatórios e com baixa concentração de sedimentos em suspensão (CSS) ainda é um desafio para o sensoriamento remoto. Neste trabalho estimamos a CSS a partir das propriedades óticas da água e de imagens orbitais. Realizamos campanhas em datas escolhidas em função do calendário de passagem dos sensores, sazonalidade das chuvas e hidrograma do reservatório para coleta de amostras de água superficial e espectrorradiometria de campo. A calibração entre a CSS e o comportamento espectral gerou modelos de estimativa de CSS a partir de dados MODIS e Landsat 8, permitindo investigação do seu comportamento temporal e espacial. O modelo MODIS gerou uma série temporal de CSS desde 2000 a 2017, apresentando R2 = 0,8105 e RMSE% = 39,91%. O modelo Landsat 8 permitiu a análise espacial da CSS, apresentando R2 = 0,8352 e RMSE% = 15,12%. A combinação dos modelos propostos permitiu a análise temporal e espacial da CSS e seus relacionamentos com o regime de chuvas e variação de cota do reservatório do Descoberto (DF). Os resultados demonstraram que o uso de dados orbitais complementam as informações da CSS obtidas pelos métodos tradicionais de coleta e análise de qualidade da água em reservatórios de baixa CSS.The study of small reservoirs with low suspended sediment concentration (CSS) is still a challenge for remote sensing. In this work we estimate CSS from the optical properties of water and orbital imagery. Campaigns were carried out at selected dates according to the calendar of sensor passages, rainfall seasonality and hydrograph of the reservoir for the collection of surface water samples and field spectroradiometry. The calibration between CSS and spectral behavior generated CSS estimation models from MODIS and Landsat 8 data, allowing investigation of their temporal and spatial behavior. The MODIS model generated a time series of CSS from 2000 to 2017, presenting R2 = 0.8105 and RMSE% = 39.91%. The Landsat 8 model allowed the spatial analysis of CSS, with R2 = 0.8352 and RMSE% = 15.12%. The combination of the proposed models allowed the temporal and spatial analysis of the CSS and its relationships with the rainfall regime and the quota variation of the Descoberto reservoir (DF). The results showed that the use of orbital data complements the CSS information obtained by the traditional methods of collecting and analyzing water quality in low CSS reservoirs

Plant peroxidases : biochemistry and physiology

Resistant (Reba B50) and susceptible (Acala 44) cotton plants were investigated for intratissular growth of bacterial populations and peroxidase (POx) activity, after infection of cotyledons with races 18 or 20 from #Xanthomonas (#Axonopodis$) campestris$ pv. #malvacearum$. Considerable multiplication of the bacterial population was noticed in the compatible interaction (Acala 44 / Xcm race 18) ; it was much lower during the incompatible interaction when race 18 was infiltrated into cotyledons of Reba B50. An intermediate level of bacterial growth was obtained when Reba B50 was infiltrated with race known to overcome resistance of this line. High increase in POx activity occurred into the infected cotyledons during incompatible interaction, while the increase was much lower when the interactions were compatible. On leaves, a similar and significant difference in enzyme activity was also observed indicating that the "peroxidase response" was systemically induced in entire resistant plants. Five isoperoxidases were evidenced by IEF in both lines, whether they were infected or not. But only two of them accounted for the increase in activity in infected resistant cotyledons. Microscopy revealed that POx activity, detected at the infection sites two hours after infiltration of the resistant line was mainly located in cell walls and the middle lamella bordering intercellular spaces. Our data indicate that bacterial infection of cotton plants enhanced the activity of two of the preexistent isoperoxidases in resistant plants and suggest that stimulation of POx activity is associated with resistance mechanisms. (Résumé d'auteur

Flavonoids accumulate in cell walls, middle lamellae and callose-rich papillae during an incompatible interaction between Xanthomonas campestris pv. malvacearum and cotton

Interactions between cotton cotyledons and #Xanthomonas campestris pv. #malvacearum were examined. During an incompatible interaction, fluorescence microscopy revealed that flavonoid compounds accumulated within 10 h after inoculation. Electron micrographs showed ultrastructural modifications of cells that exhibited an intense fluorescence suggesting the presence of flavonoids. Phenol-like molecules were produced by cells of infection sites and were found in paramural areas within papillae enriched with callose and in host cell walls and middle lamellae. Histochemistry showed that peroxidase activity and terpenoids were detected in the infected resistant plants, 4 and 48 h after inoculation, respectively. In contrast, no changes in the deposits of lignin, suberin, and catechin were seen in either the infected susceptible or resistant lines. We suggest that early flavonoid accumulation is associated with the hypersensitive reaction of cotton cotyledons to #X. campestris pv. #malvacearum. The activity of wall-bound peroxidases may play a role in the incorporation of flavonoids in cell walls and paramural papillae. (Résumé d'auteur

Modélisation de la coalescence de deux bulles d'air dans une colonne d'eau

La dynamique de coalescence de deux bulles d'air dans une colonne d'eau au repos est présentée dans cette communication. Une technique numérique de modélisation et simulation des écoulements diphasiques à interface mobiles de type PLIC-VOF a été utilisée pour déterminer le champ de vitesse et l'évolution spatio-temporelle de l'interface air-liquide. Une amélioration de la méthode PLIC-VOF a été réalisée à travers l'implémentation d'un algorithme de calcul de la courbure de l'interface air-liquide, ainsi que d'un algorithme d'advection garantissant une meilleure conservation de la matière au cours du temps. Un diagramme de coalescence décrivant la longueur normalisée de l'interface en fonction du temps est décrit, ainsi qu'un nombre adimensionnel définissant le temps de coalescence. L'influence de la distance initiale entre les bulles est envisagées pour plusieurs températures

Distribution of basement membrane antigens in glomeruli of mice with autoimmune glomerulonephritis.

peer reviewedGlomerulonephritis was induced in mice by the repeated injection of human glomeruli or purified glomerular basement membrane. The glomerular basement membranes of nephritic animals were observed to develop subepithelial extensions, "spikes." Although normally Type IV collagen is found throughout the full thickness of basement membranes, the "spikes" reacted with antibodies to laminin but not with antibodies to Type IV collagen. It is proposed that in murine autoimmune glomerulonephritis, the visceral epithelial cells produce an excess of laminin