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Extragalactic database. VII Reduction of astrophysical parameters
The Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic database (LEDA) gives a free access to the main
astrophysical parameters for more than 100,000 galaxies. The most common names
are compiled allowing users to recover quickly any galaxy. All these measured
astrophysical parameters are first reduced to a common system according to well
defined reduction formulae leading to mean homogeneized parameters. Further,
these parameters are also transformed into corrected parameters from widely
accepted models. For instance, raw 21-cm line widths are transformed into mean
standard widths after correction for instrumental effect and then into maximum
velocity rotation properly corrected for inclination and non-circular velocity.
This paper presents the reduction formulae for each parameter: coordinates,
morphological type and luminosity class, diameter and axis ratio, apparent
magnitude (UBV, IR, HI) and colors, maximum velocity rotation and central
velocity dispersion, radial velocity, mean surface brightness, distance modulus
and absolute magnitude, and group membership. For each of these parameters
intermediate quantities are given: galactic extinction, inclination,
K-correction etc..
All these parameters are available from direct connexion to LEDA (telnet
lmc.univ-lyon1.fr, login: leda, no passwd
OR http://www-obs.univ-lyon1.fr/leda ) and distributed on a standard CD-ROM
(PGC-ROM 1996) by the Observatoire de Lyon via the CNRS (mail to
[email protected]).Comment: 13 pages, 12 figures. The CDROM of the extragalactic database LEDA is
available by mailing to: [email protected]
An image database. II. Catalogue between
A preliminary list of 68.040 galaxies was built from extraction
of 35.841
digitized images of the Palomar Sky Survey (Paper I).
For each galaxy, the basic parameters are obtained: coordinates,
diameter, axis
ratio, total magnitude, position angle. On this preliminary list, we apply
severe selection rules to get a catalog
of 28.000 galaxies, well identified and well documented.
For each parameter, a comparison is made with standard measurements.
The accuracy of the raw photometric parameters is quite good despite
of the simplicity of the method.
Without any local correction, the standard error on the total
magnitude is about 0.5 magnitude up to
a total magnitude of BT=17. Significant secondary effects
are detected concerning the magnitudes: distance to plate center effect
and air-mass effect
ATP-sensitive potassium channels in health and disease
The ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channel plays a crucial role in insulin secretion and thus glucose homeostasis. KATP channel activity in the pancreatic β-cell is finely balanced; increased activity prevents insulin secretion, whereas reduced activity stimulates insulin release. β-cell metabolism tightly regulates KATP channel gating, and if this coupling is perturbed, two distinct disease states can result. Diabetes occurs when the KATP channel fails to close in response to increased metabolism, whereas congenital hyperinsulinism results when KATP channels remain closed even at very low blood glucose levels. In general there is a good correlation between the magnitude of KATP current and disease severity. Mutations that cause a complete loss of KATP channels in the β-cell plasma membrane produce a severe form of congenital hyperinsulinism, whereas mutations that partially impair channel function produce a milder phenotype. Similarly mutations that greatly reduce the ATP sensitivity of the KATP channel lead to a severe form of neonatal diabetes with associated neurological complications, while mutations that cause smaller shifts in ATP sensitivity cause neonatal diabetes alone. This chapter reviews our current understanding of the pancreatic β-cell KATP channel and highlights recent structural, functional, and clinical advances