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Precision Doppler Shift Measurements with a Frequency Comb Calibrated Laser Heterodyne Radiometer
We report precision atmospheric spectroscopy of using a laser
heterodyne radiometer (LHR) calibrated with an optical frequency comb. Using
the comb-calibrated LHR, we record spectra of atmospheric near 1572.33
nm with a spectral resolution of 200 MHz using sunlight as a light source. The
measured spectra exhibit frequency shifts by approximately 11 MHz over
the course of the five-hour measurement, and we show that these shifts are
caused by Doppler effects due to wind along the spectrometer line of sight. The
measured frequency shifts are in excellent agreement with an atmospheric model,
and we show that our measurements track the wind-induced Doppler shifts with a
relative frequency precision of 100 kHz (15 cm/s), equivalent to a fractional
precision of a few parts in . These results demonstrate that
frequency-comb-calibrated LHR enables precision velocimetry that can be of use
in applications ranging from climate science to astronomy.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
A search for technosignatures from 14 planetary systems in the Kepler field with the Green Bank Telescope at 1.15-1.73 GHz
Analysis of Kepler mission data suggests that the Milky Way includes billions
of Earth-like planets in the habitable zone of their host star. Current
technology enables the detection of technosignatures emitted from a large
fraction of the Galaxy. We describe a search for technosignatures that is
sensitive to Arecibo-class transmitters located within ~420 ly of Earth and
transmitters that are 1000 times more effective than Arecibo within ~13 000 ly
of Earth. Our observations focused on 14 planetary systems in the Kepler field
and used the L-band receiver (1.15-1.73 GHz) of the 100 m diameter Green Bank
Telescope. Each source was observed for a total integration time of 5 minutes.
We obtained power spectra at a frequency resolution of 3 Hz and examined
narrowband signals with Doppler drift rates between +/-9 Hz/s. We flagged any
detection with a signal-to-noise ratio in excess of 10 as a candidate signal
and identified approximately 850 000 candidates. Most (99%) of these candidate
signals were automatically classified as human-generated radio-frequency
interference (RFI). A large fraction (>99%) of the remaining candidate signals
were also flagged as anthropogenic RFI because they have frequencies that
overlap those used by global navigation satellite systems, satellite downlinks,
or other interferers detected in heavily polluted regions of the spectrum. All
19 remaining candidate signals were scrutinized and none were attributable to
an extraterrestrial source.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in the Astronomical
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Profiling human breast epithelial cells using single cell RNA sequencing identifies cell diversity.
Breast cancer arises from breast epithelial cells that acquire genetic alterations leading to subsequent loss of tissue homeostasis. Several distinct epithelial subpopulations have been proposed, but complete understanding of the spectrum of heterogeneity and differentiation hierarchy in the human breast remains elusive. Here, we use single-cell mRNA sequencing (scRNAseq) to profile the transcriptomes of 25,790 primary human breast epithelial cells isolated from reduction mammoplasties of seven individuals. Unbiased clustering analysis reveals the existence of three distinct epithelial cell populations, one basal and two luminal cell types, which we identify as secretory L1- and hormone-responsive L2-type cells. Pseudotemporal reconstruction of differentiation trajectories produces one continuous lineage hierarchy that closely connects the basal lineage to the two differentiated luminal branches. Our comprehensive cell atlas provides insights into the cellular blueprint of the human breast epithelium and will form the foundation to understand how the system goes awry during breast cancer
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Distributions of Extracellular Peptidases Across Prokaryotic Genomes Reflect Phylogeny and Habitat
Proteinaceous compounds are abundant forms of organic nitrogen in soil and aquatic ecosystems, and the rate of protein depolymerization, which is accomplished by a diverse range of microbial secreted peptidases, often limits nitrogen turnover in the environment. To determine if the distribution of secreted peptidases reflects the ecological and evolutionary histories of different taxa, we analyzed their distribution across prokaryotic lineages. Peptidase gene sequences of 147 archaeal and 2,191 bacterial genomes from the MEROPS database were screened for secretion signals, resulting in 55,072 secreted peptidases belonging to 148 peptidase families. These data, along with their corresponding 16S rRNA sequences, were used in our analysis. Overall, Bacteria had a much wider collection of secreted peptidases, higher average numbers of secreted peptidases per genome, and more unique peptidase families than Archaea. We found that the distribution of secreted peptidases corresponded to phylogenetic relationships among Bacteria and Archaea and often segregated according to microbial lifestyles, suggesting that the secreted peptidase complements of microbial taxa are optimized for the environmental microhabitats they occupy. Our analyses provide the groundwork for examining the specific functional role of families of secreted peptidases in relationship to the organisms and the corresponding environments in which they function
Giant negative magnetoresistance in semiconductors doped by multiply charged deep impurities
A giant negative magnetoresistance has been observed in bulk germanium doped
with multiply charged deep impurities. Applying a magnetic field the resistance
may decrease exponentially at any orientation of the field. A drop of the
resistance as much as about 10000% has been measured at 6 T. The effect is
attributed to the spin splitting of impurity ground state with a very large
g-factor in the order of several tens depending on impurity.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapy in Patients with Cardiac Sarcoidosis
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/93643/1/j.1540-8167.2012.02350.x.pd
MAKO: a pathfinder instrument for on-sky demonstration of low-cost 350 micron imaging arrays
Submillimeter cameras now have up to 10^4 pixels (SCUBA 2). The proposed CCAT 25-meter submillimeter telescope will feature a 1 degree field-of-view. Populating the focal plane at 350 microns would require more than 10^6 photon-noise limited pixels. To ultimately achieve this scaling, simple detectors and high-density multiplexing are essential. We are addressing this long-term challenge through the development of frequency-multiplexed superconducting microresonator detector arrays. These arrays use lumped-element, direct-absorption resonators patterned from titanium nitride films. We will discuss our progress toward constructing a scalable 350 micron pathfinder instrument focusing on fabrication simplicity, multiplexing density, and ultimately a low per-pixel cost
Design of Experiments for Screening
The aim of this paper is to review methods of designing screening
experiments, ranging from designs originally developed for physical experiments
to those especially tailored to experiments on numerical models. The strengths
and weaknesses of the various designs for screening variables in numerical
models are discussed. First, classes of factorial designs for experiments to
estimate main effects and interactions through a linear statistical model are
described, specifically regular and nonregular fractional factorial designs,
supersaturated designs and systematic fractional replicate designs. Generic
issues of aliasing, bias and cancellation of factorial effects are discussed.
Second, group screening experiments are considered including factorial group
screening and sequential bifurcation. Third, random sampling plans are
discussed including Latin hypercube sampling and sampling plans to estimate
elementary effects. Fourth, a variety of modelling methods commonly employed
with screening designs are briefly described. Finally, a novel study
demonstrates six screening methods on two frequently-used exemplars, and their
performances are compared
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