This paper reports the first study of the O VI resonance line emission (λλ 1032, 1038) originating in the Local Bubble (or Local Hot Bubble) surrounding the solar neighborhood. In spite of the fact that O VI absorption within the Local Bubble has been observed, no resonance line emission was detected during our 230 ksec Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer observation of a " shadowing " filam...

We demonstrate the ability to excite and monitor many whispering gallery modes (WGMs) of a microsphere resonator simultaneously in order to make broadband optical absorbance measurements. The 340 microm diameter microsphere is placed in a microfluidic channel. A hemispherical prism is used for coupling the WGMs into and out of the microsphere. The flat surface of the prism seals the microfluidi...

OBJECTIVES The lateral prefrontal cortex (LPFC) plays a central role in working memory (WM). In the present study, we employed quantitative, near-infrared time-resolved spectroscopy (TRS) to evaluate the relation between LPFC activity during WM and the task performance in 19 healthy, middle-aged, female subjects (mean age of 46·8±2·1 years). METHODS Concentration changes of oxyhemoglobin (ox...

This paper reports the first study of the O VI resonance line emission (λλ 1032, 1038) originating in the Local Bubble (or Local Hot Bubble) surrounding the solar neighborhood. In spite of the fact that O VI absorption within the Local Bubble has been observed, no resonance line emission was detected during our 230 ksec Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer observation of a " shadowing " filam...

IR spectroscopy has been widely applied in the study of photo-activated biological processes such as photosynthesis, but has not been applied to the study of reacting systems which require rapid mixing of aqueous solutions. This has been due in part to the high pressure needed to make an aqueous solution flow rapidly through the 50 microns optical pathlength between the plates in an IR cuvette ...

Using the tracer theory of Rescigno, adapted for an open mammillary system, a method is given of finding (1) metabolic rate, (2) ratios of masses of protein in extravascular compartments to mass of protein in intravascular compartment, (3) capillary permeabilities, when 131I-labelled protein is injected into the blood stream of animals. Examples are given for human, rabbit and rat. 0031-9155/04...

Using the tracer theory of Rescigno, adapted for an open mammillary system, a method is given of finding (1) metabolic rate, (2) ratios of masses of protein in extravascular compartments to mass of protein in intravascular compartment, (3) capillary permeabilities, when 131I-labelled protein is injected into the blood stream of animals. Examples are given for human, rabbit and rat. 0031-9155/04...

The physical properties of two-dimensional (2D) materials may drastically vary with their geometric thickness profiles. Current profiling methods for 2D are limited in measurement throughput and accuracy. Here, we present a novel high-speed high-precision method, termed transmission-matrix quantitative phase profilometry (TM-QPP). In TM-QPP, picometer-level optical pathlength sensitivity is ena...