Recent research has highlighted how Lake Baikal, Siberia, has responded to the direct and indirect effects of climate change (e.g., ice-cover duration), nutrient loading, and pollution, manifesting as changes in phytoplankton/zooplankton populations, community structure, and seasonal succession. Here, we combine and compare analyses of chlorophyll a (an estimate of total algal biomass), caroten...

Target audience Scientists and clinicians interested in acquiring Diffusion Spectrum MRI at lower b-values. Purpose To demonstrate that radial q-space sampling for Diffusion Spectrum MRI improves ODF sampling and angular resolution at lower b-values as demonstrated by computer simulations and in a clinical scanner in vivo. Diffusion Spectrum MRI (DSI) [1] has been shown to non-invasively image ...

Although concurrent vision and hearing loss are common in older adults, population-based data on their relationship with mortality is limited. This cohort study investigated the association between objectively measured dual sensory impairment (DSI) with mortality risk over 10 years. 2812 Blue Mountains Eye Study participants aged 55 years and older at baseline were included for analyses. Visual...

This paper presents the development of new functionality for the open-source rsync utility aimed at producing an efficient, scalable solution for multiple-site file synchronization. The context of our work is the Internet2 Distributed Storage Infrastructure (I2-DSI) project, which is developing a reliable, scalable, high performance storage service infrastructure for advanced applications in re...

The Campbell–Stokes sunshine recorder (CSSR) has been one of the most commonly used instruments for measuring sunshine duration (SD) through the burn length of a given CSSR card. Many authors have used SD to obtain information about cloudiness and solar radiation (by using Ångström–Prescott type formulas), but the burn width has not been used systematically. In principle, the burn width increas...

BACKGROUND Symptom burden in chronic kidney disease (CKD) is poorly understood. To date, the majority of research focuses on single symptoms and there is a lack of suitable multidimensional symptom measures. The purpose of this study was to modify, translate, cross-culturally adapt and psychometrically analyse the Dialysis Symptom Index (DSI). METHODS The study methods involved four phases: m...

Target audience Scientists and clinicians interested in Diffusion Spectrum MRI and its methodological development Purpose To demonstrate that Diffusion Spectrum Imaging at longer diffusion times gives rise to higher anisotropy measures, as illustrated by using a stimulated echo sequence in a clinical scanner in vivo. Diffusion Spectrum MRI (DSI) [1] has become a powerful tool for non-invasive i...

Inhibitory neurons in the thalamic reticular nucleus (TRN) play a critical role in controlling information transfer between thalamus and neocortex. GABAergic synapses formed by TRN neurons contact both thalamic relay cells and neurons within TRN. These two types of synapses are thought to have distinct roles for the generation of thalamic network activity, but their selective regulation is poor...

Combat exposures to blast can result in both peripheral damage to the ears and eyes and central damage to the auditory and visual processing areas in the brain. The functional effects of the latter include visual, auditory, and cognitive processing difficulties that manifest as deficits in attention, memory, and problem solving--symptoms similar to those seen in individuals with visual and audi...