[Abstract] Single-laser-shot temperature measurements at a data rate of 1 kHz are demonstrated using femtosecond coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) spectroscopy. The excitation of gas-phase Raman lines with spectral widths of 3 GHz by pump and Stokes beams with spectral widths of 3000 GHz is very efficient provided that the pump and Stokes beams are Fouriertransform-limited. The singl...

A new vibrational imaging method based on coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) has been used for high-speed, selective imaging of neutral lipid droplets (LDs) in unstained live fibroblast cells. LDs have a high density of C-H bonds and show a high contrast in laser-scanning CARS images taken at 2,845 cm-1, the frequency for aliphatic C-H vibrations. The contrast from LDs was confirmed b...

Virtualization basically means realizing several runtime environments in parallel but strictly isolated on a shared hardware. Nowadays, virtualization is an accepted standard and is used in the desktop and server market as a genuine alternative solution to several individual dedicated hardware systems. Through today’s availability of modern and highly efficient virtualization solutions, virtual...

The authors report on composing a piece for RoadMusic, an interactive music project which generates and manipulates music for the passengers and driver in a car, using sensor information gathered from the surroundings and from the movements of the car. We present a literature review which brings together related works in the diverse fields of Automotive UI, musical mappings, generative music an...

Second-generation chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) are powerful tools to redirect antigen-specific T cells independently of HLA-restriction. Recent clinical studies evaluating CD19-targeted T cells in patients with B-cell malignancies demonstrate the potency of CAR-engineered T cells. With results from 28 subjects enrolled by five centers conducting studies in patients with chronic lymphocytic...

Participation on Online Social Networks (OSNs) inherently requires information sharing and thus exposes individuals to privacy risks. Risk mitigation then has been encouraged through adoption of usable privacy controls. However, stronger privacy enhancing technologies (PETs) decrease both risk and perceptions of risk. Thus, individuals feel safer and may in fact respond by accepting more risk. ...

The paper looks into the consumer perception and attitudes towards green cars. A questionnaire was designed with a sample size of 157 in area of Mumbai. The objectives of research is to determine perception of Green Cars in the minds of the average Indian Consumer, to ascertain the attitudes of people towards alternatively fueled vehicles and to ascertain the qualities that consumers look for i...

The lipid distribution in the mouse meibomian gland was examined with picosecond spectral anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) imaging. Spectral CARS data sets were generated by imaging specific localized regions of the gland within tissue sections at consecutive Raman shifts in the CH(2) stretching vibrational range. Spectral differences between the location specific CARS spectra obtained in th...