We sought to determine whether ambient temperature (T(a)) affects gonadal function by altering the rate at which circadian rhythms entrain to short day lengths. Syrian hamsters were housed in cages where they received 14 h of light per day ("long days," 14L) at 22 degrees C. Hamsters were then transferred to cages to receive 10 h of light per day ("short days," 10L) and kept at 5, 22, or 28 deg...

purpose : to determine cyclotorsional eye movement between the upright position and the supine position, in iranian patients with high preoperative astigmatism methods : this prospective cross sectional study contains 102 eyes of 59 patients who were candidates for refractive surgery with technolas 217z100 excimer laser system for correction of high astigmatism. wavefront measurements using zyw...

Vapor heat treatments were developed against life stages of the mealybug Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae). Treatments tested were 47 degrees C for 5-50 min in 5-min increments and 49 degrees C for 3, 5, 8, 10, and 12 min. All tests were conducted with mixed age M. hirsutus on Chinese pea, Pisum sativum L. Treatment at 47 degrees C required 45 min to kill all M. hirsu...

Temporal modulation sensitivity functions were measured centrally and at eccentricities of 2.5 degrees, 5 degrees and 10 degrees in the temporal visual field of 12 patients with recovered optic neuritis and in a group of matched normal controls. A circular, spatially uniform stimulus of 1 degree angular subtense was presented with sinusoidal modulation at 5, 8, 14 and 23 Hz. The general pattern...

We tested the hypothesis that the physiological strategy for acclimating to low body temperature is similar among closely related fish. Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus), bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus), black crappie (Pomonix nigromaculatus), and white crappie (Pomonix annularis), all members of the family Centrarchidae, were acclimated to 5 degr...

Laboratory experiments show that undercooling to about -5 degrees C occurs in colonized Beacon sandstones of the Ross Desert, Antarctica. High-frequency temperature oscillations between 5 degrees C and -5 degrees C or -10 degrees C (which occur in nature on the rock surface) did not damage Hemichloris antarctica. In a cryomicroscope, H. antarctica appeared to be undamaged after slow or rapid ...

Experimental studies are made on the hemi – cylindrically blunted fins for Mach 2.2 to examine the effect of dimples on shock wave / boundary layer interaction. Flow field details around hemi – cylindrically blunted fin has been captured using oil flow visualization, measurements of static and total pressures and the lambda shock has been captured by shadowgraphy. Configuration indicate nonstar...

The development of five geographic isolates of Steinernema feltiae at 5, 8, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 28 degrees C in wax moth, Galleria mellonella, larvae was examined. The isolates were from Mediterranean (Sinop from Turkey, SN from France, and Monterey from California), subtropical (Rafaela from Argentina), and tropical (MG-14 from Hawaii) regions. All isolates caused 100% mortality of wax moth la...

Endoscopic imaging for minimal access surgery has many limitations that include: 2D and narrow angle imaging, limited workspace of the endoscope caused by the fulcrum effect of the body wall, and the presence of the endoscope in the incision that prevents use of the incision for other instrumentation. We have designed a novel stereoscopic 3D imaging device with 5 DOF and remote control that can...

We p r e s e n t an algorithm for determining the next best position of a range sensor in 3D space for incrementally recovering an indoor scene. The method works in ve dimensions: the sensor navigates inside the scene, and can be placed at any 3 D position and oriented by a pan-tilt head. The method is based on a mixed exhaustive search and hill climbing optimisation, and outputs the next posit...