A fiber twist sensor using a Sagnac interferometer incorporating tapered polarization-maintaining (PMF) is proposed. The transmission properties of the are investigated both theoretically and experimentally. Given optoelastic effect, which depends on geometry, modal group birefringences PMF can be controlled by applying different angles. spectral wavelength shifts, free ranges, losses original,...

abstract one of the losses decrease's ways in fields, is the proper irrigation management, which its base is the accurate estimation of crop water requirement. equations which are used to calculate the reference evapotranspiration (eto), do not use the same climatic parameters and due to their empirical base, are not match to all climatic situations. so it is needed to clarify proper methods fo...

Hepatomegaly is a common finding in primary myelofibrosis (PMF), mostly due to extramedullary hematopoiesis, as demonstrated by liver biopsies in previous studies, and high serum alkaline phosphatase (ALP) is usually the most frequent associated biochemical abnormality. In the current study, we examined the clinical, prognostic and molecular correlates of increased ALP and aspartate aminotransf...

It was suggested that endocannabinoids are metabolized by cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 in the spinal cord of rats with kaolin/λ-carrageenan-induced knee inflammation, and that this mechanism contributes to the analgesic effects of COX-2 inhibitors in this experimental model. We report the development of a specific method for the identification of endocannabinoid COX-2 metabolites, its application to ...

Positive matrix factorization (PMF) is a widely used multivariate source apportionment technique. However, PMF-derived profiles are never compared to real ones because of the absence data on chemical composition emissions. The aim this study was verify validity using diagnostic ratios (DR) method and end-member mixing analysis (EMMA). polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in particulate matte...

1. Effective size of support Let X be a discrete random variable which can take on values from a finite set X of m elements, with probabilities specified by the probability mass function (pmf) p. The support of X is a set S(p(X)) {p : p i > 0, i = 1, 2,. .. , m}. Let |S(p(X))| denote the size of the support. While pmf p = [0.5, 0.5] makes both outcomes equally likely, the following pmf q = [0.9...

A new complex of phleomycin-bleomycin group antibiotics, YA-56, was isolated from the culture broth of a streptomycete designated as strain MCRL 0387 and identified as a new variety of Streptomyces humidus Nakazawaand Shibata in Imamura et al.9 1956. Ultra-violet irradiation of strain MCRL0387 gave a high-yielding mutant which formed blue aerial mycelium instead of the grayish aerial mycelium o...

Reference evapotranspiration (ET0) is essential for agricultural production and crop water management. The recent climate change affecting the spatiotemporal variation of ET0 in eastern China continues to still be less understood. For this purpose, latest observed data from 77 meteorological stations Anhui province were utilized determine variations by use Penman–Monteith FAO 56 (PMF-56) model....

Protein identification by mass spectrometry (MS) is an important technique in proteomics. By searching an MS spectrum against a given protein database, the most matched proteins are sorted using a scoring function and the top one is often considered the correctly identified protein. Peptide mass fingerprinting (PMF) is one of the major methods for protein identification using MS technology. It ...