Abstract — A new hybrid opto-electronic WDM architecture to extend electronic ADC performance is analyzed and simulated. Mode-locked optical pulses are amplitude modulated by a RF signal and optically demultiplexed into a number of parallel channels. The signal in each channel is converted to an electrical signal and then passed through a simple low-pass filter. The effect of low-pass filter re...

Accumulating evidence indicates that the molecular circadian clock underlies the mating behavior of Drosophila melanogaster. However, information about which food components affect circadian mating behavior is scant. The ice plant, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum has recently become a popular functional food. Here, we showed that the close-proximity (CP) rhythm of D. melanogaster courtship behavi...

Mesembryanthemum crystallinum is a succulent, facultative crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) plant. Plant growth and photosynthetic characteristics were studied when M. crystallinum plants were grown indoor under light emitting diodes (LED)-lighting with adequate water supply. Plants were cultured aeroponically for a 16-h photoperiod at an equal photosynthetic photon flux density of 350 μmol m-...

Although pterocarpan phytoalexins commonly ac­ cumulate in the fungus-inoculated tissues of papilionate legumes, only three compounds of this type possess oxygenation at C-2 [1, 2]. They are 2,3,9-trimethoxypterocarpan (1), 2,9-dimethoxy-3-hydroxypterocarpan (2-methoxymedicarpin, 2) and 2,3,9-trimethoxy-4-hydroxypterocarpan (3) all of which co­ occur with pisatin in the Fusarium solani f. sp. p...