ABSTRACT While the cosmic microwave background (CMB) dipole is largely assumed to be entirely kinematic, there evidence that part of it primordial. Such a possibility arises in models implying tilt, interpreted as dark flow, across observable Universe. The kinematic nature entire CMB can probed using backgrounds from galaxies after last scattering. near-infrared (near-IR) infrared (CIB) spectra...

ABSTRACT The Sunyaev–Zeldovich effect towards clusters of galaxies has become a standard probe cosmology. It is caused by the scattering photons from cosmic microwave background (CMB) hot cluster electron gas. In similar manner, other photon backgrounds can be scattered when passing through medium. This problem been recently considered for radio and infrared background. Here, we revisit discuss...

The Cosmic Infrared Background (CIB) is hidden behind veils of foreground emission from our own solar system and Galaxy. This paper describes procedures for removing the Galactic IR emission from the 1.25È240 km COBE DIRBE maps as steps toward the ultimate goal of detecting the CIB. The Galactic emission models are carefully chosen and constructed so that the isotropic CIB is completely retaine...

Identified as an immediate-early transcript, the serum-inducible kinase Snk bears sequence homology with the polo-like kinases. Endogenous Snk was detected in early G(1) in NIH 3T3 cells, and nascent Snk showed a half-life of about 15 min. The kinase activity of endogenous Snk was detected in G(1). Substitution of Thr-236 with a glutamate residue increased Snk kinase activity by about 10-fold, ...

We study regenerated high-energy emission from the gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows, and compare its flux with the direct component from the same afterglow. When the intrinsic emission spectrum extends to TeV region, these very high-energy photons are significantly absorbed by the cosmic infrared background (CIB) radiation field, creating electron/positron pairs; since these pairs are highly en...

STUDY DESIGN Crossover. OBJECTIVES To compare the time required to decrease intramuscular temperature 8°C below baseline temperature, and to compare intramuscular temperature 90 minutes posttreatment, between 2 cryotherapy modalities. BACKGROUND Cryotherapy is used to treat pain from muscle injuries. Cooler intramuscular temperatures may reduce cellular metabolism and secondary hypoxic inju...

From analysis of the DIRBE weekly averaged sky maps, we have detected substantial flux in the 60μm and 100μm channels in excess of expected zodiacal and Galactic emission. Two methods are used to separate zodiacal light from more distant emission. Method I makes use of the time-dependence of the North-South annual variation observed at the ecliptic poles. This method is robust against errors in...

Recent advancements in genetically encoded light-sensitive protein systems, also known as optogenetic systems, have stemmed from the many benefits of using blue light stimuli to selectively initiate protein-protein interactions. Such benefits include the non-invasive nature of light, the precision of the stimulus, and the reversibility of the protein-protein interactions in the dark. One specif...

The constant image brightness (CIB) assumption assumes that the intensities of corresponding points in two images are equal. This assumption is central to much of computer vision. However, surprisingly little work has been performed to support this assumption, despite the fact the many of algorithms are very sensitive to deviations from CIB. Deviations from the CIB model have usually been model...