Water availability,which enables plant growth and animal activity,regulates dryland ecosystem *** hyper-arid ecosystems,rain cannot support vascular plant ***,hyper-arid vegetation is restricted to the lower topograph...
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Water availability,which enables plant growth and animal activity,regulates dryland ecosystem *** hyper-arid ecosystems,rain cannot support vascular plant ***,hyper-arid vegetation is restricted to the lower topography,where runoff ***,food resources originating from areas of dense vegetation are dispersed across the desert floor,enabling animal life in areas lacking vascular plant ***,certain regions,such as the hyper-arid upper topography,may be devoid of plant-derived food *** present study examined arthropod activity in the upper topography of a hyper-arid desert,in comparison with arthropod activity in the lower *** traps were utilized to compare arthropod activity along unvegetated ridges with activity in parallel,vegetated ***,the study revealed dense arthropod communities in the barren upper *** collected in the upper topography represented 26%of total arthropod *** addition,the overlap between arthropod identity in the ridges and wadis(i.e.,riverbeds)was low,and certain arthropods were strongly affiliated with the *** upper topographic communities included high numbers of silverfish(Zygentoma:Lepismatidae),malachite beetles(Psiloderes),and predatory mites(Acari:Anystidae),and these arthropods were present at various life *** remains unclear how arthropod communities can persist in the unvegetated upper topography of the hyper-arid study *** results raise the possibility that other food sources,independent from vascular plants,may play a significant role in the life history of hyper-arid arthropods.
AIM To determine endothelin-1(ET-1)concentration before and after surgical coarctectomy and evaluate its association with left ventricular geometric *** prospective,cohort study of 24 patients aged 2 d to 10years with...
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AIM To determine endothelin-1(ET-1)concentration before and after surgical coarctectomy and evaluate its association with left ventricular geometric *** prospective,cohort study of 24 patients aged 2 d to 10years with coarctation of the aorta undergoing surgical repair.A sub-cohort of patients with age1 year had no change in ET-1 concentration before and after surgery(1.1 vs 1.4,NS).Pre-op,patients2 pg/m L preop demonstrated higher LVMI(65.7 g/m^(2.7) vs 38.5 g/m^(2.7),P=0.004)and a trend towards higher RWT(45%vs39%,P=0.07)prior to repair than those with lower ***-1 concentration is significantly variable in the perioperative period surrounding *** children and infants have different responses to surgical repair suggesting different mechanisms of activation.
Understanding the near-field electromagnetic interactions that produce optical orbital angular momentum(OAM)is crucial for integrating twisted light into ***,we examine the cathodoluminescence(CL)of plasmonic vortices...
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Understanding the near-field electromagnetic interactions that produce optical orbital angular momentum(OAM)is crucial for integrating twisted light into ***,we examine the cathodoluminescence(CL)of plasmonic vortices carrying OAM generated in spiral *** nanospiral geometry defines a photonic local density of states that is sampled by the electron probe in a scanning transmission electron microscope(STEM),thus accessing the optical response of the plasmonic vortex with high spatial and spectral *** map the full spectral dispersion of the plasmonic vortex in spiral structures designed to yield increasing topological ***,we fabricate nested nanospirals and demonstrate that OAM from one nanospiral can be coupled to the nested nanospiral,resulting in enhanced luminescence in concentric spirals of like handedness with respect to concentric spirals of opposite *** results illustrate the potential for generating and coupling plasmonic vortices in chiral nanostructures for sensitive detection and manipulation of optical OAM.
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