Aims Grasslands are the world’s most extensive terrestrial ecosystem,and are a major feed source for *** increasing demand for meat and other dairy products in a sustainable manner is a big *** a field scale,Global P...
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Aims Grasslands are the world’s most extensive terrestrial ecosystem,and are a major feed source for *** increasing demand for meat and other dairy products in a sustainable manner is a big *** a field scale,Global Positioning System and ground-based sensor technologies provide promising tools for grassland and herd management with high *** the growth in availability of spaceborne remote sensing data,it is therefore important to revisit the relevant methods and applications that can exploit this *** this article,we have reviewed the(i)current status of grassland monitoring/observation methods and applications based on satellite remote sensing data,(ii)the technological and methodological developments to retrieve different grassland biophysical parameters and management characteristics(***,grazing intensity)and(iii)identified the key remaining challenges and some new upcoming trends for future *** Findings The retrieval of grassland biophysical parameters have evolved in recent years from classical regression analysis to more complex,efficient and robust modeling approaches,driven by satellite data,and are likely to continue to be the most robust method for deriving grassland information,however these require more high quality calibration and validation *** found that the hypertemporal satellite data are widely used for time series generation,and particularly to overcome cloud contamination issues,but the current low spatial resolution of these instruments precludes their use for field-scale application in many *** trend may change with the current rise in launch of satellite constellations,such as RapidEye,Sentinel-2 and even the microsatellites such as those operated by Skybox *** imagery has not been widely used for grassland applications,and a better understanding of the backscatter behaviour from different phenological stages is needed for more reliable products i
We investigate the spatial characteristics of high-order harmonic radiation generated in argon and observe cross-like patterns in the far *** analytical model describing harmonics from an astigmatic driving beam revea...
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We investigate the spatial characteristics of high-order harmonic radiation generated in argon and observe cross-like patterns in the far *** analytical model describing harmonics from an astigmatic driving beam reveals that these patterns result from the order and generation position-dependent divergence of *** small amounts of driving field astigmatism may result in cross-like patterns,coming from the superposition of individual harmonics with spatial profiles elongated in different *** correcting the aberrations using a deformable mirror,we show that fine-tuning the driving wavefront is essential for optimal spatial quality of the harmonics.
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus(MERS-Co V) has emerged in the Arabian Gulf region, with its epicentre in Saudi Arabia, the host of the ‘Hajj' which is the world's the largest mass gathering. Transmission...
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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus(MERS-Co V) has emerged in the Arabian Gulf region, with its epicentre in Saudi Arabia, the host of the ‘Hajj' which is the world's the largest mass gathering. Transmission of MERS-Co V at such an event could lead to its rapid worldwide dissemination. Therefore, we studied the frequency of viruses causing influenza-like illnesses(ILI) among participants in a randomised controlled trial at the Hajj 2013. We recruited 1038 pilgrims from Saudi Arabia, Australia and Qatar during the first day of Hajj and followed them closely for four days. A nasal swab was collected from each pilgrim who developed ILI. Respiratory viruses were detected using multiplex RT-PCR. ILI occurred in 112/1038(11%) pilgrims. Their mean age was 35 years, 49(44%) were male and 35(31%) had received the influenza vaccine pre-Hajj. Forty two(38%) pilgrims had laboratory-confirmed viral infections; 28(25%) rhinovirus, 5(4%) influenza A, 2(2%) adenovirus, 2(2%) human coronavirus OC43/229 E, 2(2%) parainfluenza virus 3, 1(1%) parainfluenza virus 1, and 2(2%) dual infections. No MERS-Co V was detected in any sample. Rhinovirus was the commonest cause of ILI among Hajj pilgrims in 2013. Infection control and appropriate vaccination are necessary to prevent transmission of respiratory viruses at Hajj and other mass gatherings.
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