Extremely large effective non-resonant Raman cross sections up to 10~10cm per molecule corresponding to enhancement factors on the order of 10 can be obtained at near infrared excitation for molecules attached to agg...
Extremely large effective non-resonant Raman cross sections up to 10~10cm per molecule corresponding to enhancement factors on the order of 10 can be obtained at near infrared excitation for molecules attached to aggregated colloidal silver or gold particles. We confirmed the existence of these enormous Raman cross sections by observation of significant transfer of ground state population to the first excited vibrational state by spontaneous surface-enhanced Raman scattering. Evidence for this population pumping by spontaneous Raman scattering includes (i) anti-Stokes to
Non-invasive observation of spatiotemporal activity of large neural populations distributed over entire brains is a longstanding goal of *** developed a volumetric multispectral optoacoustic tomography platform for im...
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Non-invasive observation of spatiotemporal activity of large neural populations distributed over entire brains is a longstanding goal of *** developed a volumetric multispectral optoacoustic tomography platform for imaging neural activation deep in scattering *** can record 100 volumetric frames per second across scalable fields of view ranging between 50 and 1000 mm^(3) with respective spatial resolution of 35–200μ*** performed in immobilized and freely swimming larvae and in adult zebrafish brains expressing the genetically encoded calcium indicator GCaMP5G demonstrate,for the first time,the fundamental ability to directly track neural dynamics using optoacoustics while overcoming the longstanding penetration barrier of optical imaging in scattering *** newly developed platform thus offers unprecedented capabilities for functional whole-brain observations of fast calcium dynamics;in combination with optoacoustics'well-established capacity for resolving vascular hemodynamics,it could open new vistas in the study of neural activity and neurovascular coupling in health and disease.
The state of Pará, located in the Amazon region of Brazil, has observed in recent years an increase in cocoa (Theobroma cacao) cultivation and has become the largest producer in Brazil. Due to its physiological chara...
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The state of Pará, located in the Amazon region of Brazil, has observed in recent years an increase in cocoa (Theobroma cacao) cultivation and has become the largest producer in Brazil. Due to its physiological characteristics, cacao is cultivated in native forests understory or under the shade produced by fast-growing native tree species, serving as an important species for restoration of degraded areas. However, mapping and monitoring cocoa plantation using optical sensor images is a challenge given its botanical and arboreal characteristics that can be confused with other native species at various stages of secondary regrowth. Agroforestry systems are important components of sustainable production in the Amazon and our work sought to better describe the evolution of cocoa plantations in terms of their historical expansion, farming properties practices, land use transitions and fire regimes. Our findings to analyze the relationships between cocoa plantations and hotspots, data from the INPE’s reference satellite between the years 2004 to 2020 were used in this study, polygons classified as cocoa areas, generated by the MapCacau research project, were used, in a total of 69,904 hectares distributed throughout the state of Pará. Finally, we used the protected areas’ official limits in the State of Pará to analyze the plantations’ occurrence in regions in discordance with environmental legislation. The data show that cocoa-producing properties are statistically fewer than non-producing properties, as well as having lower deforestation rates. In our study, we observed that 52,778 hectares (88.87%) of the cocoa area planted had already been deforested by the year 2008—the threshold of deforestation defined by Brazil’s Forest Code. It was also possible to verify that approximately 20,900 hectares continue to be mapped as forest by PRODES, despite our field data identifying cocoa plantations shaded by explored forest in these areas. Regarding the crop’s formation, the da
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