Search results for "COLOR"

Improved camouflage through ontogenetic colour change confers reduced detection risk in shore crabs

2019

Abstract Animals from many taxa, from snakes and crabs to caterpillars and lobsters, change appearance with age, but the reasons why this occurs are rarely tested.We show the importance that ontogenetic changes in coloration have on the camouflage of the green shore crabs (Carcinus maenas), known for their remarkable phenotypic variation and plasticity in colour and pattern.In controlled conditions, we reared juvenile crabs of two shades, pale or dark, on two background types simulating different habitats for 10 weeks.In contrast to expectations for reversible colour change, crabs did not tune their background match to specific microhabitats, but instead, and regardless of treatment, all de…

Supplementary data to: Context-dependent coloration of prey and predator decision making in contrasting light environments

2021

A big question in behavioural ecology is what drives diversity of colour signals. The dataset covers the testing of the context-dependent predator selection on prey coloration. In the first experiment, detectability of artificial visual stimuli to blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) was tested by manipulating stimulus luminance and chromatic context of the background. In the second experiment, the effect of two light environments on the survival of aposematic, colour polymorphic wood tiger moth (Arctia plantaginis) was tested. For detailed description of the material, methods, and results of the study, see the article.

Aberrant origin of the superior thyroid artery and ascending pharyngeal artery from a common trunk arising from the common carotid artery in a hypert…

2009

Supersymmetric technicolor

2011

In this thesis, we consider a supersymmetrized version of the Standard Model extended with a technicolor sector. We specialize in the regime of the model in which the technicolor sector is fully responsible of the electroweak symmetry breaking and the natural elementary Higgses of the supersymmetric model only transmit the breaking to the Standard Model fermions, thereby giving them masses. In particular, we consider the vacuum structure of the effective theory, find it to be different to that of a mere technicolor model and study the contributions of the new sector to the oblique electroweak parameters. Relative to the current experimental limits, we find the model viable.

Relación del margen de resección con la supervivencia global y supervivencia libre de enfermedad de los pacientes afectos de metástasis hepáticas de …

2015

Actualmente, la resección hepática junto con la quimioterapia representa el único tratamiento curativo para las metástasis hepáticas de carcinoma colorrectal (MHCCR), con unas tasas de supervivencia a 5 años de hasta el 58%.1 Los últimos avances en supervivencia se deben a múltiples factores.2 Por una parte, a las nuevas estrategias quirúrgicas (embolización portal preoperatoria, hepatectomía en dos tiempos, etc); así como a la mejor selección de pacientes candidatos a cirugía en base a las nuevas definiciones de resecabilidad.3-5 Y por supuesto, al desarrollo de una quimioterapia más efectiva y de nuevos agentes biológicos para el tratamiento de los pacientes con MHCCR.6-10 El papel del ma…

Ferdinands Erdmanis Štolls. Sēņu pasaule

2023

“Muzeja sērijas” trešā grāmata “Ferdinands Erdmanis Štolls. Sēņu pasaule.” Tā ir neliels ieskats mikologa F. E. Štolla (Ferdinand. Erdman Stoll; 1874–1966) vairāk kā 1000 lapu lielajā sēņu attēlu kolekcijā, ko zinātnieks ir izveidojis pētot Latvijas sēnes un, kas pamatā sastāv no paša pētnieka zīmētajiem akvareļiem. Akvareļu kolekcija ir viens no Latvijas Universitātes Muzeja Botānikas un mikoloģijas kolekciju dārgumiem, kas joprojām ir ne tikai pētnieku interešu objekts, bet spēj iepriecināt jebkuru interesentu ar savām estētiskajām kvalitātēm. Publicētos akvareļus raksturo citāti no 1934. gadā izdotās F. E. Štolla grāmatas “Latvijas sēnes”, kas ir pirmā izdotā mikoloģijas grāmata latviešu…

JIMWLK and beyond: From concepts to observables

2016

Volume: 112 Host publication title: 6th International Conference on Physics Opportunities at an Electron-Ion Collider The Color Glass Condensate and its associated evolution equation, the JIMWLK equation have applications to many observables far beyond totally inclusive observables. The phenomenology is so rich that little has been done to explore beyond scaling behavior of correlators. We show first examples that exemplify the considerations necessary to access additional information both experimentally and theoretically and demonstrate that the Wilson line correlators appearing throughout make it imperative to consistently take into account that one is dealing with correlators of group el…

Iron and pH regulating the photochemical mineralization of dissolved organic carbon

2017

Solar radiation mineralizes dissolved organic matter (DOM) to dissolved inorganic carbon through photochemical reactions (DIC photoproduction) that are influenced by iron (Fe) and pH. This study addressed as to what extent Fe contributes to the optical properties of the chromophoric DOM (CDOM) and DIC photoproduction at different pH values. We created the associations of Fe and DOM (Fe-DOM) that cover the range of loadings of Fe on DOM and pH values found in freshwaters. The introduced Fe enhanced the light absorption by CDOM independent of pH. Simulated solar irradiation decreased the light absorption by CDOM (i.e., caused photobleaching). Fe raised the rate of photobleaching and steepened…

Age- and quality-dependent DNA methylation correlate with melanin-based coloration in a wild bird

2018

Abstract Secondary sexual trait expression can be influenced by fixed individual factors (such as genetic quality) as well as by dynamic factors (such as age and environmentally induced gene expression) that may be associated with variation in condition or quality. In particular, melanin‐based traits are known to relate to condition and there is a well‐characterized genetic pathway underpinning their expression. However, the mechanisms linking variable trait expression to genetic quality remain unclear. One plausible mechanism is that genetic quality could influence trait expression via differential methylation and differential gene expression. We therefore conducted a pilot study examining…

Decagram-Scale Synthesis of Multicolor Carbon Nanodots: Self-Tracking Nanoheaters with Inherent and Selective Anticancer Properties

2022

Carbon nanodots (CDs) are a new class of carbon-based nanoparticles endowed with photoluminescence, high specific surface area, and good photothermal conversion, which have spearheaded many breakthroughs in medicine, especially in drug delivery and cancer theranostics. However, the tight control of their structural, optical, and biological properties and the synthesis scale-up have been very difficult so far. Here, we report for the first time an efficient protocol for the one-step synthesis of decagram-scale quantities of N,S-doped CDs with a narrow size distribution, along with a single nanostructure multicolor emission, high near-infrared (NIR) photothermal conversion efficiency, and sel…