Search results for "Signal"

Relationships between Staphylococcus aureus genetic background, virulence factors, agr groups (alleles), and human disease

2002

ABSTRACT The expression of most Staphylococcus aureus virulence factors is controlled by the agr locus, which encodes a two-component signaling pathway whose activating ligand is an agr -encoded autoinducing peptide (AIP). A polymorphism in the amino acid sequence of the AIP and of its corresponding receptor divides S. aureus strains into four major groups. Within a given group, each strain produces a peptide that can activate the agr response in the other member strains, whereas the AIPs belonging to different groups are usually mutually inhibitory. We investigated a possible relationship between agr groups and human S. aureus disease by studying 198 S. aureus strains isolated from 14 asym…

Capteurs et images aériennes pour l’évaluation du peuplement de mauvaises herbes

2013

AIRINOV is specialized in use of UAV for precision agriculture. Thanks to a high spatial resolution up to 1.5 cm/pixel in RGB images, discrimination between vegetation (crop row, weed) and soil can be done. Variability can be detected in weed density inside the whole field. The detection of weeds in the inter-row of hoed row crops was tested on RGB images. The methodology developed is based on Hough transform, and is composed of three main steps: image segmentation, soil/vegetation discrimination and crop rows localization. First results are promising but need complementary measures for validation.

Mesure de netteté basée sur les descripteurs généralisés de Fourier appliquée à la reconstruction 3D par Shape from Focus

2013

National audience; L'étape principale de la méthode de reconstruction 3D " Shape from Focus " est l'utilisation d'un opérateur de mesure de netteté de chaque pixel de la séquence d'image. Le choix de l'opérateur de mesure de netteté est une étape cruciale pour une reconstruction 3D de qualité. La précision de la mesure de netteté dépend de la taille du voisinage autour du pixel choisi et de la présence ou non de bruit additif dans la séquence d'images. Dans cet article, nous présentons deux nouveaux opérateurs de mesure de netteté basés sur les Descripteurs Généralisés de Fourier. Une nouvelle étude comparative des différents opérateurs est présentée. Cette comparaison est basée sur un plan…

3D ACQUISITION SYSTEM APPLIED TO AGRONOMIC SCENES

2012

International audience; To improve results in automatic wheat ear counting by proxy-detection for early yield prediction, we need depth information of the scene. In this paper, we describe our 3D acquisition system dedicated to reconstruction of agronomic scenes. This system is composed of a camera mounted on a linear displacement driven by a microcontroller. The linear displacement allows acquiring a set of images in different distances to the scene. This image stack is used to apply shape from focus technique which is a passive and monocular 3D reconstruction method. This technique consists in the application of a focus measure for every pixel in the stack. An approximation method is used…

Spray droplet characteristics measured using high speed imaging techniques

2016

Presented at Conference International Advances in Pesticide Application (IAPA), Barcelone, ESP (2016-01-13 - 2016-01-15).; International audience; Spray droplet characteristics are important features of an agricultural spray. The objective of this study is to measure the droplet size for different types of hydraulic spray nozzles using a developed backlighted image acquisition system and image processing technique. An in-focus droplet criterion was established to decide whether a droplet is in focus and can be measured in an accurate way. Tests included five different nozzles (Albuz ATR orange and red, TeeJet XR 110 01, XR 110 04 and Al 110 04).

The Medicago truncatula hypermycorrhizal B9 mutant displays an altered response to phosphate and is more susceptible to Aphanomyces euteiches.

2014

SPE IPM; National audience; Inorganic phosphate (Pi) plays a key role in the development of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis, which is favoured when Pi is limiting in the environment. We have characterized the Medicago truncatula hypermycorrhizal B9 mutant for its response to limiting (P/10) and replete (P2) Pi. On P2, mycorrhization was significantly higher in B9 plants than in wild-type (WT). The B9 mutant displayed hallmarks of Pi-limited plants, including higher levels of anthocyanins and lower concentrations of Pi in shoots than WT plants. Transcriptome analyses of roots of WT and B9 plants cultivated on P2 or on P/10 confirmed the Pi-limited profile of the mutant on P2 and highli…

Estimation de l’indice foliaire et de la biomasse du blé et des adventices par imagerie visible et machine learning : vers un nouvel indicateur non d…

2019

National audience; Cette étude propose d’estimer précocement par imagerie deux variables clés dans la gestion des cultures et dans la compétition culture-adventices : l’indice foliaire (LAI) et la biomasse aérienne sèche (BM). Une expérimentation a été conduite au champ pendant la phase végétative d’une culture de blé. Pour chaque peuplement (culture de blé, adventices), les taux de couverture du sol par la végétation (TCc, TCw) ont été déduits du traitement d’image basé sur une technique de machine learning. LAI et BM ont été mesurés de façon destructive. Puis, une calibration a été réalisée entre TC et LAI d’une part et entre TC et BM d’autre part. Ce travail pourrait, à terme, faciliter …

Comment stimuler l’immunité de la vigne avec des éliciteurs

2013

Observation of the suppression of the flux of cosmic rays above 4x10^19eV

2008

The energy spectrum of cosmic rays above 2.5 × 10¹⁸ eV, derived from 20,000 events recorded at the Pierre Auger Observatory, is described. The spectral index γ of the particle flux, J ∝ E-γ, at energies between 4 × 10¹⁸ eV and 4 × 10¹⁹ eV is 2.69 ± 0.02(stat) ± 0.06(syst), steepening to 4.2 ± 0.4(stat) ± 0.06(syst) at higher energies. The hypothesis of a single power law is rejected with a significance greater than 6 standard deviations. The data are consistent with the prediction by Greisen and by Zatsepin and Kuz'min.

Biotransformation of odorants modifies the olfactory signal

2009

International audience