Geochemistry is a powerful tool to help characterize the tectonic setting of igneous rocks associations.However,when continental mafic dykes and flood basalts are the target most of the proposed geochemical discrimina...Geochemistry is a powerful tool to help characterize the tectonic setting of igneous rocks associations.However,when continental mafic dykes and flood basalts are the target most of the proposed geochemical discrimination diagrams fail to correctly classify them,i.e.many mafic展开更多
Detection of N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) is useful for understanding quorum sensing (QS) behaviors, including biofilm formation, virulence and metabolism. For detecting AHLs and indicating the host cells in ...Detection of N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) is useful for understanding quorum sensing (QS) behaviors, including biofilm formation, virulence and metabolism. For detecting AHLs and indicating the host cells in situ, we constructed the plasmid pUCGMA2T1-4 to make a dual fluorescent whole- cell biosensor based on the AhlI/R AHL system of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae B728a. The plasmid contains three components: constitutively expressed enptll::gfP for indicating host cells, Pahll::mcherry that produces red fluorescence in response to AHL, and the ahIR gene that encodes an AHL regulatory protein. Meanwhile, two copies of T1-4 (four tandem copies of a transcriptional terminator) were added into the plasmid to reduce background. The results showed that when the plasmid was placed into Escherichia coli, the dual fluorescence whole-cell biosensor was able to respond with red fluorescence within 6 hr to 5 × 10^-8-1 × 10^-5 mol/L of 3OC6-HSL. Bright green fluorescence indicated the host cells. Furthermore, when the plasmid was transferred to wild- type Pseudomonas PhTA125 (an AHL-producing bacterium), it also showed both green and red fluorescence. This result demonstrates that this plasmid can be used to construct whole-cell indicators that can indicate the AHL response and spatial behaviors of microbes in a mi tal niche展开更多
In order to minimise the bushfires negative impacts on society, an efficient andreliable bushfire detection system was proposed to assess the devastated effects of the2009 Victorian bushfires.It is possible to utilise...In order to minimise the bushfires negative impacts on society, an efficient andreliable bushfire detection system was proposed to assess the devastated effects of the2009 Victorian bushfires.It is possible to utilise the repetitive capability of satellite remotesensing imagery to identify the location of change to the Earth's surface and integrate thedifferent remotely sensed indices.The results confirm that the procedure can offer essentialspatial information for bushfire assessment.展开更多
The amount of impervious surface area increases with rapid urbanization.Remote sensing indices are used to detect impervious surface areas quickly,cheaply and accurately.This study used Landsat-OLI and Sentiel-2A MSI ...The amount of impervious surface area increases with rapid urbanization.Remote sensing indices are used to detect impervious surface areas quickly,cheaply and accurately.This study used Landsat-OLI and Sentiel-2A MSI images in the province of Ankara to compare six impervious surface extraction indices:Normalized Difference Builtup Index(NDBI),Combinational Biophysical Composition Index(CBCI),Normalized Impervious Surface Index(NISI),Urban Index(UI),Index-based Built-up Index(IBI),Enhanced Normalized Difference Impervious Surfaces Index(ENDISI).Spectral discrimination index(SDI)and error matrix were used to evaluate the performance of the indexes.In addition,a visual evaluation of the performance of the indices was made on different surface areas in the study area.展开更多
基金The Brazilian Sao Paulo State Research Foundation(FAPESP)partially supported this research(grants 2012/15824-6 and 2012/07243-3)
文摘Geochemistry is a powerful tool to help characterize the tectonic setting of igneous rocks associations.However,when continental mafic dykes and flood basalts are the target most of the proposed geochemical discrimination diagrams fail to correctly classify them,i.e.many mafic
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 2117145)
文摘Detection of N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) is useful for understanding quorum sensing (QS) behaviors, including biofilm formation, virulence and metabolism. For detecting AHLs and indicating the host cells in situ, we constructed the plasmid pUCGMA2T1-4 to make a dual fluorescent whole- cell biosensor based on the AhlI/R AHL system of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae B728a. The plasmid contains three components: constitutively expressed enptll::gfP for indicating host cells, Pahll::mcherry that produces red fluorescence in response to AHL, and the ahIR gene that encodes an AHL regulatory protein. Meanwhile, two copies of T1-4 (four tandem copies of a transcriptional terminator) were added into the plasmid to reduce background. The results showed that when the plasmid was placed into Escherichia coli, the dual fluorescence whole-cell biosensor was able to respond with red fluorescence within 6 hr to 5 × 10^-8-1 × 10^-5 mol/L of 3OC6-HSL. Bright green fluorescence indicated the host cells. Furthermore, when the plasmid was transferred to wild- type Pseudomonas PhTA125 (an AHL-producing bacterium), it also showed both green and red fluorescence. This result demonstrates that this plasmid can be used to construct whole-cell indicators that can indicate the AHL response and spatial behaviors of microbes in a mi tal niche
文摘In order to minimise the bushfires negative impacts on society, an efficient andreliable bushfire detection system was proposed to assess the devastated effects of the2009 Victorian bushfires.It is possible to utilise the repetitive capability of satellite remotesensing imagery to identify the location of change to the Earth's surface and integrate thedifferent remotely sensed indices.The results confirm that the procedure can offer essentialspatial information for bushfire assessment.
文摘The amount of impervious surface area increases with rapid urbanization.Remote sensing indices are used to detect impervious surface areas quickly,cheaply and accurately.This study used Landsat-OLI and Sentiel-2A MSI images in the province of Ankara to compare six impervious surface extraction indices:Normalized Difference Builtup Index(NDBI),Combinational Biophysical Composition Index(CBCI),Normalized Impervious Surface Index(NISI),Urban Index(UI),Index-based Built-up Index(IBI),Enhanced Normalized Difference Impervious Surfaces Index(ENDISI).Spectral discrimination index(SDI)and error matrix were used to evaluate the performance of the indexes.In addition,a visual evaluation of the performance of the indices was made on different surface areas in the study area.