THz Direct Detector and Heterodyne Receiver Arrays in Silicon Nanoscale Technologies

Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves - The main scope of this paper is to address various implementation aspects of THz detector arrays in the nanoscale silicon technologies...     

我国工业化进程中煤矿安全评价分析

对工业化进程中,即1949-2012年我国煤矿事故进行统计分析。建立煤矿安全以自然条件、安全管理和通风系统的3个层次及21个指标的综合评价体系,给出煤矿安全5个等级标准及相应的评价指标量值。应用可拓理论,以平顶山某煤矿为实例,进行计算分析,得出该煤矿等级为Ⅲ级,处于一般安全的状况,需要采取防范措施预防潜在危险因素。评价结果合理。     

Sperm metabolism is altered during storage by female insects: evidence from two-photon autofluorescence lifetime measurements in bedbugs

We explore the possibility of characterizing sperm cells without the need to stain them using spectral and fluorescence lifetime analyses after multi-photon excitation in an insect model. The autofluorescence emission spectrum of sperm of the common bedbug, Cimex lectularius, was consistent with the presence of flavins and NAD(P)H. The mean fluorescence lifetimes showed smaller variation in sperm extracted from the male (tau m, τ_m = 1.54–1.84 ns) than in that extracted from the female sperm storage organ (tau m, τ_m = 1.26–2.00 ns). The fluorescence lifetime histograms revealed four peaks. These peaks (0.18, 0.92, 2.50 and 3.80 ns) suggest the presence of NAD(P)H and flavins and show that sperm metabolism can be characterized using fluorescence lifetime imaging. The difference in fluorescence lifetime variation between the sexes is consistent with the notion that female animals alter the metabolism of sperm cells during storage. It is not consistent, however, with the idea that sperm metabolism represents a sexually selected character that provides females with information about the male genotype.