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- Salmela, I., et al.
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Cellular elements for seeing in the dark: voltage-dependent conductances in cockroach photoreceptors
- 2012
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Ingår i: BMC Neuroscience. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1471-2202. ; 13, s. 93-93
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BACKGROUND: The importance of voltage-dependent conductances in sensory information processing is well-established in insect photoreceptors. Here we present the characterization of electrical properties in photoreceptors of the cockroach (Periplaneta americana), a nocturnal insect with a visual system adapted for dim light. RESULTS: Whole-cell patch-clamped photoreceptors had high capacitances and input resistances, indicating large photosensitive rhabdomeres suitable for efficient photon capture and amplification of small photocurrents at low light levels. Two voltage-dependent potassium conductances were found in the photoreceptors: a delayed rectifier type (KDR) and a fast transient inactivating type (KA). Activation of KDR occurred during physiological voltage responses induced by light stimulation, whereas KA was nearly fully inactivated already at the dark resting potential. In addition, hyperpolarization of photoreceptors activated a small-amplitude inward-rectifying (IR) current mediated at least partially by chloride. Computer simulations showed that KDR shapes light responses by opposing the light-induced depolarization and speeding up the membrane time constant, whereas KA and IR have a negligible role in the majority of cells. However, larger KA conductances were found in smaller and rapidly adapting photoreceptors, where KA could have a functional role. CONCLUSIONS: The relative expression of KA and KDR in cockroach photoreceptors was opposite to the previously hypothesized framework for dark-active insects, necessitating further comparative work on the conductances. In general, the varying deployment of stereotypical K+ conductances in insect photoreceptors highlights their functional flexibility in neural coding.
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- Corman, Thierry, et al.
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An optical IR-source and CO2-chamber system for CO2 measurements
- 2000
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Ingår i: Journal of microelectromechanical systems. - : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). - 1057-7157 .- 1941-0158. ; 9:4, s. 509-516
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A new silicon IR-source and CO2-chamber system for measurement of CO2 concentration is presented. The micromachined IR-source, which consists of four groups of polysilicon filaments coated with silicon nitride suspended across a KOH-etched cavity, is used to generate two switched sample and reference beams. The electrically modulated sources present a modulation time of 10 ms and a power consumption of 1 W. The CO2 chambers, placed beneath the reference sources, are used to produce a reference beam for long term stability and compensation against cuvette window contamination. They consist of 1-mm-deep micromachined cavities in which CO2 is encapsulated during an overpressure anodic bonding procedure. Silicon dioxide is used as an antireflective coating to optimize the filter's optical characteristics. Numerical simulations of the filters are presented and show good agreement with the measurements. The IR-sources and the CO2 filters are both fabricated at wafer level. Using the presented IR-sensor system, measurements with a 9-mm-wide test channel show high CO2-sensitivity for CO2 concentrations between 0 and 10% confirming that the stringent requirements for this respirator application can be fulfilled.
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- Kotilainen, Aarno T., et al.
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Echoes from the Past : A Healthy Baltic Sea Requires More Effort
- 2014
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Ingår i: Ambio. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0044-7447 .- 1654-7209. ; 43:1, s. 60-68
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Integrated sediment multiproxy studies and modeling were used to reconstruct past changes in the Baltic Sea ecosystem. Results of natural changes over the past 6000 years in the Baltic Sea ecosystem suggest that forecasted climate warming might enhance environmental problems of the Baltic Sea. Integrated modeling and sediment proxy studies reveal increased sea surface temperatures and expanded seafloor anoxia (in deep basins) during earlier natural warm climate phases, such as the Medieval Climate Anomaly. Under future IPCC scenarios of global warming, there is likely no improvement of bottom water conditions in the Baltic Sea. Thus, the measures already designed to produce a healthier Baltic Sea are insufficient in the long term. The interactions between climate change and anthropogenic impacts on the Baltic Sea should be considered in management, implementation of policy strategies in the Baltic Sea environmental issues, and adaptation to future climate change.
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- Pearson, Emma J., et al.
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A lacustrine GDGT-temperature calibration from the Scandinavian Arctic to Antarctic : Renewed potential for the application of GDGT-paleothermometry in lakes
- 2011
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Ingår i: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. - Oxford : Elsevier BV. - 0016-7037 .- 1872-9533. ; 75:20, s. 6225-6238
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Quantitative climate reconstructions are fundamental to understand long-term trends in natural climate variability and to test climate models used to predict future climate change. Recent advances in molecular geochemistry have led to calibrations using glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs), a group of temperature-sensitive membrane lipids found in Archaea and bacteria. GDGTs have been used to construct temperature indices for oceans (TEX(86) index) and soils (MBT/CBT index). The aim of this study is to examine GDGT-temperature relationships and assess the potential of constructing a GDGT-based palaeo-thermometer for lakes. We examine GDGT-temperature relationships using core top sediments from 90 lakes across a north-south transect from the Scandinavian Arctic to Antarctica including sites from Finland, Sweden, Siberia, the UK, Austria, Turkey, Ethiopia, Uganda, Chile, South Georgia and the Antarctic Peninsula. We examine a suite of 15 GDGTs, including compounds used in the TEX(86) and MBT/CBT indices and reflecting the broad range of GDGT inputs to small lake systems. GDGTs are present in varying proportions in all lakes examined. The TEX(86) index is not applicable to our sites because of the large relative proportions of soil derived and methanogenic components. Similarly, the MBT/CBT index is also not applicable and predicts temperatures considerably lower than those measured. We examine relationships between individual GDGT compounds and temperature, pH, conductivity and water depth. Temperature accounts for a large and statistically independent fraction of variation in branched GDGT composition. We propose a GDGT-temperature regression model with high accuracy and precision (R(2) = 0.88; RMSE = 2.0 degrees C; RMSEP = 2.1 degrees C) for use in lakes based on a subset of branched GDGT compounds and highlight the potential of this new method for reconstructing past temperatures using lake sediments. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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