The vertical profile of new particle formation (NPF) events was studied by comparing the aerosol size number distributions measured aloft and at surface level in a suburban environment in Madrid, Spain, using airborne instruments.The horizontal distribution and door-swings regional impact of the NPF events was investigated with data from three urba
Co-founding ant queens prevent disease by performing prophylactic undertaking behaviour
Abstract Background Social insects form densely crowded societies in environments with high pathogen loads, but have evolved collective defences that mitigate the impact of disease.However, colony-founding queens lack this protection and suffer high rates of mortality.The impact of pathogens may be exacerbated in species where queens found colonies
A unified approach for weakly supervised crack detection via affine transformation and pseudo label refinement
Abstract Consistent detection of cracks in engineering structures is essential for maintaining structural integrity.Deep neural networks perform well in this discipline, although their pixel-level labeling reliance increases labeling costs.Thus, weakly supervised learning methods have emerged.However, their labels are substantially worse quality th
Unusual optical coherence tomography and fundus autofluorescence findings of eclipse retinopathy
A Suncatcher Wind Chimes 63-year-old female patient complained of dimness in the central field of vision in the left eye after viewing an annular partial eclipse without adequate eye protection on 22 July 2009.Fundoscopy showed a wrinkled macular surface.Fundus autofluorescence study revealed well-demarcated hyperautofluorescence at the fovea.Optic