A quantum yield map for synthetic eumelanin

A QTL linkage map of safflower for yield under drought stress at reproductive stage

 This study reports QTL mapping for seed yield and its components in safflower genome under drought stress. The F3 families derived from the cross Mex.22-191 (tolerant) × IL.111 (sensitive) were evaluated for agronomic traits in safflower. Drought tolerance was evaluated during 10% of the flowering stage. To identify QTLs underlying tolerance to drought, mapping quantitative trait loci (QTLs) w...

A synthetic axiomatization of Map Theory

This paper presents a substantially simplified axiomatization of Map Theory and proves the consistency of this axiomatization in ZFC under the assumption that there exists an inaccessible ordinal. Map Theory axiomatizes lambda calculus plus Hilbert’s epsilon operator. All theorems of ZFC set theory including the axiom of foundation are provable in Map Theory, and if one omits Hilbert’s epsilon ...

Quantum Physics: A Case for Anti-Realism?

Vibrational Characterization of Synthetic Eumelanin by Means of Raman and Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering

Eumelanin biopolymer synthetized from L-DOPA has been characterized by Raman and Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS). Although Raman spectra of eumelanin were scarcely resolved, SERS measurements of this biopolymer on nanostructured gold substrate, provided a large enhancement of vibrational peaks related to functional groups adherent to the substrate, so that well resolved vibrational s...

Splenic eumelanin differs from hair eumelanin in C57BL/6 mice.

The presence of melanin in spleens of black C57BL/6 mice has been known for long. Although its origin and biological functions are still obscure, the relation of splenic melanin to the hair follicle and skin pigmentation was suggested. Here, we demonstrated using for the first time electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy that black-spotted C57BL/6 spleens contain eumelanin. Its presence he...