Abstract Size-resolved turbulent fluxes of fog droplets are investigated above a subtropical montane cloud forest in Taiwan. By integrating an aerosol spectrometer into eddy-covariance set-up, we measure droplet number and liquid water size range particles with diameters ranging from 0.25 $${\upmu }\!\mathrm{m}$$ μ</mm...

We investigated the contribution of large conductance calcium-activated potassium (BK) channels to spontaneous activity of cerebellar Purkinje neurons in mice and rats. In Purkinje neurons which fire tonically, block of BK channels increased the firing rate and caused the neurons to fire irregularly. In Purkinje neurons which exhibited a trimodal pattern of activity, present primarily in mature...

PET imaging is well established for the diagnosis of brain tumours. Its metabolic specificity delivers valuable information about the malignancy and the extent of tumour tissue. Tumour growth forces the brain to reorganize itself to compensate for the lost areas. It has been shown that DTI is a valuable tool to demonstrate the plasticity of the brain and it therefore offers information about th...

Radiotherapy is a widely used treatment for many tumors. Combination therapy using anti-angiogenic agents and radiation has shown promise; however, these combined therapies are reported to have many limitations in clinical trials. Here, we show that radiation transformed tumor endothelial cells (ECs) to fibroblasts, resulting in reduced vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) response and inc...

Selective functionalization of hierarchical porous materials is outmost importance for many different applications. A major problem the arises from process itself. novel gas phase was used to modify surface newly developed inorganic-organic hybrid nanomaterials with trimodal porosity, using 3-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane (MPTMS). It found that mesopores material possible, while micropores sta...

Time-of-Flight cameras are active sensors that able to capture both the light intensity reflected by each observed point in scene and distance between these points camera. Enhancing images with a depth modality enables capturing surfaces 3D boosts applicability of sensors. Nevertheless, high-level information still needs be extracted from data stream order accomplish tasks, like recognition or ...

The cerebellum is responsible for coordination of movement and maintenance of balance. Cerebellar architecture is based on repeats of an anatomically well defined circuit. At the center of these functional circuits are Purkinje neurons, which form the sole output of the cerebellar cortex. It is proposed that coordination of movement is achieved by encoding timing signals in the rate of firing a...

Multimodal imaging guided synergistic therapy promises more accurate diagnosis than any single imaging modality, and higher therapeutic efficiency than any single one or their simple "mechanical" combination. Herein, we report a dual-stimuli responsive nanotheranostic based on a hierarchical nanoplatform, composed of mesoporous silica-coated gold nanorods (GNR@SiO2), Indocyanine Green (ICG), an...