Abstract. A high-power Raman lidar system has been installed at the high-altitude research station Schneefernerhaus (Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany) 2675 ma.s.l., side of an existing wide-range differential absorption (DIAL). An industrial XeCl laser was modified for linearly polarized single-line operation average power about 180 W. This high and a 1.5 m diameter receiver allow us to extend o...

The replacement of analog meters with smart is costly, laborious, and far from complete in developing countries. Energy Company Parana (Copel) (Brazil) performs more than 4 million meter readings (almost entirely non-smart devices) per month, we estimate that 850 thousand them are dial meters. Therefore, an image-based automatic reading system can reduce human errors, create a proof reading, en...

Furan, which occurs in a wide variety of heat-treated foods, is a potent hepatotoxicant and liver carcinogen in rodents. In a 2-year bioassay, furan caused hepatocellular adenomas and carcinomas in mice and rats but also high incidences of bile duct tumors in rats. Furan is bioactivated by cytochrome P450 enzymes to cis-2-butene-1,4-dial, an α,β-unsaturated dialdehyde, which readily reacts with...