Mars' north pole is covered by a dome of layered ice deposits. Detailed ( approximately 30 centimeters per pixel) images of this region were obtained with the High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). Planum Boreum basal unit scarps reveal cross-bedding and show evidence for recent mass wasting, flow, and debris accumulation. The north polar laye...

We review the orientation of e + e − → q¯ qg events in terms of the polar and azimuthal angles of the event plane w.r.t. the electron beam direction. The asymmetry of the azimuthal-angle distribution is, like the left-right forward-backward polar-angle asymmetry, sensitive to parity-violating effects in three-jet events; these are presently being explored experimentally. We present these observ...

Differential production cross sections of K and K+ mesons have been measured as function of the polar emission angle in Ni+Ni collisions at a beam energy of 1.93 AGeV. In near-central collisions, the spectral shapes and the widths of the rapidity distributions of K and K+ mesons are in agreement with the assumption of isotropic emission. In non-central collisions, the K and K+ rapidity distribu...

Use of dual-polarized arrays in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems is addressed in this paper. A new and simple analytical model of dual-polarized Rayleigh and Ricean fading channels is taken, which relies on a limited number of physical parameters, such as the spatial correlations, the co-polar gain imbalance and the cross-polar discrimination. Then, the multiplexing advantage of du...

In plants, cell morphogenesis is dependent on intercellular auxin accumulation. The polar subcellular localization of the PIN-FORMED (PIN) protein is crucial for this process. Previous studies have shown that the protein kinase PINOID (PID) and protein phosphatase6-type phosphatase holoenzyme regulate the phosphorylation status of PIN1 in root tips and shoot apices. Here, we show that a type-on...

We have studied diverse vector and hybrid light fields, including those with multiple polarization singularities, derived relationships for singularity indices based on the familiar Berry formula, which is normally utilized to find topological charge of a scalar vortex field. The fields pure polar-angle-dependent in beam cross-section are shown feature either lines outgoing from center or singl...

Semi-polar metabolites such as flavonoids, phenolic acids, and alkaloids are very important health-related compounds in tomato. As a first step to identify genes responsible for the synthesis of semi-polar metabolites, quantitative trait loci (QTLs) that influence the semi-polar metabolite content in red-ripe tomato fruit were identified, by characterizing fruits of a population of introgressio...

Based on log-polar mapping and phase correlation, this paper presents a novel digital image watermarking scheme that is invariant to rotation, scaling, and translation (RST). We embed watermark in the log-polar mappings of Fourier magnitude spectrum of original image, and use the phase correlation between the LPM of the original image and the LPM of the watermarked image to calculate the displa...

BACKGROUND Since there is considerable disagreement in grading cytoplasmic haloes, this prospective study was set up to evaluate if certain subtypes of haloes are related to further development. METHODS Out of a total of 152 patients, 713 zygotes could be checked for the formation of a halo. Where present, haloes were subdivided into concentric (symmetric) and polar (asymmetric) types. In add...