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Trpm5 and alpha-gustducin are key to the transduction of tastes of sugars, amino acids, and bitter compounds. This study investigated the role of these signaling proteins in the preference for fat, starch, and starch-derived polysaccharides (Polycose), using Trpm5 knockout (Trpm5 KO) and alpha-gustducin knockout (Gust KO) mice. In initial two-bottle tests (24 h/day), Trpm5 KO mice showed no pre...

Step edge grain boundary (GB) junctions and rfSQUIDs have been made using pulsed laser deposited Y-Ba-Cu-O films on crystalline LaAlO3 substrates. The steps were developed using various ion-beam etching processes resulting in sharp and ramp type step structures. Sharp step based GB junctions showed behavior of serial junctions with resistively shunted junction (RSJ)-like characteristics. The ra...

This paper presents the development of a bioinspired flight control system and a characterization of its performance when operating in turbulent and gusting airflow conditions. This design consists of a skeletal structure with a network of feather-like panels installed on the upper and lower surfaces, extending beyond the trailing edge. Each feather is able to deform into and out of the boundar...

An axisymmetric jet issued from a sharp edged circular convergent nozzle has been studied experimentally in the near field at Reynolds number 5.3x104  to search the saddle shape behavior of mean velocity and the role of mean static pressure in the jet flow. Due to the vena contracta effect the centerline mean velocity of the jet increases about 4.2% of its exit value and corresponding decrease ...

Abstract This paper presents an experimental assessment of a blended fatigue‐extreme controller for load control employing trailing edge flaps on lab‐scale wind turbine. The blends between repetitive model predictive that targets fatigue loads and dedicated extreme controller, which consists simple on‐off strategy. Fatigue uses the flapwise blade root bending moments three blades as input senso...

As landscapes become increasingly fragmented, research into impacts from disturbance and how edges affect vegetation community structure has more important. Descriptive studies on microclimate changes across sharp transition zones have long existed in the literature recently attention been focused understanding dynamic patterns of associated with forest edges. Increasing concern about fragmenta...

On the basis of the contrast sensitivity loss in amblyopia which mainly affects higher spatial frequencies, one would expect amblyopes to perceive sharp edges as blurred. We show that they perceive sharp edges as sharp and have veridical edge blur perception. Contrary to the currently accepted view, this suggests that the amblyopic visual system is not characterized by a blurred visual represen...

Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) are highly sensitive to changes in contrast, which is crucial for the detection of edges in a visual scene. However, in the natural environment, edges do not just vary in contrast, but edges also vary in the degree of blur, which can be caused by distance from the plane of fixation, motion, and shadows. Hence, blur is as much a characteristic of an edge as luminanc...

Unsteady inviscid flow models of wings and airfoils have been developed to study the aerodynamics of natural and man-made flyers. Vortex methods have been extensively applied to reduce the dimensionality of these aerodynamic models, based on the proper estimation of the strength and distribution of the vortices in the wake. In such modelling approaches, one of the most fundamental questions is ...