Adding noise to a stimulus is useful to characterize visual processing. To avoid triggering a processing strategy shift between the processing in low and high noise, Allard and Cavanagh (2011) recommended using noise that is extended as a function of all dimensions such as space, time, frequency and orientation. Contrariwise, to avoid cross-channel suppression affecting contrast detection, Bake...

is some evidence from studies of related species of plants that low T E a E a frequency is associated with outcrossing and high chiasma frequency is associated with selfing (reviews in GRANT 1958; BODMER and PARSONS 1962). From this it has been inferred that crossover rates have been adjusted by natural selection toward high values in selfing species to compensate for the restrictions imposed o...

The parasitic nematode Metaparasitylenchus hypothenemi (Tylenchida: Allantonematidae) was first reported infecting the coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari); Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in coffee plantations of Chiapas, Mexico (Castillo, Infante, Barrera, Carta, & Vega, 2002), and was later described as a new species (Poinar, Vega, Castillo, Chavez, & Infante, 2004). This...

Hope beyond certainty is a significant element in contemporary theological discourse after the death of God. This relation between hope and uncertainty not new. In nineteenth century, growing number intellectuals started to call themselves agnostic, but did always end up scepticism nihilism. On contrary, new ways search for meaning fulfilment life traditional answers institutional religions (i....

1 Colonization and Internalization of Salmonella enterica in tomato plants 2 3 Jie Zheng, Sarah Allard, Sara Reynolds, Patricia Millner, Gabriela Arce, Robert J. 4 Blodgett, Eric W. Brown 5 6 1 Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food & Drug Administration, College 7 Park, Maryland, 20740 8 2 Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Laboratory, Agriculture Research Service, 9 U.S. D...

Simon R. Huisman,1,* Rajesh V. Nair,1 Léon A. Woldering,1 Merel D. Leistikow,1,2 Allard P. Mosk,1 and Willem L. Vos1 1Complex Photonic Systems (COPS), MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands 2Center for Nanophotonics, FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics (AMOLF), Science Park 113, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Rec...

HASAN YILMAZ,* ELBERT G. VAN PUTTEN, JACOPO BERTOLOTTI, AD LAGENDIJK, WILLEM L. VOS, AND ALLARD P. MOSK Complex Photonic Systems (COPS), MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands Currently address: Philips Research Laboratories, 5656 AE Eindhoven, The Netherlands Currently address: Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Ex...

Presenter: Denis Allard ([email protected]), usa-Allard-D-abs1-og13-oral We consider the stochastic propagation of high-energy protons and nuclei in the cosmological microwave and infrared backgrounds, using revised photonuclear cross-sections and following primary and secondary nuclei in the full 2D nuclear chart. We confirm earlier results showing that the high-energy data can be fit ...

Fluctuations in the length of the day affect developmental processes and behaviors of many organisms. Mammals and birds reproduce in spring in response to lengthening days and insects pupate in autumn when daylength shortens. These phenomena, called photoperiodism, allow detection of seasonal changes and anticipation of environmental conditions such as low temperatures and desiccation. Photoper...