This research work details analysis of the coenopopulation structure of 13 plants of various species in Yakutia and compares them with the characteristic spectra types of their species. The structure ...of plant coenopopulations was investigated from 2003 to 2019 in Central Yakutia. The left-sided and centered ontogenetic spectra are found in perennial plants with simple ontogenesis and shallow rejuvenation which were studied. The left-sided spectrum is the basic structure of these coenopopulations. The centered ontogenetic spectrum is largely found in unfavorable growing conditions under the impact of grazing and trampling by cattle and horses. This rule applies to the CP structure of
Veronica incana
which is an evergreen chamaephyte and for which the seasonal anthropogenic load contributes to the mechanical vegetative reproduction of its species, resulting in stable left-sided CP spectra. The ontogenetic spectra of the studied plants coincide with the characteristic spectra of the species and are considered stable.
The purpose of our study was to estimate the time interval required for integrating the acoustical changes related to sound motion using both psychophysical and EEG measures. Healthy listeners ...performed direction identification tasks under dichotic conditions in the delayed-motion paradigm. Minimal audible movement angle (MAMA) has been measured over the range of velocities from 60 to 360 deg/s. We also measured minimal duration of motion, at which the listeners could identify its direction. EEG was recorded in the same group of subjects during passive listening. Motion onset responses (MOR) were analyzed. MAMA increased linearly with motion velocity. Minimum audible angle (MAA) calculated from this linear function was about 2 deg. For higher velocities of the delayed motion, we found 2- to 3-fold better spatial resolution than the one previously reported for motion starting at the sound onset. The time required for optimal discrimination of motion direction was about 34 ms. The main finding of our study was that both direction identification time obtained in the behavioral task and cN1 latency behaved like hyperbolic functions of the sound's velocity. Direction identification time decreased asymptotically to 8 ms, which was considered minimal integration time for the instantaneous shift detection. Peak latency of cN1 also decreased with increasing velocity and asymptotically approached 137 ms. This limit corresponded to the latency of response to the instantaneous sound shift and was 37 ms later than the latency of the sound-onset response. The direction discrimination time (34 ms) was of the same magnitude as the additional time required for motion processing to be reflected in the MOR potential. Thus, MOR latency can be viewed as a neurophysiological index of temporal integration. Based on the findings obtained, we may assume that no measurable MOR would be evoked by slowly moving stimuli as they would reach their MAMAs in a time longer than the optimal integration time.
Terahertz pulse time-domain holography is the ultimate technique allowing the evaluating a propagation of pulse broadband terahertz wavefronts and analyze their spatial, temporal and spectral ...evolution. We have numerically analyzed pulsed broadband terahertz Gauss-Bessel beam's both spatio-temporal and spatio-spectral evolution in the non-paraxial approach. We have characterized two-dimensional spatio-temporal beam behavior and demonstrated all stages of pulse reshaping during the propagation, including X-shape pulse forming. The reshaping is also illustrated by the energy transfer dynamics, where the pulse energy flows from leading edge to trailing edge. This behavior illustrates strong spatio-temporal coupling effect when spatio-temporal distribution of Bessel beam's wavefront depends on propagation distance. The spatio-temporal and spatio-spectral profiles for different spectral components clearly illustrate the model where the Bessel beam's wavefront at the exit from the axicon can be divided into radial segments for which the wave vectors intersect. Phase velocity via propagation distance is estimated and compared with existing experimantal results. Results of the phase velocity calculation depend strongly on distance increment value, thus demonstrating superluminal or subluminal behavior.
•We studied the rhythmic activity underlying the motion-onset response (MOR).•We measured the spectral perturbation (ERSP) and inter-trial phase coherence (ITC).•We compared the effect of sound ...motion velocity on MOR, ERSP and ITC.•ITC may be considered as spectral correlate of sound motion processing.•An abrupt sound shift evoked ERSP increase while gradual motion did not.
The present study investigates the event-related oscillations underlying the motion-onset response (MOR) evoked by sounds moving at different velocities. EEG was recorded for stationary sounds and for three patterns of sound motion produced by changes in interaural time differences. We explored the effect of motion velocity on the MOR potential, and also on the event-related spectral perturbation (ERSP) and inter-trial phase coherence (ITC) calculated from the time-frequency decomposition of EEG signals. The phase coherence of slow oscillations increased with an increase in motion velocity similarly to the magnitude of cN1 and cP2 components of the MOR response. The delta-to-alpha inter-trial spectral power remained at the same level up to, but not including, the highest velocity, suggesting that gradual spatial changes within the sound did not induce non-coherent activity. Conversely, the abrupt sound displacement induced theta-alpha oscillations which had low phase consistency. The findings suggest that the MOR potential could be mainly generated by the phase resetting of slow oscillations, and the degree of phase coherence may be considered as a neurophysiological indicator of sound motion processing.
•We studied the MMNs and behavioral discrimination of rising/falling level deviants.•Reversed oddball stimulation was used to test the MMNs and hit rates.•MMN responses were affected by the direction ...of deviance (increment or decrement).•Behavioral performance depended on the direction of the level change (rise or fall).
Human subjects demonstrate a perceptual priority for rising level sounds compared with falling level sounds. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether or not the perceptual preference for rising intensity can be found in the preattentive processing indexed by mismatch negativity (MMN). Reversed oddball stimulation was used to produce MMNs and to test the behavioral discrimination of rising, falling and constant level sounds. Three types of stimuli served as standards or deviants in different blocks: constant level sounds and two kinds of rising/falling sounds with gradual or stepwise change of intensity. The MMN amplitudes were calculated by subtracting ERPs to identical stimuli presented as standard in one block and deviant in another block. Both rising and falling level deviants elicited MMNs which peaked after 250 ms and did not overlap with N1 waves. MMN was elicited by level changes even when the deviants were not discriminated behaviorally. Most importantly, we found dissociation between earlier and later stages of auditory processing: the MMN responses to the level changes were mostly affected by the direction of deviance (increment or decrement) in the sequence, whereas behavioral performance depended on the direction of the level change within the stimuli (rising or falling).
The femtoscopy technique allows one to measure spatial and temporal characteristics of the particle-emitting source produced in high-energy collisions. In non-central ultrarelativistic heavy-ion ...collisions the emission source can be tilted in the reaction plane. In the current analysis, the orientation of freeze-out distributions with respect to the first-order event plane in symmetric (Au+Au) and asymmetric (Cu+Au) collisions at $$\sqrt {{s_{NN}}} = 200$$ GeV was studied using the UrQMD model to extract information about the emission source tilt. The effect of the initial geometry on the femtoscopic radii of small systems was measured at the same number of charged particles and transverse momentum was studied in d+Au and
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He+Au collisions at $$\sqrt {{s_{NN}}} = 200$$ GeV. The implications of the results are discussed.
Aim. The aim is to study the ontogeny and structure of introduced populations of useful plants in Central Yakutia. Methods. Description of the ontogeny of the plants under study was carried out with ...the determination of ontogenetic states according to generally accepted methods. After planting, current measures were taken to care for plants with elimination of weeds and preservation of the undergrowth. The number of plants at the planting sites was calculated annually. Results. In plants, there is a polyvariety of the rate of development, in which the life cycle is shortened in individuals, the rate of development is accelerated or the ontogenetic states are missed, and there is also transition of plants to a temporarily non-flowering state. All studied introductory populations were left-sided and had different absolute maxima, which depended on the life form and duration of plant stay in culture. Conclusions. Among young monocentric plants we saw the development and attenuation of the population (Delphinium grandiflorum, Linum komarovii, Plantago major, Redowskia sophiifolia). In them, absolute maximums fall on juvenile, immitric, virginile and young generative groups. In populations of monocentric perennial plants, Lilium pensylvanicum and Adonis sibirica, absolute maxima fall on virginile groups. For studied years, the nature of the developmental spectrum in populations of Clausia aprica and Tussilago farfara has not changed with the absolute maximum in the virginal group.
An 8-y-old Pygora doe was presented to the University of California–Davis, Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital because of non-healing facial swelling of 2-wk duration. The lesion grew despite ...medical treatment, causing discomfort masticating, little-to-no airflow from the right nasal passage, and led to euthanasia. On gross examination, a large facial mass with a draining tract through the skin and hard palate was identified. On section, the mass was brown-pink, homogeneous, and friable. Abscess-like masses were identified in the lungs and kidney. Histopathology of the face, including oral and nasal cavities, salivary glands, and lymph nodes, as well as the lung and kidney lesions, revealed large areas of necrosis with numerous wide ribbon-like, mostly aseptate, fungal hyphae consistent with zygomycetes. PCR for fungal organisms performed on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue from the face identified Lichtheimia corymbifera (formerly Absidia corymbifera) of the order Mucorales and an Aspergillus sp. The lesion was suspected to have started either as a fungal rhinitis or dental feed impaction, subsequently spreading to the face and systemically to the lungs and kidney. We describe here the lesions associated with facial mucormycosis in a goat and present a literature review of L. corymbifera infection in veterinary species and fungal infections in goats.
Environmental change and increasing levels of human activity are threats to marine mammals in the Arctic. Identifying marine mammal hotspots and areas of high species richness are essential to help ...guide management and conservation efforts. Herein, space use based on biotelemetric tracking devices deployed on 13 species (ringed seal
Pusa hispida
, bearded seal
Erignathus barbatus
, harbour seal
Phoca vitulina
, walrus
Odobenus rosmarus
, harp seal
Pagophilus groenlandicus
, hooded seal
Cystophora cristata
, polar bear
Ursus maritimus
, bowhead whale
Balaena mysticetus
, narwhal
Monodon monoceros
, white whale
Delphinapterus leucas
, blue whale
Balaenoptera musculus
, fin whale
Balaenoptera physalus
and humpback whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
; total = 585 individuals) in the Greenland and northern Barents Seas between 2005 and 2018 is reported. Getis-Ord
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* hotspots were calculated for each species as well as all species combined, and areas of high species richness were identified for summer/autumn (Jun-Dec), winter/spring (Jan-May) and the entire year. The marginal ice zone (MIZ) of the Greenland Sea and northern Barents Sea, the waters surrounding the Svalbard Archipelago and a few Northeast Greenland coastal sites were identified as key marine mammal hotspots and areas of high species richness in this region. Individual hotspots identified areas important for most of the tagged animals, such as common resting, nursing, moulting and foraging areas. Location hotspots identified areas heavily used by segments of the tagged populations, including denning areas for polar bears and foraging areas. The hotspots identified herein are also important habitats for seabirds and fishes, and thus conservation and management measures targeting these regions would benefit multiple groups of Arctic animals.
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