SOCIAL SIGNALING VIA BIOLUMINESCENT BLINKS DETERMINES NEAREST NEIGHBOR DISTANCE IN SCHOOLS OF FLASHLIGHT FISH ANOMALOPS KATOPTRON

Social signaling via bioluminescent blinks determines nearest neighbor distance in schools of flashlight fish Anomalops katoptron

Abstract The schooling flashlight fish Anomalops katoptron can be found at dark nights at the water surface in the Indo-Pacific.Schools are characterized by bioluminescent blink patterns of sub-ocular light organs densely-packed with bioluminescent, symbiotic bacteria.Here we analyzed how blink patterns of A.katoptron are used in social interaction

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Guided filtering for solar image/video processing

A new image enhancement algorithm employing guided filtering is proposed in this work for enhancement of solar images and videos, duvaltc.com so that users can easily figure out important fine structures imbedded in the recorded images/movies for solar observation.The proposed algorithm can efficiently remove image noises, including Gaussian and im

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Enhancing urinary tract infection diagnosis for negative culture patients with metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS)

BackgroundMetagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) is a promising technology that allows unbiased pathogen detection and is kel instruments soil tester increasingly being used for clinical diagnoses.However, its application in urinary tract infection (UTI) is still scarce.MethodsThe medical records of 33 patients with suspected UTI who were ad

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