This paper proposes and implements a novel scheme for recording signals from fibre optic sensors based on tandem low-coherence interferometry with an integrated optical reference interferometer. The circuit allows precision control of the phase shift. Additionally, the paper illustrates the potential for detecting vibration and object deformation using fibre optic Fabry-Perot sensors connected to the registration system.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe filamentous fungus (anamorph ) has been shown to be an efficient producer of secreted cellulases, used in biorefinery processes. Understanding the mechanisms of regulation of cellulase gene expression in the fungus is a current task in industrial biotechnology, since it allows for targeted changes in the composition of the complex secreted by the fungus. Expression of cellulase genes in fungi is regulated mainly at the level of transcription via pathway-specific transcription factors (TF), the majority of which belong to the Zn(II)2Cys6 family of zinc binuclear cluster proteins.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe present the first results from a proof-of-concept search for dark sectors via invisible decays of pseudoscalar η and η^{'} mesons in the NA64h experiment at the CERN SPS. Our novel technique uses the charge-exchange reaction of 50 GeV π^{-} on nuclei of an active target as the source of neutral mesons. The η,η^{'}→invisible events would exhibit themselves via a striking signature-the complete disappearance of the incoming beam energy in the detector.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSecondary phosphine selenides were found to react with γ-aminoacetylenic ketones (80-85 °C, MeCN, 17-40 h) to afford 1,2-dihydro-3-pyrrole-3-selones in 48-80% yields, products of unprecedented selenium transfer from the P═Se bond to replace the carbonyl oxygen and to form dihydro-3-pyrrole-3-selones having a C═Se bond stable under ambient conditions.
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