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Sean Nash

Mysterious Underwater Acoustic World of British Ponds Revealed in New Study | Current S... - 3 views

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hydrophone sound survey pond potential research idea biology physics computer science environmental science HSR HSR-2023

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  • The previously hidden and diverse underwater acoustic world in British ponds has been revealed by a team of researchers at the University of Bristol.
    • Sean Nash
      Sean Nash on 04 Jun 23
       
      So... my immediate thought is: How cool would it be to do this here? One thing we DO have: PONDS. See if this *sounds* interesting. Get it? ;)
  • Acoustic monitoring has been shown to effectively survey birds and monkeys in rainforests, and marine mammals in the oceans. However, freshwater environments have remained largely unexplored despite their diverse soundscapes.
    • Sean Nash
      Sean Nash on 04 Jun 23
       
      BOOM. Again, "relatively unexplored" is super exciting verbiage to me. Acoustics. Hydrophones. Is this feasible? Is the equipment affordable? If not, could we borrow one? Dig into it. What are the possibilities?
  • analysis of the audio files revealed clear daily acoustic activity cycles in each pond
    • Sean Nash
      Sean Nash on 04 Jun 23
       
      Aside from the exploratory surveys you would do just to see "what's out there" and assess what we CAN learn from listening to a pond, you could make it experimental by comparing ponds you've assessed the health of by other means. In other words, do acoustic comparisons between two ponds correlate with what you find by doing a macroinvertebrate sampling? I really LIKE the possibilities in this one!
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  • Typically, a nocturnal chorus is made by aquatic insects that compete to attract mates by producing strange scratching sounds as they rub their genitals against their abdomens. During the daytime, however, aquatic plants dominate the underwater orchestra with rhythmic whining and ticking sounds produced as tiny oxygen bubbles are released by plants respiring in the hot sun.
  • Using this acoustic method, the presence of species, and a determination of ecological health, can be inferred simply by listening to the natural world without disturbing the environment or harming the plants and animals within it.
    • Sean Nash
      Sean Nash on 04 Jun 23
       
      Here is the obvious value proposition if you could work this out.
  • Publication: Jack A. Greenhalgh, et al., Diel variation in insect-dominated temperate pond soundscapes and guidelines for survey design, Freshwater Biology (2023). DOI: 10.1111/fwb.14092.
    • Sean Nash
      Sean Nash on 04 Jun 23
       
      BEST THING YET: Here is the FULL TEXT of the actual research paper!
Isabella Tungjaroenkul

The new human pangenome could help unveil the biology of everyone - 0 views

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  • Being able to assess where some people have extra DNA and others are missing DNA, called structural variants, adds a more nuanced view of human genetics, O’Connor says, revealing more of its complexity (SN: 4/10/09).
  • Conversely, another study found that the very short arms of certain chromosomes, including chromosomes 13, 14 and 21, are becoming more like each other as they swap DNA.
katherine-medina

Frontiers | Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure-Related Features in Chronic Headache: A Prospe... - 0 views

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CSF-pressure HSR-2023 methods headaches

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  • magnetic resonance
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      katherine-medina on 01 Jun 23
       
      A non-invasive imaging software
  • A respondent to medical treatment (good outcome) was considered a subject who achieved a 50% or greater reduction in number of headache days per month.
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  • The pressure transducer (Transducer kit, Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA, USA) was attached to the hub of needle via a 10-cm long flexible tube without loss of CSF.
  • 93 had abnormal CSF pressure pulsations, with opening pressures ranging from 206 to 385 mm
  • . Group 1 comprised 55 patients, each with an opening pressure below 200 mm H2O
  • Group 2 comprised 56 patients, each with a slight elevation of CSF opening pressure (mean = 231.8
  • Group 3 included 37 patients, all with both elevated CSF opening pressure (mean = 282.2 mm H2O,
  • n Group 3, patients with severe abnormal pressure pulsations and mean pressure >250 mm H2O had the most severe headaches (highest scores on VAS and MIDAS) and associated symptoms (high frequency of: nocturnal headache, postural headache, photopsias, transient visual obscurations).
  • In Group 2, patients with less severe abnormal pressure pulsations and mean pressure >200 mm H2O, had less severe symptoms; in Group 1, patients who had no abnormal pressure pulsations and mean pressures below 200 mm H2O had primary chronic headache disorder (Figure 1).
  • . All of the subjects in the control group, all with opening pressures below 200 mm H2o and normal CSF pressure pulsations, had no headache.
    • katherine-medina
      katherine-medina on 01 Jun 23
       
      So essentially if the CSF pressure was too low the patient had chronic headache disorder, but if the patients had a higher level of pressure they would suffer from the most painful headaches. (This occurring as nocturnal headaches, postural headaches, and transient visual obstructions.
  • An improvement in the intensity of pain and frequency of headaches was observed following CSF removal in all patients with ICH
  • 69 (74%) out 93 patients achieved ≥50% reduction in headache days.
  • Our results provide evidence that nocturnal and postural headache, and abnormal pressure pulsations are the most common pressure-related features of isolated high CSF pressure in patients with chronic headache
  • o explain this mimicry, we hypothesize that abnormal pulsations in CSF pressure may trigger the same mechanism that cause the pain in a primary headache attack. The mimicry thereby emerges as a variation of pre-existing primary headache; as such, it could be considered a triggered headache rather than a secondary or primary one.
  • The pathogenesis of these abnormal pulsations in CSF pressure (B waves and plateau waves) may be clarified by reference to the theory that CSF pressure is derived from the circulation of cerebral blood and cerebrospinal fluid
    • katherine-medina
      katherine-medina on 01 Jun 23
       
      Hmmm... I had no idea that there is a theory that states that CSF pressure is derived from the circulation of blood. (I might wanna look into the further)
  • This suggests that CSF pressure assessment by measuring the height of the fluid column in the manometer line connected to a spinal puncture needle may be misleading in the case of headache sufferers.
  • katherine-medina on 01 Jun 23
     
    A good study to look at when looking at possible causes of headaches, and more information about CSF.
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