We investigate the influence of the perturbed (by a solar X-ray flare) ionospheric D-region on the global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) signals. We calculate a signal delay in the D-region based on the low ionospheric monitoring by very-low-frequency (VLF) radio waves. The results show that the ionospheric delay in the perturbed D-region can be important and, therefore, should be taken into account in modeling the ionospheric influence on the GNSS and SAR signal propagation and in calculations relevant for space geodesy.

The present study assesses the added value of high-resolution maps of precipitable water vapor, computed from synthetic aperture radar interferograms , in short-range atmospheric predictability. A large set of images, in different weather conditions, produced by Sentinel-1A in a very well monitored region near the Appalachian Mountains, are assimilated by the Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) model.

This article presents a methodology for the monitoring of tall structures based on the joint use of a terrestrial laser scanner (TLS), configured in line scanner mode, and a ground-based real aperture radar (GB-RAR) interferometer. The methodology provides both natural frequencies and oscillation amplitudes of tall structures. Acquisitions of the surface of the tall structure are performed by the TLS with a high sampling rate: each line scan provides an instantaneous longitudinal section.

Recently, structural monitoring by radar remote sensing has become more necessary for both economic and security reasons. Infrastructure monitoring with no incorporated deformation sensors (e.g., old generation water dams for which regulations did not impose monitoring capabilities) is usually performed by regular in situ topographic surveys. However, these surveys cannot be performed very often, and alternative methods are desirable.

We present and make available novel implementations of the two-dimensional Ising model that is used as a benchmark to show the computational capabilities of modern Graphic Processing Units (GPUs). The rich programming environment now available on GPUs and flexible hardware capabilities allowed us to quickly experiment with several implementation ideas: a simple stencil-based algorithm, recasting the stencil operations into matrix multiplies to take advantage of Tensor Cores available on NVIDIA GPUs, and a highly optimized multi-spin coding approach.

The T-box transcription factor TBX1 has critical roles in the cardiopharyngeal lineage and the gene is haploinsufficient in DiGeorge syndrome, a typical developmental anomaly of the pharyngeal apparatus. Despite almost two decades of research, if and how TBX1 function triggers chromatin remodeling is not known. Here, we explored genome-wide gene expression and chromatin remodeling in two independent cellular models of Tbx1 loss of function, mouse embryonic carcinoma cells P19Cl6, and mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs).

This study describes a semi-empirical model developed to estimate volumetric soil moisture (<mml:semantics>theta v</mml:semantics>) in bare soils during the dry season (March-May) using C-band (5.42 GHz) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery acquired from the Sentinel-1 European satellite platform at a 20 m spatial resolution. The semi-empirical model was developed using backscatter coefficient (<mml:semantics>sigma degrees dB</mml:semantics>) and in situ soil moisture collected from Siruguppa taluk (sub-district) in the Karnataka state of India.

Background: Mutations of the mitochondrial protein paraplegin cause hereditary spastic paraplegia type 7 (SPG7), a so-far untreatable degenerative disease of the upper motoneuron with still undefined pathomechanism. The intermittent mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) opening, called flickering, is an essential process that operates to maintain mitochondrial homeostasis by reducing intra-matrix Ca and reactive oxygen species (ROS) concentration, and is critical for efficient synaptic function.

The cube attack is a flexible cryptanalysis technique, with a simple and fascinating theoretical implant. It combines offline exhaustive searches over selected tweakable public/IV bits (the sides of the "cube"), with an online key-recovery phase. Although virtually applicable to any cipher, and generally praised by the research community, the real potential of the attack is still in question, and no implementation so far succeeded in breaking a real-world strong cipher. In this paper, we present, validate and analyze the first thorough implementation of the cube attack on a GPU cluster.