Short-duration transient visual evoked potentials and color reflectivity discretization analysis in glaucoma patients and suspects

AIM： To evaluate the use of short-duration transient visual evoked potentials（VEP） and color reflectivity discretization analysis（CORDA） in glaucomatous eyes,eyes suspected of having glaucoma,and healthy eyes.METHODS： The study included 136 eyes from 136 subjects： 49 eyes with glaucoma,45 glaucoma suspect eyes,and 42 healthy eyes.Subjects underwent Humphrey visual field（VF） testing,VEP testing,as well as peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer optical coherence tomography imaging studies with post-acquisition CORDA applied.Statistical analysis was performed using means and ranges,ANOVA,post-hoc comparisons using Turkey＇s adjustment,Fisher＇s Exact test,area under the curve,and Spearman correlation coefficients.RESULTS： Parameters from VEP and CORDA correlated significantly with VF mean deviation（MD）（P〈0.05）.In distinguishing glaucomatous eyes from controls,VEP demonstrated area under the curve（AUC） values of 0.64-0.75 for amplitude and 0.67-0.81 for latency.The CORDA HR1 parameter was highly discriminative for glaucomatous eyes vs controls（AUC=0.94）.CONCLUSION： Significant correlations are found between MD and parameters of short-duration transient VEP and CORDA,diagnostic modalities which warrant further consideration in identifying glaucoma characteristics.

Exploring Physical Indicators for Carbonate Contents in Deep Sea Sediments

To determine carbonate contents of deep sea sediments using physical properties is an enjoyable and efficient paleoceanographic way, which has been processed successfully in many studies based on a low resolution, but rather than a high one. A series of mathematical methods including the least square method were used in this study to build multiple regression equations between color reflectance and carbonate content, and between magnetic susceptibility and carbonate content, based on the data of color reflectance and magnetic susceptibility collected via the ODP Leg 184 cruise, as well as measured carbonate contents. We found that percent carbonate estimated with diffuse reflectance is closer to the measured one than that estimated with magnetic susceptibility, and the multiple regression equation is varied in different sites.

Visible Light and Temperature Regulated Reflection Colors in Self-supporting Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Physical Gels

Photo-responsive cholesteric liquid crystals(CLCs)have attracted much attention in recent years due to their wide applications in filters,tun able optical lasers,dyn amic display devices,etc.However,UV light is usually used as the exter nal stimulus source,which is not envir on ment-frie ndly enough.On the other hand,the mecha nical properties of CLCs are not strong eno ugh for these practical applications.Therefore,it still remains a challenge to endow the CLCs with visible light response and high mechanical properties at the same time.Herein,an axially chiral tetra-fluorinated binaphthyl azobenzene gelator(S-4F-AG)is synthesized.Upon 550 and 450 nm light irradiations,S-4F-AG exhibits excellent photo-switchable behaviors.Notably,the maximum con tent of c/s-isomer and its half-life are as high as 35%and 89 h in acet on itrile,respectively.A self-supporting CLC physical gel with a storage modulus around 104 Pa can be obtained when 3wt%S-4F-AG and 12wt%binaphthyl azobenzene derivative(dopant 2)are co-doped into a nematic LC host P0616A.This CLC physical gel exhibits a temperature-driven blue,green,and red reflection colors reversibly.Importantly,such three primary RGB colors can also be realized by adjusting the exposure time of 550 nm green light.This work lays a solid foundation for the applications ranging from information storage to high-tech anticounterfeit.