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  1. Article: Receptor synergy from thin fiber muscle afferents. Focus on "Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons Innervating Skeletal Muscle Respond to Physiological Combinations of Protons, ATP, and Lactate Mediated by ASIC, P2X, and TRPV1".

    Kaufman, Marc P / Hayes, Shawn G

    Journal of neurophysiology

    2008  Volume 100, Issue 3, Page(s) 1169–1170

    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Ganglia, Spinal/cytology ; Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/physiology ; Muscle, Skeletal/innervation ; Neurons/physiology ; Sensory Receptor Cells/physiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2008-09
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Comment ; Editorial
    ZDB-ID 80161-6
    ISSN 1522-1598 ; 0022-3077
    ISSN (online) 1522-1598
    ISSN 0022-3077
    DOI 10.1152/jn.90693.2008
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  2. Article: A Multi-Sensor Unoccupied Aerial System Improves Characterization of Vegetation Composition and Canopy Properties in the Arctic Tundra

    Yang, Dedi / Meng, Ran / Morrison, Bailey D / McMahon, Andrew / Hantson, Wouter / Hayes, Daniel J / Breen, Amy L / Salmon, Verity G / Serbin, Shawn P

    Remote Sensing. 2020 Aug. 15, v. 12, no. 16

    2020  

    Abstract: Changes in vegetation distribution, structure, and function can modify the canopy properties of terrestrial ecosystems, with potential consequences for regional and global climate feedbacks. In the Arctic, climate is warming twice as fast as compared to ... ...

    Abstract Changes in vegetation distribution, structure, and function can modify the canopy properties of terrestrial ecosystems, with potential consequences for regional and global climate feedbacks. In the Arctic, climate is warming twice as fast as compared to the global average (known as ‘Arctic amplification’), likely having stronger impacts on arctic tundra vegetation. In order to quantify these changes and assess their impacts on ecosystem structure and function, methods are needed to accurately characterize the canopy properties of tundra vegetation types. However, commonly used ground-based measurements are limited in spatial and temporal coverage, and differentiating low-lying tundra plant species is challenging with coarse-resolution satellite remote sensing. The collection and processing of multi-sensor data from unoccupied aerial systems (UASs) has the potential to fill the gap between ground-based and satellite observations. To address the critical need for such data in the Arctic, we developed a cost-effective multi-sensor UAS (the ‘Osprey’) using off-the-shelf instrumentation. The Osprey simultaneously produces high-resolution optical, thermal, and structural images, as well as collecting point-based hyperspectral measurements, over vegetation canopies. In this paper, we describe the setup and deployment of the Osprey system in the Arctic to a tundra study site located in the Seward Peninsula, Alaska. We present a case study demonstrating the processing and application of Osprey data products for characterizing the key biophysical properties of tundra vegetation canopies. In this study, plant functional types (PFTs) representative of arctic tundra ecosystems were mapped with an overall accuracy of 87.4%. The Osprey image products identified significant differences in canopy-scale greenness, canopy height, and surface temperature among PFTs, with deciduous low to tall shrubs having the lowest canopy temperatures while non-vascular lichens had the warmest. The analysis of our hyperspectral data showed that variation in the fractional cover of deciduous low to tall shrubs was effectively characterized by Osprey reflectance measurements across the range of visible to near-infrared wavelengths. Therefore, the development and deployment of the Osprey UAS, as a state-of-the-art methodology, has the potential to be widely used for characterizing tundra vegetation composition and canopy properties to improve our understanding of ecosystem dynamics in the Arctic, and to address scale issues between ground-based and airborne/satellite observations.
    Keywords Pandion haliaetus ; accuracy ; botanical composition ; canopy ; canopy height ; case studies ; cost effectiveness ; dynamics ; environmental impact ; instrumentation ; lichens ; paper ; population distribution ; reflectance ; remote sensing ; satellites ; shrubs ; surface temperature ; terrestrial ecosystems ; tundra ; wavelengths ; Alaska ; Arctic region
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2020-0815
    Publishing place Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Document type Article
    Note NAL-light
    ZDB-ID 2513863-7
    ISSN 2072-4292
    ISSN 2072-4292
    DOI 10.3390/rs12162638
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  3. Article ; Online: A Multi-Sensor Unoccupied Aerial System Improves Characterization of Vegetation Composition and Canopy Properties in the Arctic Tundra

    Dedi Yang / Ran Meng / Bailey D. Morrison / Andrew McMahon / Wouter Hantson / Daniel J. Hayes / Amy L. Breen / Verity G. Salmon / Shawn P. Serbin

    Remote Sensing, Vol 12, Iss 2638, p

    2020  Volume 2638

    Abstract: Changes in vegetation distribution, structure, and function can modify the canopy properties of terrestrial ecosystems, with potential consequences for regional and global climate feedbacks. In the Arctic, climate is warming twice as fast as compared to ... ...

    Abstract Changes in vegetation distribution, structure, and function can modify the canopy properties of terrestrial ecosystems, with potential consequences for regional and global climate feedbacks. In the Arctic, climate is warming twice as fast as compared to the global average (known as ‘Arctic amplification’), likely having stronger impacts on arctic tundra vegetation. In order to quantify these changes and assess their impacts on ecosystem structure and function, methods are needed to accurately characterize the canopy properties of tundra vegetation types. However, commonly used ground-based measurements are limited in spatial and temporal coverage, and differentiating low-lying tundra plant species is challenging with coarse-resolution satellite remote sensing. The collection and processing of multi-sensor data from unoccupied aerial systems (UASs) has the potential to fill the gap between ground-based and satellite observations. To address the critical need for such data in the Arctic, we developed a cost-effective multi-sensor UAS (the ‘ Osprey’ ) using off-the-shelf instrumentation. The Osprey simultaneously produces high-resolution optical, thermal, and structural images, as well as collecting point-based hyperspectral measurements, over vegetation canopies. In this paper, we describe the setup and deployment of the Osprey system in the Arctic to a tundra study site located in the Seward Peninsula, Alaska. We present a case study demonstrating the processing and application of Osprey data products for characterizing the key biophysical properties of tundra vegetation canopies. In this study, plant functional types (PFTs) representative of arctic tundra ecosystems were mapped with an overall accuracy of 87.4%. The Osprey image products identified significant differences in canopy-scale greenness, canopy height, and surface temperature among PFTs, with deciduous low to tall shrubs having the lowest canopy temperatures while non-vascular lichens had the warmest. The analysis of our hyperspectral data showed that variation in the fractional cover of deciduous low to tall shrubs was effectively characterized by Osprey reflectance measurements across the range of visible to near-infrared wavelengths. Therefore, the development and deployment of the Osprey UAS, as a state-of-the-art methodology, has the potential to be widely used for characterizing tundra vegetation composition and canopy properties to improve our understanding of ecosystem dynamics in the Arctic, and to address scale issues between ground-based and airborne/satellite observations.
    Keywords Arctic tundra ; canopy properties ; remote sensing ; spectral reflectance ; thermal infrared ; unoccupied aerial system ; Science ; Q
    Subject code 550
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher MDPI AG
    Document type Article ; Online
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  4. Article: Heat‐Generating Nuclear Waste in Salt: Field Testing and Simulation

    Johnson, Peter J. / Otto, Shawn / Weaver, Douglas J. / Dozier, Brian / Miller, Terry A. / Jordan, Amy B. / Hayes-Rich, Nathan G. / Stauffer, Philip H.

    Vadose zone journal. 2019, v. 18, no. 1

    2019  

    Abstract: CORE IDEAS: A field‐scale experiment and numerical simulations confirm salt backfill behavior. Simulations closely match temperature around and under the piled salt backfill. Results indicate limited dissolution–precipitation reactions around the heat ... ...

    Abstract CORE IDEAS: A field‐scale experiment and numerical simulations confirm salt backfill behavior. Simulations closely match temperature around and under the piled salt backfill. Results indicate limited dissolution–precipitation reactions around the heat source. Alteration of backfill is unlikely if the drift is allowed to dry before emplacement. Investigations relating to in‐drift disposal of heat‐generating nuclear waste in salt have raised questions about heat–brine interactions in the unsaturated run‐of‐mine (RoM) salt pile used as backfill. These interactions have the potential to change the structure of the RoM salt surrounding the canister, possibly altering long‐term containment of the source. An experiment is in progress at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), New Mexico, in which a heated canister was placed on the floor of an open drift, covered in a pile of RoM salt, and energized with 1000 W. Temperature in the RoM salt pile had stabilized after about 15 d, allowing evaluation of the heat‐up period of the ongoing experiment. Using a multiphase porous flow simulator that has been modified to handle salt‐specific coupled processes, we examined coupled thermal–hydrological–chemical behavior in the RoM salt pile. Our simulations suggest that for the relatively dry cases examined, porosity changes within RoM salt in a generic salt repository are likely to be minor in the period between waste emplacement and plastic closure of the drift. The primary sensitivity for porosity change is to the early moisture content of the RoM salt used to cover the canister. Secondary influences include moisture availability from the disturbed rock zone (DRZ) surrounding the drift and the capillary pressure ratio between the DRZ and the RoM salt. Early changes in porosity and permeability may be affected by moisture content, but this was not observed in the test. Such changes would be most likely to occur when using damp RoM salt or if waste is emplaced in a drift immediately following opening of the drift before evaporative dewatering of the drift walls occurs.
    Keywords dewatering ; heat ; permeability ; porosity ; radioactive waste ; temperature ; vadose zone ; water content ; New Mexico
    Language English
    Size p. 1-14.
    Publishing place The Soil Science Society of America, Inc.
    Document type Article
    Note JOURNAL ARTICLE ; epub
    ZDB-ID 2088189-7
    ISSN 1539-1663
    ISSN 1539-1663
    DOI 10.2136/vzj2018.08.0160
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  5. Article ; Online: Heat-Generating Nuclear Waste in Salt

    Peter J. Johnson / Shawn Otto / Douglas J. Weaver / Brian Dozier / Terry A. Miller / Amy B. Jordan / Nathan G. Hayes-Rich / Philip H. Stauffer

    Vadose Zone Journal, Vol 18, Iss

    Field Testing and Simulation

    2019  Volume 1

    Abstract: Investigations relating to in-drift disposal of heat-generating nuclear waste in salt have raised questions about heat–brine interactions in the unsaturated run-of-mine (RoM) salt pile used as backfill. These interactions have the potential to change the ...

    Abstract Investigations relating to in-drift disposal of heat-generating nuclear waste in salt have raised questions about heat–brine interactions in the unsaturated run-of-mine (RoM) salt pile used as backfill. These interactions have the potential to change the structure of the RoM salt surrounding the canister, possibly altering long-term containment of the source. An experiment is in progress at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), New Mexico, in which a heated canister was placed on the floor of an open drift, covered in a pile of RoM salt, and energized with 1000 W. Temperature in the RoM salt pile had stabilized after about 15 d, allowing evaluation of the heat-up period of the ongoing experiment. Using a multiphase porous flow simulator that has been modified to handle salt-specific coupled processes, we examined coupled thermal–hydrological–chemical behavior in the RoM salt pile. Our simulations suggest that for the relatively dry cases examined, porosity changes within RoM salt in a generic salt repository are likely to be minor in the period between waste emplacement and plastic closure of the drift. The primary sensitivity for porosity change is to the early moisture content of the RoM salt used to cover the canister. Secondary influences include moisture availability from the disturbed rock zone (DRZ) surrounding the drift and the capillary pressure ratio between the DRZ and the RoM salt. Early changes in porosity and permeability may be affected by moisture content, but this was not observed in the test. Such changes would be most likely to occur when using damp RoM salt or if waste is emplaced in a drift immediately following opening of the drift before evaporative dewatering of the drift walls occurs.
    Keywords Environmental sciences ; GE1-350 ; Geology ; QE1-996.5
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Wiley
    Document type Article ; Online
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  6. Article ; Online: Transient receptor potential A1 channel contributes to activation of the muscle reflex.

    Koba, Satoshi / Hayes, Shawn G / Sinoway, Lawrence I

    American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology

    2010  Volume 300, Issue 1, Page(s) H201–13

    Abstract: This study was undertaken to elucidate the role played by transient receptor potential A1 channels (TRPA1) in activating the muscle reflex, a sympathoexcitatory drive originating in contracting muscle. First, we tested the hypothesis that stimulation of ... ...

    Abstract This study was undertaken to elucidate the role played by transient receptor potential A1 channels (TRPA1) in activating the muscle reflex, a sympathoexcitatory drive originating in contracting muscle. First, we tested the hypothesis that stimulation of the TRPA1 located on muscle afferents reflexly increases sympathetic nerve activity. In decerebrate rats, allyl isothiocyanate, a TRPA1 agonist, was injected intra-arterially into the hindlimb muscle circulation. This led to a 33% increase in renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA). The effect of allyl isothiocyanate was a reflex because the response was prevented by sectioning the sciatic nerve. Second, we tested the hypothesis that blockade of TRPA1 reduces RSNA response to contraction. Thirty-second continuous static contraction of the hindlimb muscles, induced by electrical stimulation of the peripheral cut ends of L(4) and L(5) ventral roots, increased RSNA and blood pressure. The integrated RSNA during contraction was reduced by HC-030031, a TRPA1 antagonist, injected intra-arterially (163 ± 24 vs. 95 ± 21 arbitrary units, before vs. after HC-030031, P < 0.05). Third, we attempted to identify potential endogenous stimulants of TRPA1, responsible for activating the muscle reflex. Increases in RSNA in response to injection into the muscle circulation of arachidonic acid, bradykinin, and diprotonated phosphate, which are metabolic by-products of contraction and stimulants of muscle afferents during contraction, were reduced by HC-030031. These observations suggest that the TRPA1 located on muscle afferents is part of the muscle reflex and further support the notion that arachidonic acid metabolites, bradykinin, and diprotonated phosphate are candidates for endogenous agonists of TRPA1.
    MeSH term(s) Analysis of Variance ; Animals ; Ankyrins/physiology ; Calcium Channels/physiology ; Hindlimb/drug effects ; Hindlimb/physiology ; Isothiocyanates/pharmacology ; Male ; Muscle Contraction/drug effects ; Muscle Contraction/physiology ; Muscle, Skeletal/drug effects ; Muscle, Skeletal/innervation ; Muscle, Skeletal/physiology ; Neurons, Afferent/drug effects ; Neurons, Afferent/physiology ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Reflex/drug effects ; Reflex/physiology ; Sympathetic Nervous System/drug effects ; Sympathetic Nervous System/physiology ; TRPA1 Cation Channel ; TRPC Cation Channels
    Chemical Substances Ankyrins ; Calcium Channels ; Isothiocyanates ; TRPA1 Cation Channel ; TRPC Cation Channels ; Trpa1 protein, rat ; isothiocyanic acid (3129-90-6)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2010-11-12
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 603838-4
    ISSN 1522-1539 ; 0363-6135
    ISSN (online) 1522-1539
    ISSN 0363-6135
    DOI 10.1152/ajpheart.00547.2009
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  7. Article: The exercise pressor reflex.

    Kaufman, Marc P / Hayes, Shawn G

    Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society

    2002  Volume 12, Issue 6, Page(s) 429–439

    Abstract: The exercise pressor reflex is believed to play a role in causing the cardiovascular and ventilatory responses to exercise. This review will discuss the evidence that the reflex is active in both humans and animals. In addition, this review will discuss ... ...

    Abstract The exercise pressor reflex is believed to play a role in causing the cardiovascular and ventilatory responses to exercise. This review will discuss the evidence that the reflex is active in both humans and animals. In addition, this review will discuss the nature of the mechanical and metabolic stimuli that evoke the exercise pressor reflex. Particular attention will be paid to the discharge properties of the thin fiber sensory nerves (i. e., group III and IV muscle afferents) whose activation by these mechanical and metabolic stimuli is responsible for evoking the reflex. Finally, some current findings and controversies will be discussed.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Baroreflex/physiology ; Exercise/physiology ; Humans ; Muscle Contraction/physiology ; Muscle, Skeletal/physiology ; Neurons, Afferent/physiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2002-12
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 1080007-4
    ISSN 1619-1560 ; 0959-9851
    ISSN (online) 1619-1560
    ISSN 0959-9851
    DOI 10.1007/s10286-002-0059-1
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  8. Article ; Online: Volatile anesthetic effects on midbrain-elicited locomotion suggest that the locomotor network in the ventral spinal cord is the primary site for immobility.

    Jinks, Steven L / Bravo, Milo / Hayes, Shawn G

    Anesthesiology

    2008  Volume 108, Issue 6, Page(s) 1016–1024

    Abstract: Background: Volatile anesthetics produce immobility primarily by action in the spinal cord; however, anesthetic effects among different neuronal classes located in different spinal regions, and how they relate to immobility, are not understood.: ... ...

    Abstract Background: Volatile anesthetics produce immobility primarily by action in the spinal cord; however, anesthetic effects among different neuronal classes located in different spinal regions, and how they relate to immobility, are not understood.
    Methods: In decerebrated rats, effects of isoflurane and halothane on movement elicited by electrical microstimulation of the mesencephalic locomotor region (MLR) were assessed in relation to minimum alveolar concentration (MAC). Anesthetic effects on step frequency and isometric limb force were measured. The authors also examined effects of MLR stimulation on responses of nociceptive dorsal horn neurons and limb force responses to tail clamp.
    Results: Mean isoflurane requirements to block MLR-elicited stepping were slightly but significantly greater than MAC by 10%. Mean halothane requirements to block MLR-elicited stepping were greater than those for isoflurane and exceeded MAC by 20%. From 0.4 to 1.3 MAC (but not 0.0 to 0.4 MAC), there was a dose-dependent reduction in the frequency and force of hind limb movements elicited by MLR stimulation during both anesthetics. MLR stimulation inhibited noxious stimulus evoked responses of dorsal horn neurons by approximately 80%. Aptly, MLR stimulation produced analgesia that outlasted the midbrain stimulus by at least 15 s, as indicated by an 81% reduction in hind limb force elicited noxious tail clamp.
    Conclusions: Because electrical stimulation of the MLR elicits movement independent of dorsal horn activation, the immobilizing properties of isoflurane and halothane are largely independent of action in the dorsal horn. The results suggest that volatile anesthetics produce immobility mainly by action on ventral spinal locomotor networks.
    MeSH term(s) Anesthetics, Inhalation/pharmacology ; Animals ; Anterior Horn Cells/drug effects ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; Halothane/pharmacology ; Immobilization/methods ; Isoflurane/pharmacology ; Locomotion/drug effects ; Male ; Mesencephalon/drug effects ; Mesencephalon/physiology ; Models, Animal ; Motor Neurons/drug effects ; Physical Stimulation/methods ; Posterior Horn Cells/drug effects ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Spinal Cord/drug effects ; Spinal Cord/physiology
    Chemical Substances Anesthetics, Inhalation ; Isoflurane (CYS9AKD70P) ; Halothane (UQT9G45D1P)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2008-08-13
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 269-0
    ISSN 1528-1175 ; 0003-3022
    ISSN (online) 1528-1175
    ISSN 0003-3022
    DOI 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181730297
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  9. Article ; Online: Nebraska Biocontainment Unit patient discharge and environmental decontamination after Ebola care.

    Jelden, Katelyn C / Gibbs, Shawn G / Smith, Philip W / Schwedhelm, Michelle M / Iwen, Peter C / Beam, Elizabeth L / Hayes, A Kim / Marion, Nedra / Kratochvil, Christopher J / Boulter, Kathleen C / Hewlett, Angela L / Lowe, John J

    American journal of infection control

    2015  Volume 43, Issue 3, Page(s) 203–205

    MeSH term(s) Decontamination/methods ; Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola/therapy ; Humans ; Infection Control/methods ; Nebraska ; Patient Discharge
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015-03-01
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 392362-9
    ISSN 1527-3296 ; 0196-6553
    ISSN (online) 1527-3296
    ISSN 0196-6553
    DOI 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.12.005
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  10. Article: MLR stimulation and exercise pressor reflex activate different renal sympathetic fibers in decerebrate cats.

    Hayes, Shawn G / Kaufman, Marc P

    Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)

    2002  Volume 92, Issue 4, Page(s) 1628–1634

    Abstract: Although mesencephalic locomotor region (MLR) stimulation and the exercise pressor reflex have been shown to increase whole nerve renal sympathetic activity, it is not known whether these mechanisms converge onto the same population of renal sympathetic ... ...

    Abstract Although mesencephalic locomotor region (MLR) stimulation and the exercise pressor reflex have been shown to increase whole nerve renal sympathetic activity, it is not known whether these mechanisms converge onto the same population of renal sympathetic postganglionic efferents. In decerebrate cats, we examined the responses of single renal sympathetic postganglionic efferents to stimulation of the MLR and the exercise pressor reflex (i.e., static contraction of the triceps surae muscles). We found that, in most instances (24 of 28 fibers), either MLR stimulation or the muscle reflex, but not both, increased the discharge of renal postganglionic sympathetic efferents. In addition, we found that renal sympathetic efferents that responded to static contraction while the muscles were freely perfused responded more vigorously to static contraction during circulatory arrest. Moreover, stretch of the calcaneal (Achilles) tendon stimulated the same renal sympathetic efferents as did static contraction. These findings suggest that MLR stimulation and the exercise pressor reflex do not converge onto the same renal sympathetic postganglionic efferents.
    MeSH term(s) Achilles Tendon/innervation ; Achilles Tendon/physiology ; Animals ; Blood Pressure/physiology ; Cats ; Decerebrate State ; Efferent Pathways/physiology ; Physical Exertion/physiology ; Physical Stimulation ; Reflex/physiology ; Renal Artery/innervation ; Renal Artery/physiology ; Sympathetic Nervous System/physiology ; Tegmentum Mesencephali/physiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2002-04
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 219139-8
    ISSN 1522-1601 ; 8750-7587 ; 0021-8987 ; 0161-7567
    ISSN (online) 1522-1601
    ISSN 8750-7587 ; 0021-8987 ; 0161-7567
    DOI 10.1152/japplphysiol.00905.2001
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