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Automatic Reaction To A Chemical Event Detected By A Low-Cost Wireless Chemical Sensing Network, Stephen Beirne, King Tong Lau, Brian Corcoran, Dermot Diamond Dec 2008

Automatic Reaction To A Chemical Event Detected By A Low-Cost Wireless Chemical Sensing Network, Stephen Beirne, King Tong Lau, Brian Corcoran, Dermot Diamond

Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)

A test-scale wireless chemical sensor network (WCSN) has been deployed within a controlled Environmental Chamber (EC). The combined signals from the WCSN were used to initiate a controllable response to the detected chemical event. When a particular sensor response pattern was obtained, a purging cycle was initiated. Sensor data were continuously checked against user-defined action limits, to determine if a chemical event had occurred. An acidic contaminant was used to demonstrate the response of the sensor network. Once the acid plume was simultaneously detected by a number of wireless chemical sensor nodes, an automatic response action, which was the purging …


The Mitochondrial Genome Of The Stingless Bee Melipona Bicolor (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini): Sequence, Gene Organization And A Unique Trna Translocation Event Conserved Across The Tribe Meliponini, Daniela Silvestre, Mark P. Dowton, Maria C. Arias Jan 2008

The Mitochondrial Genome Of The Stingless Bee Melipona Bicolor (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini): Sequence, Gene Organization And A Unique Trna Translocation Event Conserved Across The Tribe Meliponini, Daniela Silvestre, Mark P. Dowton, Maria C. Arias

Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)

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Chemical Event Tracking Using A Low-Cost Wireless Chemical Sensing Network, Stephen T. Beirne, B Corcoran, K T Lau, D Diamond Jan 2008

Chemical Event Tracking Using A Low-Cost Wireless Chemical Sensing Network, Stephen T. Beirne, B Corcoran, K T Lau, D Diamond

Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)

A recently developed low-cost light emitting diode (LED) chemical sensing technique is integrated with a Mica2Dot wireless communications platform to form a deployable wireless chemical event indicator network. The operation of the colorimetric sensing node has been evaluated to determine its reproducibility and limit of detection for an acidic airborne contaminant. A test-scale network of five similar chemical sensing nodes is deployed in a star communication topology at fixed points within a custom built Environmental Sensing Chamber (ESC). Presented data sets collected from the deployed wireless chemical sensor network (WCSN) show that during an acidic event scenario it is possible …


Event-Rate And Ad/Hd: A Topographic And Preparation Potential Analysis Of Response Inhibition, Nicholas Benikos, Stuart J. Johnstone, Steven J. Roodenrys Jan 2008

Event-Rate And Ad/Hd: A Topographic And Preparation Potential Analysis Of Response Inhibition, Nicholas Benikos, Stuart J. Johnstone, Steven J. Roodenrys

Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (Archive)

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Impact Of A Chytrid-Related Mortality Event On A Population Of The Green And Golden Bell Frog Litoria Aurea, Trent D. Penman, G Muir, E Magarey, E Burns Jan 2008

Impact Of A Chytrid-Related Mortality Event On A Population Of The Green And Golden Bell Frog Litoria Aurea, Trent D. Penman, G Muir, E Magarey, E Burns

Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)

Chytridiomycosis is considered a key threatening process under Commonwealth legislation. Little is known of the impact of this pathogen within wild populations. The Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea is a threatened species that is thought to be affected by this disease. Here we present an example of a chytrid related mortality event within an apparently healthy population of this species. The individuals were found to be carrying chytrid and we suggest that this was the proximal cause of mortality. Monitoring was conducted across Sydney Olympic Park between 1998 and 2005. In a small group of ponds in 1999, …