The optimal combination of wavelengths of light (spectral quality) for single leaf photosynthesis has been well characterized, but spectral quality is not well characterized in whole plants in long-term studies. Here we report the effects of eight light spectra at two photosynthetic photon fluxes (200 and 500 µmol m-2 s-1) on dry mass, leaf area index and net assimilation of seven species in replicate 21-day studies. The combination of treatments allowed us to separately assess the effects of blue and green light fraction among species and PPF. At a PPF of 500, increasing blue light from 11 to 28 % significantly decreased dry mass in tomato, cucumber, and pepper, but there was no significant effect on soybean, lettuce and wheat. At a PPF of 200, dry mass significantly decreased only in tomato across the blue light range. Effects on leaf area paralleled effects on dry mass in all species at both PPFs, indicating that the effects of blue light on dry mass were mediated by changes in leaf area. Contrary to predictions of net assimilation based on blue light response of single leaves, there was no evidence of decreasing net assimilation with increasing blue light. In contrast to the significant effect of blue light dry mass and leaf area, increasing green light fraction from zero to 30 % resulted in few significant differences. Contrary to several reports on significant green light effects on growth (both increases and decreases), we found no consistent effect of green light among species on growth, leaf area or net assimilation. Collectively, these results indicate significant differences among species in sensitivity to blue light and less sensitivity to green light, and that the effect of blue light on dry mass is primarily determined by changes in leaf area.

As a new form of volumetric media, a Light Field (LF) can provide users with a true 6 Degrees-Of-Freedom (DOF) immersive experience, because LF captures the scene with photo-realism, including aperture-limited changes in viewpoint. Nevertheless, the larger size and higher dimension of LF data bring greater challenges to processing and transmission. The main focus of this study is the application of the applied Artificial Intelligence (AI) method to the transmission and processing of LF data, thereby alleviating the performance bottleneck in existing methods. Uncompressed LF data are too large for network transmission, which is why LF compression has become an important research topic. A new LF compression algorithm based on Graph Neural Network (GNN) is proposed in this work. It can use the graph network model to fit the similarity between the LF viewpoints, so that only the data of a few essential anchor viewpoints need to be transmitted after compression, and a complete LF matrix can be reconstructed according to the graph model at the decoding end. This method also solves the problem of weak generalization of the LF reconstruction algorithm when dealing with high-frequency components through the design of two-layer compression structure. Compared with existing compression methods, a higher compression ratio and better quality can be achieved using this algorithm. Furthermore, to improve the adaptability of the real-time requirements of different LF applications and robustness requirements in unreliable network environments, an adaptive LF video transmission scheme based on Multiple Description Coding (MDC) is proposed. It can divide the LF matrix into LF descriptions at different levels of downsampling ratios, and optimize the scheduling of the descriptions transmission queue, which can ensure that it can adaptively adjust the design of basic GNN unit so that the proposed method can adapt more flexibly to the real-time changes of user viewpoint requests, so as to save unnecessary viewpoint transmission overhead to the greatest extent, and minimize the adverse impact of network packet loss and network status fluctuations on LF transmission services. For LF processing, depth estimation has been a very hot topic in recent years. To achieve a good balance between the performance of both narrow- or wide-baseline LF data, a novel optical-flow-based LF depth estimation scheme, which uses a convolutional neural network (CNN) to predict the patch matrix after optical flow offset, is proposed. After the optical-flow-assisted offset, the disparity between patches is processed to a unified numerical range, which can effectively solve the overfitting problem of the LF depth estimation network caused by the uneven distribution of the baseline range of LF samples. Experimental results show that the proposed uniform-patch-based estimation mechanism has good generalization on LF data of different baselines and is compatible with various existing narrow-baseline LF depth estimation algorithms. Finally, since LF processing places high requirements on both the computing and caching capabilities of the infrastructure, a framework that combines Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) technology with LF applications is proposed in this thesis. In this study, the problem is transformed by the Lyapunov optimization, and an optimized search algorithm based on the Markov approximation method is designed, which can adaptively schedule and adjust the task offloading strategy and resource allocation scheme, so as to provide users with the best service experience in the LF viewpoint interpolation task. Numerical results demonstrate that this edge-based framework can achieve a dynamic balance between energy and caching consumption while meeting the low latency requirements of LF applications.

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The use of light has always been a vehicle of symbolic meaning and spiritual experience in religious spaces. Depending on culture and religion this use differs, but in any case, the connection between the built form, the architecture and the history makes the relationship with light a compelling issue that is worth exploring. This thesis aims to study the role that light played in the designing of St: Eskilskyrkan church in Sweden, and the way it affected the perception of the architecture and its materials. In order to answer this question, a methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative methods, was generated. Evaluation and discussion of literature review, interviews, survey on perception of light, a comparison between two similar buildings, daylight analysis using lighting software and testing lighting design tools are the key elements to create the guidelines for the lighting design proposal that will be generated in the last part of the thesis. This proposal aims to redevelop the existing illumination of the interior of the church, emphasizing on functionality, on the built form and the enhancement of spiritual experience.

Visible-light communication (VLC) has several advantages over the commonly used radio frequency (RF) spectrum, including high bandwidth and low crosstalk. These features have become of more significance, especially as the proliferation of wireless devices increases and causes spectrum crowding. The white light in VLC systems is typically obtained from blue/violet light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and phosphors partially converting blue light into longer wavelength colors spanning the visible-light band. One phosphor that is frequently used is cerium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG). However, YAG suffers from a low color-rendering index (CRI) and high correlated color temperature (CCT). Lead halide perovskites provide an alternative to YAG and have been extensively utilized for optoelectronic devices owing to their tunable bandgap and high photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY). However, their drawbacks, e.g., lead toxicity and instability, hinder their widespread application. Herein, in order to take advantage of a high-performance lead-free tin-based halide perovskite phosphor that has a high absolute PLQY of near unity and a wide spectral emission ranging from 500 to 700 nm, we fabricated ultraviolet (UV) micro light-emitting diodes (micro-LEDs) with a peak wavelength at 365 nm to match the peak of the photoluminescence excitation (PLE) spectra of the material to obtain strong yellow-spectrum emission. Together with a blue LED, white light was obtained with a CRI of 84.9 and 4115-K CCT. Despite the long PL lifetime of the perovskite material, which is in the order of μs, a net data rate of 1.5 Mb/s was achieved using orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) with adaptive bit and power loading to take advantage of the exceptionally high PLQY of the phosphor to improve the data throughput of the VLC system using higher modulation orders. Furthermore, through improvements to the nanostructure of lead-free tin-based halide perovskite phosphor and the use of excitation sources with a higher power, the data rate is expected to be even higher. The lead-free nature of this material, along with its wide spectrum and high conversion efficiency, makes it a promising alternative to conventional toxic perovskite-based phosphors. As the first demonstration of VLC links using lead-free perovskite, this study paves the way for safer, more sustainable VLC systems.

The large-scale use of artificial light throughout the night has occurred in the last 100 years and continues to increase globally. Artificial light impacts many animal and plant taxa. The effects of artificial light on bats is species specific. The Namib Desert in Namibia is still relatively dark but subject to the same drivers of increasing development and urbanization that have increased the spread of artificial light globally. This study investigated the effects of the introduction of ultraviolet, yellow and white artificial light on the activity of bats in a rural environment with minimal development in the Namib Desert. Four sites, 100 m apart, had one light and one bat detector each. The fourth light was a dark control. Each site was sampled four times by each light type. Bat activity was recorded by the bat detectors. Eight bat species were recorded during the experiment. Activity increased for open air and clutter-edge foraging species analysed. Broadband white light caused the highest increases in activity followed by yellow light when compared with the dark control site. Ultraviolet light caused the lowest increases in activity contrary to expectations. / Mengwaga ye 100 ya go feta go bile le koketšego ye kgolo ya tšhomišo ya seetša sa maitirelo bošego ka moka. Setlwaedi se se ata kudu lefaseng ka moka go feta pele, gomme se ama diphoofolo tše ntši le mehuta ya dimela. Leganata la Namib go la Namibia gabotse le sa ntše le swiswetše, eupša le ka fase ga dikgontšhi tša go oketša tlhabollo le toropofatšo tšeo di hlotšego koketšego tšhomišong ya seetša sa maitirelo lefaseng ka bophara. Dikhuetšo tša seetša sa maitirelo go memankgagane di fapana go ya ka mohuta. Nyakišišo ye e nyakišišitše dikhuetšo tša tsebagatšo ya seetša sa maitirelo sa go phadima, serolwane le se sešweu go modiro wa memankgagane ka tikologong ya nagaselegae ya go ba le tlhabollo ye nyane ka Leganateng la Namib. Seetša se setee le tithekethara e tee ya mankgagane di hlomilwe go le lengwe le le lengwe la mafelo a mane, a go arogantšhwa ka 100 m. Seetša sa bone se be se le taolo ya leswiswi. Lefelo le lengwe le le lengwe le dirilwe mohlala makga a mane ka mohuta wo mongwe le wo mongwe wa seetša. Modiro wa mankgagane e rekotilwe ka ditithekethara tša mankgagane. Mehuta ya mankgagane ye seswai e rekotilwe nakong ya eksperimente. Modiro wa mehuta ya sebakabakeng le ya go sela thobekgeng ye e sekasekilwego e oketšegile. Seetša se sešweu sa porotepente se hlotše dikoketšego tša modiro, sa latelwa ke seetša se se serolwane, ge se bapetšwa le lefelo la taolo ya leswiswi. Go fapana le ditetelo, seetša sa go phadima se hlotše dikoketšego tša fasefase modirong. / School of Environmental Sciences / M. Sc. (Nature Conservation)

Tissue, in particular its mechanical properties, is of interest from a material science point of view. The collagen fiber framework found in nearly all tissue forms the basis for the tissue's behavior. Connective tissue provides more interesting behavior, designed to bear significant load in one direction, while retaining the ability to stretch in other directions. Contributing factors to such behavior are fiber diameter and orientation. Small angle scattering analysis has been developed over the past century. Particular attention has been paid to x-ray and neutron scattering, both of which characterize features on a nanometer scale. Small angle light scattering (SALS) has the ability to characterize features on a micron scale, and is thus suitable for the analysis of collage fibers. Scattering data from several tendons were analyzed using the Generalized Indirect Fourier Transform (GIFT) program developed by Dr. Otto Glatter. The data is fit using cubic B-splines, and transformed into a probability density distribution function (abbreviated PDDF or p(r)). The PDDF can then be interpreted to give an average fiber diameter, as well as other structural information. Since this type of analysis has never been performed on collagen fibers, emphasis was placed on validating small angle light scattering as an appropriate technique to characterize collagen fiber diameter. This was accomplished by comparing the results with optical microscopy. Results from SALS analysis agree with features observed by optical microscopy. Small angle light scattering analysis is able to provide an analysis of structures superior to that of optical microscopy. Small angle scatter theory provides a three dimensional analysis of the structure. On the other hand, optical microscopy provides only a two dimensional view of the sample. The structure of collagen fibers in tissue is certainly three dimensional, making small angle light scattering a more suitable technique for characterization.

Submitted by Rosivalda Pereira (mrs.pereira@ufma.br) on 2017-05-24T17:46:47Z No. of bitstreams: 1 BeneditaCosta.pdf: 3463817 bytes, checksum: f105e5bbf653ecaa37f7e7f59c1026ce (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-05-24T17:46:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 BeneditaCosta.pdf: 3463817 bytes, checksum: f105e5bbf653ecaa37f7e7f59c1026ce (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-29 / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa e ao Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico do Maranhão (FAPEMA) / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPQ) / The use of LEDs was evaluated as attractants for insect vectors and there are several advantages over the standard incandescent lamp favoring the use of LED technology as alternative light source for sampling medically important mosquitoes. Therefore, other studies were conducted in order to evaluate the response to the different wavelengths; however data on the use of LEDs and light intensity to attract anopheline mosquitoes are scarce. This study main purpose was to evaluate the efficiency of LEDs and the influence of the light intensity in the captures of malaria vectors upon the lunar phases, in a peridomiciliary area in northeastern Maranhão, Brazil. In the first essay, incandescent lamps routinely used in CDC-type light traps were replaced for 5 mm LEDs (green – 520 nm; blue – 470 nm) to evaluate the response of anopheline mosquitoes to those alternative light sources. However, the incandescent lamp was used as control. To test the influence of moonlight, the collections were undertaken under the four lunar phases during the study period. In the second essay, it was analyzed the influence of light intensity on the captures of mosquitoes, six light traps with LEDs of different light intensities were used: green (10,000 mCD, 15,000 mCD and 20,000 mCD) and blue (4,000 mCD, 12,000 mCD and 15,000 mCD). As a result in the first essay, 1,845 specimens and eight species foi was sampled. The most frequent species were Anopheles evansae, accounting for 35.2%, followed by An. triannulatus s.l.(21,9%), An. goeldii (12,9%) and An. argyritarsis (11,5%). The green LED was the most efficient light source, it had attracted 43.3% of the individuals, followed by the blue LED (31.8%) and the control (24.9%). The LED traps were more attractive than the control, regardless the lunar phase. In all tests, the captures were more efficient when LEDs were used to attract the anopheline mosquitoes than when the control was used. As a result in the second essay, a total of 1,650 specimens and five species of anopheline mosquitoes were sampled. The blue LED attracted more individuals (953) than the green one (697). According to the light intensity, the green LED 20.000mCD had a greater attractiveness showing 39.2% increase related to the others intensities. While the blue LED 15.000mCD has attracted 50.2% of the specimens captured. The efficiency of LEDs improves light trapping results and it is suggested that the use of LEDs as an attractant for anopheline mosquitoes should be taken into consideration when monitoring mosquito populations. Thus, the light intensity was a very important factor in enhancing the light trap performance in attracting the mosquitoes; more intense the light, more insects attracted. However, the light intensity is an important attribute for sampling more efficiently insect vectors. / O uso diodo emissor de luz (LED) foi avaliado como atrativo para insetos vetores e tem apresentado varias vantagens sobre a lâmpada incandescente convencional, favorecendo o uso da tecnologia LED como uma fonte de luz alternativa para a amostragem de mosquitos de importância médica. Além disso, outros estudos foram realizados a fim de examinar a resposta a diferentes comprimentos de onda, entretanto dados sobre o uso de LED e sua intensidade luminosa para atrair mosquitos anofelinos são escassos. Esse estudo teve como propósito avaliar a eficácia de LEDs e a influência da intensidade da luz nas capturas de mosquitos anofelinos, diante das fases lunares, em área peridomiciliar no Nordeste do Maranhão. No primeiro ensaio as lâmpadas incandescentes convencionais utilizadas em armadilhas luminosas do tipo CDC foram substituídas por LEDs de 5 mm (verde: 520 nm; azul: 470 nm) para avaliar a resposta de mosquitos anofelinos às fontes de luz alternativas, a lâmpada incandescente foi utilizada como controle. Para testar a influência da fase lunar, as coletas foram realizadas sob as quatro fases lunares durante o período de estudo. No segundo ensaio foi analisado a influência da intensidade luminosa nas capturas de mosquitos, foram utilizadas seis armadilhas luminosas com diferentes intensidades de luz: verde (10.000mCD, 15.000mCD, 20.000mCD) e azul (4.000mCD, 12.000mCD, 15.000mCD). Como resultado do primeiro ensaio, um total de 1.845 espécimes e oito espécies foram coletados. As espécies mais frequentes foram Anopheles evansae, representando 35,2%, seguido por An. triannulatus s.l. (21,9%), An. goeldii (12,9%) e An. argyritarsis (11,5%). O LED verde foi à fonte de luz mais eficaz, tendo atraído 43,3% dos indivíduos, seguido do LED azul (31,8%) e o controle (24,9%). As armadilhas com LED foram mais atrativas do que o controle, independentemente da fase lunar. Em todos os testes, as capturas foram mais eficientes quando os LEDs foram usados para atrair os mosquitos anofelinos do que quando utilizou-se o controle. Como resultado do segundo ensaio, um total de 1.650 espécimes e cinco espécies de mosquitos anofelinos foram capturados. A armadilha com LED azul atraiu mais indivíduos (953) do que o verde (697). Quanto às intensidades de luz, o LED verde de 20.000mCD obteve maior atratividade com 39,2% em relação às demais intensidades. Enquanto o LED azul de 15.000mCD atraiu 50,2% dos individuos capturados. A eficiência dos LEDs melhora os resultados de captura com luz, sugere-se o uso de LEDs como atrativo para mosquitos anofelinos e deve ser levado em consideração nas atividades de monitoramento de populações de mosquitos. Além disso, a intensidade luminosa é um fator importante para aumentar o desempenho da armadilha luminosa na atração dos mosquitos, quanto mais intensa a luz, mais insetos são atraídos. Portanto, a intensidade luminosa dos LEDs é um importante atributo para amostragem de insetos vetores.

Det här är en rapport som behandlar examensarbetet i integreradproduktutveckling vid Högskolan i Skövde. Projektet sker i samarbete med ett företag som tillverkar dörrar och vill utöka sitt tillbehörssortiment med enprodukt i marknadssegmentet mellan fönster och LED-ljus för att belysataburentrén och underlätta för användaren att vistas i tamburen.Utvecklingsprocessen för denna produkt började med en omfattande förstudieföljt av identifiering av aktuella miljöer, insamling av mätdata via mätningar avbelysningsstyrka samt teoretiska beräkningar på produktens geometrier såsomljusinsamlingsarea. Den samlade kunskapen ledde fram till ettkonceptgenereringsstadie, konceptutvärdering samt prototypframställning.Detaljutvecklingen av det slutgiltiga konceptet baserades i stort på tekniska ochfysiska egenskaper. Resultatet blev undermåligt och nådde ej upp till eftersträvadbelysningseffekt med de identifierade randvillkoren, på grund av oförutseddaeffektförluster. Tas produkten ur ramarna för randvillkoren och istället användasi mer gynnsamma förhållanden blir resultatet betydligt bättre.Slutsatsen blir att passiv insamling av diffust ljus är möjligt men inte effektivt ochframförallt inte kompatibelt med, i detta fall, krav på hög säkerhet och lågt pris. / This is a report which covers the bachelor degree project in Product Design Engineering at University of Skövde. The project is conducted in cooperation witha company that manufactures doors and wants to expand their accessory rangewith a product in the market segment between windows and LED-lights toilluminate the very entrance of an apartment and provide the user with sufficientlight. The development process for this product began with a comprehensiveprestudy followed by identification of relevant environments, collection of targetdata through measurements of illumination, and theoretical calculations ofproduct geometries such as light collecting area. The combined knowledge led toa generation stage, evaluation stage and prototype production. The result becamesubstandard and did not reach the desired lighting effect with the identifiedboundary conditions due to unforeseen power losses. If the product is taken outof these boundaries and instead used in more favorable conditions, the result issignificantly better.The conclusion is that passive collection of diffused light is possible but noteffective and above all incompatible with, in this case, high security and demandsfor low costs.

The interior light with the changable color temperature, which can react to various daytime and also react to requirements of the customer. This feature is possible by LED technology. The shape of the light comes from undersea inspiration. The light wants to remain to the man his natural environment. And also respect his lighting needs. The light would be made from the segments which are possible to adapt in any interior by size. And also with more segments we can get more light intensity.