Samples of 3-D Patterns Measured at UMass Amherst
Automated stereo scan of artificial twin proton point sources
using the ASET Software of Applicable Electronics and using R-scripts for
direct analysis of the ASET output.
The top 4 panels illustrate the steps in analysis of the 3-D data obtained
by the ASET software. Panel 1 illustrates the three orthogonal microvolt
differences measured at a grid of observation points, uVdif(xyz), plotted on
the Y-axis as uVxyz in colors rgb. In panel 2 the expected -pH calculated from
the measured voltage at the origin of
each grid point measurement is based on the pH callibration curve. In panel 3
the Expected proton concentration at the grid popint origins is calculated by
exponentiating the points in panel 2. The proton concentration difference is
then calculated in panel 4 from the voltage at the origin, the uV differences,
the calibration curve and the estimated dynamic efficiency of the sampling
protocol. For protons and chloride the dynamic efficiency for typical 3-D
measuring protocols used recently has been indistinguishable from 100%.
The bottom 4 panels illustrate the calculated fluxes calculated from the
upper panel data and plotted as stereo pairs of 3-D flux vectors (left pair) or
total flux (right pair).
Gnu-Public R analysis includes library
plotting functions scatterplot3d() and grid plotting function
persp().
An older automatic triple scan of artificial twin proton
point sources
with a vibrating proton selective microelectrode,
NVPH.
The data was collected using the VPW software from Science Wares using a
Direct Coupled Ion Probe Amplifier from Applicable Electronics. The data is
plotted using Gnu-Public
QuikGrid Ver. 3.3
(formerly SURFACE.exe) from John Coulthard. While these programs are outdated
and no-longer available on modern platforms, the above mentioned R scripting language is now a Gnu-Public cross-platform alternative.
Stereo scan of a twin proton source with a
proton selective microelectrode 48 hours prior to the
above triple scan. This particular electrode survived for 6 days, faithfully
recording data from the same pair of artificial sources.
Data was prepared to plot using the MAGE software
available from Kinemage Duke.
Portions of adjacent follicles
from a Periplaneta americana ovariole
with a proton ion selective electrode poised at a
sampling site. Data from such
a follicle is displayed below.
Proton flux (red vectors) eminating from the anterior end of a
Periplaneta americana
follicle (Kunkel & Faszewski,
1995). The protons exit from the follicle epithelium (green outline)
seen to encase the
oocyte (yellow outline). This is a stereo pair produced with MAGE.
(blue marks the path of the scanning electrode).
Data was collected with a Direct Coupled Amplifier
using the 3DVIS software developed by Joe Kunkel at the NVP Facility at the MBL,
Woods Hole, MA.
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