Transducer

... of a high laser quality, a virtual visual image of the fish appears above the water. It shows that the hologram in question acts as a holographic transducer between the acoustic and electromagnetic domains. Laboratory illustration of a holographic transducer between the acoustic and electromagnetic ...

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... systems (NEMS) are the actuation and detection of their sub-nanometer displacements at high frequencies. The terms actuator, sensor , and transducer are widely used in the description of measurement systems - sometimes interchangeably. In the broadest sense, a transducer receives energy ...

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... receiver domain (e.g. a ligand-binding domain for chemotaxis, or a light-absorbing chromophore in phototaxis). Their activation is forwarded by a transducer protein that contains a signalling domain. The architecture of receptors and transducers is as heterogenous as the perceived signals. The ...

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... this advice is delivered by a sequence of chemical reactions called the "JAK/STAT" pathway. ("JAK/STAT" is an acronym for "Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator transcription.") "Though we all know that the survival of the species depends on producing children, up until now we haven't ...

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