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Plant Biol (Stuttg) ; 21(1): 167-175, 2019 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30184303

ABSTRACT

Long-lived flowers increase pollen transfer rates, but these entail high water and carbon maintenance costs. The retention of pollinated and reward-free old flowers enhances pollinator visitation to young receptive flowers by increasing floral display size. This mechanism is associated with acropetal inflorescences or changes in flower colour and openness, but the retention of unchanging solitary flowers remains overlooked. We examined pollination-dependent variation in floral longevity and determined stigmatic receptivity, pollen viability and pollen removal rates among flower ages in Kielmeyera regalis, a Neotropical savanna shrub. We also evaluated the effects of floral display size on pollinator visitation rates. Lastly, we determined whether old flowers are unvisited and exclusively increase pollinator attraction to young flowers through flower removal experiments. Regardless of pollination treatment, flowers lasted fully open with no detectable physical changes for 3 days. Over time, stigmas remained receptive but >95% of pollen was removed. Pollinator visitation significantly increased with floral display size and intermediate percentages (15-30%) of newly opened flowers. Accordingly, the retention of reward-free and unvisited old flowers increased young flower-pollinator interaction. Our results reveal the importance of a prolonged floral longevity in increasing pollinator attraction toward newly opened receptive flowers without changes in flower colour and form. We conclude that the retention of pollinated, reward-free and unvisited colour-unchanged old flowers in K. regalis is a strategy that counteracts the water use costs associated with the maintenance of large flowers with increased mate opportunities in a pollen-limited scenario.


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Flowers/physiology , Malpighiaceae/physiology , Pigmentation/physiology , Pollination/physiology , Animals , Bees/physiology , Pollen/physiology
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IEEE Trans Med Imaging ; 27(1): 19-27, 2008 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18270058

ABSTRACT

Endoscopic capsule is a recent medical technology with important clinical benefits but suffering from a practical handicap: long exam annotation times. This paper proposes and compares two approaches (Bayesian and support vector machines) that can be used to segment the gastrointestinal tract into its four major topographic areas, allowing the automatic estimation of the clinically relevant gastric and intestinal sections and corresponding transit times. According to medical specialists, this can reduce exam annotation times by up to 12% (15 min). This automatic tool has been integrated into our CapView annotation software that is currently being used by three medical institutions.


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Capsule Endoscopy/methods , Gastrointestinal Motility/physiology , Gastrointestinal Tract/anatomy & histology , Gastrointestinal Tract/physiology , Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted/methods , Imaging, Three-Dimensional/methods , Pattern Recognition, Automated/methods , Algorithms , Artificial Intelligence , Humans , Image Enhancement/methods , Reproducibility of Results , Sensitivity and Specificity , Time Factors , User-Computer Interface
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