Abstract:
The present invention relates to the discovery of a novel intracellular bacterium in hamsters with transmissible proliferative ileitis. This novel intracellular bacterium has been isolated in purified form and, on the basis of phylogenetic analysis, has been determined to possess 95 % similarity to Chlamydia psittaci and 98 % similarity to Chlamydia trachomatis. Thus, it has been discovered that the "Campylobacter-like organisms" long implicated in proliferative ileitis in hamsters, and likely in proliferative bowel diseases in other species as well, are not members of Campylobacter genus at all, but rather appear to be a novel species of Chlamydia.
Abstract:
Osmium-catalyzed methods of addition to an olefin are discussed. In the method of asymmetric dihydroxylation of the present invention, an olefin, a chiral ligand, an organic solvent, water, an oxidant and an osmium-containing compound are combined. In the method of asymmetric oxyamination of the present invention, an olefin, a chiral ligand, an organic solvent, water, a metallochloramine derivative, an osmium-containing compound and, optionally, a tetraalkyl ammonium compound are combined. In the method of asymmetric diamination of the present invention, an olefin, a chiral ligand, an organic solvent, a metallo-chloramine derivative, an amine and an osmium-containing compound are combined. In one embodiment, an olefin, a chiral ligand which is a polymeric dihydroquinidine derivative or a dihydroquinine derivative, acetone, water, a base, an oxidant and osmium tetroxide are combined to effect asymmetric dihydroxylation of the olefin.
Abstract:
This invention provides an optical converter suitable for use as the gain medium in lasers, optical amplifiers and other optical devices. The converter consists of at least one and preferable two or more optical converter elements which are sandwiched and separated by inactive dielectric layers. An optical pump beam may be passed to the active converter elements through an anti-reflection layer at one surface of the converter and a high reflection mirror may be provided at the opposite side of the converter to reflect the pump beam incident thereon back into the converter for a second pass. Each converter element has one or more absorber layers, at least one radiation layer receiving energy from the absorber layers and preferably outputting energy at a slightly different wavelength than the wavelength at which the absorber layers optimally absorb, and preferably at least one index-of-refraction compensator (IRC) layer which compensates for changes in index-of-refraction induced by the absorber and radiator layers to provide a low divergence far field optical intensity profile for the converter with no substantial side bands.
Abstract:
A method of exon amplification, which is useful for fast and efficient isolation of a coding sequence from complex mammalian genomic DNA. Framents of genomic mammalian DNA are inserted into an intron contained within a splicing plasmid, resulting in a splicing plasmid construct. The construct is introduced into an appropriate host cell, resulting in replication of and transcription from the construct. The transcripts are processed into mature RNA. If an exon is present in the genomic DNA fragment contained in the plasmid intron, the splice sites of the DNA insert can be paired with 5' and 3' splice sites provided in the splicing construct. Mature RNA, which contains transcribed exons from the genomic DNA, is isolated, amplified via RNA-based PCR, and subsequently cloned.
Abstract:
A system for controlling the polarization of lasers is described in which the polarization of laser radiation generated in a gain cavity is controlled by feedback of a controlled amount of polarized light from a polarizing cavity. The output mirror of the gain cavity forms an input mirror of the polarizing cavity. The polarizing cavity includes a polarizing element and an optical medium of variable optical length.
Abstract:
A method and an apparatus are disclosed for using quasielastic light scattering to determine the degree of cataractogenesis of a lens in vivo. By collecting and analyzing light scattered from the lens, it is possible, using the temporal autocorrelation function, to produce a signature of cataractogenesis, accounting for scattering due to immobile scatterers. The components of the cataractogenesis can also be detected by comparing the values of the components of the signature of cataractogenesis to frequency distribution of the components taken from populations or by detecting changes in the values of the components of the signature of cataractogenesis as a function of time.
Abstract:
A magnetic bearing (10) is provided which may be utilized in a fine position control or movement system. Stability is enhanced by providing separate mechanisms for supporting the weight of a platen (12) or other object being controlled with electromagnets (22) utilized to control or compensate for motion of the platen (12) in N degrees of freedom. The support mechanism is preferably one or more permanent magnets (18, 40, 42) having an air gap (29) with the platen (12) which is greater than the air gap (26) for the electromagnets (22). The mechanism for supporting the weight of the platen (12) may be adjusted so as to support the weight of the platen (12) regardless of any changes in such weight by, for example, adjusting the air gap (29) for the permanent magnet (18, 40, 42) to compensate for weight changes. Resonant vibration is reduced by constructing the platen (12) of a hollowed, cellular structure, for example, a honeycomb structure.
Abstract:
Mice heterozygous (+/-) or homozygous (-/-) for a beta 2-microglobulin gene disruption; a method of producing tissues which are heterozygous (+/-) or homozygous (-/-) for a beta 2-microglobulin disruption; tissues produced by the method; and uses therefor.
Abstract:
An ytterbium-doped solid state laser (2) including a resonant cavity (6) formed by an input mirror (8) and an output mirror (10); and a gain medium (4) within the resonant cavity, the gain medium (4) being made of an ytterbium-doped host material having an ytterbium ion doping level and a thickness sufficient to yield single longitudinal mode laser operation when the resonant cavity (6) is pumped by an external light source (12).
Abstract:
Detecting the presence of PAC's in the effluent of a combustion system by detecting the presence of a high molecular weight PAC's having five or more rings. A position along an exhaust duct (5) is selected at which high molecular weight PAC's may be present. The effluent is illuminated with radiation having a wavelength absorbed by the high molecular weight PAC's in the gas phase. An argon laser (30) produces the illuminating radiation in the form of a beam which is directed into port (18) of the duct (5) sidewall. The fluorescence from the illuminated effluent is detected, and analyzed by an analyzer (46) by which comparison to the known fluorescence of high molecular weight PAC's in the gas phase is made.