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    [S.l.] : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
    Review of Scientific Instruments 61 (1990), S. 3464-3466 
    ISSN: 1089-7623
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics , Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
    Notes: A description is given of a nondestructive method utilizing a microwave cavity for measuring the mass of high-speed pellets of solid hydrogen. The cavity is designed for use on a multishot pellet injector, where eight pellets are fired successively with trajectories being parallel and symmetrical around the injector axis. The cavity is cylindrical with the axis coinciding with the injector axis. When a pellet passes through the cavity through holes of 15–16 mm diameter, the change in resonant frequency is proportional to the pellet mass. As a result of the cylindrical symmetry the sensitivity will be identical for all pellets. The frequency shift is measured directly and is converted to a signal proportional to the size of the pellet. The cavity was calibrated with pellets of H2 and D2 containing around 6×1020 atoms and with velocities between 1200 and 1500 m/s. The sensitivity was found to be 300±15 mV/1020 atoms in both cases. This is in fair agreement with estimates made from the dielectric constants of solid H2 and D2. The cavity is built together with two optical detectors for time of flight measurements to form an integrated diagnostic unit.
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    ISSN: 1398-9995
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Previous studies have shown that the glyceride derivative, sn-1,2 -isopropylidene-3-decanoyl-glycerol (IpOCOC9), can trigger human leukocyte histamine release. Approximately 25 % of the total cellular histamine content is extruded in the presence of 206 # of IpOCOC9; at 69 μM, however, the secretagogue action of the compound is marginal. The characteristics of the release induced by IpOCOC9 are closely similar to those reportedly recorded at hyperosmolar triggering of basophils with mannitol, and in many respects they also mimic those observed at phorbol ester-induced histamine release. The compound decanoic acid cyclopentyl methylester (DACPME), a structural analogue of IpOCOC9, fails to induce histamine release. IpOCOC9, but not DACPME, stimulates human polymorphonuclear leukocyte cytosolic Ca2+− and phospholipid-dependent his-tone III-S kinase activity (unpublished observations). The secretagogue action of IpOCOC9, has therefore tentatively, at least partly, been attributed to a direct protein kinase C activation. In the present studies, we examined the influence of IpOCOC9 and DACPME on histamine release triggered by an ensuing exposure to anti-IgE, the calcium ionophore A23187, formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (EMLP), or 4β-phor-bol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA). It is shown that IpOCOC9-treatment of cells results in either enhancement or reduction of the release induced by anti-IgE or by A23187, whereas FMLP-induced release is consistently reduced and PMA-induced release consistently enhanced by such a treatment. Treatment of cells with DACPME enhances but does not reduce anti-IgE-triggered release, whereas EMLP-induced release is not affected. Pretreatment of the cells with other putative protein kinase C activators like PMA, sn-1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-glycerol (OAC), 1,2-dioctanoyl-glycerol (DiCg) or the glycerol derivative sn-1,2-diacetyl-3-decanoyl-glycerol (DiC2OCOC9) affects secretagogue-induced basophil histamine release according to specific patterns similar to but not identical with those recorded for IpOCOC9 and DACPME. Thus, e.g., DiC2OCOC9 consistently reduces but does not enhance anti-IgE-triggered release. These data show that limited structural changes of IpOCOC9 may qualitatively affect its modulating properties in the human basophil histamine release system.
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