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Notes: Experimental near-K-edge anomalous scattering factors f′ and f′′ for Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn and Mn as well as the LIII-edge factors for Hg were determined from measured X-ray absorption spectra using the Kramers–Kronig relation and the optical theorem in the alloys Fe0.716Ni0.242C0.042, Al0.963Cu0.015Zn0.022, Cd0.725Mn0.275Te and Hg0.80Cd0.20Te. While solid-state effects modulate the scattering factors above the edge, the values provided by a modified FPRIME calculation match the experimentally determined values below the edge for all of the elements studied.

Notes: A practical equation is presented to determine the deadtime τd in conventional X-ray counting systems when the amount of deadtime is greater than that which can be accounted for by non-extended deadtime theory. The use of this equation to determine the deadtime increases the practical range over which conventional X-ray detection systems can be used.

Notes: The equations describing X-ray diffuse scattering in crystals with the pseudobinary sphalerite F{\bar 4}3m structure (e.g. Hg1 − xCdxTe and other pseudobinary semiconductors) are presented accurately up to the second order in local atomic displacements. This treatment considers the local properties from the noncentrosymmetric structure as well as complex scattering factors. The result contains additional terms related to the noncentrosymmetric crystal properties and the imaginary parts of the atomic scattering factors. Expressions are also presented that are applicable to an experiment involving difference anomalous dispersion techniques. Equations relating the various terms at symmetry-related points in reciprocal space are included as well as the least-squares method required to solve the matrix equations from diffraction data taken in a volume of reciprocal space.

Notes: The structure of stereocomplex aggregates formed from isotactic and syndiotactic poly (methyl methacrylate)s was studied in tetrahydrofuran (THF) by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). We have found that the primary stereocomplex particles are nearly spherical and, as the complexation advances, the particles lengthen. Eventually aggregates branch to form a three-dimensional network.

Notes: In the present investigation, a hCG sensitive glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol (GPI) was isolated from cultured rat granulosa cells obtained from the ovaries of diethylstilbestrol (DES) implanted immature rats. The inositol-phosphoglycan (IPG) moiety of the GPI-lipid contains galactose, glucosamine, and myoinositol as demonstrated by metabolic labelling of granulosa cells for different time periods (5-96 h) with [3H]galactose, [3H]glucosamine, or [3H]myoinositol and treatment of the purified [3H]GPI with phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C. Labelling equilibrium of the GPI-lipid was achieved after 24 h ([3H]galactose and [3H]myoinositol) or 72 h ([3H]glucosamine) incubation, whereas incorporation of other labelled carbohydrates tested ([3H]galactosamine, [3H]mannose, and [3H]sorbitol) was negligible throughout the time period studied. The glucosamine C-1 appears to be linked through a glycosidic bond to the myoinositol molecule of the IPG moiety as revealed by the generation of phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns) after nitrous acid deamination of dual labelled ([3H]glucosamine/[14C]palmitate or [3H]glucosamine/[14C]myristate) glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol. To investigate the fatty acid composition of the diacylglycerol (DAG) backbone of the GPI, granulosa cells were also labelled (5-72 hr) with [14C]linoleate, [3H]myristate, [3H]-oleate, [3H]palmitate, or [3H]stearate and the radioactivity associated with the purified glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol determined. Incorporation of [3H]palmitate and [3H]myristate into the GPI-lipid peaked after 8 h and 24 h of labelling, respectively, and both fatty acids were partially released after PLA2 treatment of the dual labelled ([3H]glucosamine/[14C]palmitate or [3H]glucosamine/[14C]myristate) GPI. In parallel experiments no significant incorporation of labelled stearate, oleate, or linoleic acid into the DAG backbone of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol could be detected. Granulosa cells were also labelled with [3H]glucosamine in the presence of FSH (30 ng/ml), cholera toxin (1 μg/ml), or the membrane permeable cAMP analog (but)2 cAMP (1 mM). Time related increases in GPI-labelling were apparent after 48 h and reached a maximum level (3-, 5-, and 7-fold for FSH, CT, and (but)2 cAMP, respectively) after 72 h in culture. In another set of experiments, granulosa cells were labelled for 72 h with [3H]glucosamine in the presence of (but)2cAMP (1 mM), TPA (10-7 M), or combination thereof. The effect of treatment with the membrane permeable cAMP analog on GPI labelling was prevented in the presence of TPA, whereas no differences in [3H]GPI content could be observed in untreated granulosa cells or cells cultured in the presence of the protein kinase C-activating phorbol ester alone. In cells differentiated with FSH (30 ng/ml for 3 days) to induce LH receptors, treatment with hCG (100 ng/ml) induced a rapid (60 sec) and transient (5 min) decrease in the GPI content, whereas no efect of the hormone on undifferentiated granulosa cells could be observed. The rapid effect elicited by hCG on GPI content and turnover may be an early transduction mechanism involved in the biological effects of LH/hCG in differentiated granulosa cells. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.