A Molotov cocktail

A Molotov cocktail

opamine and -synuclein are a toxic combination for neurons, say Jin Xu, Bruce Yankner (Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts) and colleagues. Aggregations of -synuclein are a hallmark of Parkinson’s disease (PD), and mutations in its gene are associated with familial forms of the disease. Yankner wanted to know why the protein is so toxic. When he overexpressed either wild-type or mutant f...

Cocktail II

Cocktail II (a further development of Cocktail) is an interactive tool for deriving programs from specifications. Instead of verifying a program after it was constructed, Cocktail II aids the goal oriented derivation of a program. First, the user provides a preand postcondition. Then, the gap between these conditions is filled by manually inserting statements, constructing the program step by s...

Scintillation cocktail

The new Lcica RM 2165 automatic, heavy-duty microtome has an advanced step motor that permits an exact specimen feed and reproducible sectioning results. Features include 70 mm vertical stroke length, unique step trim function, and programmable specimen retraction. Technical features include a handwheel rocking sectioning mode; the motorized specimen feed can be linked to change the handwheel t...

Accidental ingestion of a cocktail stick.

Cocktail stick (CS) ingestion injury has rarely been reported in the literature. It is a serious clinical problem with considerable morbidity and mortality, largely due to the fact that the event is unnoticed by the patient. We report a case of CS ingestion that went unrecognised by the patient and caused a perforation in the mid-small bowel. We discuss how injuries from such events can become ...

Cocktail: A tool for interactive Program Derivation