Charged-coupled device (CCD) detectors have been widely accepted as detectors for collecting X-ray diffraction images. The CCD detector offers a sensitive detection system well suited for diffraction analysis and, compared with other detectors on the market, a relatively rapid system for read-out of the collected image. The two predominant markets for the CCD detector have been those in which r...

The results of on-orbit measurements of the STIS/CCD imaging throughputs are reported. Wavelength-dependent aperture corrections and revisions to detector and filter throughput curves are presented. The throughput of the F28X50LP filter is found to be close to prelaunch estimates. Initial on-orbit measurements of this filter had suggested a 28% lower throughput, but we find instead that the ove...

BACKGROUND Allergy diagnosis by determination of allergen-specific IgE is complicated by clinically irrelevant IgE, of which the most prominent example is IgE against cross-reactive carbohydrate determinants (CCDs) that occur on allergens from plants and insects. Therefore, CCDs cause numerous false-positive results. Inhibition of CCDs has been proposed as a remedy, but has not yet found its wa...

Quantitative crossed cerebellar diaschisis (CCD) and the correlation with a reduction in supratentorial regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) and cerebrovascular reserve capacity (CVR) were investigated in clinically stable patients with major cerebral artery occlusion by the iodine-123-N-isopropyl-p-iodoamphetamine (I-123 IMP) single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) method. Thirty pat...

The 2-category of constructively completely distributive lattices is shown to be bidual to a 2-category of generalized orders that admits a monadic schizophrenic object biadjunction over the 2-category of ordered sets.