Quantitative PCR assays are now the standard method for viral diagnostics. These assays must be specific, as well as sensitive, to detect the potentially low starting copy number of viral genomic material. We describe a new technique, polymerase chain displacement reaction (PCDR), which uses multiple nested primers in a rapid, capped, one-tube reaction that increases the sensitivity of normal q...

Displacement mapping was originally created as a rendering tool to provide small-scale modulation of an underlying smooth surface. However, it has now emerged as a sculpting tool, to the extent that complex geometry can effectively be added to a scene at rendering time. The attendant complexity of displacement maps is placing increased demands on rendering systems, from quality, performance, an...

AIM The purpose of the present in vivo study was to measure the efficacy of different gingival displacement materials in achieving gingival tissue displacement and to compare the efficacy of Expasyl displacement paste (Pierre Rolland, France) and gingival displacement cord for gingival displacement. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixteen subjects were included in the study. Premolars were prepared to ...

Inverse displacement mapping is a variant of displacement mapping which does not actually perturb the geometry of the surface being mapped. It is thus a true texture mapping technique which can be applied during rendering without breaking viewing pipeline discipline. The method works by first projecting probing rays into texture space and solving for a ray-texture intersection there. Shadows ca...

Relatively little work has been done with pyridoxine displacers. Ott (1) found 2,4-dimethyl-3-hydroxy-5-hydroxymethylpyridoxine (desoxypyridoxine) to be a very potent inhibitor of pyridoxine in the metabolism of the chick. 2 molecules of inhibitor were sufficient to offset the vitamin activity of 1 molecule of pyridoxine. In the course of an investigation of antimalarials, McCasland et al. (2) ...

In this paper, we introduce a real-time algorithm to render the rich visual effects of general non-height-field geometric details, known as mesostructure. Our method is based on a five-dimensional generalized displacement map (GDM) that represents the distance of solid mesostructure along any ray cast from any point within a volumetric sample. With this GDM information, we propose a technique t...

Existing precision displacement-measuring devices are primarily based on linear encoders (optical or magnetic) or laser interferometers. Most encoders use grating scales and frequency counters, while most interferometers use stabilized lasers and fringe counters. In general, interferometers are more expensive and more accurate than linear encoders. However, there are large gaps in price and per...

The aim of our study was to find symptomatic diagnostic factors for sideways displacement of the temporomandibular joint disc, compared with anterior or rotational disc displacement. A consecutive series of 2310 temporomandibular joints were examined with MRI to define the clinical signs and symptoms particularly related to sideways disc displacement compared to anterior disc displacement with ...

Character displacement is the process by which traits evolve in response to selection to lessen resource competition or reproductive interactions between species. Although character displacement has long been viewed as an important mechanism for enabling closely related species to coexist, the causes and consequences of character displacement have not been fully explored. Moreover, character di...

In skeletal muscle, the waveform of Ca 2 release under clamp depolarization exhibits an early peak. Its decay reflects an inactivation, which locally corresponds to the termination of Ca 2 sparks, and is crucial for rapid control. In cardiac muscle, both the frequency of spontaneous sparks (i.e., their activation) and their termination appear to be strongly dependent on the Ca 2 content in the ...