Microwave-stimulated fixation for histocytochemistry: Application to surgical pathology and preembedding immunoelectron microscopy.

Microwave-stimulated fixation for electron microscopy using a domestic microwave oven.

We investigated microwave-stimulated fixation of tissues for transmission electron microscopy using a domestic microwave oven operating at a frequency of 2.45 GHz with an output power of 500W. Microwave-stimulated fixation, in 4% glutaraldehyde, of fresh rat kidney, liver, heart and brain tissues was compared to conventional fixation. Human renal biopsies were similarly studied. Electron micros...

Rapid Microwave-stimulated Fixation of Entire Prostatectomy Specimens

Immunoelectron microscopy of human retroviruses.

The ultrastructural detection and identification of human retroviruses--HTLV (human T-cell lymphotropic virus) and HIV (human immunodeficiency virus)--have become an everyday task for pathologists and virologists as well as for cell and molecular biologists. The development of better and conventionally available immunocytochemical techniques, such as pre- or postembedding immunocytochemical met...

Introduction to Scanning Microwave Microscopy Application Note Introduction

Introduction Mapping materials physical properties, such as impedance, capacitance, dielectric constants, dopant density, etc., at the nanoscale is of great interest to both materials and semiconductor industries. Such mapping, however, usually is not as straightforward as topography imaging because, in many cases, these properties are related to buried structures not directly shown on the surf...

construction and validation of translation metacognitive strategy questionnaire and its application to translation quality

like any other learning activity, translation is a problem solving activity which involves executing parallel cognitive processes. the ability to think about these higher processes, plan, organize, monitor and evaluate the most influential executive cognitive processes is what flavell (1975) called “metacognition” which encompasses raising awareness of mental processes as well as using effectiv...