The Artistic and Scientific Collaboration of Blanche Ames Ames and Adelbert Ames II

The Life and Unusual Ideas of Adelbert Ames, Jr

This paper is a summary of the life and major achievements of Adelbert Ames, Jr., an American ophthalmologist and perceptual psychologist, who had initially wanted to be a visual artist. He is most widely remembered today as the inventor of the Ames Demonstrations in Perception, the most famous of which consists of a distorted room in which people seem to shrink as they walk from one corner to ...

Ames, the Ames test, and the causes of cancer.

Ames II Mutagenicity Assay Technical Documentation

Ames II Mutagenicity Assay Technical Documentation

Statistical features of a base-specific Salmonella mutagenicity assay are considered in detail, following up on a previous Ž . report comparing responses of base-specific Salmonella Ames IIe strains with those of traditional tester strains. In addition to using different Salmonella strains, the new procedure also differs in that it is performed as a microwell fluctuation test, as opposed to the...

Evaluation of the Ames "Seralyzer".

Analyte Control I Control II Control I Control II Sodium 0.9(117.7) 1.2(142.7) 1.1(118.7) 1.2(142.0) Potassium 1.1(4.18) 1.3(6.1) 1.1(4.23) 0.9(6.60) Glucose 1.8(6.29) 2.1(14.87) 1.4(4.98) 0.9(14.51) Amylase 4.7(38.1) 6.1(113) 4.5(36.6) 3.9(121.3) Creatinine 19.4(70.4) 5.4(478.9) 24.9(63.2) 3.5(453.3) Bilirubin 3.4(22.2) 1.1(87.9) 4.1(22.3) 1.3(87.3) Urate 1.4(270.9) 1.4(512.7) 0.9(262.9) 0.9(4...