AIM To assess the diagnostic value of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) spectrophotometry, cytology, ferritin, and D-dimer measurements in the investigation of suspected subarachnoid haemorrhage in patients with negative or equivocal computed tomography (CT) scans. METHODS CSF specimens submitted for assessment of xanthochromia were examined for erythrophages using a cytospin preparation stained with...

We report analysis for NICMOS CAL/9642, High S/N Capability Characterization.The purpose of this three orbit test was to establish NICMOS time domain stability in a domain not previously tested for NICMOS. Observations of the bright (H = 6.13) G0 V star HD 209458 were obtained using 1.8 second MULTIACCUMs with G141 on NIC3. Exposure-to-exposure stability summed over the full spectrum provides S...

Reflectance spectra of Mercury have been obtained periodically from 1963 through 1984. Since 1969, these observations were made in an effort to learn about the surface mineralogical composition of Mercury. Using the phases of the planet around maximum elongations, Mercury's 6Y3851day rotational rate, and the theory of bidirectional rejectance spectroscopy, some spatial resolution across the pla...

Absolute flux distributions for eight stars are well measured from 0.8–2.5 μm with NICMOS grism spectrophotometry at a resolution of R ∼ 100 and an accuracy of 1–2%. These SEDs are fit with Castelli & Kurucz model atmospheres; and the results are compared with the Cohen-Walker-Witteborn (CWW) template models for the same stars. In some cases, the Teff , log g, and log z parameters of the best f...

A one-stage semiautomated method for estimating total phospholipids in plasma is reported. The phospholipids are extracted into aqueous ethanol, combined with a Lewis acid, and the change in pH is monitored colorimetrically. The method, compared with the acid digestion method of Gomori [J. Lab. Clin. Med. 27, 955 (1942)], gives results that are about 0.25 mmol/liter lower, but seems to be a sui...