Abstract: A method and apparatus for washing and drying glasses for LCDs or PDPs while being free from leaving any spot on the glasses is disclosed. In the method of this invention, pressurized pure water is continuously sprayed onto the surface of each LCD/PDP glass when the glass is fed from a washing unit by a second conveyor unit and when the glass is loaded on a spin dryer unit by the glass holding finger of a robot. The method thus prevents the surface of the LCD/PDP glass from being partially dried, thus allowing the surface of the glass to be free from any spot due to washing water. The apparatus of this invention has first and second pure water supply pipes respectively arranged above the second conveyor unit and in the glass holding finger of the robot, with a plurality of nozzles being provided on each of the first and second pure water supply pipes.

Abstract: An enantiomeric mixture of a chiral amino acid is separated into its respective enantiomers through chromatography on a chiral polysaccharide stationary phase eluting with a mobile phase comprising (i) a liquid lower alkanol and (ii) a carboxylic acid soluble in the lower alkanol. The mobile phase may also contain a liquid hydrocarbon.

Abstract: A pressure force sensing array is used to measure the surface stress pattern on soft tissues. The pattern of mechanical stress and the changes in the pattern as a function of the applied pressure, position of the array and time are processed to construct an image of the internal structure of the tissues. The detected parameters and processed image provide information useful in the detection and diagnosis of soft tissue pathologies such as breast and prostate tumors. The present invention relates to an apparatus particularly useful for mechanical imaging of the prostate which comprises a transrectal probe. The probe includes a probe shaft, a position sensor for determining the position of the tip and an array of force sensors for determining the pattern of pressure from tissue deformed by the tip.