Abstract: There was previously no monitoring method and monitoring apparatus which could measure dioxins at ppt levels and dioxin precursors at ppb levels with high sensitivity.

Abstract: There was previously no monitoring method and monitoring apparatus which could measure dioxins at ppt levels and dioxin precursors at ppb levels with high sensitivity. According to this invention, organic and inorganic compounds containing highly electronegative elements are selectively ionized by atmospheric pressure chemical ionization, the ions produced are detected by a mass spectrometer, and their amount is measured. As a result, interfering substances such as nitrogen, air, hydrocarbons and carbon dioxide which are the main components of flue gas are eliminated, and dioxins or organochlorine compounds such as dioxin precursors can be selectively monitored.

Abstract: There was previously no monitoring method and monitoring apparatus which could measure dioxins at ppt levels and dioxin precursors at ppb levels with high sensitivity.

Abstract: There was previously no monitoring method and monitoring apparatus which could measure dioxins at ppt levels and dioxin precursors at ppb levels with high sensitivity.

Abstract: A transmission electron microscope makes it possible to search for defects without applying an undesirable treatment to a specimen by using a reference specimen prepared separately from a specimen to be observed. A pair of specimen holders detachable from the column of the electron microscope are adjacently arranged at upper and lower stages respectively along an electron beam axis to position the specimens closely to each other in an electron beam illuminating position. The pair of holders can be independently set to or removed from the electron beam illuminating position. The specimen holders include devices for selectively finely adjusting the spacing between the specimens, the angle of the specimen with respect to the electron beam axis and with respect to a plane perpendicular to the electron beam axis.

Abstract: Disorders of the base sequences in genomic substances such as DNA and RNA are detected by changing the state of aggregation of fine particles by cleavaging using a nuclease. A single-stranded denatured product of the objective genomic substance is added to first and second fine particles each attached to plural pieces of first and second single-stranded nucleic acid probes, respectively. The first and second single-stranded nucleic acid probes are complementary to a first region and a second region, respectively, on the objective genomic substance, which are exclusive of each other and contiguous from each other. Aggregations of the first and second fine particles are formed by double or multiple hybridization reaction of the denatured objective genomic substance added with the first and second single-stranded nucleic acid probes.

Abstract: In the instrument for determination of the base sequence of the present invention, the ionic strength of a buffer solution in a gel is made lower at a detection part than in a region from the detection part towards a negative electrode. Therefore, at the detection part, the electric field intensity can be increased, resulting in a higher migration speed, and hence the electrophoretic pattern can be extended, so that the distance between two adjacent electrophoretic bands can be elongated.Consequently, according to the present invention, the slit width can be narrowed relatively to the electrophoretic pattern without actually narrowing the slit width, and the resolving power can be enhanced without lowering the detection sensitivity.

Abstract: Nucleic acid fragments labelled by radio isotape migrate at speeds that increase as the molecular weights decrease in a migration path served with a potential at both ends thereof. The migration path is constituted by a pipe-shaped gel support such as a glass tube. A ring-shaped scintillator is provided at a middle portion of the migration path to circumscribe the gel support, and whereby the beta rays are detected. A window may be formed in the glass tube at a portion opposed to the scintillator, so that the beta rays are not attenuated by the glass.