Suspect identification by facial features.

Often during criminal investigations, witnesses must examine photographs of known offenders, colloquially called 'mug shots'. As witnesses view increasing numbers of mug shots that are presented in an arbitrary order, they become more likely to identify the wrong suspect. An alternative is a subjective feature-based mug shot retrieval system in which witnesses first complete a questionnaire about the appearance of the suspect, and then examine photographs in order of decreasing resemblance to their description.

Flow cytometry for automated analysis of milk containing Listeria monocytogenes.

This paper describes the application of flow cytometry to the analysis of milk for the presence of Listeria monocytogenes. A total of 939 raw milk samples from 54 farms were analyzed for the presence of L. monocytogenes by cold enrichment vs flow cytometry, which incorporated a selective enrichment step.

Increase in OKM1+ granular lymphocytes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Patients with very active rheumatoid arthritis that was being treated only with nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs had increased numbers of peripheral blood OKM1+ lymphocytes. In 3 patients, 90 degrees light scatter analysis revealed a double lymphocyte peak. When sorted, the high scatter peak contained a large percentage of granular lymphocytes.

Eosinophils of human colonic mucosa: C3b and Fc gamma receptor expression and phagocytic capabilities.

Because little is known about eosinophils of the human intestine, we measured their C3b and Fc gamma receptor expression and phagocytic activity in mucosal suspensions from colon resections for large bowel neoplasms. Enzymatically dissociated suspensions were enriched for eosinophils by countercurrent centrifugation. C3b and Fc gamma receptors were measured by immunofluorescent assays with flow cytometry.