(n.) One who, or that which, blots; esp. a device for absorbing superfluous ink.
(n.) A wastebook, in which entries of transactions are made as they take place.
Example Sentences:
(1) Specimens were obtained with a nitrocellulose membrane, used as a blotter of immunoblotting test.
(2) The apparatus is drawn so that plastic sheets serve as substitutes for the elaborate, but cumbersome and unnecessary, locking systems mounted on all the commercial blotters.
(3) One suction manifold, the 'Minifold II slot-blotter', creates small, rectangular slots of bound DNA which can be probed using immunoenzymatic techniques and then evaluated with quantitative scanning densitometry.
(4) "In reality, it gets reported but only as part of the generally muck and mire of grease-blotter journalism."
(5) The results agreed completely between these three sample types, demonstrating the feasibility of molecular genetic confirmation of the delta F508 mutation from the neonatal screening blotter among those with positive CF screening results.
(6) Additionally, intact 4-mm-diameter punched discs from blotters containing dried blood specimen were used in the amplification reactions and analyzed by electrophoresis.
(7) Lysates of blood cells in the solution or immobilized on the nylon membrane filters and dried blood spots on the filter paper blotters were used directly in amplification permitting one to solve the problems of adapting the method of polymerase chain reaction in clinical practice, for instance, in massive screening of genome mutations, viral infections etc.
(8) Molecular confirmation of genotype from the original blotter would reduce the personnel costs associated with obtaining follow-up liquid blood specimens and would provide information to the family in a more timely and less equivocal manner.
(9) An electroelution device that is based on a semidry blotter and that allows the simultaneous elution of proteins or other charged macromolecules from one-dimensional gels is described.
(10) Direct genotypic analysis for the common Caucasian cystic fibrosis mutation (delta F508) was performed using dried blood specimens in a filter paper matrix (neonatal screening blotter).
(11) These new drugs don't work if taken orally, so users dilute and spray them using nasal sprays or inhalers; or they drip the liquid on to patterned and perforated blotter paper, passing it off as LSD.
(12) We have developed a strategy for rapid and specific genotypic diagnosis using DNA extracted from a dried blood spot on the filter paper blotter used to screen newborns.
(13) The plate is placed between the electrodes of a semidry blotter and the wells are sealed by a dialysis membrane resting on polyacrylamide gel block, prior to being filled with transfer buffer.
(14) Here we describe a simple way--EcoRI mapping of the amplified beta-globin DNA sampling from dried blood spots on filter paper blotters--of identifying the Hb D-Punjab gene.
(15) The stories are often short crime blotter articles.
(16) They offer increased sensitivity of 2-10 times over conventional blotter medium.
(17) IT 825-2246-4 at various temperature regimes: 25 degrees C, 30 degrees C, 35 degrees C and 40 degrees C were investigated using the Standard Blotter Method.
(18) We have used the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to detect HIV proviral sequences in minute amounts of peripheral blood collected onto newborn screening blotters.
(19) Residue levels of azinphosmethyl and captan were determined from blotter paper patches attached to the clothing of personnel participating in an orchard spray program.
(20) We describe a method using a semi-dry gel electro-blotter to transfer RNA from standard agarose-formaldehyde denaturing gels in less than 30 min.
Plotter
Definition:
(n.) One who plots or schemes; a contriver; a conspirator; a schemer.
Example Sentences:
(1) A headteacher the dossier claimed the plotters had ousted in fact left 20 years ago.
(2) The output from the computer is a graphical display, using an on-line plotter; thus, the investigator is provided with visual comparison of data sets.
(3) The purpose of this paper is to describe a method for measuring and recording static and dynamic external rotation of the glenohumeral joint using the Cybex II Isokinetic Dynamometer and an MFE model 815 X-Y plotter.
(4) Jeremy Corbyn, meanwhile, appears to have survived his first electoral test and kept the plotters at bay .
(5) Averaging of 50 responses (time base 200-500-1000 msec) was considered; measures were made by registration on X-Y Plotter.
(6) The measuring chain (sensor-amplifier-magnetic data recorder-plotter) has a resonance frequency of 170 Hz and is suitable for the true representation of the tension-time-course.
(7) The advantages of this system are a specialized form of output suited to the analysis of mosaic tissues, disk storage of all data, plotter output for verification, and an inexpensive hardware environment.
(8) The plotters are said to have a list of up to 60 names of people prepared to sign the letter.
(9) A general algorithm for treatment plan isodose line plotting is described which is particularly useful for pen plotters.
(10) Authorities were also looking at two language institutions in Yemen , investigating the possibility that the plotters could have been associated with them.
(11) 2.13pm GMT He calls the idea that we have lost track of terrorist plotters as a result of these disclosures "shrill and unsubstantiated".
(12) Today Luzhkov named Medvedev's press secretary, Natalia Timakova, and a Kremlin ideologist, Vladislav Surkov, as plotters of his downfall.
(13) A full cast analysis program has been developed previously, making use of the three-dimensional Reflex Plotter linked to a computer.
(14) The central blood gas laboratory consists of a blood gas analyzer for PO2, PCO2 and pH, an electronic desktop calculator, a four color X-Y-plotter and two data lines to the cardiac surgery unit and to the intensive care unit.
(15) The terminal equipment is based on a mini-computer and includes a function-key devise for outline input, a large-screen refresh oscilloscope for viewing results and an X-Y plotter for hard-copy.
(16) They point to Erdoğan’s unchallenged control over the armed forces, purged through a series of trials of alleged coup plotters, his control of state media, his manipulation of the judiciary, and his recent sacking of Ahmet Davutoğlu , the moderate AKP prime minister who was critical of the proposed constitutional changes.
(17) All these values are plotted as well as offline data, such as medications, fluids, laboratory results and user comments, on an A3 format anesthetic record using an eight pen flat bed plotter.
(18) Talkback radio was inundated with calls from Giles supporters critical of the plotters for creating instability in the government.
(19) A final-program plots these files on a digital plotter.
(20) By 5pm, details of some of the plotters had been passed to Nick Brown, chief whip, one of Gordon Brown's strongest supporters, who is now planning a counterattack to isolate the group.