But even in these last uneven bits of prose, layers slide across layers, and what starts as a portrait of a hack writer becomes a surprisingly modern lens for looking at Hollywood's perverse way of managing creativity.
With the same approach, other multiple optical thin layer slides could be designed for other series of fluorophores, extending the field of their applications.
Thin layer slides were prepared using a standard Thinprep 2000 processor (Hologic UK).
The specific staining of the thin layer slides showed the presence of alkaloids, triterpenoids and tannins.
All slides were manually screened by cytotechnologists who are intensively trained in the evaluation of thin-layer slides.
The thin layer slides were incubated in 50% ethanol for 5 min then rinsed in water before antigen retrieval.
Slides for LBC were prepared and interpreted at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital (Gothenburg, Sweden) using a ThinPrep-3000 processor and an automated slide preparation unit, producing uniform thin-layer slides.
Thin-layer slides were prepared using the ThinPrep 2000 Automated Slide Processor (Cytyc Corp., Boxborough, USA), according to the manufacturer's instructions.
The PreservCyt® vials (Cytyc Inc, Boxborough, MA, USA) containing the cell samples were addressed to the aforementioned Departments for preparation of thin-layer slides using the ThinPrep 2000 Automated Slide Processor® (Cytyc, Boxborough, MA, USA) according to the manufacturer' instructions.
A recent study found that the AutoPap system demonstrates the same capacities to detect and score abnormal liquid-based thin-layer slides as it does for abnormal conventional smears (Vassilakos et al, 2001).
In support of this hypothesis: (1) endometrial cells are generally identified only during the first 10 days of the cycle; (2) endometrial cells may mimic HSIL because of their similar small size and high nuclear to cytoplasmic ratio, especially in liquid-based cytology; and (3) the inconspicuousness of blood in most thin-layer slides disguises the occurrence of menses.
