Rapid americium separations from complex matrices using commercially available extraction chromatography resins

Characterization and Optimization of Extraction Chromatography Resins for Rapid Separations for Safeguard and Nuclear Forensics Purposes

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Evaluation of extraction chromatography resins for rapid actinide analysis

Evaluation of commercially available rapid assays: a manufacturer's perspective.

In the recent paper of O’Connor et al. (1), four rapid methods for the detection of toxins of Clostridium difficile were evaluated. I have two main criticisms regarding the methodology of this study. First, for the different methods examined, the specimen treatment procedures were described as follows: for the culture procedure, “stool specimens were cultured on the day of receipt”; for the cyt...

Evaluation of a commercially available rapid urinary porphobilinogen test.

BACKGROUND Demonstration of substantially increased urinary excretion of porphobilinogen is the cornerstone of diagnosing acute porphyria crisis. Because porphobilinogen testing is not implemented on clinical chemistry analysers, respective analyses are available in rather few clinical laboratories. The aim of this study was to critically describe and to evaluate a semi-quantitative rapid test ...

Evaluation of silica resins for direct and efficient extraction of DNA from complex biological matrices in a miniaturized format.

For DNA purification to be functionally integrated into the microchip for high-throughput DNA analysis, a miniaturized purification process must be developed that can be easily adapted to the microchip format. In this study, we evaluate the effectiveness of a variety of silica resins for miniaturized DNA purification and gauge the potential usefulness for on-chip solid-phase extraction. A micro...