We have investigated one-point recalibration of heterogeneous enzyme immunoassays involving nonlinear calibration curves. By using a factor determined from a single standard we updated calibration curves obtained earlier by means of multiple-point determination. The prerequisite for this method is a reproducible working procedure, i.e., as ensured by a fully mechanized system. In our investigat...

Fluorescence anisotropy imaging microscopy (FAIM) measures the depolarization properties of fluorophores to deduce molecular changes in their environment. For successful FAIM, several design principles have to be considered and a thorough system-specific calibration protocol is paramount. One important calibration parameter is the G factor, which describes the system-induced errors for differen...

Sensitivity analysis and error of reflectance based vicarious calibration with estimated aerosol refractive index and size distribution derived from measured solar direct and diffuse irradiance as well as measured surface reflectance is conducted for solar reflective channels of mission instruments onboard remote sensing satellites. Through these error analyses, it is found that the most influe...

Reliable estimates of runoff are required as a part of the information sets that help watershed managers make informed decisions on water resources planning and management. This study was carried out in Shafaroud watershed located in the north of Iran. In order to achieve the best runoff simulation in the study area, first rainfall data of four stations during 1998 to 2011 were collected and co...

A high-quality low-temperature ac susceptometer is calibrated by comparing the measured ac susceptibility of a copper cylinder with its eddy-current ac susceptibility accurately calculated. Different from conventional calibration techniques that compare the measured results with the known property of a standard sample at certain fixed temperature T, field amplitude H(m), and frequency f, to get...

Due to low fluorine background signal in vivo, 19F is a good marker to study the fate of exogenous molecules by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using equilibrium nuclear spin polarization schemes. Since 19F MRI applications require high sensitivity, it can be important to assess experimental feasibility during the design stage already by estimating the minimum detectable fluorine concentration...