The application of inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) to forensic chemistry was studied. The developed method, air-segmented sample injection (ASSI) coupled with ICP-MS, allowed the determination of about 25 elements at the sub-ppb level with only 0.2 ml of a sample solution. The optimum sample flow rate was found to be 0.4 ml min(-1), along with a sample suction time of 30 s...

The Online Data Appendix is organized in two parts. Part I provides a detailed description of the steps involved in constructing the restricted sample of international travel and trade flows used in the empirical part of the paper. The focus is primarily on the treatments applied to the original air travel dataset DataBank 1B (DB1B) Passenger Origin and Destination Survey, provided by the US De...

The growing applications of nanoparticles in energy and healthcare demand new metrology techniques with improved sensitivity, lower sample concentration, and affordable instrument cost. Here we demonstrate the first air-mode photonic crystal nanobeam cavity with ultrahigh Qfactor (Q = 2.5 × 10) and ultrasmall mode volume (V = 0.01λ) at telecom wavelength. The air-mode cavity has strong field lo...

The analysis of nitro-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (nitro-PAHs) in air particulates was performed by capillary GC in combination with the Agilent 7000A Triple Quadrupole GC/MS system (G7010AA) operated in multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode. While classical methods for the analysis of nitro-PAHs are based on GC/MS analysis by a single quadrupole in the selected ion monitoring (SIM) mode...

BACKGROUND Criteria pollutants have been associated with exacerbation of children's asthma, but the role of air toxics in relation to asthma is less clear. Our objective was to evaluate whether exposure to outdoor air toxics in early childhood increased asthma risk or severity. METHODS Air toxics exposure was estimated using the 2002 National Air toxics Assessment (NATA) and linked to longitu...

background: to determine the atmospheric contamination by pesticides, conducting laboratory studies is necessary before operating field studies. the aim of this research study was to develop an analytical method to sample and simultaneously determine airborne amitraz and its metabolite. methods: a modified fritted impinger with acetonitrile as the liquid sorbent was used in order to study the a...

background: this study aimed to compare the cytochrome p450 1a1 (cyp1a1) gene expression in the cord blood of infants born from mothers living in low- and high-air polluted areas. materials and methods: te study was conducted in spring 2012 in isfahan, the second large and air-polluted city in iran. the study comprised 60 neonates, consisting of 30 infants born from mothers residing in areas wi...

Drying of green peas in a Fluidized Bed Dryer (FBD) with inert particle, heated by combined sources of hot air and InfraRed (IR) radiation, has been experimentally and theoretically studied. For this purpose, an experimental set up was constructed. This setup was composed of a cylindrical bed dryer containing some inert particles which are fluidized by hot air. Some infrar...

This review describes the different steps involved in the determination of arsenic in air, considering the particulate matter (PM) and the gaseous phase. The review focuses on sampling, sample preparation and instrumental analytical techniques for both total arsenic determination and speciation analysis. The origin, concentration and legislation concerning arsenic in ambient air are also consid...

This work introduces capillary flow in paper microfluidics that features a flow rate Q that is constant in time, t, and independent of the viscosity of liquid sample, µ liquid : Q≠f(t, µ liquid). Compared to conventional paper microfluidics, we enclose the paper in solid walls and add a long and narrow air vent as outlet of the capillary pump, such that the flow rate is dominated by the downstr...