A method has been developed on the Agilent 7000 series Triple Quadrupole GC/MS using NCI GC/MS/MS with backflushing. It delivers estimated method detection limits (EMDLs) for pyrethroids as low as 0.05 parts per trillion (ppt) in water samples and 0.02 parts per billion (ppb) for sediment, enabling efficient monitoring of water sources for toxic pyrethroid levels.

It is widely argued that farmers are unwilling to pay adequate fees for surface water irrigation to recover the costs associated with maintenance and improvement of delivery systems. In this paper, we use a discrete choice experiment to study farmer preferences for irrigation characteristics along two branch canals in Punjab Province in eastern Pakistan. We find that farmers are generally willi...

Ledge formation, that is the iatrogenically created irregularity in the root canal that impedes access of instruments to the apex, and canal blockage caused by packing dentin chips and/or tissue debris are the least-studied parameters of root canal instrumentation. Variables associated with ledge formation and canal blockage by dentin chips and/or tissue debris are presented. Emphasis is given ...

A novel fluoranthene based fluorescent chemosensor for the detection of picric acid (PA) at the parts per billion (ppb) level was evaluated. Static fluorescence quenching was the dominant process by intercalative π-π interaction between fluoranthene (S(1)) and nitroaromatics.