The results of research on the application method measurement gross alpha-, beta-activity in water using liquid scintillation counter (LSC) Quantulus 1220 are presented. Basic procedures preparation and spectrometric aqueous samples were studied performed. detection efficiency beta-particles depending quenching optimum beta-radiation separation parameter for used determined. Testing validation ...

Neural activity during repeated presentations of a sensory stimulus exhibits considerable trial-by-trial variability. Previous studies have reported that trial-by-trial neural variability is reduced (quenched) by the presentation of a stimulus. However, the functional significance and behavioral relevance of variability quenching and the potential physiological mechanisms that may drive it have...

CexLa1-xF3 nanoparticles have been proposed for use in nanoscintillator-photosensitizer systems, where excitation of nanoparticles by ionizing radiation would result in energy transfer to photosensitizer molecules, effectively combining the effects of radiotherapy and photodynamic therapy. Thus far, there have been few experimental investigations of such systems. This study reports novel synthe...

Under high light intensity, phytoplankton protect their photosystems from bleaching through nonphotochemical quenching processes. The consequence of this is suppression of fluorescence emission, which must be corrected when measuring in situ yield with fluorometers. We present data from the Southern Ocean, collected over five austral summers by 19 southern elephant seals tagged with fluorometer...

Membrane biofouling is widely acknowledged as the most frequent adverse event in wastewater treatment systems resulting in significant loss of treatment efficiency and economy. Different strategies including physical cleaning and use of antimicrobial chemicals or antibiotics have been tried for reducing membrane biofouling. Such traditional practices are aimed to eradicate biofilms or kill the ...

In Liquid Scintillation Counting (LSC), the scintillating source is part of the measurement system and its detection efficiency varies with the scintillator used, the vial and the volume and the chemistry of the sample. The detection efficiency is generally determined using a quenching curve, describing, for a specific radionuclide, the relationship between a quenching index given by the counte...

The photosystem II (PSII) protein PsbS and the enzyme violaxanthin deepoxidase (VDE) are known to influence the dynamics of energy-dependent quenching (qE), the component of nonphotochemical quenching (NPQ) that allows plants to respond to fast fluctuations in light intensity. Although the absence of PsbS and VDE has been shown to change the amount of quenching, there have not been any measurem...