The present paper describes the individual analytical methodologies (Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry, Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry and Alpha Spectrometry) that were developed for uranium age determination and discusses their advantages and drawbacks. With respect to a potential application of the methods (e.g. Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty), the discussion focuses on high...

The present review article presents and discusses automated sequential injection (SI) based methods for the determination of pharmaceutically and biologically important thiols, namely cysteine, N-acetylcysteine, penicillamine, glutathione and captopril. The review intends to cover a range of ten years of published research on this topic (2000 – 2009). The methods are classified according to the...

A simple method for the routine determination of quercetin in biological samples was developed. The method consists of hydrolysis of bonded quercetin, its isolation and preconcentration on solid-phase extraction (SPE) column and a final analytical step using micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography. The working range, linear range, the limit of quantification, and the measurement uncert...

Modifications have been made to the reagent system of the semiautomated method for the determination of plasma free fatty acids by Baird et al. (1967), and results are reported of investigations into parameters affecting sensitivity and analytical range.

Phenacemide and cephalothin may interfere either positively or negatively with the determination of creatinine by the Jaffé reaction, depending on the analytical system. The drug-picrate chromophores maximally absorb within the first minute of reaction (21 s for phenacemide, 45 s for cephalothin), after which the absorbances decrease. Thus, these drugs negatively interfere in analytical systems...

In this paper, we propose an analytical method for modeling a permanent magnets axial field magnetic coupling. The three-dimensional model takes into account the radial fringing effects of the coupler. The analytical solution requires resolving the Laplace equation in low permeability subdomains. The magnetic field calculation allows the determination of global quantities like axial force and t...

We review the analytical methods of solving the stochastic equations for barrier-type dynamical behavior in plasma systems. The path-integral approach is examined as a particularly efficient method of determination of the statistical properties.

The practice of therapeutic drug monitoring is based on several disciplines, including pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and chemical analysis. The impact of the analysis on the determination of pharmacokinetic parameters is not well appreciated. Analytical goals in therapeutic drug monitoring should be established by determining the nature of the problem to be solved, selecting the appropria...

This article discusses the determination of risk capital based on “aversion” functions. Aversion functions weigh different outcomes according to perceived severity. Many practical and popular risk measures are usefully viewed in terms of aversion functions including those arising from distortion operators and risk margin loadings. The approach of this paper builds on, unifies,and extends existi...

We describe a nephelometric procedure for determination of lysozyme. A quantitative result is obtained in 2 to 3 min with 50 microliter of serum or urine. At a lysozyme concentration of 12.0 mg/liter, between-day precision was 3.4% and the analytical recovery 96.5-105.5%. The values obtained were a linear function of enzyme concentration below 50 mg/liter, and they agreed with those obtained by...