this study is aimed to identify sources of particulate matter with mean aerodynamic diameterbelow 10 μm (pm10) present in the atmosphere of the metropolitan area of mexico city (mamc), usingsamples obtained from january 1st to june 30th, 2009, analyzed with x-ray spectrometric techniques.minivol samplers were used to collect samples on polycarbonate filters in three sites (north, center, andsou...

Synchrotron-based micro-X-ray fluorescence (micro-XRF) and micro-X-ray absorption spectroscopy (micro-XAS) were used in the present study to obtain spatially resolved micro-scale information on elemental composition, trace element distribution, chemical speciation and oxidation state and/or mineral phase distribution within historical iron artefacts dating from the Iron Age to early Medieval Ti...

The legacy of planetary X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) began in 1960 when W. Parish proposed an XRD instrument for deployment on the moon. The instrument was built and flight qualified, but the Lunar XRD program was cancelled shortly before the first human landing in 1969. XRF chemical data have been collected in situ by surface landers on Mars (Viking 1 & 2, Pathfinder) a...

Preparing dry specimens from liquid samples for XRF analysis avoids introducing caustic or hazardous liquids into the instrument. Several modifications were made to a dried residue specimen preparation method for quantifying gallium in plutonium metal in order to improve the method accuracy and precision. Ion exchange chromatography was utilized to remove the plutonium prior to casting the drie...

the most used quechers and gas chromatography methods were performed, to evaluate the presence of organochlorines, organophosphate, polychlorinated biphenyl and chlorobenzenes in water and in fish. according to the standard iso iec 17025, a recovery rate obtained ranged from 70 to 120% assessing the reliability of analysis results. the exceed rate in fish of malathion is 22.2, and 5.2 ppm in sa...

طیف گامای آنی تولید شده حین تابش پروتون به بافت، برای آنالیز عنصری بافت تحت درمان کار گرفته می‌­شود. هدف اصلی این در پروتون­درمانی ردیابی غلظت اکسیژن تومور است. پایش برخط تغییر عنصر پزشک را سمت ارزیابی روند بهبود و تخمین پاسخ بدن بیمار هدایت می‌­کند. مطالعه گاما یک فانتوم چشم انسان آشکارساز HPGe با استفاده از ابزار Geant4 شبیه‌سازی ­کارگیری شبکه عصبی انجام شد. 33 نمونه حاوی تومورهای متفاوت نظر ...

We have demonstrated the cascade effect and the secondary photoelectron excitation effect by means of Cr-L line measurements by using monochromatic radiation of high spectral purity and well-known flux provided by two beamlines of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Germany's national institute of metrology at the electron storage ring BESSY II. The plane grating monochromator beam...

Iron-mediated free radical damage contributes to secondary damage after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Iron is released from heme after hemoglobin breakdown and accumulates in the parenchyma over days and then persists in the brain for months (e.g., hemosiderin). This non-heme iron has been linked to cerebral edema and cell death. Deferoxamine, a ferric iron chelator, has been shown to mitigat...