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Christina Passiu, WES Unger, P Rupper, L Gregoratti, M Amanti, P Zeller, C Malitesta, S Rella, SJ Spencer, A Shard, A Kim, Shinichiro N. Muramoto, M Engelhard, B Hagenhoff, B Bock, R Heuberger, P Dietrich, A Thissen, M Kjaervik, D Paul, J Newman, T Weimann, S Butefisch, ND Spencer, A Rossi
The lateral resolution of a surface-analysis instrument is commonly measured as one of the indicators of the quality of obtainable analytical results. Different methods exist to measure this quantity, and traditionally the employed method/reference sample
Paper is a biphasic bio-composite material. The complexity of paper from a material science point of view is increased when it is manufactured for or used as a substrate in security printing products. However, most tests to evaluate such printing and
Caleb Luvonga, Catherine A. Rimmer, Lee L. Yu, Sang B. Lee
Setting of regulatory limits for arsenic in food is complicated owing to the enormous diversity of arsenic metabolism in different people, lack of knowledge about the toxicity of arsenic metabolites, and lack of accurate arsenic speciation data on
Brian J. Nablo, Darwin Reyes-Hernandez, Dianne L. Poster, Michael T. Postek, Yaw S. Obeng
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) impose great burdens on public health, making HAIs the strongest contender as the most pressing healthcare problem in acute-care hospitalization. Ultraviolet-C illumination effectively decontaminate surfaces to
Caleb Luvonga, Catherine A. Rimmer, Lee L. Yu, Sang B. Lee
Diet, especially seafood, is the main source of arsenic exposure for humans. Total arsenic content provides limited information for evaluation of the toxicological implications of arsenic intake, which has impeded progress in the establishment of
Andre M. Striegel, Walter B. Wilson, Lane C. Sander
We continue herein the exploration of detector orthogonality in size-based macromolecular separations. Previously [5], the sensitivity of viscometric detection was juxtaposed to that of differential refractometry (DRI) and light scattering (LS, both static
Kaleb J. Duelge, Jeremie Parot, Vincent A. Hackley, Michael R. Zachariah
Protein aggregation is a significant concern in bioprocessing and end use applications. Here the thermal aggregation kinetics of bovine serum albumin (BSA) and α-chymotrypsinogen A (α- chymo) were measured over a range of concentrations and temperatures by
The off-flavor compounds geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol (2-MIB) are well-known to impact the quality of farmed freshwater fish species, but little is known about off-flavors in marine aquaculture. To begin addressing this knowledge gap, a method for the
Thomas M. Galligan, Ashley Boggs, Brian C. Balmer, Teresa Rowles, Cynthia Smith, Forrest Townsend, Randall Wells, Nicholas Kellar, Eric Zolman, Lori Schwacke
Assessing endocrine health in free-ranging marine mammals can be difficult due to limited access to blood samples, which is the most commonly used sample matrix for endocrine assessment in wildlife. Blubber contains steroid hormones and can be collected
Since its introduction in the 1980s, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) has evolved to become arguably the most versatile and powerful technique for the elemental analysis of metals, metalloids and selected non-metals at (ultra-)trace
Hana Cho, Kishore B. Dasari, Radojko Ja?imovi?, Rolf L. Zeisler, Nicholas Sharp, Sun-Ha Kim, Gwang Min Sun, Yong-Hyeon Yim
We have established an instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) method, including k0- based INAA, at the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) for the certification of reference materials. As part of establishing INAA
Dan Bearden, David A. Sheen, Yamil Simon, Bruce A. Benner Jr., Werickson Fortunato de Carvalho Rocha, Niksa Blonder, Katrice A. Lippa, Richard Beger, Laura Schnackenberg, Jinchun Sun, Khyati Mehta, Amrita Cheema, Haiwei Gu, Ramesh Marupaka, Nagana Gowda, Daniel Raftery
There is a lack of experimental reference materials and standards for metabolomics measurements, such as urine, plasma, and other human fluid samples. Reasons include difficulties with supply, distribution, and dissemination of information about the
Mary Kombolias, Jan Obrzut, Michael T. Postek, Dianne L. Poster, Yaw S. Obeng
Current product composition and quality test methods for the paper and pulp industry are rooted in wet-bench chemistry techniques which are highly subjective. These techniques have rather limited utility and cannot be used to distinguish between virgin and
Here is presented the NIST Mass Calculator to provide both a relative molecular mass value (Mr) and an associated uncertainty value of a given protein sequence. The calculation of a protein Mr based on its amino acid residue sequence is performed by many
Zheng Zhang, Meghan Burke, William E. Wallace, Yuxue Liang, Sergey L. Sheetlin, Yuri Mirokhin, Dmitrii Tchekhovskoi, Stephen Stein
Recent reports have demonstrated that genetically variant peptides (GVPs) derived from human hair shaft proteins can be used to differentiate individuals of different biogeographic origin (Parker, G.J.; et al. PLos One. 2016, e0160653). We report a direct
Johanna Camara, Uliana Danilenko, Hubert W. Vesper, Gary L. Myers, Patric A. Clapshaw, W. Greg Miller
Manufacturers of in-vitro diagnostic medical devices, clinical laboratories, research laboratories and calibration laboratories require commutable reference materials that can be used in the calibration hierarchies of medical laboratory measurement
Tang Lin Teo, Katrice Lippa, Lindsey Mackay, Sharon Yong, Qinde Liu, Johanna Camara, Vincent Delatour, Tong Kooi Lee, Beatrice Lalere, Gavin O'Connor, Andr? Henrion, Megumi Kato, Jane L. Fernandes, Masahiko Numata, Ha-Jeong Kwon, Ji-Seon Jeong, Bei Xu, Jintana Nammoommoy, Dewei Song, Wagner Wollinger
Over two decades, the Organic Analysis Working Group (OAWG) of the Consultative Committee for Amount of Substance (CCQM) has organised a number of comparisons for clinically relevant small molecule organic biomarkers. These comparisons are hinged upon the
Brian J. Nablo, Jungjoon Ahn, Kiran Bhadriraju, Jong M. Lee, Darwin Reyes-Hernandez
We present the quantification of cell viability during neutral red (NR) uptake with a compact lens-free system utilizing two light sources. Conventionally, the NR uptake assay determines cell viability based on the accumulation of NR within lysosomes and
Accurate, traceable quantification of ribonucleotide or deoxyribonucleotide oligomers is achievable using acid hydrolysis and isotope dilution mass spectrometry (ID-MS). In this work, formic acid hydrolysis is demonstrated to generate stoichiometric
Brian T. Cooper, Xinjian Yan, Yamil Simon, Dmitrii V. Tchekhovskoi, Yuri A. Mirokhin, Stephen E. Stein
Metabolomics has a critical need for better tools for mass spectral identification. Common metabolites may be identified by searching libraries of tandem mass spectra, which offers important advantages over other approaches to identification. But tandem
M. L. De Leoz, David L. Duewer, Scientists Multiple, Stephen E. Stein
Glycosylation is a topic of intense current interest in the development of biologic drugs since it is related to drug safety and efficacy. This work describes results of an interlaboratory study on the glycosylation of NISTmAb, a monoclonal antibody
Katrice Lippa, David L. Duewer, Michael Nelson, Stephen Davies, Lindsey Mackay
Metrological traceability for organic measurements is a documented unbroken chain of calibrations with stated uncertainties that link the chemical result for a sample and a measurement procedure to a primary calibrator in appropriate SI units (e.g., mass
Mary Kombolias, Jan Obrzut, Michael T. Postek, Dianne L. Poster, Yaw S. Obeng
The current analytical techniques for characterizing printing and graphic arts substrates are largely ex situ and destructive. This limits the amount of data that can be obtained from an individual sample and renders it difficult to produce statistically