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- Allison, J, et al.
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Geant4 developments and applications
- 2006
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Ingår i: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE. - 0018-9499. ; 53:1, s. 270-278
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Bispo-Santos, Franklin, et al.
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Columbia revisited : paleomagnetic results from the 1790 Ma colider volcanics (SW Amazonian Craton, Brazil)
- 2008
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Ingår i: Precambrian Research. - : Elsevier BV. - 0301-9268 .- 1872-7433. ; 164:1-2, s. 40-49
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In an attempt to improve our understanding of the Paleoproterozoic geodynamic evolution, a paleomagnetic study was performed on 10 sites of acid volcanic rocks of the Colider Suite, southwestern Amazonian Craton. These rocks have a well-dated zircon U-Pb mean age of 1789 +/- 7 Ma. Alternating field and thermal demagnetization revealed northern (southern) directions with moderate to high upward (downward) inclinations. Rock magnetism experiments and magnetic mineralogy show that this characteristic magnetization is carried by Ti-poor magnetite or by hematite that replaces magnetite by late-magmatic cleuteric alteration. Both magnetite and hematite carry the same characteristic component. The mean direction (Dm = 183.0 degrees, Im = 53.5 degrees, N = 10, alpha(95) = 9.8 degrees, K = 25.2) yielded a paleomagnetic pole located at 298.8 degrees E, 63.3 degrees S (alpha(95) = 10.2 degrees, K = 23.6), which is classified with a quality factor Q = 5. Paleogeographic reconstructions using this pole and other reliable Paleoproterozoic poles suggest that Laurentia, Baltica, North China Craton and Amazonian Craton were located in laterally contiguous positions forming a large continental mass at 1790 Ma ago. This is reinforced by geological evidence which support the existence of the supercontinent Columbia in Paleoproterozoic times.
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- Trindade, Mirta, et al.
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Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Screening Dioxin Soil Contamination by Uncontrolled Combustion During Informal Recycling in Slums
- 2008
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Ingår i: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 0730-7268 .- 1552-8618. ; 27:11, s. 2224-2232
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Uncontrolled combustion due to garbage recycling is a widespread activity among slum dwellers in distressed economy countries, and has been indicated as a major source of dioxin contamination. However, due to the high cost and complexity of gas chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry (GC-HRMS) analysis, the magnitude of the problem remains largely unknown. This work describes a first approach towards the use of a dioxin antibody-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) as the basis for a sustainable, simple, and low cost monitoring program to assess the toxicological impact of uncontrolled combustion in slums. A panel of sixteen samples was analyzed by GC-HRMS and ELISA on split extracts. Close to 20 % of the analyzed samples showed dioxin concentrations up to almost twice the guidance level for residential soil in several countries, pointing out the need for performing a large-scale monitoring program. Despite the potential for variations in dioxin congener distribution due to the mixed nature of the incinerated material, there was a good correlation between the toxic equivalents as determined by GC-HRMS and ELISA. Furthermore, an inter-laboratory ELISA validation showed that the capacity to perform the dioxin ELISA was successfully transferred between laboratories. It was concluded that the ELISA method performed very well as a screening tool to prioritize samples for instrumental analysis, which allows cutting down costs significantly.
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