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Journal Highlight: On the use of biplot analysis for multivariate bibliometric and scientific indicators
Date: Jul 15, 2013
Author: spectroscopyNOW
A visualization methodology known as biplot analysis for representing bibliometric and science and technology indicators is presented and the possibilities of applying it in the research policy area are analysed.
Read MoreFluid findings: Smoke gets in your lungs
Date: Jul 15, 2013
Author: David Bradley
A multivariate analysis of data on the chemical composition of exhaled particles in the breath of smokers and non-smokers reflects another factor in how smoking can be detrimental to lung function by revealing the shift in composition of respiratory tract lining fluid.
Read MoreVendor Column: Uses for Scientific Search
Date: Jun 26, 2013
Author: Chris Stumpf
In this third article in the latest series, Waters Corporation's Chris Stumpf looks at several analytical chemistry-based roles where Scientific Search could have a measureable impact at science focused organizations.
Read MoreJournal Highlight: Core consistency diagnostic in PARAFAC2
Date: Jun 17, 2013
Author: spectroscopyNOW
The possibility of applying the core consistency diagnostic which is currently applied in PARAFAC1 to determine model complexity in PARAFAC2 has been investigated theoretically.
Read MoreQuasi on the inside: Rare earth crystals
Date: Jun 15, 2013
Author: David Bradley
Scientists at the Ames Laboratory in the USA have used an algorithm to fish for new rare-earth quasicrystals and have pulled out a new family of binary magnetic icosahedral quasicrystals containing several different rare earth elements and cadmium. The findings demonstrate that such materials have spin glass behaviour rather than magnetic behaviour.
Read MoreAcoustic archaeology: A sound approach
Date: May 15, 2013
Author: David Bradley
Researchers in the UK have carried out the most detailed analysis ever of the archaeological remains of the lost medieval town of Dunwich on England's Suffolk coast. The study analysed data obtained via acoustic spectroscopy to see the ruins through the murky depths of the North Sea.
Read MoreJournal Highlight: An evaluation of standardized software for processing GC/MS data from different vendors' instruments in a forensic laboratory
Date: May 13, 2013
Author: spectroscopyNOW
The data processing performance of a third-party processing software product has been compared with the software from three instrument vendors in casework analysis in a forensic environment.
Read MoreJournal Highlight: Assessment of resin formulations and determination of the formaldehyde to urea molar ratio by near- and mid-infrared spectroscopy and multivariate data analysis
Date: Apr 15, 2013
Author: spectroscopyNOW
The molar ratios of formaldehyde to urea in resin formulations have been analyzed by ATR-FTIR and FT-NIR spectroscopy, using PCA to separate them according to molar ratios and to distinguish between two groups of resins, and SIMCA to classify new resin samples.
Read MoreThe Mayan blues: Unravelling a mystery
Date: Apr 15, 2013
Author: David Bradley
A team of chemists in Spain has used kinetic analysis of cyclic voltammetry, infrared and ultraviolet spectroscopic data to re-affirm their 2006 hypothesis regarding how ancient artists got the Maya blues.
Read MoreVendor Column: Advantages of a Scalable Chromatography Data System
Date: Apr 10, 2013
Author: Chris Stumpf
In this second article in the latest series, Waters Corporation's Chris Stumpf continues the discussion regarding chromatography data systems with respect to its rationlization and scalability within a corporation.
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