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Microwave mineral analysis
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The Relationship Between Thyroid Hormones and Essential minerals by Hair Mineral Analysis.
… to examine the correlation between the trace minerals in the body and thyroid hormones using a hair mineral analysis. METHODS: This study was conducted in 336 adult patients who visited a health promotion center of a university hospital in Kyounggi Province, Korea between 2003 and 2006. Using …
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A Proximate and Complete Mineral Analysis of Different Market Brands of Desiccated Milk
University of Minnesota Masters thesis. June 1917. 1 computer file (PDF); 34 pages.
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An investigation of minerals using microwave measurement of complex permittivity
… together with observations that different minerals show different microwave heating characteristics, suggests the possibility of applying microwave techniques to various forms of mineral analysis. Simple, low cost, on-line mineral analysis techniques are of interest to the mining industry. …
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Mineral ecology and network analysis of chromium, platinum, gold and palladium
Data collected on the location of mineral species and related minerals from the field have many great uses from mineral exploration to mineral analysis. Such data is useful for further exploration and discovery of other minerals as well as exploring relationships that were not as obvious even to a …
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Stable isotope and organic biomarker analysis of the late Proterozoic Coppercap formation in the MacKenzie Mountains
… cholestane, total organic carbon, carbonate mineral analysis, [delta]34S from pyrite, [delta]13Corganic and [delta]13Ccarbonate values, environmental conditions of the Coppercap Formation were reconstructed. The Coppercap Formation was found to be a shallow euxinic marine basin with purple …
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Correlation of Glacial sediments Using Heavy-Minerals Assemblages
<p>An optical study of the heavy minerals of the till in two lithostratigraphic units in Polk, Red Lake, and Norman Counties in northwestern Minnesota was undertaken. The purpose was to determine whether the assemblages are different enough to differentiate the two tills and whet her the …
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Hair Na and K Concentration is Related with the Risk of Coronary Artery Disease in Korean Men
Imbalance in mineral metabolism, particularly sodium (Na) and potassium (K), is associated with increased risk of coronary artery disease (CAD). There has been no previous study to elucidate the relationship using hair mineral concentration which is a better reflection of body mineral content …
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Assessing the distribution, composition and potential human health implications of metal-bearing particulate matter in the Saldanha Bay Municipality
… dust fallout buckets and BSNEs for elemental and mineral analysis. Pollution roses and polar plots were constructed to assist in determining the potential origins and sources of emission in the municipality. Minerals such as hematite, lead, arsenic, thorium and uranium, to mention a few, were …
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Relation between Heavy Metal on Smoking and Blood Pressure and Lipid Metabolism
… can cause cardiovascular diseases and hair mineral analysis is a useful tool for analysis of heavy metals. We evaluated the content of heavy metal in hair of smokers and non-smokers and its influence to blood pressure and lipid metabolism. METHODS: We examined mineral concentration of hair …
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Physicochemical properties and potential utilization of side raw materials of yellowfin (Thunnus albacares) and albacore (Thunnus alalunga) tuna
… Chemical composition such as fatty acids, and minerals were analysed from tuna heads and skins from two tuna species, yellowfin (Thunnus albacares, YF) and albacore (Thunnus alalunga, AL) tuna. The analysed components from the heads were head muscle, eye muscle and eyeball, of which the latter …
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Detection of expansive soils using remote sensing in Brits North-West Province South Africa
… regard, a) X-ray Diffraction (XRD) was used for mineralogical identification and classification, b) Atterberg limits tests were used to estimate swell potential of soils and support soil classification, and c) spectroscopic measurements of soil were acquired under laboratory conditions using a …
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Paleontology and Stratigraphy of the Caloosahatchee Marl of Florida
… methods for differentiating sediments. Sieve analysis, heavy mineral analysis, staining analysis, magnetic mineral separation and pebble count analysis were conducted. Two samples from Cleveland Quadrangle in Stutsman County, North Dakota were also analyzed to make an attempt at correlating …
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Development of diagnostic tools to predict incidence of bitter pit during apple storage
… models are based on history of orchards, mineral analysis 2-3 weeks before harvest and quality assessments and monitoring over storage time. This study aimed to identify a greater understanding of the storage potential of fruit based on destructive standard quality assessments, biochemical …
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Physiological effects of feeding high magnesium levels to steers
… observations and tissue samples were taken for mineral analysis. Severe diarrhea was observed in steers fed the two higher Mg levels. Tubular strands of mucosal tissue were consistently voided in the feces of cattle fed these levels of Mg. Steers fed the two higher Mg levels became more …
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Somatic embryogenesis in southern and tropical pine species: Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda), Longleaf pine (P. palustris) and Oocarpa pine (P. oocarpa)
… In addition, 3) the study of the gene expression analysis of developmental stages of both somatic and zygotic embryos of P. taeda was compared to assess developmental fidelity at the molecular level (Chapter V). By testing four basal media combined with different plant growth regulator …
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The antidiabetic properties of four plants grown in India and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, suitable for diabetic management
… evaluate the nutritional content (proximate and mineral) of four ayurvedic plants: Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench, Momordica charantia L, Moringa oleifera Lam, Solanum melongena L. to identify nutritional differences between the Indian and South African varieties. An assessment of the …
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3D Geomechanical Modeling of Shale Formations and its Application in Borehole Stabilization
… shale in Oilfield A is carried out by laboratory mineral analysis, electron microscopy, cation exchange capacity and rock mechanics parameters. These experimental results form the cornerstone of the 3D geomechanical modeling of Indonesia's Oilfield A. Leveraging the Petrel software platform, the …
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The Use of Biomarker and Stable Isotope Analyses in Palaeopedology / Reconstruction of Middle and Late Quaternary Environmental and Climate History, with examples from Mt. Kilimanjaro, NE Siberia and NE Argentina
… proxies are traditionally applied, e.g. texture analysis, numeric dating methods and mineral analysis. The aim of this dissertation is to evaluate the potential of biomarker and stable isotope analyzes. Specifically, I focused on plant leaf wax-derived n-alkanes, amino acid enantiomers, stable …
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Clay petrology of Mesozoic to recent sediments of central western North Island, New Zealand
NOTE: Missing pages 177-78 and 181-82. Clay mineral, bulk mineral and chemical data for Mesozoic to Recent onshore sediments and Recent western shelf surficial sediments from central Western North Island are presented with the aim of determining the significance of areal and stratigraphic …
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