{"title":"Laboratory information management system chain of custody: reliability and security.","authors":"J J Tomlinson, W Elliott-Smith, T Radosta","doi":"10.1155/JAMMC/2006/74907","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/JAMMC/2006/74907","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A chain of custody (COC) is required in many laboratories that handle forensics, drugs of abuse, environmental, clinical, and DNA testing, as well as other laboratories that want to assure reliability of reported results. Maintaining a dependable COC can be laborious, but with the recent establishment of the criteria for electronic records and signatures by US regulatory agencies, laboratory information management systems (LIMSs) are now being developed to fully automate COCs. The extent of automation and of data reliability can vary, and FDA- and EPA-compliant electronic signatures and system security are rare.</p>","PeriodicalId":15248,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Automated Methods & Management in Chemistry","volume":"2006 ","pages":"74907"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1155/JAMMC/2006/74907","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26865477","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A fully automated sequential-injection analyser for dual electrogenerated chemiluminescence/amperometric detection.","authors":"Anastasios Economou, Maria Nika","doi":"10.1155/JAMMC/2006/67571","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/JAMMC/2006/67571","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This work describes the development of a dedicated, fully automated sequential-injection analysis (SIA) apparatus suitable for simultaneous electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) and amperometric detection. The instrument is composed of a peristaltic pump, a multiposition selection valve, a home-made potentiostat, a thin-layer electrochemical/optical flow-through cell, and a light detector. Control of the experimental sequence and simultaneous data acquisition of the light and the current intensities were performed in LabVIEW6.1. The CL reagents and the sample were first aspirated as distinct zones into the holding coil of the analyser and, then, delivered to the cell; during their travel, the individual zones mixed and the ECL reaction was initiated as soon as the mixed regents reached the cell. The utility of the analyser was demonstrated for the detection of oxalate and H2O2 based on their ECL reactions with Ru(bpy)32 and luminol, respectively.</p>","PeriodicalId":15248,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Automated Methods & Management in Chemistry","volume":"2006 ","pages":"67571"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1155/JAMMC/2006/67571","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26865476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Faten A Nour El-Dien, Reham G El-Nahas, Ahmed G El-Nahas
{"title":"Simple Analysis Used in Diagnosis and Follow-up of Schizophrenic Patients (Patent).","authors":"Faten A Nour El-Dien, Reham G El-Nahas, Ahmed G El-Nahas","doi":"10.1155/JAMMC/2006/79038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/JAMMC/2006/79038","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Dopamine acts as neurotransmitter in the central and peripheral sympathetic nervous system. Determination of dopamine (DO) was performed by spectrophotometric analysis depending on the formation of new colored compound. The proposed procedure was efficient in quantitative determination of DO as pure material in pharmaceutical preparations and in urine samples. DO concentration in urine sample of patient confirms the affection with schizophrenia and the proposed procedure was used to facilitate diagnosis and followup of schizophrenic patients. It is recommended to apply the proposed procedures as routine analysis in pharmaceutical companies for quality control and in analytical laboratories to diagnose and follow up schizophrenia.</p>","PeriodicalId":15248,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Automated Methods & Management in Chemistry","volume":"2006 ","pages":"79038"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1155/JAMMC/2006/79038","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26865478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quantitative analysis of alcohol, sugar, and tartaric Acid in alcoholic beverages using attenuated total reflectance spectroscopy.","authors":"R Nagarajan, A Gupta, R Mehrotra, M M Bajaj","doi":"10.1155/JAMMC/2006/45102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/JAMMC/2006/45102","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy in attenuated total reflectance (ATR) mode was used for quantifying ethanol, sucrose, and tartaric acid in alcoholic beverages. One hundred synthetic samples were prepared with different ethanol, sucrose, and tartaric acid concentrations. Experiments were carried out on Bio-Rad 175 C FTS using an ATR accessory. Spectra were recorded in the wavelength region 600-4000 cm-1. Calibration was performed using partial least squares (PLS) algorithm. Commercially available alcoholic beverages (gin, rum, vodka, etc.) were experimented and concentration of ethanol in these samples was predicted using the developed calibration model. Chemical analysis of these commercial samples was carried out in order to compare the results. The agreement between ATR results with those of chemical analysis revealed good reliability and repeatability of the technique used.</p>","PeriodicalId":15248,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Automated Methods & Management in Chemistry","volume":"2006 ","pages":"45102"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1155/JAMMC/2006/45102","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26865472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Norbert Stoll, Arne Allwardt, Uwe Dingerdissen, Kerstin Thurow
{"title":"An 8-fold parallel reactor system for combinatorial catalysis research.","authors":"Norbert Stoll, Arne Allwardt, Uwe Dingerdissen, Kerstin Thurow","doi":"10.1155/JAMMC/2006/56329","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/JAMMC/2006/56329","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Increasing economic globalization and mounting time and cost pressure on the development of new raw materials for the chemical industry as well as materials and environmental engineering constantly raise the demands on technologies to be used. Parallelization, miniaturization, and automation are the main concepts involved in increasing the rate of chemical and biological experimentation.</p>","PeriodicalId":15248,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Automated Methods & Management in Chemistry","volume":"2006 ","pages":"56329"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1155/JAMMC/2006/56329","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26865475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Instrumentation and automated photometric titration procedure for total acidity determination in red wine employing a multicommuted flow system.","authors":"Ausberta Jesus Cabezas Garcia, Boaventura F Reis","doi":"10.1155/JAMMC/2006/83247","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/JAMMC/2006/83247","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An automated procedure for photometric titration of red wine and associated instrumentation is described. The procedure was based on the flow-batch approach implemented employing multicommutation. The photometric detection was carried out using a homemade LED-based photometer. The mixing device, LED, and photodetector were attached to the titration chamber in order to form a compact and small-sized unit. The flow system comprised an automatic injector and three-way solenoid valves, which were controlled by a microcomputer through an electronic interface card. The software, written in Quick BASIC 4.5, was designed with abilities to accomplish all steps of the titration procedure including data acquisition and real-time processing to decide about the course of titration in the following step and so forth, until the titration endpoint was reached. The usefulness of the proposed titration system was demonstrated by analyzing red wine samples. When results were compared with those obtained using the AOAC reference method, no significant difference was observed at the 95% confidence level. A relative standard deviation of ca 2% (n=9) was obtained when processing a typical red wine sample containing 7.3 gl-1 total acidity expressed as tartaric acid.</p>","PeriodicalId":15248,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Automated Methods & Management in Chemistry","volume":"2006 ","pages":"83247"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1155/JAMMC/2006/83247","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26864814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sampling of atmospheric precipitation and deposits for analysis of atmospheric pollution.","authors":"K Skarzyńska, Z Polkowska, J Namieśnik","doi":"10.1155/JAMMC/2006/26908","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/JAMMC/2006/26908","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper reviews techniques and equipment for collecting precipitation samples from the atmosphere (fog and cloud water) and from atmospheric deposits (dew, hoarfrost, and rime) that are suitable for the evaluation of atmospheric pollution. It discusses the storage and preparation of samples for analysis and also presents bibliographic information on the concentration ranges of inorganic and organic compounds in the precipitation and atmospheric deposit samples.</p>","PeriodicalId":15248,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Automated Methods & Management in Chemistry","volume":"2006 ","pages":"26908"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1155/JAMMC/2006/26908","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26864969","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Direct determination of moisture in powder milk using near infrared spectroscopy.","authors":"R Nagarajan, Parul Singh, Ranjana Mehrotra","doi":"10.1155/JAMMC/2006/51342","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/JAMMC/2006/51342","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Moisture content in commercially available milk powder was investigated using near infrared (NIR) diffuse reflectance spectroscopy with an Indian low-cost dispersive NIR spectrophotometer. Different packets of milk powder of the same batch were procured from the market. Forty-five samples with moisture range 4-10% were prepared in the laboratory. Spectra of the samples were collected in the wavelength region 800-2500 nm. Moisture values of all the samples were simultaneously determined by Karl Fischer (KF) titration. These KF values were used as reference for developing calibration model using partial least squares regression (PLSR) method. The calibration and validation statistics are R cal2:0.9942, RMSEC:0.1040, and R val2:0.9822, RMSEV:0.1730. Five samples of unknown moisture contents were taken for NIR prediction using developed calibration model. The agreement between NIR predicted results and those of Karl Fischer values is appreciable. The result shows that the instrument can be successfully used for the determination of moisture content in milk powder.</p>","PeriodicalId":15248,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Automated Methods & Management in Chemistry","volume":"2006 ","pages":"51342"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1155/JAMMC/2006/51342","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26865474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eva Ródenas-Torralba, Fábio R P Rocha, Boaventura F Reis, Angel Morales-Rubio, Miguel de la Guardia
{"title":"Evaluation of a multicommuted flow system for photometric environmental measurements.","authors":"Eva Ródenas-Torralba, Fábio R P Rocha, Boaventura F Reis, Angel Morales-Rubio, Miguel de la Guardia","doi":"10.1155/JAMMC/2006/20384","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/JAMMC/2006/20384","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A portable flow analysis instrument is described for in situ photometric measurements. This system is based on light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and a photodiode detector, coupled to a multipumping flow system. The whole equipment presents dimensions of 25 cm x 22 cm x 10 cm, weighs circa 3 kg, and costs 650 euro. System performance was evaluated for different chemistries without changing hardware configuration for determinations of (i) Fe(3+) with SCN(-), (ii) iodometric nitrite determination, (iii) phenol with sodium nitroprusside, and (iv) 1-naphthol-N-methylcarbamate (carbaryl) with p-aminophenol. The detection limits were estimated as 22, 60, 25, and 60 ng mL (-1) for iron, nitrite, phenol, and carbaryl at the 99.7% confidence level with RSD of 2.3, 1.0, 1.8, and 0.8%, respectively. Reagent and waste volumes were lower than those obtained by flow systems with continuous reagent addition. Sampling rates of 100, 110, 65, and 72 determinations per hour were achieved for iron, nitrite, phenol, and carbaryl determinations.</p>","PeriodicalId":15248,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Automated Methods & Management in Chemistry","volume":"2006 ","pages":"20384"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1155/JAMMC/2006/20384","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26864967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quantitative determination of the multicomponents with overlapping ultraviolet spectra using wavelet-packed transform and partial least squares.","authors":"Ling Gao, Shouxin Ren","doi":"10.1155/JAMMC/2006/86989","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/JAMMC/2006/86989","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper presented a novel method named wavelet packet transform-based partial least squares method (WPTPLS) for simultaneous spectrophotometric determination of alpha-naphthylamine, p-nitroaniline, and benzidine. Wavelet packet representations of signals provided a local time-frequency description and separation ability between information and noise. The quality of the noise removal can be improved by using best-basis algorithm and thresholding operation. Partial least squares (PLS) method uses both the response and concentration information to enhance its ability of prediction. In this case, by optimization, wavelet function and decomposition level for WPTPLS method were selected as Db16 and 3, respectively. The relative standard errors of prediction (RSEP) for all components with WPTPLS and PLS were 2.23% and 2.71%, respectively. Experimental results showed WPTPLS method to be successful and better than PLS.</p>","PeriodicalId":15248,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Automated Methods & Management in Chemistry","volume":"2006 ","pages":"86989"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1155/JAMMC/2006/86989","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26864816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}