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The effect of adding a standard on the result of determination of polychlorinated biphenyls in bottom sediment samples
PublicationBottom sediments are a very important component of aquatic ecosystems. The sediment matrix is highly diverse and heterogeneous; in consequence, compounds entering the aquatic environment from different sources are considerably enriched at its surface. Bottom sediments are regarded as natural sorbents, since they accumulate many harmful substances, such as heavy metals and stable organic contaminants.Extraction is a key stage in...
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Greenness assessment of analytical methods used for antibiotic residues determination in food samples
PublicationFood of animal origin plays an important role in ensuring a healthy and sustainable human diet. However, residues of pharmaceuticals, especially antibiotics, can be the cause of many health problems. To protect consumers and improve food quality, analytical methods used to determine contaminants should be simple, selective, and have high throughput and low detection limits. Recently, greenness metric tools have proven useful in...
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Stability studies of selected phenoxyacid herbicides in water samples and detrmination of their transformation products
PublicationZbadano procesy przemian fenoksykwasów (takich jak: 2,4-D, MCPA, mekoprop, dichlorprop) w różnych roztworach wodnych. Sprawdzono wpływ parametrów (światło, temperatura oraz czas przechowywania próbki) na stabilność fenoksykwasów. Oznaczeń końcowych dokonano przy użyciu techniki chromatografii cieczowej sprzężonej ze spektrometrem mas.
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Determination of cyanide in urine and saliva samples by ion chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection
PublicationCommonly known as a highly toxic chemical, cyanide is also an essential reagent for many industrial processes. It naturally occurs in plant seeds as a cyanogenic glycosides. Another relatively common mode of cyanide exposure is inhalation of environmental tobacco smoke. This study concerns importance to determine cyanide ion in human biological samples. Urine and saliva samples were collected healthy volunteers exposed to tobacco...
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Characterization and classification of hoarfrost samples collected in Poland (2003-2005) by discriminant analysis
PublicationTechnikę analizy dyskryminacyjnej wykorzystano do klasyfikacji próbek szronu (zebranych w latach 2003-2005 na terenie m.in. Gdańska, Grudziądza, Poznania) na naturalnie wyłaniające się grupy oraz by zidentyfikować parametry fizykochemiczne odpowiedzialne za podobieństwa i różnice pomiędzy poszczególnymi miejscami pobierania próbek. Aby ocenić jakość dyskryminacji zastosowano m.in. następujące kryteria: lambdę Wilksa, cząstkową...
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Application of chemometric approach in studies of dew chemistry (on the basis of samples collected in Poland)
PublicationPrzedstawiono wyniki badań wybranych związków chemicznych (aniony, kationy, formaldehyd, nadtlenek wodoru, suma fenoli, TC, TIC, TOC) oznaczonych w próbkach rosy zebranych z różnych obszarów na terenie Polski (Gdynia, Gdańsk, Sopot, Mława, Kraków). Zastosowano analizę funkcji dyskryminacyjnej aby dokonać klasyfikacji poszczególnych próbek w zależności od miejsca pobierania oraz wykryć podstawowe zależności pomiędzy poszczególnymi...
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Determination of Selected Organic Acids in Animal Farm Water Samples by Ion Chromatography
PublicationLow molecular mass carboxylic acids (LCAs) occur in many environmental compartments due to natural processes and human activity. They are an important group of organic pollutants of waste water that mainly includes, volatile fatty acids, and also dicarboxylic, aromatic, hydroxy- and ketoacids. LCAs are present in the environment at concentrations between 1 to 5000 ppm and different methods have been reported for their determination...
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Comparison of Three Extraction Approaches for the Isolation of Neurotransmitters from Rat Brain Samples
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Determination of Metals Content in Wine Samples by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry
PublicationKnowledge about the metal content of wine is very important, for many reasons. Depending on the element, its quantity varies in wine from ng/L to mg/L. Despite the fact that metals are not directly connected to the taste and aroma of the wine, their content should be determined and controlled, because excess is undesirable, and in some cases prohibited, due to potential toxicity. Several analytical procedures for metal determination...
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MECONIUM SAMPLES USED TO ASSESS INFANT EXPOSURE TO THE COMPONENTS OF ETS DURING PREGNANCY
PublicationThe aim of the study was to use meconium samples to assess fetal exposure to compounds present in environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Material and Methods: In order to assess fetal exposure to toxic tobacco smoke compounds, samples of meconium from the offspring of women with different levels of tobacco smoke exposure, and the samples of saliva from the mothers were analyzed. Thiocyanate ion as a biomarker of tobacco smoke exposure,...
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New Trends in Sample Preparation Techniques for the Analysis of the Residues of Pharmaceuticals in Environmental Samples
PublicationPharmaceutical residues in the environment is a field of special interest due to the adverse effects to either human health or aquatic and soil environment. Pharmaceuticals have been already detected in underground, surface and wastewaters, soils, manure and sediments. The growing awareness of environmental pollution arising from human activity forces the need for their comprehensive determination. Environmental samples are complex...
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Simplified Approach for Broadband RF Testing of Low Loss Magneto-Dielectric Samples
PublicationIn this paper, an attractive measurement techniqueis proposed to retrieve the broadband permittivity and permeabil-ity of the magneto-dielectric materials. The proposed techniqueis quite novel which mitigates the major problems associatedwith the conventional broadband RF material characterizationtechniques such as numerical instability and phase uncertaintywhen the length of the sample exceeds...
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Do we need a catalyst in the determination of dissolved organic carbon in environmental samples?
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Determination of metals in water samples by atomic absorption spectrometry and flame emission spectrometry
PublicationMetal species in environmental waters are relevant to characterize the metal toxicity, the mobility between different environmental compartments, and for remediation purposes in case of contamination. The concentration of many trace metals in natural water samples are generally at µg/l level. The paper describes determination of metals in water samples based on flame atomic emission and flame atomic absorption spectrometry.
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Major ions and their relationship in rime and hoarfrost samples from highly urbanized regions
PublicationW ramach zaplanowanego programu badawczego przeprowadzono analizę próbek szronu i sadzi zebranych w wybranych punktach pomiarowych (Gdańsk i Działdowo) podczas zimy 2003/2004. Stężenie składników nieorganicznych w próbkach szronu jest średnio dwukrotnie wyższe niż w próbkach sadzi zebranych z tego samego terenu. Wyższe poziomy stężeń oznaczanych zanieczyszczeń w próbek szronu mogą wynikać z faktu, iż proces powstawania sadzi najczęściej...
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Rime samples characterization and comparison using classical and fuzzy principal components analysis
PublicationEfektywność dwóch nowych algorytmów w stosunku do klasycznego wariantu techniki PCA porównano analizując dane dotyczące zanieczyszczeń próbek sadzi zebranych na terenie trzech stacji w okresie 2004-2007. Zastosowane algorytmy FPCA-1 i FPCA-o pozwalają na wyodrębnienie większej liczby miejsc zbierania próbek i analitów w stosunku do sytuacji, kiedy stosuje się klasyczny wariant techniki PCA.
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Studies of human and veterinary drugs' fate in environmental solid samples- analytical problems.
PublicationW różnych ośrodkach naukowych na całym świecie trwają prace nad poznaniem losu środowiskowego zanieczyszczeń z grupy farmaceutyków. Obecność pozostałości farmaceutycznych w poszczególnych elementach środowiska stanowi nowe wyzwanie zarówno z punktu widzenia technologii oczyszczania wód i ścieków jak i analityków, których zadaniem jest opracowanie nowych metodyk analitycznych. W publikacji przedstawiono problemy z jakimi stykają...
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Determination of MDPBP in postmortem blood samples by gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry
PublicationMDPBP (1-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)-2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)-1-butanone) is a new psychoactive substance sold on the black market. It has been a controlled drug of abuse in Poland and China since 2015 as some toxic and fatal cases connected with use of synthetic cathinone derivatives were observed. The fatal case outlined here concerns a 19 year-old man, who was found dead with an envelope containing white powder lying nearby the cadaver....
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Organomercury compounds in environmental samples: emission sources, toxicity, environmental fate and determination.
PublicationIn view of the specific properties of mercury and its capability of forming compounds that can be bioaccumulated and biomagnified at successive levels of the trophic pyramid, it has become necessary to gather detailed information on the sources of emission of this element into the environment and its fate there. Moreover, the increasing awareness of the relationship between the toxicity of mercury and its chemical form has sharpened...
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Microextraction Techniques Used in the Procedures for Determining Organomercury and Organotin Compounds in Environmental Samples
PublicationDue to human activities, the concentrations of organometallic compounds in all parts of the environment have increased in recent decades. The toxicity and some biochemical properties of mercury and tin present in the environment depend on the concentration and chemical form of these two elements. The ever-increasing demand for determining compounds at very low concentration levels in samples with complex matrices requires...
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Revealing dynamic changes of the volatile profile of food samples using PTR–MS
PublicationVolatile compounds carry valuable information regarding the properties of foodstuffs. Volatiles emitted from food can be used as, for example, indicators of quality, shelf-life, or authenticity. A better understanding of the multitude of transformations which occur during food processing could facilitate the optimisation of production, increase the desirability of food products, and also their wholesomeness. However, as some of...
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Ion Chromatography with Pulsed Amperometric Detection for Determining Cyanide in Urine and Meconium Samples
PublicationThe parents’ addictions and eating habits have a significant influence on the child’s growth. The first stool of a newborn baby provides a large amount of information about xenobiotics transmitted by the mother’s body. The analytical technique used in the study is ion chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection (IC-PAD). The biological samples, which were obtained from women staying in a maternity ward and their partners,...
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Chemical Derivatization Processes Applied to Amine Determination in Samples of Different Matrix Composition
PublicationAmines are important biological compounds, and so their analysis and monitoring in various matrices is worthy of investigation and development.Due to the polar nature of amines, chromatographic analysis of free amines is generally unsatisfactory owing to adsorption and decomposition of the solute on the column, resulting in peak tailing and losses. Therefore, many derivatization reactions are employed to reduce the polarity, improve...
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Determination of PCBs in river sediment samples - proficiency test for selected Polish laboratories
PublicationW pracy opisano wyniki badań międzylaboratoryjnych dotyczących oznaczania zawartości analitów z grupy polichlorowanych bifenyli w próbkach osadu rzecznego. Badania organizowane były przez Katedrę Chemii Analitycznej Wydz. Chemicznego PG we współpracy ze Stowarzyszeniem RefMat oraz firmą LGC Promochem Sp. z o.o.
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Determination of Volatile Organic Compounds in Indoor Air in the Gdansk Area Using Permeation Passive Samplers
PublicationPassive dosimetry — known for over a hundred years — is still a useful tool in monitoring air pollutants. In this work, permeation passive samplers were used to determine indoor air quality in 22 apartments located in the Gdansk area in the northern part of Poland. The results obtained by the passive sampling technique were compared to those obtained by dynamic sampling. Attempts were also made to identify indoor sources of...
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Static renewal and continuous-flow calibration of two types of passive samplers for the monitoring of pharmaceuticals in wastewater
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Limitations of Integrative Passive Samplers as a Tool for the Quantification of Pharmaceuticals in the Environment – A Critical Review with the Latest Innovations
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Determination of Volatile Organic Compounds in indoor air in the Gdansk area using permeation passive samplers.
PublicationDozymetria pasywna, znana od wielu lat, jest użytecznym narzędziem w monitoringu poziomu zanieczyszczeń. Do określenia jakości powietrza wewnętrznego w 22 pomieszczeniach mieszkalnych, zlakoalizowanych na terenie Gdańska, wykorzystano dozymetry pasywne typu permeacyjnego na etapie pobierania próbek analitów. Uzyskane wyniki porównano z wynikami uzyskanymi przy wykorzystaniu matedy dynamicznej. Podjęto również próbę identyfikacji...
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Sense of Purpose in Life and Escape from Self as the Predictors of Quality of Life in Clinical Samples
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Selected analytical challenges in the determination of pharmaceuticals in drinking/marine waters and soil/sediment samples
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Preliminary studies on DNA retardation by MutS applied to the detection of point mutations in clinical samples
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The simultaneous detection of food dyes from different samples in a 96-well plate by spectrophotometry
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Comparison of Ion Chromatography and Isotachophoresis for the Determination of selected Anions in Atmospheric Wet Deposition Samples
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono porównanie wyników oznaczenia zawartości wybranych anionów w próbkach opadów atmoferycznych z zastosowaniem technik izotachoforezy i chromatografii jonowej. Na podstawie otrzymanych wyników można stwierdzić, że technika chromatografii jonowej charakteryzuje się niższymi wartościami granic wykrywalności i oznaczalności, szerokim zakresem pomiarowym i możliwością oznaczania analitów w próbkach o róznym składzie...
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New, fast and cheap prediction tests for BRCA1 gene mutations identification in clinical samples.
PublicationDespite significant progress in cancer therapy, cancer is still the second cause of mortality in the world. The necessity to make quick therapeutic decisions forces the development of procedures allowing to obtain a reliable result in a quick and unambiguous manner. Currently, detecting predictive mutations, including BRCA1, is the basis for effectively treating advanced breast cancer. Here, we present new insight on gene mutation...
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Direct Analysis of Samples of Various Origin and Composition Using Specific Types of Mass Spectrometry
PublicationOne of the major sources of error that occur during chemical analysis utilizing the more conventional and established analytical techniques is the possibility of losing part of the analytes during the sample preparation stage. Unfortunately, this sample preparation stage is required to improve analytical sensitivity and precision. Direct techniques have helped to shorten or even bypass the sample preparation stage; and in this...
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Determination of hormones in water samples using liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry
PublicationOver the past few years, many synthetic (ethinylestradiol) and natural (estradiol,estriol, estrone) compounds present in the environment have been affecting the hormonalbalance of humans and animals. Steroid hormones are very often used for medical purposesand have high estrogenic activity what makes them endocrine disrupters. Most hormonalcompounds are released into the water as a result of their incomplete removal in wastewatertreatment...
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Comparison of different digestion methods for proteomic analysis of isolated cells and FFPE tissue samples
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Application of the Least Squares Method to the approximation of equally spaced samples in frequency measurement approach
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Nested PCR for the detection of Aspergillus species in maxillary sinus samples of patients with chronic sinusitis
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Application of Immunological Techniques (from Vaccination to FinalMeasurements) in Determination of Pharmaceutical Residues in Environmental Samples
PublicationWiele biologicznie aktywnych związków wytwarzanych przez człowieka trafia ostatecznie do środowiska. Ich los środowiskowy pozostaje nadal wyzwaniem dla analityków środowiskowych i osób odpowiedzialnych za szacowanie ryzyka. Artykuł przedstawia przegląd jednej z najszerszych i bezpośrednich metod analiz środowiskowych - immunoanalitykę - ze szczególnych uwzględnieniem jej zastosowania do oznaczania jakościowego i ilościowego pozostałości...
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Methods of assaying volatile oxygenated organic compounds in effluent samples by gas chromatography—A review
PublicationThe paper is a review of the procedures for the determination of volatile and semivolatile oxygenated organic compounds (O-VOCs) in effluent samples by gas chromatography. Current trends and outlook for individual steps of the procedure for the determination of O-VOCs in effluents are discussed. The available sample preparation techniques and their limitations are described along with GC capillary columns used for O-VOCs separation...
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A fully validated HPLC–UV method for determination of sulthiame in human serum/plasma samples
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New sorbent materials for selective extraction of cocaine and benzoylecgonine from human urine samples
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Determination of cyanide ion in urine samples using ion chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection.
PublicationCyanides are widely applied in industrial activity, including gold and silver mining and the production of organic chemicals. HCN is also formed directly from fossil fuel combustion sources from gasoline and diesel vehicles. In natural environment, in plants seeds for example an apple seed, it exists as a cyanogenic glycosides. The amount of cyanide ions originating from food products is however rather small. Larger concentrations...
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SYNTHETIZED MEMBRANES FOR ULTRASOUND-ASSISTED SOLVENT EXTRACTION OF POROUS MEMBRANE PACKED SOLID SAMPLES.
PublicationMembranes are becoming more and more popular in analytical chemistry, which is why they are used, among others, in extraction processes. Therefore, this work focuses on the process of synthesis PVDF membranes and its optimization. The obtained membranes were used as bags for the phthalate extraction in disposable diapers for babies. Extraction was accomplished by method ultrasound-assisted solvent extraction of porous PVDF membrane...
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Oznaczanie herbicydów kwasowych w próbkach wodnych. Determination of acidic herbicides in aqueous samples
PublicationPrzedstawiono różne techniki przygotowania próbek i oznaczania herbicydów z grupy fenoksykwasów i fenoli w próbkach wodnych. Przedyskutowano zalety i wady izolacji i wzbogacania analitów za pomocą ekstrakcji ciecz-ciecz, ekstrakcji do fazy stałej, mikroekstrakcji do fazy stacjonarnej oraz ekstrakcji za pomocą płynu w stanie nadkrytycznym. Ze względu na złożoność próbki środowiskowej, w analizie końcowej stosuje się wysokorozdzielcze...
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Enantiomeric Resolution of N,N'-Dimethyldithiodianthranilide through Diastereomeric silver(I) complex. Chiroptical spectra, racemization barrier and molecular self-assembly
PublicationN,N'-dimetyloditiodiantranilid, związek o chiralności płaszczyznowej, rozdzielono na enancjomery. Optycznie czynne molekuły uzyskano w wyniku tworzenia chiralnego kompleksu N,N'-dimetyloditiodiantranilidu z solą srebrową kwasu (1S)-kamforosulfonowego. W oparciu o badania rentgenostrukturalne monokryształu uzyskanego kompleksu określono absolutną konfigurację przykoordynowanego ligandu jako (R). Enancjomery N,N'-dimetyloditiodiantranilid...
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Application of the chromatographic retention index system for the estimation of the calibration constants of permeation passive samplers with polydimethylsiloxane membranes
PublicationThe paper presents the results of research on the calibration of permeation passive samplers equipped with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) membranes using the physico-chemical properties of the analytes. Strong correlations were found between the calibration constants of the samplers and the linear temperature-programmed retention indices of the analytes determined on columns coated with pure PDMS (r2 = 0.914). These correlations...
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Kompleks niesprostania we wczesnej twórczości prozatorskiej Adolfa Rudnickiego na przykładzie „Szczurów” i „Niekochanej”
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An inter-laboratory validation of methods of lipid peroxidation measurement in UVA-treated human plasma samples
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