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An X-ray microprobe facility using synchrotron radiation
An X-ray microprobe for trace elemental analysis at micrometer spatial resolutions, using synchrotron radiation (SR), is under development. The facility consists of two beamlines, one including a 1∶1 focusing ...
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Effects of Calmodulin Inhibitors on the Cellular Metabolism of 45Ca and 210Pb
Many Ca++-mediated cell processes depend on the intracellular Ca++ receptor protein, calmodulin, to exert regulatory effects on target metabolic and physiological pathways. In many cells, Ca++ transport mechanism...
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The Application of a Synchrotron Radiation Microprobe to Trace Element Analysis
Synchrotron radiation is light emitted by electrons when accelerated in a circular orbit. Some properties of synchrotron radiation important to trace element analysis by x-ray fluorescence analysis are: 1) a b...
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Role of nuclear analytical probe techniques in biological trace-element research
Many biomedical experiments require the qualitative and quantitative localization of trace elements with high sensitivity and good spatial resolution. The feasibility of measuring the chemical form of the elem...