Evaluating the Hanby Test Kits for Screening Soil and Groundwater for Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons

Evaluating the Hanby Test Kits for Screening Soil and Groundwater for Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons
Author: Alan Dole Hewitt
Publisher:
Total Pages: 20
Release: 2000
Genre:
ISBN:

This report evaluates the methods of analysis that can be used with the Hanby Test Kits for assessing the total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) contamination in environmental matrices. This field screening technique is based on the colorimetric analysis of petroleum products in soil and water matrices, following a solvent extraction and a Friedel-Crafts reaction. The methods include visually comparing the sample to reference photographs, and two spectrophotometric (H.E.L.P. Mate 2010 and 2000) systems designed to establish discrete values. To test these field screening techniques, 90 field and quality assurance (QA) samples were obtained. Both of the spectrophotometric methods experienced instrumental problems, so that fewer than 60% of the samples distributed could be analyzed on-site. Ultimately, the H.E.L.P. Mate 2010 was dropped from the evaluation altogether. Furthermore, because of these complications, no TPH values were reported during the field exercise. The results yielded by the visual and H.E.L.P. Mate 2000 methods were compared for the QA samples; the visual technique was more reliable for showing the presence and estimating the quantity of TPH contamination.

Artificial Intelligence in Society

Artificial Intelligence in Society
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2019-06-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9264545190

The artificial intelligence (AI) landscape has evolved significantly from 1950 when Alan Turing first posed the question of whether machines can think. Today, AI is transforming societies and economies. It promises to generate productivity gains, improve well-being and help address global challenges, such as climate change, resource scarcity and health crises.

Handbook of Immunoassay Technologies

Handbook of Immunoassay Technologies
Author: Sandeep K. Vashist
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 498
Release: 2018-01-02
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 012811794X

Handbook of Immunoassay Technologies: Approaches, Performances, and Applications unravels the role of immunoassays in the biochemical sciences. During the last four decades, a wide range of immunoassays has been developed, ranging from the conventional enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays, to the smartphone-based point-of-care formats. The advances in rapid biochemical procedures, novel biosensing schemes, fully integrated lab-on-a-chip platforms, prolonged biomolecular storage strategies, device miniaturization and interfacing, and emerging smart system technologies equipped with personalized mobile healthcare tools are paving the way to next-generation immunoassays, and are all discussed in this comprehensive text. Immunoassays play a prominent role in clinical diagnostics as they are the eyes of healthcare professionals, helping them make informed clinical decisions via confirmed disease diagnosis, and thus enabling favorable health outcomes. The faster and reliable diagnosis of infections will further control their spread to uninfected persons. Similarly, immunoassays play a prominent role in veterinary diagnostics, food analysis, environmental monitoring, defense and security, and other bioanalytical settings. Therefore, they enable the detection of a plethora of analytes, which includes disease biomarkers, pathogens, drug impurities, environmental contaminants, allergens, food adulterants, drugs of abuse and various biomolecules. - Provides a valuable increase of understanding of cellular and biomedical functions - Gives the most updated resource in the field of immunoassays, providing the comprehensive details of various types of immunoassays that need to be performed in healthcare, and in industrial, environmental and other biochemical settings - Discusses all multifarious aspects of immunoassays - Describes the immunoassay formats, along with their principle of operation, characteristics, pros and cons, and potential biochemical and bioanalytical applications - Provides extensive knowledge and guided insights as detailed by experienced, renowned experts and key opinion makers in the field of immunoassays

Subsurface Characterization and Monitoring Techniques

Subsurface Characterization and Monitoring Techniques
Author: J. Russell Boulding
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 494
Release: 1996-07
Genre:
ISBN: 0788132040

Provides information on where to go to find detailed guidance on how to use these techniques. Covers: remote sensing & surface geophysical methods; drilling & solids sampling methods; geophysical logging of boreholes; aquifer test methods; ground water sampling methods; Vadose Zone (VZ) hydrologic properties: water state, infiltration, conductivity, & flux; VZ water budget characterization methods; VZ soil-solute/gas sampling & monitoring methods; & chemical field screening & analytical methods. Charts, tables, graphs & drawings.

Techno-Societal 2018

Techno-Societal 2018
Author: Prashant M. Pawar
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 1051
Release: 2019-11-06
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030168484

This book, divided in two volumes, originates from Techno-Societal 2018: the 2nd International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Societal Applications, Maharashtra, India, that brings together faculty members of various engineering colleges to solve Indian regional relevant problems under the guidance of eminent researchers from various reputed organizations. The focus is on technologies that help develop and improve society, in particular on issues such as the betterment of differently abled people, environment impact, livelihood, rural employment, agriculture, healthcare, energy, transport, sanitation, water, education. This conference aims to help innovators to share their best practices or products developed to solve specific local problems which in turn may help the other researchers to take inspiration to solve problems in their region. On the other hand, technologies proposed by expert researchers may find applications in different regions. This offers a multidisciplinary platform for researchers from a broad range of disciplines of Science, Engineering and Technology for reporting innovations at different levels.