calendar 8 October 2019
Volume 15 Issue 10
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8 October 2019 Issue

Look inside for practical advice on separation science and thought–provoking commentary.

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More in this issue . . .
How to treat your RI detector
How to create a successful CRO partnership
Incognito navigates the potentially precarious path to a successful relationship with a contract research organization (CRO).
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The benefits of flow modulated GC–APCI
Meeting preview: RAFA 2019
The 9th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Food Analysis (RAFA 2019) will take place in Prague, Czech Republic, on 5–8 November 2019. This preview offers a glimpse of what to expect at the conference.
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The influence of salt and pH in aqueous GPC/SEC
 
Systematic errors in GPC/SEC
The accuracy of a measurement describes how close the measured result is to the true value. Accuracy is influenced by systematic errors, which are difficult to detect even for experienced scientists.
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How to get ahead in metabolomics
Automated analysis of antibiotics in blood
Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is an important method for determining both dose and optimal effective level of a drug in the blood, preventing side effects such as kidney damage. Using the antibiotic classes aminoglycoside and vancomycin as examples, an analysis method is presented that combines fully automated sample preparation with triple quadrupole-mass spectrometry.

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How to get ahead in metabolomics
Is hydrogen the future for gas chromatography?
As helium prices once again increase, and warnings are being given regarding yet another laboratory-grade helium shortage, thoughts turn once again to the use of hydrogen as an alternative carrier-gas for gas chromatography.

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How to get ahead in metabolomics
News update: The latest news
The latest research news and news in brief are featured in this issue.

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