Search Results - "Desouza, Elstan D."

Feasibility of chromium measurement in skin using a portable hand-held XRF system by Afzal, Fahad S.M., Al-Ebraheem, Alia, Chettle, David R., Desouza, Elstan D., Farquharson, Michael J., O’Meara, Joanne M., Pidruczny, Alice, Wainman, Bruce C., McNeill, Fiona E.

“…Chromium (III) is a trace mineral that plays an important role in glucose and lipid metabolism in the body, in addition to being used in clinical formulations…”
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Zinc and germanium in the sedimentary rocks of Gale Crater on Mars indicate hydrothermal enrichment followed by diagenetic fractionation by Berger, Jeff A., Schmidt, Mariek E., Gellert, Ralf, Boyd, Nicholas I., Desouza, Elstan D., Flemming, Roberta L., Izawa, Matthew R. M., Ming, Douglas W., Perrett, Glynis M., Rampe, Elizabeth B., Thompson, Lucy M., VanBommel, Scott J. V., Yen, Albert S.

“…Zinc and germanium enrichments have been discovered in sedimentary rocks in Gale Crater, Mars, by the Alpha Particle X‐ray Spectrometer on the rover Curiosity…”
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X-ray fluorescence measurements of arsenic micro-distribution in human nail clippings using synchrotron radiation by Gherase, Mihai R, Desouza, Elstan D, Farquharson, Michael J, McNeill, Fiona E, Kim, Chang-Yong, Fleming, David E B

“…Arsenic (As) distribution in nail clippings from three healthy human subjects was investigated using the microbeam experimental setup of the hard x-ray…”
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Characterization of the depth distribution of Ca, Fe and Zn in skin samples, using synchrotron micro-x-ray fluorescence (SμXRF) to help quantify in-vivo measurements of elements in the skin by Desouza, Elstan D., Atiya, Ibrahim Abu, Al-Ebraheem, Alia, Wainman, Bruce C., Fleming, David E.B., McNeill, Fiona E., Farquharson, Michael J.

“…In vivo monitoring of trace and biometals in skin is normally quantified using phantoms that assume a constant elemental distribution within the skin. Layered…”
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