1. Editorial

   • Elisabete A. De Nadai Fernandes
   • Elisabete A. De Nadai Fernandes

   OriginalPaper Pages: 245 - 246

2. Nicholas M. Spyrou wins the 2005 George Hevesy Award of the Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

   OriginalPaper Pages: 247 - 249

3. Development of a radiochemical neutron activation analysis procedure for determination of rhenium in biological and environmental samples at ultratrace level

   • J. Kučera
   • J. Kučera
   • Z. Řanda

   OriginalPaper Pages: 251 - 257

4. Collaborative monitoring study of airborne particulate matters among seven Asian countries

   • M. Ebihara
   • Y. S. Chung
   • A. K. B. H. Wood

   OriginalPaper Pages: 259 - 266

5. Stable isotope tracer marking of individual boll weevils

   • W. D. James
   • A. T. Showler
   • J. S. Armstrong

   OriginalPaper Pages: 267 - 270

6. In vitro lung dissolutions rates for PuO₂

   • S. P. LaMont
   • T. R. LaBone
   • R. E. Steiner

   OriginalPaper Pages: 271 - 277

7. In search of higher sensitivity: Pu isotopic analysis

   • H. Kurosaki
   • D. Chang
   • K. G. W. Inn

   OriginalPaper Pages: 279 - 281

8. Determinants of selenium in the toenail biomonitor

   • J. S. Morris
   • V. L. Spate
   • R. A. Ngwenyama

   OriginalPaper Pages: 283 - 290

9. NAA methods for determination of nanogram amounts of arsenic in biological samples

   • R. Zeisler
   • E. A. Mackey
   • R. R. Greenberg

   OriginalPaper Pages: 291 - 296

10. Beta-exposure in a neutron activation laboratory

    • T. J. Belandi
    • S. Landsberger

    OriginalPaper Pages: 297 - 302

11. Medical elementology as a new scientific discipline

    • V. Zaichick

    OriginalPaper Pages: 303 - 309

12. Overall measurement uncertainty of k₀-based neutron activation analysis

    • B. Smodiš
    • T. Bučar

    OriginalPaper Pages: 311 - 316

13. Activity characterization of ¹⁹²Ir brachytherapy wires

    • A. L. O. Damasceno
    • A. Iwahara
    • J. J. S. Estrada

    OriginalPaper Pages: 317 - 323

14. Curve fitting using a genetic algorithm for the X-ray fluorescence measurement of lead in bone

    • L. Luo
    • D. R. Chettle
    • M. Popovic

    OriginalPaper Pages: 325 - 329

15. Application of neutron activation analysis to bone samples

    • C. B. Zamboni
    • L. C. Oliveira
    • J. Mesa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 331 - 334

16. Stopping rule for variable selection using stepwise discriminant analysis

    • C. S. Munita
    • L. P. Barroso
    • P. M. S. Oliveira

    OriginalPaper Pages: 335 - 338

17. Activities of the INCT, Warsaw, in the domain of quality assurance for inorganic analysis

    • H. Polkowska-Motrenko
    • R. Dybczyński

    OriginalPaper Pages: 339 - 345

18. Variation of selenium concentration in toenails following long-term storage, washing and reactor irradiation

    • J. St-Pierre
    • R. Kada
    • P. Ghadirian

    OriginalPaper Pages: 347 - 349

19. Radioanalytical emergency response exercise

    • K. G. W. Inn
    • I. Outola
    • H. Kurosaki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 351 - 360

20. Development of a radioanalytical emergency procedures manual database (REPMD)

    • J. J. La Rosa
    • P. Motabar
    • H. Ziegler

    OriginalPaper Pages: 361 - 364

21. Reflections on 35 years of biological SRM production and analyses

    • D. A. Becker

    OriginalPaper Pages: 365 - 369

22. Quality assessment of organic coffee beans for the preparation of a candidate reference material

    • F. S. Tagliaferro
    • E. A. De Nadai Fernandes
    • M. A. Bacchi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 371 - 375

23. Uncertainty assessment in instrumental neutron activation analysis of biological materials

    • E. G. Moreira
    • M. B. A. Vasconcellos
    • M. Saiki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 377 - 382

24. Trace element quality control analysis of environmental samples at the Neutron Activation Analysis Laboratory, IPEN, São Paulo, Brazil

    • A. M. G. Figueiredo
    • D. I. T. Fávaro
    • V. A. Maihara

    OriginalPaper Pages: 383 - 387

25. Assuring the reliability of mass spectrometry for the routine determination of traces of doping in horse-urine

    • I. M. H. Lima
    • M. N. Frota
    • F. S. Tagliaferro

    OriginalPaper Pages: 389 - 396

26. Standardized methods for measuring radionuclides in drinking water

    • M. Forte
    • A. Bertolo
    • M. T. Valentini Ganzerli

    OriginalPaper Pages: 397 - 401

27. INAA for the validation of chromium and copper determination in copper chromite by infrared spectrometry

    • F. S. Tagliaferro
    • E. A. N. Fernandes
    • E. A. Campos

    OriginalPaper Pages: 403 - 406

28. Biomedical applications of Mössbauer spectroscopy

    • M. I. Oshtrakh

    OriginalPaper Pages: 407 - 415

29. Development of an irradiation/shielding cavity for in vivo neutron activation analysis of manganese in human bone

    • A. Pejović-Milić
    • S. H. Byun
    • W. V. Prestwich

    OriginalPaper Pages: 417 - 420

30. Improvement in the detection limit of anin vivo XRF cadmium detection system

    • M. Popovic
    • D. R. Chettle
    • A. Pejović-Milić

    OriginalPaper Pages: 421 - 424

31. Catalyst concentration distribution in fluidized bed by gamma-ray absorption

    • C. C. Dantas
    • R. Narain
    • A. C. B. A. Melo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 425 - 428

32. Measuring soil pollution parameters with radiotracers

    • H. P. Villar

    OriginalPaper Pages: 429 - 433

33. A method for analyzing low statistics high resolution spectra from ²¹⁰Pb in underground coal miners from Brazil

    • A. L. A. Dantas
    • B. M. Dantas
    • J. L. Lipsztein

    OriginalPaper Pages: 435 - 439

34. Determination of trace elements in archaeological ceramics and application of Kernel Density Estimates: Implications for the definition of production locations

    • J. O. Santos
    • C. S. Munita
    • P. M. S. Oliveira

    OriginalPaper Pages: 441 - 445

35. True coincidence correction for k₀-method in INAA of plant materials with well-type detectors

    • A. Di Piero
    • A. Di Piero
    • E. A. N. Fernandes

    OriginalPaper Pages: 447 - 450

36. Determination of radionuclides in the environment using gamma-spectrometry

    • J. A. S. Júnior
    • J. J. R. F. Cardoso
    • R. S. Amaral

    OriginalPaper Pages: 451 - 455

37. Radiochemical procedure for the determination of plutonium isotopes in powdered milk

    • M. H. T. Taddei
    • N. C. Silva

    OriginalPaper Pages: 457 - 461

38. Use of new composite materials for the determination of Cu, Cd, Mo, As, and Sb in biological samples by radiochemical neutron activation analysis

    • M. Lučaníková
    • J. Kučera
    • F. E. McNeill

    OriginalPaper Pages: 463 - 468

39. Elemental distribution in breast tissue samples using X-ray fluorescence microtomography

    • G. R. Pereira
    • S. C. Conceiç?o
    • C. A. Perez

    OriginalPaper Pages: 469 - 473

40. Methodology for rapid tritium determination in urine

    • R. M. Mingote
    • P. J. S. Barbeira
    • Z. Rocha

    OriginalPaper Pages: 475 - 479

41. Determination of lead in whole blood by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry using Zeeman correction and sample stability

    • C. R. Dos Santos
    • R. S. Rodrigues
    • E. S. Nascimento

    OriginalPaper Pages: 481 - 485

42. Evaluation of ⁴⁰K in food by determining total potassium using neutron activation analysis

    • M. Sanchez
    • S. Landsberger
    • J. Braisted

    OriginalPaper Pages: 487 - 490

43. Preconcentration neutron activation analysis of lanthanides by cloud point extraction using PAN

    • A. Pérez-Gramatges
    • A. Chatt

    OriginalPaper Pages: 491 - 497

44. Implementation of alpha-spectrometry for uranium isotopes in excreta samples

    • J. C. Gaburo
    • A. S. Todo
    • N. C. Silva

    OriginalPaper Pages: 499 - 503

45. Chemotaxonomic markers of organic, natural, and genetically modified soybeans detected by direct infusion electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

    • L. S. Santos
    • R. R. Catharino
    • M. N. Eberlin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 505 - 509

46. Measurements of short-lived cosmogenic nuclides in rain samples

    • K. Komura
    • K. Komura
    • M. Inoue

    OriginalPaper Pages: 511 - 516