1. 11th International Symposium on Biological and Environmental Reference Materials (BERM 11)

   • Kensaku Okamoto

   Editorial 20 May 2008 Pages: 1983 - 1984

2. Mineral oil certified reference materials for the determination of polychlorinated biphenyls from the National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ)

   • Masahiko Numata
   • Yoshie Aoyagi
   • Takashi Yarita

   Original Paper Open access 16 April 2008 Pages: 1985 - 1995

   

3. Development and certification of the new NIES CRM 28: urban aerosols for the determination of multielements

   • Ikuko Mori
   • Zijie Sun
   • Masataka Nishikawa

   Original Paper 15 April 2008 Pages: 1997 - 2003

   

4. NIES certified reference material for microcystins, hepatotoxic cyclic peptide toxins from cyanobacterial blooms in eutrophic water bodies

   • Tomoharu Sano
   • Hiroo Takagi
   • Kunimitsu Kaya

   Original Paper 04 April 2008 Pages: 2005 - 2010

   

5. Development of candidate reference materials for the measurement of lead in bone

   • Katherine M. Hetter
   • David J. Bellis
   • Patrick J. Parsons

   Original Paper 18 April 2008 Pages: 2011 - 2021

   

6. Certification of standard reference materials containing bitter orange

   • L. C. Sander
   • K. Putzbach
   • J. M. Betz

   Original Paper 20 April 2008 Pages: 2023 - 2034

   

7. Production of malachite green oxalate and leucomalachite green reference materials certified for purity

   • T. Le Goff
   • S. Wood

   Original Paper 16 April 2008 Pages: 2035 - 2045

   

8. Certification of methylmercury in cod fish tissue certified reference material by species-specific isotope dilution mass spectrometric analysis

   • Kazumi Inagaki
   • Takayoshi Kuroiwa
   • Koichi Chiba

   Original Paper 12 March 2008 Pages: 2047 - 2054

   

9. Development of a highly precise ID-ICP-SFMS method for analysis of low concentrations of lead in rice flour reference materials

   • Yanbei Zhu
   • Kazumi Inagaki
   • Koichi Chiba

   Original Paper 27 May 2008 Pages: 2055 - 2060

   

10. Evaluation of error sources in a gravimetric technique for preparation of a reference gas mixture (carbon dioxide in synthetic air)

    • Nobuhiro Matsumoto
    • Takuya Shimosaka
    • Kenji Kato

    Original Paper 04 May 2008 Pages: 2061 - 2069

    

11. Size-selective poorly soluble particulate reference materials for evaluation of quantitative analytical methods

    • Aleksandr B. Stefaniak
    • Gregory C. Turk
    • Mark D. Hoover

    Original Paper 27 January 2008 Pages: 2071 - 2077

    

12. Certification and uncertainty evaluation of the certified reference materials of poly(ethylene glycol) for molecular mass fractions by using supercritical fluid chromatography

    • Kayori Takahashi
    • Kana Kishine
    • Shinichi Kinugasa

    Original Paper 17 April 2008 Pages: 2079 - 2087

    

13. Sulfur standard solution for use in the determination of low sulfur concentration in liquid fuels

    • Yuko Kitamaki
    • Yoshitaka Shimizu
    • Kenji Kato

    Technical Note 24 April 2008 Pages: 2089 - 2094

    

14. Improving performance reviews

    • J. Fetzer

    Building a Professional Career 20 May 2008 Pages: 2095 - 2097

15. Claudia Steinem and Andreas Janshoff (Eds.): Piezoelectric Sensors

    • Christiane Ziegler

    Books and Software in Review 27 May 2008 Pages: 2099 - 2100

16. Klaus Wanner and Georg Höfner (Eds.): Mass spectrometry in medicinal chemistry. Applications in drug discovery

    • Oliver J. Schmitz

    Books and Software in Review 30 April 2008 Pages: 2101 - 2102

17. H.R. Verma: Atomic and nuclear analytical methods. XRF, Mössbauer, XPS, NAA and ion-beam spectroscopic techniques

    • Peter Hoffmann

    Books and Software in Review 30 May 2008 Pages: 2103 - 2104

    

18. The 11th EuCheMS-DCE International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment, Toruń, Poland, 9–12 September 2007: Chemistry, Environment and Human Activity in Civilization Development

    • Bogusław Buszewski
    • Monika Michel

    Conference Highlights 06 May 2008 Pages: 2105 - 2107

    

19. 12th Annual Meeting and Annual General Meeting of the DGGF (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gute Forschungspraxis), 26–28th September 2007, Darmstadt, Germany

    • Barbara Pohl

    Conference Highlights 23 April 2008 Pages: 2109 - 2110

    

20. Progress in planar electrochromatography

    • Tadeusz H. Dzido
    • Paweł W. Płocharz
    • Aneta Hałka

    Review 05 April 2008 Pages: 2111 - 2118

    

21. Endocytosis of a single mesoporous silica nanoparticle into a human lung cancer cell observed by differential interference contrast microscopy

    • Wei Sun
    • Ning Fang
    • Edward S. Yeung

    Original Paper 17 May 2008 Pages: 2119 - 2125

    

22. Analysis and classification of bacteria by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and a chemometric approach

    • Daniela Parisi
    • Maria Magliulo
    • Aldo Roda

    Original Paper 17 May 2008 Pages: 2127 - 2134

    

23. Streptavidin-coated spot surfaces for sensitive immunoassays using fluorescence surface readout

    • Lasse Välimaa
    • Johanna Ylikotila
    • Kim Pettersson

    Original Paper 03 May 2008 Pages: 2135 - 2144

    

24. Towards a target label-free suboptimum oligonucleotide displacement-based detection system

    • Mònica Mir
    • Pablo Lozano-Sánchez
    • Ioanis Katakis

    Original Paper Open access 03 May 2008 Pages: 2145 - 2152

    

25. Application of capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) to the determination of pathogenic bacteria for medical diagnosis

    • Marek Jackowski
    • Jacek Szeliga
    • Bogusław Buszewski

    Original Paper 30 March 2008 Pages: 2153 - 2160

    

26. An optimized luciferase bioluminescent assay for coenzyme A

    • Simone M. Marques
    • Joaquim C. G. Esteves da Silva

    Original Paper 25 April 2008 Pages: 2161 - 2168

    

27. Fast and efficient extraction methods for the analysis of polychlorinated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in biological matrices

    • N. Tapie
    • H. Budzinski
    • K. Le Ménach

    Original Paper 06 June 2008 Pages: 2169 - 2177

    

28. Chemiluminescent bead-based hybridization assay for the detection of genomic DNA from E. coli in purified plasmid samples

    • S. A. M. Martins
    • D. M. F. Prazeres
    • G. A. Monteiro

    Original Paper 15 May 2008 Pages: 2179 - 2187

    

29. Fiber-packed SPE tips based on electrospun fibers

    • Yiyun Zhang
    • Xuejun Kang
    • Zhong-Ze Gu

    Original Paper 22 May 2008 Pages: 2189 - 2197

    

30. Application of inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry (ICP–MS) and quality assurance to study the incorporation of strontium into bone, bone marrow, and teeth of dogs after one month of treatment with strontium malonate

    • Anders C. Raffalt
    • Jens E. T. Andersen
    • Stephan Christgau

    Original Paper 23 May 2008 Pages: 2199 - 2207

    

31. Comparison of differential pulse and alternating current polarography in the soft-modelling study of the complexation of Cd(II) by the fragment Cys-Gly and by the phytochelatin (γ-Glu-Cys)₂Gly

    • Anna Maria Garrigosa
    • Cristina Ariño
    • Miquel Esteban

    Original Paper 17 May 2008 Pages: 2209 - 2218

    

32. Application of temperature-controlled micro planar chromatography for separation and quantification of testosterone and its derivatives

    • Paweł K. Zarzycki
    • Magdalena B. Zarzycka

    Original Paper 13 March 2008 Pages: 2219 - 2225

    

33. Imaging the stomatal physiology of somatic embryo-derived peanut leaves by scanning electrochemical microscopy

    • Meera Parthasarathy
    • Shweta Singh
    • Vijayamohanan K. Pillai

    Original Paper 03 June 2008 Pages: 2227 - 2233

    

34. Determination of 252–302 Da and tentative identification of 316–376 Da polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Standard Reference Materials 1649a Urban Dust and 1650b and 2975 Diesel Particulate Matter by accelerated solvent extraction–HPLC-GC-MS

    • Christoffer Bergvall
    • Roger Westerholm

    Original Paper 03 June 2008 Pages: 2235 - 2248

    

35. Analysis of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) by liquid chromatography with negative-ion atmospheric pressure photoionization tandem mass spectrometry (LC/NI-APPI/MS/MS): application to house dust

    • Anthony F. Lagalante
    • Timothy D. Oswald

    Original Paper 27 May 2008 Pages: 2249 - 2256

    

36. A single extraction method for the analysis by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry of fumonisins and biomarkers of disrupted sphingolipid metabolism in tissues of maize seedlings

    • Nicholas C. Zitomer
    • Anthony E. Glenn
    • Ronald T. Riley

    Original Paper 17 May 2008 Pages: 2257 - 2263

    

37. Ultratrace-level determination of glyphosate, aminomethylphosphonic acid and glufosinate in natural waters by solid-phase extraction followed by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry: performance tuning of derivatization, enrichment and detection

    • Irene Hanke
    • Heinz Singer
    • Juliane Hollender

    Original Paper 16 May 2008 Pages: 2265 - 2276

    

38. A description of an automatic continuous equilibrium system for the measurement of dissolved gaseous mercury

    • Maria E. Andersson
    • Katarina Gårdfeldt
    • Ingvar Wängberg

    Original Paper 03 May 2008 Pages: 2277 - 2282

    

39. Single-drop microextraction and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry for the determination of volatile aldehydes in fresh cucumbers

    • Tomasz Ligor
    • Bogusław Buszewski

    Original Paper 16 April 2008 Pages: 2283 - 2289

    

40. Analysis of sulfamerazine in pond water and several fishes by high-performance liquid chromatography using molecularly imprinted solid-phase extraction

    • Linyuan Guo
    • Xiaoman Jiang
    • Haixia Zhang

    Original Paper 22 May 2008 Pages: 2291 - 2298

    

41. Azide-selective sensor based on tripodal iron complex for direct azide determination in aqueous samples

    • Ashok Kumar Singh
    • Udai P. Singh
    • Sameena Mehtab

    Original Paper 07 May 2008 Pages: 2299 - 2308

    

42. Comprehensive screening and quantification of veterinary drugs in milk using UPLC–ToF-MS

    • A. A. M. Stolker
    • P. Rutgers
    • M. W. F. Nielen

    Original Paper Open access 20 May 2008 Pages: 2309 - 2322

    

43. Restricted-access media development for direct analysis of drugs in biofluids using capillary liquid chromatography

    • Reda Jarmalavičienė
    • Olga Kornyšova
    • Audrius Maruška

    Original Paper 07 April 2008 Pages: 2323 - 2328

    

44. Determination of illicit and medicinal drugs and their metabolites in oral fluid and preserved oral fluid by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry

    • Marta Concheiro
    • Ana de Castro
    • Manuel López-Rivadulla

    Original Paper 16 May 2008 Pages: 2329 - 2338

    

45. A study of oxaliplatin–nucleobase interactions using ion trap electrospray mass spectrometry

    • Samantha L. Kerr
    • Tamer Shoeib
    • Barry L. Sharp

    Original Paper 07 May 2008 Pages: 2339 - 2348

    

46. Simultaneous determination of hydrochlorothiazide and losartan potassium in tablets by high-performance low-pressure chromatography using a multi-syringe burette coupled to a monolithic column

    • María Antonieta Obando
    • José Manuel Estela
    • Víctor Cerdà

    Original Paper 24 May 2008 Pages: 2349 - 2356

    

47. Modified semi-rotating cryogenic modulator for comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography

    • Minna Kallio
    • Matti Jussila
    • Tuulia Hyötyläinen

    Technical Note 17 May 2008 Pages: 2357 - 2363

    

48. Development of an automated system for isolation and purification of humic substances

    • André van Zomeren
    • Esther van der Weij-Zuiver
    • Rob N. J. Comans

    Technical Note 17 May 2008 Pages: 2365 - 2370

    

49. Thermal desorption characterisation of molecularly imprinted polymers. Part II: Use of direct probe GC–MS analysis to study crosslinking effects

    • Niamh Holland
    • Patrick Duggan
    • Peter McLoughlin

    Erratum 28 May 2008 Pages: 2371 - 2371