All Outputs (13)

Use of strontium isotope ratios in geolocation of Guatemalan population: Potential role in identification of remains. (2022)
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Austin, R., Fowler, G., Croxton, R., Evans, J., Thompson, D. F., Cooper, J. J., & Perez Tanchez, M. (2022). Use of strontium isotope ratios in geolocation of Guatemalan population: Potential role in identification of remains. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 67(5), 1962-1970. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.15116

Within post-conflict communities, attempts to identify and repatriate unidentified and missing individuals poses a difficult task. As current forensic strategies commonly lack the capacity to provide region of origin assessments, forensic anthropolog... Read More about Use of strontium isotope ratios in geolocation of Guatemalan population: Potential role in identification of remains..

Evaluation and characterisation of metal sorption and retention by drinking water treatment residuals (WTRs) for environmental remediation (2021)
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Arab, K., Thompson, D., & Oliver, I. (2021). Evaluation and characterisation of metal sorption and retention by drinking water treatment residuals (WTRs) for environmental remediation. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-021-03674-8

Drinking water treatment residuals (WTRs) are wastes generated when water is clarified using aluminium or iron salts. They are increasingly being considered as a resource with potential reuse value, particularly in relation to soil or water remediati... Read More about Evaluation and characterisation of metal sorption and retention by drinking water treatment residuals (WTRs) for environmental remediation.

Mine spoil remediation via biochar addition to immobilise potentially toxic elements and promote plant growth for phytostabilisation. (2021)
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Thompson, D., Oliver, I., & Alhar, M. (2021). Mine spoil remediation via biochar addition to immobilise potentially toxic elements and promote plant growth for phytostabilisation. Journal of Environmental Management, 111500 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111500

There are thousands of disused and abandoned mining sites around the world with substantial accumulations of exposed mine spoil materials that pose a direct threat to their surrounding environment. Management of such sites, and neutralisation of the... Read More about Mine spoil remediation via biochar addition to immobilise potentially toxic elements and promote plant growth for phytostabilisation..

Trialling water treatment residuals in the remediation of former mine site soils: investigating improvements achieved for plants, earthworms and soil solution. (2020)
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Arab, K., Thompson, D., & Oliver, I. (2020). Trialling water treatment residuals in the remediation of former mine site soils: investigating improvements achieved for plants, earthworms and soil solution. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 1277-1291. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.4706

During clarification processes of raw water a vast amount of by-product known as drinking water treatment residuals (WTRs) are produced, being principally composed of hydroxides of the Al or Fe salts added during water treatment plus the impurities t... Read More about Trialling water treatment residuals in the remediation of former mine site soils: investigating improvements achieved for plants, earthworms and soil solution..

The Effect of Storage Temperature on the Metabolic Profiles Derived from Chicken Eggs (2020)
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Johnson, A. E., Sidwick, K. L., Pirgozliev, V. R., Edge, A., & Thompson, D. F. (2020). The Effect of Storage Temperature on the Metabolic Profiles Derived from Chicken Eggs. Food Control, 106930 -106930. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2019.106930

Metabonomic profiling, using High Performance Liquid Chromatography Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (HPLC-Q-ToF-MS), was adopted in this study to uncover differences in the small molecule profiles of egg yolks, between two sets of six egg... Read More about The Effect of Storage Temperature on the Metabolic Profiles Derived from Chicken Eggs.

The Metabolic Fate and Effects of 2-Bromophenol in Male Sprague-Dawley Rats. (2019)
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Thompson, D. F. (2019). The Metabolic Fate and Effects of 2-Bromophenol in Male Sprague-Dawley Rats. Xenobiotica, 1352-1359. https://doi.org/10.1080/00498254.2018.1559376

1. The metabolic fate and urinary excretion of 2-bromophenol, a phenolic metabolite of bromobenzene, was investigated in male Sprague Dawley rats following single intraperitoneal doses at either 0, 100 or 200?mg/kg. 2. Urine was collected for seven d... Read More about The Metabolic Fate and Effects of 2-Bromophenol in Male Sprague-Dawley Rats..

The use of metabonomics to uncover differences between the small molecule profiles of eggs from cage and barn housing systems (2019)
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Thompson. (2019). The use of metabonomics to uncover differences between the small molecule profiles of eggs from cage and barn housing systems. Food Control, 165-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2019.01.023

Metabonomic techniques have been used to observe differences in the small molecule profiles of chicken eggs, to work towards the detection, and thus prevention, of fraud regarding the misrepresentation of egg farming systems. High Performance Liquid... Read More about The use of metabonomics to uncover differences between the small molecule profiles of eggs from cage and barn housing systems.

The Metabonomic Profiling of Chicken Eggs During Storage Using High Performance Liquid Chromatography Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (2018)
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Thompson. (2018). The Metabonomic Profiling of Chicken Eggs During Storage Using High Performance Liquid Chromatography Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.8b01031

Metabonomic techniques have been used to discover subtle differences in the small molecule profiles of chicken
eggs, which could help to combat fraud within the egg industry. High Performance Liquid Chromatography Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spec... Read More about The Metabonomic Profiling of Chicken Eggs During Storage Using High Performance Liquid Chromatography Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry.

The Use of Liquid Chromatography Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry and Metabonomic Profiling to Differentiate Between Normally Slaughtered and Dead On Arrival Poultry Meat (2017)
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Thompson. (2017). The Use of Liquid Chromatography Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry and Metabonomic Profiling to Differentiate Between Normally Slaughtered and Dead On Arrival Poultry Meat. Analytical Chemistry, 12131-12136. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.7b02749

Metabonomic profiling techniques, with established quality control methods, have been used to detect subtle metabolic differences in tissue that could aid in the discovery of fraud within the food industry. Liquid chromatography quadrupole time-of-fl... Read More about The Use of Liquid Chromatography Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry and Metabonomic Profiling to Differentiate Between Normally Slaughtered and Dead On Arrival Poultry Meat.

Simple, Robust, and Plasticizer-Free Iodide-Selective Sensor Based on Copolymerized Triazole-Based Ionic Liquid (2016)
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Mendecki, L., Chen, X., Callan, N., Thompson, D. F., Schazmann, B., Granados-Focil, S., & Radu, A. (2016). Simple, Robust, and Plasticizer-Free Iodide-Selective Sensor Based on Copolymerized Triazole-Based Ionic Liquid. Analytical Chemistry, 4311 -4317. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.5b04461

Novel solid-contact iodide-selective electrodes based on covalently attached 1,2,3 triazole ionic liquid (IL) were prepared and investigated in this study. Triazole-based IL moieties were synthesized using click chemistry and were further copolymeriz... Read More about Simple, Robust, and Plasticizer-Free Iodide-Selective Sensor Based on Copolymerized Triazole-Based Ionic Liquid.

Rapid production of cyclonic spray chambers for inductively coupled plasma applications using low cost 3D printer technology (2014)
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Thompson, D. F. (2014). Rapid production of cyclonic spray chambers for inductively coupled plasma applications using low cost 3D printer technology. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 2262 -2266. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4JA00291A

The development of low cost 3D printer technology is having a profound effect on everyday life. Over the past few years there have been many reports in the media detailing futuristic uses of this technology. Whilst the merits of these applications ar... Read More about Rapid production of cyclonic spray chambers for inductively coupled plasma applications using low cost 3D printer technology.

Phosphorus and sulfur metabonomic profiling of tissue and plasma obtained from tumour-bearing mice using ultra-performance liquid chromatography/inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry: Profiling of tissue and plasma samples using UPLC/ICP-MS (2013)
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Thompson, D. F., Michopoulos, F., Smith, C. J., Duckett, C. J., Wilkinson, R. W., Jarvis, P., & Wilson, I. D. (2013). Phosphorus and sulfur metabonomic profiling of tissue and plasma obtained from tumour-bearing mice using ultra-performance liquid chromatography/inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry: Profiling of tissue and plasma samples using UPLC/ICP-MS. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 27(22), 2539-2545. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.6722

RATIONALE
Metabonomic studies use complex biological samples (blood plasma/serum, tissues, etc.) that when analysed with high-performance liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (HPLC/MS) or nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) generate profiles that ma... Read More about Phosphorus and sulfur metabonomic profiling of tissue and plasma obtained from tumour-bearing mice using ultra-performance liquid chromatography/inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry: Profiling of tissue and plasma samples using UPLC/ICP-MS.

Profiling biological samples using ultra performance liquid chromatography–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry (UPLC-ICP-MS) for the determination of phosphorus and sulfur-containing metabolites (2011)
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Thompson. (2011). Profiling biological samples using ultra performance liquid chromatography–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry (UPLC-ICP-MS) for the determination of phosphorus and sulfur-containing metabolites. Molecular BioSystems, 1149 - 1157. https://doi.org/10.1039/C0MB00195C

In this preliminary study UPLC-ICP-MS has been utilized to profile a range of different bio-fluids and tissue extracts for sulfur and phosphorus-containing metabolites. Particular attention has been given to the livers, plasma and urine from lean and... Read More about Profiling biological samples using ultra performance liquid chromatography–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry (UPLC-ICP-MS) for the determination of phosphorus and sulfur-containing metabolites.