APPLICATION OF TOTAL-REFLECTION X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY (TXRF) TO GEOLOGICAL OBJECTS: EXPERIENCE OF THE TXRF LABORATORY, CENTER FOR GEODYNAMICS AND GEOCHRONOLOGY

Unlike conventional X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, the total-reflection X-ray fluorescence spectrometry is not a widespread and routine method for analyzing solid samples with mineral matrix, but it has a great potential for geochemical, geological, and archaeological studies.Rapid multi-elemental analysis of very small sample amounts can be perf

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How Karen Tei Yamashita Literalizes Feminist Subversion: Extreme Domesticity, Space-Off Reversals, and Virtual Resistances in Tropic of Orange

In Tropic of Orange (1997), Karen Tei Yamashita builds an expansive narrative on the premise that the Tropic of Cancer shifts mysteriously from its actual latitude, barely north of Mazatlán, México, to that of L.A.’s latitude: from 23.43692° north of the Equator to 34.0522° N.By doing so, Yamashita literally takes that whi

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Treatment and outcome of CPD-associated peritonitis

Abstract CPD-associated peritonitis is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality for ESRD patients Bags maintained on CPD therapy.The percentage of ESRD patients maintained on CPD therapy is declining.The reasons are unclear, but may be due to concerns about CPD-associated peritonitis.The incidence of CPD-associated peritonitis has decreased large

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