Download or read book New Microbiotests for Routine Toxicity Screening and Biomonitoring written by Guido Persoone and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2000-05-31 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This special volume is the proceedings of the 'International Symposium on New Microbiotests for Routine Toxicity Screening and Biomonitoring -- Development -- Applications -- Cost-effectiveness', held in June 1998 in Brno, Czech Republic. It comprises 60 original and peer-reviewed papers selected from over 100 oral and poster presentations given during the symposium. Features: Latest overview and state-of-the-art of microscale bioassays with special emphasis on their application in various domains of environmental contamination; reviews on toxicity testing with microbiotests in a regulatory framework; description and application of microbiotests with lethal and sublethal test criteria, and of their sensitivity in comparison with conventional bioassays; detailed reports on investigations with small-scale toxicity tests on natural waters, wastes, contaminated air, soils and sediments, specific chemicals and biotoxins; application of new microbiotests for mutagenicity and genotoxicity screening; critical evaluation of the potential of specific microbiotests as alternatives to conventional toxicity tests.

Download or read book Validation in Chemical Measurement written by Paul De Bièvre and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-01-12 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The validation of analytical methods is based on the characterisation of a measurement procedure (selectivity, sensitivity, repeatability, reproducibility). This volume collects 31 outstanding papers on the topic, mostly published in the period 2000-2003 in the journal "Accreditation and Quality Assurance". They provide the latest understanding, and possibly the rationale why it is important to integrate the concept of validation into the standard procedures of every analytical laboratory. In addition, this anthology considers the benefits to both: the analytical laboratory and the user of the measurement results.