1. Foreword

   EditorialNotes Pages: 411 - 411

2. Two decades with PIXE spectrometry at the University of Liège

   • I. Roelandts
   • G. Weber

   OriginalPaper Pages: 413 - 424

3. The use of bioindicators for monitoring the heavy-metal status of the environment

   • B. Markert
   • O. Wappelhorst
   • G. Breulmann

   OriginalPaper Pages: 425 - 429

4. Work in the field of BNCT using the Portuguese Research Reactor

   • I. C. Gonçalves
   • A. G. Ramalho
   • V. Alcober

   OriginalPaper Pages: 431 - 432

5. Uptake of some lanthanides on γ-zirconium phosphate-phosphite and its 1,10-phenanthroline and 2,2-bipyridyl intercalated products

   • S. K. Shakshooki
   • H. B. El Hanash
   • A. M. Bejey

   OriginalPaper Pages: 433 - 434

6. Adsorption of some lanthanides on glassy tin arsenate

   • S. K. Shakshooki
   • E. A. Arafa
   • F. H. Beshewa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 435 - 436

7. Development and implementation of the k₀-standardization and other parametric methods of INAA in Cuba. Part I

   • E. F. Herrera Peraza
   • O. Díaz Rizo
   • M. C. López Reyes

   OriginalPaper Pages: 437 - 443

8. Development and implementation of thek ₀-standardization and other parametric methods of INAA in Cuba. Part II

   • O. Díaz Rizo
   • E. F. Herrera Peraza
   • M. E. Montero Cabrera

   OriginalPaper Pages: 445 - 450

9. Contamination of wheat, rye, and potatoes by foliar application of¹³⁴Cs

   • S. Gerdung
   • M. Pöllot
   • P. Müller

   OriginalPaper Pages: 451 - 454

10. Incorporation of³H₂O into lipids of adult male rat lung after castration

    • N. N. Gómez
    • M. S. Ojeda
    • M. S. Gimenez

    OriginalPaper Pages: 455 - 456

11. Atmospheric deposition of heavy metals in Romania studied by the moss biomonitoring technique employing nuclear and related analytical techniques and GIS technology

    • A. Lucaciu
    • M. V. Frontasyeva
    • L. Timofte

    OriginalPaper Pages: 457 - 458

12. Energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence analysis of marine pollution indicators

    • A. Mendoza
    • R. Cesareo
    • Y. Lorente

    OriginalPaper Pages: 459 - 465

13. One step ion exchange process for the radiochemical separation of americium, plutonium and neptunium in sediments

    • H. Michel
    • G. Barci-Funel
    • G. Ardisson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 467 - 470

14. Use of X-ray analysis in studies of quality of seeds of some species of agricultural and forestry interest

    • M. Micó
    • A. Labrada
    • S. Calderón

    OriginalPaper Pages: 471 - 474

15. The corrections for non-ideal behavior of the epithermal neutron spectrum and the restitution of the simplicity in parametric activation analysis

    • E. H. R. Montoya
    • I. M. Cohen
    • P. Bedregal Salas

    OriginalPaper Pages: 475 - 479

16. A kit of human polyclonal IgG for the diagnosis of infectious processes

    • A. Perera
    • C. Perez
    • G. Parra

    OriginalPaper Pages: 481 - 487

17. Myocardial reversibility detection. Rest NTG^99mTc-MIBI versus²⁰¹TI reinjection. Preliminary results

    • O. Pereztol
    • J. F. Batista
    • B. Pérez

    OriginalPaper Pages: 489 - 497

18. ior egf/r3: A murine monoclonal antibody for diagnostic of epithelial tumors

    • M. Ramos Suzarte
    • N. Rodríguez
    • T. Rodríguez

    OriginalPaper Pages: 499 - 503

19. Synthesis of [¹²³I] iodoantipyrine to study the high-LET characteristics of Auger electrons in mammalian cells

    • J. P. Slabbert
    • J. H. Langenhoven
    • B. S. Smit

    OriginalPaper Pages: 505 - 508

20. Preparation of¹⁵³Sm-particles for radiosynovectomy

    • M. G. Argüelles
    • I. S. Luppi Berlanga
    • E. A. Torres

    OriginalPaper Pages: 509 - 511

21. Preparation of¹³¹IDAB and¹³¹IPAB. Preliminary results

    • E. A. Torres
    • I. S. Luppi Berlanga
    • M. G. Argüelles

    OriginalPaper Pages: 513 - 515

22. Instrumental detection limits in total reflection X-ray fluorescence: Comparison of cut-off and monochromatic excitation devices

    • R. Padilla Alvarez
    • E. Chinea Cano
    • E. D. Greaves

    OriginalPaper Pages: 517 - 522

23. Applications of the X-ray fluorescence analysis to the cultural patrimony of the Comunidad Valenciana (Spain): Painting, metal and paper

    • J. L. Ferrero
    • C. Roldán
    • C. Mata

    OriginalPaper Pages: 523 - 528

24. Positron annihilation lifetime measurements in collagen biopolymer

    • S. Siles
    • G. Moya
    • P. Moser

    OriginalPaper Pages: 529 - 530

25. The neutron flux of a²⁵²Cf neutron activation analysis device using the MCNP code

    • L. Zhao
    • E. Johnson
    • L. Robinson

    End of the Proceedings Pages: 531 - 534

26. N-[¹¹C]methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine (Ecstasy) and 2-methyl-N-[¹¹C]methyl-4,5-methylenedioxyamphetamine: Synthesis and biodistribution studies

    • M. Patt
    • D. Gündisch
    • H. -J. Machulla

    End of the Proceedings Pages: 535 - 540

27. Surface modification in natural fluorapatite after uranyl solution treatment

    • E. Ordoñez-Regil
    • E. T. Romero Guzmán
    • En. Ordoñez Regil

    End of the Proceedings Pages: 541 - 545

28. Strontium and cesium extraction into hydrocarbons using alkyl cobalt dicarbollide and polyethylene glycols

    • R. M. Chamberlin
    • K. D. Abney

    End of the Proceedings Pages: 547 - 553

29. Synergistic extraction of neodymium and carrier-free promethium by the mixture of HDEHP and PC88A

    • D. Nayak
    • S. Lahiri
    • N. R. Das

    End of the Proceedings Pages: 555 - 560

30. Study of prehispanic wall paintings from Xochicalco, Mexico, using PIXE, XRD, SEM and FTIR

    • V. Rodríguez-Lugo
    • L. Ortiz-Velázquez
    • V. M. Castaño

    End of the Proceedings Pages: 561 - 569

31. Thermal behavior of some uranyl bis-(1,3-diketonate) complexes

    • A. Saidel
    • C. N. Turcanu

    End of the Proceedings Pages: 571 - 577

32. Contribution to the thermodynamics of complexes of alkali metal cations with 18-crown-6 in the water—nitrobenzene extraction system

    • E. Makrlík
    • P. Vaňura
    • M. Daňková

    End of the Proceedings Pages: 579 - 583

33. Cesium sorption behavior of a mordenite type synthetic zeolite and its modified form obtained by acid treatment

    • S. K. Samanta

    End of the Proceedings Pages: 585 - 588

34. Uptake of cesium and strontium radioisotopes onto pillared clays

    • A. Dyer
    • N. U. James
    • N. J. Terrill

    End of the Proceedings Pages: 589 - 592

35. Measurements of⁹⁹Tc,¹³⁷Cs,²³⁷Np, Pu isotopes and²⁴¹Am in sediment cores from intertidal coastal and estuarine regions in the Irish Sea

    • J. Kuwabara
    • M. Yamamoto
    • D. J. Assinder

    End of the Proceedings Pages: 593 - 601

36. The immobilisation of anion exchange resins in polymer modified cements

    • A. Dyer
    • P. D. Morgan

    End of the Proceedings Pages: 603 - 611

37. Determination of²²⁶Ra in environmental samples using high-resolution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

    • Yong-Jae Kim
    • Chang-Kyu Kim
    • Byung-Hwan Rho

    End of the Proceedings Pages: 613 - 618

38. Studies on some materials suitable for use as internal standards in high energy EPR dosimetry

    • N. D. Yordanov
    • V. Gancheva
    • V. A. Pelova

    End of the Proceedings Pages: 619 - 622

39. New cross section data on⁶⁸Zn(p, 2n)⁶⁷Ga and^natZn(p,xn)⁶⁷Ga nuclear reactions for the development of a reference data base

    • A. Hermanne
    • F. Szelecsényi
    • P. Van den Winkel

    End of the Proceedings Pages: 623 - 630

40. Extraction of uranium and plutonium from oxalate bearing solutions using phosphonic acid: Solvent extraction, extraction chromatography and infrared studies

    • P. M. Mapara
    • A. G. Godbole
    • M. S. Nagar

    End of the Proceedings Pages: 631 - 635

41. Szilard-Chalmers reaction in praseodymium compounds

    • S. K. Zeisler
    • D. W. Becker
    • K. Weber

    End of the Proceedings Pages: 637 - 641

42. Plutonium measurements in Hanford DOE site waste samples

    • R. A. Dewberry
    • W. T. Boyce

    End of the Proceedings Pages: 643 - 650

43. Effect of oxide additives on radiolytic decomposition of potassium nitrate

    • N. Agrawal
    • A. N. Garg

    End of the Proceedings Pages: 651 - 656

44. Effective coupling of Re/Tc-MAG₃ complexes with amines and nucleobases in aprotic solvents

    • T. Kniess
    • S. Noll
    • B. Johannsen

    Letter to the Editor Pages: 657 - 660

45. A separation procedure for the analysis of⁹⁰Sr,¹⁵⁴Eu, and the actinides²³⁷Np,²³⁹Pu,²⁴¹Am and²⁴⁴Cm

    • H. Ramebäck
    • M. Skålberg

    Letter to the Editor Pages: 661 - 663

46. Radio-labeling techniques in ecological studies: Possible misinterpretation of data

    • B. Rafferty
    • D. Dawson

    Letter to the Editor Pages: 665 - 668

47. Isotope exchange reaction in uranous-uranyl-sulphuric acid system Catalytic effect of Fe(II) on the exchange reaction

    • Yue Tingsheng
    • Ling Daren
    • Wang Yukun

    Letter to the Editor Pages: 669 - 671

48. Comparison of trace metal concentrations in sediments and algae samples from the Küçükçekmece Lagoon and Marmara Sea

    • N. Esen
    • S. Topcuoğlu
    • D. Kut

    Letter to the Editor Pages: 673 - 676

49. The excretion of^110mAg by a gastropod species (Natica intricata)

    • B. Onat
    • A. B. Tuğrul
    • S. Topcuoğlu

    Letter to the Editor Pages: 677 - 679

50. Epithermal neutron activation analysis of food

    • L. Zikovsky
    • K. Soliman

    Letter to the Editor Pages: 681 - 682