1. Foreword

   EditorialNotes Pages: 207 - 207

2. Systematical calculations on the ground state properties of heavy and superheavy nuclei

   • Z. Z. Ren
   • Y. C. Mao
   • T. K. Dong

   OriginalPaper Pages: 209 - 213

3. Fusion of weakly bound nuclei

   • P. R. S. Gomes
   • I. Padron
   • J. Lubian

   OriginalPaper Pages: 215 - 218

4. Neutron induced reactions at the Athens Tandem Accelerator NCSR “Demokritos”

   • R. Vlastou
   • C. T. Papadopoulos
   • S. Harissopulos

   OriginalPaper Pages: 219 - 222

5. Study of the ²⁴¹Am(n,2n)²⁴⁰Am reaction cross section in the energy range of E _n = 8.8−11.1 MeV

   • G. Perdikakis
   • C. T. Papadopoulos
   • N. Patronis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 223 - 226

6. Production cross section of ²³⁶Th in the interaction of ²³⁸U with 60 MeV/u ¹⁸O ions

   • Y. B. Xu
   • S. D. Zhang
   • Y. N. Niu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 227 - 230

7. Measurement of activation cross sections of the proton induced nuclear reactions on palladium

   • F. Ditrói
   • F. Tárkányi
   • A. I. Dityuk

   OriginalPaper Pages: 231 - 235

8. Multiple-humped fission and fusion barriers of actinide and superheavy elements

   • G. Royer
   • C. Bonilla

   OriginalPaper Pages: 237 - 242

9. An upper limit to interstellar ²⁴⁴Pu abundance as deduced from radiochemical search in deep-sea sediment: An account

   • M. Paul
   • A. Valenta
   • K. Sakamoto

   OriginalPaper Pages: 243 - 245

10. The interaction between trivalent 4f and 5f-block elements and thiocyanate ion

    • T. Mori
    • H. Suganuma
    • I. Satoh

    OriginalPaper Pages: 247 - 250

11. Effects of hydroxyl radicals generated from the depleted uranium-hydrogen peroxide systems

    • A. Nakajima
    • Y. Ueda

    OriginalPaper Pages: 251 - 255

12. Separation of americium and curium by use of tertiary pyridine resin in nitric acid/methanol mixed solvent system

    • T. Suzuki
    • K. Otake
    • M. Ozawa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 257 - 262

13. Liquid-liquid extraction of protactinium(V) using tri-iso-octylamine

    • H. J. Ding
    • Y. N. Niu
    • X. L. Wu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 263 - 266

14. A low-cost system for rapid automatic neutron activation analysis at small research reactors

    • G. P. Westphal
    • F. Grass
    • J. Sterba

    OriginalPaper Pages: 267 - 271

15. High-sensitive elemental analysis using multi-parameter coincidence spectrometer: GEMINI-II

    • Y. Hatsukawa
    • Y. Miyamoto
    • K. Toyoda

    OriginalPaper Pages: 273 - 276

16. Comparative study between radioactive contamination in powder milk by Chernobyl accident (¹³⁷Cs) and natural radioactivity (⁴⁰K)

    • J. M. Navarrete
    • T. Martínez
    • L. Cabrera

    OriginalPaper Pages: 277 - 279

17. Peculiarities of the distribution of some elements in vegetation samples

    • S. A. Bakiev
    • J. Rakhmanov
    • S. Turaev

    OriginalPaper Pages: 281 - 284

18. Automation of analysis of airborne radionuclides observed in Canadian CTBT radiological monitoring networks using LINSSI

    • K. Ungar
    • W. Zhang
    • M. Nikkinen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 285 - 291

19. Application of radiochemical technique in the investigation of chemical reaction at low temperature

    • K. Iguchi
    • K. Okuno
    • Y. Aratono

    OriginalPaper Pages: 293 - 297

20. Development in fission track-thermal ionization mass spectrometry for particle analysis of safeguards environmental samples

    • C. G. Lee
    • K. Iguchi
    • S. Usuda

    OriginalPaper Pages: 299 - 302

21. Analysis of toxic elements by MPGA

    • Y. Toh
    • M. Koizumi
    • J. Goto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 303 - 305

22. 5p Electronic properties of Gd in Gd@C₈₂(OH)_x studied by synchrotron radiation XPS

    • Jun Tang
    • Gengmei Xing
    • Yuliang Zhao

    OriginalPaper Pages: 307 - 310

23. Preparation and characterization of loess sediment for use as a reference material in the annual radiation dose determination for luminescence dating

    • F. De Corte
    • D. Vandenberghe
    • P. Van den Haute

    OriginalPaper Pages: 311 - 319

24. Sequential determination of ultra-trace highly siderophile elements and rare earth elements by radiochemical neutron activation analysis: Application to pallasite meteorites

    • H. Minowa
    • M. Takeda
    • M. Ebihara

    OriginalPaper Pages: 321 - 325

25. Application of AMS ¹⁴C measurements to criminal investigations

    • T. Nakamura
    • S. Kojima
    • E. Niu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 327 - 332

26. Element distribution in the brain of rats exposed to lanthanum measured by synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence

    • L. X. Feng
    • H. Q. Xiao
    • Z. Y. Zhang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 333 - 337

27. Investigation of the interaction of Greek dolomitic marble with metal aqueous solutions using rutherford backscattering and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

    • A. Godelitsas
    • M. Kokkoris
    • P. Misaelides

    OriginalPaper Pages: 339 - 344

28. Determination of the metal balance shift induced in small fresh water fish by X-ray irradiation using PIXE analysis

    • M. Yukawa
    • K. Aoki
    • Y. Ishikawa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 345 - 352

29. Determination of hydrogen in rock samples by neutron-induced prompt gamma-ray analysis

    • S. Yamazaki
    • Y. Oura
    • M. Ebihara

    OriginalPaper Pages: 353 - 357

30. Cytochemical behavior of rare earth ions in Euglena gracilis studied by XAFS

    • Q. G. Ren
    • Y. Hua
    • L. W. Zhou

    OriginalPaper Pages: 359 - 362

31. Determination of trace siderophile elements in rock and meteorite samples by radiochemical neutron activation analysis

    • M. Takeda
    • H. Minowa
    • M. Ebihara

    OriginalPaper Pages: 363 - 369

32. Biosorptive behavior of mango (Mangifera indica) and neem (Azadirachta indica) barks for ¹³⁴Cs from aqueous solutions: A radiotracer study

    • S. P. Mishra
    • D. Tiwari
    • M. Mishra

    OriginalPaper Pages: 371 - 379

33. Elemental compositions of atmospheric particulates collected in Japan from 2002 to 2004

    • Y. Oura
    • H. Iguchi
    • M. Ebihara

    OriginalPaper Pages: 381 - 385

34. Radiolabeling and in vitro evaluation of the polystyrene particles as a promising probe in biomedical sciences

    • J. M. Chen
    • M. G. Tan
    • Y. Li

    OriginalPaper Pages: 387 - 390

35. Determination of the hydrogen concentration in coal and titanium alloy by prompt gamma neutron activation analysis

    • Y. S. Chung
    • J. H. Moon
    • H. R. Kim

    OriginalPaper Pages: 391 - 395

36. An attempt for determining ²³⁵U/²³⁸U ratio for a trace amount of uranium: Search for an extinct radionuclide ²⁴⁷Cm in the early solar system

    • J. Y. Chai
    • Y. Miyamoto
    • M. Ebihara

    OriginalPaper Pages: 397 - 401

37. Determination of boron in a black mouse by prompt gamma activation analysis

    • H. J. Cho
    • K. J. Chun
    • H. R. Kim

    OriginalPaper Pages: 403 - 407

38. Serum analysis of coronary heart disease patients by instrumental neutron activation analysis

    • Jong-Hwa Moon
    • Yong-Sam Chung
    • Okhee Lee

    OriginalPaper Pages: 409 - 412

39. Impact of microorganism on polonium volatilization

    • N. Momoshima
    • A. Fukuda
    • C. Yoshinaga

    OriginalPaper Pages: 413 - 417

40. Determination of trace elements in hepatocyte of zinc deficient mice by means of INAA

    • J. Kamishima
    • T. Ogi
    • M. Yanaga

    OriginalPaper Pages: 419 - 422

41. Indirect measurement of secondary-particle distributions by an Au activation method at the KEK neutrino target station

    • H. Matsumura
    • T. Miura
    • T. Suzuki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 423 - 428

42. Change of concentrations of trace elements and protein contents in the liver of zinc deficient mice

    • R. Minayoshi
    • T. Ohyama
    • M. Yanaga

    OriginalPaper Pages: 429 - 431

43. Red-thermoluminescence dating using quartz grains extracted from a roof-tile of an old Japanese temple

    • Y. Nakata
    • M. Tamaki
    • T. Hashimoto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 433 - 438

44. Radiocarbon dating of an ancient Japanese document “Minamoto no Yoritomo Sodehan Migyosho” by accelerator mass spectrometry

    • H. Oda
    • M. Akiyama
    • T. Nakamura

    OriginalPaper Pages: 439 - 442

45. Estimation of growth rate of hokutolite from Tamagawa hot-spring, Akita, Japan

    • T. Saito

    OriginalPaper Pages: 443 - 446