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ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA An international journal devoted to all branches of analytical chemistry (Full texts are incorporated in CJELSEVIER, a file in the Chemical Journals Online database available on STN International: Abstracted, indexed in: Aluminium Abstracts; Anal. Abstr; Biol. Abstr.; BIOSIS; Chem. Abstr.; Curr. Contents Phys. Chem. Earth Sci.; Engineered Materials Abstracts; Excerpta Medica; Index Med.; Life Sci; Mass Spectrum. Bull.; Material Business Alerts; Metals Abstracts; Sci. Citation Index) VOL. 393 NOS. 1-3 CONTENTS June 30, 1999 Special Issue Reviews on Analytical Chemistry ‘A Collection of papers presented at Euroanalysis 10’ Basel, Switzerland, 6—11 September 1998 Foreword Historical introduction Swiss contributions to chemistry: five hundred years of progress, from alchemy to a modern science DT. Burns (Belfast, UK) Sensors lon sensors: current limits and new trends E. Bakker (Auburn, AL, USA), D. Diamond (Dublin, Ireland), A. Lewenstam (Cracow, Poland) and E. Pretsch (Zurich, Switzerland) Potentiometric properties and impedance spectroscopic data of poly(vinyl chloride) membranes containing quaternary ammonium salts of different chemical structure A. Schwake, K. Cammann (Minster, Germany), A.L. Smirnova, S.S. Levitchev, V.L. Khitrova, A.L. Grekovich and Y. G. Viasov (St. Petersburg, Russia) Highly parallel affinity sensor for the detection of environmental contaminants in water M.G. Weller, A.J. Schuetz, M. Winklmair and R. Niessner (Munich, Germany) Amperometric gas sensors Amperometric gas sensors with detection limits in the low ppb range AWE. Hodgson, P. Jacquinot, L.R. Jordan and PC. Hauser (Basel, Switzerland) Semiconductor sensors for the detection off luorocarbons, fluorine and hydrogen fluoride W. Moritz, L. Bartholomaus, U. Roth (Berlin, Germany),V .F ilippov, A. Vasiliev and A.T erentjev ( Moscow, Russian Federation) 49 An artificial nose based on a micromechanical cantilever array H.P. Lang, M.K. Baller (Rischlikon, Switzerland and Basel, Switzerland), R. Berger, C. Gerber, J.K. Gimzewski (Riischlikon, Switzerland), F.M. Battiston, P. Fornaro, J.P. Ramseyer, E. Meyer and H.J. Giintherodt (Basel, Switzerland). 59 (Continued overleaf) ¢ nty/ChemWeb.com http://ch b /gateways/elsevier. html CO N T E NTS This journal is part of ContentsDirect, the free alerting service which sends tables of contents by e-mail for Elsevier Science books and journals. You can register for @ ContentsDirect online at: www.elsevier.nl/locate/contentsdirect Multicomponent gas analysis of a mixture of chloroform, octane and toluene using a piezoelectric quartz crystal sensor array M.N. Abbas, G.A. Moustafa (Cairo, Egypt), J. Mitrovics and W. Gopel (Tubingen, Germany) Electrophoresis Field-portable capillary electrophoresis instrument with potentiometric and amperometric detection T. Kappes, P. Schnierle and PC. Hauser (Basel, Switzerland) Heterogeneous humoral immune responses in cerebrospinal fluid arising from inflammatory diseases of the human central nervous system. Detection of oligoclonal immunoglobulin bands after isoelectric focusing T.O. Kleine (Marburg, Germany) Enzymes and immunoassay Alkaline phosphatase as a label for immunoassay using amperometric detection with a variety of substrates and an optimal buffer system M.-P. Kreuzer, C.K. O'Sullivan and G.G. Guilbault (Cork, Ireland) Determination of permethrin in indoor air by liquid chromatography with enzyme linked immunosorbent assay S. Oepkemeier, S. Schreiber (Minster, Germany), D. Breuer (Sankt Augustin, Germany), G. Key and W. Kleibohmer (Minster, Germany) Analysis of several real matrices using new mono-, bi-enzymatic, or inhibition organic phase enzyme electrodes L. Campanella, G. Favero, M.P. Sammartino and M. Tomassetti (Rome, Italy) Environmental analysis Bisegmented flow system for determination of low concentrations of gaseous constituents in gaseous samples M. do Carmo Hespanhol da Silva and C. Pasquini (Campinas-SP, Brazil) Investigation of organic pollutants from house heating systems using biogenic fuels and correlations with other exhaust gas components O.Vierle (Minchen, Germany),T .L aunhardt, A. Strehler (Freising, Germany), R. Dumler-Gradl, H. Thoma and M. Schreiner (Munchen, Germany) Polarographic and voltammetric determination of selected nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons J. Barek, M. Pumera, A. Muck, M. Kaderabkova and J. Zima (Prague, Czech Republic) Training and quality assurance Towards a closer integration of Ph.D. training to industrial and societal needs F. Adams and E. Mathieu (Antwerp, Belgium) Quality assurance good practice for research and development and non-routine analysis D.G. Holcombe (Middlesex, UK), B. Neidhart (Geesthacht, Germany), P. Radvila (Gais, Switzerland),W .S teck (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and W.Wegscheider (Leoben, Austria) Validation and quality control schemes based on the expression of results with uncertainty R.J.N. Bettencourt da Silva, M.F.G.F.C. Camoes and J. Seabra e Barros (Lisbon, Portugal) The validation of methods based on polymerase chain reaction for the detection of genetically modified organisms in food E. Anklam (Ispra, Italy) Chemometrics Multivariate data analysis of key pollutants in sewage samples: a case study M. Pantsar-Kallio (Lahti, Finland), S.-P. Mujunen (Lappeenranta, Finland), G. Hatzimihalis, P. Koutoufides (Melbourne, Australia), P.M inkkinen (Lappeenranta, Finland), P.J. Wilkie and M.A. Connor (Melbourne, Australia) .... Joined knowledge- and signal processing for infrared spectrum interpretation F. Ehrentreich (Dresden, Germany) Mass spectrometry Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry of industrial materials B.A. Keller and P. Hug (Diibendorf, Switzerland) Combinatorial chemistry Monitoring solid phase synthesis by infrared spectroscopic techniques W. Huber, A. Bubendorf, A. Grieder (Basel, Switzerland) and D. Obrecht (Zurich, Switzerland) UV-visible spectrophotometry Determination of manganese in steel after extraction of dimethyldistearylammonium permanganate S.A. Barakat (Irbid, Jordan) Determination of protein and casein in milk by fourth derivative UV spectrophotometry Q. Lithi-Peng and Z. Puhan (Ziirich, Switzerland) Ferritin characterisation Characterization of dugong liver ferritin |.H.A. Rahman (Brunei, Darussalam),W .C hua-anusorn, J. Webb, D.J. Macey and T.G.S. Pierre (Perth, Australia) Author index Calendar of forthcoming meetings