Raman spectroscopic signature of blood and its potential application to forensic body fluid identification

Near-infrared (NIR) Raman spectroscopy was used to measure spectra of dried human blood samples from multiple donors. Two major questions addressed in this paper involve the influence of sample heterogeneity and potential Raman spectral variations that could arise between different donors of blood. Advanced statistical analysis of spectra obtained from multiple spots on dry samples showed that dry blood is chemically heterogeneous, and its Raman spectra could be presented very well as a linear combination of a fluorescent background and two Raman spectroscopic components that are dominated by hemoglobin and fibrin, respectively. Each sample Raman spectrum contains the same major peaks, but the relative contribution of the hemoglobin and fibrin components varies with the donor. Therefore, no single spectrum could adequately represent an experimental Raman spectrum of dry blood in a quantitative way, but rather the combination of hemoglobin and fibrin spectral components could be considered to be a spectroscopic signature for blood. This proof-of-concept approach shows the potential for Raman spectroscopy to be used in forensic analysis to identify an unknown substance such as blood.     

Identification of species’ blood by attenuated total reflection (ATR) Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy

Blood is one of the most common and informative forms of biological evidence found at a crime scene. A very crucial step in forensic investigations is identifying a blood stain’s origin. The standard methods currently employed for analyzing blood are destructive to the sample and time-consuming. In this study, attenuated total reflection (ATR) Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy is used as a confirmatory, nondestructive, and rapid method for distinction between human and animal (nonhuman) blood. Partial least squares-discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) models were built and demonstrated complete separation between human and animal donors, as well as distinction between three separate species: human, cat, and dog. Classification predictions of unknown blood donors were performed by the model, resulting in 100 % accuracy. This study demonstrates ATR FT-IR spectroscopy’s great potential for blood stain analysis and species discrimination, both in the lab and at a crime scene since portable ATR FT-IR instrumentation is commercially available.     

Quasi-Molecular Optical Transitions near Resonance Lines of Kr and Xe Atoms in Helium

Optics and Spectroscopy - The emission and absorption spectra of Kr and Xe atoms near the 1,3P1–1S0 resonance lines in an atmosphere of helium atoms under equilibrium conditions have been...     

Reactor target from metal chromium for “pure” high-intensive artificial neutrino source

The paper presents the first results of development of manufacturing technology of metallic chromium targets from highly enriched isotope ⁵⁰Cr for irradiation in a high flux nuclear reactor to obtain a compact high intensity neutrino source with low content of radionuclide impurities and minimum losses of enriched isotope. The main technological stages are the hydrolysis of chromyl fluoride, the electrochemical reduction of metallic chromium, the hot isostatic pressing of chromium powder and the electrical discharge machining of chromium bars. The technological stages of hot isostatic pressing of chromium powder and of electrical discharge machining of Cr rods have been tested.     

Radiative lifetime of the v′1(3P2) states of the HgAr, HgKr, and HgXe molecules and the probabilities A(v′, v″) of the v′1(3P2?v″0+(1S0) transitions

A semiempirical method of analysis of quasi-molecular terms in conjunction with experimental potentials of interaction of Hg(6(³ P ₁)) atoms with Ar, Kr, and Xe atoms are used to obtain the Hg(6³ P ₂)-Ar, Kr, Xe interaction potential, which are applied to calculating the radiative lifetimes of the v′1(³ P ₂) states of the HgAr, HgKr, and HgXe molecules and the probabilities of the v′1(³ P ₂)−v″0⁺(¹ S ₀) transitions.     

Study of theω π + system

The mass spectra of theω π ⁰ system, produced inπ ^? p charge-exchange reactions at 38 GeV/c and 100 GeV/c, show a new neutral state with a mass of 2200±20 MeV and a width of 260±50 MeV. Likeρ ₃(1690), this meson,X(2200), is produced through one-pion-exchange.X(2200)J ^PC is likely 1^??. It might be a 2³ D ₁ radial-orbital excitation ofρ ⁰. Its production cross section falls with energy quadratically, in agreement with one-pion-exchange. The cross sections forb ₁(1235) andρ ₃(1690) production have also been measured; their energy dependences have been determined.     

Reactor target from metal chromium for “pure” high-intensive artificial neutrino source

The paper presents the first results of development of manufacturing technology of metallic chromium targets from highly enriched isotope ⁵⁰Cr for irradiation in a high flux nuclear reactor to obtain a compact high intensity neutrino source with low content of radionuclide impurities and minimum losses of enriched isotope. The main technological stages are the hydrolysis of chromyl fluoride, the electrochemical reduction of metallic chromium, the hot isostatic pressing of chromium powder and the electrical discharge machining of chromium bars. The technological stages of hot isostatic pressing of chromium powder and of electrical discharge machining of Cr rods have been tested.     

The special features of heat transfer in a supercritical fluid: Mathematical and physical modeling results

The special features of heat transfer in a supercritical fluid were considered for the example of two problems, those of Rayleigh-Bénard convection in a horizontal layer heated from below and nonstationary heat transfer in a closed volume with heated boundaries. Isentropic equilibrium of a compressible medium that obeyed the van der Waals equation of state was studied. The calculation results were generalized, and the special features of convective heat transfer in a supercritical fluid beyond the stability threshold of hydrostatic equilibrium were discussed. The results of numerical and experimental studies of the relaxation of density and temperature nonuniformities as the temperature of volume walls changed were presented. The calculations were performed using the complete system of Navier-Stokes equations and the equation of state of an ideal or van der Waals gas.