In the sphere of analytical instrumentation, effective communication is key, and the language of instruments serves as a signal. For chemists, ensuring that the signal received from the ICP-OES instrument is clear, consistent, and concise becomes an utter priority. The sensitivity of the signal must be finely tuned to be …
In the US, roughly 16% of children experience some form of abuse, including physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. 18% of parents have a permissive parenting style which meets the clinical definition of bad parenting. Harsh parenting is associated with lower-control and higher aggressive attitude in children. Adolescents who have less self-control and stronger aggressive …
Have you ever had that exciting feeling that fresh graduates get when they think they totally nailed an interview that required more skills than they have as new grads? But then, months go by and you never hear back from the employer for the job? You are not alone, I …
The best way to measure your investing success is not by whether you’re beating the market but by whether you’ve put in place a financial plan and a behavioral discipline that are likely to get you where you want to go. – Benjamin Graham I am appalled by the fear …
You cannot strengthen one by weakening another; and you can’t increase the height of a dwarf by cutting off giant’s legs.” Benjamin franklin In January 1993, an unlabeled vial arrived at the white house. It was President Bill Clinton’s allergy medicine. The White House physician at the time Dr. Burton …
Why google is the best search engine out there? In my opinion, it is due to its capability of capturing the least amount of words provided by the user and comes up with the closest answer to your search. The same goes with analytical methods, one of the critical performance …
It is the ability of the method to obtain test results proportional to the concentration of analyte. What are the components of linearity? Figure 1 How to evaluate linearity? Figure 2 As per ICH guidelines Q2B, R1, the linearity should be evaluated initially by visual inspection of the response versus …
Figure 1 Did you ever think of what the possible reasons for variation in the pharmaceutical drug product development could be? In other words, why does a process lose stability when a change is encountered? So, what can you do about this? How do you reduce uncertainty without encumbering the …
Accuracy is a critical parameter in method validation as it confirms the suitability of the method and ensures accurate quantification of the analytes in the sample. True positive and true negative is the observation that is correctly predicted and therefore shown in green. We want to minimize false positive and …
Have you ever wondered how the same exact cup of Starbucks coffee you’ve in D.C. tastes the same as the one in Cairo? Conversely, considering everything is the same in terms of supply chain and manpower, yet the competitors failed to offer consistent taste experience. Thus, how do you thrive …
