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NIR News Volume 6 Issue 1 (1995) Pages 3–6 Polymer Process Control. Near infrared spectroscopy for polymer reaction and process control: Synthesis, processing and recycling Heinz Siesler Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Essen, D-45117 Essen, Germany Page 6 EAS 94. "My first view". P9 EAS 94: A week of NIR prospecting H.W. Siesler Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Essen, D-45117 Essen, Germany Pages 7–9 A basic strategy for approaching near infrared analytical problems, Part 1: Using hydrocarbon analysis as an example Jerry Workman, Jr The Perkin Elmer Corporation, Real-Time Systems Division, 761 Main Street, Norwalk, CT 06859-0036, USA Pages 9–12 Letter to the Editor. Available data from Volume 1 of JNIRS. JNIRS Data Bank Chris Scotter and David Evans Campden & Chorleywood Food Research Association, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, GL55 6LD, UK Pages 10–12 Resin Identification. Near infrared techniques for resin identification M.K. Alam, S.L. Stanton and G.A. Hebner Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185, USA Pages 13–14 Selection of samples for calibration using spectral information Tormod Næs and Tomas Isaksson MATFORSK, Oslovegen 1, N-1430 Ås, Norway Page 14 Editorial. New Australian Editor. Tony DaviesEditor, NIR news, NIR Publications Volume 6 Issue 2 (1995) Page 3 10th Anniversary Symposium on NIR Spectroscopy, Tsukuba, Japan, 16-18 Nov 1994 NIR News "Jay" Junich Sugiyama National Food Research Institute, Japan Page 4 Letters to the Editor. Lessons from the Earthquake? Yukihiro Ozaki Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Japan Page 5 Cho group at Kyungpook National University, Korea Rae Kwang Cho Department of Agricultural Chemistry, College of Agriculture, Kyungpook National University, Taegu, Korea Pages 6–7 A basic strategy for approaching near infrared analytical problems, Part II: Using hydrocarbon analysis as an example Jerry Workman, Jr The Perkin Elmer Corporation, Real-Time Systems Division, 761 Main Street, Norwalk, CT 06859-0036, USA Pages 8–13 Updating PLS calibration models Kristian Helland SINTEF Applied Chemistry, 7034 Trondheim, Norway Pages 10–11 Why not try NIR microspectroscopy? Gilbert Lachenal and Isabelle Stevenson Université Lyon 1, Laboratoire des Materiaux Plastiques et des Biomateriaux, URA 507, F-69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France Page 14 ICNIRS Page. Record Donation from NIR-94, Message of thanks, News from Australia, Hirschfeld award, Montreal Update, ICNIRS rule changes, EAS Award 1995, A year in Paris? Editorial Staff Page 15 Editorial. The electronic grapevine Tony Davies Editor, NIR news, NIR Publications Pages 15–0 Diary (1995) Editorial Staff NIR News Volume 6 Issue 3 (1995) Pages 2–3 Neural networks as calibration methods Inge Helland and Knut Kvaal MATFORSK—Norwegian Food Research Institute, Ås, Norway Pages 4–0 News. NIR at Wolves, Award Editorial Staff Pages 5–0 NIR-95 Update Editorial Staff Pages 7–0 Chemometrics bibliography, Part 1 Jerry Workman, Jr The Perkin Elmer Corporation, Real-Time Systems Division, 761 Main Street, Norwalk, CT 06859-0036, USA Pages 9–0 New Products. FT-NIR, Meat analyser, Rotating sample drawer, Portable NIR, NIR fibre optic accessory, Detector arrays, Chemical/polymer analysers Editorial Staff Pages 10–12 Water in Foods. Analysis of hydrogen bonding related to water in foods Matsuo Iwamoto Agricultrual Research Council, MAFF, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo, Japan Sumio Kawano and Hideyuki Abe National Food Research Institute, MAFF, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan Pages 12–0 Editorial. Swifts and martins, Progress of the Journal Tony Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, UK Pages 13–0 ICNIRS Page. Proposed rule changes, A Pioneer visits the UK Editorial Staff Pages 18–19 Food authenticity (FAIM). Food authenticity challenges Gerard Downey NIR News The National Food Centre, Dunsinea, Castleknock, Dublin 15, Republic of Ireland Volume 6 Issue 4 (1995) Pages 4–5 Adjusting for non-linearities in calibration using principal components Tormod Næs and Tomas Isaksson MATFORSK, Oslovegen 1, N-1430 Å, Norway Pages 6–15 Irish harvest memories–A monitor's tale Gerard Downey The National Food Centre, Dunsinea, Castleknock, Dublin 15, Republic of Ireland Pages 8–15 The properties of fibre optics Jerry Workman, Jr Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Real-Time Systems Division, 761 Main Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06859-0201, USA Pages 9–0 NIR 95. Supplement and Programme Editorial Staff Pages 12–13 NIR in Canada. Near infrared technology in Canada Phil Williams Grain Research Laboratory, Canadian Grain Commission, 303 Main Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3C 3GE Pages 14–0 ICNIRS Page. ICNIRS Ciommittee Volume 6 Issue 5 (1995) Pages 3–5 NIR-95 Report. 7th International Conference on Near Infrared Spectroscopy Harvey S. Gold DuPont Corporate Center for Analytical Sciences, PO Box 80323, Wilmington, DE 19880-0323, USA Pages 5–6 ICNIRS Minutes. Meeting - 8 August 1995, Montreal, Canada Heinz Siesler NIR News Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Essen, Schützenbahn 70, PO Box 103764, W-4300 Essen, FRG Pages 6–7 Australian NISG. The 1995 Conference Graeme Batten Australia Page 7 ESIS 95 Report. European Seminars on Infrared Spectroscopy 1995 Heinz Siesler Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Essen, Schützenbahn 70, PO Box 103764, W-4300 Essen, FRG Pages 8–9 Statistical process control (SPC) charting: using bias significance (based on average residuals) for instrument control monitoring Jerry Workman, Jr The Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Real-Time Systems Division, 761 Main Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06859-0201, USA Pages 10–12 Vegetable Research. NIR spectroscopy application in vegetable research at AVRDC S.C.S. Tsou and T.L. Hong Analytical Laboratory, The Asian Vegetable Research & Development Center Page 14 Book Review. "Leaping ahead with Near-Infrared Spectroscopy", Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on NIR C. E. Miller DuPont Packaging and Industrial Polymers Research, PO Box 1089, Orange, TX 77631, USA Pages 15–16 Extending PCR to data sets with more spectra than reference values Tormod Næs and Tomas Isaksson MATFORSK, Osloveien 1, N-1430 Ås, Norway Volume 6 Issue 6 (1995) Pages 3–5 Splitting of calibration data into linear subgroups Tormod Næs and Tomas Isaksson MATFORSK, Oslovegen 1, N-1430 Ås, Norway Pages 4–5 NIR News Getting started on the Internet Ian Michael NIR Publications, UK Pages 7–8 A primer for near infrared analysis fibre optic probe selection Jerry Workman, Jr Real-Time Division, The Perkin-elmer Corporation, 761 Main Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06859-0201, USA Page 9 EAS-95 Report. The 34th Eastern Analytical Symposium Tony Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, UK Pages 10–12 NIR imaging by FT-NIR-HT spectroscopy Michael K. Bellamya, A. Norman Mortensenb, Robert M. Hammakerc and William G. Fateleyc aUniversity of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus, Department of Chemistry, Mayaguez, PR 00681 bDepartment of Computer and Electrical Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66502, USA cDepartment of Chemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA Page 13 Software Review. NIRteach: Computer-aided learning Tony Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, UK Pages 14–0 News. Oxford Instruments to sell NIR product range to Leco, Hirschfeld Award Nominations, A quartet of consultants, NIR helps packing firm Editorial Staff Pages 15–0 Editorial. Thank you Tormod and Tomas, Congratulations Bill!, There is always something new! Tony Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, UK Pages 15–0 Diary. 1996 Editorial Staff Volume 7 Issue 1 (1996) Pages 3–5 The value of plots NIR News Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 4–5 Electronic mail and listservers Jim Hermiller Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, USA Page 6 Software Review: Multivariate Analysis in Practice, A Training Package Tony Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, UK Page 7 NIR in Budapest András Salgó Department of Biochemistry and Food Technology, Technical University Budapest, Müegyetem rkp. 3, H-1111 Budapest, Hungary Pages 10–13 Environmental applications: seeing the environment in a different light D.F. Malley Ecotoxicology Section, Freshwater Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, 501 University Crescent, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N6, Canada M. Nilsson Department of Forest Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, S-901 83 Umeã, Sweden Pages 13–15 News. Tomas Isaksson, Carpet fibre analysis, Third European Symposium on NIR, Dairy analyser, CharmPLS Editorial Staff Pages 14–15 Comparing SEP from a test set to an estimated SEP using the (chi-square) statistic Jerry Workman, Jr Real-Time Division, The Perkin-elmer Corporation, 761 Main Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06859-0201, USA Pages 15–0 Diary. 1996 Editorial Staff Volume 7 Issue 2 (1996) Page 3 How accurate can you get? NIR News Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 4–6 Usenet or newsgroups Jim Hermiller Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co, Akron, USA Page 7 Sponges as packing in NIR cells A.B. Blakeney, S. Ciavarella, G.D. Batten, K.M. Marr and L.A. Welsh Yanco Agricultural Institute, Yanco, NSW 2703, Australia Pages 8–9 A closer look at NIR measurements Jerry Workman, Jr Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Real-Time Systems Division, 761 Main Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06859-0201, USA Pages 10–12 Process NIR in industry: believers, sceptics, converts and preachers Harvey S. Gold Corporate Center for Analytical Sciences, E.I. DuPont de Nemours, Inc., PO Box 80323, Wilmington, Delaware, 19880-0323, USA Pages 12–13 News. Hawthorn Prize, LECO acquire Oxford NIRs, Chambersburg, CNIRS Corner, 11th Japanese NIR Symposium, NIR-95 proceedings Editorial Staff Pages 14–15 Plant Analysis. Widening horizons for plant analysis by NIR Graeme Batten and Anthony Blakeney Yanco Agricultural Institute, PMB, Yanco, NSW 2703, Australia Pages 15–0 Diary. 1996 Editorial Staff Pages 16–17 NIR research in The Canning Research Institute (CANRI), Plovdiv, Bulgaria Gerard Downey The National Food Centre, Dunsinea, Castleknock, Dublin 15, Republic of Ireland Volume 7 Issue 3 (1996) NIR News Pages 3–4 Why principal components programs never agree Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Page 5 The world wide web Jim Hermiller Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co, Akron, OH, USA Page 6 Grey standards Tony Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, UK Page 7 NIR developments in Poland Wiesia Mroczyk Poland Pages 8–12 Chasing ghosts?: the relevance of certain secondary or coincidental NIR correlations John Coates Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Real-Time Systems Division, 761 Main Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06859-0201, USA Pages 10–12 Diode Lasers. Application of near infrared diode lasers in atmospheric and on-line process emission monitoring P. Martin Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK</I< Miklós Fehér Chinoin Pharmaceutical and Chemical Works Co. Ltd., Research Analytical Laboratories, Tó u. 1-5, H-1045 Budapest, Hungary Pages 13–16 News. Editorial Staff Page 14 Editorial. Validation, The Journal Tony Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, UK Pages 14–0 Diary. 1996, 1997 NIR News Editorial Staff Volume 7 Issue 4 (1996) Pages 3–4 Monitoring calbirations Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Page 4 Wake up the instrument!! Pierre Dardenne Station de Haute Belgique (CRAGx), Rue de Serpont 100, B-6800 Libramont, Belgium Pages 6–9 Diffuse Reflectance. Standards for the measurement of diffuse reflectance: part I Art Springsteen and Trudy Ricker Labsphere Inc., PO Box 70, Shaker Street, North Sutton, NH 03287, USA Pages 8–0 Ecological Studies. Applications for NIR spectroscopy to ecological studies in tropical Australia William J. Foley, Andrew Woolnough, Allen McLlwee, Ivan Lawler Department of Zoology, James Cook University, Townsville 4811, Australia Lem Aragones Department of Tropical Environmental Studies and Geography, James Cook University, Townsville 4811, Australia Nils Berding BSES, PO Box 122, Gordonvale 4865, Australia Pages 10–12 Chambersburg History. The History of Near Infrared Spectroscopy: The International Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy Conference–Chambersburg Tony Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, UK Pages 13–0 News. Hirschfeld Award, EAS NIR Award, Australia takes another leap forward in NIR, Peter Hindle leaves IRE, Australian vacancy. Editorial Staff Page 14 NIR on the web Jim HermillerGoodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, OH, USA Pages 15–16 Process chemometrics/spectroscopy terminology NIR News Jerry Workman, Jr Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Real-Time Systems Division, 761 Main Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06859-0201, USA Volume 7 Issue 5 (1996) Pages 3–4 Chambersburg Reports. 8th International Diffuse Reflectance Conference Tony Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, UK Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 5–6 Comparing standard deviations Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Page 7 What's out there? Jim Hermiller Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, OH, USA Pages 8–9 NIR Equations. Stability of NIR spectroscopy equations Pierre Dardenne Station de Haute Belgique, 100 Rue de Serpont, B-6800 Libramont, Belgium Pages 10–11 Spectroscopy from Hubble H. John Wood Hubble Space Telescope Project, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA Pages 12–13 Diffuse Reflection Standards. Standards for the measurement of diffuse reflectance: part II Art Springsteen and Trudy Ricker Labsphere Inc., PO Box 70, Shaker Street, North Sutton, NH 03287, USA Page 15 Editorial and News. Process Pages, New consultancy, Products, Chemometrics software, Flow cell, Snack food sensor Editorial Staff Volume 7 Issue 6 (1996) Pages 3–6 NIR News EAS Award Paper. Near infrared spectroscopy: the metamorphosis of an academic stepchild into an industrial prodigy Harvey S. Gold EI DuPont de Nemours, Inc., PO Box 80323, Wilmington, Delaware 19880-0323, USA Pages 5–6 Near infrared spectroscopec measurement: special challenges related to quantitative analysis, Part 1 Jerry Workman, Jr Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Analytical Science and Technology, 2100 Winchester Road, Neenah, WI 54956, USA Pages 7–8 X = TP + E Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 10–12 Hydrogen Bonding. Interaction and hydrogen bonding studied by near FT-IR spectroscopy G. Lachenal and I. Stevenson Université Claude Bernard, Laboratoire des Matériaux Plastiques et des Biomatériaux, UMR 5627, Bld du 11 November 1918, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France Pages 12–13 New NIR Centre at the School of Pharmacy. NIR and imaging of living systems. 3rd European Symposium on NIR Spectroscopy: On-Line Use Tony Davies Editor, NIR news, NIR Publications Pages 14–16 Grabbing the BIG picture: a novel approach to beating within- sample material heterogeneity Nils Berding and G.A. Brotherton Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations (BSES) PO Box 122, Gordonvale 4865, Australia Pages 16–0 News. FeedTECH-news from New Zealand Julian Lee AgResearch Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand Volume 8 Issue 1 (1997) Pages 3–4 Sugar in South Africa. Reaping the benefits of near infrared spectroscopy in the South African sugar industry Jan Meyer NIR News SA Sugar Association Experiment Station, Mt. Edgecombe 4300, South Africa Pages 5–6 Twenty-five years of near infrared technology–what were the milestones Phil Williams Canadian Grain Commission, Winnipeg, Canada Pages 7–8 Validation Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Page 8 NIR Nord–the Near-Infrared Users Group of Northern Sweden Paul Geladi Research Group for Chemometrics, Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå Sweden Page 9 Near infrared spectroscopic measurement: special challenges related toquantitative analysis, Part 2 Jerry Workman Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Analytical Science and Technology, 2100 Winchester Road, Neenah, WI 54956, USA Pages 10–12 Australian Grain Industries Centre for NIR Brian Osborne BRI Australia Ltd., Australia Pages 12–13 ICNIRS Notices Editorial Staff Pages 13–0 NIR-97 Editorial Staff Page 14 12th Japanese Meeting. 20-22 November 1996, Tsukuba, Japan Teruyoshi Matoba Nara Women's University, Japan Page 15 Explosive Growth of the World Wide Web Jim Hermiller NIR News Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, OH, USA Volume 8 Issue 2 (1997) Pages 4–9 Wavelength selection for multiple regression Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Page 7 Chemometrics and errors Jim Hermiller Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, OH, USA Pages 8–9 NIR in Latin America Julio Cesar Petersen Perstorp Analytical, 15140 Durham Lane, Davie, FL 33331, USA Pages 10–15 NIR at Pittcon-97 Fred McClure and Ian Michael NIR Publications, UK Page 12 CNIRS Corner Jerry Workman, Jr Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Analytical Science and Technology, 2100 Winchester Road, Neenah, WI 54956, USA Pages 13–15 Grey standards: a preliminary report A.M.C. Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, 75 Intwood Road, Cringleford, Norwich NR4 6AA, UK Volume 8 Issue 3 (1997) Page 3 Chemometrics and a new web site Jim Hermiller Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, OH, USA Pages 4–9 The indeterminate pathlength problem: nine preprocessing approaches for compensation Jerry Workman Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Analytical Science and Technology, 2100 Winchester Road, Neenah, WI 54956, USA NIR News Pages 6–7 Near infrared spectroscopy at Agricultural research centre in Gembloux Pierre Dardenne, Robert Biston and Georges Sinnaeve Station de Haute Belgique, Centre de Recherches, Agronomiques de Gembloux, 100 Rue de Serpont, B-6800 Libramont, Belgium Pages 8–9 Selecting wavelengths using genetic algorithms Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 10–12 Tomas Hirschfeld Award. NIR, chemometrics and food quality. A summary of the Tomas Hirschfeld award address 1997 Tomas Isaksson Department of Food Science, Agricultural University of Norway, Box 5036, N-1432 &x00C5;s, Norway Tormod Næs MATFORSK, Osloveien 1, N-1430 &x00C5;s, Norway Pages 12–13 Australian Near Infrared Spectroscopy Group Conference, Adelaide, 23-24 April 1997 Graeme Batten Yanco Agricultural Institute, Australia Pages 13–16 Report on the conference sensors for non-destructive testing: measuring the quality of fresh fruits and vegetables, Orlando 18-21 Feb 1997 Graeme Batten Yanco Agricultural Institute, Australia Pages 14–0 NIR-97 Details Editorial Staff Pages 16–0 ICNIRS Page ICNIRS Committee Volume 8 Issue 4 (1997) Pages 3–0 On loadings and loading weights Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 4–5 NIR News NIR patents Jim Hermiller Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, OH, USA Pages 6–7 Reader's comments on the indeterminate pathlength problem: nine + one preprocessing approaches for compensation Jerry Workman Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Analytical Science and Technology, 2100 Winchester Road, Neenah, WI 54956, USA Page 7 CNIRS letter. Jerry Workman, Jr Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Analytical Science and Technology, 2100 Winchester Road, Neenah, WI 54956, USA Pages 8–9 NIR Prospects. Have you got any problems left to solve? Tony Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, UK Pages 12–0 ICNIRS pages Woody Barton USDA, USA Page 16 An interview with Peter Foss. Tony Davies NIR Publications, UK Volume 8 Issue 5 (1997) Pages 3–0 Karl Norris-First Fellow of Near Infrared Spectroscopy Tony Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, UK Pages 3–4 A short history of the Special Volume Tony Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, UK Pages 4–5 ICNIRS Page. Minutes of the meeting NIR-97, Essen, 16th September 1997 NIR News Heinz Siesler Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Essen, Schützenbahn 70, PO Box 103764, W-4300 Essen, FRG Pages 5–6 ICNIRS Pages Message from the new chairman Tony Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, UK Pages 7–8 Calibration transfer without standards Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Page 9 NIR patents part 2 Jim Hermiller Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, OH, USA Pages 13–15 NIR-MIR non-contact measurement and imaging systems for solid samples Jerry Workman Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Analytical Science and Technology, 2100 Winchester Road, Neenah, WI 54956, USA Page 15 Progress of the Journal Tony Davies NIR Publications Volume 8 Issue 6 (1997) Pages 3–0 NIR Spectroscopy in Graz Gerard Downey The National Food Centre, Dunsinea, Castleknock, Dublin 15, Republic of Ireland Pages 4–5 Qualitative analysis I Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 6–0 Applications for NIR-MIR non-contact measurement and imaging systems Jerry Workman Kimberly-Clark Corporation, West Research & Engineering, 2100 Winchester Road, Neenah, WI 54956, USA NIR News Pages 8–9 Some advantages of mid-IR for soil analysis Les Janik CSIRO Land and Water, Waite Road, Urrbrae, South Australia 5064 Pages 12–13 An update Jim Hermiller Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, OH, USA Page 13 Book Review. Multivariate Image Analysis Tony Davies NIR Publications Page 14 ICNIRS Page. Call for nominations for 1999 Tomas Hirschfeld Award Editorial Staff Volume 9 Issue 1 (1998) Pages 3–4 Qualitative analysis II Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 5–6 The first ASTM standard practice for NIR multivariate quantitative analysis Jerry Workman Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Analytical Science and Technology, 2100 Winchester Road, Neenah, WI 54956, USA Pages 6–0 Diary 1998, 1999 Editorial Staff Page 7 11th Unscrambler user club meeting Suzanne Schornkopf Camo ASA, Oslo, Norway Pages 9–12 NIR spectroscopy patents Jim Hermiller Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, OH, USA NIR News Pages 10–11 EAS Award. PLS and NIR spectroscopy - some recent developments Svante Wold Research Group for Chemometrics, Umeå University, Sweden Page 13 Editorial. Communicating electronic information. NIR-97 Proceedings, Note for Authors Tony Davies NIR Publications Page 13 News. Merger of Infrared Engineering and NDC Systems. Publication Review, NIR Market Briefing Tony Davies NIR Publications Volume 9 Issue 2 (1998) Pages 3–5 Pittcon Report. As seen at Pittcon Ian Michael NIR Publications, UK Page 5 Tomas Hirschfeld Award 99, Call for Nominations Gerard Downey The National Food Centre, Ireland Pages 6–9 Recent uses of near infrared and infrared imaging spectroscopy Jerry Workman Kimberly-Clark Corporation, West Research & Engineering, 2100 Winchester Road, Neenah, WI 54956, USA Pages 8–9 Qualitative analysis III Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Page 9 News. 1998 EAS Award winner Woody Barton. PhD for Gerry Downey Editorial Staff Pages 10–12 Hirschfeld Award. How can we unravel complicated NIR spectra? NIR News Yukihiro Ozaki Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya 662-8501, Japan Volume 9 Issue 3 (1998) Pages 3–7 The research group of Professor T. Kojima at Saga University, Japan T. Kojima Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University, Saga 840-8502, Japan. E-mail: kojimat@cc.saga-u.ac.jp Pages 4–5 Creating two- and three-dimensional images using spectroscopic data and MATLAB software Jerry Workman Kimberly-Clark Corporation, West Research & Technology, 2100 Winchester Road, Neenah, WI 54956, USA Pages 6–7 Which way round? A tale of two regressions Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Page 7 News. Dr Robert Giangiacomo, Process Pages Editor, JNIRS data bank Editorial Staff Pages 10–11 NIR wavelengths-free as the air or owned by patent proprietors? Dr Heinrich Prufer and Heike Bull Bran+Luebbe GmbH, Werkstrasse 4, D-22844 Norderstedt, Germany Page 12 Internet column Jim Hermiller Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, OH, USA Page 13 Editorial, Chambersburg 98. Wavelengths. Progress of Proceedings NIR- 97). Reader survey. DiaryDiary Tony Davies NIR Publications Volume 9 Issue 4 (1998) Pages 3–5 NIR News Instrument Design. Interactions among instrument bandpass, instrument noise, sample-absorber bandwidth and calibration error Karl H. Norris Consultant, 11204 Montgomery Road, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA Pages 5–7 Quality Assessment Research Unit, Richard B. Russell Agricultural Research Center Franklin E. Barton Quality Assessment Research Unit, Richard B. Russell Agricultrual Research Centre Pages 8–13 Japanese research project on NIR for bio-monitoring in dairy production Roumiana Tsenkova Kobe University, Japan Pages 9–13 Which way round? Classical and inverse calibration Tom FearnDepartment of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 10–12 Meat Process History. Chemometric strategies for the determination of meat process history Gerard Gowney and Dominique Beauchene The National Food Centre, Dunsinea, Castleknock, Dublin 15, Ireland Page 14 Buhler NIR User Meeting Dr Jochaen Knecht BESS/AT3 Pages 14–0 News. Hirschfeld award for Ian Murray. The editor is a grandfather! Editorial Staff Volume 9 Issue 5 (1998) Pages 3–5 Chambersburg Report. Planned to suceed-and it did! Tony Davies NIR Publications Page 5 Collaborative research centres Jim Hermiller Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, OH, USA NIR News Page 6 8th Australian NIR Spectroscopy conference, 21-23 August 1998, Palm Cove, QLD Graeme Batten Yanco Agricultural Institute, Australia Pages 7–9 Software Review. Unscrambler 7.01 Review Tony Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, 75 Intwood Road, Cringleford, Norwich NR4 6AA, UK Pages 10–12 Wavelets Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Page 12 2nd NIR workshop for the food and packaging industries, Australia, June 11th 1998 Graeme Batten Yanco Agricultural Institute, Australia Page 13 ICNIRS Page. New Secretary, NIR-99 travel grants, call for 2000 Hirschfeld award Editorial Staff Page 14 News. Foss European Pharmaceutical Users Meeting, Oct 98. ASTEQ: Integrating Sensing Techniques. NIR booklet Editorial Staff Volume 9 Issue 6 (1998) Pages 2–3 EAS98 Report Fred McClure Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7625, USA Page 3 News. Buhler award for NIR innovations, Retirement Editorial Staff Page 4 Bias Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK NIR News Pages 5–6 EAS Award. The road to official methods F.E. Barton, II, W.R. Windham and S.E. Kays USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Richard B. Russel Agricultural Research Center, PO Box 5677, Athens, GA 30604-5677, USA Page 7 Taejon, 23 Oct 1998, 14th symposium on NIR 28-30 Oct 1998, Automation by NIR R.K. Cho Department of Agricultural Chemistry, College of Agriculture, Kyung-pook National University, Taegu 702–701, Korea Pages 8–11 Biomeasurements in the 21st Century W. F. McClure Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7625, USA Page 12 Internet column. Chemometric sites Jim Hermiller Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, OH, USA Pages 12–13 ICNIRS Page. Nominations for "Fellow of NIR Spectroscopy" Editorial Staff Pages 13–0 Letter to the editor. Comments on the next International Conference on NIRS Dr N. Zanier-Szydlowski Institut Français de Pétrole, France Page 19 The NIR Team at SK Corporation, Korea Hoeil Chung NIR Project Team, SK Corporation, 110 Nam-Gu, Kosa-Dong, Ulsan, Korea. E-mail: hoeil@skcorp.com Volume 10 Issue 1 (1999) Page 3 Editorial. How we got to 50. Some of the important stepping stones, ICNIRS Conferences Tony Davies NIR Publications Page 4 NIR in 2000. Moving NIR into the next century Karl H. Norris Consultant, 11204 Montgomery Road, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA NIR News Pages 6–13 An Internet Update Jim Hermiller Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, OH, USA Pages 7–13 Least squares Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 8–9 Near infrared spectroscopy heads for the trees L.R. Schimleck Co-operative Research Centre for Hardwood Fibre and Paper Science, CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products, Private Bag 10, Clayton South MDC, Vic., 3169 Australia Pages 10–12 Feeding Habits of Koalas. NIR reveals why koalas eat from certain Eucalyptus trees William J. Foley Division of Botany and Zoology, Australian National University, Canberra 0200, Australia. E-mail: william.foley@anu.edu.au Pages 12–0 ICNIRS matters. Nominations for "Fellow of NIR Spectroscopy", call for 2000 Hirschfeld Award Editorial Staff Page 14 NIR-99. Short courses Editorial Staff Page 15 Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy Update. Progress of the Journal Tony Davies NIR Publications Volume 10 Issue 2 (1999) Pages 3–5 PittCon Hirschfeld Award Session David W. Hopkins 472 S. Moorland Drive, Battle Creek, Michigan, USA Pages 4–5 GRAM: a software package Mihail Moukarev NIR News Canning Research Institute (CANRI), 154 Vassil Aprilov Blvd., Plovdiv 4003, Bulgaria. E-mail Moukarev@hotmail.com or cic@evro.net Pages 6–8 Buhler Award Article. A method for quantitative detection of active ingredients in tablets by NIR spectroscopy Yvonne Scholl and Birgit Draeger Institute for Pharmaceutical Biology, Martin-Luther-Universitaet Halle-Wittenberg, Hoher Weg 8, 06120 Halle, Germany Page 9 Orthogonal signal correction Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 10–12 Hirschfeld Award. NIR spectroscopy of food: simple things, subtle things and spectra Ian Murray Scottish Agricultural College, Aberdeen, AB21 9YA, UK Page 13 News. Tabletop fruit taste analyser, 1999EAS award winners Editorial Staff Page 14 ICNIRS Page. Host nation for NIR-2003, Proposed changes to ICNIRS rules Editorial Staff Page 15 NIR Calling. The telephone call which changed my life. Tony Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, 75 Intwood Road, Cringleford, Norwich NR4 6AA, UK Volume 10 Issue 3 (1999) Pages 8–9 ICNIRS. Chairman's half-term report Tony Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, 75 Intwood Road, Cringleford, Norwich NR4 6AA, UK Pages 10–11 A look at some standard pre-treatments for spectra Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 12–15 NIR News High-Moisture Products. Non-destructive quality evaluation of intact, high- moisture products Stanley J. Kays Department of Horticulture, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-7273, USA Pages 15–0 News. Fred McClure's "retirement " party Editorial Staff Pages 16–17 Buhler Award Article. Checking of acrylic solution polymerisation reactions by NIR spectroscopy Elke Müller Pages 22–0 Centre for Pharmaceutical Analysis, The School of Pharmacy, University of London Tony Moffat Centre for Pharmaceutical Analysis, The School of Pharmacy, University of London Volume 10 Issue 4 (1999) Page 3 ICNIRS Fellows. Dr Gerry S. Birth, Dr Phil Williams Editorial Staff Pages 4–7 ICNIRS-99 sets new records: report from North America Fred McClure North American Editor Pages 10–0 More on derivatives: resolving overlapping absorbance bands Susumu Morimoto, Visiting Scholar and William Fred McClure, Professor Department of Biological and Agricultrural Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, C 27695-7625, USA Page 12 News. Buhler NIR sold, B+L user meeting Editorial Staff Pages 13–14 More samples or more replicate analyses? Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Volume 10 Issue 5 (1999) NIR News Pages 3–15 Cotton Research. FINMATTEST in the 21st century Joe Montalvo Email: montalvo@nola.srrc.usda.gov Devron Thibodeaux E-mail: Devron@nola.srrc.usda.gov Pages 4–5 Buhler Award Article. In-process control of direct pelletisation in the rotary fluidised bed using NIR spectroscopy G. Radtke,a K.Knopb and B.C. Lippoldb aBoehringer bInstitut Ingelheim Pharma KG, Biberach/Riss, Germany. für Pharmazeutische Technologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany. Pages 8–9 Hidden variables and partial correlations Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Page 9 Software Review: Unscrambler 7.5. 3D Rotation is back! Tony Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, 75 Intwood Road, Cringleford, Norwich NR4 6AA, UK Pages 10–11 Electronics for spectroscopists. Part 1: introduction and review W. Fred McClure, Professor NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7625, USA. E-mail: mcclure@eos.ncsu.edu Page 13 International Symposium on Two-Dimensional Correlation Spectroscopy (2DCOS) H.W. Siesler Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Essen, Germany Pages 13–14 News. Promotion for Tom Fearn, Multivariate Calibration Course, Japanese NIR meeting, Büchi awards Editorial Staff Volume 10 Issue 6 (1999) Page 3 1999 EAS Meeting David W. Hopkins NIR News 472 S. Moorland Drive, Battle Creek, MI 49015, USA, USA Pages 6–7 Electronics for spectroscopists.Part 2. The basic meter W. Fred McClure, Professor NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7625, USA Pages 8–9 Components of error and adjusting for attenuation, or how to improve your r2 without really trying Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 10–12 EAS Award Article. Grain-grading in Canada by electronics Phil Williams Grain Research Laboratory, Canadian Grain Commission, 1404-303 Main Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3C 3GB Pages 12–13 News. John Ronalds retires, Postdoctoral position, NIR-99 Proceedings Editorial Staff Pages 14–0 NIR instrumentation companies: the story so far Tony Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, UK Volume 11 Issue 1 (2000) Pages 3–0 ICNIRS Page. Website, What's in a name?, NIR-2001 travel grants, Nominations for 2001 Hirschfeld Award Tony Davies NIR Publications Pages 4–5 Büchi Award Article. Quantitative Fourier transform near infrared reflectance spectroscopy compared to high performance liquid chromatography of a flavone in Flos Primulae veris extracts (Sinupret) C.W. Huck, R. Maurer and G.K. Bonn Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Radiochemistry, Leopold-Franzens University, Innrain 52a, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria M. Popp Bionorica/Plantamed GmbH, Kerschensteinerstr. 11-15, D-92318 Neumarkt, Germany N. Basener Herberts GmbH, Zentrale Analytik, Märkische Str. 243, D-42281 Wuppertal, Germany NIR News Pages 6–7 Electronics for spectroscopists. Part 3. Voltage measurements W. Fred McClure NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7625, USA. E-mail: mcclure@eos.ncsu.edu Page 8 NIR Data Bank Tony Davies NIR Publications Pages 9–12 Discriminant PLS-questions and answers from a listserver Dr Gerard Downey Teasgasc, The National Food Centre, Dunsinea, Castleknock, Dublin 15, Ireland. E-mail: g.downey@nfc.teagasc.ie Pages 10–12 EAS Award Article. Grain-grading in Canada by electronics Phil Williams Grain Research Laboratory, Canadian Grain Commission, 1404-303 Main Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3C 3GB Pages 14–15 r2 and R2 Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Volume 11 Issue 2 (2000) Pages 3–5 William Herschel and the discovery of near infrared energy A.M.C. Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, 75 Intwood Road, Cringleford, Norwich NR4 6AA, UK Pages 4–5 Logistic regression Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Page 6 Kolding 2000. Fourth International Symposium on NIR Joan Gronkjaer Pedersen Biotechnological Institute, Denmark Pages 7–9 NIR News Errors in protein testing, and their consequences Phil Williams Grain Research Laboratory, Winnipeg, Canada Pages 10–12 NIR spectroscopy in space? David L. Peterson NASA- Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, USA Pages 13–14 Electronics for spectroscopists. Part 4. Thevenin's theorem W. Fred McClure, Professor NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7625, USA Pages 15–17 Correcting the Herschel experiment A.M.C. Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, 75 Intwood Road, Cringleford, Norwich NR4 6AA, UK Volume 11 Issue 3 (2000) Pages 3–4 Case IH/Textron take sample presentation seriously! Phil Williams Canadian Grain Commission, Grain Research Laboratory, Winnipeg, Canada Page 3 PITTCON 2000: Report from North America W. Fred McClure North Carolina State University, USA Pages 5–0 Pittcon/Analytica product review Ian Michael NIR Publications Pages 7–8 In Herschel's footsteps P.E.K. Donaldsen University College London, UK Pages 9–13 Hirschfeld Award Article. Quality control and process monitoring by vibrational spectroscopy A. Olinga and H.W. Siesler Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Essen, D-45117 Essen, Germany NIR News Pages 12–13 Electronics for Spectroscopists. Part 5. Mac's Measurement Model W. Fred McClure, Professor NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7625, USA. E-mail: mcclure@eos.ncsu.edu Pages 14–15 Plotting to assess normality Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Volume 11 Issue 4 (2000) Page 3 Fourth European Symposium on NIR Spectroscopy, 10-12 May, Kolding, Denmark Kurt Fjellanger Nutreco Aquaculture Research Centre Page 4 Report on the 1st National Indian Symposium on Near Infrared Spectroscopy H.W. Siesler Department of Physical Chemistry, University Essen, D-45117, Germany Page 5 Instrument Info. The PerkinElmer Spectrum One NTS Tony Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy Pages 6–7 AVI-The Absolute Virtual Instrument Richard A. Spragg PerkinElmer Infrared Spectroscopy Business, Post Office Lane, Beaconsfield HP9 1QA, UK Pages 8–9 News. Tomas Hirschfeld Award, New post for Graeme Batten, Roberto El Supremo!, Editorial Editorial Staff Page 9 Wavecutter Michel Coene Application Specialist, AppliTek nv, K. Picquélaan 84, B-9800 Deinze, Belgium Pages 12–15 Electronics for Spectroscopists. Part 6. Generalised NIR spectrometers W. Fred McClure, Professor NIR News NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7625, USA. E-mail: mcclure@eos.ncsu.edu Pages 14–15 When in doubt, take logs Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Volume 11 Issue 5 (2000) Pages 3–6 IDRC-2000. The 10th International Diffuse Reflection Conference Tony Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, UK Pages 5–6 The jackknife Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 7–11 Seeing through layers G. P. Krivoshiev, R.P. Chalucova and M.Iv. Mukarev Section Food Quality and Safety, Canning Research Insitute, 154 Vassil Aprilov Blvd., Plovdiv 4003, Bulgaria Pages 12–14 Electronics for Spectroscopists. Part 7. Detectors W. Fred McClure NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7625, USA. E-mail: mcclure@eos.ncsu.edu Pages 14–15 International Symposium on Spectral Analysis Methods in Vibrational Spectroscopy Heinz W. Siesler Presently Visiting Professor at the Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Kwansei Gakuin Univesity, Uegahara, Nishinomiya, Japan Page 15 Letter to editor. Kolding Conference: A Vendor's Viewpoint A. Wallace Volume 11 Issue 6 (2000) Page 3 16th Non-destuctive Measurement Symposium Satoru Tsuchikawa Nagoya University, Japan NIR News Page 4 Eastern Analytical Symposium. The exhibition and discussion group meeting Bruce Campbell Page 5 Eastern Analytical Symposium. The conference Tony Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, UK Pages 6–13 NIR Award Session. Spectral analysis in NIR spectroscopy Yukihiro Ozaki and Slobodan Sasic Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Kwansei-Gakuin University, Nishinomiya 662-8501, Japan Pages 7–9 NIR Award Session. NIR helps raise crop yields and grain quality Graeme D. Batten,a Anthony B. Blakeney,b Susan Ciavarella,c,a and Valerie B.McGratha aYanco bCereal Agricultural Institute, PMB Yanco, NSW 2703 Australia Solutions, PO Box 201, North Ryde, NSW 1670, Australia cIrrigation Research & Extension Committee Pages 8–9 NIR Award Session. Discrimination strategies in food authentication: what is the correct question to ask? Dr Gerard Downey Teagasc, The National Food Centre, Dunsinea, Castleknock, Dublin 15, Ireland Pages 10–11 EAS Award Lecture. The puzzle that leads to CARNAC A.M.C. Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, UK Pages 12–13 ICNIRS. NIR-2001. Nominations Editorial Staff Pages 14–15 Savitzky-Golay filters Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Volume 12 Issue 1 (2001) Page 3 NIR News The 10th Internatonal Conference on Near Infrared Spectroscopy Dr Hoeil Chung ABB Bomem, Seoul, Korea Pages 4–5 The NIR Discussions Forum Bruce Campbell and Ian Michael NIR Publications, Chichester, UK Pages 6–7 Electronics for Spectroscopists. Part 8. Amplification - I W. Fred McClure NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7625, USA. E-mail: mcclure@eos.ncsu.edu Pages 8–9 Taguchi methods Tom Fearn < 6BT, WC1E London Street, Gower London, College University Science, Statistical of> Pages 10–12 Lurking Variables. Identification of and solution to the problem of lurking variables in industrial processes Olav M. Kvalheim Department of Chemistry, University of Bergen, N-5007 Bergen, Norway. E-mail: Olav.Kvalheiom@kj.uib.no Page 13 News Editorial Staff Page 14 Editorial. Promoting NIR analysis Tony Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, UK Volume 12 Issue 2 (2001) Pages 3–4 The 52nd Pittsburgh Conference and PITTCON 2001 Exposition Tony Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, UK Pages 5–6 Pharmaceutical Validation Column James K. Drennen III, Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics and Head NIR News Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, School of Pharmacy, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, drennen@duq.edu Pages 6–7 The NIR Nord mid-winter meeting Paul Geladi Umeå University, SE 901 97 Umeå Sweden Pages 7–15 Book Reviews. "Handbook of organic compounds" and "Unbelievable!" Jerry Workman, Jr Pages 8–9 Electronics for Spectroscopists. Part 9. Amplification II W. Fred McClure, Professor NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7625, USA. E-mail: mcclure@eos.ncsu.edu Pages 10–12 Hirshfeld award lecture. Chemometrics for NIR spectroscopy: past present and future Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 13–14 Software Review. Unscrambler 7.6 www.camo.no Tony Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, 75 Intwood Road, Cringleford, Norwich NR4 6AA, UK Pages 14–15 News Editorial Staff Volume 12 Issue 3 (2001) Pages 3–5 What is a Norris derivative? David W. Hopkins Consultant, NIR Spectroscopy, Battle Creek, Michigan, USA. E-mail: dwh@voyager.net Pages 3–0 Karl Norris. Congratulations! Tony Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, UK Pages 6–9 USA. E-mail: NIR News Applying Norris Derivatives. Understanding and correcting the factors which affect diffuse transmittance spectra Karl H. Norris Consultant, 11204 Montgomery Rd, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA Pages 10–11 Local or global? Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 14–15 ICNIRS page Editorial Staff Pages 16–18 NIR Imaging. A near infrared view of pharmaceutical formulation analysis E. Neil Lewis,a John E. Carrollb and Fiona Clarkec aSpectral bCadrai, cPfizer Dimensions Inc., Olney, MD, USA. E- mail: info@spectraldimensions.com Bel Air, MD, USA Central Research, Sandwich, Kent, UK Pages 19–21 Electronics for Spectroscopists. Part 10: Digital electronics W. Fred McClure, Professor North Carolina State University, USA. E-mail: mcclure@eos.ncsu.edu Volume 12 Issue 4 (2001) Pages 2–3 NIR-2001. The 10th International Conference on NIR Spectroscopy Sumio Kawano National Food Research Institute, Japan Pages 4–6 ICNIRS page ICNIRS Committee Pages 5–0 ICNIRS. Message from the New chairman. NIR 2005-New Zealand. Tomas Hirschfeld Award Gerard Downey The National Food Centre, Ireland Pages 7–13 NIR News Pharmaceutical Validation. The PASG validation guidelines for NIR methods in the pharmaceutical industry Ken Prebble Pharmaceutical Analytical Sciences Group, NIR Sub-Group, UK Pages 9–13 Covariances Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 10–11 Two New Fellows of ICNIRS Tony Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, UK Pages 14–15 Electronics for Spectroscopists. Part 11: Switching circuits W. Fred McClure, Professor NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7625, USA. E-mail: mcclure@eos.ncsu.edu Volume 12 Issue 5 (2001) Pages 3–6 Hyperspectral imaging for poultry contaminant detection Kurt C. Lawrence, William R. Windham, Bosoon Park and R. Jeff Buhr USDA, ARS, Richard B. Russell Research Center, Athens, GA 30604-5677, USA. E-mail: klawrence@saa.ars.usda.gov Page 6 Book review. Handbook of near-infrared analysis Tony Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, UK Pages 7–12 The effects of stray light and saturation on NIR spectra Phillip J. Clancy NIR Technology, 34 Clements Ave, Bankstown, NSW, Australia, 2200 Page 9 Zapping static electricity Tina Pallo and Tadeusz Golebiowski Ag-Seed Research Pty Ltd, PO Box 836, Horsham, Vic, 3402, Australia Pages 10–12 Two-dimensional correlation spectroscopy Tom Fearn NIR News Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Page 13 Pharmaceutical Validation. Proposed <1119> Revision James K. Drennen III, Associated Professor of Pharmaceuticals and Head Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA. E-mail: drennen@duq.edu Pages 14–16 Electronics for Spectroscopists. Part 12: A/D and D/A Conversion - I W. Fred McClure, Professor NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7625, USA. E-mail: mcclure@eos.ncsu.edu Volume 12 Issue 6 (2001) Page 2 EAS Report. EAS-2001 Fred McClure, Professor NC State University Pages 3–5 EAS Award Lecture. A new trend in spectral analysis in the NIR region Yukihiro Ozaki Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda 669-1337, Japan Page 6 Consequences of reference tile contamination on cloning Ian Murray SAC Aberdeen Pages 7–9 Robert Biston. Twenty years of near infrared spectroscopy at the Agricultural Research Centre of Gembloux (CRAGx, Belgium) Pierre Dardenne Agricultural Research Centre of Gembloux, CRAGx, Belgium Pages 8–9 Electronics for Spectroscopists. Part 13: Analog-to-digital conversion - II W. Fred McClure, Professor NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7625, USA. E-mail: mcclure@eos.ncsu.edu Pages 10–13 Pharmaceutical Validation. Proving the specificity of your NIR method James K. Drennen III, Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics and Head Pharmaceutical Sciences drennen@duq.edu Division, School of Pharmacy, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA. E-mail: NIR News Pages 12–13 NIR and BSE. The contribution of near infrared spectroscopy to the fight against the mad cow epidemic Dr Vincent Baetena and Dr Pierre Dardenneb aFirst Research Assistant and b Director at the Quality of Agricultural Products Department of the Agricultural Research Centre of Gembloux (CRAGx, Belgium). E-mail: dardenne@cragx.fgrov.be Pages 14–15 Linearity Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Volume 13 Issue 1 (2002) Page 3 17th Symposium on non-destructive measurement techniques H. Abe National Agricultural Research Organisation, Japan Pages 4–6 I Didn't See the Cows. Investigating NIR transmittance measurements through the use of the Norris Regression (NR) algorithm: Part 1: How do we come to "Norris Regression"? Gary E. Ritchie Principal Scientist, Purdue Pharma LP (IR&D), 444 Saw Mill River Road, Ardsley, NY 10502, USA. E-mail Gary.Ritchie@Pharma.com Howard Mark Mark Electronics, 21 Terrance Avenue, Suffern, NY 10901, USA. E-mail: hlmark@prodigy.net Pages 7–9 Models, predictions and overfitting Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 8–9 Iterative selection of wavelengths for estimation of MSC coefficients Mihail Ivanov Mukarev Higher Institute of Food and Flavour Industries, Department of Automatics, Information and Control Systems, 26 Maritza Boulevard., Plovdiv 4002, Bulgaria. E-mail: mukarev@abv.bg Pages 10–11 Electronics for Spectroscopists. Part 14: Spectrometers - I W. Fred McClure Professor, NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7625, USA. E-mail: mcclure@eos.ncsu.edu NIR News Pages 12–13 Pharmaceutical NIR spectroscopy: a state of enthusiastic anticipation Gary E. Ritchie Chairman, NIRVWoG, (Near Infrared Validation Working Group) Purdue Pharma L.P. (IR&D), Ardsley, NY 10502, USA. E-mail: Gary.Ritchie@Pharma.com Pages 13–14 Instrument information Editorial Staff Pages 14–15 News and Diary Editorial Staff Volume 13 Issue 2 (2002) Pages 3–5 I Didn't See the Cows. Investigating NIR transmittance measurements through the use of the Norris Regression (NR) algorithm: Part 2: theoretical considerations Gary E. Ritchie Principal Scientist, Purdue Pharma LP (IR&D), 444 Saw Mill River Road, Ardsley, NY 10502, USA. E-mail Gary.Ritchie@Pharma.com Howard Mark Mark Electronics, 21 Terrance Avenue, Suffern, NY 10901, USA. E-mail: hlmark@prodigy.net Page 5 News Editorial Staff Pages 6–7 Electronics for Spectroscopists. Part 15: Spectrometers - II W. Fred McClure Professor, NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7625, USA. E-mail: mcclure@eos.ncsu.edu Pages 8–10 Buchi Award Article. NIR method development for monitoring of pharmaceutical powder blending Arwa El-Hagrasy, Hannah Morris, Frank D'Amico, Robert A. Lodder and James K. Drennen, III School of Pharmacy, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA. E-mail: drennen@duq.edu Pages 11–0 Hirschfeld Award 2003. Call for nominations Editorial Staff Pages 12–14 NIR News Book Review. A user-friendly guide to multivariate calibration and classification Paul Geladi Umeã University, Umeã, Sweden Page 14 Pharmaceutical Validation. Process analytical technologies James K. Drennen III Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics and Head, Pharamaceutical Sciences Division, School of Pharmacy, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA. E-mail: drennen@duq.edu Page 15 O2-PLS Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Volume 13 Issue 3 (2002) Page 3 Meeting report - Karl's London Marathon Tony Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, UK Pages 4–5 Randomisation Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 6–7 Pittcon 2002 Report W. Fred McClure Professor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC USA Pages 8–11 I Didn't See the Cows. More on the factors affecting diffuse transmittance and reflectance spectra Karl H. Norris Consultant, 11204 Montgomery Road, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA. E-mail: knnirs@bellatlantic.net Pages 12–14 Pharmaceutical Validation. The FDA is coming!! The FDA is coming!! Howard Mark Mark Electronics, 21 Terrace Avenue, Suffern, NY 10901, USA. Page 15 Instrument Info. The Swiss Army Knife of Spectrometers A.M.C. Davies NIR News Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy Page 16 News Editorial Staff Volume 13 Issue 4 (2002) Pages 3–7 Hirschfeld Award. Calibration transfer in near infrared spectroscopy Pierre Dardenne Déepartement Qualité des Productions Agricoles, Centre de Recherches Agronomiques de Gembloux, 24 Chausée de Namur, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium. E-mail: dardenne@cragx.fgov.be Pages 8–9 Pharmaceutical Validation. Non-destructive tablet hardness testing: the effect of moisture on tablet hardness prediction James K. Drennen and Randall J. Voytilla Duquesne University, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA. E-mail: drennen@duq.edu Pages 10–15 NIR in Industry. Discussions of practical issues: Matching the reference method Lois Weyer 187 Sawmill Rd, Landenberg, PA 19350, USA Pages 11–14 IDRC 2002 Tony Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, 75 Intwood Road, Cringleford, Norwich NR4 6AA, UK Pages 16–17 Electronics for Spectroscopists. Part 16: Hand-held NIR spectrometers W. Fred McClure Professor, NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7625, USA. E-mail: mcclure@eos.ncsu.edu Pages 17–18 News. Research Centre for Near Infrared Spectroscopy Yukihiro Ozaki School of Science and Technology, Kwansei-Gakuin University, Sanda 669-1337, Japan Page 19 NIR-2003 The 11th International Conference on Near Infrared Spectroscopy: NIR-2003 6-11 April, Cordoba, Spain Ana Garrido-Varo NIR News University of Cordoba, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry Engineering, University of Cordoba, Spain Pages 20–21 How reliable is an RMSEP from a validation set? Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London Wc1E 6BT, UK Volume 13 Issue 5 (2002) Pages 3–5 Meeting Reports. IDRC-2002 Fred McClure North American Editor Pages 6–7 Meeting reports. NIR/Chemometrics Workshop and the 10th Australian Near Infrared Spectroscopy Group Conference held at Coffs Harbour, 5-8 May 2002 Graeme Batten Australian Editor Page 7 Book review. Near infrared technology in the agricultural and food industries, 2nd edition Tony Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, UK Pages 8–14 Pharmaceutical Validation. Near infrared spectroscopy for monitoring the hardness of roller compacted ribbons Vishal J. Bijlani, Miriam Delgado-Lopez, Christianah Moji Adeyeye and James K. Drennen III Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA Pages 10–12 Calibration Problem. Is the end of the "Calibration Problem" in sight? Tony Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, 75 Intwood Road, Cringleford, Norwich NR4 6AA, UK Pages 13–14 To average or not to average Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Volume 13 Issue 6 (2002) Page 3 NIR News CNIRS: Presentation of Honorary Membership Award of the Council for Near Infrared Spectroscopy to Robert D. Rosenthal Fred McClure President CNIRS Pages 4–5 NIR in Industry. Discussions of practical issues: Intercorrelation problems Lois Weyer 187 Sawmill Rd, Landenberg, PA 19350, USA Pages 5–8 Büchi Award Winner 2002. Principal discriminant variate (PDV) method for classification of multicollinear data: application to diagnosis of mastitic cows using near infrared spectra of blood samples Jian-Hui Jiang,a,b Roumiana Tsenkovac and Yukihiro Ozakia aDepartment of Chemistry and Research Center for Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, School of Scence and Technology, Kwansei-Gakuin University, Sanda 669-1337, Japan. E-mail: ozaki@kwansei.ac.jp bCollege of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China cDepartment of Environmental Information and Bioproduction Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Kobe University, Noda-ku, Kobe 657-8510, Japan Pages 9–15 Wine Research. Near infrared spectroscopy at the Australian Wine Research Institute (Part 1) Mark Gishen and Bob Dambergs The Australian Wine Research Institute, PO Box 197, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia. Pages 10–11 Medicinal and Spice Plants. Potential of near infrared spectroscopy for supporting breeding and cultivation of medicinal and spice plants Hartwig Schulz, Boris Steuer, Sven Pfeffer and Hans Krüger Federal Centre of Breeding Research on Cultivated Plants, Institute for Plant Analysis, Neuer Weg 22-23, D-06484 Quedlingburg, Germany. E-mail: H.Schulz@bafz.de Pages 12–14 Assessing calibrations: SEP, RPD, RER and R2 Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London,Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Page 14 News Editorial Staff Volume 14 Issue 1 (2003) NIR News Page 3 Eastern Analytical Symposium. Back Home (where it belongs) Fred McClure North American Editor Pages 3–5 18th Tsukuba Meeting Sumio Kawano Japanese Editor Page 5 Q-Interline User Group Meeting Dr Eigil Dåbakk Q-Interline AB, Upplands Väsby, Sweden Pages 6–7 NIR in Industry. Discussions of practical issues: Ways to use data treatments to correct for sampling problems Lois Weyer ATK Tactical Systems Company, LLC, 55 Thiokol Rd, Elkton, MD, USA Page 8 IDRC Honorary Member. Honorary Fellow's response Robert D. Rosenthal Page 9 Instrument Info. A standard test or a test of a standard? The Foss XDS A.M.C. Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, 75 Intwood Road, Cringleford, Norwich NR4 6AA Pages 10–12 EAS Award Presentation Article. NIR spectral characteristics (part 1) Jerry Workman Argose Inc., Waltham, MA 02445, USA Page 13 ICNIRS Page ICNRS Members Page 14 Spreading the word Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London,Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK NIR News Page 15 Advertisement. Too much data - too little information! Harald Martens Centre for Advanced Food Studies, Denmark Volume 14 Issue 2 (2003) Pages 3–7 Meeting Reports. The state of Pittcon Howard Mark and David Hopkins Pages 6–7 On angles, distances and correlations Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London,Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 8–9 Instrument Matching. Precision matching of near infrared instruments Denise E. Root, William Muller, Ken Vonbargen and Timothy G. Kelly Foss NIRSystems Inc., 12101 Tech Road, Silver Spring, MD 20904, USA Pages 10–18 Tomas Hirschfeld Award Lecture. Progress in near infrared spectroscopy: the people, the instrumentation, the applications Franklin E. Barton, II USDA,–Agricultural Research Service, Richard B. Russell Agricultural Research Center, PO Box 5677, Athens, GA 30604-567, USA Pages 13–15 NIR 2003 A warm welcome to Cordoba! + Programme Editorial Staff Page 16 ICNIRS page (committee and agenda) International Committee for Near Infrared Spectroscopy Pages 17–18 Speaking Theoretically—Why does the Kubelka-Munk equation "fail"? Donald J. Dahm Department of Chermistry and Physics, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA Pages 19–21 EAS Award Presentation Lecture. NIR spectral characteristics (part 2) Jerry Workman Argose Inc., Waltham, MA 02445, USA NIR News Pages 22–24 In situ spectroscopic cleaning validation Aaron A. Urbas and Robert A. Lodder College of Pharmacy and Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0082, USA. E-mail: lodder@uky.edu Volume 14 Issue 3 (2003) Page 3 NIR-2003. Adios Cordoba! and Chairman's Comments Gerard Downey The National Food Centre, Ireland Page 4 NIR 2003 Lindie Myburgh Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa Pages 5–7 ICNIRS minutes ICNIRS Committee Page 8 Meeting Report. Agronomic NIR users: out in the open field! Dr Christian Paul Institut fur Pflanzenbau, Germany Page 9 ICNIRS Fellow. Dr Karoly J. Kaffka, Fellow of near infrared spectroscopy Karl Norris Pages 10–11 Speaking theoretically—Re-calibrating Kubelka–Munk: which absorption coefficient? Donald J. Dahm Department of Chermistry and Physics, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA Page 12 Calibrating for a cut-off: quantitative or qualitative? Editorial Staff Pages 13–15 New Products Editorial Staff NIR News Pages 14–15 Comparability protocols: chemistry, manufacturing and controls information Jim Drennen and Carl Andersen Center for Pharmaceutical Technology, Duquesne University, USA Volume 14 Issue 4 (2003) Page 3 News Editorial Staff Pages 4–5 New Products Editorial Staff Page 5 Post Cordoba Reflections Tony Davies Editor, NIR news, NIR Publications Pages 6–7 Transfer of NIR calibrations between sites and different instruments Eva-Lotta Bergman,a Henric Brage,a Henrik Leion,a Olof Svenssona and Anders Sparénb Analytical Development, Pharmaceutical and Analytical R & D Mölndal, AstraZeneca, S431-83 Mölndal, Sweden a Quality Control Assurance, Astra Zeneca Tablet Production Sweden, S-151 85 Södertälge, Sweden b Pages 8–11 Application of time-of -flight near infrared spectroscopy for detecting sugar content and acidity in apples Satoru Tsuchikawa* and Takahiro Hamada Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan. E-mail: st3842@agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp Pages 10–11 Speaking theoretically&#x2014: Re-calibrating Kubelka&#x2014:Munk: an intuitive model of diffuse reflectance Donald J. Dahm Department of Chermistry and Physics, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA Pages 12–16 Getting rid of noise by smoothing Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London,Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 14–15 NIR News Pharmaceutical Validation. PASG NIR Sub-Group update Neville Broad Chairman, Pharmaceutical Analytical Sciences Group, NIR Sub-Group Pages 15–16 JNIRS DataBank Editorial Staff Volume 14 Issue 5 (2003) Pages 3–6 Brandy Classification. NIR-2003 Prize-Winning Posters. Classification of South African brandy with near infrared spectroscopy Marena Manley,a Natasha de Bruyna and Gerard Downeyb aDepartment bTeagasc, of Food Science, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland (Stellenbosch), 7602, South Africa The National Food Centre, Dunsinea, Castleknock, Ashtown, Dublin 15, Ireland Pages 5–6 Speaking theoretically...: An intuitive model of diffuse reflectance (and infinitely thick samples) Donald J. Dahm Dept of Chemistry and Physics, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA Page 6 News Editorial Staff Page 7 ICNIRS page. Buchi sponsors Tomas Hirschfeld Award Peter Flinn ICNIRS, Chairman-elect Pages 8–9 Interpreting loadings and coefficient vectors in PCR and PLS Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 10–13 Chemometrics in action. Shoot-out 2002: transfer of calibration for content of active in a pharmaceutical tablet David W. Hopkins NIR Consultant, Battle Creek, MI 49015, USA Pages 14–15 NIR News Pharmaceutical Validation. Calibration transfer: a critical component of analytical method validation Jim Drennen Duquesne University Center for Pharceutical Technology, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA, E-mail: drennen@duq.edu Page 15 News Editorial Staff Volume 14 Issue 6 (2003) Pages 3–5 Feedstuffs Labelling. NIR-2003 Prize-Winning Posters. Ad hoc labelling of compound feedstuffs: the feed industry bets by near infrared spectroscopy Ma Dolores Pérez-Marin,a Ana Garrido- Varo,a José E. Guerrero,a J. Zegers,b A. Swinkels,b L. Moyac and J. Lizasoc aFaculty of Agriculture and Forestry Engineering, ETSIAM, University of Córdoba, Apdo 3048, 14080 Córdoba, Spain. E- mail: pa2pemad@uco.es bMaasweide cNanta Laboratory Services, NUTRECO, Boxmeer, The Netherlands S.A., NUTRECO, Ronda de Poniente 9, 28760 Tres Cantos (Madrid) Spain Page 5 The Second International Symposium on Two-Dimensional Correlation Spectroscopy Yukihiro Ozaki and Shiho Ojima Department of Chemistry, School of Science & Technology, Kwansei-Gakuin University, 2-1 Gakuen, Sanda 669-1337, Japan Pages 6–8 Software review. Unscrambler 8.0 (or is it 7.9?) Tony Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, 75 Intwood Road, Cringleford, Norwich NR4 6AA, UK Pages 7–8 Pharmaceutical Validation. Near infrared spectroscopy for determining the hardness of roller compacted briquettes Vishal Bijlani, Carl Anderson, Christianah Adeyeye and Jim Drennen Duquesne University Center for Pharceutical Technology, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA, E-mail: drennen@duq.edu Pages 9–11 Are two pretreatments better than one? Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Page 12 ICNIRS page. New ICNIRS website Gerry Downey NIR News The National Food Centre, Ireland Page 13 Transmixion, a new method for optical sampling Myron J. Block and Howard E. Guthermann Optix LP, PO Box 685, Hobe Sound, FL 33475-0685, USA. E-mail: myronjblock@aol.com Pages 14–15 Speaking theoretically… When intuition fails us Donald J. Dahm Dept of Chemistry and Physics, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA Pages 15–16 5th European Symposium on NIR Spectroscopy, Kolding Tony Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, 75, Intwood Road, Cringleford, Norwich NR4 6AA, UK Volume 15 Issue 1 (2004) Page 3 EAS Report 2003. Somerset, New Jersey, USA Fred McClure North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA Page 3 News. Editorial Staff Pages 4–7 Competing theories of diffuse reflectance Donald J. Dahm Department of Chemistry and Physics, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA Page 6 NIR in Industry. Discussions of practical issues: Real sample sets Lois Weyer ATK Elkton, LLC, 55 Thiokol, Elkton, MD, USA Page 8 Tsukuba Report. The 19th National NIR Meeting Sumio Kawano and Sirinnapa Saranwong Nondestructive Evaluation Laboratory, National Food Research. Institute, 2-1-12 Kannondai, Tsukuba 305-8642, Japan Pages 10–13 NIR News EAS Award Lecture. “The rest of the story ” Howard Mark Mark Electronics, 69 Jamie Court, Suffern, NY 10901, USA Pages 14–15 Fitting equations with more than one intercept Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Page 16 New ASTM Activity on Pharmaceutical Application of Process Analytical Technology Jim Drennen Duquesne University Center for Pharceutical Technology, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA, E-mail: drennen@duq.edu Volume 15 Issue 2 (2004) Page 3 Pittcon 2004 NIR Awards Dave Himmelsbach Pages 4–8 Hirschfeld Award Lecture. Near infrared spectroscopy: A key to more food, better food and a safer environment Graeme D. Batten Farrer Centre, School of Agriculture, Charles Sturt University, LMB 588, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia Page 8 Announcement. New Editor-in-Chief for Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy Tony Davies Editor, NIR news, 75 Intwood Road, Cringleford, Norwich NR4 6AA, UK Pages 9–11 PAT methods provide process understanding Arwa S. El-Hagrasy and James K. Drennen Duquesne University Center for Pharmaceutical Technology, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA. E-mail: drennen@duq.edu Pages 10–11 Nomenclature Donald J. Dahm Department of Chemistry and Physics, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA Pages 12–13 Error rates in classification and the effect of unequal group sizes Tom Fearn NIR News Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 14–16 Cheese Authenticity. Determining the geographic origin of emmental cheese L. Pillonel,a W. Luginbühla D. Picque,b E. Schaller,c, R. Tabacchid and J.O. Bosseta,* aFederal Dairy Research Institute, Liebefeld, CH-3003 Bern, Switzerland bINRA/LGMPA, cBüI F-78850 Thiverval Grignon, France Labortechnik AG, CH-9230 Flawil, Switzerland dUniversity of Neuchâtel, CH-2007 Neuchâtel, Switzerland Page 16 News. Proceedings of NIR-2003. Italian NIR Symposium. Digilab agreement Editorial Staff Page 17 NIR Instruments. NIR high volume instruments Bob Rosenthal Futrex Inc., USA Volume 15 Issue 3 (2004) Pages 3–5 Reconstructive Surgery. Application of NIR spectroscopy in plastic and reconstructive surgery Mike Sowa, Jeri Payette and Larry Leonardi Institute for Biodiagnostics, National Research Council Canada, 435 Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3B 1Y6 Page 5 12th IDRC, August 2004 Donald J. Dahm Department of Chemistry and Physics Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA Pages 6–7 Are arbitrary references OK? Donald J. Dahm Department of Chemistry and Physics Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA Pages 8–9 The dissolution profile of USP non-disintegrating calibrator tablets using near infrared spectroscopy Randall J. Voytilla andJames K. Drennen Duquesne University Center for Pharceutical Technology, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA, E-mail: drennen@duq.edu Page 9 NIR News Tomas Hirschfeld Award 2005 Peter Flinn Kelspec Services Pty Ltd, 44 Woodburn Street (PO Box 31), Dunkeld, Victoria 3294, Australia. E-mail: kelspec@bigpond.com Pages 10–15 SAS PLS Programs. Using SAS for PLS calibrations of spectroscopic data James B. Reeves, IIIa and Stephen R. Delwicheb a ANRI, USDA, ARS, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Environmental Management and By-Products Laboratory, Building 306, Beltsville, MD 20705-2350, USA bISL, Building 303, BARC East, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA Pages 12–13 Multivariate quality control Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Page 14 Gerald Birth Award. Peter Griffiths, the first winner Tony Davies Editor, NIR news, 75 Intwood Road, Cringleford, Norwich NR4 6AA, UK Page 15 "Remission" Howard Mark Mark Electronics, 69 Jamie Court, Suffern, NY 10901, USA Volume 15 Issue 4 (2004) Page 0 IDRC-2004 Supplement. 12th International Diffuse Reflection Conference Editorial Staff Pages 4–5 The Japan-Thailand Joint Symposium Sirinnapa Saranwong and Sumio Kawano Nondestructive Evaluation Laboratory, National Food Research Institute, 2-1-12 Kannondai, Tsukuba 305-8642, Japan Pages 6–8 Predicting shapes of absorption vs concentration curves with representative layer hteory Donald J. Dahm Department of Chemistry and Physics, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA Pages 9–10 NIR News Critical concerns for implementing Process Analytical Technologies in the pharmaceutical industry James K. Drennen, Carl A. Anderson and Robert P. Cogdill Duquesne University Center for Pharmaceutical Technology, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA, E-mail: drennen@duq.edu Pages 11–15 NIR Microspectrometers—moving spectroscopy into the fridge Adrian Keating, Kevin Winchester, John M. Dell, Charlie Musca and Laurie Faraone Microelectronics Research Group, The University of Western Australia. E- mail: keating@ee.uwa.edu.au Pages 14–15 Towards a standard terminology? Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Page 15 NIR-2005 Travel awards Dr Sandra Kays Honorary Treasurer, ICNIRS. E-mail: sekays@qaru.ars.usda.gov Volume 15 Issue 5 (2004) Pages 3–6 IDRC-2004 Chambersburg Fred McClure North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7625, USA Page 7 Italian Symposium Roberto Giangiacomo Instituto Sperimentale Lattiero Caseario Lodi, Italy Pages 8–9 Predicting response curve shapes with representative layer theory Donald J. Dahm Department of Chemistry and Physics, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA Page 9 News Editorial Staff Pages 10–11 Gerry Birth Award Lecture. NIR News Professor Peter R. Griffiths Department of Chemistry, University of Idaho, PO Box 442343, Moscow, ID 83844-2343, USA Pages 12–13 Risk analysis for near infrared method development. Robert P. Cogdill, Carl A. Anderson and James K. Drennen, III Duquesne University Center for Pharmaceutical Technology, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA Pages 14–15 Support vector machines I: The support vector classifier Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Volume 15 Issue 6 (2004) Pages 3–0 NIR-2005 Ross Clarke Convenor, Organising Committee, NIT-2005 Page 5 News Editorial Staff Pages 6–7 There's no Beer's law for scattering samples!!! Donald J. Dahm Department of Chemistry and Physics, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA Pages 8–9 Support vector machines II: The support vector classifier with overlapping groups Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Stree, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 10–12 Non-destructive analysis of ivories by visible and short-wave near infrared spectroscopy Masahiko Shimoyamaa, Susumu Morimotob and Yuki Ozakic aForensic Science Laboratory, Hyogo Prefectural Police H.Q., 5-4-1 Shimoyamate-dori, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-8510, Japan bElectronic Equipped Machinery Division, Kubota Corporation, Jinmu-Cho, Yao 581-8686, Japan cDepartment of Chemistry and Research Center for Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, School of Science & Technology, Kwansei-Gakuin University, Gakuen, Sanda 669-1337, Japan Page 12 Book Review. Infrared Spectroscopy: Fundamentals and Applications NIR News Tony Davies Editor, NIR news. 75 Intwood Road, Cringleford, Norwich NR4 6AA, UK Pages 12–13 News. Büchi young scientist award, Nir news increases frequency, Meeting on multivariate data analysis Editorial Staff Pages 13–15 Calibration transfer in pharmaceutical near infrared spectroscopy Mark R. Smith Centre for Pharmaceutical Analysis, The School of Pharmacy, University of London, 29/39 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AX, UK Volume 16 Issue 1 (2005) Page 3 EAS Report. EAS 2005: “More than just food for thought” Fred McClure North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7625, USA Pages 4–6 EAS Award Lecture. Through the looking glass: the adventures of Emil in wonderland Emil W. Ciurczak Consultant, 77 Park Road, Golden Bridge, New York, NY 10526, USA Pages 6–7 Tsukuba Report. The 20th Tsukuba NIR Meeting Sumio Kawano and Sirinnapa Saranwong Nondestructive Evaluation Laboratory, National Food Research Institute, 2-1-12 Kannondai, Tsukuba 305-8642, Japan Pages 8–9 Support vector machines III: non-linear classifiers Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Page 9 News. Partial retirement for Tony Moffat, Sheelagh Halsey on the job market, Medical NIR device, ICNIRS, Camo course Editorial Staff Pages 10–11 Surface Plasmon Resonance near infrared spectroscopy Akifumi Ikehata NIR News Department of Chemistry and Research Center for Near Infrared Spectroscopy, School of Science and Technology, Kwansei-Gakuin University, 2-1 Gakuen, Sanda 669-1337, Japan Pages 12–14 Karl Norris Award Lecture. How it happened-the first chapter of the NIR Publications story Tony Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, 75 Intwood Road, Cringleford, Norwich NR4 6AA, UK Page 15 The diffuse irradiation diddle Donald J. Dahm Department of Chemnistry and Physics, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA Volume 16 Issue 2 (2005) Page 2 NIR-2005 Update. Auckland, New Zealand, 10-15th April 2005 Ross Clarke AgResearch, New Zealand Page 3 Embedded near infrared spectroscopy goes to the fields Christian Paul Braunschweig, Germany Page 5 Büchi Meeting. BBüchi chi NIRFlex N-500 and NIRWare Tony Davies Editor NIRnews, 73 Intwood Road, Cringleford, Norwich NR4 6AA, UK Pages 6–12 Appreciation of John Shenk. John Shenk's retirement: some tributes from his friends, colleagues and students Phil Williams PDK Grain, 5072 Vista View Crescent, Nanaimo, BC V9V 1L6, Canada Pages 8–19 ICNIRS page. NIR-2009. Proposal for a joint Thailand/Japan conference to be held in Thailand. ICNIRS officers for the period 2005-2009 Sumio Kawano National Food Research Institute, 2-1-12 Kannondai, Tsukuba 305-8642, Japan Pages 9–10 NIR News Automated NIR sorting of oranges. Sirinnapa Saranwong,a Sumio Kawanoa and Tony Daviesb aNational Food Research Institute, 2-1-12 Kannondai, Tsukuba 305- 8642, JapanbNorwich Near Infrared Consultancy, 75 Intwood Road, Cringleford, Norwich NR4 6AA, UK Pages 11–12 Support vector machines IV: penalised regression Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 13–15 Diffuse radiation, plane parallel mathematics, and a better approach to data collection Donald J. Dahm Department of Chemistry and Physics, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA Pages 14–15 Efficient NIR calibrations utilising pure component projection. Carl A. Anderson and Robert P. Cogdill Duquesne University Center for Pharmaceutical Technology, Pittsburgh, PA,, USA Volume 16 Issue 3 (2005) Page 3 North American editor for NIR news. A message from Karl Norris James B. Reeves, III and Karl Norris Pages 4–6 Support vector machines V: exploiting inner products Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 5–6 Effect of particle size on absorbance Donald J. Dahm Department of Chemistry and Physics, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA Pages 7–8 Statistical experimental design for PAT method development Carl A. Anderson, Robert P. Cogdill and James K. Drennen, III Duquesne University Center for Pharmaceutical Technology, Pittsburgh, PA, Duquesne University, USA Pages 10–11 NIR-2005 Ross Clarke NIR News AgResearch Ltd., New Zealand Pages 12–18 NIR in New Zealand. Ross Clarke AgResearch Ltd., New Zealand Pages 14–15 NIR-2005 programme Editorial Staff Pages 18–0 News Editorial Staff Pages 22–23 Rules of ICNIRS Tony Davies Editor, NIR news, 73 Intwod Road, Cringleford, Norwich NR4 6AA, UK Volume 16 Issue 4 (2005) Page 2 Pittcon 2005. Tomas Hirschfeld award for 2005. New NIR products David Hopkins NIR Consultant, 472 S. Moorland Dr., Battle Creek, MI 49015, USA. E-mail: dwh@tds.net Pages 3–5 Extended multiplicative scatter correction Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 4–5 Effect of particle size on absorbance (for real) Donald J. Dahm with Emil W. Ciurczak and Karl Norris Department of Chemistry and Physics, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA Pages 6–15 A prevention based strategy for quality control using PAT Philip Lunneya,b and James K. Drennen, III Duquesne University, Center for Pharmaceutical Technology, Pittsburgh, PA, USA a Pages 8–14 NIR News Near infrared spectroscopy for the monitoring and control of polymerisation processes. Nida Sheibat-Othman,a,* Dominique Peycelon,b Jean-Bernard Egraz,b Jean-Marc Suaub and Gilles Févottea aLAGEP-Universite bCoatex Lyon, I-CNRS/ESCPE, Bât 308, 43 Bldv du 11 Nov. 1918, 69622 Villeurbanne cedex, France ZI Lyon Nord, 69727 Genay, France Pages 10–14 Hirschfeld Award Lecture. The role of near infrared spectroscopy to verify label information in agro-food products. Ana Garrido-Varo Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry Engineering, University of Córdoba, Avda Menendez Pidal s/n, 14080 Córdoba, Spain Page 15 Ist European meeting on multivariate data analysis Tony Davies Editor NIRnews, 73 Intwood Road, Cringleford, Norwich NR4 6AA, UK Page 15 Nominations for the 2005 Karl Norris Award. Sheelagh Halsey. Editorial Staff Page 16 The urgent need for PAT chemometric education. Tony Davies Editor NIRnews, 73 Intwood Road, Cringleford, Norwich NR4 6AA, UK Volume 16 Issue 5 (2005) Page 2 NIR-2005, Well done Kiwis! Auckland impression. Minutes of ICNIRS Meeting Peter Flinn Kelspec Services Pty Ltd, Dunkeld, Victoria 3294, Australia Page 6 News Editorial Staff Pages 7–8 Calculating standard deviations Tom Fearn Deartment of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 8–14 What do you mean : ℌlinear”? NIR News Donald J. Dahm Department of Chemistry and Physics, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA Pages 9–14 Near infrared spectroscopy and process analytical technology at Duquesne University. James K. Drennen, III Duquesne University Center for Pharmaceutical Technology, Mylan School of Pharmacy and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA 15252 , USA. E-mail: drennen@duq.edu Pages 10–11 Moving Window Techniques. New wavelength selection methods: part 1 Jian-hui Jiang,a Yi Ping Du,b Sumaporn Kasemsumranc and Yukihiro Ozakic aThe State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China bCollege of Chemical Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255000, PR China cDepartment of Chemistry, Research Center for Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, School of Science and Technology, Kwansei-Gakuin University, 2-1 Gakuen, Sanda 669-1337, Japan. E-mail. ozaki@kwansei.ac.jp Pages 12–14 Comparison of pharmaceutical batches by near infrared spectroscopy. Y. Roggo, C. Roeseler, P. Chalus and A. Fischer F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Blg 65, Room 516a, Grenzacherstrasse, 4170 Basel, Switzerland Page 15 Current thoughts on the PAT initiative. James K. Drennen, III Duquesne University Center for Pharmeceutical technology, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA Page 16 News Editorial Staff Volume 16 Issue 6 (2005) Pages 3–4 NIR Chemical Imaging—near infrared spectroscopy on steroids E. Neil Lewis, Linda H. Kidder and Eunah Lee Spectral Dimensions Inc., Olney, MD, USA Pages 5–8 Degrees of Freedom Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK NIR News Pages 6–8 Moving Window Techniques. New wavelength selection methods: part 2 Jian-hui Jiang,a Yi Ping Du,b Sumaporn Kasemsumranc and Yukihiro Ozakic aThe State Key University of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China bCollege of Chemical Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255000, PR China cDepartment of Chemistry, Research Center for Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. School of Science and Technology, Kwansei-Gakuin University, 2-1 Gakuen, Sanda 669-1337Japan Pages 9–12 Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory Craig Daughtry HRSL, Building 007, BARC West, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA Pages 9–12 Near infrared research at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (Part 1) Jim Reeves, III NA Column Editor ANRI, USDA, ARS, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Environmental Management and By- Products Laboratory, Building 306, Beltsville, MD 20705-2350, USA Pages 9–12 Instrumentation and Sensing Laboratory Stephen R. Delwiche ISL, Building 303, BARC East, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA. E-mail: delwiche@ba.ars.usda.gov Pages 10–12 Eumelanin in Human Hair. A new approach in the determinatiion of eumelanin in human hair using near infrared spectroscopy Marina Zoccola,a Raffaella Mossotti,a Riccardo Innocenti,a Dora I. Loria,b Stefano Rosso,c Roberto Zanettic and Helios Working Group aNational Research Council, Institute for Macromolecular Studies, Corso Pella 16, 13900 Biella, Italy. E-mail: m.zoccola@bi.ismac.cnr.it bInstituto de Oncologia, A.H. Roffo Av., San Martin 5481–(1417) Bs. As.–Argentina cPiedmont Cancer Registry–CPO0Centro per la Prevewnzione Oncologica, via San Francesco da Paola 31, 10123 Turin, Italy Page 13 Comments on the 12th International Conference on Near Infrared Spectroscopy. Response. NIR-2005 - where to from here? A.C. Moffata and H.W. Sieslerb aCentre for Pharmaceutical Analysis, The School of Pharmacy, University of London, 29unswick Square, London WC1N 1AX, UK bDepartment of Physical Chemistry, University of Duisburg- Essen, Schuetzenbahn 70, D-45117 Essen, Germany Pages 15–16 Making waves NIR News Donald J. Dahm Department of Chemistry and Physics, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA Page 17 News Editorial Staff Volume 16 Issue 7 (2005) Page 3 Introducton and Welcome Tony Daviesa and Peter Flinnb aEditor NIRnews, 73 Intwood Road, Cringleford, Norwich NR4 6AA, UK bChairman ICNIRS, Kelspec Services Pty Ltd, Dunkeld, Victoria 3294, Australia> Pages 4–8 NIR in the Real World. An average day (or how near infrared affects daily life) Peter Flinn Kelspec Services Pty Ltd, Dunkeld, Victoria 3294, Australia Pages 9–11 NIR spectroscopy. An introduction to near infrared spectroscopy. Karl H. Norris Tony Davies Editor NIRnews, 73 Intwood Road, Cringleford, Norwich, UK Page 12 NIR is alive and growing Karl H. Norris 11204 Mongomery Road, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA Pages 13–16 NIR instrumentation technology Edward Stark and Karen Luchter KES Analysis Inc., 160 West End Ave, New York, NY 10023, USA Pages 17–19 Chemometrics: an enabling tool for NIR Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 20–22 The future of near infrared spectroscopy: applications for the environment Diane Malleya and Phil Williamsb NIR News aPDK Projects Inc., 5072 Vista View Crescent,, Nanaimo, BC V9V 1L6, Canada bPDK Grain, 5072 Vista View Crescent,, Nanaimo, BC V9V 1L6, Canada Pages 23–26 Near infrared spectroscopy in the pharmaceutical industry Robert P. Cogdill and James K. Drennen, III Duquesne University, Center for Pharmaceutical Technology, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Pages 27–30 Commercial portable NIR instruments in Japan Sirinnapa Saranwong and Sumio Kawano National Food Research Institute, 2-1-12 Kannondai, Tsukuba 305–8642, Japan Pages 28–30 NIR in Medicine. Shedding light on the brain Clare Elwell and Paul Beard Biomedical Optics Research Laboratory, Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, University College London, UK. E-mail: celwell@medphys.ucl.ac.uk Volume 16 Issue 8 (2005) Pages 3–7 ROSC for Interference Removal. Utilisation of region orthogonal signal correction for specific removal of interference signals from near infrared spectra Sumaporn Kasemsumran,a Yi Ping Dub and Yukihiro Ozakic aKasetsart Agricultural and Ago-Industrial Product Improvement Institute, Kasetsart University, 50 Jaujak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand bCollege of Chemical Engineering, Shandong University ofTechnology, Zibo 255000, PR China cDepartment of Chemistry, Research Centre for Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University, 2-1 Gakuen, Sanda 660–1337, Japan. E-mail: ozaki@kwansei.ac.jp Pages 4–7 Fresh or Frozen-Thawed Fish. Classification of fresh and frozen-thawed fish by dry extract spectroscopy by infrared reflection Musleh Uddin, Emiko Okazaki and Yutaka Fukuda Food Technology and Biochemistry Division, National Research Inst. of Fisheries Science, 2-12-4 Kukuura, Kanazawa, Yokohoma 236-8648, Japan Pages 6–7 Decision boundaries Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 8–14 NIR News Making more waves Donald J. Dahm Department of Chemistry and Physics, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA Pages 10–13 Why log(1/R) for composition analysis with NIR? Karl H. Norris 11204 Montgomery Road, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA Pages 12–13 Near infrared research at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (Part 2) Jim Reeves, III NA Column Editor, ANRI, USDA, ARS, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Environmental Management and By- Products Laboratory, Building 306, Beltsville, MD 20705-2350, USA Page 14 Letters. NIR-2005. Christian Paula and Paul Geladib aInstitute of Crop and Grassland Science, Federal Agricultural Research Centre (FAL), Bundesallee 50, D-38116 Braunschweig, Germany bUnit of Biomass Technology and Chemistry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU Röbäcksdalen, PO Box 4097, SE 904 03 Umeå, Sweden Page 14 Newe Products Editorial Staff Page 15 Instrument Info. The ASD AgriSpec Tony Davies Editor NIRnews, 73 Intwood Road, Cringleford, Norwich NR4 6AA, UK Volume 17 Issue 1 (2006) Pages 3–7 EAS 2005 Report Jim Reeves III NA Column Editor, ANRI, USDA, ARS, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Environmental Management and By-Products Laboratory, Building 306, Beltsville, MD 20705-2350, USA Pages 4–7 EAS Award Lecture. The struggle to understand the theory of diffuse reflectance Donald J. Dahm Department of Chemistry and Physics, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA NIR News Pages 8–9 Using NIR spectroscopy as a test for the release of clinical trial tablets T. Van den Kerkhof and R. De Maesschalck Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Turnhoutseweg 30, B-2340 Beerse, Belgium Pages 10–11 Research and development of near infrared spectroscopy technology and its application in the Chinese petrochemical industry Chu Xiaoli, Yuan Hongfu and Lu Wanzhen Research Institute of Petroleum Processing, Beijing 100083, PR China Pages 12–14 MCR-ALS. Band boundaries of feasible solutions for multivariate curve resolution-alternating least squares solutions M. Garrido,a M.S. Larrechi,a,* F.X. Riusa and R. Taulerb aDepartment of Analytical and organic Chemistry, Rovira i Virgili University, (Campus Sescelades), Marcel-Ií Domingo s/n, 43007 Tarragona, Spain bInstitute of Chemical and Environmental Research, CISC, Jordi Girona 18Ő24, 08034 Barcelona, Spain Page 15 Latin squares Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Stree, London WC1E 6BT UK Page 16 News Editorial Staff Volume 17 Issue 2 (2006) Pages 2–6 Tsukuba Meeting: largest attendance ever Sumio Kawano and Sirinnapa Saranwong National Food Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan Pages 4–6 A theoretical framework for real time release with NIR and chemometrics Erik Skibsted,a,b Johan Westerhuis,a Age Smildea,c and D.T. Witted aCMC Development, Novo Nordisk A/S, DK-2760 Maaloev, Denmark. E-mail: ersk@novonordisk.com Biosystems Data Analysis, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 166, 1018 WV, The Netherlands b cTNO Quality of Life, Utrechtseweg 48, 3700 AJ Zeist, The Netherlands dQA/ALC-A, N.V. Organon, Molenstraat 10, PO Box 20, 5340 BH Oss, The Netherlands NIR News Page 7 Plotting observed versus fitted reference values Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Stree, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 8–9 Implantable Sensor Batteries. Prospects for implantable sensors powered by near infrared rechargeable batteries Bin Dai, Aaron Urbas and Robert A. Lodder Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0055, USA. E-mail: lodder@uky.edu Pages 10–11 Karl Norris Award Lecture. Breakthroughs in NIR spectroscopy: celebrating the milestones to a viable analytical technology W. Fred McClure North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA Pages 12–15 EAS Award Lecture Pt2. The struggle to understand the theory of diffuse reflectance, part 2 Donald J. Dahm Department of Chemistry and Physics, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA Pages 14–15 Optimisation of prediction performance using region orthogonal signal correction Sumaporn Kasemsumran,a Yi Ping Dub and Yukihiro Ozakic,* aKasetsart Agricultural and Agro- Industrial Product Improvement Institute, Kasetsart University, 50 Jatujak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand bAnalysis and Research Centre, East China University of Science and Technology, Meilong Road 130, Shanghai 200237, China cDepartment of Chemistry, Research Centre for Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, School of Science and Technology, Kwansei-Gakuin University, 2-1 Gakuen, Sanda 669-1337, Japan Page 16 News Editorial Staff Volume 17 Issue 3 (2006) Page 3 Group profile. Food-related near infrared spectroscopy researchat Nebraska-Lincoln Randy Wehling and Jeyam Subbiah Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA Pages 4–5 the University of NIR News Blowing up bridges Donald J. Dahm Department of Chemistry and Physics, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA Page 5 Diagnostics 1: plotting y-residuals Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Stree, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 6–16 In-line monitoring of the conversion in UV-cured coatings by NIR spectroscopy Tom Scherzera,* and Hartmut Luchtb aLeibniz Institute of Surface Modification, (IOM) Permoserstrasse 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany. E-mail: tom.scherzer@iom-leipzig.de bLLA Instruments GmbH, Schwarzchildstrasse 10, D-12489 Berlin, Germany Pages 8–14 Monitoring of Injection Moulding. In-line monitoring of plastics during injection moulding using near infrared spectroscopy Oana R. Ghita School of Engineering, Computer Science & Mathematics, University of Exeter, North Park Road, Exeter, Devon EX4 4Qf, UK. E-mail: o.ghita@exeter.ac.uk Pages 10–12 Analysis of Biofuels. Near infrared determination of some economical important parameters in biofuels Torbjörn A. Lestander Unit of Biomass Technology and Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, PO Box 4097, SE 904 03 UmeåSweden. E-mail: torbjorn.lestander@btk.slu.se Page 12 Hyperspectral imaging in focus at the NIR Nord seminar Véronique Bellon Maurel Cemagref, BP 5095, 34196 Monpellier cedex 5, France Pages 13–14 Wood Properties. Success in using NIR spectroscopy to estimate wood properties of Pinus taeda radial strips not due to autocorrelation Laurence R. Schimleck,a,* P. David Jones,a Gary F. Peter,b Richard F. Danielsa and Alexander Clark,c III aWarnell bSchool c School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Athens, GA, USA Pages 15–16 NIR News News Editorial Staff Volume 17 Issue 4 (2006) Pages 3–4 PITTCON 2006, Meeting Report. New product introductions Jim Reeves NA Column Editor, ANRI, USDA, ARS, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Environmental Management and By-Products Laboratory, Building 306, Beltsville, MD 20705-2350, USA Pages 5–9 Applications of NIR spectroscopy for on-tree quality evaluation of fruit Sirinnapa Saranwong,a,b Jinda Sornsrivichaib and Sumio Kawanoa aNational Food Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan 305-8642. E-mail: sirinnap@affrc.go.jp bDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiangmai, Thailand 50202 Pages 7–9 Time-resolved NIR spectroscopy for analysis of solid pharmaceuticals Jonas Johansson,a,* Staffan Folestad,a Christoffer Abrahamsson,b Tomas Svenssonb and Stefan Andersson- Engelsb aPharmaceutical bDepartment and Analytical R & D, AstraZeneca R & D, Mölndal, Sweden of Physics, Lund Institute of Technology, Lund, Sweden Pages 10–11 Hirschfeld Award Lecture. Aquaphotomics: exploring water-light interactions for a better understanding of the biological world Roumiana Tsenkova Kobe University, Faculty of Agriculture, Kobe, Japan Pages 12–13 Optimisation of support vector regression parameters Bülent Üstün, Willem Melssen and Lutgarde Buydens Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Radboud University, Nijmegen,Toernooiveld 1, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands Page 14 0th Anniversary of the formation of ICNIRS. IRDC, Chambersburg 2006 Tony Davies Editor, NIR news Pages 15–16 Diagnostics 2: leverage and the hat matrix Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK NIR News Volume 17 Issue 5 (2006) Pages 3–21 Doesn't anybody want to fight? Donald J. Dahm Department of Chemistry and Physics, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA Pages 4–5 NIR in North America. The Collaborative Research Project between the University of Maryland and Center for Veterinary Medicine at FDA Raafat Fahmy,a Simin Hassannejad Tabasib and Stephen W. Hoagb aOffice of New Animal Drug Evaluation, Center for Vetereinary Medicine, FDA, Rockville, MD 20855, USA bSchool of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, 20 N. Pine Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA Pages 6–7 NIR-FT/Raman spectroscopy for nutritional classification of cereal foods Miryeong Sohn,a David S. Himmelsbach,a Sandra E. Kays,a Douglas D. Archibaldb and Franklin E. Barton, IIa United States Department of Ariculture, Agricultural Research Service, R.B. Russell Agricultural Research Center, Athens, GA 30605, USA bDepartment of Crop and Soil Sciences, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA Pages 8–14 Aquaphotomics: exploring water-light interactions for a better understanding of the biological world. Part 2: Japanese food, language and why NIR for diagnosis? Roumiana Tsenkova Kobe University, Faculty of Agrticulture, Kobe, Japan Pages 10–14 Implementation of near infrared and Raman spectroscopy for tablet composition and relative density analysis for a four-component system Steven M. Short, Robert P. Cogdill and Carl A. Anderson Duquesne University, Duquesne Center for Pharmaceutical Technology, 600 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA Pages 12–13 IDRC-2006. The 13th International Diffuse Reflectance Conference (IDRC 2006) Commemorating 25 Years of IDRC: Theory and Design Gary Ritchie IRDC-2006 Chairman Page 14 News. Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy special issue honouring John Shenk Editorial Staff Pages 15–20 NIR News Diagnostics 3: leave-one-out residuals and leverage correction Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 16–20 Classification of Soil Texture. Vis-NIR spectroscopy coupled with multivariate statistical analyses as a tool for the classification of soil texture A.M. Mouazen, R. Karoui, J. De Baerdemaeker and H. Ramon Division of Mechatronics, Biostatistics and Sensors (MeBios), Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Kasteelpark Arenberg 30, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium Pages 18–20 Evaluation of non-starch polysaccharides and oligosaccharide content of different soybean varieties (Glycine max) by near infrared spectroscopy Kristin Hollung,a Maregareth Øverland,b Jegor Miladinovic,cHareld Martens,a,d,e Bjørg Naruma and Stefan Sahlstr&#'x00F8;ma aMatforsk,The bAquaculture cInstitute dIKBM, eThe Norwegian Food Research Institute, Osloveien 1, N-1430 Ås Norway. E-mail: kristin.hollung@matforsk.no Protein Centre, Centre of Excellence, PO Box 5003, N-1430 Ås, Norway of Field and Vegeta ble Crops, Maksima Gorkog 30, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro Norwegian University of Life Sciences, N-1430 Ås, Norway Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Frederiksberg, Denmark Volume 17 Issue 6 (2006) Pages 3–4 IDRC-2006. The 13th International Diffuse Reflectance Conference, Chambersburg, PA, USA Tony Davies Editor NIRnews, 73 Intwood Road, Cringleford, Norwich NR4 6AA, UK Pages 5–7 ANISG Report. Rockhampton Meeting of ANISG Graeme Batten Sea Spec Pty Ltd, PO Box 487, Woolgoolga, NSW 2456, Australia Pages 6–7 Japan-Korea Symposium, 28-30 June 2006 Sirinnapa Saranwong and Sumio Kawano National Food Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan Pages 8–14 Models for time-resolved NIR measurements on particulate samples Donald J. Dahm Department of Chemistry and Physics, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA Wilson College, NIR News Pages 10–11 Spectral Libraries. NIR spectral libraries for the efficient development and validation of identification methods Hanspeter Kellerhals,a Harald Agrinzb and Joachim Oelichmannc aKellerhals bSigmaP cBüchi Analytik & Informatik, CH-8610 Uster, Switzerland Production GmbH, CH-9471 Buchs, Switzerland Labortechnik AG, CH-9230 Flawil, Switzerland Page 12 Aquaphotomics. Aquaphotomics and Chambersburg Roumiana Tsenkova Kobe University, Kobe, Japan. E-mail: rtsen@kobe-u.ac.jp Pages 13–14 Classification and regression trees (CART) Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 14–15 News. Gerry Downey is the 2007 Hirschfeld Award winner, Olympus and VisEn Medical sign exclusive Japanese distribution agreement, Spectral Dimensions bought by Malvern Instruments, System for on-line process and quality control, Sandia National Lab Editorial Staff Page 16 What can a focal plane array detector do for you? Véronique Bellon-Maurel Cemagref, BP 5095, 34196 Monpellier cedex 5, France Volume 17 Issue 6 (2006) Pages 3–4 IDRC-2006. The 13th International Diffuse Reflectance Chambersburg, PA, USA Tony Davies Editor NIRnews, 73 Intwood Road, Cringleford, Norwich NR4 6AA, UK Pages 5–7 ANISG Report. Rockhampton Meeting of ANISG Graeme Batten Sea Spec Pty Ltd, PO Box 487, Woolgoolga, NSW 2456, Australia Pages 6–7 Japan-Korea Symposium, 28-30 June 2006 Conference, Wilson College, NIR News Sirinnapa Saranwong and Sumio Kawano National Food Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan Pages 8–14 Models for time-resolved NIR measurements on particulate samples Donald J. Dahm Department of Chemistry and Physics, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA Pages 10–11 Spectral Libraries. NIR spectral libraries for the efficient development and validation of identification methods Hanspeter Kellerhals,a Harald Agrinzb and Joachim Oelichmannc aKellerhals bSigmaP cBüchi Analytik & Informatik, CH-8610 Uster, Switzerland Production GmbH, CH-9471 Buchs, Switzerland Labortechnik AG, CH-9230 Flawil, Switzerland Page 12 Aquaphotomics. Aquaphotomics and Chambersburg Roumiana Tsenkova Kobe University, Kobe, Japan. E-mail: rtsen@kobe-u.ac.jp Pages 13–14 Classification and regression trees (CART) Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 14–15 News. Gerry Downey is the 2007 Hirschfeld Award winner, Olympus and VisEn Medical sign exclusive Japanese distribution agreement, Spectral Dimensions bought by Malvern Instruments, System for on-line process and quality control, Sandia National Lab Editorial Staff Page 16 What can a focal plane array detector do for you? Véronique Bellon-Maurel Cemagref, BP 5095, 34196 Monpellier cedex 5, France Volume 17 Issue 7 (2006) Pages 2–3 Happy Hundredth! Peter Flinn Chairman, ICNIRS, NIR News Kelspec Services Pty Ltd, Dunkeld, Victoria 3294, Australia Pages 3–4 Editorial. Looking back...Looking forward: My hopes for 2020 Tony Davies Editor NIRnews, NIR Publications Pages 5–7 Vision, Science Fiction and Technology in afterburner: looking back to 1990 and ahead to spectroscopy in 2020… Jerry Workman Thermo Electron Scientific Instruments Division, 81 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02054, USA Pages 8–10 Pushing the Limits Karl H. Norris 11204 Montgomery Road, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA Pages 10–11 Ebby's Column. Ebby revisits. Q121-126 Anon Page 12 Chemometrics and NIR 1990-2020 Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Page 13 AquaPhotomics: water absorbance pattern as a biological marker Roumiana Tsenkova Division of Biosystems Engineering, Kobe University, Japan Pages 14–23 NIR imaging spectroscopy instrumentation: looking forward to 2020? Véronique Bellon-Maurel Cemagref, BP 5095, 34196 Montpellier cedex, France Pages 19–20 NIR: from laboratory to daily life Sirinnapa Saranwong and Sumio Kawano National Food Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan Pages 21–23 Sports Science. Shining NIR light on the Olympics NIR News Caroline Angus Centre for Sports and Exercise Science, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, CO4 3SQ, UK. E-mail: cangus@essex.ac.uk Page 27 Finally... “So long, and thanks for all the fish”. How do you follow that? Tony Daviesand Ian Michael NIR Publications Volume 17 Issue 8 (2006) Pages 3–6 NIR spectroscopy: a tool in the feedback and feedforward control of wet- processed hardboard production E. Dolezel-Horwath,a R. Wimmer,b and R. Kesslerc aCompetence bUniversity Centre for Wood Composites and Wood Chemistry (Wood K Plus), 9300 St Veit/Glan, Austria of Natural Resources and Applied Life Science (BOKU), Department of Material Sciences and Process Engineering, A-1190 Vienna, Austria FH Reutlingen, 72762 Reutlingen, Germany Pages 5–6 Is the diffusion model adequate for NIR measurements on particulate samples? (final round) Donald J. Dahm Department of Chemistry and Physics, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA Pages 7–9 Proximal visible and near infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy for soil-landscape modelling David J. Brown Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, 201 Johnson Hall, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6420, USA Pages 8–9 Use of near infrared reflectance spectrometry for monitoring water resources: analysis of river seston downstream of an effluent discharge point Vania Maria de Medeiros,a Mário César Ugulino Ara&#x00Fa:jo,a,* Roberto Kawakami Harrop Galvão,b Edvan Cirino da Silva,a Teresa Cristina Bezerra Saldanha,a Ilda Antonieta Salata Toscano,a Maria do Socorro Ribeiro de Oliveira,a Suny Kêlia Barbosa Freitasa and Manoel Mariano Netoa aUniversidade Federal da Paraiba, CCEN, Departamento de Quí, Caixa Postal 5093, 58051-970-João Pessia, PB, Brazil. E-mail: laqa@quimica.ufpb.br b Instituto Rechnológicvo de Aeronáutica, Divisã de Engenharia Electrônica, 12228-900 São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil Pages 10–11 Exploring the potential of visible-near infrared spectroscopy to predict sensory properties of food Heather E. Smyth,a1John Mayze,a1 Paul Exley,a1 Glen Fox,a2 Sue Poole,a1 Paul Drabsch,2 Steve Percival4 and Daniel Cozzolino3 NIR News a1Queensland Dept. Primary Industries & Fisheries, Australia, Emerging Technologies, 19 Hercules Street, Hamilton, Qld 4007, Australia. E-mail: heather.smyth@dpi.qld.gov.au a2Queensland 2Lake 3The Dept. Primary Industries & Fisheries, Australia, Plant Science, 13 Holberton Street, Toowoomba, Qld 4350, Australia Argyle Industries, Western Australia, Australia Australian Wine Research Institute, Chemistry Department, Waite Road, Urrbrae, PO Box 197, Glen Osmond&#x0150Urrbrae Adelaide, SA 5064, Australia 4Aquaculture Development and Veterinary Services Pty Ltd, 27 Selby Road, Kettering, TAS 7155, Australia Pages 12–14 Suppression of mechanical noise and the selection of optimal resolution in FT-NIR spectroscopy Thomas Meyer,a Joachim Oelichmanna and Hanspeter Kellerhallsb aBüchi Labortechnik, AG, CH-9230 Flawil, Switzerland bKellerhals Analytik und Informatik, CH-8610 Uster, Switzerland Page 14 The 1st Chinese Conference on Near Infrared Spectroscopy Chu Xiaoli Research Institute of Petroleum Processing, Beijing 100083, PR China Page 15 Bagging Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Scierce, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Page 16 News. NIR on the Moon. NIR development in photodynamic therapy. Perten subsidiary in China. SUI NIR single-photon counter Editorial Staff Volume 18 Issue 1 (2007) Page 3 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1000 Editorial Gerard Downey Pages 4–5 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1001 Using NIR spectroscopy for the prediction of free amino acids during cheese ripening Guri Feten, Siv Skeie, Trygve Almøy, Hilde Østlie and Tomas Isaksson Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 1432 Ås, Norway Pages 6–8 NIR News doi: 10.1255/nirn.1002 At-line near infrared spectroscopy for the measurement of solid fat content in the dairy industry Steve Holroyd, Lucy Meagher, David Illingworth and Frank van de Ven Manufacturing Innovation, Fonterra Research Centre, Dairy Farm Road, Palmerston North, New Zealand. E-mail: steve.holroyd@fonterra.com Pages 9–11 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1003 Neodymium and water absorptions can reveal the wavelength dependence of optical pathlength for in vivo near infrared spectroscopy measurements Stephen P. Nighswander-Rempel,a Valery V. Kupriyanovb and R. Anthony Shawb aCentre for Biophotonics and Laser Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia 4072 bInstitute for Biodiagnostics, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3B 1Y6 Pages 11–12 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1004 Boosting Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Page 13 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1005 NIR in North America: Imaging! Imaging! Imaging!: NIR imaging, mid-IR microimaging, X-ray microtomography Anon Pages 14–15 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1006 Speaking Theoretically...;: A New Era Donald J. Dahm Department of Chemistry and Physics, Rowan University; Glassboro, New Jersey, USA Page 15 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1007 Obituary: An NIR pioneer is gone Pierre Dardenne CRA-W, 24, chaussée de Namur, 5030-Gembloux, Belgium Pages 16–18 doi: 10.1255/nirn. News Editorial Staff Pages 19–20 NIR News doi: 10.1255/nirn.1008 Tsukuba NIR Forum 2006 Sirinnapa Saranwong and Sumio Kawano National Food Research Institute, Japan Volume 18 Issue 2 (2007) Page 3 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1015 News Editorial Staff Full-text article (230 kB) | Abstract | Buy article on-line Pages 4–6 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1009 Monitoring of bioactive compounds in honeybush (Cyclopia), an indigenous South African fynbos plant Marena Manley,a Elizabeth Jouberta,b and Mariza Bothaa aDepartment of Food Science, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland (Stellenbosch), 7602, South Africa. E-mail: mman@sun.ac.za bARC Infruitec-Nietvoorbij, Private Bag X5026, Stellenbosch, 7599, South Africa Pages 7–9 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1010 Evaluating the near infrared spectra of egg white pasteurised by ultra- high hydrostatic pressure and gamma irradiation using different methods of qualitative analysis István Dalmadi, Zsolt Seregély, József Farkas and Eszter Tuboly Dept. of Refrigeration and Livestock Products' Technology, Corvinus University of Budapest, Faculty of Food Science, H-1118 Budapest, Ménesi út 45, Hungary. E-mail: istvan.dalmadi@uni-corvinus.hu Pages 10–16 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1011 Tuneable erbium-doped fibre laser-based spectrometer for trace gas detection in the near infrared Julien Cousin,a* Pascal Masselin,a Weidong Chen,a Daniel Boucher,a Samir Kassib and Daniele Romaninib aLaboratoire de Physicochimie de l'Atmosphère, CNRS UMR 8101, Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, 189A, Av. Maurice Schumann, 59140 Dunkerque, France. E-mail: julien.cousin@univ-littoral.fr bLaboratoire de Spectrométrie Physique, CNRS UMR 5588, Université J. Fourier de Grenoble, 140 Rue de la Physique, 38402 St Martin d'Hères, France Page 12 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1012 Until later Donald J. Dahm NIR News Department of Chemistry and Physics, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA Page 13 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1013 Design of experiments 1: Introduction Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 14–16 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1014 AquaPhotomics: water absorbance pattern as a biological marker for disease diagnosis and disease understanding Roumiana Tsenkova Biomeasurment Technology Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kobe University, Japan Volume 18 Issue 3 (2007) Page 3 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1021 News Editorial Staff Pages 4–6 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1016 NIR spectroscopy on peatlands: an emerging tool for monitoring climate change impact Diane Malleya and Phil Williamsb aPDK Projects, Inc. and bPDK Grain, 5072 Vista View Crescent, Nanaimo, BC V9V 1L6, Canada. E-mail: dmalley@pdkprojects.com, philwilliams@pdkgrain.com Pages 7–9 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1017 The increasing role of NIR fluorescence spectroscopy in bioanalytical chemistry G. Patonay, L. Strekowski, J.S. Kim and M. Henary Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302-4098, USA Pages 10–11 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1018 NIR and chemometrics in the service of the food industry Gerard Downey Teagasc, Ashtown Food Research Centre, Dublin 15, Ireland Pages 12–13 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1019 NIR News Using near infrared and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy on lake sediments for reconstruction of past climate and measurement of organic carbon concentration in lake water over the past 10,000 years Peter Roséna and Per Perssonb aClimate Impacts Research Centre, Umeå University, Box 62, SE-981 07 Abisko, Sweden. E-mail: peter.rosen@emg.umu.se bDepartment of Chemistry, Aquatic Chemistry, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden. E-mail: per.persson@chem.umu.se Pages 14–15 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1020 Design of experiments 2: factorial designs Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Page 16 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1022 Pittcon Report Editorial Staff Volume 18 Issue 4 (2007) Page 3 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1030 News Editorial Staff Pages 4–7 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1023 In situ measurement of soil properties using NIR spectroscopy Colin Christy Veris Technologies, 601 N. Broadway, Salina, KS 67401, USA Pages 8–10 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1024 Near infrared spectroscopy hyphenated to thin-layer chromatography for the analysis of amino acids N. Heigl, C.H. Petter, M. Najam-ul-Haq, M. Rainer, G.K. Bonn and C.W. Huck Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Radiochemistry, Leopold- Franzens University Innsbruck, Innrain 52a, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria Pages 11–17 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1025 Using NIR spectroscopy to quantify binary ranitidine hydrochloride polymorphic mixtures Cushla M. McGoverin and Keith C. Gordon Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, Union Place, Dunedin, New Zealand NIR News Pages 12–15 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1028 NIR-2007 Editorial Staff Page 18 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1026 Design of experiments 3: 2k factorial designs Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Sciece, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Page 19 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1029 Deep south to deep north: NIR-2007 at Umeå, Sweden Peter Flinn Chairman, ICNIRS Pages 20–22 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1027 Tales from a 14-year old (and growing...) application. Part 1: Setting the stage Charles E. Miller Eigenvector Research, Inc. Volume 18 Issue 5 (2007) Pages 3–16 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1037 News Editorial Staff Pages 4–6 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1031 Near infrared spectroscopy for the accurate measurement of crystallisation seeding point Louis Crocker, Jing Xu, Zhihong Ge and George Zhou Merck and Co., Inc., PO Box 2000, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA Pages 7–9 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1032 A study of the effect of the pasta lamination process by near infrared spectroscopy Stefano Zardettoa,* and Marco Dalla Rosab aQuality Assurance and Research & Development Department, VOLTAN SPA, Via Dosa 24, 30300 Olmo di Martellago (VE), Italy. E-mail: stefanozardetto@voltan.biz Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti, Università di Bologna, Sede di Cesena, P.za Goidanich, 60, 47023 Cesena (FC), Italy b NIR News Pages 10–12 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1033 Robust NIR models for the release of clinical trial tablets T. Van den Kerkhof and R. De Maesschalck Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Turnhoutseweg 30, B-2340 Beerse, Belgium Page 13 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1034 NIR-2007—the perspective of a student attendee Sven Groß Laser-Laboratorium, Georg-August-Universität, Hans-Adolf-Krebs-Weg 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany. E-mail: svgross@gmx.de Pages 14–15 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1035 Design of experiments 4: fractional factorial designs Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Volume 18 Issue 6 (2007) Pages 3–17 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1042 News Editorial Staff Pages 4–8 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1036 Prediction of coal properties by DRIFT near infrared spectroscopy coupled with chemometric tools M.T. Bona and J.M. Andrés* Instituto de Carboquímica, CSIC, Procesos Químicos, Miguel Luesma Castán, n. 4, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain. E-mail: jmandres@carbon.icb.csic.es (J.M. Andrés) Pages 6–8 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1038 Practical limits of spatial resolution in diffuse reflectance NIR chemical imaging Suzanne J. Hudak, Kenneth Haber, Gerald Sando, Linda H. Kidder and E. Neil Lewis Malvern Instruments, Columbia, MD 21046, USA. E-mail: neil.lewis@malvern.com Pages 9–11 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1039 Non-destructive dissolution testing by NIR spectroscopy Marcelo Blanco,a Manel Alcalá,a Josep M. Gonzálezb and Ester Torrasb NIR News aUniversitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Department of Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry Unit, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain. E-mail: marcel.blanco@uab.cat, manel.alcala@uab.cat bLaboratorios Menarini SA, c/ Alfons XII 587, E-08918 Badalona, Barcelona, Spain Pages 12–13 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1040 On SIMCA and measuring distances Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 14–17 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1041 Aquaphotomics: extended water mirror approach reveals peculiarities of prion protein alloforms Roumiana Tsenkova Biomeasurement Technolgy Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kobe University, Japan Volume 18 Issue 7 (2007) Pages 3–17 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1049 News Editorial Staff Pages 4–6 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1044 The United States Pharmacopeia proposes changes to General Chapter Near-Infrared Spectroscopy <1119> Dennis R. Hall Director, Marketing, United States Pharmacopeia, 12601 Twinbrook Parkway, Rockville, MD 20852-1790, USA. E-mail: dh@usp.org Pages 7–9 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1045 Monitoring red wine fermentation in Australia: a novel application of visible and near infrared spectroscopy Daniel Cozzolino,* Mango Parker, Robert G. Dambergs, Markus Herderich and Mark Gishena The Australian Wine Research Institute. Waite Road, Urrbrae, PO Box 197, Adelaide, SA 5064, Australia and The Cooperative Research Centre for Viticulture, PO Box 154, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia. E-mail: daniel.cozzolino@awri.com.au aCurrent address: Gishen Consulting, PO Box, Hahndorf, SA 5425, Australia. E-mail: mark.gishen@internode.on.net Pages 10–11 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1046 Single seed analysis of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) for quantitative estimation of major components by NIR spectroscopy Tetsuo Satoa and Masumi Katsutab NIR News aNational Agricultural Research Center for Kyushu Okinawa Region, Koshi-city, Kumamoto 861–1192, Japan. E-mail: sato@affrc.go.jp bNational Institute of Crop Science, Tsukuba-city, Ibaraki 305–8518, Japan. E-mail: katsuta@affrc.go.jp Pages 12–13 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1047 Development of NIR equations for food grain quality traits through exploitation of a core collection of cultivated sorghum F. Davrieux,a L.F. de Alencar Figueiredo,b G. Fliedel,a J.F. Rami,a J. Chantereau,a M. Deu,a B. Courtoisa and C. Mestresa aCirad, 73 Av. JF Breton, F- 34398 Montpellier, France bUniversidade Católica de Brasília, SGAN 916 mod. B, Brasília, DF, Brasil 70790-160 Pages 14–15 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1048 Design of experiments 5: response surface designs Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Page 15 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1050 Book Review: Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry Tony Davies Volume 18 Issue 8 (2007) Pages 3–17 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1056 News Editorial Staff Pages 4–7 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1051 Near infrared chemical imaging for high throughput screening of food bacteria Janie Dubois,a E. Neil Lewis,a Frederick S. Fry Jrb and Elizabeth M. Calveyb aMalvern bFood Instruments Ltd, 7221 Lee Deforest Drive, Suite 300, Columbia, MD 21046, USA and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College Park, MD 20740, USA Pages 7–9 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1052 Using near infrared spectroscopy for the determination of solid fat content, free fatty acids and equivalent reaction time for enzymatically-interesterified oils Lars P. Houmøller,a,* Dorthe Kristensenb and Helle Rosagerc Esbjerg Technical Institute, Aalborg University, Niels Bohrs Vej 8, 6700 Esbjerg, Denmark. E-mail: lph@aaue.dk (L.P. Houmøller) a NIR News bNovozymes, cPebas, 2860 Bagsværd, Denmark 6950 Ringkøbing, Denmark Pages 10–12 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1053 Estimation of whole-tree wood quality traits using near infrared spectra of increment cores Laurence R. Schimleck,a,* Gabriel D.S.P. Rezende,b Braz J. Demunerb and Geoffrey M. Downesc aWarnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA. E-mail: lschimleck@warnell.uga.edu bAracruz cEnsis, Celulose SA, Centro de Pesquisa e Tecnologia, CP 33.1011, Aracruz-ES, 29.19–000, Brazil Wood and Fibre Quality, c/o CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products, Private Bag 12, Hobart 7001, Tasmania Pages 13–15 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1054 Tales from a 14-year old (and growing ...) application Part 2: Limited options, choices and consequences Charles E. Miller Eigenvector Research Inc. Pages 16–17 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1055 Flat calibration sets: at what price? Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Volume 19 Issue 1 (2008) Pages 3–20 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1062 News Editorial Staff Pages 4–7 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1057 Single-kernel near infrared analysis of bulk wheat heterogeneity a theory of sampling reference study Erik Tønning,a Lars Nørgaard,b Søren B. Engelsen,b Lene Pedersenc and Kim H. Esbensend aDepartment of Food Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Aarhus, DK-5792 Aarslev, Denmark. E-mail: erik.tonning@agrsci.dk bDepartment of Food Science, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK-1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark. E-mail: lan@life.ku.dk, se@life.ku.dk cDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark. E-mail: lp@kbm.sdu.dk NIR News dACABS, Aalborg University Esbjerg, DK-6700 Esbjerg, Denmark. E-mail: kes@aaue.dk Pages 8–9 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1058 Determination of chemical oxygen demand in domestic wastewater by near infrared spectrometry of seston and partial least squares calibration Antonio C. Sousa,a,b Maria Monica L.M. Lucio,a Ovídeo F. Bezerra Neto,b Glauciene P.S. Marcone,a Alessandra F.C. Pereira,a Edilene O. Dantas,a Wallace D. Fragoso,a Mario Cesar U. Araujoa,* and Roberto K.H. Galvãoc aUniversidade Federal da Paraíba, CCEN, Depto de Química, Caixa Postal 5093, 58051–970 João Pessoa, PB, Brazil. E-mail: laqa@quimica.ufpb.br bCentro Federal de Educação Tecnológica da Paraíba, 58015–430 João Pessoa, PB, Brazil cInstituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, Divisão de Engenharia Eletrônica, 12228–900 São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil Pages 10–12 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1059 Near infrared spectroscopy on agricultural harvesters: technical aspects Juan Manuel Montesa and Christian Paulb aInstitute of Plant Breeding, Seed Science and Population Genetics, University of Hohenheim, Fruwirthstr. 21, 70593 Stuttgart, Germany bInstitute of Crop and Grassland Science, Federal Agricultural Research Center (FAL), Bundesallee 50, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany Pages 13–15 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1060 Aquaphotomics: acquiring spectra of various biological fluids of the same organism reveals the importance of water matrix absorbance coordinates and the aquaphotome for understanding biological phenomena Roumiana Tsenkova Biomeasurement Technology Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kobe University, Japan. E-mail: rtsen@kobe-u.ac.jp Pages 16–17 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1061 Design of experiments 6: Evolutionary Operation (EVOP) Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 18–20 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1063 Japanese NIR Meeting 2007 Sirinnapa Saranwong NIR News National Food Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan Volume 19 Issue 2 (2008) Pages 3–17 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1069 News and Diary Editorial Staff Pages 4–5 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1064 Direct orthogonal signal correction as preprocessing technique for near infrared applications A. Durand, B. Dejaegher, J. Luypaert and Y. Vander Heyden Department of Analytical Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology (FABI), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, B-1090 Brussel, Belgium. E-mail: yvanvdh@vub.ac.be Pages 6–8 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1065 Near infrared spectroscopy: a new tool in metabolomic research? D. Cozzolino,a,b,* L. Flood,a J. Bellon,a M. Gishena–d and M. De Barros Lopesa–c aThe Australian Wine Research Institute, PO Box 197, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia. E-mail: daniel.cozzolino@awri.com.au bThe Cooperative Research Centre for Viticulture, PO Box 154, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia cCurrent address: School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, City East Campus, Playford P 5&#'x2013;06b, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia dCurrent address: Gishen Consulting, PO Box, Hahndorf, SA 5425, Australia. E-mail: mark.gishen@internode.on.net Pages 9–11 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1066 Prediction of key analytes in mammalian cell culture media with on-line near infrared spectroscopy Robert A. Mattes and Denise Root Foss NIRSystems, Inc., 7703 Montpelier Road, Suite 1, Laurel, MD 20723, USA. E-mail: rmattes@foss-nirsystems.com Pages 12–15 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1067 Near infrared spectroscopy on agricultural harvesters: data management and modelling Christian Paul,a Heinrich Prüferb and Juan Manuel Montesc NIR News aFederal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants (JKI), Institute for Crop and Soil Science, Bundesallee 50, D-38116 Braunschweig, Germany bSensoLogic GmbH, Hummelsbütteler Steindamm 78A, D-22851 Norderstedt, Germany cInstitute of Plant Breeding, Seed Science and Population Genetics, University of Hohenheim, Fruwirthstr. 21, D-70593 Stuttgart, Germany Pages 16–17 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1068 Assigning signs to principal components Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Volume 19 Issue 3 (2008) Pages 3–15 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1075 News Editorial Staff Pages 4–6 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1070 Analysis of cellulose and lactose—two common excipients in Ecstasy tablets Ines Baer,a Robert Gurnyb and Pierre Margota aInstitut bSchool de Police Scientifique, University of Lausanne, Batochime, 1015 Lausanne-Dorigny, Switzerland of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland Pages 7–9 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1071 Predicting methanol and water content in biodiesel by near infrared spectroscopy Pedro Felizardo,a Patrícia Baptista,a José C. Menezesb and M. Joana Neiva Correiaa aCentre bIBB, for Chemical Processes, IST, Technical University of Lisbon, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049–001, Lisbon, Portugal Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering, IST, Technical University of Lisbon, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049–001, Lisbon, Portugal Pages 10–12 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1072 Quantitative analysis of cotton-viscose textile products from 12-points near infrared spectra O. Devos, A. Durand, C. Ruckebusch and J.P. Huvenne Laboratoire de Spectrochimie Infrarouge et Raman (LASIR) UMR CNRS 8516, Bât. C5, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille (USTL) 59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France. E-mail: cyril.ruckebusch@univ-lille1.fr NIR News Pages 13–14 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1073 Independent component analysis Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Page 16 Pittcon Report Editorial Staff Volume 19 Issue 4 (2008) Pages 3–12 News Editorial Staff Pages 4–6 Using near infrared spectroscopy for the study of protein structures during gluten hydration Susanne W. Bruun,a Ib Søndergaardb and Susanne Jacobsenc,* aSection for Protein Science, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Ole Maaløes Vej 5, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark bCenter for Microbial Biotechnology, Department of Systems Biology, Søltofts Plads building 221, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark cEnzyme and Protein Chemistry, Department of Systems Biology, Søltofts Plads Building 224, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark, E-mail: sja@bio.dtu.dk Pages 7–12 Online near infrared spectroscopy: innovation in the VCP wood yard Alessandra Foresti Caldeira,* Ana Paula da Rocha, Carlos Verciano Costa Santos, Fernanda Cristina Ferreira, José Eduardo Patelli, Paulo Sergio P. Calvosa and Vera Sacon Votorantim Celulose e Papel, Rod. Gal. Euryale de Jesus Zerbine Km 84, CP 94 Jacareí - SP Brasil 12340–010. E-mail: alessandra.foresti@vcp.com.br Pages 9–12 doi: 10.1255/nirn.1078 Chemometrics in process NIR—Tales from a 14-year old (and growing...) application. Part 3: What’s missing? Charles E. Miller Eigenvector Research, Inc. NIR News Pages 13–14 Aquaphotomics: the extended water mirror effect explains why small concentrations of protein in solution can be measured with near infrared light Roumiana Tsenkova Biomeasurement Technology Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kobe University, Japan. E-mail: rtsen@kobe-u.ac.jp Pages 15–16 Interpreting z- and t-statistics Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Volume 19 Issue 5 (2008) Page 3 Editorial Gerry Downey Teagasc, Ashtown Food Research Centre, Dublin 15, Ireland Pages 4–10 News Editorial Staff Page 7 Interview: Pierre Dardenne Gerry Downey Teagasc, Ashtown Food Research Centre, Dublin 15, Ireland Pages 8–9 Meetings Stephen Delwich and Sirinnapa Sarangwong Pages 11–15 Applications of NIR spectroscopy as part of the PAT Toolbox in the pharmaceutical industry Katherine A. Bakeev GlaxoSmithKline, Chemical Development, King of Prussia, PA 19406, USA Pages 13–15 Quaternary transition pathway in sol–gel encapsulated haemoglobin tracked by NIR and UV spectral relaxations Giorgio Schirò and Antonio Cupane CNISM and Department of Physical and Astronomical Sciences, University of Palermo, via Archirafi 36, I-90123, Palermo, Italy. NIR News E-mail: giorgio.schiro@fisica.unipa.it, cupane@fisica.unipa.it Pages 16–18 Detection of hard vitreous and starchy kernels in amber durum wheat samples using hyperspectral imaging (GRL Number M306) Muhammad A. Shahin and Stephen J. Symons Grain Research Laboratory, Canadian Grain Commission, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. E-mail: muhammad.shahin@grainscanada.gc.ca, steve.symons@grainscanada.gc.ca Page 19 Chemometric Space: Bias and variance Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Volume 19 Issue 6 (2008) Pages 3–16 News Editorial Staff Pages 7–9 The 3rd Italian Symposium on Near Infrared Spectroscopy Tiziana M.P. Cattaneo SISNIR Secretary Pages 8–9 Interview: Marena Manley Gerry Downey Teagasc, Ashtown Food Research Centre, Dublin 15, Ireland Pages 10–12 Using near infrared spectroscopy for the study of salt perturbation of gluten structures Susanne W. Bruun,a Ib aSection b and Susanne Jacobsenc,* for Protein Science, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Ole Maaløes Vej 5, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark bCenter for Microbial Biotechnology, Department of Systems Biology, Søltofts Plads building 221, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark cEnzyme and Protein Chemistry, Department of Systems Biology, Søltofts Plads building 224, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark, E-mail: sja@bio.dtu.dk NIR News Pages 13–16 NIR spectroscopy success in the carpet recycling industry Frederick G. Haibach Polychromix Inc., 30 Upton Dr., Wilmington, MA 01887, USA. E-mail: fhaibach@polychromix.com Pages 15–16 Interpreting coefficient vectors Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Volume 19 Issue 7 (2008) Pages 3–17 News Editorial Staff Pages 6–10 The 14th International Diffuse Reflectance Conference, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA, USA James B. Reeves, III and Stephen R. Delwiche Pages 8–10 Interview: Roumiana Tsenkova Gerry Downey Teagasc, Ashtown Food Research Centre, Dublin 15, Ireland Pages 11–15 Non-destructive evaluation of manufacturing process changes using near infrared chemical imaging Lisa J. Makein,a Linda H. Kidder,b E. Neil Lewisb,* and Maurizio Valleric aMalvern Instruments, Malvern, UK bMalvern Instruments, Columbia, MD, USA. E-mail: neil.lewis@malvern.com cA. Menarini Pharmaceuticals, Florence, Italy Pages 16–17 The interaction between standard normal variate and derivatives Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Volume 19 Issue 8 (2008) Pages 3–11 NIR News News Editorial Staff Pages 5–11 8th HelioSPIR meeting, Montpellier, 28 August 2008 Contribution of NIR spectroscopy to agronomic research and development Guy Self CIRAD, Avenue Agropolis, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France Pages 6–7 Interview: Ian Wesley Gerry Downey Teagasc, Ashtown Food Research Centre, Dublin 15, Ireland Pages 8–11 Near infrared spectroscopy on agricultural harvesters: the background to commercial development Christian Paul,a Juan Manuel Montesb and Phil Williamsc aFederal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants (JKI), Institute for Crop and Soil Science, Bundesallee 50, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany bInstitute of Plant Breeding, Seed Science and Population Genetics, University of Hohenheim, Fruwirthstr 21, 70593 Stuttgart, Germany cPDK Projects, 5072 Vista View Crescent, Nanaimo, BC V9V 1L6, Canada Pages 12–15 Chemometrics in process NIR: tales from a 14- year old (and growing...) application Part 4: data mixing and remote support Charles E. Miller Eigenvector Research, Inc. Page 16 NIR raw material identification in the pharmaceutical industry; a robust system or an accident waiting to happen? Tony Davies Norwich Near Infrared Consultancy, 75 Intwood Road, Cringleford, Norwich NR4 6AA, UK. E-mail: td@nnirc.co.uk Page 17 Cross-validation: how many should we leave out? Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK NIR News Volume 20 Issue 1 (2009) Pages 3–17 News Editorial Staff Pages 5–6 The First Asian NIR Symposium Sirinnapa Saranwong National Food Research Institute, 2-1-12 Kannondai, Tsukuba 305-8642 Japan. E-mail: sirinnap@affrc.go.jp Pages 7–12 Interview: Tiziana Cattaneo Gerard Downey Teagasc, Ashtown Food Research Centre, Dublin 15, Ireland Pages 9–12 Bad pixel detection in hyperspectral staring camera systems James Burger SIA BurgerMetrics, Jelgava, Latvia. E-mail: james.burger@burgermetrics.com Pages 13–15 Fuel Laboratory (Laboratório de Combutíveis– LAC) of the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil Claudete Pereira and Leandro Danielskir Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Departamento de Química, Brazil Pages 14–15 NIR Forum: NIR raw material identification in the pharmaceutical industry; a robust system or an accident waiting to happen? Sheelagh Halsey Thermo Fisher Scientific Pages 16–17 Subtracting dimensions, part 1 Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Volume 20 Issue 2 (2009) Pages 3–16 NIR News News Editorial Staff Page 7 NIR-2009 is coming on strong Phil Williams PDK Grains, Nanaimo, Canada Pages 8–9 Interview: Sumio Kawano Gerry Downey Teagasc, Ashtown Food Research Centre, Dublin 15, Ireland Pages 10–14 Bad pixel detection in hyperspectral pushbroom camera systems James Burger SIA BurgerMetrics, Jelgava, Latvia. E-mail: james.burger@burgermetrics.com Pages 13–16 NIR as a PAT tool: applications and implementation Katherine A. Bakeev CAMO Software, Woodbridge, NJ, USA Pages 15–16 Subtracting dimensions, part 2 Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Page 16 The ICNIRS page Peter Flinn Chairman, ICNIRS Volume 20 Issue 3 (2009) Pages 3–17 News and New Products Editorial Staff Pages 5–8 NIR News Meeting Reports Sirinnapa Saranwong, James Burger, Pierre Dardenne and Tony Davies Pages 9–10 Interview: Robert Burling-Claridge Gerry Downey Teagasc, Ashtown Food Research Centre, Dublin 15, Ireland Pages 11–15 Evaluating performance of NIR spectrometers over time Karl Norris Consultant, 11204 Montgomery Rd, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA Pages 14–15 Subtracting dimensions, part 3 Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Pages 16–17 The ICNRS page Peter Flinn Chairman, ICNIRS Volume 20 Issue 4 (2009) Pages 3–6 News Editorial Staff Pages 5–6 Waters—icy and otherwise: report on a special symposium Peter Flinn Chairman, ICNIRS Pages 7–13 Interview: Vincent Baeten Gerry Downey Teagasc, Ashtown Food Research Centre, Dublin 15, Ireland Pages 9–13 NIR News Economic aspects of on-site applications of near infrared spectroscopy Phil Williams,a Christian Paul,b Dan S. Longc and Juan Manuel Montesd aPDK Projects, Inc., 5072 Vista View Crescent, Nanaimo, B.C., Canada V9V 1L6 bFederal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants (JKI), Institute for Crop and Soil Science, Bundesallee 50, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany cSoil and Water Conservation Research Unit, USDA Agricultural Research Service, PO Box 370, Pendleton, OR 97801-0370, USA dInstitute of Plant Breeding, Seed Science and Population Genetics, University of Hohenheim, Fruwirthstr. 21, 70593 Stuttgart, Germany Pages 14–15 The Soil Spectroscopy Group and the development of a global soil spectral library Rapahel Viscarra Rossel on behalf of The Soil Spectroscopy Group http://groups.google.com/group/soil-spectroscopy CSIRO Land and Water, Bruce E. Butler Laboratory, GPO Box 1666, ACT 2601, Australia Page 16 Chemometric Space: Sensitivity and specificity Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Volume 20 Issue 5 (2009) Pages 3–15 News Various Pages 6–7 Meetings Akifumi Ikehata National Food Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan Sirinnapa (Mui) Saranwong Secretary, NIR-2009 Pages 8–9 Interview: Warenee Thanapase Gerry Downey Pages 10–11 NIR predication of solid dosage form dissolution profiles Robert Mattes,a Denise Root,a Yinqi Zhou,b Chaoju Xiao,b James Johnsonb and Atul Shuklab NIR News aFoss NIRSystems, Inc. bUniversity of Tennessee, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Pages 12–15 "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly": 2008 IDRC Software Shootout Cathy Brenner, Rich Pierce and David Funk USDA-GIPSA-Technical Services Division, Kansas City, Missouri, USA Pages 14–15 An overview of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Part 1 Howard Mark Mark Electronics, 69 Jamie Ct, Suffern, NY 10901-7016, USA Pages 16–17 Chemometric Space: Regression statistics in discriminant analysis Tom Fearn Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
