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Chemistry International -- Newsmagazine for IUPAC
From the journal Chemistry International -- Newsmagazine for IUPAC Volume 26 Issue 6

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Internationally Agreed Terminology for Observations in Scientific Communication

This two-year project based on the C-NPU generic database deals with properties that are observed in the medical laboratory, but not defined by the seven dimensions of the SI system. (The NPU is the Nomenclature, Properties, and Units in Laboratory Medicine coding). The VIM (International Vocabulary of Basic and General Terms in Metrology), which defines the primitive concepts of the SI system, is designed for metrology: the science of measurement. However, most scientific disciplines, not only laboratory medicine, also rely—some predominantly—on observation. Thus, this project intends to design a vocabulary shared by both observations and measurement. Developing a common framework to integrate the concepts of property, and in a more restricted sense of quantity, the project includes explaining to laboratory medicine workers the meaning of and usefulness of this view.

For more information, contact Task Group Chairman Françoise Pontet <francoise.pontet@wanadoo.fr>.

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https://doi.org/10.1515/ci.2004.26.6.21a

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  1. From the Editor
  2. Contents
  3. Chemists in a Vulnerable World
  4. Strengthening International Science for the Benefit of Society: An Overview of the International Council for Science
  5. Women in Chemistry: Her Lab in Your Life
  6. The Future of Chemistry Education
  7. Young Observers Going to Beijing
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  11. Bonded by Stereobonds
  12. Reference Methods, Standards, and Applications of Photoluminescence
  13. Glossary of Terms Used in Biomolecular Screening
  14. Practical Studies for Medicinal Chemistry Guidelines
  15. Internationally Agreed Terminology for Observations in Scientific Communication
  16. Biophysico-Chemical Processes of Heavy Metals and Metalloids in Soil Environments
  17. Quantities, Terminology, and Symbols in Photothermal and Related Spectroscopies (IUPAC Recommendations 2004)
  18. Electrochemical Detection in Liquid Flow Analytical Techniques: Characterization and Classification (IUPAC Technical Report)
  19. Piezoelectric Chemical Sensors (IUPAC Technical Report)
  20. Guidelines for Calibration in Analytical Chemistry. Part 2: Multicomponent Calibration (IUPAC Technical Report)
  21. Critical Evaluation of the State of the Art of the Analysis of Light Elements in Thin Films Demonstrated Using the Examples of SiOXNY and AlOXNY Films (IUPAC Technical Report)
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  24. Macromolecules and Materials Science
  25. Introdução à Química Orgânica
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  30. Biomolecular Chemistry
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  33. Hydrogen Energy
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  36. Physics and Sustainable Development
  37. Mycotoxins and Phycotoxins
  38. Mark Your Calendar
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