This paper provides an overview over the application of scanning macro-XRF with mobile
instruments for the investigation of historical paintings. The method is compared to …

Synchrotron-based X-ray fluorescence microscopy is a flexible tool for identifying the
distribution of trace elements in biological specimens across a broad range of sample sizes …

Assessment of disease incidence and severity at farm scale or in agronomic trials is
frequently performed based on visual crop inspection, which is a labor intensive task prone …

Collaborative filtering techniques are a common approach for building recommendations,
and have been widely applied in real recommender systems. However, collaborative …

Manganese (Mn) is known to be an active contributor to processing and cycling of soil
organic carbon (C), yet the exact mechanisms behind its interactions with C are poorly …

Manganese (Mn) is a possibly critical yet poorly understood element controlling soil carbon
(C) stocks. In temperate forests, Mn availability correlates strongly with organic C decay, but …

This review describes advances in the XRF group of techniques published approximately
between April 2017 and March 2018. The review is selective with the aim of providing a …

Of the once colourful decoration of antique Greek statues only few traces remain today. But
these allow one to reconstruct part of the polychromy, based on visual and microscopic …

The non-destructive nature of MA-XRF investigations is well suited for the investigation of
cultural heritage objects, such as historical paintings. The penetrative nature of X-rays …

In this work, microsamples extracted from a Saint John the Evangelist polychrome sculpture,
dating from the beginning of the eighteenth century and found in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, were …