TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tavella,P.
AU  - Milton,M.J.T.
AU  - Inguscio,M.
AU  - De Leo,N.
ED  - International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi"
TI  - Metrology: from physics fundamentals to quality of life 
T2  - Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi",
SN  - 9781614998181
AV  - QC81 
U1  - 389/.1 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Amsterdam, Netherlands
PB  - IOS Press
KW  - Metrology
KW  - Congresses
KW  - Métrologie
KW  - Congrès
KW  - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
KW  - Measurement
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Congress
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Conference papers and proceedings
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Actes de congrès
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - "Varenna on Lake Como, Villa Monastero, 27 June-6 July 2016."; Includes bibliographical references; Title Page; CONTENTS; Preface; Course group shot; MODULE I. METROLOGY FOR QUALITY OF LIFE; Reference methods and commutable reference materials for clinical measurements; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Importance of medical tests reliability; 1.2. Role of a national metrology institute in bioanalysis; 1.3. Examples of projects undertaken in LNE (France); 1.4. Regulatory drivers and traceability chains in laboratory medicine; 1.5. JCTLM; 1.6. Accreditation according to ISO 15189; 2. Importance of reference methods in EQAS; 3. Importance of commutability; 3.1. Why commutability matters; 3.2. Principle of commutability assessment; 4. Conclusions and perspectives; Reference measurement systems for biomarkers: Towards biometrology; 1. Introduction; 2. Metabolites and small molecules; 2.1. Kidney disease: creatinine; 2.2. Diabetes mellitus: glucose; 3. Peptides and proteins; 3.1. Absolute quantification of peptides and proteins; 3.2. Diabetes mellitus: HbA1c; 3.3. Sepsis and antimicrobial resistance: Procalcitonine; 3.4. Alzheimer's disease: amyloid beta & tau; 3.5. Iron-related disorders: hepcidin; 4. Lipids and lipoproteins; 4.1. Cardiovascular diseases: cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL-C and HDL-C; 4.2. Lipoprotein particle concentration: beyond LDL-C in CVD risk assessment; 5. Conclusion; SI traceable measurements of the Earth from space to monitor and mitigate against climate change; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Climate; 1.2. Earth Observation data quality; 1.3. Sensor post launch Calibration and Validation (Cal/Val); 1.4. Summary; 2. Key climate parameters; 2.1. Essential Climate Variables (ECV); 2.2. Earth Radiation Budget (ERB); 2.3. Solar variability; 2.3.1. Total Solar Irradiance (TSI); 2.3.2. Solar spectral irradiance (SSI); 2.4. Climate feedbacks; 2.4.1. Introduction; 2.4.2. Cloud feedback on climate; 3. Establishing SI traceability for the Earth observing system; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Near simultaneous overpass calibrations (SNO); 3.3. Reference standard calibration test sites; 3.4. Lunar calibration; 3.5. Dominant sources of uncertainty; 3.6. Radiometric accuracy and traceability to SI; 4. Traceable Radiometry Underpinning Terrestrial- and Helio-Studies (TRUTHS): an NMI in space; 4.1. Mission requirements and objectives; 4.2. TRUTHS instrumentation; 4.2.1. Calibration system; 4.3. On-board calibration methods; 4.3.1. Overview; 4.3.2. Step 1: Calibration of TR against CSAR using LDs; 4.3.3. Step 2: HIS (Earth radiance view) calibrated against the TR at each LD wavelength (radiance mode); 4.3.4. Step 3: HIS (Earth radiance view) calibrated at intermediate wavelengths with a lamp; 4.3.5. Step 4: Measurements of the Earth and Sun; 4.3.6. Summary; 5. Conclusions; Amount of substance -- the Avogadro constant and the SI unit ""mole; 1. Introduction; 2. History; 3. The mole as an SI unit in chemistry; 4. Realization and dissemination; 4.1. Primary standards as reference points
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