SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY
ANALYSIS OF IMPURITIES IN ILLICIT METHAMPHETAMINE PRODUCED AFTER 2006 FDA RESTRICTION OF EPHEDRINE
MASTERS OF SCIENCE IN FORENSIC SCIENCE
Brenda Cranmer
ABSTRACT: Methamphetamine is among the most common drugs of abuse in...
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Synthethic routes to methamphetamine ........................................................................... 7
Figure 2: TIC Chromatograph of methamphetamine extract with septum artifacts .......... 10
Figure 3:...
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Many synthetic routes can manufacture methamphetamine as shown in Figure 1 (Inoue, 2008). Two common synthesis routes are from 1-phenyl-2-propanone or P2P, which yields racemic methamphetamine, followed by either the leuckart or reductive...
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CHAPTER THREE: RESULTS
Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrophotometry (GC/MS)
GC analysis was performed on multiple samples (n=11), collected and analyzed from February to April 2009, produced very similar gas chromatograms as shown in Figures 2-3....
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Figure 11: TIC chromatograph of ethyl acetate extraction of methamphetamine. GC peaks at 5.8 and 6.7 minutes correspond to unidentified impurity peaks A and B.
Impurity A
Impurity B
DMS
Methamphetamine
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT..........................................................................................................................
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TABLE OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Illustration contrasting teosinte and maize................................................... 2
Figure 2: Location of the geographical Four Corners region...................................... 4
Figure 3: Aerial photo...
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Ancient DNA & Molecular Methods
Biological samples collected at crime scenes may be limited in sample size and degraded due to environmental conditions or age. Unlike standard forensic DNA tests, DNA identification of historical remains is more...
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Table 4: Sample depth and MTAs identified using 1 μl DNA in solution using SYBR Green. 10 out of 26 Ancient maize specimens were amplified successfully.
Tm (°C)
Sample
Depth...
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Figure 11:Real Time PCR of ancient and modern maize of phi0127using 2 μl (top), 1 μl (middle) and 0.5 μl (bottom) of DNA with SYBR Green. Modern samples had an average melting temperatures of 82ºC while ancient samples had an average melting...
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APPENDIX A
Table 7: Sample depth and MTAs identified using 2, 1 and 0.5 μl in solution using SYBR Green. Ancient and Modern maize specimens of loci phi029, 059 & 127 that amplified successfully.
2 μl
Sample
Depth...
THE WEB
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accomplish project goals. Understanding the code that makes up the web is no different than the
paper and ink that makes up a printing press. This course will give students the technical
foundation needed to get started developing and...
THE WEB
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interaction and teacher-student immediacy. Without meeting several hours per week with the
class and instructor in person, students can feel disconnected and grades suffer (Hutchins, 2003).
Conaway, Easton & Schmidt (2005) found that if...
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Assignment: IA Critique paper
Due: What does it do? , Blog Post 3, Ch. 3 Review Questions
Module 5
Required Reading:
• The Web for Communication Professionals Ch. 5
• Interact with Web Standards Ch. 7
Assignment: Project Brief
Due:...
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Required Reading:
• The Web for Communication Professionals Ch. 10
• Interact with Web Standards Ch. 12,13
• Your first look at JavaScript by Christian Heilmann
Assignment: JavaScript Alert
Due: Valid HTML document, Blog Post 9,...
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6. In order to connect to the Internet, you must first have access to an _________
_________ ________.
7. Modems modulate an _______ signal to encode digital information
8. While not every place on the web has an associated domain, every...
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5. User-centered design is based on the ________________ __________________
________________.
6. A _______________ describes social context and attempts to exemplify the actual world
that a user is experiencing.
7. _________ _________...