"Tracer studies" refer to research methods used to track or follow the progress or outcomes of something or someone. It typically involves examining and collecting data to determine the impact, effectiveness, or success of a program, course, treatment, or any other intervention.
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For tracer studies in biochemical systems, 14C concentrations must be accurately measured at and above the natural abundance.
The extreme view that a person is «just a collection of atoms» is less persuasive in the light
of tracer studies showing that the atoms in our bodies are replaced every few years; 6 the self that continues must be constituted by the relationships and patterns among atoms, rather than by the atoms in themselves.
13C tracer studies on the short - term fate of organic carbon in marine sediments: comparing the Pakistan margin to other regions.
Radiocarbon analyses of 14C in lipid biomarkers associated with marine plankton [14], and 13C - labeled
bicarbonate tracer studies [15] suggest that marine Crenarchaeota are capable of light - independent autotrophic carbon assimilation into membrane lipid biomass, an hypothesis further strengthened by recent single cell phylogenetic identification and autoradiographic verification of carbon dioxide incorporation [16].
Variability of the conversion of beta - carotene to vitamin A in women measured by using a double -
tracer study design.