In all, 31 radioisotopes of neodymium have been detected, with the most stable radioisotopes being the naturally occurring ones: < sup > 144 </ sup > Nd ( alpha decay with a half-life ( T < sub > ½ </ sub >) of 2. 29 × 10 < sup > 15 </ sup > years ) and < sup > 150 </ sup > Nd ( double beta decay, T < sub > ½ </ sub > = 7 × 10 < sup > 18 </ sup > years, approximately ).

In 1952, astronomer Paul W. Merrill in California detected the spectral signature of technetium ( in particular, light with wavelength of 403. 1 nm, 423. 8 nm, 426. 2 nm, and 429. 7 nm ) in light from S-type red giants.

However, this is the present limit of detection, as the nuclide with the next-shortest half-life ( niobium-92 with half-life 34. 7 million years ) has not yet been detected in nature.

On 7 October, the photocell on the upper end of the space probe detected the sunlit far side of the Moon, and the photography sequence was started.

White pepper can gain some different odours ( including musty notes ) from its longer fermentation stage. The aroma of pepper is attributed to rotundone ( 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8-Hexahydro-3α, 8α-dimethyl-5α -( 1-methylethenyl ) azulene-1 ( 2H )- one ), a sesquiterpene originally discovered in the tubers of cyperus rotundus, which can be detected in concentrations of 0. 4 nanograms / L in water and in wine: rotundone is also present in marjoram, oregano, rosemary, basil, thyme, and geranium, as well as in some Shiraz wines.

For instance, in east-central Kansas significantly ( p < 0. 05 ) more soras were detected from 24 April to 7 May than the 2-week periods before or after.

Also the notification system in WinGate 7 allows for definition of notification escalation plans and responses to detected events.

However, he was detected by the boats of Rajah Culambu of Limasawa, who guided him to Cebu, on April 7.

While at birth, blood count is usually normal, macrocytosis / megaloblastic anemia, defined as unusually large red blood cells, is the first detected abnormality, often within the first decade of life ( median age of onset is 7 years ).

An alarm sounded around 7: 30 p. m., switching the system over to manual operations, but a full operational shutdown was not ordered until around 9: 00 p. m., after the fumes were detected.

One formula that had been claimed previously for red mercury was Hg < sub > 2 </ sub > Sb < sub > 2 </ sub > O < sub > 7 </ sub > ( mercury ( II ) pyroantimonate ), but no antimony was detected in this 2003 sample.

In a series of 214 tests conducted on 7 pregnant women, a reliable increase in fetal movement was detected in the minute directly following the application of a sound stimulus to the abdomen of the mother with a frequency of 120 per second.

In 2003, aged 7, his school physician in Kazakhstan referred him to a hospital after movements were detected in the boy's enlarged abdomen.

The optical transient was detected 15 ". 9 west and 16 ". 8 north the center of the galaxy at coordinates 00 55 04. 86-37 41 43. 7.

The neutral hydrogen is detected as far as 6 kpc ( 7. 5 ') from the center.

It is a common problem: up to 7 % of all patients over 60 may harbor a benign growth, often of the adrenal gland, which is detected when diagnostic imaging is used for the analysis of unrelated symptoms.

The hypersecretion of uric acid can be detected with a high urine uric acid-creatinine ratio > 1. 0, compared to a value of 0. 6-0. 7 for most other causes of acute renal failure.

In comparative report that Virus Bulletin published on 2 September 2008, NOD32 detected 94. 4 % of all malware and 94. 7 % of spyware.

This test of 1. 7 KT could be detected around the world by seismologists using ordinary seismic instruments.

Because it takes 5 – 7 weeks for adult worms to mature, mate and produce eggs, in the early stages of very heavy infection, acute symptoms might occur without any eggs being detected in the patient's feces.

Theoretical models of water-equivalent hydrogen ( WEH ) from epithermal neutrons detected by the Mars Odyssey Neutron Spectrometer ( MONS ) instrument suggest that the regolith just below the surface on Alba's northern flank may contain 7. 6 % WEH by mass.

The Roadmaster was only delivered with the 5. 7 l LT1, however, and such cars can be detected visually by a factory-installed stainless steel dual exhaust.

Foreshock activity has been detected for about 40 % of all moderate to large earthquakes, and up to 70 % for events of M > 7. 0.

The insect was furthermore detected in Victory, Wisconsin by agricultural officials on Tuesday April 7, 2009.

Thieves turn to highway robbery and attacking small villages and towns far away from the royal capital where they won't be detected.

# an attitude control thruster ( a small engine for controlling the spacecraft's orientation ) stuck in the " off " position, which Remote Agent detected and compensated for by switching to a mode that did not rely on that thruster.

Thermotropic mesophases are detected and characterized by two major methods, the original method was use of thermal optical microscopy, in which a small sample of the material was placed between two crossed polarizers ; the sample was then heated and cooled.

In all the thousands of clay tablets, a relatively small number of different " hands " have been detected: 45 in Pylos ( west coast of the Peloponnese, in southern Greece ) and 66 in Knossos ( Crete ).

This also allows small objects to be detected in an environment containing much larger nearby slow moving objects.

Jungah and Carrolee are the first schematic, a small segment of the genome is being detected by a DNA probe ( thicker line ).

Fresnel's partial ether dragging hypothesis ruled out the measurement of first-order ( v / c ) effects, and although observations of second-order effects ( v < sup > 2 </ sup >/ c < sup > 2 </ sup >) were possible in principle, Maxwell thought they were too small to be detected with then-current technology.

For macroscopic particles, because of their extremely small wavelengths, wave properties usually cannot be detected.

Very small changes in disrupt the balance and are readily detected.

During its flyby of Amalthea, the Galileo orbiter's star scanner detected nine flashes which appear to be small moonlets near the orbit of Amalthea.

However, online poker cardrooms keep records of every hand played, and collusion can often be detected by finding any of several detectable patterns ( such as folding good hands to a small bet, as it is known that another player has a better hand ).

Scranton held a press conference in which he was reassuring, yet confusing, about this possibility, stating that though there had been a " small release of radiation ... no increase in normal radiation levels " had been detected.

However, there is a small probability that differences between chunks in the sender and recipient are not detected, and thus remains uncorrected.

' So far, actual jitter in consumer products seems to be too small to be detected at least for reproduction of music signals.

However, Ivanovsky remained rather convinced, despite repeated failures to produce evidence, that the causal agent was an unculturable bacterium, too small to be retained on the employed Chamberland filters and to be detected in the light microscope.

The small quantities of tear gas delivered, roughly 19 cm³ per cartridge, were not even detected by the Germans.

In fact, according to traditional formulations of non-relativistic quantum mechanics, wave – particle duality applies to all objects, even macroscopic ones ; wave properties of macroscopic objects can not be detected due to their small wavelengths.

Despite the small amplitude, the gravitational effect of the pole tide is easily detected by the superconducting gravimeter ( see e. g. Fig.

The resolution of detection could as high as > 30, 000 " bands " and the size of chromosomal deletion detected could as small as 5 – 20 kb in length.

# the small number of breast cancers that are detected by screening mammography and whose treatment outcome improves as a result of earlier detection.

In 2005, small amounts of F. tularensis were detected in the Mall area of Washington, DC the morning after an antiwar demonstration on September 24, 2005.

At low gains, only a small corrective action is applied when errors are detected: the system may be safe and stable, but may be sluggish in response to changing conditions ; errors will remain uncorrected for relatively long periods of time: it is over-damped.

In regards to the stars, Tycho also believed that if the Earth orbited the Sun annually there should be an observable stellar parallax over any period of six months, during which the angular orientation of a given star would change thanks to Earth's changing position ( this parallax does exist, but is so small it was not detected until 1838, when Friedrich Bessel discovered a parallax of 0. 314 arcseconds of the star 61 Cygni in 1838 ).

This will produce a very small amount of light and high temperatures in the range of several thousand kelvins within the collapsing bubble, although both the light and high temperatures are too weak and short-lived to be detected without advanced scientific equipment.