Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy
Current Issue:
Vol. 19 No. 6 (2012)
Aims and scope
The Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy (JNIRS) aims to publish original research papers, short communications, review articles and letters concerned with near infrared spectroscopy and technology, its application, new instrumentation and the use of chemometric and data handling techniques within NIR. JNIRS will accept contributions from all areas of applications where near infrared spectroscopy is in use.
Applications may include:
- Agriculture
- Chemical Industry
- Food
- Life Sciences
- Process Control
- Pharmaceuticals
- Soils
- Textiles
- Polymers
- Wood
Topics for papers may include:
- Chemometrics
- Calibrations
- Diffuse Reflection
- NIR Imaging
- On-Line Use
- Fibre Optics
- Sampling
- Spectroscopy
- Instrumentation
- Remote Sensing
Editors
JNIRS has an Editor-in-Chief, three Regional Editors, seven Subject Editors and an International Advisory Board, ensuring that papers accepted for publication will have been reviewed by appropriate authorities in the subject area and should receive world-wide recognition in the field.
Subscriptions and Ordering
JNIRS is available in a number of media; the normal paper version, the online edition and an electronic version on CD-ROM. The online edition is available as part of the print subscription at no extra cost or can be ordered separately as an electronic only subscription. For those who also wish to subscribe to NIR news then we offer a discounted combined subscripiton rate with the journal. This combined subscription is also available as an online only subscription if no print issues are required. Back issues of most issues are available in print and electronic format. For the printed issues please contact us to check for availability. For the electronic format subscribers can purchse all the back issues as an ENHANCED subscription package. For more information.
Department of Health Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy. E-mail: marco.ferrari@univaq.it
Holland–Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, 150 Kilgour Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4G 1R8. E-mail: tom.chau@utoronto.ca
aDepartment of Anesthesiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA. E-mail: babs.soller@reflectancemedical.com
bUS Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam, Houston, TX, USA
cDepartment of Health and Kinesiology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Abbestraße 2-12, 10587 Berlin, Germany. Email: dirk.grosenick@ptb.de
aDepartment of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia. UBC Hospital Bladder Care Centre, Unit IB—Room F329, 221 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada and Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), Wallenberg Research Centre at Stellenbosch University, Marais Street, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa. E-mail: ajmacnab@gmail.com
bCenter for International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries, University of British Columbia. UBC Hospital, Unit IB—Room F329, 221 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver BC, V6T 1Z3. Canada
cDepartment of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Canada and UBC Hospital Bladder Care Centre, Unit IB—Room F329, 221 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver BC, Canada
Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, Malet Place Engineering Building, UCL, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT. E- mail: lenfield@medphys.ucl.ac.uk
aUnited States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Centre, Albany, CA, 95616, USA. E-mail: Ron.Haff@ars.usda.gov
bNational Food Research Institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, 305-8642, Japan
cPresent address: Bruker Optics KK, Tokyo, 104-0033, Japan
dPresent address: Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan
aTeagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, Dublin 15, Ireland
bSchool of Biosystems Engineering, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland. E-mail: aoife.gowen@ucd.ie
aAarhus University, Science and Technology, Department of Agroecology, Research Centre Flakkebjerg, DK-4200 Slagelse, Denmark. E-mail: nisha.shetty@agrsci.dk
bDaegu University, Department of Bioindustry, Jillyang, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk 712-714, South Korea
aInstitute of Plant Breeding, Seed Science and Population Genetics, University of Hohenheim, Fruwirthstrasse 21, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany. E-mail: melchinger@uni-hohenheim.de
bState Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Bioenergy, Garbenstrasse 9, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
aInstitute for Agricultural Engineering and Animal Husbandry, Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture, Voettinger Straße 36, 85354 Freising, Germany. E-mail: christian.krapf@lfl.bayern.de; hauke.heuwinkel@lfl.bayern.de
bInstitute of Agricultural Engineering, Department for Sustainable Agricultural Systems, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Gregor Mendel Straße 33, 1180 Vienna, Austria. E-mail: andreas.gronauer@boku.ac.at
cDepartment of Plant Sciences, Technische Universität München, Emil-Ramann-Straße 2, 85350 Freising, Germany. E-mail: schmidhalter@wzw.tum.de
Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster, Robert-Koch-Straße 26, 48149 Münster, Germany. E-mail: till.kleinebecker@uni-muenster.de
aCSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, ATSIP, PMB, PO, Aitkenvale, Townsville, Queensland 4814, Australia. E-mail: coatesdc@bigpond.net.au
aThe University of Queensland, QAAFI, PO Box 6014, Rockhampton, Queensland 4701, Australia
Environmental Management and Byproduct Utilization Laboratory (EMBUL) Bldg 308, BARC East, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA. E-mail: James.Reeves@ARS.USDA.GOV
aDepartment of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia. UBC Hospital Bladder Care Centre, Unit IB—Room F329, 221 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada and Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), Wallenberg Research Centre at Stellenbosch University, Marais Street, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa. E-mail: ajmacnab@gmail.com
bCenter for International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries, University of British Columbia. UBC Hospital, Unit IB—Room F329, 221 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver BC, V6T 1Z3. Canada
cDepartment of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Canada and UBC Hospital Bladder Care Centre, Unit IB—Room F329, 221 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver BC, Canada
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Abbestraße 2-12, 10587 Berlin, Germany. Email: dirk.grosenick@ptb.de
a Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. E-mail: simone.cutini@unipd.it
bDepartment of Health Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
Department of Health Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy. E-mail: marco.ferrari@univaq.it
aCollege of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, PR China. E-mail: hanlj@cau.edu.cn
bState Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Beijing 100091, PR China
cFood and Feed Quality Unit, Valorisation of Agricultural Products Department, Walloon Agricultural Research Centre CRA-W, Henseval Building, Chaussée de Namur 24, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium. E-mail: baeten@cra.wallonie.be
aDepartment of Food Science, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa. E-mail: mman@sun.ac.za
bDublin Institute of Technology, Kevin Street, Dublin 8, Ireland
cTeagasc, Ashtown Food Research Centre, Dublin 15, Ireland
aAnimal Science, Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries, PO Box 6014, Rockhampton, Queensland 4702, Australia. E-mail: rob.dixon@dpi.qld.gov.au
bCSIRO Davies Laboratory, Sustainable Ecosystems, PMB, PO, Aitkenvale, Townsville, Queensland 4814, Australia
aAshtown Food Research Centre, Teagasc, Ashtown, Dublin 15, Ireland. E-mail: tony.woodcock@teagasc.ie
bSchool of Agriculture, Food and Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, Ireland
World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), P.O. Box 30677-00100, Nairobi, Kenya. E-mail: k.shepherd@cgiar.org
Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Radiochemistry, Leopold-Franzens University, Innrain 52a, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria. E-mail: christian.w.huck@uibk.ac.at
BRI Australia Ltd, PO Box 7, North Ryde, NSW 1670, Australia
The Australian Wine Research Institute, Waite Road, Urrbrae, PO Box 197, Adelaide, SA 5064 and The Cooperative Research Centre for Viticulture, PO Box 154,Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia
aDepartamento de Producción Animal I, Universidad de León, E-24071 León, Spain. E-mail: dp1sal@unileon.es
bSAC, Ferguson Building, Craibstone Estate, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, AB21 9YA, UK
cEstación Agrícola Experimental, CSIC. Apartado 788, E-24080 León, Spain
Unité de Biochimie de la Nutrition (BNUT), Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Croix du Sud 2/8, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. E-mail: yan@bnut.ucl.ac.be
Professor Emeritus, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7625, USA. E-mail: mcclure@eos.ncsu.edu
Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya 662-8501, Japan. E-mail: ozaki@kwansei.ac.jp
bformerly Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA. Presently, USDA-ARS Grain Marketing and Production Research Center, 1515 College Avenue, Manhattan, KS 66502, USA. E-mail: choypc@gmprc.ksu.edu
cformerly USDA-ARS Grain Marketing and Production Research Center, 1515 College Avenue, Manhattan, KS 66502, USA
dDepartment of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
eDepartment of Grain Science, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
Department of Statistical Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. E-mail: tom@stats.ucl.ac.uk
Teagasc, The National Food Centre, Dunsinea, Castleknock, Dublin 15, Ireland.
Analytical Science & Technology, Kimberly-Clark Corp., 2100 Winchester Road, Neenah, WI 54956, USA.
