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Urine is a biological matrix that contains hundreds of metabolic end products which constitute the urinary metabolome. The development and advances on LC-MS/MS have revolutionized the analytical study of biomolecules by enabling their accurate identification and quantification in an unprecedented manner. Nowadays, LC-MS/MS is helping to unveil the complexity of urine metabolome, and the results obtained have multiple biomedical applications. This review focuses on the targeted LC-MS/MS analysis of the urine metabolome. In the first part, we describe general considerations (from sample collection to quantitation) required for a proper targeted metabolic analysis. In the second part, we address the urinary analysis and recent applications of four relevant families: amino acids, catecholamines, lipids and steroids. ; J Rodríguez-Morató acknowledges funding from the EU's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 712949 (TECNIOspring PLUS) and from the Agency for Business Competitiveness of the Government of Catalonia. Spanish Health National System is acknowledged for O J Pozo contract (CPII16/00027). The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.

Die Kontamination von Flächen mit Rüstungsaltlasten durch sprengstofftypische Verbindungen (STV) wie 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluol (TNT) ist nach wie vor ein großes Risiko für Gesundheit und Umwelt. Die Hochdruckflüssigchromatographie (HPLC) ist in Kombination mit der Tandem-Massenspektrometrie (MS/MS) ein besonders sensitives und exaktes Verfahren zur Konzentrationsbestimmung derartiger Umweltkontaminanten. Jedoch benötigen die derzeit eingesetzten Methoden zur Extraktion und Quantifizierung viel Zeit und Bodenmaterial. Wir haben daher eine 20-minütige LC-MS/MS-Methode entwickelt, die in einer Probe simultan acht STV qualitativ und quantitativ nachweisen kann. Im Vergleich zur EPA-Referenzmethode konnte bei der Extraktion die eingesetzte Bodenmenge von 10 g auf 2 g reduziert und die Extraktionsdauer von 18 h auf 30 min verkürzt werden. Die abschließende Validierung zeigte eine gute Reproduzierbarkeit und mit etablierten Protokollen vergleichbare Detektions- (LOD) und Quantifizierungslimits (LOQ), so dass die optimierten Methoden für eine schnelle und zuverlässige Analyse von Realproben eingesetzt werden konnten. ; Soil contamination on former military sites with explosives-related compounds (STV) such as 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) is still a major health and environmental threat. High pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) combined with tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) is a very sensitive and precise method to detect such environmental contaminants. However, currently used extraction and quantification methods often need a long time and a high sample amount. Thus, we developed an LC-MS/MS method that detects and quantifies eight explosives simultaneously in only 20 min. Compared to the EPA reference method, the amount of soil was reduced from 10 g to 2 g and the extraction time shortened from 18 h to 30 min. The validation revealed a good reproducibility of the fast analysis process. Limits of detection (LOD) and quantification (LOQ) were comparable to established protocols. Hence, the optimized methods were used for a fast and reliable quantification of STV in soil samples of a former military site.

O objetivo do presente artigo é descrever a atuação paradiplomática do município de Dourados-MS, buscando identificar variáveis que influenciaram o processo de inserção internacional, bem como as (des)continuidades nesse processo, desde seu início em 2001 até seu abandono, em 2016. O estudo de caso foi conduzido conforme a proposta de Robert Yin (2015), por meio da descrição das ações internacionais e de uma análise qualitativa de uma bibliografia selecionada, documentos oficiais e entrevistas semiestruturadas, e fundamentado teoricamente pelo modelo de Soldatos (1990) e Salomón (2012). No caso de Dourados, o processo de internacionalização malogrou em função das seguintes variáveis: alteração da filiação política partidária dos mandatários municipais, agravada pela crise político-econômica após a deflagração da operação Uragano pela Polícia Federal; ausência de uma estrutura específica e quadros permanentes; eo afastamento paulatino da sociedade em relação à política municipal.