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1、CHAPTER8Blood,Sweat,andUrineRichardCottonAVeryNerdyBodySwapComedyIspentsixyearsworkinginthestatisticalmodelingteamattheUK’sHealthandSafetyLaboratory.1Alargepartofmyjobwasworkingwiththelaboratory’schemists,lookingatoccupationalexposuretovariousnastysubstancestoseeifanindustrywasadherin

2、gtosafelimits.Thelaboratorygetssenttensofthousandsofbloodandurinesampleseachyear(andsometimesmoreexoticfluidslikesweatorsaliva),andhasitsownteamofoccupationalhygienistswhovisitcompaniesandcollectyetmoresamples.Thesamplecollectionprocessisknownas“biologicalmonitoring.”Thisisbecausewhen

3、theoccupationalhygienistsgethomeandtheirpartnersask“Howwasyourday?,”“I’vebeenbiologicalmonitoring,darling”ismorerespectabletosaythan“Ispentalldaygettingwelderstoweeintoavial.”In2010,IwasluckyenoughtobegivenajobswapwithJames,oneofthechemists.James’sparlourtrickisthat,afterrunningmanyth

4、ousandsofsamples,hecantellthelevelofcreatinine2insomeone’surinewithuncannyaccuracy,justbylookingatit.Thisskillwasonlyrevealedtomeafterwe’dspentanhourplaying“guessthecreatininelevel”andJameshadsuggestedthat“wemakeitmoreinteresting.”I’dlosttwopacketsoffigrollsbeforeItwiggedthatIwasontoa

5、loser.31.http://www.hsl.gov.uk2.Creatinineisabreakdownofcreatinephosphate,whichisproducedinyourmuscles.Darkyellowweefromdehydratedpeoplewillhavehigherconcentrationsofchemicalssimplybecauseitislessdilute,butitwillalsocontainhigherconcentrationsofcreatinine.Dividingtheconcentrationofach

6、emicalbytheconcentrationofcreatinineadjustsforthestateofyoururine.3.TranslationofBritishidiom:I’dlosttwopackagesoffigrollsonthewagerbeforeIrealizedI’dbeenhad.107TheprincipleofthejobswapwasthatIwouldspendaweekinthelabassistingwiththeexperiments,andthenJameswouldcometomyofficetohelpoutg

7、eneratingthestatistics.Intheprocess,we’dbothlearnabouteachother’sworkingpracticesandfindwaystomakefutureprojectsmoreefficient.Inthelaboratory,Ilearnedhowtopipette(harderthanitlooks),andaboutthemethodsusedtoensurethatthenumbersspatoutofthemassspectrometer4werecorrect.Soaswellastestingu

8、rines