A new device for the aspiration of follicular fluid for acid-base balance analysis in cattle by S. Cech, R. Dolezel, K. Holickova, E. Indrova, T. Kochova, M. Lopatarova, J. Mala, A. Pechova, M. Zavadilova, L. Zilka

“…Our new ABB set equipped with a glass aspiration syringe is suitable for sampling follicular fluid for both acid-base balance and gas analysis.…”
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Evaluation of the Effect of Water Stress on Clonal Variations of Cv. Monastrell (<i>Vitis vinifera</i> L.) in South-Eastern Spain: Physiology, Nutrition, Yield, Berry, and Wine-Qua... by Pascual Romero, Pablo Botía, Rocío Gil-Muñoz, Francisco M. del Amor, Josefa María Navarro

“…A classification of the different clones according to drought-tolerance degree and agronomical/oenological performance was established. …”
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Non-invasive high frequency oscillatory ventilation inhibiting respiratory motion in healthy volunteers by Yanshan Zhang, Xiaojun Li, Yihe Zhang, Yancheng Ye, Yee-Min Jen, Xin Pan, Xiaowei Li, Tianyan Qin, Pengqing Li, Caixia Lv, Ying Qi, Xin Wang, Yuling Yang, Tong Ma

“…There was no significant difference in pulse rate between the two data sets (t = 1.257, P = 0.233). …”
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Online measurement of highly oxygenated compounds from organic aerosol by E. Häkkinen, J. Zhao, F. Graeffe, N. Fauré, J. E. Krechmer, D. Worsnop, H. Timonen, M. Ehn, J. Kangasluoma

“…By comparing the gas- and particle-phase compounds, we found indications of potential particle-phase reactions occurring in organic aerosol. …”
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Main drivers of transparent exopolymer particle distribution across the surface Atlantic Ocean by M. Zamanillo, E. Ortega-Retuerta, E. Ortega-Retuerta, S. Nunes, P. Rodríguez-Ros, M. Dall'Osto, M. Estrada, M. Montserrat Sala, R. Simó

“…Two main regions were separated due to remarkable differences: the open Atlantic Ocean (OAO, <span class="inline-formula"><i>n</i>=30</span>), and the Southwestern Atlantic Shelf (SWAS, <span class="inline-formula"><i>n</i>=10</span>). …”
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Light in the Rational Treatment of Autism? Effects of Metformin on Steroid Hormones in a Patient with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) by Benedikt Gasser, Anca-Elena Calin, Genevieve Escher, Johann Kurz, Aglaia Emmenegger, Samuel Buerki, Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss, Markus Mohaupt

“…Spot urine probes were taken in the morning for a combined gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS), and the steroid levels were adjusted for creatinine excretion. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of 40 wt % Ce_0.9Pr_0.1O_{2–<i>δ</i>}–60 wt % Nd_<i>x</i>Sr_1−<i>x</i>Fe_0.9Cu<sub>0.1</sub... by Guoxing Chen, Zhijun Zhao, Marc Widenmeyer, Ruijuan Yan, Ling Wang, Armin Feldhoff, Anke Weidenkaff

“…These results indicate that this highly renewable dual-phase membrane is a potential candidate for long lifetime, high temperature gas separation applications and coupled reaction–separation processes.…”
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The On-Line Integrated Mesoscale Chemistry Model BOLCHEM by Rita Cesari, Tony Christian Landi, Massimo D’Isidoro, Mihaela Mircea, Felicita Russo, Piero Malguzzi, Francesco Tampieri, Alberto Maurizi

“…This work presents the on-line coupled meteorology–chemistry transport model BOLCHEM, based on the hydrostatic meteorological BOLAM model, the gas chemistry module SAPRC90, and the aerosol dynamic module AERO3. …”
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Sensitivity of deep ocean biases to horizontal resolution in prototype CMIP6 simulations with AWI-CM1.0 by T. Rackow, D. V. Sein, D. V. Sein, T. Semmler, S. Danilov, N. V. Koldunov, N. V. Koldunov, D. Sidorenko, Q. Wang, T. Jung, T. Jung

“…We show that increasing ocean resolution locally to resolve ocean eddies leads to reductions in deep ocean biases, although these improvements are not strictly monotonic for the five different ocean grids. A detailed diagnosis of the simulations allows to identify the origins of the biases. …”
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Hydrotreating of Jatropha-derived Bio-oil over Mesoporous Sulfide Catalysts to Produce Drop-in Transportation Fuels by Shih-Yuan Chen, Takehisa Mochizuki, Masayasu Nishi, Hideyuki Takagi, Yuji Yoshimura, Makoto Toba

“….% Jatropha bio-oil over mesoporous sulfide catalysts (CoMo/&#947;-Al₂O₃ and NiMo/&#947;-Al₂O₃) to produce drop-in transport fuels, such as gasoline- and diesel-like fuels. This study is very different from our recent work on co-processing of Jatropha bio-oil (ca. 10 wt.%) with petroleum distillates to produce a hydrotreated oil as a diesel-like fuel. …”
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Faecal Short Chain Fatty Acids Profile is Changed in Polish Depressive Women by Karolina Skonieczna-Żydecka, Elżbieta Grochans, Dominika Maciejewska, Małgorzata Szkup, Daria Schneider-Matyka, Anna Jurczak, Igor Łoniewski, Mariusz Kaczmarczyk, Wojciech Marlicz, Maja Czerwińska-Rogowska, Justyna Pełka-Wysiecka, Karolina Dec, Ewa Stachowska

“…We assessed SCFAs content by means of gas chromatography. Fiber intake was estimated using parts of food frequency questionnaire. …”
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THE ECONOMIC REVENUES OF USING BIOGAS TECHNOLOGY IN THE NEW EGYPTIAN RECLAMED AREAS [ by Eman El-Sayed, M. Ragab, A. Abd El-Ati, Shimaa Fawzy

“…These made the world to produce the biogas and its secondary product "the biogas compost" which environmentally and economically compatible compared to other alternatives offered in the global market.  In Egypt, the problem of fuel is more acute, especially in the desert provinces, where the challenges of shortage of supply of LPGs combine with increasing demand due to rapid population increase with spatial spacing between production  and distribution areas accompanied by transportation, storage and handling risks, In a short period of time, all of which are a constant pressure on the balance of the local market for fuel, especially gas cylinders (LPG). …”
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Innovative Bicultured Lactic–Acetic Acid Co-fermentation Improves Jujube Puree’s Functionality and Volatile Compounds by Turkson Antwi Boasiako, Yuqing Xiong, Isaac Duah Boateng, Jeffrey Appiagyei, Yanshu Li, Kerry Clark, Afusat Yinka Aregbe, Sanabil Yaqoob, Yongkun Ma

“…The darker color of raw jujube puree was modified, exemplified by a significant (<i>p</i> < 0.05) negative correlation between overall color difference and cyanidin 3-O-rutinoside (R² = −0.768). …”
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Global total ozone recovery trends attributed to ozone-depleting substance (ODS) changes derived from five merged ozone datasets by M. Weber, C. Arosio, M. Coldewey-Egbers, V. E. Fioletov, S. M. Frith, J. D. Wild, J. D. Wild, K. Tourpali, J. P. Burrows, D. Loyola

“…<p>We report on updated trends using different merged zonal mean total ozone datasets from satellite and ground-based observations for the period from 1979 to 2020. …”
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Initial indicators for the prognosis of Acinetobacter Baumannii bacteremia in children by Yi Hong, Xiaochen Lin, Chunxu Zhang, Xingqiang Dong, Meihua Lu, Saihu Huang, Lili Huang, Chunmei Su, Zhenjiang Bai, Shuiyan Wu

“…There was no significant difference in effective antibiotic use within 24 h between these two groups (p = 0.295). …”
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Simulating impacts on UK air quality from net-zero forest planting scenarios by G. Purser, G. Purser, M. R. Heal, E. J. Carnell, S. Bathgate, J. Drewer, J. I. L. Morison, M. Vieno

“…<p>The UK proposes additional bioenergy plantations and afforestation as part of measures to meet net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, but species and locations are not yet decided. …”
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Investigation on the chemical composition, bioactive functional groups, antioxidant potential and cell toxicity (HT29) of Shirazi thyme essential oil: A study in laboratory scale by Elnaz Saffari Samani, Hossein Jooyandeh, Behrooz Alizadeh Behbahani

“…Materials and Methods: The chemical composition of STEO was identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The bioactive functional groups of STEO were measured by Fourier transform infrared at spectra range of 500- 4000 cm-1. …”
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Analysis of NO₂ and O₃ Total Columns from DOAS Zenith-Sky Measurements in South Italy by Paolo Pettinari, Antonio Donateo, Enzo Papandrea, Daniele Bortoli, Gianluca Pappaccogli, Elisa Castelli

“…The Gas Absorption Spectrometer Correlating Optical Difference—New Generation 4 (GASCOD/NG4) is a multi-axis differential optical absorption spectroscopy (MAX-DOAS) instrument which measures diffuse solar spectra at the Environmental-Climate Observatory (ECO) of the Italian research institute CNR-ISAC, near Lecce. …”
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High-resolution vertical biogeochemical profiles in the hyporheic zone reveal insights into microbial methane cycling by T. Michaelis, A. Wunderlich, Ö. K. Coskun, W. Orsi, W. Orsi, T. Baumann, F. Einsiedl

“…To address this, we recorded high-resolution depth-resolved geochemical profiles at five different locations in the stream bed of the river Moosach, southern Germany. …”
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Modeling and Optimizing of the Energy Consumption of Moldboard Plow using Response Surface Methodology (RSM) by M Mehrijani, J Khodaei, S Zareei

“…Regarding the energy crisis and the greenhouse gas emissions caused by the indiscriminate use of fossil fuels, many efforts have been done to reduce energy consumption as much as possible. …”
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