The Unmanned Systems Research Laboratory (USRL): A New Facility for UAV-Based Atmospheric Observations by Maria Kezoudi, Christos Keleshis, Panayiota Antoniou, George Biskos, Murat Bronz, Christos Constantinides, Maximillien Desservettaz, Ru-Shan Gao, Joe Girdwood, Jonathan Harnetiaux, Konrad Kandler, Andreas Leonidou, Yunsong Liu, Jos Lelieveld, Franco Marenco, Nikos Mihalopoulos, Griša Močnik, Kimmo Neitola, Jean-Daniel Paris, Michael Pikridas, Roland Sarda-Esteve, Chris Stopford, Florin Unga, Mihalis Vrekoussis, Jean Sciare

“…They can provide unique information relevant to the short- and long-range transport of gas and aerosol pollutants, radiative forcing, cloud properties, emission factors and a variety of atmospheric parameters. …”
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Exogenous Volatile Organic Compound (EVOC^®) Breath Testing Maximizes Classification Performance for Subjects with Cirrhosis and Reveals Signs of Portal Hypertension by Giuseppe Ferrandino, Federico Ricciardi, Antonio Murgia, Iris Banda, Menisha Manhota, Yusuf Ahmed, Kelly Sweeney, Louise Nicholson-Scott, Lucinda McConville, Olga Gandelman, Max Allsworth, Billy Boyle, Agnieszka Smolinska, Carmen A. Ginesta Frings, Jorge Contreras, Claudia Asenjo-Lobos, Viviana Barrientos, Nataly Clavo, Angela Novoa, Amy Riviotta, Melissa Jerez, Luis Méndez

“…Breath samples were taken using Breath Biopsy^® before and at different time points after the administration of 100 mg limonene. …”
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Insights into the Bacterial and Nitric Oxide-Induced Salt Tolerance in Sugarcane and Their Growth-Promoting Abilities by Anjney Sharma, Rajesh Kumar Singh, Pratiksha Singh, Anukool Vaishnav, Dao-Jun Guo, Krishan K. Verma, Dong-Ping Li, Xiu-Peng Song, Mukesh Kumar Malviya, Naeem Khan, Prakash Lakshmanan, Yang-Rui Li

“…The greenhouse study showed that, among the different treatments, the combined application of PGPR and sodium nitroprusside (SNP) as an NO donor significantly (<i>p</i> ≤ 0.05) enhanced sugarcane plant growth by maintaining the relative water content, electrolyte leakage, gas exchange parameters, osmolytes, and Na⁺/K⁺ ratio. …”
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Mycotoxin reduction and metabolite profiles of ogi produced using traditional fermentation methods by Julianah Olayemi Odukoya, Sarah De Saeger, Marthe De Boevre, Gabriel Olaniran Adegoke, Frank Devlieghere, Siska Croubels, Gunther Antonissen, Oluwafemi Ayodeji Adebo, Sefater Gbashi, Johnson Oluwaseun Odukoya, Patrick Berka Njobeh

“…There was no statistically significant difference in the ability of the specified natural fermentation processes to lower FB1, FB2, FB3, deoxynivalenol (DON), sterigmatocystin (STERIG), and zearalenone concentrations in maize (ZEN). …”
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Application of environmental tracers for investigation of groundwater mean residence time and aquifer recharge in fault-influenced hydraulic drop alluvium aquifers by B. Ma, B. Ma, M. Jin, M. Jin, M. Jin, X. Liang, X. Liang, J. Li

“…MRTs estimated from <span class="inline-formula">³H</span> are much longer than those from CFCs, probably due to the different time lag of liquid (<span class="inline-formula">³H</span>) and gas-phase CFCs through the unsaturated zone. …”
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Effect of Adsorption of Metal Elements Ni and V on the Structure of Humin by YU Yin, XIA Peng, ZHONG Yi, NING Shitan, WANG Ke, CHENG Jianping

“…For O with different occurrence forms, the Ni metal solution reduces hydroxyl oxygen and carboxyl oxygen, which makes the hydrogen-enriched and oxygen-enriched functional groups prolapse; the V metal solution reduces carbonyl oxygen and carboxyl oxygen, which destroys the carbonyl double bond (C=O). …”
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Astrochemical Diagnostics of the Isolated Massive Protostar G28.20-0.05 by Prasanta Gorai, Chi-Yan Law, Jonathan C. Tan, Yichen Zhang, Rubén Fedriani, Kei E. I. Tanaka, Mélisse Bonfand, Giuliana Cosentino, Diego Mardones, Maria T. Beltrán, Guido Garay

“…We discuss their spatial distributions, physical conditions, correlation between different species, and possible chemical origins. In the central region near the protostar, we identify three hot molecular cores (HMCs). …”
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Aligning agri-environmental subsidies and environmental needs: a comparative analysis between the US and EU by Sofia Biffi, Rebecca Traldi, Bart Crezee, Michael Beckmann, Lukas Egli, Dietrich Epp Schmidt, Nicole Motzer, Murat Okumah, Ralf Seppelt, Eleonore Louise Slabbert, Kate Tiedeman, Haoluan Wang, Guy Ziv

“…Using linear mixed models and linear models we explored the associations among AES allocation and these predictors at different scales. We found that higher AES spending was associated with areas of low soil organic carbon and high greenhouse gas emissions both in the US and EU, and nitrogen surplus in the EU. …”
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The JAK/STAT/NF-κB signaling pathway can be regulated by rosemary essential oil, thereby providing a potential treatment for DNCB-induced in mice by Jinkai Li, Jiawei Duan, Yujiao Wang, Peijie Zhou, Xuan Wang, Ning Xia, Jie Wang, Jia Li, Wenfei Wang, Xiao Wang, Jing Sun, Dongyan Guo, Junbo Zou, Xiaofei Zhang, Changli Wang

“…Result: The skin of mice in the model group showed different degrees of erythema, dryness, scratches, epidermal erosion and shedding, and crusting. …”
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Global review of source apportionment of volatile organic compounds based on highly time-resolved data from 2015 to 2021 by Yang Yang, Baoshuang Liu, Jing Hua, Tao Yang, Qili Dai, Jianhui Wu, Yinchang Feng, Philip K. Hopke

“…This work reviewed the literature on VOCs source analyses published from 2015 to 2021, and assesses the state-of-the-art and the existing issues with these studies. Gas chromatography system and direct-inlet mass spectrometry are the main monitoring tools. …”
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The Effect of Salinity Stress on the Growth, quantity and quality of Essential oil of Lavender (Lavandula angustifulia Miller) by sarah khorasaninejad, Hassan Soltanloo, Javad Hadian, Sadegh Atashi

“…Introduction: Plants are usually exposed to different environmental stresses which limit their growth and productivity as well as cause considerable loss of worldwide agricultural production. …”
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Anatomía microscópica y metabolitos secundarios volátiles en tres estadios del desarrollo de las inflorescencias de Lantana camara (Verbenaceae) by José Fernando Caroprese Araque, María Isabel Parra Garcés, Dagoberto Arrieta Prieto, Elena Stashenko

“…The components were analyzed by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC-MS). …”
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Defect characterization of low temperature solution grown ZnO by Liew, Laura-Lynn

“…The morphologies were obtained via FEGSEM and showed different nanorods morphologies for the different precursors used for the syntheses. …”
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Anti-proliferative and apoptosis induction effects of Anacardium occidentale L. and Morinda citrifolia L. shoot extracts on breast, liver, and colorectal cancer cells by Meli, Mohd Amir Asyraf

“…The breast cancer cells were treated with three different concentrations of cashew (40 μg/ml, 80 μg/ml, and 120 μg/ml) and noni extract (25 μg/ml, 50 μg/ml, and 75 μg/ml) for 72 hours of incubation. …”
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Hormonal and cytogenetic analyses of reproductive activity of cattle by Degu, Nurhusien Yimer

“…The first part of the present study investigated abnormal ovarian cyclicity (AOC) and cystic ovarian diseases (COD) based on plasma progesterone (P4) profiles and ovarian ultrasonogram in 102 cattle which comprised cows open > 90 days postpartum and heifers with delayed age (>24 months) at first calving. …”
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Major Pigment and Fragrant Compounds in Selected Orchids and the Correlation between Phenylalanine Ammonia Lyase (Ec 4.3.1.5) Activity and Anthocyanin Content by Mohamad Azzeme, Azzreena

“…However, PAL was found to have different Vmax and Km values towards L-phenylalanine as its substrate. …”
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A systematic review of the evidence on decoupling of GDP, resource use and GHG emissions, part I: bibliometric and conceptual mapping by Dominik Wiedenhofer, Doris Virág, Gerald Kalt, Barbara Plank, Jan Streeck, Melanie Pichler, Andreas Mayer, Fridolin Krausmann, Paul Brockway, Anke Schaffartzik, Tomer Fishman, Daniel Hausknost, Bartholomäus Leon-Gruchalski, Tânia Sousa, Felix Creutzig, Helmut Haberl

“…However, empirical evidence for absolute decoupling, i.e. decreasing resource use and emissions at the required scale despite continued economic growth, is scarce and scattered across different research streams. In this two-part systematic review, we assess how and to what extent decoupling has been observed and what can be learnt for addressing the sustainability and climate crisis. …”
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The relationship between hair metabolites, air pollution exposure and gestational diabetes mellitus: A longitudinal study from pre-conception to third trimester by Xuyang Chen, Xuyang Chen, Xue Zhao, Xue Zhao, Mary Beatrix Jones, Alexander Harper, Jamie V. de Seymour, Yang Yang, Yang Yang, Yinyin Xia, Ting Zhang, Ting Zhang, Ting Zhang, Hongbo Qi, Hongbo Qi, Hongbo Qi, John Gulliver, Richard D. Cannon, Richard Saffery, Hua Zhang, Hua Zhang, Ting-Li Han, Ting-Li Han, Ting-Li Han, Philip N. Baker

“…Logistic regression and mixed models were applied to investigate associations between the air pollution exposure data and the GDM associated metabolites.ResultsOf the 276 hair metabolites identified, the concentrations of fourteen were significantly different between GDM cases and non-GDM controls, including some amino acids and their derivatives, fatty acids, organic acids, and exogenous compounds. …”
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Antibacterial Activity of the Essential Oil of <i>Piper tuberculatum</i> Jacq. Fruits against Multidrug-Resistant Strains: Inhibition of Efflux Pumps and β-Lactamase by Lucas Yure Santos da Silva, Cicera Laura Roque Paulo, Talysson Felismino Moura, Daniel Sampaio Alves, Renata Torres Pessoa, Isaac Moura Araújo, Cícera Datiane de Morais Oliveira-Tintino, Saulo Relison Tintino, Carla de Fatima Alves Nonato, José Galberto Martins da Costa, Jaime Ribeiro-Filho, Henrique Douglas Melo Coutinho, Grażyna Kowalska, Przemysław Mitura, Marek Bar, Radosław Kowalski, Irwin Rose Alencar de Menezes

“…(EOPT) against strains carrying different mechanisms of antibiotic resistance. Phytochemical analysis was performed using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC/MS). …”
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Exercise Equals the Mobilization of Visceral versus Subcutaneous Adipose Fatty Acid Molecules in Fasted Rats Associated with the Modulation of the AMPK/ATGL/HSL Axis by Tiziana Zotti, Antonia Giacco, Arianna Cuomo, Luigi Cerulo, Giuseppe Petito, Stefania Iervolino, Rosalba Senese, Federica Cioffi, Pasquale Vito, Gaetano Cardinale, Elena Silvestri, Assunta Lombardi, Maria Moreno, Antonia Lanni, Pieter de Lange

“…Subsequently, by using gas chromatography—flame ionization detection, the content of 22 fatty acids (FA) in visceral (v) versus subcutaneous (sc) white adipose tissue (WAT) depots was compared to those found in response to the separate events. …”
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