Determination of Heavy Metal Pollution in the Dankran River in the Bekwai Municipality of Ghana by Vivian Afriyie, Lyndon N. A. Sackey, Linda Aurelia Ofori

“…The physicochemical properties, the biological oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), and nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (NPK) concentrations were all within the allowable healthy limits according to WHO standards. …”
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H2O2 Treatment of Electrochemically Deposited Cu2O Thin Films for Enhancing Optical Absorption by Ying Song, Masaya Ichimura

“…By the H2O2 treatment at room temperature, the oxygen content was increased, and the band gap was decreased.…”
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COMPUTATIONAL SCREENING TO IDENTIFY GENES INVOLVED IN DNA REPAIR IN ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA by James MORAN, Tim XING

“…Plants face many sources of DNA damage which they cannot so easily avoid: UV radiation from sunlight, reactive oxygen species produced endogenously by their mitochondria and chloroplasts, reactive oxygen species accumulated while under conditions of cold, heat, or salt stress. …”
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From density functional theory to machine learning predictive models for electrical properties of spinel oxides by Yuval Elbaz, Maytal Caspary Toroker

“…Abstract This work focuses on predicting and characterizing the electronic conductivity of spinel oxides, which are promising materials for energy storage devices and for the oxygen evolution and oxygen reduction reactions due to their attractive properties and abundance of transition metals that can act as active sites for catalysis. …”
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Fabrication of a Miniature Zinc Aluminum Oxide Nanowire Array Gas Sensor and Application for Environmental Monitoring by Chin-Guo Kuo, Chi-Wu Huang, Jung-Hsuan Chen, Yueh-Han Liu

“…A miniature n-type semiconductor gas sensor was fabricated successfully using zinc aluminum oxide nanowire array and applied to sense oxygen. The present study provided a novel method to produce zinc aluminum alloy nanowire 80 nm in diameter by the vacuum die casting technique and then obtain zinc aluminum oxide nanowire array using the thermal oxidation technique. …”
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Biodegradation of Sewage Wastewater Using Autochthonous Bacteria by Purnima Dhall, Rita Kumar, Anil Kumar

“…The performance of isolated designed consortia comprising Bacillus pumilus, Brevibacterium sp, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa for the treatment of sewage wastewater in terms of reduction in COD (chemical oxygen demand), BOD (biochemical oxygen demand) MLSS (mixed liquor suspended solids), and TSS (total suspended solids) was studied. …”
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Adsorption of Pb Using Mesoporous Activated Carbon and its Effects on Surface Modifications by Eleni Deliyanni, Anastasia Arabatzidou, Nikolaos Tzoupanos, Kostas A. Matis

“…The modifications involved the following: (i) oxidation, to introduce oxygen-containing functional groups, and (ii) treatment with aqueous ammonia, to introduce basic nitrogen functional groups. …”
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Low-Cost Domestic Grey Wastewater Treatment and Recycling System. by Mubangizi, Paul Steven

“…Data were collected over six months, analyzing parameters such as biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), total suspended solids (TSS), and nutrient levels. …”
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Do We Need Exercise Tests to Detect Gas Exchange Impairment in Fibrotic Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias? by Benoit Wallaert, Lidwine Wemeau-Stervinou, Julia Salleron, Isabelle Tillie-Leblond, Thierry Perez

“…The aim of this study was to compare DLCO, resting PaO2, P(A-a)O2 at cardiopulmonary exercise testing peak, and oxygen desaturation during a 6-min walk test (6MWT). …”
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A new approach to off-gas analysis for shaken bioreactors showing high CTR and RQ accuracy by Andreas Schulte, Janik Brockmann, Nina Müller, Tibor Anderlei, Jochen Büchs

“…The bypass system was combined with the established method of recurrent dynamic measurement phases, evaluating the decrease in oxygen and the increase in CO2 during stopped aeration. …”
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Effect of equilibrium relative humidity on explosion characteristics parameters of humid magnesium dust by Xinyu Xiong, Kai Gao, Changquan Ji, Jie Mu, Bin Li, Dan Zhang, Yadong Xu, Lifeng Xie

“…Additionally, the explosion mechanism was thoroughly analyzed by incorporating the oxygen content results of the explosion products. …”
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Effects of bronchoscopic alveolar lavage–assisted mechanical ventilation on postoperative pulmonary infection and inflammatory factors in patients undergoing lung cancer surgery by Hui Zhu, Haiyang Lu

“…In addition, post-treatment arterial oxygen pressure and saturation, pH value, and the ratio of partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood to the fraction of inspiratory oxygen concentration increased, while partial pressure of carbon dioxide decreased in both groups. …”
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Insights into corrosion behavior of AlCrFeTi and AlCrFeTiY coating for fuel cladding in static and flowing liquid lead bismuth at 550°C by Jingyi Liang, Wei Zhang, Qingyu Li, Ke Zhao, Jun Xiao, Jijun Yang, Shaoyu Qiu, Sheng Huang

“…Corrosion resistance of AlCrFeTi and AlCrFeTiY coatings were evaluated in static and flowing lead bismuth with oxygen-controlled precondition at 550 °C, both the oxygen concentration of static and flowing liquid lead bismuth was 1 × 10−5 wt%. …”
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Effects of intraoperative hypothermia on patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery: A retrospective cohort study. by Tashi Penjore, Maliwan Oofuvong, Sunisa Chatmongkolchart, Chanatthee Kitisiripant, Rongrung Rueangchira-Urai, Jaranya Leeratiwong

“…The outcomes were intraoperative and postoperative cardiac arrhythmias, postoperative oxygen requirement, length of post-anesthetic care unit (PACU) stay, and length of hospital stay. …”
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Monitoring and assessment of a eutrophicated coastal lake using multivariate approaches by U.G. Abhjna

“…Seasonal variations of 14 different physicochemical parameters analyzed were as follows: pH (6.42-7.48), water temperature (26.0-31.28°C), salinity (0.50-26.81 ppt), electrical conductivity (47-20656.31 µs/cm), dissolved oxygen (0.078-7.65 mg/L), free carbon-dioxide (3.8-51.8 mg/L), total hardness (27.20-2166.6 mg/L), total dissolved solids (84.66-4195 mg/L), biochemical oxygen demand (1.57-25.78 mg/L), chemical oxygen demand (5.35-71.14 mg/L), nitrate (0.012-0.321 µg/ml), nitrite (0.24-0.79 µg/ml), phosphate (0.04-5.88 mg/L), and sulfate (0.27-27.8 mg/L). …”
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Treatment of a Textile Effluent by Electrochemical Oxidation and Coupled System Electooxidation–Salix babylonica by Alejandra Sánchez-Sánchez, Moisés Tejocote-Pérez, Rosa María Fuentes-Rivas, Ivonne Linares-Hernández, Verónica Martínez-Miranda, Reyna María Guadalupe Fonseca-Montes de Oca

“…Under optimal conditions of pH 5.23 and 3.5 mA·cm−2 of current density, the electrochemical method yields an effective reduction of chemical oxygen demand by 41.95%, biochemical oxygen demand by 83.33%, color by 60.83%, and turbidity by 26.53% at 300 minutes of treatment. …”
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Application of a New Type of Protective Sputum Suction Device in Clinic against Cross-Infection between Medical Staff and Patients by Kang Lu, Weizhou Wu, Gaomei Jin, Haixia Yang, Xiaowei Cai, Lin Li, Zanchao Chen, Lin Ren, Baoshuan Guo, Qing-feng Xue

“…Compared with open sputum suction, closed sputum suction has a smaller decrease in patients’ blood oxygen saturation (P<0.05), and no significant differences in other vital signs. …”
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Decomposition and Mineralization of Dimethyl Phthalate in an Aqueous Solution by Wet Oxidation by Dar-Ren Ji, Chia-Chi Chang, Shih-Yun Chen, Chun-Yu Chiu, Jyi-Yeong Tseng, Ching-Yuan Chang, Chiung-Fen Chang, Sheng-Wei Chiang, Zang-Sie Hung, Je-Lueng Shie, Yi-Hung Chen, Min-Hao Yuan

“…Dimethyl phthalate (DMP) was treated via wet oxygen oxidation process (WOP). The decomposition efficiency ηDMP of DMP and mineralization efficiency ηTOC of total organic carbons were measured to evaluate the effects of operation parameters on the performance of WOP. …”
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p53-Dependent Senescence in Mesenchymal Stem Cells under Chronic Normoxia Is Potentiated by Low-Dose γ-Irradiation by Ines Höfig, Yashodhara Ingawale, Michael J. Atkinson, Heidi Hertlein, Peter J. Nelson, Michael Rosemann

“…The aim of this study is to analyze the interaction of nonphysiological high oxygen and low-dose γ-irradiation onto growth, senescence, and DNA damage. …”
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Assessment of selected indicators of physicochemical conditions in the Rega River from 2018 to 2022 in accordance with EU regulations by Bonisławska Małgorzata, Nędzarek Arkadiusz, Tański Adam, Tórz Agnieszka, Formicki Krzysztof, Krzystolik Jan

“…From 2018 to 2022, water temperature, dissolved oxygen (DO), pH, total suspended solids (TSS), conductivity, alkalinity, total hardness (TH), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5), chemical oxygen demand (CODCr), nitrite nitrogen (NO2-N), ammonium nitrogen (NH4-N), and total phosphorus (TP) were measured at nine monitoring sites. …”
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