Spatial and Temporal Trends in PM2.5 Organic and Elemental Carbon across the United States by J. L. Hand, B. A. Schichtel, W. C. Malm, N. H. Frank

“…Urban and rural carbonaceous aerosols experienced a large (although opposite) range in seasonality in the West compared to a much lower seasonal variability in the East. Long-term (1990–2010) trend analyses indicated a widespread decrease in rural TC (TC = OC + EC) across the country, with positive, though insignificant, trends in the summer and fall in the West. …”
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Correlation between Endometrial Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Expression and Pregnancy Outcome of Frozen–Thawed Embryo Transfer in Patients with Repeated Implantation Failure... by Rui Jin, Wenye Ma, Dawei Tang, Fang Liu, Gang Bai, Mengmeng Reng

“…VEGF levels were significantly lower during the implantation window stage (P<0.05). …”
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A Reliable Data Collection Protocol Based on Erasure-Resilient Code in Asymmetric Wireless Sensor Networks by Jian-Jun Lei, Taehyun Park, Gu-In Kwon

“…Crucially, RECPE guarantees the reliability by erasure-resilient codes in the application layer without retransmission required by other reliable protocols. Therefore, some lower layers such as data link layer only need to conduct best-effort data delivery. …”
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The Effect of Cataract on Eye Movement Perimetry by G. Thepass, J. J. M. Pel, K. A. Vermeer, O. Creten, S. R. Bryan, H. G. Lemij, J. van der Steen

“…Eyes that underwent cataract surgery showed no change in mean SRTs and sensitivity thresholds after surgery in LOCS III grade IV and lower. Conclusion. The present study shows that EMP can be readily used in patients with cataract with LOCS III grade IV and below.…”
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Herpes Simplex Virus Pneumonia: Importance of Aspiration Etiology by Kentaro Odani, Mitsuhiro Tachibana, Rintaro Tamashima, Yutaka Tsutsumi

“…At autopsy, HSV-induced multiple mucosal erosions were observed on the tongue, pharynx, epiglottis, and trachea. In bilateral lower lobes of the lung, HSV infected bronchiolar and type-II alveolar cells in association with acute interstitial reactions. …”
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Calcium and boron supplementary effect on cassava performance in a sandy Typic Paleustult by Roongnapa Bowichean, Suphicha Thanachit, Somchai Anusontpornperm, Richard William Bell

“…Calcium and B interactively stimulated more uptake of plant nutrients, but the Ca concentration was lowered significantly when B was added. The findings signified a vital impact of Ca combined with B on increasing cassava yield despite B having a slightly antagonistic effect on accumulated-Ca in cassava.…”
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Reproductive effects of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) deficiency in mice by S. O. Maslennikova, G. V. Kontsevaya, M. A. Zolotykh, M. V. Anisimova, N. A. Feofanova, M. P. Moshkin, S. A. Nedospasov, L. A. Gerlinskaya

“…Complete TNF deficiency led to decreased reproductive efficiency: a lower number of viable embryos were observed in TNF-/- mice than in wild-type mice. …”
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ANALYSIS OF HIGH SPEED HYDROSTATIC BEARING’S PERFORMANCE CONSIDERING THERMAL EFFECT OF LUBRICATION FLUID by CHEN Yuan, LIU GuiPing, LIN LuSheng

“…Results show that the numerical distribution of the oil-film fluid properties have a significant change with the temperature as considering the lubrication fluid characteristics under thermal effect; Viscosity play a critical role on performance parameters of the bearing,while considering thermal effect,the density has a certain lower effect on oil-film maximum pressure,and the specific heat has capacity to influence the maximum temperature and friction power consumption of the shaft neck,so comprehensive consideration of lubrication fluid features is more in line with the actual working condition. …”
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Socioeconomic Characteristics Influencing Level of Awareness of Aflatoxin Contamination of Feeds among Livestock Farmers in Meru District of Tanzania by E. M. Ayo, A. Matemu, G. H. Laswai, M. E. Kimanya

“…Awareness that aflatoxins may occur in feeds was twice higher among farmers with higher education than those with lower education. Perception that aflatoxins in feeds are detoxifiable was threefold higher among young people (with ≤10-year period of keeping animals) than among older ones. …”
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COVID-19 AND LONG-DISTANCE COACH SERVICES IN EUROPE: THE IMPACT OF CHANGING PASSENGER BEHAVIOR by Michał TARACHA, Laurent GUIHÉRY

“…This may indicate that long-distance coach companies were encouraged to implement new policies aiming at a lower frequency of trips, thereby increasing certainty that planned departures would not be canceled at the last minute. …”
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Effect of Immobilizing Bacillus megaterium on the Compressive Strength and Water Absorption of Mortar by David Munyao Musyoki, Jackson Wachira Muthengia, Joanne Ogunah, Daniel Karanja Mutitu, John Kinuthia, Romano Mwirichia, Joseph Karanja Thiong’o, Munyao Onesmus Mulwa, Murithi Genson

“…The test results indicated that curing in water and saturated water improved the compressive strength, while the acidic medium lowered it. Recycled mortar is, therefore, an ideal material for immobilizing Bacillus megaterium before introduction into fresh concrete/mortar. …”
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More than a feeling: A global economic valuation of subjective wellbeing damages resulting from rising temperatures. by Stephan Dietrich, Stafford Nichols

“…We take advantage of 40 years of variation in daily land surface temperature data, finding that one additional exceptionally hot day significantly lowers wellbeing, by roughly 0.5% on average. This is equivalent to the wellbeing loss resulting from GDP decreasing by several percentage points. …”
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DNA Barcoding Reveals Widespread Co-Occurrence of Other Chub Species in the Range of the Endemic Catalan Chub, <i>Squalius laietanus</i> by Núria Pérez-Bielsa, Sandra Heras, Alba Abras, Jose-Luis García-Marín

“…The assigned range for this species includes the lower course of the Ebro River in Spain and northwards to the Tech, Têt, Agly, and Massane Rivers in Southeastern France. …”
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Exploring chilling stress and recovery dynamics in C4 perennial grass of Miscanthus sinensis. by Karolina Sobańska, Monika Mokrzycka, Martyna Przewoźnik, Tomasz Pniewski, Katarzyna Głowacka

“…The Comprehensive Total Chill Stress Response Index (SRI) pinpointed highly tolerant genotypes such as Ms16, Ms14, and Ms9, while Ms12 showed relatively lower tolerance.…”
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Effects of Gate Stack Structural and Process Defectivity on High-k Dielectric Dependence of NBTI Reliability in 32 nm Technology Node PMOSFETs by H. Hussin, N. Soin, M. F. Bukhori, S. Wan Muhamad Hatta, Y. Abdul Wahab

“…The degradation is more pronounced by 5% when the thicknesses of HfO2 are increased but is reduced by 11% when the SiO2 interface layer thickness is increased during lower stress voltage. However, at higher stress voltage, greater degradation is observed for a thicker SiO2 interface layer. …”
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The Association of Adiposity Indices and Plasma Vitamin D in Young Females in Saudi Arabia by Lubna Ibrahim Al Asoom

“…Obese and overweight subjects had lower VO2 peak. Conclusion. In young Saudi females we found that the relative value of vitamin D to body weight is a better indicator of vitamin D status particularly in obese subjects and it is negatively associated with adiposity measures of waist circumference and waist/stature ratio.…”
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Genome editing in cultured fishes by Eric Hallerman

“…While early experiments utilized zinc-finger nucleases and transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs), most recent ones have used the CRISPR/Cas9 editor, and achieved rates of targeted genomic insertion well above those of classical transgenic methods, with lower frequencies of off-site integration. Genome-editing experiments with cultured fishes have focused on improving growth rate and disease resistance, achievement of reproductive confinement, and other valued traits. …”
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Bat population dynamics: multilevel model based on individuals' energetics by Paula Federico, Dobromir T. Dimitrov, Gary F. McCracken

“…We present a novel, multilevel theoretical approach that integrates information on bat biology collected at a lower level of organization, the individual with its physiological characteristics, into a modeling framework at a higher level, the population. …”
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Group childcare has a positive impact on child development from the Japan Environment and Children’s Study by Keita Kanamori, Tomohisa Suzuki, Chiharu Ota, The Japan Environment and Children’s Study Group

“…However, the number of participants with the ASQ-3 values below the cut-off values was significantly lower in the exposed group for all five domains at three years of age. …”
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A model to understand risk behavior: Interoception awareness and motivational systems in the binge watching. by Giuseppe Forte, Francesca Favieri, Francesca Agostini, Maria Casagrande, Renata Tambelli

“…The result would suggest that persons exhibiting better interoceptive sensitivity display lower risk of addictive BW. Finally, the interoceptive-motivational model, if confirmed in other at-risk behaviors, would provide a new perspective in the field of behavioral addictions.…”
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