Drying time of plaster within in-fill plasterboard walls and evaporation theory for water within gypsum: methodology, numerical simulation and application by Shuang-Xi Zhou, Jian-Xin Li, Shu-Feng Bao, Yang Ding, Yong-Qi Wei, An-Ming She, Zhen-Zhen Guo, Jing-Liang Dong

“…By using different thicknesses of gypsum samples, adding different amounts of perlite and adjusting the relative humidity, whether the gypsum board is covered, the drying and evaporating process of gypsum was compared and analysed. …”
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Biochar alters the soil microbiological activity of sugarcane fields over time by Erika Manuela Gonçalves Lopes, Mauro Franco Castro Mota, José Mendes dos Santos Júnior, Matheus Mendes Reis, Leidivan Almeida Frazão, Luiz Arnaldo Fernandes

“…Blake) wood biochar (0, 10, 20, 30, and 40 Mg ha−1), with and without the application of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (NPK) mineral fertilizer. Soil samples were collected from the sugarcane planting line and fertilized with biochar for two consecutive years. …”
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Simultaneous Determination of α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes in Emulsion Using Supercritical Fluid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry by WANG shu, WEI Shixiao, ZHANG hao, SUN Shangde, BI Yanlan

“…The α,β-unsaturated aldehydes showed good linearity over their respective concentration ranges, limits of quantification (LOQ) lower than 1.8 μg/kg and spiked recoveries between 85.8% and 106.7%. …”
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A green and robust LC–MS/MS bioanalytical method for sulopenem etzadroxil and probenecid: Optimization, validation, and pharmacokinetic application by Niloufer Tasnim Khazi, Kumaraswamy Gandla, Lalitha Repudi

“…The method exhibited excellent linearity (10–400 ng/mL), low limits of detection (LOD: ∼3 ng/mL), and quantification (LOQ: ∼9 ng/mL) for both analytes, with recovery rates > 93 % and %CVs < 15 %. …”
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Technical note: ²¹Ne in the CoQtz-N quartz standard material by G. Balco, G. Balco

“…<p>Intercomparison standards produced from mineral samples exposed to the natural cosmic ray flux are routinely used for interlaboratory comparison and normalization of measurements of the cosmogenic noble gases <span class="inline-formula">³</span>He and <span class="inline-formula">²¹</span>Ne. …”
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Method Validation and Characterization of Red Pigment in Beta vulgaris Peels and Pomaces by HPLC-UV and UHPLC-MS/MS by Vincent Rotich, Phanice Wangila, Jackson Cherutoi

“…Method validation included the use of betanin standard (betanidin 5-β-D-glucopyranoside), determination of repeatability (precision), calibration curve linearity, and sensitivity (LOD and LOQ) tests. Betanin was detected in the sample at retention times of 7.699 and 7.71 minutes, respectively, which closely matched the tR (7.60 min) of the standard, according to HPLC-UV and LC-MS/MS data. …”
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Pharmacokinetics and UPLC-MS/MS of Delsoline in Mouse Whole Blood by Lingjiu Shao, Yue Jin, Huiyan Fu, Jianshe Ma, Xianqin Wang, Yongxi Jin, Congcong Wen

“…In the concentration range of 0.1–1000 ng/mL, delsoline in mouse blood showed a good linearity (r2 > 0.995), and the lower limit of quantitation was 0.1 ng/mL. …”
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On-site trihalomethanes extraction from water using 3D printing solid phase extraction device and analysis by GC-ECD by Diego Barzallo, Héctor Berdugo, Edwin Palacio

“…Under the optimized conditions, good linearity for THMs studied were obtained in a range of 0.25–100 µg L−1 with r ≥ 0.998 and limits of detection between 0.02–0.05 µg L−1. …”
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A Simple Green Method for the Determination of Hydrogen Peroxide and Fe(III)/Fe(II) Species Based on Monitoring the Decolorization Process of Polymethine Dye Using an Optical Immer... by Arina Skok, Yaroslav Bazel, Maksym Fizer

“…The developed methods were applied to model and real samples (water, oxidation emulsion, and fertilizer).…”
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LC-QTOF-MSE with MS1-based precursor ion quantification and SiMD-assisted identification enhances human urine metabolite analysis by Alongkorn Kurilung, Suphitcha Limjiasahapong, Kwanjeera Wanichthanarak, Weerawan Manokasemsan, Khwanta Kaewnarin, Kassaporn Duangkumpha, Siriphan Manocheewa, Rossarin Tansawat, Roongruedee Chaiteerakij, Intawat Nookaew, Yongyut Sirivatanauksorn, Sakda Khoomrung

“…Using MS1-based precursor ion quantification, the method demonstrated excellent analytical performance with linearity (R² > 0.99), accuracy (84 %–131 %), and precision (1 %–17 % relative standard deviation (RSD)). …”
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Fault Diagnosis Method for Transformer Winding Based on the Load Normalized Lissajous Graphical Analysis of Leakage Magnetic Field by Bowen ZHANG, Jian FENG, Bowen WANG, Feiran YANG, Yitong XING

“…Finally, 80 simulated data groups for each fault state are used as training samples and 20 waveforms are employed as test samples to verify the effectiveness of the proposed diagnosis method. …”
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QuEChERS-超高效液相色谱-串联质谱法 测定酥油中17种真菌毒素Determination of 17 mycotoxins in ghee by QuEChERS-ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry... by 严晓贤1,2，吴兴强1，夏寒1,2，仝凯旋1，常巧英1，范春林1，朱浙辉3，陈辉1 YAN Xiaoxian1,2, WU Xingqiang1, XIA Han1,2, TONG Kaixuan1, CHANG Qiaoying1, FAN Chunlin1, ZHU Zhehui3, CHEN Hui1

“…The results showed that the 17 mycotoxins demonstrated good linearity in the corresponded mass concentration ranges with the coefficients of determination (R2) greater than 0.999 1. …”
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Association between sperm motility in thawed semen and pregnancy rate in Mediterranean buffaloes by Armando Quintero-Moreno, Carla Osorio Meléndez, Héctor Nava-Trujillo, Jorge Rubio Guillén, Juan Carlos Gutiérrez-Añez, Adriana Camacho de Gutiérrez

“…To contribute to knowledge in buffalo reproduction, an experiment was carried out where four sperm motility descriptors (VCL: curvilinear velocity, VSL: straight-line velocity, VAP: average path velocity, and LIN: linearity) were evaluated using a Computerized Semen Analysis System (Sperm Class Analyzer®, CASA System, Barcelona, Spain) in samples obtained from 8 frozen-thawed straws of 8 Mediterranean buffaloes. …”
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From STEM-EDXS data to phase separation and quantification using physics-guided NMF by Adrien Teurtrie, Nathanaël Perraudin, Thomas Holvoet, Hui Chen, Duncan T L Alexander, Guillaume Obozinski, Cécile Hébert

“…Our approach is further validated on experimental data with a known ground truth, where state-of-the art results are achieved by using prior knowledge about the sample. Our model can be generalized to any other scanning spectroscopy techniques where underlying physical modeling can be linearized.…”
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Shining a Light on the Connections between Galactic Outflows Seen in Absorption and Emission Lines by Xinfeng Xu, Alaina Henry, Timothy Heckman, Cody Carr, Allison L. Strom, Tucker Jones, Danielle A. Berg, John Chisholm, Dawn Erb, Bethan L. James, Anne Jaskot, Crystal L. Martin, Matilde Mingozzi, Peter Senchyna, Namrata Roy, Claudia Scarlata, Daniel P. Stark

“…In this paper, we conduct such a study in a sample of 33 low-redshift starburst galaxies. Their UV absorption lines are detected by the Hubble Space Telescope, and optical emission lines are observed by Keck or the Very Large Telescope. …”
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Microbial biomass – not diversity – drives soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization in Spanish holm oak ecosystems by Elisa Bruni, Jorge Curiel Yuste, Lorenzo Menichetti, Omar Flores, Daniela Guasconi, Bertrand Guenet, Ana-Maria Hereș, Aleksi Lehtonen, Raisa Mäkipää, Marleen Pallandt, Leticia Pérez-Izquierdo, Etienne Richy, Mathieu Santonja, Boris Tupek, Stefano Manzoni

“…Incorporating microbial properties, and especially diversity, into ecosystem models remains an open question, requiring careful consideration of the tradeoff between model complexity and performance.This work addresses this knowledge gap by implementing a simple C and nitrogen (N) cycling model to predict heterotrophic respiration and net N mineralization rates in soils sampled under different land-uses and tree health conditions across Spain. …”
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The Radio Spectral Energy Distribution and Star Formation Calibration in MIGHTEE-COSMOS Highly Star-forming Galaxies at 1.5 < z < 3.5 by Fatemeh Tabatabaei, Maryam Khademi, Matt J. Jarvis, Russ Taylor, Imogen H. Whittam, Fangxia An, Reihaneh Javadi, Eric J. Murphy, Mattia Vaccari

“…We present rest-frame radio SEDs of a sample of 160 star-forming galaxies at 1.5 < z < 3.5 in the Cosmic Evolution Survey field as part of the MeerKAT International GHz Tiered Extragalactic Exploration project. …”
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Calculating Relative Correction Factors for Quantitative Analysis with HILIC-HPLC-ELSD Method: Eight Fructooligosaccharides of Morinda Officinalis as a Case Study by Lihong Zhou, Hui Ni, Linlin Zhang, Wenyong Wu, Tengqian Zhang, Qi Su, Jing Zhou, Huali Long, Jinjun Hou, Jiyu Gong, Wanying Wu

“…The QAMS of eight fructooligosaccharides of Morinda officinalis was validated with good linearity (R2 > 0.9998) and accepted the accuracy of 95–105% (RSD < 1.81%) based on nystose. …”
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Simultaneous Determination of 23 <i>Trans</i> Fatty Acids in Common Edible Oils by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry by Yanping Cao, Xia Li, Kun Wang, Xianpeng Wu, Jie Zhang, Fengen Wang

“…The method validation demonstrated good sensitivity, linearity, accuracy, and precision. Based on the proposed method, we analyzed 170 samples of 11 common edible oils, establishing a comprehensive TFA profile for each type. …”
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Enantio- and Chemo-Selective HPLC Analysis of Silodosin on an Amylose-Based Chiral Stationary Phase by Daniele Sadutto, Francesca Romana Mammone, Giulia D’Ettorre, Leo Zanitti, Daniela De Orsi, Romina Alfonsi, Francesca Prestinaci, Roberto Cirilli

“…The standard curve for silodosin exhibited linearity (R² > 0.999) within the concentration range of 1.13–2500 µg mL⁻¹. …”
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