Outcomes of massive transfusion recipients administered ABO-incompatible fresh frozen plasma.

Background: The provision of ABO-incompatible fresh frozen plasma (FFP) in massive transfusion (MT) has become accepted to conserve AB FFP stock. There is an evidence gap in non-trauma settings. We compare characteristics of patients who received ABO-compatible or ABO-incompatible FFP during an MT episode due to any cause of critical bleeding, and assess the impact of incompatible FFP transfusion on inhospital mortality.

Impacts of birth season and production system on gastrointestinal parasitism and growth in Katahdin lambs.

Gastrointestinal nematode (GIN) infection adversely affects the performance and well-being of forage-based sheep throughout the world. The study objectives were to estimate longitudinal differences between birth seasons and production systems for lamb postweaning growth and indicators of GIN infection. Data were collected on Katahdin lambs within a single flock from 2006 to 2022.

Enriched microbial consortia from natural environments reveal core groups of microbial taxa able to degrade terephthalate and terphthalamide.

Millions of tons of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) are produced each year, however only ~30% of PET is currently recycled in the United States. Improvement of PET recycling and upcycling practices is an area of ongoing research. One method for PET upcycling is chemical depolymerization (through hydrolysis or aminolysis) into aromatic monomers and subsequent biodegradation.

Noncombustion Emissions of Organic Acids at a Site near Boise, Idaho.

Gas-phase organic acids are ubiquitous in the atmosphere with mixing ratios of several species, such as formic acid and acetic acid, often as high as several parts per billion by volume (ppbv). Organic acids are produced via photochemical reactions and are also directly emitted from various sources, including combustion, microbial activity, vegetation, soils, and ruminants. We present measurements of gas-phase formic, acetic, propionic, pyruvic, and pentanoic acids from a site near Boise, Idaho, in August 2019 made by iodide-adduct chemical ionization mass spectrometry (CIMS).