A novel holding pipette applied in blastocyst biopsy: avoiding sliding and improving efficiency.

Objective: To demonstrate a novel holding pipette, designed to prevent sliding during the biopsy procedures, and evaluate its performance by comparing the biopsy results of using the novel holding pipette and the conventional holding pipette.

Design: Using images and videos to present the sliding that may occur during biopsy procedures and introduce the mechanism of a novel pipette for reducing the sliding occurrence and demonstrate its step-by-step application in blastocyst biopsy employing the flicking method.

Subjects: Embryos (blastocysts).

Evaluation of green waste, green waste compost and cow dung as amendments for white wine distillers' grains vermicomposting.

The application of organic additives is an efficient strategy to promote the vermicomposting of organic wastes. This study investigated the changes in earthworm growth, nutrients, enzyme activities, microbial composition, and seedling growth during 60 days of vermicomposting of white wine distillers' grains (WWDG) mixed (50:50, w/w) with green waste (GW), green waste compost (GWC), or cow dung (CD). Our data showed that GW, GWC, and CD addition significantly enhanced the survival rate (73.

Evaluation of the Playing Time Benefits of Foreign Players in the Big-5 European Football Leagues.

To explore the benefits that foreign players bring to their clubs, this study used foreign players in the Big-5 European leagues (2013/2014-2017/2018 seasons) as samples and constructed a benefit model based on playing time and game points to evaluate the contribution of foreign players to their clubs in different leagues. The results showed the following: 1) from the 2013/2014 season to the 2017/2018 season, foreign players in the Bundesliga had the highest playing time benefits (PTBs) (0.526 ± 0.

Biochar improves compost humification, maturity and mitigates nitrogen loss during the vermicomposting of cattle manure-maize straw.

Maintaining humidification and inhibiting nitrogen losses during vermicomposting process have emerged to be key factors for high-quality productions. Previous data have showed outstanding functions of biochar addition in improving vermicomposting quality. In this study, the influence of bamboo biochar (BB) and rice husk biochar (RHB) addition on compost maturity, humification and nitrogen loss was evaluated in the vermicomposting of cattle manure and maize straw.