Correction to "Enhancing the Strength of Formed Coke from Woody Biomass with the Addition of Biomass Extracts".

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.

The utility of human two plus one small pronucleated zygotes (2.1PN) based on clinical outcomes and the focused ploidy analysis.

Purpose: Are human embryos arising from two plus one small pronucleated zygotes, called 2.1 pronuclei (PN), clinically useful?

Methods: In a retrospective embryo cohort study and prospective experimental study, a total of 287 cycles in which at least one 2.1PN was identified in the fertilization check were included.

Non-medical oocyte cryopreservation at a single center in Japan: 8 years of experience.

Purpose: Increasing numbers of women are opting to undergo non-medical oocyte cryopreservation (NMOC). In this report, we present experience at our clinic and discuss NMOC in Japan.

Methods: We followed the progress of 403 women who underwent NMOC at our clinic between 2014 and 2021, totaling 592 reproductive cycles.

Development of a Novel Mild Depolymerization Method of Coal by Combining Oxygen Oxidation and Formic Acid Reduction Reactions.

Depolymerization of coal increases the tar yield in coal pyrolysis and enhances the thermoplasticity of the coal, which makes coal more favorable for producing coke and other value-added products like graphite electrodes, carbon fiber, aromatic chemicals, etc. In this study, the authors have proposed a novel coal depolymerization method that combines the oxidation reactions by molecular oxygen and the following reduction reactions by the coexisting gaseous formic acid to upgrade a bituminous coal at 90-150 °C under atmospheric pressure. The softening and melting performance of the treated coals was enhanced when oxygen and formic acid coexisted in gas phase at 90-130 °C.

Kinetic Modeling of CO and HO Gasification Reactions for Metallurgical Coke Using a Distributed Activation Energy Model.

A distributed activation energy model (DAEM) was applied to the kinetic analysis of CO and HO gasification reactions for pulverized metallurgical coke. The results of the scanning electron microscopy observations and CO gas adsorption suggested that the gasification reaction occurs at the particle surface. Therefore, a grain model was employed as a gasification reaction model.

Long-term clinical outcomes of testicular sperm extraction and intracytoplasmic sperm injection for infertile men.

Purpose: To find the best methods to achieve the highest pregnancy and birth rates for couples needing testicular sperm extraction (TESE)-intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).

Methods: Retrospectively studied were 801 patients with male factor infertility who had undergone TESE-ICSI between April, 1996 and July, 2016 and who had been categorized into four groups: obstructive azoospermia (OA); non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA); Klinefelter syndrome (KS); and cryptozoospermia (Crypt). The sperm retrieval rate, hormone levels, fertilization rate (FR), pregnancy rate (PR), and birth rate (BR) after ICSI among three groups were compared: fresh testicular sperm (FS)-fresh oocytes (FO) (Group I); frozen-thawed testicular sperm-FO (Group II); and FS-vitrified-warmed oocytes (Group III).

Residual ethylene glycol and dimethyl sulphoxide concentration in human ovarian tissue during warming/thawing steps following cryopreservation.

There have been 60 births after transplantation of cryopreserved ovarian tissue: 58 using the slow freezing method, and two using the vitrification method. DMSO and EG are widely used as cryoprotectants. However DMSO is a known epimutagen, and EG has been reported to be toxic in high concentrations.