Increases in the concentrations of greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and halocarbons in the atmosphere due to human activities are associated with global climate change. The concentration of N2O has increased by 16% since 1750. Although the atmospheric concentration of N2O is much smaller (314 ppb in 1998) than of CO2 (365 ppm), its global warming poten...

ÐChanges in land use and management of tropical systems are considered to be major factors in the recent upsurge in increases in atmospheric nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4). Studies were initiated in western Puerto Rico grasslands to determine the e€ect of plowing, or liming and fertilizing an acid Oxisol on the soil±atmosphere exchanges of N2O and CH4. Weekly ®eld ̄ux measurements and ®el...

Nitrous oxide (N2O) and nitric oxide (NO) are important atmospheric trace gases participating in the regulation of global climate and environment. Predictive models on the emissions of N2O and NO emissions from soil into the atmosphere are required. We modified the CENTURY model (Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 51 (1987) 1173) to simulate the emissions of N2O and NO from tropical primary forests in the ...

Seasonal cycles in the mixing ratios of tropospheric nitrous oxide (N2O) are derived by detrending longterm measurements made at sites across four global surface monitoring networks. The detrended monthly data display large interannual variability, which at some sites challenges the concept of a “mean” seasonal cycle. In the Northern Hemisphere, correlations between polar winter lower stratosph...

Manure fertilization of soil significantly impacts the level of nitrous oxide (N2O) emission. Despite their short duration, periods of significant N2O emissions during soil thaws in winter and spring are an important portion of the total annual emissions from agricultural lands. The goal of this study was to understand the effects of tillage, moisture content and manure application on N2O emiss...

There are environmental health concerns for dental health care providers chronically exposed to trace amounts of waste nitrous oxide (N2O). This study compared the effectiveness of three N2O scavenging systems, the Porter/Brown, the Accutron, and the Matrx, in actual time during use in a standardized mock dental treatment protocol that reflected clinical practice while minimizing the influence ...

BACKGROUND Nitrous oxide (N2O), a long-standing anesthetic, is also neurotoxic by interfering with the bioavailability of vitamin B12 if abused. A few case studies have reported the neurological and psychiatric complications of N2O. CASE PRESENTATION Here, we reported a patient of N2O induced subacute combined degeneration (SCD) with longitudinally extensive myelopathy with inverted V-sign ex...

13 To understand the mechanisms underlying the increased N2O reductase activity in the 14 Bradyrhizobium japonicum 5M09 mutant from enrichment culture under N2O respiration, we 15 analyzed the expression of genes encoding denitrification reductases and regulators. Our 16 results suggest a common regulation of nap (encoding periplasmic nitrate reductase) and nos 17 (encoding N2O reductase). 18

OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to determine the nature and rate of complications during procedural sedation by pediatric hospitalists (PH) using ketamine and nitrous oxide (N2O). METHODS This study was a retrospective review and analysis of a quality improvement database for sedations performed by PH at St Louis Children's Hospital from February 2007 to February 2013. Information was ob...