Quantitative Assessment of Learning Behaviors for Oncology Providers - Marie Wood; Thomas J. George; Rami Manochakian; Maura Polansky; Allyson Baer; Anne Grupe; Yu Shyr; Cathy Wang; Leora Horn (Journal of Cancer Education, 2021)

Experimental measurements and numerical simulations of the transport and retention of nanocrystal CdSe/ZnS quantum dots in saturated porous media: effects of pH, organic ligand, and natural organic matter - Chunyan Li; Asra Hassan; Marcell Palmai; Yu Xie; Preston T. Snee; Brian A. Powell; Lawrence C. Murdoch; Christophe J. G. Darnault (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Archaeological and experimental studies of splintered pieces in the Central Asian Upper Paleolithic - K. A. Kolobova; V. M. Kharevich; A. V. Kharevich; A. Yu. Fedorchenko; E. N. Bocharova; R. Kurbanov; D. Flas; A. I. Krivoshapkin; J. W. Olsen (Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2021)

A drug-tunable Flt23k gene therapy for controlled intervention in retinal neovascularization - Jinying Chen; Fan-Li Lin; Jacqueline Y. K. Leung; Leilei Tu; Jiang-Hui Wang; Yu-Fan Chuang; Fan Li; Hsin-Hui Shen; Gregory J. Dusting; Vickie H. Y. Wong; Leszek Lisowski; Alex W. Hewitt; et al. (Angiogenesis, 2021)

Using GNSS radio occultation data to derive critical frequencies of the ionospheric sporadic E layer in real time - Bingkun Yu; Christopher J. Scott; Xianghui Xue; Xinan Yue; Xiankang Dou (GPS Solutions, 2021)
The small-scale electron density irregularities in the ionosphere have a significant impact on the interruptions of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) navigation and the accuracy of GNSS positioning techniques. The sporadic ionospheric E (Es) layer significantly contributes to the transient interruptions of signals (loss of lock) for GNSS tracking loops. These effects on the GNSS radio occultation (RO) signals can be used to derive the global location and intensity of Es layers as a complement to ground-based observations. Here we conduct statistical analyses of the intensity of Es layers, based on the scintillation index S4max from the FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC during the period 2006–2014. In comparison with simultaneous observations from an ionosonde network of five low-to-middle latitude ionosondes, the S4max indices from COSMIC, especially the small values, are linearly related to the critical frequency of Es layers (f o Es). An accumulated period of less than 1 h is required to derive the short-term variations in real-time ionospheric Es layers. A total of 30.22%, 69.57% and 98.13% coincident hourly f o Es values have a relative difference less than 10%, 30% and 100%. Overall, the GNSS RO measurements have the potential to provide accurate hourly observations of Es layers. Observations with S4max < 0.4 (f o Es < 3.6 MHz), accounting for 66% of COSMIC S4 measurements, have not been used fully previously, as they are not easily visible in ground-based ionosonde data.

Temporal variability in production is not consistently affected by global change drivers across herbaceous-dominated ecosystems - Meghan L. Avolio; Kevin R. Wilcox; Kimberly J. Komatsu; Nathan Lemoine; William D. Bowman; Scott L. Collins; Alan K. Knapp; Sally E. Koerner; Melinda D. Smith; Sara G. Baer; Katherine L. Gross; Forest Isbell; et al. (Oecologia, 2020)

Coupled numerical simulation of a flexible barrier impacted by debris flow with boulders in front - L. Zhao; J. W. He; Z. X. Yu; Y. P. Liu; Z. H. Zhou; S. L. Chan (Landslides, 2020)

Unraveling neuroHIV in the Presence of Substance Use Disorders - Yu Lin; Johnny J. He; Roger Sorensen; Linda Chang (Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology, 2020)

Investigating the associations of glycemic load and glycemic index with lung cancer risk in the Southern Community Cohort Study - Xiang Shu; Danxia Yu; Xiao-ou Shu; Heather M. Munro; Wei Zheng; William J. Blot (Cancer Causes & Control, 2020)

2020 taxonomic update for phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales - Jens H. Kuhn; Scott Adkins; Daniela Alioto; Sergey V. Alkhovsky; Gaya K. Amarasinghe; Simon J. Anthony; Tatjana Avšič-Županc; María A. Ayllón; Justin Bahl; Anne Balkema-Buschmann; Matthew J. Ballinger; Tomáš Bartonička; et al. (Archives of Virology, 2020)

Key rules of life and the fading cryosphere: Impacts in alpine lakes and streams - James J. Elser; Chenxi Wu; Angélica L. González; Daniel H. Shain; Heidi J. Smith; Ruben Sommaruga; Craig E. Williamson; Janice Brahney; Scott Hotaling; Joseph Vanderwall; Jinlei Yu; Vladimir Aizen; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2020)
Alpine regions are changing rapidly due to loss of snow and ice in response to ongoing climate change. While studies have documented ecological responses in alpine lakes and streams to these changes, our ability to predict such outcomes is limited. We propose that the application of fundamental rules of life can help develop necessary predictive frameworks. We focus on four key rules of life and their interactions: the temperature dependence of biotic processes from enzymes to evolution; the wavelength dependence of the effects of solar radiation on biological and ecological processes; the ramifications of the non‐arbitrary elemental stoichiometry of life; and maximization of limiting resource use efficiency across scales. As the cryosphere melts and thaws, alpine lakes and streams will experience major changes in temperature regimes, absolute and relative inputs of solar radiation in ultraviolet and photosynthetically active radiation, and relative supplies of resources (e.g., carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus), leading to nonlinear and interactive effects on particular biota, as well as on community and ecosystem properties. We propose that applying these key rules of life to cryosphere‐influenced ecosystems will reduce uncertainties about the impacts of global change and help develop an integrated global view of rapidly changing alpine environments. However, doing so will require intensive interdisciplinary collaboration and international cooperation. More broadly, the alpine cryosphere is an example of a system where improving our understanding of mechanistic underpinnings of living systems might transform our ability to predict and mitigate the impacts of ongoing global change across the daunting scope of diversity in Earth's biota and environments.

Study on crack propagation and shear behavior of weak muddy intercalations submitted to wetting-drying cycles - L. P. He; J. Y. Yu; Q. J. Hu; Q. J. Cai; M. F. Qu; T. J. He (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2020)

Roxadustat (FG-4592) accelerates pulmonary growth, development, and function in a compensatory lung growth model - Victoria H. Ko; Lumeng J. Yu; Duy T. Dao; Xiaoran Li; Jordan D. Secor; Lorenzo Anez-Bustillos; Bennet S. Cho; Amy Pan; Paul D. Mitchell; Hiroko Kishikawa; Mark Puder (Angiogenesis, 2020)

Polymorphism analysis and supertype definition of swine leukocyte antigen class I molecules in three-way crossbred (Landrace, Duroc, and Yorkshire) pigs: implications for the vaccine development of African swine fever virus - Limin Ba; Zhenbao Wang; William J Liu; Dongxun Wu; Wangzhen Xiang; Peng Qi; Chunna Dong; Yanxin Hu; Ping Lu; Jin Xiao; Changyuan Yu (Science China Life Sciences, 2020)

Aging exacerbates impairments of cerebral blood flow autoregulation and cognition in diabetic rats - Shaoxun Wang; Wenshan Lv; Huawei Zhang; Yedan Liu; Longyang Li; Joshua R. Jefferson; Ya Guo; Man Li; Wenjun Gao; Xing Fang; Ian A. Paul; Grazyna Rajkowska; et al. (GeroScience, 2020)

Power-Law Scaling of Turbulence Cospectra for the Stably Stratified Atmospheric Boundary Layer - Yu Cheng; Qi Li; Andrey Grachev; Stefania Argentini; Harindra J. S. Fernando; Pierre Gentine (Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2020)

Density-dependent effects of omnivorous bitterling (Acheilognathus macropterus) on nutrient and plankton communities: implications for lake management and restoration - Jinlei Yu; Manli Xia; Wei Zhen; Ruijie Shen; Hu He; Baohua Guan; James J. Elser; Zhengwen Liu (Hydrobiologia, 2020)

Developing a USLE cover and management factor (C) for forested regions of southern China - Conghui Li; Lili Lin; Zhenbang Hao; Christopher J. Post; Zhanghao Chen; Jian Liu; Kunyong Yu (Frontiers of Earth Science, 2020)

10th Anniversary of the European Association for Predictive, Preventive and Personalised (3P) Medicine - EPMA World Congress Supplement 2020 - Olga Golubnitschaja; Ondrej Topolcan; Radek Kucera; Vincenzo Costigliola; M. Akopyan; S. N. Akulov; O Alexandrova; Angel Alonso; Russell J. Andrews; A Assuane Duarte; O. Azarova; Maximilian Babel; et al. (EPMA Journal, 2020)
In 2019, the EPMA celebrated its 10th anniversary at the 5th World Congress in Pilsen, Czech Republic. The history of the International Professional Network dedicated to Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine (PPPM / 3PM) is rich in achievements. Facing the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic it is getting evident globally that the predictive approach, targeted prevention and personalisation of medical services is the optimal paradigm in healthcare demonstrating the high potential to save lives and to benefit the society as a whole. The EPMA World Congress Supplement 2020 highlights advances in 3P medicine.

Process integration for emerging challenges: optimal allocation of antivirals under resource constraints - C. L. Sy; K. B. Aviso; C. D. Cayamanda; A. S. F. Chiu; R. I. G. Lucas; M. A. B. Promentilla; L. F. Razon; R. R. Tan; J. F. D. Tapia; A. R. Torneo; A. T. Ubando; D. E. C. Yu (Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2020)

Pioneer factors and their in vitro identification methods - Xinyang Yu; Michael J. Buck (Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 2020)

Interactions of Tofacitinib and Dexamethasone on Lymphocyte Proliferation - Ruihong Yu; Xiaonan Li; Debra C. DuBois; Richard R. Almon; Yongxiao Cao; William J. Jusko (Pharmaceutical Research, 2020)

Global distribution of the intensity and frequency of hourly precipitation and their responses to ENSO - Xiao-Feng Li; Stephen Blenkinsop; Renaud Barbero; Jingjing Yu; Elizabeth Lewis; Geert Lenderink; Selma Guerreiro; Steven Chan; Yafei Li; Haider Ali; Roberto Villalobos Herrera; Elizabeth Kendon; et al. (Climate Dynamics, 2020)
We investigate the global distribution of hourly precipitation and its connections with the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) using both satellite precipitation estimates and the global sub-daily rainfall gauge dataset. Despite limited moisture availability over continental surfaces, we find that the highest mean and extreme hourly precipitation intensity (HPI) values are mainly located over continents rather than over oceans, a feature that is not evident in daily or coarser resolution data. After decomposing the total precipitation into the product of the number of wet hours (NWH) and HPI, we find that ENSO modulates total precipitation mainly through the NWH, while its effects on HPI are more limited. The contrasting responses to ENSO in NWH and HPI is particularly apparent at the rising branches of the Pacific and Atlantic Walker Circulations, and is also notable over land-based gauges in Australia, Malaysia, the USA, Japan and Europe across the whole distribution of hourly precipitation (i.e. extreme, moderate and light precipitation). These results provide new insights into the global precipitation distribution and its response to ENSO forcing.

Correction to: Therapeutic Effects of Salidroside on Cognitive Ability in Rats with Experimental Vascular Dementia - Z. Tian; Yu. Li; G. Wang; J. Wang; Ye. Zhang (Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine, 2020)

Interaction of Mn and Cd during their uptake in Celosia argentea differs between hydroponic and soil systems - Jie Liu; Guo Yu; Pingping Jiang; Xingfeng Zhang; Dejia Meng; Zhe Chen; Alan J. M. Baker; Rongliang Qiu (Plant and Soil, 2020)

Simulating compound flooding events in a hurricane - Yinglong J. Zhang; Fei Ye; Haocheng Yu; Weiling Sun; Saeed Moghimi; Edward Myers; Karinna Nunez; Ruoyin Zhang; Harry Wang; Aron Roland; Jiabi Du; Zhuo Liu (Ocean Dynamics, 2020)

Assessment of ammonium fertilization as a stimulus for proline accumulation in Oryza sativa L. during cyanide assimilation - W. Liu; X.-Z. Yu; S.-Y. Lei; L. Yang; Y.-J. Lin (International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2020)

Therapeutic Effects of Salidroside on Cognitive Ability in Rats with Experimental Vascular Dementia - Z. Tian; Yu. Li; G. Wang; J. Wang; Ye. Zhang (Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine, 2020)

Gas-generation potential of shales in small and medium-sized basins: a case study from the Xuanhua Basin, north China - J. L. Liu; J. C. Zhang; Z. Li; M. H. Chang; S. Wang; L. Chen; H. C. Yu (Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2020)

Perceptions of risk and reward in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers choosing salpingectomy for ovarian cancer prevention - Talayeh S. Ghezelayagh; Lauren E. Stewart; Barbara M. Norquist; Deborah J. Bowen; Vivian Yu; Kathy J. Agnew; Kathryn P. Pennington; Elizabeth M. Swisher (Familial Cancer, 2020)

Population Structure of the World Vegetable Center Mungbean Mini Core Collection and Genome-Wide Association Mapping of Loci Associated with Variation of Seed Coat Luster - Caleb Manamik Breria; Ching Hsiang Hsieh; Jo-Yi Yen; Ramakrishnan Nair; Chen-Yu Lin; Shu-Mei Huang; Thomas J. Noble; Roland Schafleitner (Tropical Plant Biology, 2020)

High-efficient biodegradation of refractory dye by a new bacterial flora DDMY1 under different conditions - X. H. Xie; X. L. Zheng; C. Z. Yu; Q. Y. Zhang; Y. Q. Wang; J. H. Cong; N. Liu; Z. J. He; B. Yang; J. S. Liu (International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2020)

UKGrsHP: a UK high-resolution gauge–radar–satellite merged hourly precipitation analysis dataset - Jingjing Yu; Xiao-Feng Li; Elizabeth Lewis; Stephen Blenkinsop; Hayley J. Fowler (Climate Dynamics, 2020)
There is an urgent need for high-quality and high-spatial-resolution hourly precipitation products around the globe, including the UK. Although hourly precipitation products exist for the UK, these either contain large errors, or are insufficient in spatial resolution. An efficient way to solve this is to develop a merged precipitation product that combines the information and benefits from multiple data sources, improving both the spatial resolution and accuracy of hourly precipitation estimates over the UK. In this study, we develop a UK high-resolution gauge–radar–satellite merged hourly precipitation analysis: the UKGrsHP. It covers the UK from 12.5° W to 3.5° E, 49° N–60° N, with a spatial resolution of 0.01° × 0.01° in latitude/longitude (equivalent to 1 km resolution in the mid-latitudes). An optimal interpolation (OI)–based multi-source merging scheme with compound strategy is developed and tested for producing the UKGrsHP. Three input data sources are used: gauge analysis data interpolated from 1903 quality-controlled hourly observations, the UK Nimrod radar precipitation analysis and the GSMaP global satellite precipitation analysis. Using independent tests against ~ 220 independent gauge observations on 1 year’s experimental UKGrsHP, covering the period from January to December 2014, we find that the final merged data performs better than three individual precipitation analyses used as inputs. A full version of the UKGrsHP starting in April 2004 is now under production, which will have wide applications in climate services and scientific research across multiple disciplines.

Adaptive capacity in social–ecological systems: a framework for addressing bark beetle disturbances in natural resource management - Stuart Cottrell; Katherine M. Mattor; Jesse L. Morris; Christopher J. Fettig; Pavlina McGrady; Dorothy Maguire; Patrick M. A. James; Jennifer Clear; Zach Wurtzebach; Yu Wei; Andrea Brunelle; Jessica Western; et al. (Sustainability Science, 2020)

Carbon content in airway macrophages and genomic instability in Chinese carbon black packers - Wenting Cheng; Yuansheng Liu; Jinglong Tang; Huawei Duan; Xiaoran Wei; Xiao Zhang; Shanfa Yu; Matthew J. Campen; Wei Han; Nathaniel Rothman; Steven A. Belinsky; Qing Lan; et al. (Archives of Toxicology, 2020)

Correction to: Documenting lemming population change in the Arctic: Can we detect trends? - Dorothée Ehrich; Niels M. Schmidt; Gilles Gauthier; Ray Alisauskas; Anders Angerbjörn; Karin Clark; Frauke Ecke; Nina E. Eide; Erik Framstad; Jay Frandsen; Alastair Franke; Olivier Gilg; et al. (Ambio, 2020)

Documenting lemming population change in the Arctic: Can we detect trends? - Dorothée Ehrich; Niels M. Schmidt; Gilles Gauthier; Ray Alisauskas; Anders Angerbjörn; Karin Clark; Frauke Ecke; Nina E. Eide; Erik Framstad; Jay Frandsen; Alastair Franke; Olivier Gilg; et al. (Ambio, 2020)

Migratory divides coincide with reproductive barriers across replicated avian hybrid zones above the Tibetan Plateau - Elizabeth S. C. Scordato; Chris C. R. Smith; Georgy A. Semenov; Yu Liu; Matthew R. Wilkins; Wei Liang; Alexander Rubtsov; Gomboobaatar Sundev; Kazuo Koyama; Sheela P. Turbek; Michael B. Wunder; Craig A. Stricker; et al. (Ecology Letters, 2020)
Migratory divides are proposed to be catalysts for speciation across a diversity of taxa. However, it is difficult to test the relative contributions of migratory behaviour vs. other divergent traits to reproductive isolation. Comparing hybrid zones with and without migratory divides offers a rare opportunity to directly examine the contribution of divergent migratory behaviour to reproductive barriers. We show that across replicate sampling transects of two pairs of barn swallow ( Hirundo rustica ) subspecies, strong reproductive isolation coincided with a migratory divide spanning 20 degrees of latitude. A third subspecies pair exhibited no evidence for a migratory divide and hybridised extensively. Within migratory divides, overwintering habitats were associated with assortative mating, implicating a central contribution of divergent migratory behaviour to reproductive barriers. The remarkable geographic coincidence between migratory divides and genetic breaks supports a long‐standing hypothesis that the Tibetan Plateau is a substantial barrier contributing to the diversity of Siberian avifauna.

Effectiveness of management zoning designed for flagship species in protecting sympatric species - Xiaoli Shen; Sheng Li; William J. McShea; Dajun Wang; Jianping Yu; Xiaogang Shi; Wei Dong; Xiangcheng Mi; Keping Ma (Conservation Biology, 2020)
Flagship species have been used widely as umbrella species (i.e., species with large home range whose protection often provides protection for sympatric species) in the management of China's nature reserves. This conflation of flagship and umbrella species is best represented by the giant panda ( Ailuropoda melanoleuca ) and other large, endangered mammals designated as conservation targets in site selection and planning of reserves. Few empirical studies have tested the effectiveness of flagship species as surrogates for a broader range of sympatric species. Using extensive camera‐trap data, we examined the effectiveness of management zones designated to protect flagship (target) species in conserving sympatric species in 4 wildlife reserves (Gutianshan, Changqing, Laohegou, and Wolong). We tested whether the progression from peripheral to core zones was associated with an increasing habitat association for both target and sympatric species. The distribution patterns of the study species across the zones in each reserve indicated a disparity between management zones and the species’ habitat requirements. Management zone was included in the final model for all target species, and most of them had higher occurrence in core zones relative to less‐protected zones, but zone was not a predictor for most of the sympatric species. When management zone was associated with the occurrence of sympatric species, threatened species generally had higher detections in core zones, whereas common species had higher detections outside of the core zone. Our results suggested that reserve planning based on flagship species does not adequately protect sympatric species due to their specialized habitat requirements. We recommend re‐examining the effectiveness of management zoning and urge a multispecies and reserve‐wide monitoring plan to improve protection of China's wildlife.

Mechanistic Deconvolution of Oral Absorption Model with Dynamic Gastrointestinal Fluid to Predict Regional Rate and Extent of GI Drug Dissolution - Alex Yu; Mark J. Koenigsknecht; Bart Hens; Jason R. Baker; Bo Wen; Trachette L. Jackson; Manjunath P. Pai; William Hasler; Gordon L. Amidon; Duxin Sun (The AAPS Journal, 2020)

DNA content equivalence in haploid and diploid maize leaves - D. Santeramo; J. Howell; Y. Ji; W. Yu; W. Liu; T. Kelliher (Planta, 2020)
Main conclusion The qPCR assay developed to differentiate haploid and diploid maize leaf samples was unsuccessful due to DNA content difference. Haploid cells are packed more closely together with less cellular expansion. Abstract Increased ploidy content (> 2 N) directly correlates with increased cell size in plants, but few studies have examined cell morphology in plants with reduced ploidy (i.e., haploids). To pioneer a scalable new ploidy test, we compared DNA content and cellular morphology of haploid and diploid maize leaves. The amount of genomic DNA recovered from standardized leaf-punch samples was equivalent between these two ploidy types, while both epidermal and mesophyll cell types were smaller in haploid plants. Pavement cells had a substantially smaller size than mesophyll cells, and this effect was more pronounced in the abaxial epidermis. Interveinal distance and guard cell size were significantly reduced in haploids, but the cell percentage comprising stomata did not change. These results confirm the direct correlation between ploidy content and cell size in plants, and suggest that reduced cell expansion predominantly explains DNA content equivalence between haploid and diploid samples, confounding efforts to develop a haploid detection method using DNA content.

Founder effects, post-introduction evolution and phenotypic plasticity contribute to invasion success of a genetically impoverished invader - Zhi-Yong Liao; J. F. Scheepens; Qiao-Ming Li; Wei-Bin Wang; Yu-Long Feng; Yu-Long Zheng (Oecologia, 2020)

Antidepressant Drugs Correct the Imbalance Between proBDNF/p75NTR/Sortilin and Mature BDNF/TrkB in the Brain of Mice with Chronic Stress - C. R. Yang; X. Y. Zhang; Y. Liu; J. Y. Du; R. Liang; M. Yu; F. Q. Zhang; X. F. Mu; F. Li; L. Zhou; F. H. Zhou; F. J. Meng; et al. (Neurotoxicity Research, 2020)

The relationship between anthropometric measures and cardiometabolic health in shift work: findings from the Atlantic PATH Cohort Study - Ellen Sweeney; Zhijie Michael Yu; Trevor J. B. Dummer; Yunsong Cui; Vanessa DeClercq; Cynthia Forbes; Scott A. Grandy; Melanie Keats; Louise Parker; Anil Adisesh (International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 2020)

Analysis of Antitumor Activity of the Liposomal Photosensitizer Lipophthalocyan - A. V. Lantsova; L. M. Borisova; G. A. Meerovich; N. D. Bunyatyan; Yu. V. Olefir; A. B. Prokof’ev; V. A. Evteev; M. M. Sapovskii; M. P. Kiseleva; E. V. Sanarova; O. L. Orlova; M. V. Dmitrieva; et al. (Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine, 2020)

Multi-view Person Re-identification in a Fisheye Camera Network with Different Viewing Directions - G. Blott; J. Yu; C. Heipke (PFG – Journal of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science, 2019)

Assessment of air purifier on efficient removal of airborne bacteria, Staphylococcus epidermidis, using single-chamber method - Jung Hoon Lee; Jeong Yup Kim; Bo-Bae Cho; J. R. Anusha; Ju Yong Sim; C. Justin Raj; Kook-Hyun Yu (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2019)

Changes in use of opioid therapy after colon cancer diagnosis: a population-based study - Lu Chen; Jessica Chubak; Onchee Yu; Gaia Pocobelli; Rebecca A. Ziebell; Erin J. Aiello Bowles; Monica M. Fujii; Andrew T. Sterrett; Jennifer M. Boggs; Andrea N. Burnett-Hartman; Debra P. Ritzwoller; Rebecca A. Hubbard; et al. (Cancer Causes & Control, 2019)

Risk Management and Analytics in Wildfire Response - Matthew P. Thompson; Yu Wei; David E. Calkin; Christopher D. O’Connor; Christopher J. Dunn; Nathaniel M. Anderson; John S. Hogland (Current Forestry Reports, 2019)
Purpose of Review The objectives of this paper are to briefly review basic risk management and analytics concepts, describe their nexus in relation to wildfire response, demonstrate real-world application of analytics to support response decisions and organizational learning, and outline an analytics strategy for the future. Recent Findings Analytics can improve decision-making and organizational performance across a variety of areas from sports to business to real-time emergency response. A lack of robust descriptive analytics on wildfire incident response effectiveness is a bottleneck for developing operationally relevant and empirically credible predictive and prescriptive analytics to inform and guide strategic response decisions. Capitalizing on technology such as automated resource tracking and machine learning algorithms can help bridge gaps between monitoring, learning, and data-driven decision-making. Summary By investing in better collection, documentation, archiving, and analysis of operational data on response effectiveness, fire management organizations can promote systematic learning and provide a better evidence base to support response decisions. We describe an analytics management framework that can provide structure to help deploy analytics within organizations, and provide real-world examples of advanced fire analytics applied in the USA. To fully capitalize on the potential of analytics, organizations may need to catalyze cultural shifts that cultivate stronger appreciation for data-driven decision processes, and develop informed skeptics that effectively balance both judgment and analysis in decision-making.

Transplantation of stem cells from umbilical cord blood as therapy for type I diabetes - Rachel Stiner; Michael Alexander; Guangyang Liu; Wenbin Liao; Yongjun Liu; Jingxia Yu; Egest J. Pone; Weian Zhao; Jonathan R. T. Lakey (Cell and Tissue Research, 2019)

Hip Fracture Discrimination Based on Statistical Multi-parametric Modeling (SMPM) - Julio Carballido-Gamio; Aihong Yu; Ling Wang; Yongbin Su; Andrew J. Burghardt; Thomas F. Lang; Xiaoguang Cheng (Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2019)

Risk-stratified approach to anti-viral prophylaxis against cytomegalovirus disease in glomerulonephritis and renal vasculitis treated with potent immunosuppressants - Cynthia Ciwei Lim; Ban Hock Tan; Yu Tzu Tung; Huijun Huang; Ying Hao; Irene Y. J. Mok; Puay Hoon Lee; Jason C. J. Choo (Infectious Diseases, 2019)

Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase-Derived Linoleic Acid Oxylipins in Serum Are Associated with Periventricular White Matter Hyperintensities and Vascular Cognitive Impairment - Di Yu; Marie Hennebelle; Demetrios J. Sahlas; Joel Ramirez; Fuqiang Gao; Mario Masellis; Hugo Cogo-Moreira; Richard H. Swartz; Nathan Herrmann; Pak Cheung Chan; Jacqueline A. Pettersen; Donald T. Stuss; et al. (Translational Stroke Research, 2019)

Regulatory Control of Microglial Phagocytosis by Estradiol and Prostaglandin E2 in the Developing Rat Cerebellum - Miguel Perez-Pouchoulen; Stacey J. Yu; Clinton R. Roby; Nicole Bonsavage; Margaret M. McCarthy (The Cerebellum, 2019)

Indication of dynamic neurovascular coupling from inconsistency between EEG and fMRI indices across sleep–wake states - Changwei W. Wu; Pei-Jung Tsai; Sharon Chia-Ju Chen; Chia-Wei Li; Ai-Ling Hsu; Hong-Yi Wu; Yu-Ting Ko; Pai-Chuan Hung; Chun-Yen Chang; Ching-Po Lin; Timothy J. Lane; Chia-Yuen Chen (Sleep and Biological Rhythms, 2019)

Autonomic modulation following an acute bout of bench press with and without blood flow restriction - Yu Lun Tai; Erica M. Marshall; Alaina Glasgow; Jason C. Parks; Leslie Sensibello; J. Derek Kingsley (European Journal of Applied Physiology, 2019)

Thermodynamic controls of the Western Tibetan Vortex on Tibetan air temperature - Xiao-Feng Li; Hayley J. Fowler; Jingjing Yu; Nathan Forsythe; Stephen Blenkinsop; David Pritchard (Climate Dynamics, 2019)

Towards a surrogate system to express human lipid binding TCRs - Rui Wang; Ronja Pscheid; Ashfaq Ghumra; Ling Yu Lea Kan; Stella Cochrane; Lucy Fairclough; Marcos J. C. Alcocer (Biotechnology Letters, 2019)

Cerebral blood flow in acute concussion: preliminary ASL findings from the NCAA-DoD CARE consortium - Yang Wang; Andrew S. Nencka; Timothy B. Meier; Kevin Guskiewicz; Jason P. Mihalik; M. Alison Brooks; Andrew J. Saykin; Kevin M. Koch; Yu-Chien Wu; Lindsay D. Nelson; Thomas W. McAllister; Steven P. Broglio; et al. (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2019)

Long‐term nitrogen addition modifies microbial composition and functions for slow carbon cycling and increased sequestration in tropical forest soil - Jing Tian; Jennifer A. J. Dungait; Xiankai Lu; Yunfeng Yang; Iain P. Hartley; Wei Zhang; Jiangming Mo; Guirui Yu; Jizhong Zhou; Yakov Kuzyakov (Global Change Biology, 2019)
Nitrogen (N) deposition is a component of global change that has considerable impact on belowground carbon (C) dynamics. Plant growth stimulation and alterations of fungal community composition and functions are the main mechanisms driving soil C gains following N deposition in N‐limited temperate forests. In N‐rich tropical forests, however, N deposition generally has minor effects on plant growth; consequently, C storage in soil may strongly depend on the microbial processes that drive litter and soil organic matter decomposition. Here, we investigated how microbial functions in old‐growth tropical forest soil responded to 13 years of N addition at four rates: 0 (Control), 50 (Low‐N), 100 (Medium‐N), and 150 (High‐N) kg N ha −1 year −1 . Soil organic carbon (SOC) content increased under High‐N, corresponding to a 33% decrease in CO 2 efflux, and reductions in relative abundances of bacteria as well as genes responsible for cellulose and chitin degradation. A 113% increase in N 2 O emission was positively correlated with soil acidification and an increase in the relative abundances of denitrification genes ( narG and norB ). Soil acidification induced by N addition decreased available P concentrations, and was associated with reductions in the relative abundance of phytase. The decreased relative abundance of bacteria and key functional gene groups for C degradation were related to slower SOC decomposition, indicating the key mechanisms driving SOC accumulation in the tropical forest soil subjected to High‐N addition. However, changes in microbial functional groups associated with N and P cycling led to coincidentally large increases in N 2 O emissions, and exacerbated soil P deficiency. These two factors partially offset the perceived beneficial effects of N addition on SOC storage in tropical forest soils. These findings suggest a potential to incorporate microbial community and functions into Earth system models considering their effects on greenhouse gas emission, biogeochemical processes, and biodiversity of tropical ecosystems.

Modeling Combined Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Dexamethasone and Tofacitinib in Arthritic Rats - Ruihong Yu; Dawei Song; Debra C DuBois; Richard R. Almon; William J. Jusko (The AAPS Journal, 2019)

Long term experimental drought alters community plant trait variation, not trait means, across three semiarid grasslands - Wentao Luo; Xiaoan Zuo; Robert J. Griffin-Nolan; Chong Xu; Wang Ma; Lin Song; Kenny Helsen; Yingchao Lin; Jiangping Cai; Qiang Yu; Zhengwen Wang; Melinda D. Smith; et al. (Plant and Soil, 2019)

Urinary Concentration Correction Methods for Arsenic, Cadmium, and Mercury: a Systematic Review of Practice-Based Evidence - Chun-Yu Hsieh; Shu-Li Wang; Jeffrey J. Fadrowski; Ana Navas-Acien; Chin-Chi Kuo (Current Environmental Health Reports, 2019)

Global in situ Observations of Essential Climate and Ocean Variables at the Air–Sea Interface - Luca R. Centurioni; Jon Turton; Rick Lumpkin; Lancelot Braasch; Gary Brassington; Yi Chao; Etienne Charpentier; Zhaohui Chen; Gary Corlett; Kathleen Dohan; Craig Donlon; Champika Gallage; et al. (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019)

A breeding strategy targeting the secondary gene pool of bread wheat: introgression from a synthetic hexaploid wheat - Ming Hao; Lianquan Zhang; Laibin Zhao; Shoufen Dai; Aili Li; Wuyun Yang; Die Xie; Qingcheng Li; Shunzong Ning; Zehong Yan; Bihua Wu; Xiujin Lan; et al. (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2019)

What controls the extreme flow through the Kerama Gap: a global HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model reanalysis point of view - Zhitao Yu; Edward J. Metzger; Harley E. Hurlburt; Ole Martin Smedstad (Ocean Dynamics, 2019)

Is Ulva sp. able to be an efficient biofilter for mariculture effluents? - M. Shpigel; L. Guttman; D. Ben-Ezra; J. Yu; S. Chen (Journal of Applied Phycology, 2019)

Proceedings of the fourth international molecular pathological epidemiology (MPE) meeting - Peter T. Campbell; Christine B. Ambrosone; Reiko Nishihara; Hugo J. W. L. Aerts; Melissa Bondy; Nilanjan Chatterjee; Montserrat Garcia-Closas; Marios Giannakis; Jeffrey A. Golden; Yujing J. Heng; N. Sertac Kip; Jill Koshiol; et al. (Cancer Causes & Control, 2019)

Air-Sea Fluxes With a Focus on Heat and Momentum - Meghan F. Cronin; Chelle L. Gentemann; James Edson; Iwao Ueki; Mark Bourassa; Shannon Brown; Carol Anne Clayson; Chris W. Fairall; J. Thomas Farrar; Sarah T. Gille; Sergey Gulev; Simon A. Josey; et al. (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019)

A hydrodynamic model for Galveston Bay and the shelf in the northern Gulf of Mexico - Jiabi Du; Kyeong Park; Jian Shen; Yinglong J. Zhang; Xin Yu; Fei Ye; Zhengui Wang; Nancy N. Rabalais (Ocean Science, 2019)
A 3-D unstructured-grid hydrodynamic model for the northern Gulf of Mexico was developed, with a hybrid s–z vertical grid and high-resolution horizontal grid for the main estuarine systems along the Texas–Louisiana coast. This model, based on the Semi-implicit Cross-scale Hydroscience Integrated System Model (SCHISM), is driven by the observed river discharge, reanalysis atmospheric forcing, and open boundary conditions from global HYCOM output. The model reproduces the temporal and spatial variation of observed water level, salinity, temperature, and current velocity in Galveston Bay and on the shelf. The validated model was applied to examine the remote influence of neighboring large rivers, specifically the Mississippi–Atchafalaya River (MAR) system, on salinity, stratification, vertical mixing, and longshore transport along the Texas coast. Numerical experiments reveal that the MAR discharge could significantly decrease the salinity and change the stratification and vertical mixing on the inner Texas shelf. It would take about 25 and 50 d for the MAR discharge to reach the mouth of Galveston Bay and Port Aransas, respectively. The influence of the MAR discharge is sensitive to the wind field. Winter wind constrains the MAR freshwater to form a narrow lower-salinity band against the shore from the Mississippi Delta all the way to the southwestern Texas coast, while summer wind reduces the downcoast longshore transport significantly, weakening the influence of the MAR discharge on surface salinity along Texas coast. However, summer wind causes a much stronger stratification on the Texas shelf, leading to a weaker vertical mixing. The decrease in salinity of up to 10 psu at the mouth of Galveston Bay due to the MAR discharge results in a decrease in horizontal density gradient, a decrease in the salt flux, and a weakened estuarine circulation and estuarine–ocean exchange. We highlight the flexibility of the model and its capability to simulate not only estuarine dynamics and shelf-wide transport, but also the interactions between them.

Local Application of Autologous Platelet-Rich Fibrin Patch (PRF-P) Suppresses Regulatory T Cell Recruitment in a Murine Glioma Model - Wojciech K. Panek; Katarzyna C. Pituch; Jason Miska; Julius W. Kim; Aida Rashidi; Deepak Kanojia; Aurora Lopez-Rosas; Yu Han; Dou Yu; Catalina Lee Chang; J. Robert Kane; Peng Zhang; et al. (Molecular Neurobiology, 2019)

Correction to: Genetic variant predictors of gene expression provide new insight into risk of colorectal cancer - Stephanie A. Bien; Yu-Ru Su; David V. Conti; Tabitha A. Harrison; Conghui Qu; Xingyi Guo; Yingchang Lu; Demetrius Albanes; Paul L. Auer; Barbara L. Banbury; Sonja I. Berndt; Stéphane Bézieau; et al. (Human Genetics, 2019)

Nitrification performance of high rate nitrifying trickling filters at low ammonia concentrations: does the aspect ratio matter? - Lei Mai; Yu Lian; Ben van den Akker; Howard J. Fallowfield (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Conservation of molecular and cellular phenotypes of invariant NKT cells between humans and non-human primates - Krystle K. Q. Yu; Damien B. Wilburn; Joshua A. Hackney; Patricia A. Darrah; Kathryn E. Foulds; Charlotte A. James; Malisa T. Smith; Lichen Jing; Robert A. Seder; Mario Roederer; David M. Koelle; Willie J. Swanson; et al. (Immunogenetics, 2019)

A Sustained Ocean Observing System in the Indian Ocean for Climate Related Scientific Knowledge and Societal Needs - J. C. Hermes; Y. Masumoto; L. M. Beal; M. K. Roxy; J. Vialard; M. Andres; H. Annamalai; S. Behera; N. D’Adamo; T. Doi; M. Feng; W. Han; et al. (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019)

Diltiazem Promotes Regenerative Axon Growth - Eric A. Huebner; Stéphane Budel; Zhaoxin Jiang; Takao Omura; Tammy Szu-Yu Ho; Lee Barrett; Janie S. Merkel; Luis M. Pereira; Nick A. Andrews; Xingxing Wang; Bhagat Singh; Kush Kapur; et al. (Molecular Neurobiology, 2019)

Arsenic migration during co-processing of secondary residues from ammonium paratungstate production in cement kiln - Haiping Xiao; Jinlin Ge; Yu Chen; Zheng Peng; Dahai Yan; Li Li; Kare Helge Karstensen; Christian J. Engelsen; Qifei Huang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

The Tropical Atlantic Observing System - G. R. Foltz; P. Brandt; I. Richter; B. Rodríguez-Fonseca; F. Hernandez; M. Dengler; R. R. Rodrigues; J. O. Schmidt; L. Yu; N. Lefevre; L. Cotrim Da Cunha; M. J. McPhaden; et al. (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019)
The tropical Atlantic is home to multiple coupled climate variations covering a wide range of timescales and impacting societally relevant phenomena such as continental rainfall, Atlantic hurricane activity, oceanic biological productivity, and atmospheric circulation in the equatorial Pacific. The tropical Atlantic also connects the southern and northern branches of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and receives freshwater input from some of the world’s largest rivers. To address these diverse, unique, and interconnected research challenges, a rich network of ocean observations has developed, building on the backbone of the Prediction and Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic (PIRATA). This network has evolved naturally over time and out of necessity in order to address the most important outstanding scientific questions and to improve predictions of tropical Atlantic severe weather and global climate variability and change. The tropical Atlantic observing system is motivated by goals to understand and better predict phenomena such as tropical Atlantic interannual to decadal variability and climate change; multidecadal variability and its links to the meridional overturning circulation; air-sea fluxes of CO 2 and their implications for the fate of anthropogenic CO 2 ; the Amazon River plume and its interactions with biogeochemistry, vertical mixing, and hurricanes; the highly productive eastern boundary and equatorial upwelling systems; and oceanic oxygen minimum zones, their impacts on biogeochemical cycles and marine ecosystems, and their feedbacks to climate. Past success of the tropical Atlantic observing system is the result of an international commitment to sustained observations and scientific cooperation, a willingness to evolve with changing research and monitoring needs, and a desire to share data openly with the scientific community and operational centers. The observing system must continue to evolve in order to meet an expanding set of research priorities and operational challenges. This paper discusses the tropical Atlantic observing system, including emerging scientific questions that demand sustained ocean observations, the potential for further integration of the observing system, and the requirements for sustaining and enhancing the tropical Atlantic observing system.

Improving Stability and Dissolution of Amorphous Clofazimine by Polymer Nano-Coating - Yue Gui; Yinshan Chen; Zhenxuan Chen; Karen J. Jones; Lian Yu (Pharmaceutical Research, 2019)

Cr-induced disturbance on expression of six COX genes in rice seedlings - X.-Z. Yu; C.-J. Lu; Y.-J. Lin; Y.-H. Li (International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2019)

Relationships between urban green land cover and human health at different spatial resolutions - Wei-Lun Tsai; Yu-Fai Leung; Melissa R. McHale; Myron F. Floyd; Brian J. Reich (Urban Ecosystems, 2019)

Rare maternal and biparental transmission of the cucumber mitochondrial DNA reveals sorting of polymorphisms among progenies - Jia Shen; Weisong Shou; Yuejian Zhang; Gaoya Yuan; Yu Zhao; Jinfeng Chen; Michael J. Havey (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2019)

Genetic variant predictors of gene expression provide new insight into risk of colorectal cancer - Stephanie A. Bien; Yu-Ru Su; David V. Conti; Tabitha A. Harrison; Conghui Qu; Xingyi Guo; Yingchang Lu; Demetrius Albanes; Paul L. Auer; Barbara L. Banbury; Sonja I. Berndt; Stéphane Bézieau; et al. (Human Genetics, 2019)

Imaging of changes in copper trafficking and redistribution in a mouse model of Niemann-Pick C disease using positron emission tomography - Julia Baguña Torres; Zilin Yu; Jayanta Bordoloi; Kavitha Sunassee; David Smith; Claire Smith; Oscar Chen; Rupert Purchase; Karin Tuschl; John Spencer; Frances Platt; Philip J. Blower (BioMetals, 2019)

Dissolution Testing in Drug Product Development: Workshop Summary Report - Andreas Abend; David Curran; Jesse Kuiper; Xujin Lu; Hanlin Li; Andre Hermans; Pramod Kotwal; Dorys A. Diaz; Michael J. Cohen; Limin Zhang; Erika Stippler; German Drazer; et al. (The AAPS Journal, 2019)

IDH-1 deficiency induces growth defects and metabolic alterations in GSPD-1-deficient Caenorhabditis elegans - Hung-Chi Yang; Hsiang Yu; You-Cheng Liu; Tzu-Ling Chen; Arnold Stern; Szecheng J. Lo; Daniel Tsun-Yee Chiu (Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2019)

Evaluation of inhaled low-dose formaldehyde-induced DNA adducts and DNA–protein cross-links by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry - Jiapeng Leng; Chih-Wei Liu; Hadley J. Hartwell; Rui Yu; Yongquan Lai; Wanda M. Bodnar; Kun Lu; James A. Swenberg (Archives of Toxicology, 2019)

Moths and butterflies (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of the Russian Arctic islands in the Barents Sea - J. Kullberg; B. Yu. Filippov; V. M. Spitsyn; N. A. Zubrij; M. V. Kozlov (Polar Biology, 2019)

Blockade of Endogenous Angiotensin-(1–7) in Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus Attenuates High Salt-Induced Sympathoexcitation and Hypertension - Xiao-Jing Yu; Yu-Wang Miao; Hong-Bao Li; Qing Su; Kai-Li Liu; Li-Yan Fu; Yi-Kang Hou; Xiao-Lian Shi; Ying Li; Jian-Jun Mu; Wen-Sheng Chen; Wei Cui; et al. (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2019)

Opioids and matrix metalloproteinases: the influence of morphine on MMP-9 production and cancer progression - Samira Khabbazi; Mohammadhossein Hassanshahi; Alireza Hassanshahi; Yaser Peymanfar; Yu-Wen Su; Cory J. Xian (Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology, 2019)

Preparation and optimization of multifunctional electrospun polyurethane/chitosan nanofibers for air pollution control applications - M. H. Mohraz; F. Golbabaei; I. J. Yu; M. A. Mansournia; A. S. Zadeh; S. F. Dehghan (International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2019)

Direct and indirect effects of climate on richness drive the latitudinal diversity gradient in forest trees - Chengjin Chu; James A. Lutz; Kamil Král; Tomáš Vrška; Xue Yin; Jonathan A. Myers; Iveren Abiem; Alfonso Alonso; Norm Bourg; David F.R.P. Burslem; Min Cao; Hazel Chapman; et al. (Ecology Letters, 2019)
Climate is widely recognised as an important determinant of the latitudinal diversity gradient. However, most existing studies make no distinction between direct and indirect effects of climate, which substantially hinders our understanding of how climate constrains biodiversity globally. Using data from 35 large forest plots, we test hypothesised relationships amongst climate, topography, forest structural attributes (stem abundance, tree size variation and stand basal area) and tree species richness to better understand drivers of latitudinal tree diversity patterns. Climate influences tree richness both directly, with more species in warm, moist, aseasonal climates and indirectly, with more species at higher stem abundance. These results imply direct limitation of species diversity by climatic stress and more rapid (co‐)evolution and narrower niche partitioning in warm climates. They also support the idea that increased numbers of individuals associated with high primary productivity are partitioned to support a greater number of species.

Controls of faulting on synrift infill patterns in the Eocene PY4 Sag, Pearl River Mouth Basin, South China Sea - J. Ge; X. Zhu; F. Yu; B. G. Jones; W. Tao (Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2019)

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α attenuates high-cholesterol diet-induced toxicity and pro-thrombotic effects in mice - Yu Lu; Makoto Harada; Yuji Kamijo; Takero Nakajima; Naoki Tanaka; Eiko Sugiyama; Mamoru Kyogashima; Frank J. Gonzalez; Toshifumi Aoyama (Archives of Toxicology, 2019)

Rare-earth metal based adsorbents for effective removal of arsenic from water: A critical review - Yang Yu; Ling Yu; Kok Yuen Koh; Chenghong Wang; J. Paul Chen (Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 2018)

Aboveground forest biomass derived using multiple dates of WorldView-2 stereo-imagery: quantifying the improvement in estimation accuracy - Mikko Vastaranta; Xiaowei Yu; Ville Luoma; Mika Karjalainen; Ninni Saarinen; Michael A. Wulder; Joanne C. White; Henrik J. Persson; Markus Hollaus; Tuomas Yrttimaa; Markus Holopainen; Juha Hyyppä (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2018)

Reduction in Cannabis Use and Functional Status in Physical Health, Mental Health, and Cognition - Larissa J. Mooney; Yuhui Zhu; Caroline Yoo; Jonathan Valdez; Kevin Moino; Jung-Yu Liao; Yih-Ing Hser (Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology, 2018)

Volumetric comparison of hippocampal subfields extracted from 4-minute accelerated vs. 8-minute high-resolution T2-weighted 3T MRI scans - Shan Cong; Shannon L. Risacher; John D. West; Yu-Chien Wu; Liana G. Apostolova; Eileen Tallman; Maher Rizkalla; Paul Salama; Andrew J. Saykin; Li Shen (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2018)

Science questions and knowledge gaps to study microbial transport and survival in Asian and African dust plumes reaching North America - Andrew C. Schuerger; David J. Smith; Dale W. Griffin; Daniel A. Jaffe; Boris Wawrik; Susannah M. Burrows; Brent C. Christner; Cristina Gonzalez-Martin; Erin K. Lipp; David G. Schmale III; Hongbin Yu (Aerobiologia, 2018)

Differential expression of HPG‐axis genes in autotetraploids derived from red crucian carp Carassius auratus red var., ♀ × blunt snout bream Megalobrama amblycephala , ♂ - Qin B. Qin; Qi W. Liu; Yu W. Zhou; Chong Q. Wang; Huan Qin; Chun Zhao; Shao J. Liu (Journal of Fish Biology, 2018)
Autotetraploid fish (4 n = 200, abbreviated as 4 n RR), which reach sexual maturity at 1 year of age, were derived from the whole genome duplication of red crucian carp Carassius auratus red var. (RCC; 2 n = 100) and possess four sets of chromosomes from RCC. The histological features of the gonads showed that the RCC and 4 n RR both possessed normal gonadal structure and could arrive at maturation. To understand the expression characteristics of genes related to reproductive development in the autotetraploid fish, we analysed the nucleotide sequence and expression characteristics of the gnrh 2, gthb and gthr genes, which are the pivotal genes of the hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal (HPG) axis. We found that the gnrh 2, gthb and gthr genes in 4 n RR share remarkable homology with RCC, but there were obvious differences in expression levels between 4 n RR and RCC. These results demonstrate that autotetraploidization can lead to gene expression changes. This study provides insights into the molecular mechanism underlying the reproductive development of autotetraploid fish and is expected to be of great significance for subsequent research on polyploidization.

Oxygen-deficiency and allelochemicals affect Sphagnum spore persistence in peatlands - Lu Feng; Sebastian Sundberg; Mark K. J. Ooi; Yu-Huan Wu; Meng Wang; Zhao-Jun Bu (Plant and Soil, 2018)

NTF3 Is a Novel Target Gene of the Transcription Factor POU3F2 and Is Required for Neuronal Differentiation - Yi-Mei J. Lin; I-Lun Hsin; H. Sunny Sun; Shankung Lin; Yen-Ling Lai; Hsuan-Ying Chen; Ting-Yu Chen; Ya-Ping Chen; Yi-Ting Shen; Hung-Ming Wu (Molecular Neurobiology, 2018)

The history and future of the biological resources of the Caspian and the Aral Seas - N. V. Aladin; T. Chida; Yu. S. Chuikov; Z. K. Ermakhanov; Y. Kawabata; J. Kubota; P. Micklin; I. S. Plotnikov; A. O. Smurov; V. F. Zaitzev (Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2018)

Risk of colon cancer recurrence in relation to diabetes - Jessica Chubak; Onchee Yu; Rebecca A. Ziebell; Erin J. Aiello Bowles; Andrew T. Sterrett; Monica M. Fujii; Jennifer M. Boggs; Andrea N. Burnett-Hartman; Denise M. Boudreau; Lu Chen; James S. Floyd; Debra P. Ritzwoller; et al. (Cancer Causes & Control, 2018)

Surface Molecular Markers of Cancer Stem Cells: Computation Analysis of Full-Text Scientific Articles - R. E. Suvorov; Ya. S. Kim; A. M. Gisina; J. H. Chiang; K. N. Yarygin; A. Yu. Lupatov (Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine, 2018)

Fluorescent reporter transgenic mice for in vivo live imaging of angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis - Susan J. Doh; Michael Yamakawa; Samuel M. Santosa; Mario Montana; Kai Guo; Joseph R. Sauer; Nicholas Curran; Kyu-Yeon Han; Charles Yu; Masatsugu Ema; Mark I. Rosenblatt; Jin-Hong Chang; et al. (Angiogenesis, 2018)

The relative importance of space compared to topography increases from rare to common tree species across latitude - Yue‐Hua Hu; Daniel J. Johnson; Xiang‐Cheng Mi; Xu‐Gao Wang; Wan‐Hui Ye; Yi‐De Li; Ju‐Yu Lian; Min Cao (Journal of Biogeography, 2018)
Aim Understanding how spatial distributions of rare and common species are associated with environmental and spatial processes is essential to understanding community assembly. We addressed the following questions: (a) does the relative importance of space and topography vary from rare to common tree species? (b) Are the contributions of topography and space equal? (c) Are the variances explained by topography or space correlated with elevational ranges (ER) at the local scale? (d) Does cell‐size influence those postulated associations? Location China and the Americas. Major taxa studied Tree species. Methods We partitioned the variation in species richness and composition of rare and common tree species by topography and space across a range of extents and grain sizes in eight communities. We calculated contribution ratio ( CR ) between space and topography to quantify their relative importance. We employed Kendall's rank correlation to determine the relation between CR and commonness. Mixed effect models were used to identify the influence of cell‐size on the results. Results The majority of CR values were positively related to increasing commonness, especially for composition. The explained variances by space were always higher than that by topography regardless of commonness. At local scale, variances explained by space or topography were not correlated with ER. Main conclusions Our results indicate that the relative importance of space compared to topography increases from rare to common species across forests. We suggest that future studies of community assembly need to account for both space and topography to adequately describe differences in rare and common species assembly mechanisms at range of spatial extents and grain sizes.

Tundra landscape heterogeneity, not interannual variability, controls the decadal regional carbon balance in the Western Russian Arctic - Claire C. Treat; Maija E. Marushchak; Carolina Voigt; Yu Zhang; Zeli Tan; Qianlai Zhuang; Tarmo A. Virtanen; Aleksi Räsänen; Christina Biasi; Gustaf Hugelius; Dmitry Kaverin; Paul A. Miller; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2018)
Across the Arctic, the net ecosystem carbon (C) balance of tundra ecosystems is highly uncertain due to substantial temporal variability of C fluxes and to landscape heterogeneity. We modeled both carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and methane (CH 4 ) fluxes for the dominant land cover types in a ~100‐km 2 sub‐Arctic tundra region in northeast European Russia for the period of 2006–2015 using process‐based biogeochemical models. Modeled net annual CO 2 fluxes ranged from −300 g C m −2 year −1 [net uptake] in a willow fen to 3 g C m −2 year −1 [net source] in dry lichen tundra. Modeled annual CH 4 emissions ranged from −0.2 to 22.3 g C m −2 year −1 at a peat plateau site and a willow fen site, respectively. Interannual variability over the decade was relatively small (20%–25%) in comparison with variability among the land cover types (150%). Using high‐resolution land cover classification, the region was a net sink of atmospheric CO 2 across most land cover types but a net source of CH 4 to the atmosphere due to high emissions from permafrost‐free fens. Using a lower resolution for land cover classification resulted in a 20%–65% underestimation of regional CH 4 flux relative to high‐resolution classification and smaller (10%) overestimation of regional CO 2 uptake due to the underestimation of wetland area by 60%. The relative fraction of uplands versus wetlands was key to determining the net regional C balance at this and other Arctic tundra sites because wetlands were hot spots for C cycling in Arctic tundra ecosystems.

Regeneration and utilization of nutrients during collapse of a Mesodinium rubrum red tide and its influence on phytoplankton species composition - Yafeng Zhang; Xiuxian Song; Paul J. Harrison; Sheng Liu; Zhiming Yu; Jinjun Kan; Peiyuan Qian; Hao Liu; Kedong Yin (Science China Earth Sciences, 2018)

A Simplified Irrigation Pump Testing Method for Developing Countries: A Case Study in Bangladesh - Su Yu; Jonathan S. Colton; Md. Abdul Matin; Timothy J. Krupnik (Irrigation and Drainage, 2018)
Much of South Asia experiences a monomodal rainfall pattern with a distinct dry season following the annual monsoon. Enabling irrigation during the dry season has therefore been crucial in assuring improved productivity and double‐cropping. This is particularly the case in southern Bangladesh, where recent government initiatives have called for an expansion of surface water irrigation to reduce pressure on groundwater tables in intensively cultivated areas in the north of the country, where dry season boro rice is grown. This paper describes a method based on first principles of fluid mechanics to characterize the performance of surface water irrigation pumps used by small‐scale farmers in South Asia and Bangladesh. This method is unique, as it incorporates an optimized protocol suitable for resource‐limited conditions found in many developing countries and provides a comprehensive yet simple‐to‐use pump selection method for surface water irrigation pump customers. Using pump impellers as a case study, the method also characterizes the effect of pump geometric variations resulting from the variable production and assembly practices found in different manufacturing workshops. This method was validated with a case study in Bangladesh supported by both full‐scale field testing and numerical simulation results. © 2018 The Authors. Irrigation and Drainage published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of International Commission for Irrigation and Drainage

The Influence of Water Saturation on the Short- and Long-Term Mechanical Behavior of Red Sandstone - S. B. Tang; C. Y. Yu; M. J. Heap; P. Z. Chen; Y. G. Ren (Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2018)

Characterization of Intestinal and Hepatic CYP3A-Mediated Metabolism of Midazolam in Children Using a Physiological Population Pharmacokinetic Modelling Approach - Janneke M. Brussee; Huixin Yu; Elke H. J. Krekels; Semra Palić; Margreke J. E. Brill; Jeffrey S. Barrett; Amin Rostami-Hodjegan; Saskia N. de Wildt; Catherijne A. J. Knibbe (Pharmaceutical Research, 2018)

Engineering meets institutions: an interdisciplinary approach to the management of resilience - Nader Naderpajouh; David J. Yu; Daniel P. Aldrich; Igor Linkov; Juri Matinheikki (Environment Systems and Decisions, 2018)

Engaging stakeholders in research to address water–energy–food (WEF) nexus challenges - C. Hoolohan; A. Larkin; C. McLachlan; R. Falconer; I. Soutar; J. Suckling; L. Varga; I. Haltas; A. Druckman; D. Lumbroso; M. Scott; D. Gilmour; et al. (Sustainability Science, 2018)

A comprehensive comparable study of the physiological properties of four microalgal species under different light wavelength conditions - Yu Zhong; Peng Jin; Jay J. Cheng (Planta, 2018)

Stability of MRI metrics in the advanced research core of the NCAA-DoD concussion assessment, research and education (CARE) consortium - Andrew S. Nencka; Timothy B. Meier; Yang Wang; L. Tugan Muftuler; Yu-Chien Wu; Andrew J. Saykin; Jaroslaw Harezlak; M. Alison Brooks; Christopher C. Giza; John Difiori; Kevin M. Guskiewicz; Jason P. Mihalik; et al. (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2018)

Segmentation by domestic visitor motivation: Changbai Mountain Biosphere Reserve, China - Xiao-ping Gu; Bernard J. Lewis; Li-jun Niu; Da-pao Yu; Li Zhou; Wang-ming Zhou; Zhen-cai Gong; Zhi-juan Tai; Li-min Dai (Journal of Mountain Science, 2018)

Kin discrimination and outer membrane exchange in Myxococcus xanthus : A comparative analysis among natural isolates - Sébastien Wielgoss; Francesca Fiegna; Olaya Rendueles; Yuen‐Tsu N. Yu; Gregory J. Velicer (Molecular Ecology, 2018)
Genetically similar cells of the soil bacterium Myxococcus xanthus cooperate at multiple social behaviours, including motility and multicellular development. Another social interaction in this species is outer membrane exchange ( OME ), a behaviour of unknown primary benefit in which cells displaying closely related variants of the outer membrane protein TraA transiently fuse and exchange membrane contents. Functionally incompatible TraA variants do not mediate OME , which led to the proposal that TraA incompatibilities determine patterns of intercellular cooperation in nature, but how this might occur remains unclear. Using natural isolates from a centimetre‐scale patch of soil, we analyse patterns of TraA diversity and ask whether relatedness at TraA is causally related to patterns of kin discrimination in the form of both colony‐merger incompatibilities ( CMI s) and interstrain antagonisms. A large proportion of TraA functional diversity documented among global isolates is predicted to be contained within this cm‐scale population. We find evidence of balancing selection on the highly variable PA 14‐portion of TraA and extensive transfer of traA alleles across genomic backgrounds. CMI s are shown to be common among strains identical at TraA, suggesting that CMI s are not generally caused by TraA dissimilarity. Finally, it has been proposed that interstrain antagonisms might be caused by OME ‐mediated toxin transfer. However, we predict that most strain pairs previously shown to exhibit strong antagonisms are incapable of OME due to TraA dissimilarity. Overall, our results suggest that most documented patterns of kin discrimination in a natural population of M. xanthus are not causally related to the TraA sequences of interactants.

Prediction of enteric methane production, yield, and intensity in dairy cattle using an intercontinental database - Mutian Niu; Ermias Kebreab; Alexander N. Hristov; Joonpyo Oh; Claudia Arndt; André Bannink; Ali R. Bayat; André F. Brito; Tommy Boland; David Casper; Les A. Crompton; Jan Dijkstra; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2018)
Enteric methane ( CH 4 ) production from cattle contributes to global greenhouse gas emissions. Measurement of enteric CH 4 is complex, expensive, and impractical at large scales; therefore, models are commonly used to predict CH 4 production. However, building robust prediction models requires extensive data from animals under different management systems worldwide. The objectives of this study were to (1) collate a global database of enteric CH 4 production from individual lactating dairy cattle; (2) determine the availability of key variables for predicting enteric CH 4 production (g/day per cow), yield [g/kg dry matter intake ( DMI )], and intensity (g/kg energy corrected milk) and their respective relationships; (3) develop intercontinental and regional models and cross‐validate their performance; and (4) assess the trade‐off between availability of on‐farm inputs and CH 4 prediction accuracy. The intercontinental database covered Europe ( EU ), the United States ( US ), and Australia ( AU ). A sequential approach was taken by incrementally adding key variables to develop models with increasing complexity. Methane emissions were predicted by fitting linear mixed models. Within model categories, an intercontinental model with the most available independent variables performed best with root mean square prediction error ( RMSPE ) as a percentage of mean observed value of 16.6%, 14.7%, and 19.8% for intercontinental, EU , and United States regions, respectively. Less complex models requiring only DMI had predictive ability comparable to complex models. Enteric CH 4 production, yield, and intensity prediction models developed on an intercontinental basis had similar performance across regions, however, intercepts and slopes were different with implications for prediction. Revised CH 4 emission conversion factors for specific regions are required to improve CH 4 production estimates in national inventories. In conclusion, information on DMI is required for good prediction, and other factors such as dietary neutral detergent fiber ( NDF ) concentration, improve the prediction. For enteric CH 4 yield and intensity prediction, information on milk yield and composition is required for better estimation.

Identifying labile DOM components in a coastal ocean through depleted bacterial transcripts and chemical signals - Alexey Vorobev; Shalabh Sharma; Mengyun Yu; Juhyung Lee; Benjamin J. Washington; William B. Whitman; Ford Ballantyne; Patricia M. Medeiros; Mary Ann Moran (Environmental Microbiology, 2018)
Summary Understanding which compounds comprising the complex and dynamic marine dissolved organic matter (DOM) pool are important in supporting heterotrophic bacterial production remains a major challenge. We eliminated sources of labile phytoplankton products, advected terrestrial material and photodegradation products to coastal microbial communities by enclosing water samples in situ for 24 h in the dark. Bacterial genes for which expression decreased between the beginning and end of the incubation and chemical formulae that were depleted over this same time frame were used as indicators of bioavailable compounds, an approach that avoids augmenting or modifying the natural DOM pool. Transport‐ and metabolism‐related genes whose relative expression decreased implicated osmolytes, carboxylic acids, fatty acids, sugars and organic sulfur compounds as candidate bioreactive molecules. FT‐ICR MS analysis of depleted molecular formulae implicated functional groups ~ 30–40 Da in size cleaved from semi‐polar components of DOM as bioreactive components. Both gene expression and FT‐ICR MS analyses indicated higher lability of compounds with sulfur and nitrogen heteroatoms. Untargeted methodologies able to integrate biological and chemical perspectives can be effective strategies for characterizing the labile microbial metabolites participating in carbon flux.

Racial differences in the relationship between tobacco, alcohol, and the risk of head and neck cancer: pooled analysis of US studies in the INHANCE Consortium - Kristin J. Voltzke; Yuan-Chin Amy Lee; Zuo-Feng Zhang; Jose P. Zevallos; Guo-Pei Yu; Deborah M. Winn; Thomas L. Vaughan; Erich M. Sturgis; Elaine Smith; Stephen M. Schwartz; Stimson Schantz; Joshua Muscat; et al. (Cancer Causes & Control, 2018)

Associations Between Selenium Content in Hair and Kashin-Beck Disease/Keshan Disease in Children in Northwestern China: a Prospective Cohort Study - Huan Liu; Fangfang Yu; Wanzhen Shao; Dexiu Ding; Zhidao Yu; Fengshi Chen; Dong Geng; Xiwang Tan; Mikko J. Lammi; Xiong Guo (Biological Trace Element Research, 2018)

Establishment of Miscanthus sinensis with decreased lignin biosynthesis by Agrobacterium–mediated transformation using antisense COMT gene - Ji Hye Yoo; Eun Soo Seong; Bimal Kumar Ghimire; Kweon Heo; Xiaoli Jin; Toshihiko Yamada; Lindsay V. Clark; Erik J. Sacks; Chang Yeon Yu (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2018)

FGF21 Attenuates High-Fat Diet-Induced Cognitive Impairment via Metabolic Regulation and Anti-inflammation of Obese Mice - Qingzhi Wang; Jing Yuan; Zhanyang Yu; Li Lin; Yinghua Jiang; Zeyuan Cao; Pengwei Zhuang; Michael J. Whalen; Bo Song; Xiao-Jie Wang; Xiaokun Li; Eng H. Lo; et al. (Molecular Neurobiology, 2018)

Phylogenetic analyses of four Chinese endemic wheat landraces based on two single copy genes - Q. Chen; J. Song; W.P. Du; L.Y. Xu; Y. Jiang; J. Zhang; M. Zhang; G.R. Yu (Cereal Research Communications, 2018)

A cross‐continental comparison of assemblages of seed‐ and fruit‐feeding insects in tropical rain forests: Faunal composition and rates of attack - Yves Basset; Chris Dahl; Richard Ctvrtecka; Sofia Gripenberg; Owen T. Lewis; Simon T. Segar; Petr Klimes; Héctor Barrios; John W. Brown; Sarayudh Bunyavejchewin; Buntika A. Butcher; Anthony I. Cognato; et al. (Journal of Biogeography, 2018)
Aim Insects feeding on seeds and fruits represent interesting study systems, potentially able to lower the fitness of their host plants. In addition to true seed eaters, a suite of insects feed on the fleshy parts of fruits. We examined the likelihood of community convergence in whole insect assemblages attacking seeds/fruits in three tropical rain forests. Location Three Forest GEO permanent forest plots within different biogeographical regions: Barro Colorado Island (Panama), Khao Chong (Thailand) and Wanang (Papua New Guinea). Methods We surveyed 1,186 plant species and reared 1.1 ton of seeds/fruits that yielded 80,600 insects representing at least 1,678 species. We assigned seeds/fruits to predation syndromes on the basis of plant traits relevant to insects, seed/fruit appearance and mesocarp thickness. Results We observed large differences in insect faunal composition, species richness and guild structure between our three study sites. We hypothesize that the high species richness of insect feeding on seeds/fruits in Panama may result from a conjunction of low plant species richness and high availability of dry fruits. Insect assemblages were weakly influenced by seed predation syndromes, both at the local and regional scale, and the effect of host phylogeny varied also among sites. At the driest site (Panama), the probability of seeds of a plant species being attacked depended more on seed availability than on the measured seed traits of that plant species. However, when seeds were attacked, plant traits shaping insect assemblages were difficult to identify and not related to seed availability. Main conclusions We observed only weak evidence of community convergence at the intercontinental scale among these assemblages. Our study suggests that seed eaters may be most commonly associated with dry fruits at relatively dry tropical sites where fleshy fruits may be less prevalent.

Australian wheat production expected to decrease by the late 21st century - Bin Wang; De L. Liu; Garry J. O'Leary; Senthold Asseng; Ian Macadam; Rebecca Lines‐Kelly; Xihua Yang; Anthony Clark; Jason Crean; Timothy Sides; Hongtao Xing; Chunrong Mi; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2018)
Climate change threatens global wheat production and food security, including the wheat industry in Australia. Many studies have examined the impacts of changes in local climate on wheat yield per hectare, but there has been no assessment of changes in land area available for production due to changing climate. It is also unclear how total wheat production would change under future climate when autonomous adaptation options are adopted. We applied species distribution models to investigate future changes in areas climatically suitable for growing wheat in Australia. A crop model was used to assess wheat yield per hectare in these areas. Our results show that there is an overall tendency for a decrease in the areas suitable for growing wheat and a decline in the yield of the northeast Australian wheat belt. This results in reduced national wheat production although future climate change may benefit South Australia and Victoria. These projected outcomes infer that similar wheat‐growing regions of the globe might also experience decreases in wheat production. Some cropping adaptation measures increase wheat yield per hectare and provide significant mitigation of the negative effects of climate change on national wheat production by 2041–2060. However, any positive effects will be insufficient to prevent a likely decline in production under a high CO 2 emission scenario by 2081–2100 due to increasing losses in suitable wheat‐growing areas. Therefore, additional adaptation strategies along with investment in wheat production are needed to maintain Australian agricultural production and enhance global food security. This scenario analysis provides a foundation towards understanding changes in Australia's wheat cropping systems, which will assist in developing adaptation strategies to mitigate climate change impacts on global wheat production.

Selection of a Ligand-Binding Neutralizing Antibody Assay for Benralizumab: Comparison with an Antibody-Dependent Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity (ADCC) Cell-Based Assay - Yuling Wu; Ahmad Akhgar; Jia J Li; Binbing Yu; Cecil Chen; Nancy Lee; Wendy I. White; Lorin K. Roskos (The AAPS Journal, 2018)

Morphology and multigene phylogeny reveal new genus and species of Torulaceae from freshwater habitats in northwestern Yunnan, China - Xi-Jun Su; Zong-Long Luo; Rajesh Jeewon; Darbhe J. Bhat; Dan-Feng Bao; Wen-Li Li; Yu-E Hao; Hong-Yan Su; Kevin D. Hyde (Mycological Progress, 2018)

American, European, and Chinese practice guidelines or consensuses of polycystic ovary syndrome: a comparative analysis - Fang-fang Wang; Jie-xue Pan; Yan Wu; Yu-hang Zhu; Paul J. Hardiman; Fan Qu (Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B, 2018)

A non-hydrostatic model for the numerical study of landslide-generated waves - Pengfei Si; Jordan Aaron; Scott McDougall; Ji Lu; Xiping Yu; Nicholas J. Roberts; John J. Clague (Landslides, 2018)

High-depth whole genome sequencing of an Ashkenazi Jewish reference panel: enhancing sensitivity, accuracy, and imputation - Todd Lencz; Jin Yu; Cameron Palmer; Shai Carmi; Danny Ben-Avraham; Nir Barzilai; Susan Bressman; Ariel Darvasi; Judy H. Cho; Lorraine N. Clark; Zeynep H. Gümüş; Vijai Joseph; et al. (Human Genetics, 2018)

Effects of methotrexate on the quality of oocyte maturation in vitro - N. Tian; J. Yu; Sh. Zhang; W. Y. Ma; T. Wang; Y. M. Wang (European Biophysics Journal, 2018)

A versatile method for the preparation of particle-loaded microbubbles for multimodality imaging and targeted drug delivery - Joshua Owen; Calum Crake; Jeong Yu Lee; Dario Carugo; Estelle Beguin; Alexandre A Khrapitchev; Richard J Browning; Nicola Sibson; Eleanor Stride (Drug Delivery and Translational Research, 2018)

Impact of Seed Cutting and Seed-Borne Inoculum on Daughter Tuber Common Scab and Plant Growth - Bryan J. Webster; Yu Chen; Amanda J. Gevens (American Journal of Potato Research, 2018)

Glucohexaose-induced protein phosphatase 2C regulates cell redox status of cucumber seedling - Q M Chen; Y Yu; C M Lin; N Cui; J Y Zhao; T F Song; H Y Fan (Journal of Biosciences, 2018)

Diagnostic challenges in pyogenic spinal infection: an expanded role for FDG-PET/CT - Gannon J. Yu; Ingrid L. Koslowsky; Silvia A. Riccio; Angel K. M. Chu; Harvey R. Rabin; Reinhard Kloiber (European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2018)

The occurrence of rust disease, and biochemical and physiological responses on Apocynum venetum plants grown at four soil water contents, following inoculation with Melampsora apocyni - Peng Gao; Ting-Yu Duan; Michael J. Christensen; Zhi-Biao Nan; Qi-Tang Liu; Fan-Jie Meng; Jing-Feng Huang (European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2018)

The Asian–Bering–North American teleconnection: seasonality, maintenance, and climate impact on North America - Bin Yu; H. Lin; Z. W. Wu; W. J. Merryfield (Climate Dynamics, 2018)

Steady Flow from an Array of Subsurface Emitters: Kornev’s Irrigation Technology and Kidder’s Free Boundary Problems Revisited - A. R. Kacimov; Yu. V. Obnosov; J. Šimůnek (Transport in Porous Media, 2018)

Glycosaminoglycans from bovine eye vitreous humour and interaction with collagen type II - Yanfei Peng; Yanlei Yu; Lei Lin; Xinyue Liu; Xing Zhang; Peipei Wang; Pauline Hoffman; So Young Kim; Fuming Zhang; Robert J. Linhardt (Glycoconjugate Journal, 2018)

Glycosaminoglycans from fish swim bladder: isolation, structural characterization and bioactive potential - Yongxi Pan; Peipei Wang; Fuming Zhang; Yanlei Yu; Xing Zhang; Lei Lin; Robert J. Linhardt (Glycoconjugate Journal, 2018)

Physiological and biochemical responses of Camellia sinensis to stress associated with Empoasca vitis feeding - Jian-yu Li; Meng-zhu Shi; Jian-wei Fu; Yue-chao He; David J. Perović; Ting Wang (Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 2018)

Starting a Medical Technology Venture as a Young Academic Innovator or Student Entrepreneur - Amir Manbachi; Katlin Kreamer-Tonin; Philipp Walch; Nao J. Gamo; Parastoo Khoshakhlagh; Yu Shrike Zhang; Charles Montague; Soumyadipta Acharya; Elizabeth A. Logsdon; Robert H. Allen; Nicholas J. Durr; Mark G. Luciano; et al. (Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2018)

How disturbance, competition, and dispersal interact to prevent tree range boundaries from keeping pace with climate change - Yu Liang; Matthew J. Duveneck; Eric J. Gustafson; Josep M. Serra‐Diaz; Jonathan R. Thompson (Global Change Biology, 2018)
Climate change is expected to cause geographic shifts in tree species' ranges, but such shifts may not keep pace with climate changes because seed dispersal distances are often limited and competition‐induced changes in community composition can be relatively slow. Disturbances may speed changes in community composition, but the interactions among climate change, disturbance and competitive interactions to produce range shifts are poorly understood. We used a physiologically based mechanistic landscape model to study these interactions in the northeastern United States. We designed a series of disturbance scenarios to represent varied disturbance regimes in terms of both disturbance extent and intensity. We simulated forest succession by incorporating climate change under a high‐emissions future, disturbances, seed dispersal, and competition using the landscape model parameterized with forest inventory data. Tree species range boundary shifts in the next century were quantified as the change in the location of the 5th (the trailing edge) and 95th (the leading edge) percentiles of the spatial distribution of simulated species. Simulated tree species range boundary shifts in New England over the next century were far below (usually

The persistent prevalence and evolution of cross-family recombinant coronavirus GCCDC1 among a bat population: a two-year follow-up - Joseph O. Obameso; Hong Li; Hao Jia; Min Han; Shiyan Zhu; Canping Huang; Yuhui Zhao; Min Zhao; Yu Bai; Fei Yuan; Honglan Zhao; Xia Peng; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2017)

RB and Ph resistance genes in potato and tomato minimize risk for oospore production in the presence of mating pairs of Phytophthora infestans - Amilcar Sanchez-Perez; Dennis Halterman; Stephen Jordan; Yu Chen; Amanda J. Gevens (European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2017)

A review of source tracking techniques for fine sediment within a catchment - Zhuo Guan; Xiang-Yu Tang; Jae E. Yang; Yong Sik Ok; Zhihong Xu; Taku Nishimura; Brian J. Reid (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2017)

Erratum to: Using isotope methods to study alpine headwater regions in the Northern Caucasus and Tien Shan - E. Rets; J. Chizhova; N. Loshakova; I. Tokarev; M. Kireeva; N. Budantseva; Yu. K. Vasil’chuk; N. Frolova; V. Popovnin; P. Toropov; E. Terskaya; A. Smirnov; et al. (Frontiers of Earth Science, 2017)

Microsatellite records for volume 9, issue 4 - Zhaosheng Cai; Wenxuan Cao; Jie Chen; Jiayin Dai; Ge Ding; Samantha Gray; Jiasheng Hao; Xiayun Jiang; B. B. Li; Yao Li; Z. B. Li; Gang Liu; et al. (Conservation Genetics Resources, 2017)

Asynchrony among local communities stabilises ecosystem function of metacommunities - Kevin R. Wilcox; Andrew T. Tredennick; Sally E. Koerner; Emily Grman; Lauren M. Hallett; Meghan L. Avolio; Kimberly J. La Pierre; Gregory R. Houseman; Forest Isbell; David Samuel Johnson; Juha M. Alatalo; Andrew H. Baldwin; et al. (Ecology Letters, 2017)
Temporal stability of ecosystem functioning increases the predictability and reliability of ecosystem services, and understanding the drivers of stability across spatial scales is important for land management and policy decisions. We used species‐level abundance data from 62 plant communities across five continents to assess mechanisms of temporal stability across spatial scales. We assessed how asynchrony (i.e. different units responding dissimilarly through time) of species and local communities stabilised metacommunity ecosystem function. Asynchrony of species increased stability of local communities, and asynchrony among local communities enhanced metacommunity stability by a wide range of magnitudes (1–315%); this range was positively correlated with the size of the metacommunity. Additionally, asynchronous responses among local communities were linked with species’ populations fluctuating asynchronously across space, perhaps stemming from physical and/or competitive differences among local communities. Accordingly, we suggest spatial heterogeneity should be a major focus for maintaining the stability of ecosystem services at larger spatial scales.

Bone marrow sinusoidal endothelium: damage and potential regeneration following cancer radiotherapy or chemotherapy - Mohammadhossein Hassanshahi; Alireza Hassanshahi; Samira Khabbazi; Yu-Wen Su; Cory J. Xian (Angiogenesis, 2017)

Comparative and population genomic landscape of Phellinus noxius : A hypervariable fungus causing root rot in trees - Chia‐Lin Chung; Tracy J. Lee; Mitsuteru Akiba; Hsin‐Han Lee; Tzu‐Hao Kuo; Dang Liu; Huei‐Mien Ke; Toshiro Yokoi; Marylette B. Roa; Mei‐Yeh J. Lu; Ya‐Yun Chang; Pao‐Jen Ann; et al. (Molecular Ecology, 2017)
The order Hymenochaetales of white rot fungi contain some of the most aggressive wood decayers causing tree deaths around the world. Despite their ecological importance and the impact of diseases they cause, little is known about the evolution and transmission patterns of these pathogens. Here, we sequenced and undertook comparative genomic analyses of Hymenochaetales genomes using brown root rot fungus Phellinus noxius , wood‐decomposing fungus Phellinus lamaensis, laminated root rot fungus Phellinus sulphurascens and trunk pathogen Porodaedalea pini . Many gene families of lignin‐degrading enzymes were identified from these fungi, reflecting their ability as white rot fungi. Comparing against distant fungi highlighted the expansion of 1,3‐beta‐glucan synthases in P. noxius , which may account for its fast‐growing attribute. We identified 13 linkage groups conserved within Agaricomycetes, suggesting the evolution of stable karyotypes. We determined that P. noxius has a bipolar heterothallic mating system, with unusual highly expanded ~60 kb A locus as a result of accumulating gene transposition. We investigated the population genomics of 60 P. noxius isolates across multiple islands of the Asia Pacific region. Whole‐genome sequencing showed this multinucleate species contains abundant poly‐allelic single nucleotide polymorphisms with atypical allele frequencies. Different patterns of intra‐isolate polymorphism reflect mono‐/heterokaryotic states which are both prevalent in nature. We have shown two genetically separated lineages with one spanning across many islands despite the geographical barriers. Both populations possess extraordinary genetic diversity and show contrasting evolutionary scenarios. These results provide a framework to further investigate the genetic basis underlying the fitness and virulence of white rot fungi.

Tectono-stratigraphic evolution and hydrocarbon exploration in the Eocene Southern Lufeng Depression, Pearl River Mouth Basin, South China Sea - J. W. Ge; X. M. Zhu; X. T. Zhang; B. G. Jones; F. S. Yu; Z. C. Niu; M. Li (Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2017)

A qualitative investigation among men who have sex with men on the acceptability of performing a self- or partner anal exam to screen for anal cancer - Seyram A. Butame; Sylvia Lawler; Joseph T. Hicks; J. Michael Wilkerson; Lu-Yu Hwang; Sarah Baraniuk; Michael W. Ross; Elizabeth Yu Chiao; Alan G. Nyitray (Cancer Causes & Control, 2017)

Construction and functional characterization of truncated versions of recombinant keratanase II from Bacillus circulans - Haisheng Wang; Wenqin He; Peixia Jiang; Yanlei Yu; Lei Lin; Xiaojun Sun; Mattheos Koffas; Fuming Zhang; Robert J. Linhardt (Glycoconjugate Journal, 2017)

An Efficient Algorithm Scheme for Implementing the TEMOM for Resolving Aerosol Dynamics - Mingzhou Yu; Yueyan Liu; Antti J. Koivisto (Aerosol Science and Engineering, 2017)

Record of Permian–Early Triassic continental arc magmatism in the western margin of the Jiamusi Block, NE China: petrogenesis and implications for Paleo-Pacific subduction - Hao Yang; Wenchun Ge; Yu Dong; Junhui Bi; Zhihui Wang; Zheng Ji; H. Yang; W. C. Ge; Y. Dong; J. H. Bi; Z. H. Wang; Z. Ji (International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2017)

Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics Responses to Soil Fertility in the Agricultural Regions of China - D. L. Han; X. P. Zhu; H. T. Jia; P. J. Yu (Agricultural Research, 2017)

Structural and activity variability of fractions with different charge density and chain length from pharmaceutical heparins - Yanlei Yu; Makoto Hirakane; Daisuke Mori; Lei Lin; Fuming Zhang; Hong Zhang; Robert J. Linhardt (Glycoconjugate Journal, 2017)

Impacts of uncertainty in land surface information on simulated surface temperature and precipitation over China - J. J. He; Y. Yu; L. J. Yu; N. Liu; S. P. Zhao (International Journal of Climatology, 2017)
This study mainly focuses on the effects of uncertainty in land surface information on mesoscale numerical simulation. The Weather Research and Forecasting ( WRF ) model was used to simulate meteorological fields over China at a spatial resolution of 10 km during 2006. Near‐surface temperature and precipitation values obtained from WRF were evaluated using site observations. The effects of accurate and updated land surface information, including Shuttle Radar Topography Mission ( SRTM ) data, Moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer ( MODIS ) land use data, vegetation fraction derived from MODIS normalized difference vegetation index ( NDVI ) and Harmonized World Soil Database ( HWSD ) data ( LAST simulation), on WRF 's performance were investigated by comparison with a simulation using the default land surface information ( BASE simulation). WRF reproduced the temporal and spatial variations of near‐surface temperature and precipitation over China accurately, although its performance varied significantly by season and region. WRF underestimated near‐surface temperatures in most areas of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, the Tibetan Plateau, the Northeast Plain, and the southeastern coastal regions, but temperatures were overestimated in most areas of the North China Plain, the Loess Plateau, Sichuan Basin, and western Xinjiang. WRF overestimated (underestimated) precipitation in most humid (arid) areas. A positive (negative) bias in simulated precipitation is found in summer (winter). With updated land surface information, WRF 's performance in terms of both daily average values and extremes improved, and the root mean squared error values for daily mean temperature and daily accumulated precipitation decreased by 7 and 2.3%. These improvements are significant for temperature, but not significant for precipitation. The uncertainty in land surface information has a greater influence on temperature than on precipitation. These findings are very important for weather forecasting and studies involving climatological analyses covering East Asia.

Abundant carbon substrates drive extremely high sulfate reduction rates and methane fluxes in Prairie Pothole Wetlands - Paula Dalcin Martins; David W. Hoyt; Sheel Bansal; Christopher T. Mills; Malak Tfaily; Brian A. Tangen; Raymond G. Finocchiaro; Michael D. Johnston; Brandon C. McAdams; Matthew J. Solensky; Garrett J. Smith; Yu‐Ping Chin; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2017)
Inland waters are increasingly recognized as critical sites of methane emissions to the atmosphere, but the biogeochemical reactions driving such fluxes are less well understood. The Prairie Pothole Region ( PPR ) of North America is one of the largest wetland complexes in the world, containing millions of small, shallow wetlands. The sediment pore waters of PPR wetlands contain some of the highest concentrations of dissolved organic carbon ( DOC ) and sulfur species ever recorded in terrestrial aquatic environments. Using a suite of geochemical and microbiological analyses, we measured the impact of sedimentary carbon and sulfur transformations in these wetlands on methane fluxes to the atmosphere. This research represents the first study of coupled geochemistry and microbiology within the PPR and demonstrates how the conversion of abundant labile DOC pools into methane results in some of the highest fluxes of this greenhouse gas to the atmosphere ever reported. Abundant DOC and sulfate additionally supported some of the highest sulfate reduction rates ever measured in terrestrial aquatic environments, which we infer to account for a large fraction of carbon mineralization in this system. Methane accumulations in zones of active sulfate reduction may be due to either the transport of free methane gas from deeper locations or the co‐occurrence of methanogenesis and sulfate reduction. If both respiratory processes are concurrent, any competitive inhibition of methanogenesis by sulfate‐reducing bacteria may be lessened by the presence of large labile DOC pools that yield noncompetitive substrates such as methanol. Our results reveal some of the underlying mechanisms that make PPR wetlands biogeochemical hotspots, which ultimately leads to their critical, but poorly recognized role in regional greenhouse gas emissions.

Study on the application of an activator for steel slag powder–cement in muddy soil - Y. K. Wu; X. S. Hu; R. Hu; T. Han; J. L. Yu (European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, 2017)

The Combined Efficacy of Superchilling and High CO 2 Modified Atmosphere Packaging on Shelf Life and Quality of Swimming Crab ( Portunus trituberculatus ) - B. Sun; Y. Zhao; J. Yu; J. Ling; H. Shang; Z. Liu (Journal of Aquatic Food Product Technology, 2017)

The Phenomenon of Remote Preconditioning of the Heart and Its Main Manifestations - L. N. Maslov; Yu. K. Podoksenov; S. Yu. Tsibul’nikov; A. S. Gorbunov; A. V. Tsepokina; M. V. Khutornaya; A. G. Kutikhin; Y. Zhang; J.-M. Pei (Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology, 2017)

Discovery and characterization of two new stem rust resistance genes in Aegilops sharonensis - Guotai Yu; Nicolas Champouret; Burkhard Steuernagel; Pablo D. Olivera; Jamie Simmons; Cole Williams; Ryan Johnson; Matthew J. Moscou; Inmaculada Hernández-Pinzón; Phon Green; Hanan Sela; Eitan Millet; et al. (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2017)

Combined iron and magnesium isotope geochemistry of pyroxenite xenoliths from Hannuoba, North China Craton: implications for mantle metasomatism - Xin Miao Zhao; Hui Hui Cao; Xue Mi; Noreen J. Evans; Yu Han Qi; Fang Huang; Hong Fu Zhang (Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 2017)

Determining the fluxes of ions (Pb2+, Cu2+ and Cd2+) at the root surface of wetland plants using the scanning ion-selective electrode technique - Lian-Zhen Li; Shun-Yang Yu; Willie J. G. M. Peijnenburg; Yong-Ming Luo (Plant and Soil, 2017)

Genetic Variants of Microtubule Actin Cross-linking Factor 1 (MACF1) Confer Risk for Parkinson’s Disease - Xin Wang; Nuomin Li; Nian Xiong; Qi You; Jie Li; Jinlong Yu; Hong Qing; Tao Wang; Heather J. Cordell; Ole Isacson; Jeffery M. Vance; Eden R. Martin; et al. (Molecular Neurobiology, 2017)

Establishment and characterization of a cell line from the head kidney of golden pompano Trachinotus ovatus and its application in toxicology and virus susceptibility - P. Li; L. Zhou; S. Wei; M. Yang; S. Ni; Y. Yu; J. Cai; Q. Qin (Journal of Fish Biology, 2017)
A cell line derived from the head kidney of golden pompano Trachinotus ovatus ( TOHK ) was established and characterized in this study. The TOHK cells grew most rapidly at 28° C and the optimum foetal bovine serum concentration in L‐15 medium was 10%. The TOHK cells have a diploid chromosome number of 2 N = 54. The transfection efficiency of TOHK cells was 7·5% at the 15th passage and 72% at the 40th passage. The transfection efficiency in TOHK cells was high, so these cells are suitable for foreign gene expression. The cytotoxic effects of heavy metals and extracellular products from Vibrio anguillarum and Vibrio alginolyticus were demonstrated in TOHK cells, so this TOHK cell line could also be applied in environmental monitoring of heavy metals and pathogenic bacteria. TOHK cell line showed high virus susceptibility, such as grouper nervous necrosis virus (GNNV) and Singapore grouper iridovirus (SGIV). Then, TOHK cell line could be used for the study of viral pathogenesis and the development of antiviral strategies.

Development of regional pollution export coefficients based on artificial rainfall experiments and its application in North China - R. Liu; W. Yu; J. Shi; J. Wang; F. Xu; Z. Shen (International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2017)

Atrazine contamination in agricultural soils from the Yangtze River Delta of China and associated health risks - J. T. Sun; L. L. Pan; Yu Zhan; Daniel C. W. Tsang; L. Z. Zhu; X. D. Li (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2017)

A GCM investigation of impact of aerosols on the precipitation in Amazon during the dry to wet transition - Yu Gu; K. N. Liou; J. H. Jiang; R. Fu; Sarah Lu; Y. Xue (Climate Dynamics, 2017)

Soil priming effects following substrates addition to biochar-treated soils after 431 days of pre-incubation - Yu Luo; Qimei Lin; M. Durenkamp; A. J. Dungait; P. C. Brookes (Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2017)

Erratum to: Cementogenic genes in human periodontal ligament stem cells are downregulated in response to osteogenic stimulation while upregulated by vitamin C treatment - Philippe Gauthier; Zongdong Yu; Quynh T. Tran; Fazal-Ur-Rehman Bhatti; Xiaofei Zhu; George T.-J. Huang (Cell and Tissue Research, 2017)

Cementogenic genes in human periodontal ligament stem cells are downregulated in response to osteogenic stimulation while upregulated by vitamin C treatment - Philippe Gauthier; Zongdong Yu; Quynh T. Tran; Fazal-Ur-Rehman Bhatti; Xiaofei Zhu; George T.-J. Huang (Cell and Tissue Research, 2017)

Activation of Brain L-glutamate Decarboxylase 65 Isoform (GAD65) by Phosphorylation at Threonine 95 (T95) - Chi-Chi Chou; Jigar Pravinchandra Modi; Chen-Yu Wang; Pei-Chien Hsu; Yi-Hsuan Lee; Kai-Fa Huang; Andrew H. J. Wang; Changlong Nan; Xupei Huang; Howard Prentice; Jianning Wei; Jang-Yen Wu (Molecular Neurobiology, 2017)

Assessment of ecological instream flow requirements under climate change Pseudorasbora parva - Q. Liu; H. Yu; L. Liang; F. Ping; X. Xia; X. Mou; J. Liang (International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2017)

Characterization of carbon monoxide, methane and nonmethane hydrocarbons in emerging cities of Saudi Arabia and Pakistan and in Singapore - Barbara Barletta; Isobel J. Simpson; Nicola J. Blake; Simone Meinardi; Louisa K. Emmons; Omar S. Aburizaiza; Azhar Siddique; Jahan Zeb; Liya E. Yu; Haider A. Khwaja; Muhammad A. Farrukh; Donald R. Blake (Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 2017)

Multistage amphiboles from the Galinge iron skarn deposit in Qiman Tagh, western China: evidence of igneous rocks replacement - M. Yu; C. -Y. Feng; Y. -F. Zhu; J. -W. Mao; Y. -M. Zhao; D. -X. Li (Mineralogy and Petrology, 2017)

Molecular characterization of HOXC8 gene and methylation status analysis of its exon 1 associated with the length of cashmere fiber in Liaoning cashmere goat - Wen L. Bai; Jiao J. Wang; Rong H. Yin; Yun L. Dang; Ze Y. Wang; Yu B. Zhu; Yu Y. Cong; Liang Deng; Dan Guo; Shi Q. Wang; Shu H. Yang; Hui L. Xue (Genetica, 2017)

Glycosaminoglycans from chicken muscular stomach or gizzard - Yin Chen; Megan Reddy; Yanlei Yu; Fuming Zhang; Robert J. Linhardt (Glycoconjugate Journal, 2017)

Recent research in flaxseed (oil seed) on molecular structure and metabolic characteristics of protein, heat processing-induced effect and nutrition with advanced synchrotron-based molecular techniques - Kevin J. Doiron; Peiqiang Yu (Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2017)

Climatic Changes in the East-European Forest-Steppe and Effects on Scots Pine Productivity - S. M. Matveev; Yu. G. Chendev; A. R. Lupo; J. A. Hubbart; D. A. Timashchuk (Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2017)

Effects of Deltorphin II and Its Retroenantio Analog on Cardiac Tolerance to Ischemia and Reperfusion - A. V. Mukhomedzyanov; L. N. Maslov; M. V. Ovchinnikov; M. V. Sidorova; J. M. Pei; S. Yu. Tsibul’nikov; A. V. Tsepokina; M. V. Khutornaya; A. G. Kutikhin (Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine, 2017)

Shifts of archaeal community structure in soil along an elevation gradient in a reservoir water level fluctuation zone - Fei Ye; Shengjun Wu; Yi Jiang; Huub J. M. Op den Camp; Zhe Li; Guibing Zhu; Jun Zheng; Yu Wang (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2016)

Age-dependent PPARα activation induces hepatic sulfatide accumulation in transgenic mice carrying the hepatitis C virus core gene - Yangyang Tian; Yang Yang; Xiaowei Zhang; Takero Nakajima; Naoki Tanaka; Eiko Sugiyama; Yuji Kamijo; Yu Lu; Kyoji Moriya; Kazuhiko Koike; Frank J. Gonzalez; Toshifumi Aoyama (Glycoconjugate Journal, 2016)

Genetic diversity and population structure of Hyporhamphus sajori ( B eloniformes: H emiramphidae) inferred from mtDNA control region and msDNA markers - H. J. Yu; Y. Kai; J.‐K. Kim (Journal of Fish Biology, 2016)
This paper presents preliminary data on the genetic diversity and population structure of Hyporhamphus sajori by analysing a 510 bp sequence in the mitochondrial DNA ( mtDNA ) control region and eight polymorphic microsatellite DNA loci. The H. sajori individuals from different locations were indistinguishable from one another based on mtDNA variation, as demonstrated with a neighbour‐joining tree and minimum spanning network analysis. Low level of genetic diversity and the absence of population structure in H. sajori from the north‐west Pacific Ocean, combined with negative indices for neutral evolution in these populations, suggest that H. sajori underwent a population expansion after a recent bottleneck. The Structure analysis, discriminant analysis of principal components ( DAPC ) and the pair‐wise Φ ST values after Bonferroni correction using eight microsatellite loci provided no clear inference on the genetic differentiation and thus no evidence of population structure of H. sajori . The genetic connectivity among locations might be due to fairly high gene flow via transport of eggs and larvae by the Kuroshio and Tsushima warm current. This study revealed low levels of genetic diversity and suggested high level of contemporary gene flow among populations of H. sajori in the East (Japan) Sea and the Pacific Ocean.

Physiologically Based Absorption Modeling to Explore the Impact of Food and Gastric pH Changes on the Pharmacokinetics of Alectinib - Neil J Parrott; Li J Yu; Ryusuke Takano; Mikiko Nakamura; Peter N. Morcos (The AAPS Journal, 2016)

Nitrogen deposition promotes phosphorus uptake of plants in a semi-arid temperate grassland - Min Long; Hong-Hui Wu; Melinda D. Smith; Kimberly J. La Pierre; Xiao-Tao Lü; Hai-Yang Zhang; Xing-Guo Han; Qiang Yu (Plant and Soil, 2016)

Computed tomography findings associated with bacteremia in adult patients with a urinary tract infection - T. Y. Yu; H. R. Kim; K. E. Hwang; J.-M. Lee; J. H. Cho; J. H. Lee (European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2016)

Endomorphins and β-Endorphin Do Not Affect Heart Tolerance to the Pathogenic Effect of Reperfusion - A. V. Mukhomedzyanov; L. N. Maslov; S. Yu. Tsibulnikov; J. M. Pei (Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine, 2016)

Response of chironomid assemblages to East Asian summer monsoon precipitation variability in northern China since the last deglaciation - Haipeng Wang; Stephen J. Brooks; Jianhui Chen; Yu Hu; Zongli Wang; Jianbao Liu; Qinghai Xu; Fahu Chen (Journal of Quaternary Science, 2016)
We investigate chironomid assemblages in a sediment core from Gonghai Lake, which is located on the East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) boundary in northern China, to quantify EASM variability during the past 13.5 ka BP. Six significantly different chironomid assemblage zones indicate that maximum precipitation and water depth occurred in the mid‐Holocene (8270–2700 cal a BP) and the minimum period was the past 1250 years. A modern dataset of 44 lakes near Gonghai Lake was sampled to calibrate the response of chironomid assemblages to precipitation. Our results demonstrate that mean annual precipitation is the most significant environmental variable influencing modern chironomid assemblages in this monsoonal region. Maximum EASM precipitation in the mid‐Holocene, indicated by chironomid assemblages in the monsoon fringe, contrasts with the early Holocene EASM maximum suggested by stalagmite δ 18 O data from southern China, but is consistent with other evidence. Our findings are compatible with the proposal that the stalagmite δ 18 O variations in southern China may not reliably reflect the evolution of EASM since the last deglaciation.

A graph-based approach for assessing storm-induced coastal changes - Qiusheng Wu; Haibin Su; Douglas J. Sherman; Hongxing Liu; Jennifer M. Wozencraft; Bailang Yu; Zuoqi Chen (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2016)

Underappreciated problems of low replication in ecological field studies - Nathan P. Lemoine; Ava Hoffman; Andrew J. Felton; Lauren Baur; Francis Chaves; Jesse Gray; Qiang Yu; Melinda D. Smith (Ecology, 2016)
The cost and difficulty of manipulative field studies makes low statistical power a pervasive issue throughout most ecological subdisciplines. Ecologists are already aware that small sample sizes increase the probability of committing Type II errors. In this article, we address a relatively unknown problem with low power: underpowered studies must overestimate small effect sizes in order to achieve statistical significance. First, we describe how low replication coupled with weak effect sizes leads to Type M errors, or exaggerated effect sizes. We then conduct a meta‐analysis to determine the average statistical power and Type M error rate for manipulative field experiments that address important questions related to global change; global warming, biodiversity loss, and drought. Finally, we provide recommendations for avoiding Type M errors and constraining estimates of effect size from underpowered studies.

Electrosprayed Janus Particles for Combined Photo-Chemotherapy - Brenda Sanchez-Vazquez; Adérito J. R. Amaral; Deng-Guang Yu; George Pasparakis; Gareth R. Williams (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2016)

Principal component analysis on sewage sludge characteristics and its implication to dewatering performance with Fe2+/persulfate-skeleton builder conditioning - Y. Shi; J. Yang; S. Liang; W. Yu; J. Xiao; J. Song; X. Xu; Y. Li; C. Yang; X. Wu; J. Hu; B. Liu; et al. (International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2016)

Resistance to Pythium irregulare root and hypocotyl disease in diverse common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) varieties from 37 countries and relationships to waterlogging tolerance and other plant and seed traits - Yu Pin Li; Ming Pei You; Sally Norton; Martin J. Barbetti (European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2016)

Effects of selenite on chlorophyll fluorescence, starch content and fatty acid in the duckweed Landoltia punctata - Yu Zhong; Yang Li; Jay J. Cheng (Journal of Plant Research, 2016)

Heterologous expression of the Hsp24 from Trichoderma asperellum improves antifungal ability of Populus transformant Pdpap-Hsp24 s to Cytospora chrysosperma and Alternaria alternate - S. D. Ji; Z. Y. Wang; H. J. Fan; R. S. Zhang; Z. Y. Yu; J. J. Wang; Z. H. Liu (Journal of Plant Research, 2016)