Blood lead (Pb) is associated with lung fibrotic changes in non-smokers living in the vicinity of petrochemical complex: a population-based study - Wei-Hoong Yau; Szu-Chia Chen; Da-Wei Wu; Huang-Chi Chen; Hung-Hsun Lin; Chih-Wen Wang; Chih-Hsing Hung; Chao-Hung Kuo (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023)

Response mechanisms of Chlorella sorokiniana to microplastics and PFOA stress: Photosynthesis, oxidative stress, extracellular polymeric substances and antioxidant system - Zhilin Zhao; Xiaoying Zheng; Zongshuo Han; Shanshan Yang; Huijie Zhang; Tao Lin; Chao Zhou (Chemosphere, 2023)

Chemical decontamination of foods using non-thermal plasma-activated water - Samuel Herianto; Rachelle D. Arcega; Chih-Yao Hou; How-Ran Chao; Ching-Chang Lee; Chia-Min Lin; Trias Mahmudiono; Hsiu-Ling Chen (Science of The Total Environment, 2023)

Identification and quantification of IEPOX in ambient aerosols, using electron and chemical ionization sources GC/MS as their trimethylsilyl ethers, and using H-NMR - Li Li; Biao Chao; Wu Wang; Yina Luo; Lilin Wang; Lili Lin; Gang Yang; Jun Wu (Science of The Total Environment, 2023)

Quantum neuronal sensing of quantum many-body states on a 61-qubit programmable superconducting processor - Ming Gong; He-Liang Huang; Shiyu Wang; Chu Guo; Shaowei Li; Yulin Wu; Qingling Zhu; Youwei Zhao; Shaojun Guo; Haoran Qian; Yangsen Ye; Chen Zha; et al. (Science Bulletin, 2023)

Isoquinoline alkaloids from Corydalis edulis Maxim. Exhibiting insulinotropic action - Zhi-Tian Peng; Hui-Xia Huo; Ling-Hui Chao; Yue-Lin Song; Di-Fa Liu; Zhang-Wei Wang; Yuan Zhang; Yun-Fang Zhao; Peng-Fei Tu; Jiao Zheng; Jun Li (Phytochemistry, 2023)

5-epi-ent-Kaurane diterpenoids from the aerial parts of Isodon eriocalyx and their anti-atherosclerotic potential - Long Mu; Tian Li; Peng-Lin Wu; Ling-Qiao Cai; Shu-Ying Li; Zi-Yuan Wang; Yuan-Yuan Liu; Jie Wang; Dong Yan; Zheng-Yun Rao; Chao-Jun Wang; Jian Zhang; et al. (Phytochemistry, 2023)

Deep genome-wide divergences among species in White Cloud Mountain minnow Tanichthys albonubes (Cypriniformes: Tanichthyidae) complex: Conservation and species management implications - Chao Li; Han Xiao; Xiuxia Zhang; Hungdu Lin; Kathryn R. Elmer; Jun Zhao (Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2023)

Modeling electrochemical chloride extraction process in cement-based materials considering coupled multi-ion transports and thermodynamic equilibriums - Chao Jiang; Chen Song; Xiang-Lin Gu; Qiang Zhang; Wei-Ping Zhang (Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023)

Recent advances in substrate-enzyme interactions facilitating efficient biodegradation of lignocellulosic biomass: A review - Yunzi Hu; Anshu Priya; Chao Chen; Cuiyi Liang; Wen Wang; Qiong Wang; Carol Sze Ki Lin; Wei Qi (International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 2023)

Ultrafast microfluidic preparation of highly dispersed Ru/TiO2 catalyst for the hydrodeoxygenation of lignin-derived phenolic compounds - Zhuojie Zhong; Bowen Luo; Chengyin Lin; Tao Yin; Zhipeng Tian; Chao Wang; Ying Chen; Yanxue Wu; Riyang Shu (Fuel, 2023)

Application of polysaccharide-rich solution derived from waste macroalgae Enteromorpha prolifera in cherry tomato preservation and utilizing post-extraction residue for crude bio-oil production - Yijing Wu; Xin Xu; Xuanjing Jiang; Shuji Liu; Jingying Lin; Xiaoyu Lin; Yange Zhang; Chuanyang Shi; Chao Zhao; Jie Yang (Food Chemistry, 2023)

Ultrafast high-temperature sintering of polymer-derived ceramic nanocomposites for high-temperature thin-film sensors - Chao Wu; Yanzhang Fu; Yingjun Zeng; Guochun Chen; Xiaochuan Pan; Fan Lin; Lida Xu; Qinnan Chen; Daoheng Sun; Zhenyin Hai (Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023)

Engineering triple internal electric fields in Ag NWs@BaTiO3 composites for ultrasonic-visible-light driven antibacterial activity - Guoqiang Shu; Yaqi Lin; Rui Zhong; Xiaofan Su; Shanhong Guo; Chao Wang; Changan Zhou; Lei Song; Li Xie; Kui Ma; Hairong Yue (Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023)

Plant and fungal species interactions differ between aboveground and belowground habitats in mountain forests of eastern China - Teng Yang; Leho Tedersoo; Pamela S. Soltis; Douglas E. Soltis; Miao Sun; Yuying Ma; Yingying Ni; Xu Liu; Xiao Fu; Yu Shi; Han-Yang Lin; Yun-Peng Zhao; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2023)

Characteristics and driving factors of abandoned cultivated land in the hilly regions of southern China: A case study in Longnan, Jiangxi Province - Ze-bin Chen; Yong-lin Chen; Chao-jun Li; Jian-ping Lin; Pei-ru Chen; Wei-wei Sun; Zhi-wei Wan (Journal of Mountain Science, 2023)

Morphological and physicochemical characteristics, biological functions, and biomedical applications of diatom frustule - Chenfei Yang; Chao Feng; Yuhang Li; Zheng Cao; Yan Sun; Xiaohui Li; Lin Zhang; Chengxu Zhou; Jichang Han (Algal Research, 2023)

A concise synthesis of marine natural product (−)-15-oxopuupehenol from (+)-sclarelide - Yun-Fei Cheng; Hui-Jing Li; Yin-Lin Zhang; Yan-Chao Wu (Natural Product Research, 2023)

A novel autotrophic denitrification and nitrification integrated constructed wetland process for marine aquaculture wastewater treatment - Lin Zhao; Guiping Fu; Weicheng Pang; Xiaxin Li; Chao Pan; Zhangli Hu (Chemosphere, 2023)

Designing bike-friendly cities: Interactive effects of built environment factors on bike-sharing - Lan Wang; Kaichen Zhou; Surong Zhang; Anne Vernez Moudon; Jinfeng Wang; Yong-Guan Zhu; Wenyao Sun; Jianfeng Lin; Chao Tian; Miao Liu (Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 2023)

Preparation of photocatalysts decorated by carbon quantum dots (CQDs) and their applications: A review - Feixia Zhao; Xueying Li; Mingxing Zuo; Yunshan Liang; Pufeng Qin; Hui Wang; Zhibin Wu; Lin Luo; Chao Liu; Lijian Leng (Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2023)

First detection of tet(X4)-positive Enterobacterales in retail vegetables and clonal spread of Escherichia coli ST195 producing Tet(X4) in animals, foods, and humans across China and Thailand - Chao Yue; Xun Gao; Litao Lu; Yi-Yun Liu; Lu-Chao Lv; Xiaotong He; Guolong Gao; Yanxiang Jiao; Huiying Yue; Wannan Lin; Jian-Hua Liu (International Journal of Food Microbiology, 2023)

The contribution of subliminal perceptions, dietary habits, and psychological traits to the perception of oral tingling and burning sensations - Lu-lu Zhang; Chao Ma; Hou-yin Wang; Ying-ming Zheng; Qing-bin Zhang; Kui Zhong; Bo-lin Shi; Lei Zhao (Food Research International, 2023)

Peanut protein-polysaccharide hydrogels based on semi-interpenetrating networks used for 3D/4D printing - Qianzhu Lin; Yao Hu; Chao Qiu; Xiaojing Li; Shangyuan Sang; David Julian McClements; Long Chen; Jie Long; Xueming Xu; Jinpeng Wang; Zhengyu Jin (Food Hydrocolloids, 2023)

The eisosomes contribute to acid tolerance of yeast by maintaining cell membrane integrity - Chao Li; Jun Lu; Xue-Jiao Yan; Chang-Wen Li; Liang-Cai Lin; Dong-Guang Xiao; Cui-Ying Zhang (Food Microbiology, 2023)

The positive effects of postbiotic (SWF concentration®) supplemented diet on skin mucus, liver, gut health, the structure and function of gut microbiota of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) fed with high-fat diet - Zhe Yu; Qiang Hao; Shu-Bin Liu; Qing-Shuang Zhang; Xing-Yu Chen; Sheng-Hui Li; Chao Ran; Ya-Lin Yang; Tsegay Teame; Zhen Zhang; Zhi-Gang Zhou (Fish & Shellfish Immunology, 2023)

Recycling cinder in efficient methane production from wheat straw via solid-state anaerobic digestion (SS-AD) - Hongyi Lyu; Jing Chen; Mengyi Wang; Huaiwen Zhang; Heng Wu; Tairan Liu; Xuanmin Yang; Xiaohui Guo; Xiaojiao Wang; Ping Ai; Zhenyu Li; Minsong Lin; et al. (Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023)

Colletotrichum species causing anthracnose disease on avocado fruit in Taiwan - Chao-Jung Wu; Miao-Chun Lin; Hui-Fang Ni (European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2023)

Changes in the Microbiota and their Roles in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus - Qiao-ling He; Hui-chao Wang; Yu-ke Ma; Rui-lin Yang; Zhi-feng Dai; Jing-nan Yang; Yao Xu; Dan-dan Wei; Li-ping Zhu; Xu-hong Lin (Current Microbiology, 2023)

Paper-based analytical device coupled with Bi-MOF: Electric field amplification and fluorescence sensing of glyphosate - Chao-Qun Wan; Yue-Hong Pang; Qiu-Yu Yang; Cheng-Lin Yang; Xiao-Fang Shen (Analytica Chimica Acta, 2023)

Quercetin Mediated TET1 Expression Through MicroRNA-17 Induced Cell Apoptosis in Melanoma Cells - Yongjian Gao; Chengshun Li; Tianyi Xue; Chao Lin; Ruizhi Hou; Qianyun Xia; Dayong Ding; Jiaqi Li; Dongxu Wang; Ye Feng (Biochemical Genetics, 2023)

Juvenile and Trash Fish Excluder Device (JTED) for Taiwanese Bottom Trawl - Chao-Ching Chen; Hsin-Zong Lin; Kuo-Wei Lan (Fishes, 2023)
Juvenile and trash fish excluder devices (JTEDs) are used to mitigate the ecological impact of trawling. Trawling has a large ecological footprint in Taiwan. Thus, this study designed three JTEDs, which differed only in grid interval, for single boat bottom otter trawls that are commonly used in Taiwan. The designed JTEDs were tested in the waters off of Kaohsiung on a Kaohsiung-based bottom trawler, and the results were as follows. (1) At least 300 species were caught, and 189 of these species had little commercial value; their weight accounted for 52.5% of the total catch. (2) The three JTEDs had good exclusion performance. (3) The ratios of the weight of bycatch excluded to the weight of total catch were 7.9%, 29.1%, and 36.2%, for grid intervals of 10, 15, and 20 mm, respectively. (4) JTEDs with grid intervals of 10, 15, and 20 mm were associated with a 0.4%, 11.5%, and 19.0% loss in revenue, respectively. (5) Mature (and thus commercially valuable) Loliginidae tended to be excluded when the grid interval was 20 or (especially) 15 mm. In general, the designed JTEDs should be used at a grid size of 15 mm because this strikes the best balance between profitability and sustainability.

Investigating the evolution of landscape patterns in historical subdeltas and coastal wetlands in the Yellow River Delta over the last 30 years: A geo-informatics approach - Chao Zhan; Qing Wang; Shanshan Cheng; Lin Zeng; Jiankui Yu; Cheng Dong; Xiang Yu (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023)
Historically, the river course and coastline of the Yellow River Delta changed frequently, and many studies focused on these change trends and their driving forces. Few studies have explored the influence of historical river channels and historical coastlines on the response of modern landscape patterns. This study examines the impact of channel migration and coastline evolution on the modern landscape pattern of historical subdeltas and coastal wetlands, utilizing a combination of Geo-informatics and Remote Sensing images in 1989, 1998, 2009, and 2016. The results showed that: (1) Subdeltaic landscapes changed from 1998 to 2016, with slight changes in most landscape types in the Ancient Qing Shui Course Subdelta (AQSD), an increase in building sites by 17% in the Zhimai Course Subdelta (ZMSD), a decrease in the proportion of Phragmites/cogongrass communities by 15.8% in the Diao Kou Course Subdelta (DKSD), and domination by natural landscapes in the Modern Qing Shui Course Subdelta (MQSD). (2) Coastal wetlands also experienced changes, with an increase in cultivated land to 60% in the coastal wetlands of CWI, a decline in natural landscapes, and an increase in artificial landscapes in the coastal wetlands of CWII and CWIII, and domination by natural landscapes but an increase in salt fields and culture ponds by 3.45% in the coastal wetlands of CWIV. (3) Channel migration and coastline evolution influenced the direction of landscape succession, causing the landscape-type centroids in the entire delta to move eastward or northward. (4) Throughout the delta, the human tendency to live by rivers was observed. This was due to the availability of freshwater from these rivers, which led to the expansion of inhabited areas and man-made water bodies along the river banks. Channel migration and coastline evolution aggravated the salinization of coastal wetlands and promoted the salt industry and aquaculture in some estuaries of the Yellow River. In general, human activities play a dominant role in shaping the landscape pattern in the Yellow River Delta, but they were largely restricted to historical channel migration and historical coastline evolution.

Heterogeneous effects of information provision on fertilizer use in China’s rice production - Chao Zhang; Yang Lin; Ruifa Hu; Guanming Shi; Jingshu Xin; Kevin Chen; Yuanduo Meng (Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2023)

Deciphering basic and key traits of antibiotic resistome in influent and effluent of hospital wastewater treatment systems - Lin Zhu; Ling Yuan; Xin-Yi Shuai; Ze-Jun Lin; Yu-Jie Sun; Zhen-Chao Zhou; Ling-Xuan Meng; Feng Ju; Hong Chen (Water Research, 2023)

Corrigendum to “Induction of core symptoms of autism spectrum disorders by in vivo CRISPR/Cas9-based gene editing in the brain of adolescent rhesus monkeys” [Sci. Bull. 66(9) (2021) 937–946] - Shi-Hao Wu; Xiao Li; Dong-Dong Qin; Lin-Heng Zhang; Tian-Lin Cheng; Zhi-Fang Chen; Bin-Bin Nie; Xiao-Feng Ren; Jing Wu; Wen-Chao Wang; Ying-Zhou Hu; Yi-lin Gu; et al. (Science Bulletin, 2023)

Analyzing the impacts of natural resource utilization and green economic growth in China: Evidence from a econometric analysis - Chao Lin; Peipei Cai (Resources Policy, 2023)

Geochemical record of methane seepage in carbon cycling and possible correlation with climate events in the Qiongdongnan basin, South China Sea - Xiaopeng Dan; Shuang Liu; Xiuli Feng; Lin Lin; Rong Tang; Chao Yang; Jinya Xu; Zihan Wu (Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2023)

How recreational farm operators use dynamic capabilities to respond to COVID-19 pandemic - Chih Yu Hsiao; Chao Lin Tuan (Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 2023)

Changes in characteristic volatile aroma substances during fermentation and deodorization of Gracilaria lemaneiformis by lactic acid bacteria and yeast - Zhangcheng Liang; Chao Yang; Zhigang He; Xiaozi Lin; Bingyan Chen; Weixin Li (Food Chemistry, 2023)

Effect of antifreeze protein on the quality and microstructure of frozen chicken breasts - Junlin Chen; Yaqi Fan; Xingguo Zhang; Zimeng Yuan; Hairu Zhang; Xinglian Xu; Jun Qi; Guoyuan Xiong; Lin Mei; Yuan Zhu; Linwei Yang; Chao Li (Food Chemistry, 2023)

Regional urbanicity levels modify the association between ambient air pollution and prevalence of obesity: A nationwide cross-sectional survey - Chao Yang; Wanzhou Wang; Ze Liang; Yueyao Wang; Rui Chen; Chenyu Liang; Fulin Wang; Pengfei Li; Lin Ma; Feili Wei; Shuangcheng Li; Luxia Zhang (Environmental Pollution, 2023)

Gold − Titanium dioxide heterojunction for enhanced sonodynamic mediated biofilm eradication and peri-implant infection treatment - Fang Li; Qiyuan Pan; Yun Ling; Jingying Guo; Yaru Huo; Chao Xu; Manwen Xiong; Meng Yuan; Ziyong Cheng; Min Liu; Jun Lin (Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023)

Influence of plants on anammox process in constructed Wetland: Irrelevance, inhibition or enhancement - Jie Li; Lin Liu; Yu-Ming Zheng; Lin Ma; Quan-Bao Zhao; Xuan Wang; Chao-Xiang Liu (Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023)

Nanosphere-structured hierarchically porous PVDF-HFP fabric for passive daytime radiative cooling via one-step water vapor-induced phase separation - Ningbo Cheng; Dongyang Miao; Chao Wang; Yanyan Lin; Aijaz Ahmed Babar; Xianfeng Wang; Zhaohui Wang; Jianyong Yu; Bin Ding (Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023)

Deep Sc-RNA sequencing decoding the molecular dynamic architecture of the human retina - Lulin Huang; Runze Li; Lin Ye; Shanshan Zhang; Huaping Tian; Mingyan Du; Chao Qu; Shujin Li; Jie Li; Mu Yang; Biao Wu; Ran Chen; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2023)

TCR repertoire landscape reveals macrophage-mediated clone deletion in endotoxin tolerance - Juanjuan Zhao; Li Jia; YiJing Tao; Xu Zhao; Jing Yang; Yanxin Lu; Yaping Yan; Ling Mao; Lin Hu; Jia Lu; MengMeng Guo; Chao Chen; et al. (Inflammation Research, 2023)
Background Endotoxin tolerance (ET) is a protective mechanism in the process of sepsis, septic shock, and their sequelae including uncontrolled inflammation. Accumulating evidence has shown that peripheral T cells contribute to the induction of ET. However, what and how T-cell development contributes to ET inductions remain unclear. Methods Mice were intraperitoneally injected with LPS at a concentration of 5 mg/kg to establish an LPS tolerance model and were divided into two groups: a group examined 72 h after LPS injection (72-h group) and a group examined 8 days after LPS injection (8-day group). Injection of PBS was used as a control. We performed high-throughput sequencing to analyze the characteristics and changes of CD4 + SP TCR β CDR3 repertoires with respect to V direct to J rearrangement during the ET induction. Moreover, the proportion and proliferation, as well as surface molecules such as CD80 and CD86, of F4/80 + macrophages were analyzed using FCM. Furthermore, ACT assay was designed and administered by the tail vein into murine LPS-induced mouse model to evaluate the role of F4/80 + macrophages on the development of CD4 + SP thymocytes in ET condition. Results We found that the frequency and characteristics of the TCR β chain CDR3 changed obviously under condition of ET, indicating the occurrence of TCR rearrangement and thymocyte diversification. Moreover, the absolute numbers of F4/80 + macrophages, but not other APCs, were increased in thymic medulla at 72-h group, accompanied by the elevated function-related molecules of F4/80 + macrophages. Furthermore, adoptively transferred OVA 332-339 peptide-loaded macrophages into Rag-1 −/− mice induced the clone deletion of OVA-specific CD4 + SP, thereby ameliorating the pathology in lung tissue in LPS challenge. Conclusions These data reveal that the frequency and characteristics of the TCR β chain CDR3 undergo dynamic programming under conditions of LPS tolerance. Furthermore, the peripheral macrophages may be a key factor which carry peripheral antigen to thymic medulla and affect the negative selection of T-cell population, thereby contributing to the formation of ET. These results suggest that the clone selection in thymus in ET may confer protection against microbial sepsis.

Highly selective adsorption of Hg (II) from aqueous solution by three-dimensional porous N-doped starch-based carbon - Chao Geng; Ruikang Lin; Peilin Yang; Pengfei Liu; Li Guo; Bo Cui; Yishan Fang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023)

End-member characteristics of sediment grain size in modern Yellow River delta sediments and its environmental significance - Liwei Meng; Longsheng Wang; Jiawen Zhao; Chao Zhan; Xianbin Liu; Buli Cui; Lin Zeng; Qing Wang (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023)
Introduction The sediments of the Yellow River delta record the environmental changes in the Yellow River basin on a long time scale and are sensitive to the river diversion and sedimentary environment evolution. Methods In this study, cores YDC and YDG in the delta near the estuary of the Yellow River since 1976 were taken as the research object, and the parameterized end-member analysis model was used to analyze the grain-size data of the cores. Results The results show that: The main sediments were silty and sand (58% and 77.9%). The grain-size parameters showed opposite changes with wide grain-size ranges and mixed sizes obviously. End member 1 (EM1) and end member 2 (EM2) were composed of clay and fine silt with fine particle sizes of 0.04 mm and 9.8 mm, respectively, and were deposited under weak hydrodynamic conditions during long-distance transport along the Yellow River. End member 3 (EM3) and end member 4 (EM4) were coarse silt with mode particle sizes of 40.14 mm and 66.89 mm, respectively. These were deposited by waves and tidal currents under strong dynamic conditions. Discussion According to the channel changes and the sedimentary facies data of the modern Yellow River delta, before the Yellow River was diverted in 1996, the cores YDC and YDG were both in the estuary-front bar sedimentary environment. In 1996, the Yellow River was diverted to the Qing 8 course. Subsequently, the core YDC changed to the delta-plain sedimentary facies, and the core YDG changed to the delta-front facies. The sediment sources of the two cores changed from the Yellow River sediments to coastal sediment erosion and resuspension. The sedimentary environment changed from siltation to erosion. The results of this study are of great practical significance for estuary management and coastal engineering construction in the modern Yellow River delta and can provide a scientific basis for ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River basin.

Prenatal perfluoroalkyl substances exposure and neurodevelopment in toddlers: Findings from SMBCS - Boya Zhang; Zheng Wang; Jiming Zhang; Yiming Dai; Chao Feng; Yuanjie Lin; Lei Zhang; Jianqiu Guo; Xiaojuan Qi; Xiuli Chang; Dasheng Lu; Chunhua Wu; et al. (Chemosphere, 2023)

Condition optimization of iron-air fuel cell to treat phosphate-containing wastewater regarding sustainable development - Ling-ling Lai; Chao Liu; Meng-yu Liu; Si-zhuo Wan; Zhi-guo Zhao; Ru Wang; Lin-jiang Yuan (Chemosphere, 2023)

Tolerance and recovery of aerobic granular sludge: Impact of perfluorooctanoic acid - Xiaoying Zheng; Huijie Zhang; Zhi Xu; Tao Lin; Shanshan Yang; Zhilin Zhao; Zongshuo Han; Chao Zhou (Chemosphere, 2023)

Vitamin D serves as a modulator of immune organs in grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) infected with Aeromonas hydrophila - Yao Zhang; Chao-Nan Li; Wei-Dan Jiang; Pei Wu; Yang Liu; Sheng-Yao Kuang; Ling Tang; Shu-Wei Li; Xiao-Wan Jin; Hong-Mei Ren; Xiao-Qiu Zhou; Lin Feng (Aquaculture, 2023)

Bacterial induced miR-144-5p modulates intestinal inflammatory response of Japanese flounder by targeting Hsp90α-dependent NLR signaling pathway - Yingrui Li; Lin Su; Baoshan Guo; Shun Zhou; Chao Li; Yunji Xiu (Aquaculture, 2023)

Effect of ventilation parameters on dust pollution characteristic of drilling operation in a metro tunnel - Zhuwei Xie; Chao Ruan; Zhongtai Zhao; Chen Huang; Yimin Xiao; Qian Zhao; Jianquan Lin (Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2023)

Evaluating traffic emission control policies based on large-scale and real-time data: A case study in central China - Chao Zou; Lin Wu; Yanan Wang; Shida Sun; Ning Wei; Bin Sun; Jingwei Ni; Jing He; Qijun Zhang; Jianfei Peng; Hongjun Mao (Science of The Total Environment, 2023)

Comparison of CO2, NOx, and VOCs emissions between CNG and E10 fueled light-duty vehicles - Zongyan Lv; Lin Wu; Chao Ma; Luna Sun; Jianfei Peng; Lei Yang; Ning Wei; Qijun Zhang; Hongjun Mao (Science of The Total Environment, 2023)

Fabrication of a SnO2-Sb nano-pin array anode for efficient electrocatalytic oxidation of bisphenol A in wastewater - Chao Yang; Xiao-yan Li; Lin Lin (Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023)

Optimization and mechanism of coupling process between algal ponds and constructed wetlands for wastewater polishing and nutrient recovery - Pengfei Yang; Shuhan Ge; Zhiqiang Liu; Lin-Lan Zhuang; Weijiang Li; Chao Liu; Jian Zhang (Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023)

Impact assessment of China's inter-provincial trade on trade-related sustainable development goals - Boyan Li; Chao Wang; Yunchen Wang; Wei Wang; Aiwen Lin (Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023)

Extraction and characterization of pectic polysaccharides from Choerospondias axillaris peels: Comparison of hot water and ultrasound-assisted extraction methods - Chao Wang; Jing Li; Yi Cao; Jialu Huang; Hongyi Lin; Tiantian Zhao; Lu Liu; Peiyi Shen; David Julian McClements; Jun Chen; Chengmei Liu; Jiyan Liu; et al. (Food Chemistry, 2023)

Evaluation of cold plasma for decontamination of molds and mycotoxins in rice grain - Jian Guo; Zhiping He; Chao Ma; Wanting Li; Jiaoyu Wang; Fucheng Lin; Xingquan Liu; Ling Li (Food Chemistry, 2023)

Bioaccessibility and bioavailability of phytochemicals: Influencing factors, improvements, and evaluations - Yao Hu; Qianzhu Lin; Hui Zhao; Xiaojing Li; Shangyuan Sang; David Julian McClements; Jie Long; Zhengyu Jin; Jinpeng Wang; Chao Qiu (Food Hydrocolloids, 2023)

Microbial deposition and growth on polyamide reverse osmosis membrane surfaces: Mechanisms, impacts, and potential cures - Hongbin Li; Yongqiang Guo; Chao Liu; Yi Zhou; Xiaofeng Lin; Fei Gao (Desalination, 2023)

Avermectin induces cardiac toxicity in early embryonic stage of zebrafish - Wenxiao Du; Xuedong Wang; Lin Wang; Mingyong Wang; Chao Liu (Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology, 2023)

In situ derived sulfated/sulfonated carbon nanogels with multi-protective effects against influenza a virus - Hung-Yun Lin; Ka-Long Luo; Ju-Yi Mao; Chin-Jung Lin; Chen-Yow Wang; Lauren Panny; Shiow-Yi Chen; Shih-Chao Lin; Chih-Ching Huang; Scott G. Harroun; Robert Y.L. Wang; Chang-Jer Wu (Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023)

Temperature-insensitive conductive composites for noninterference strain sensing - Chao Wu; Fan Lin; Xiaochuan Pan; Yingjun Zeng; Guochun Chen; Lida Xu; Yingping He; Gonghan He; Qinnan Chen; Daoheng Sun; Zhenyin Hai (Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023)

Epoxy-functionalized polyethyleneimine modified epichlorohydrin-cross-linked cellulose aerogel as adsorbents for carbon dioxide capture - Xinjie Chen; Jian Lin; Hanwei Wang; Yushan Yang; Chao Wang; Qingfeng Sun; Xiaoping Shen; Yingying Li (Carbohydrate Polymers, 2023)

Chemical constituents from the flowers of Cynanchum auriculatum Royle ex Wight - Xiaoxue Ding; Lu Wang; Yanling Xu; Shengnan Zheng; Shuang Wang; Lin Wang; Miao Qin; Shengbo Wu; Yi Yu; Jian Hong; Honglei Zhou; Lingchuan Xu; et al. (Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 2023)

Molecular characterization of humic-like substances (HULIS) in atmospheric particles (PM2.5) in offshore Eastern China Sea (OECS) using solid-phase extraction coupled with ESI FT-ICR MS - Hao Sun; Zilan Wu; Xinyuan Kang; Chao Zhu; Limin Yu; Ru Li; Zhongsheng Lin; Jianmin Chen (Atmospheric Environment, 2023)

Short-Term Limited Water Irrigation Influences the Photosynthetic Pigments, Enzymatic and Non-Enzymatic Activities in Saccharum spontaneum L. at Vegetative Stage - Zhi-Nian Deng; Hai-Rong Huang; Cheng-Mei Huang; Krishan K. Verma; Hai-Bin Luo; Sheng-Li Jiang; Yi-Jie Li; Hui-Qing Cao; Kai-Chao Wu; Lin Xu (Sugar Tech, 2023)

Analyzing landslide-induced debris flow and flow-bridge interaction by using a hybrid model of depth-averaged model and discrete element method - Wen-Jie Shiu; Ching-Fang Lee; Chia-Chi Chiu; Meng-Chia Weng; Che-Ming Yang; Wei-An Chao; Chun-Yuan Liu; Cheng-Han Lin; Wei-Kai Huang (Landslides, 2023)

In situ phytostabilization of arable soils severely contaminated with cadmium at Yangshuo, Southern China, using cash crops and amendments: a comprehensive performance evaluation - Bo-Fang Yan; Mei-Lin Yan; Xue Xiao; Rong-Liang Qiu; Yuan-Qing Chao; Yin-Xin Li; Su-Lian Lv; Zhong-Xin Tan; Ye-Tao Tang (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2023)

Impacts of 2 and 4°C global warmings on extreme temperatures in Taiwan - I‐Chun Tsai; Pei‐Rong Hsieh; Chao‐Tzuen Cheng; Yu‐Shiang Tung; Lee‐Yaw Lin; Huang‐Hsiung Hsu (International Journal of Climatology, 2023)
Extreme temperatures were considered natural hazards because they could increase morbidity and mortality. Understanding the extreme temperature changes at different warming levels is crucial to climate change mitigation and adoption for human health. This study projected climate change effects on the intensity, occurrence, and duration of extreme temperatures in Taiwan with 2 and 4°C global warming scenarios using the Weather Research and Forecasting model. The future climate simulations were conducted with the pseudo‐global warming approach, and the future climate changes were obtained from the ensemble mean of simulations in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 5. The simulated daily mean temperature increased by 1.40 and 3.09°C under 2 and 4°C global warmings. In a warming world, the daily maximum temperature was projected to increase by 1.35–3.00°C, whereas the daily minimum temperature was even higher, leading to weaker diurnal temperature variation in most regions. The simulation results show that intensified heatwaves with frequent and prolonged durations become par for the course, whereas extremely cold days disappear gradually. The occurrence of heatwaves in the future is projected to be five times that in the current climate. Comparing the global warming impacts over different land‐use types, the heatwave occurrence over urban areas rose more quickly than over other land‐use types; forests are less vulnerable to global warming. On the contrary, the changes in extremely cold days over urban areas were weaker than over other land‐use types. Overall, the effects of global warming on temperature revealed that extreme events were more severe with increased temperature than with the mean state of air temperature. Nonlinear behaviours indicated that global warming should be limited to 2°C, and the additional 2°C warming (from 2 to 4°C) should be addressed carefully.

Unique bacterial communities and lifestyles in deep ocean blue holes: Insights from the Yongle Blue Hole (South China Sea) - Shun Zhou; Jiwen Liu; Peng Yao; Liang Fu; Zuosheng Yang; Yulin Zhang; Rui Du; Chao Jia; Lin Chen; Jinchang Liang; Xiaolei Wang; Xiaochong Shi; et al. (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023)
Deep ocean blue holes possess steep physicochemical gradients, especially low dissolved oxygen concentration, which shape the extraordinary microbial communities. However, the environmental responses of microorganisms with different lifestyles and knowledge of culturable microorganisms in the blue holes are still unknown. Here, we investigated the bacterial community structure with different lifestyles of the world’s deepest blue hole - the Yongle Blue Hole (YBH) in the South China Sea using both culture-dependent and -independent methods. YBH can be divided by oxygen content into an oxic zone, a suboxic zone and two anoxic zones. The abundance of bacteria, archaea, genes dsrB and soxB were all higher in the free-living (FL) lifestyle than in the particle-associated (PA) lifestyle, yet the diversity and richness of PA bacteria were higher than that of FL bacteria. More Gammaproteobacteria and less Alphaproteobacteria , Chloroflexi and Nitrospinae were observed within the FL fraction than within the PA fraction. The relative abundance of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria (SOB) was dominant between 100-140 m (anoxic zone I) in YBH, with a maximum of 90.0% (140 m FL fraction). The SOB in YBH were mainly colorless sulfur bacteria and purple non-sulfur bacteria, of which Thiomicrorhabdus and Sulfurimonas were the main representatives. In addition, a total of 294 bacterial strains were isolated on a variety of media and culture conditions, and 22.2% (18/81) of anaerobic strains were identified as potential novel species. Our study reveals a distinction between FL and PA bacteria in YBH. It contributes to further understanding of the bacterial community in deep ocean blue holes, and provides bacterial resources for subsequent studies on their adaptation to extreme marine environments.

Two new chromones and a new coumarin from the fruit of Cnidium monnieri (L.) Cusson - Hui-Chi Huang; Chun-Hsiang Lin; Ching-Chuan Kuo; Ming-Der Wu; Ming-Jen Cheng; Jih-Jung Chen; Che-Yi Chao; Guan-Jhong Huang; Yueh-Hsiung Kuo (Natural Product Research, 2023)

Using colloidal AFM probe technique and XDLVO theory to predict the transport of nanoplastics in porous media - Li-Juan Feng; Zong-Lin Shi; Jian-Lu Duan; Yi Han; Xiao-Dong Sun; Jing-Ya Ma; Xiao-Yu Liu; Huan-Xin Zhang; Ning Guo; Chao Song; Wan-Song Zong; Xian-Zheng Yuan (Chemosphere, 2023)

Water microecology is affected by seasons but not sediments: A spatiotemporal dynamics survey of bacterial community composition in Lake Changshou—The largest artificial lake in southwest China - Ai-ling Chen; Fu-qing Xu; Xia Su; Fu-pan Zhang; Wan-chao Tian; Shang-jie Chen; Fang Gou; Zhi-lin Xing; Jin-xin Xiang; Juan Li; Tian-tao Zhao (Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2023)

Impact of synoptic condition on urban microclimate variation: A measurement study in a humid subtropical city during summer season - Shi Yin; Junyi Hua; Chao Ren; Sheng Liu; Hankun Lin; Songyi Huang; Kun Wang; Jiaxing Ma; Yiqiang Xiao (Urban Climate, 2023)

Protolith origin of eclogites from the North Qaidam UHP metamorphic Belt, NW China: Implications for the breakup of the Rodinia supercontinent - Xiao-Dong Wang; Lin Ding; Deng Zeng; Ya-Hui Yue; Ling-Ping Yang; Zhe-Jun Wang; Lu-An Xiao; Chao Wang (Precambrian Research, 2023)

The depth-keeping performance of autonomous underwater vehicle advancing in waves integrating the diving control system with the adaptive fuzzy controller - Yu-Hsien Lin; Chao-Ming Yu; I-Chen Wu; Chia-Yu Wu (Ocean Engineering, 2023)

Measurement of atmospheric nanoparticles: Bridging the gap between gas-phase molecules and larger particles - Chao Peng; Chenjuan Deng; Ting Lei; Jun Zheng; Jun Zhao; Dongbin Wang; Zhijun Wu; Lin Wang; Yan Chen; Mingyuan Liu; Jingkun Jiang; Anpei Ye; et al. (Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2023)

Online evaluation of catalytic co-pyrolysis of hemicellulose and polypropylene over CaO catalyst - Junjie Weng; Zhanjun Cheng; Yi Zhang; Chao Jiang; Lin Long; Jian Wang; Jianfeng Pan (Fuel, 2023)

Enhancement of lycopene bioaccessibility in tomatoes using excipient emulsions: Effect of dark tea polysaccharides - Chao Wang; Yinxin Fu; Yi Cao; Jialu Huang; Hongyi Lin; Peiyi Shen; David Julian McClements; Lingyu Han; Tiantian Zhao; Xiaoxuan Yan; Qian Li (Food Research International, 2023)

Residential greenness and dyslipidemia risk: Dose-response relations and mediation through BMI and air pollution - Qinjian Wang; Xiaoqing Li; Wenling Zhong; Hongyun Liu; Chuanteng Feng; Chao Song; Bin Yu; Yao Fu; Xi Lin; Yanrong Yin; Tiehui Chen; Jan D. Reinhardt; et al. (Environmental Research, 2023)

Realizing the bifunctional electrocatalysis via local charge rearrangement of α-CrOOH-modulated Co@CoMoOx for overall water splitting - Suh-Ciuan Lim; Chao-Lung Chiang; Chun-Kuo Peng; Wen-Bin Wu; Yu-Chang Lin; Yu-Ru Lin; Chi-Liang Chen; Yan-Gu Lin (Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023)

Lamellar-structured anodes based on lithiophilic gradient enable dendrite-free lithium metal batteries with high capacity loading and fast-charging capability - Yucheng Liu; Chuang Sun; Yuhao Lu; Xiaoping Lin; Maohua Chen; Yuansen Xie; Chao Lai; Wen Yan (Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023)

Genetic lineage tracing identifies cardiac mesenchymal-to-adipose transition in an arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy model - Xinyan Huang; Lei Yan; Jufeng Meng; Nanbo Liu; Shuoji Zhu; Zhen Jiang; Shan Kou; Teng Feng; Chao-Po Lin; Bin Zhou; Juan Tang; Ping Zhu; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2023)

Expression profile of long non-coding RNAs in the intestine of black rockfish Sebastes schlegelii in response to Edwardsiella tarda infection - Xu Yan; Min Cao; Qiang Fu; Ning Yang; Ningning Wang; Lin Song; Chao Li (Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2023)

Pollution characteristics and risk assessment of organophosphate esters in aquaculture farms and natural water bodies adjacent to the Huanghe River delta - Jinyu Chao; Song Feng; Yingdong Hao; Jianing Lin; Bin Zhang (Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2023)

Experimental investigation on spontaneous combustion oxidation characteristics and stages of coal with different metamorphic degrees - Baisheng Nie; Hongwei Yan; Peijun Liu; Zongyu Chen; Chao Peng; Xiaotong Wang; Feifei Yin; Jie Gong; Yueying Wei; Shuangshuang Lin; Qiang Gao; Mingwei Cao (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023)

Effect of Microplastics on the Adsorption and Desorption Properties of Cadmium in Soil - Su Chen; Tianzhen Feng; Xiaonan Lin; Ziyan Hou; Lei Chao; Xiaoying Zhang; Ying Liu; Jiaqi Li (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2023)

Tracing the source–sink process of fluvio-clastic materials: Magnetic records of surface sediments in the Yangtze River basin - Xianbin Liu; Jing Chen; Wei Yue; Qing Wang; Chao Zhan; Lin Zeng; Jian Song; Longsheng Wang; Buli Cui (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022)
In this study, we collected surface sediments from the mainstream and major tributaries of the Yangtze River to systematically analyse their magnetic properties, and discuss the implications for tracing source–sink process of fluvio-clastic materials. Our results showed that the surface sediments from tributaries in the upper basin had a significantly higher content of ferromagnetic minerals and coarser grain sizes than that in the mid-lower basin. The magnetic susceptibility (χ lf ) of surface sediments from the mainstream was 34.16*10 -8 m 3 /kg at Shigu, rapidly rose to 230.56*10 -8 m 3 /kg at Yibin, and then dropped to 68.92*10 -8 m 3 /kg at the river mouth. The χ lf of Yalong River sediments in the upper basin was 276.86*10 -8 m 3 /kg, considerably higher than that of the sediments from other tributaries, and greatly contribute to the χ lf of the sediments in the mainstream, reflecting the dominant constraining role of the Emeishan basalts. The distinctive magnetic properties of the upper core sediments from Jianghan basin and the Yangtze delta closely match those of surficial river sediments of the upper Yangtze basin. This may indicate the addition of clastic materials eroded from the upper basin, resulting from the cut-through of the Three Gorges during the evolution of the Yangtze River that occurred in the late Cenozoic. Investigating the magnetic properties of the surface sediments in the Yangtze River basin can provide insights into the source–sink process of clastic materials and environmental changes.

PMT gain self-adjustment system for high-accuracy echo signal detection - Guoqing Zhou; Chao Xu; Haotian Zhang; Xiang Zhou; Dawei Zhao; Gongbei Wu; Jinchun Lin; Zhexian Liu; Jiazhi Yang; Xueqin Nong; Lieping Zhang (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2022)

Geomorphologic evolution of the shallow-buried abandoned Yellow River delta during the last 2000 years - Qing Wang; Lin Zeng; Chao Zhan; Xianbin Liu; Longsheng Wang; Shanshan Cheng; Buli Cui (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022)
Different from the continuous development of many river deltas since the major Holocene transgression, the modern Yellow River delta (YRD) remained for nearly 1000 years (from 893 AD to 1855 AD) in an abandonment state, until after 1855 AD when it was buried after the Yellow River entered the sea via Lijin. In this study we used optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating and grain size and sedimentary facies analysis of four borehole cores, combined with an analysis of landform morphology, to reconstruct the history of the ancient abandoned YRD. The results indicate that after the delta was abandoned due to the reduced sediment supply by the Yellow River in 893 AD, a sandy coast developed under the influence of wave erosion, and offshore shell ridges were formed beyond the coastline. During the interval from the Medieval Warm Period (MWP) to the Little Ice Age (LIA), driven by climate change and storm surges, the shell ridges migrated laterally, widened and rose, while sediment accumulation in the landward-side interfluvial floodplains was relatively weak. This configuration subsequently constituted a coastal highland – plain depression system. After 1077 AD, this system, together with the abandoned delta, was eroded by the Daqing River estuary. After 1855 AD, the abandoned delta landform system was completely buried by Yellow River sediments, and the wave-controlled sandy coast was transformed to a tide-controlled silt-mud coast. We summarize these findings in the form of a geomorphic model of the evolution of the abandoned delta from the MWP to the LIA. Overall, our results highlight the geomorphic effects of the sediment-laden river delta and the response of the abandoned delta geomorphic system on the millennial timescale, and they provide a theoretical foundation for predicting the geomorphic evolution of a major river delta on different timescales, against the background of global change.

Indigodole E from Strobilanthes cusia exhibits anti-IL-17A effect - Chia-Lin Lee; Chien-Ming Wang; Hung-Rong Yen; Ying-Chyi Song; Chao-Jung Chen (Natural Product Research, 2022)

Fine-mapping and candidate gene analysis of qFL-c10-1 controlling fiber length in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) - Ruiting Zhang; Chao Shen; De Zhu; Yu Le; Nian Wang; Yuanxue Li; Xianlong Zhang; Zhongxu Lin (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2022)

Uncovering expression and functional analysis of newly discovered high-affinity K+ transporter family members from sugarcane - Hai-bin Luo; Cheng-mei Huang; Yuan-wen Wei; Hui-ming Zhu; Hui-qing Cao; Sheng-li Jiang; Zhi-nian Deng; Kai-chao Wu; Lin Xu (Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2022)

PCSK9 Knockdown Can Improve Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury by Inhibiting Autophagy - Guangwei Huang; Xiyang Lu; Zonggang Duan; Kai Zhang; Lei Xu; Hailong Bao; Xinlin Xiong; Muzhi Lin; Chao Li; Yunquan Li; Haiyan Zhou; Zhenhua Luo; et al. (Cardiovascular Toxicology, 2022)

Knowledge domain and hotspot trends in coal and gas outburst: a scientometric review based on CiteSpace analysis - Chao Xu; Tong Yang; Kai Wang; Lin Guo; Xiaomin Li (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Design of deep-sea chemical data collector for the seafloor observatory network - Bin Lv; Jie Chen; Hai-lin Liu; Chao Liu; Zhao-wen Zhang; Xiao-nan Zhang; Hao Gao; Yu-long Cai (Marine Georesources & Geotechnology, 2022)

An overview of cotton and polyester, and their blended waste textile valorisation to value-added products: A circular economy approach – research trends, opportunities and challenges - Karpagam Subramanian; Manas Kumar Sarkar; Huaimin Wang; Zi-Hao Qin; Shauhrat S. Chopra; Mushan Jin; Vinod Kumar; Chao Chen; Chi-Wing Tsang; Carol Sze Ki Lin (Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 2022)

Study on Particle Size Distribution Characteristics in Urban Roadside Microenvironment Using an ELPI+ - Xiaozhen Fang; Lin Wu; Qijun Zhang; Jing Zhang; Zhiwen Yang; Chao Zou; Chao Ma; Yanjie Zhang; Hongjun Mao (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2022)

Optimized thyroid transcription factor-1 core promoter-driven microRNA-7 expression effectively inhibits the growth of human non-small-cell lung cancer cells - Shipeng Chen; Lian Guan; Xu Zhao; Jing Yang; Longqing Chen; Mengmeng Guo; Juanjuan Zhao; Chao Chen; Ya Zhou; Yong Han; Lin Xu (Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B, 2022)

Activity concentrations and bioconcentration factors (BCFs) of natural radionuclides (40 K, 226Ra, and 232Th) from cultivated substrates to mushrooms - Wei-Hsiang Huang; Chih-Chung Lin; Yung-Yu Liu; Chao-Min Huang; Yi-Lung Yeh; Ting-Chien Chen (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Mesoscopic damage evolution characteristics of sandstone with original defects based on micro-ct image and fractal theory - Yujun Zuo; Zhibin Hao; Hao Liu; Chao Pan; Jianyun Lin; Zehua Zhu; Wenjibin Sun; Ziqi Liu (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2022)

Enhanced M-CSF/CSF1R Signaling Closely Associates with PrPSc Accumulation in the Scrapie-Infected Cell Line and the Brains of Scrapie-Infected Experimental Rodents - Ying Xia; Cao Chen; Jia Chen; Chao Hu; Wei Yang; Lin Wang; Lian Liu; Li-Ping Gao; Yue-Zhang Wu; Dong-Dong Chen; Qi Shi; Zhi-Bao Chen; et al. (Molecular Neurobiology, 2022)

Theranostic Radiolabeled Nanomaterials for Molecular Imaging and potential Immunomodulation Effects - Chao-Cheng Chen; Yang-Hsiang Chan; Syue-Liang Lin; Huihua Kenny Chiang; Yi-Jang Lee; Hui-Yen Chuang (Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, 2022)

How to improve the problem of hotel manpower shortage in the COVID-19 epidemic environment? Exploring the effectiveness of the hotel practice training system - Bing-Wang Xue; Hsiao-Hsien Lin; Chao-Chien Chen; Peng-Yeh Lee; Chin-Hsien Hsu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Role of ocean dynamics in equatorial Pacific decadal variability - Yu Zhang; Shi-Yun Yu; Shang-Ping Xie; Dillon J. Amaya; Qihua Peng; Yu Kosaka; Xiaopei Lin; Jun-Chao Yang; Sarah M. Larson; Arthur J. Miller; Lei Fan (Climate Dynamics, 2022)

Effect modification by aging on the associations of nicotine exposure with cognitive impairment among Chinese elderly - Jian Hou; Chao Huang; Bo Zhu; Wei Liu; Qing-qing Zhu; Lu Wang; Tian Li; Chun-jie Yuan; Shao-yang Lai; De-sheng Wu; Fei-qi Zhu; Jia-fei Zhang; et al. (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Towards less invasive molecular diagnostics for endometrial cancer: massively parallel sequencing of endometrial lavage specimens in women attending for an office hysteroscopy - Angel Chao; Kai-Yun Wu; Chiao-Yun Lin; Yun-Shien Lee; Huei-Jean Huang; Yun-Hsin Tang; Cindy Hsuan Weng; An-Shine Chao; Ting-Chang Chang; Chyong-Huey Lai; Ren-Chin Wu (Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2022)

Identification and QTL mapping of important agronomic traits based on rice short-wide grain CSSL-Z752 with restorer line Xihui 18 as background - Lin-Jun Cai; Han Yun; Xiao-Long Zhong; Dan Du; Xi-Man Peng; Ji-Chao Dai; Zhen-Lin Yang; Fang-Ming Zhao; Chang-Wei Zhang (Cereal Research Communications, 2022)

Upper bound limit analysis for 3D slope stability analysis based on rigid block structure - Xiao-Gang Wang; Xing-Chao Lin; Xing-Song Sun (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2022)

Geomechanics model test and numerical simulation of 2G-NPR bolt support effect in an active fault tunnel - Shu-lin Ren; Man-chao He; Wei-jun Lin; Teng-wu Zhang; Zhi-gang Tao (Journal of Mountain Science, 2022)

Effect of confining pressure on the fracture mechanical properties of multi-particle sandstone - Kai-wen Shi; Yu-jun Zuo; Wenjibin Sun; Hao Liu; Chao Pan; Taotao Li; Bin Chen; Jian-yun Lin (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2022)

Climatology of aerosol types and their vertical distribution over East Asia based on CALIPSO lidar measurements - Lu Gui; Minghui Tao; Yi Wang; Lunche Wang; Liangfu Chen; Changqing Lin; Jinhua Tao; Jun Wang; Chao Yu (International Journal of Climatology, 2022)
Aerosol vertical distribution generally determines their health impacts and climate effects. By using long‐term (2007–2019) CALIPSO lidar measurements, we present a large‐scale insight into the climatology of aerosol types and their vertical structure over East Asia. Despite the low sampling frequency, comparison with MODIS aerosol optical depth (AOD) shows that the integrated CAIPSO vertical extinction can reasonably reproduce spatial patterns of the aerosol loading. With the unique advantage of active detection, CALIPSO reveals an obvious enhancement of the night‐time AOD due to worse diffusion conditions. Moreover, long‐range transport of different aerosols including dust, polluted dust, and smoke has substantial contribution to the aerosol loading over East Asia. Pure dust particles are mainly concentrated over the deserts with notable dust transport belts (dust AOD > 0.2 at 532 nm) along downwind regions during winter and spring. By contrast, polluted dust is prevalent over the downstream eastern China with much higher AODs throughout the year. In particular, AOD of polluted dust (~0.5) is higher in winter rather than in spring, which is consistent with their seasonal occurrences. Smoke aerosols usually appear in the night‐time over southern China. The top heights of aerosols are around 4–6 km, with dust and smoke having higher extinction at upstream regions. The climatology of these aerosol types and vertical distribution can provide a significant constraint for associated studies of air quality and climate effects.

circRERE regulates the expression of GBX2 through miR-1299 and ZC3H13/N6-methyladenosine (m6A) to promote growth and invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma cells - Yong-hua Lin; Bao-yan Zhang; Zhi-chao Chen (Journal of Biosciences, 2022)

First report of Pectobacterium colocasium causing bacterial soft rot of taro in Taiwan - Pei-Rong Lin; Chao-Ling Ting; Yun-Ching Sun; Chien-Jui Huang (Journal of Plant Pathology, 2022)

Engineering an oilseed crop for hyper-accumulation of carotenoids in the seeds without using a traditional marker gene - Ming-Xia He; Jie-Lin Wang; Yuan-Yuan Lin; Jun-Chao Huang; Ai-Zhong Liu; Feng Chen (Plant Cell Reports, 2022)

Understorey light environment impacts on seedling establishment and growth in a typhoon-disturbed tropical forest - Kuo-Jung Chao; Yung-Chiau Lin; Guo-Zhang Michael Song; Chien-Hui Liao; Yau-Lun Kuo; Chang-Fu Hsieh; Eugene W. Schupp (Plant Ecology, 2022)

Environmental indicators combined with risk analysis to evaluate potential wildfire incidence on the Dadu Plateau in Taiwan - Chao-Yuan Lin; Pei-Ying Shieh; Shao-Wei Wu; Po-Cheng Wang; Yung-Chau Chen (Natural Hazards, 2022)
Wildfire is a common disaster in the world, and it has a considerable impact on the safety of residents and ecological disturbance. Periodic wildfires are an urgent problem to be solved. This research uses big data from relevant departments to extract environmental indicators that affect wildfires, including satellite images, meteorological observations, and field surveys and establishes a risk model for the Spatio-temporal distribution of wildfires based on risk analysis. Previous studies using Differenced Normalized Burn Ratio (dNBR) to assess fire severity and distinguish wildfire ruins did not deal with the impact of atmospheric humidity on dNBR values. In this study, an adjustable fire threshold was developed to enable dNBR to improve the accuracy of identifying wildfire locations. Regarding the temporal distribution of wildfire risks, environmental vulnerability cannot specifically reflect the frequency of actual wildfires. If the hazard degree is introduced to calculate the wildfire risk, the coefficient of determination can be increased from 0.49 to 0.79. The verification of the village boundary zone depicts that the risk analysis can effectively show the temporal and spatial distribution of wildfire hotspots. On this basis, a village-level wildfire disaster prevention strategy can be formulated.

Anodal transcutaneous DC stimulation enhances learning of dynamic balance control during walking in humans with spinal cord injury - Jui-Te Lin; Chao-Jung Hsu; Weena Dee; David Chen; W. Zev Rymer; Ming Wu (Experimental Brain Research, 2022)

Indirect effect of diabatic heating on Mei-yu frontogenesis - Yang Hu; Yi Deng; Yanluan Lin; Zhimin Zhou; Chunguang Cui; Chao Li; Xiquan Dong (Climate Dynamics, 2022)

Cyclic experiments and global buckling design of steel-angle-assembled buckling-restrained braces - Jing-Zhong Tong; En-Yuan Zhang; Yan-Lin Guo; Chao-Qun Yu (Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2022)

Research on an Extensible Monitoring System of a Seafloor Observatory Network in Laizhou Bay - Jie Chen; Hailin Liu; Bin Lv; Chao Liu; Xiaonan Zhang; Hui Li; Lin Cao; Junhe Wan (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022)
An extensible remote monitoring system for a seafloor observatory network in Laizhou Bay was established to realize long-term, continuous and on-line monitoring for a marine ranching environment. This paper deals with data communication, device management and data quality control. A control model is introduced that is structured into four layers, enabling bidirectional information flow. Based on the control model, the standardized communication protocol and device object model-oriented dynamic management method are designed as plug-and-play, for data processing and control of a large number of devices. An improved data quality control method is proposed to reduce the data error rate. The monitoring system was developed based on socket network programming, MySQL database technologies and modular ideas. The seafloor observatory network was successfully deployed in Laizhou Bay marine ranching. The experimental results demonstrate that the monitoring system obtains better performance. The proposed algorithms can also be used in many other similar systems with adaptive requirements.

EMS-CDNet: an efficient multi-scale-fusion change detection network for very high-resolution remote sensing images - Zhi Zheng; Yi Wan; Yongjun Zhang; Kun Yang; Rang Xiao; Chao Lin; Qiong Wu; Daifeng Peng (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2022)

High-Throughput Identification of Antihypertensive Peptides (AHTPs) and Characterization of AHTP-Derived Genes in the Lined Seahorse (Hippocampus erectus) - Yu Huang; Xiyang Chen; Haoyue Shu; Panpan Xiao; Xueqiang Lin; Junmin Xu; Chao Bian; Xinxin You; Jian Yang; Qiong Shi (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022)
Recently, the prevalence of hypertension has become a global challenge. Therefore, tremendous efforts have been made to identify and purify antihypertensive peptides (AHTPs) from food-derived proteins to aid the discovery of new hypotensive drugs with fewer side effects. In this study, we performed high-throughput prediction of AHTPs based on multi-omics data, providing an overview of AHTPs in the lined seahorse proteins and suggesting their potential application as bioactive agents to lower blood pressure. We identified 14,695 AHTP-derived genes in the lined seahorse, and most of them were supported by transcriptomic evidence, whereas only 495 genes were further detected by proteome sequencing. Among these predicted AHTP-derived genes, the longest titin had the most hits with 104 AHTPs, some of which were clustered in exon 158, 194, and 204. Another AHTP-rich group was in the collagen family, and four AHTP-rich collagens exhibited much higher transcription in the pouch than in other examined tissues, including brain, testis, and embryos. Additionally, antihypertensive triplets, comprised of the permutations of Gly, Pro, and Lys, prevailed in all collagen sequences due to the representative XaaYaaGly repeat units. In summary, our present findings provide a solid basis for understanding the abundance of various AHTPs in the lined seahorse as well as shed light on the development of antihypertensive products and drugs using seahorses as an important resource.

Post-transcriptional control of bacterial nitrogen metabolism by regulatory noncoding RNAs - Yueyue Han; Chao Li; Yongliang Yan; Min Lin; Xiubin Ke; Yunhua Zhang; Yuhua Zhan (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2022)
Nitrogen metabolism is the most basic process of material and energy metabolism in living organisms, and processes involving the uptake and use of different nitrogen sources are usually tightly regulated at the transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels. Bacterial regulatory noncoding RNAs are novel post-transcriptional regulators that repress or activate the expression of target genes through complementarily pairing with target mRNAs; therefore, these noncoding RNAs play an important regulatory role in many physiological processes, such as bacterial substance metabolism and stress response. In recent years, a study found that noncoding RNAs play a vital role in the post-transcriptional regulation of nitrogen metabolism, which is currently a hot topic in the study of bacterial nitrogen metabolism regulation. In this review, we present an overview of recent advances that increase our understanding on the regulatory roles of bacterial noncoding RNAs and describe in detail how noncoding RNAs regulate biological nitrogen fixation and nitrogen metabolic engineering. Furthermore, our goal is to lay a theoretical foundation for better understanding the molecular mechanisms in bacteria that are involved in environmental adaptations and metabolically-engineered genetic modifications.

Correction to: Exercise Rehabilitation and/or Astragaloside Attenuate Amyloid-beta Pathology by Reversing BDNF/TrkB Signaling Deficits and Mitochondrial Dysfunction - Yu-Lin Wang; Chung-Ching Chio; Shu-Chun Kuo; Chao-Hung Yeh; Jui-Ti Ma; Wen-Pin Liu; Mao-Tsun Lin; Kao-Chang Lin; Ching-Ping Chang (Molecular Neurobiology, 2022)

Research on Bayer Red Mud Slurry Electrolysis - Shengnan Lin; Tingan Zhang; Boran Zhang; Xi Chao (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2022)

Characterization of chemical constituents with their antioxidant and anti-melanogenesis activities from the roots of Ampelopsis japonica - Chia-Lin Lee; Yun-Lian Jhan; Hsiu-Mei Chiang; Yi-Hung Chen; Chao-Jung Chen; Yuan-Shiun Chang (Natural Product Research, 2022)

Differential Regulation by Mechanical Stretch of the Expressions of Large-Conductance Ca2+-Activated K+ Channel and L-Type Voltage-Dependent Ca2+ Channel in Rat Uterine Smooth Muscle Cells - Xiaoling Jia; Chao Gao; Xia Wang; Lin-Hua Jiang; Yubo Fan (The Journal of Membrane Biology, 2022)

Activation of Neuropeptide Y2 Receptor Can Inhibit Global Cerebral Ischemia-Induced Brain Injury - Reggie Hui-Chao Lee; Celeste Yin-Chieh Wu; Cristiane T. Citadin; Alexandre Couto e Silva; Harlee E. Possoit; Garrett A. Clemons; Christina H. Acosta; Victoria A. de la Llama; Jake T. Neumann; Hung Wen Lin (NeuroMolecular Medicine, 2022)

Substituting Manure with Rice Husk to Improve Phosphorus Adsorption and Immobilization in High Phosphorus Accumulated Greenhouse Vegetable Soil - Chao Fei; Shirong Zhang; Jifeng Li; Lin Zhang; Bin Liang; Junliang Li; Xiaodong Ding (Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2022)

Should Plate-Bone Gap be Preserved in Far-Cortical Locking Technique? A Biomechanical Study - Shun-Ping Wang; Yang-Chen Chou; Cheng-En Hsu; Chi-Wen Chou; Chao-Ping Chen; Kun-Jhih Lin; Fuu-Cheng Jiang; Wen-Chuan Chen; Chen-Chiang Lin (Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, 2022)

Elevated α-synuclein and NfL levels in tear fluids and decreased retinal microvascular densities in patients with Parkinson’s disease - Chao-Wen Lin; Tzu-Ting Lai; Szu-Ju Chen; Chin-Hsien Lin (GeroScience, 2022)

Long-term exercise pre-training attenuates Alzheimer’s disease–related pathology in a transgenic rat model of Alzheimer’s disease - Luodan Yang; Chongyun Wu; Yong Li; Yan Dong; Celeste Yin-Chieh Wu; Reggie Hui-Chao Lee; Darrell W. Brann; Hung Wen Lin; Quanguang Zhang (GeroScience, 2022)

Combined System of Organic Substrate and Straw-Degrading Microbial Agents Improved Soil Organic Matter Levels and Microbial Abundance in a Rice–Wheat Rotation - Shi-Li Song; Xue Luo; Hao Wu; Xiao-Lin Lu; Fang-Ji Xu; Zhen-Hua Zhang; Yong-Xiang Guan; Chuan-Chao Dai (Current Microbiology, 2022)

Natural component plumbagin as a potential antibacterial agent against Streptococcus agalactiae infection - Ai‐Guo Huang; Lin‐Jun Su; Wei‐Hao He; Fa‐Li Zhang; Chao‐Shuai Wei; Ying‐Hui Wang (Journal of Fish Diseases, 2022)
Streptococcus agalactiae , also known as Group B Streptococcus (GBS), can infect humans, terrestrial animals and fish. The emergence of bacterial resistance of S. agalactiae to antibiotics leads to an urgent need of exploration of new antimicrobial agents. In the study, the antibacterial activity of natural component plumbagin (PLB) against S. agalactiae was investigated in vitro and in vivo. The results showed that the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of PLB against S. agalactiae was 8 mg/L. The growth curve assay revealed that PLB could inhibit the growth of S. agalactiae . In addition, the time‐killing curve showed that S. agalactiae was killed almost completely by 2‐fold MIC of PLB within 12 h. Transmission electron microscopy results showed obvious severe morphological destruction and abnormal cells of S. agalactiae after treated with PLB. The pathogenicity of S. agalactiae to zebrafish was significantly decreased after preincubation with PLB for 2 h in vitro, further indicating the bactericidal activity of PLB. Interestingly, PLB could kill S. agalactiae without inducing resistance development. Furthermore, pretreatment and post‐treatment assays suggested that PLB also exhibited the antibacterial activity against S. agalactiae infection in vivo by effectively reducing the bacterial load and improving the survival rate of S. agalactiae ‐infected zebrafish. In summary, PLB had potent antibacterial activity against S. agalactiae in vitro and in vivo, and it could be an excellent antimicrobial candidate to prevent and control S. agalactiae infection.

PrPSc Inhibition and Cellular Protection of DBL on a Prion-Infected Cultured Cell via Multiple Pathways - Wei Yang; Cao Chen; Jia Chen; Ying Xia; Chao Hu; Lin Wang; Yue-Zhang Wu; Qi Shi; Zhi-Bao Chen; Xiao-Ping Dong (Molecular Neurobiology, 2022)

Exercise Rehabilitation and/or Astragaloside Attenuate Amyloid-beta Pathology by Reversing BDNF/TrkB Signaling Deficits and Mitochondrial Dysfunction - Yu-Lin Wang; Chung-Ching Chio; Shu-Chun Kuo; Chao-Hung Yeh; Jui-Ti Ma; Wen-Pin Liu; Mao-Tsun Lin; Kao-Chang Lin; Ching-Ping Chang (Molecular Neurobiology, 2022)

Autophagy modulation in resveratrol protective effects on steroidogenesis in high-fat diet-fed mice and H2O2-challenged TM3 cells - Ping Wang; Mengyu Lin; Chao Chen; Zheng-mei Lv (Molecular Biology Reports, 2022)

The RNA-binding protein SND1 promotes the degradation of GPX4 by destabilizing the HSPA5 mRNA and suppressing HSPA5 expression, promoting ferroptosis in osteoarthritis chondrocytes - Min Lv; Yuanzhen Cai; Weikun Hou; Kan Peng; Ke Xu; Chao Lu; Wenxing Yu; Weisong Zhang; Lin Liu (Inflammation Research, 2022)

Effects of conservation measures on crop diversity and their implications for climate-resilient livelihoods: the case of Rupa Lake Watershed in Nepal - Yun-li Bai; Chao Fu; Balaram Thapa; Ram Balladur Rana; Lin-xiu Zhang (Journal of Mountain Science, 2022)
Agrobiodiversity conservation is vital for achieving sustainability, but empirical studies on the effects of different practices or measures on crop diversity are rare. This study aims to estimate the effects of raising conservation awareness (RCA), building diversity blocks (BDB), and their combination on crop diversity among 240 randomly selected households surrounding the Rupa Lake Watershed in Nepal. Based on descriptive analysis and multiple regression models, the results indicate that the two single measures had no significant effect on the numbers of crop species and varieties grown by households in 2018. However, the combination of RCA and BDB had a significantly positive effect on the number of crop varieties, especially for grain and vegetable crops. Considering that these crops are essential in the daily lives of local people, the results indicate that a strategy that combines both awareness raising and on-farm conservation measures can generate higher crop diversity and better serve the climate-resilient livelihoods of people in mountainous areas.

Joint effects of environmental filtering and dispersal limitation on the species assemblage of the Tibetan Plateau - Jiekun He; Haoxian Lin; Runxi Wang; Chao Dai; Hongyin Yu; Jiahao Tu; Jiehua Yu; Haisheng Jiang (Journal of Biogeography, 2022)
Aim Mountains harbour a rich and non‐random cluster of species, yet knowledge of the species' biological attributes that support their coexistence in the montane community is limited. Here, we investigated the association of species occurrence on the Tibetan Plateau with their morphological, ecological or evolutionary constraints. Location Tibetan Plateau (TP). Taxon Mammals and birds. Methods We tested whether species occurrence on the TP correlates with morphological, ecological or evolutionary constraints using the spatial distribution, phylogeny, dispersal ability and thermal niche property data for 1353 terrestrial vertebrates (383 mammals and 970 birds). We used standard (non‐phylogenetic) and phylogenetic logistic regressions to elucidate the relative contributions of these attributes of species to explaining their occurrence on the TP. We assessed the geographical patterns of the community structures on the TP and fitted linear mixed models to explore the underlying eco‐evolutionary forces. Results The TP species exhibited a higher cold tolerance, wider thermal niche breadth and higher rate of niche evolution than non‐TP species. We supported the assumption that the TP species were not a random subset from the species pool, but were structured jointly by environmental filtering and dispersal limitation. While dispersal and ecological processes underlying species assemblages varied spatially and among taxa, we found that species in stressful environments were limited by environmental filtering, whereas dispersal limitation was more pronounced under favourable climatic conditions. Main conclusions Our study finds that environmental filtering and dispersal limitation jointly shape the species assemblage on the TP. These findings provide significant insights into community assembly processes on the TP and other montane ecosystems on Earth, especially those that are sensitive to global warming.

Assessment of potential sediment disasters and resilience management of mountain roads using environmental indicators - Chao-Yuan Lin; Yuan-Chung Lai; Shao-Wei Wu; Fan-Chung Mo; Cheng-Yu Lin (Natural Hazards, 2022)
In recent years, extreme rainfall events occur frequently, causing serious watershed sediment disasters, destroying mountain roads, and endangering the safety of residents' lives and property. This study aims to deal with the spatial change of potential sediment movement on the road slope pre-disaster and to screen disaster hot spots for early warning and control system. The conceptual model is used to simulate the distribution of primary and/or derived disasters on a watershed scale to assess the impact of sediment disasters caused by heavy rain event. Correlation analysis shows that the models in assessment of primary disaster and derived disaster are significantly correlated with the collapse ratio and disaster ratio, respectively. Since the primary disaster has been considered when calculating the derived disaster risk, the terrain subdivision along Provincial Highway 21 (Tai-21) is extracted to understand the derived sediment disaster on the road slope. The model can effectively evaluate the road sections prone to disasters. According to the risk level, the hot spot of road slope disasters and the management of disaster resilience are determined and can be the reference for disaster prevention and control.

Towards a rapid assessment of highway slope disasters by using multidisciplinary techniques - Meng-Chia Weng; Cheng-Han Lin; Wen-Jie Shiu; Wei-An Chao; Chia-Chi Chiu; Ching-Fang Lee; Wei-Kai Huang; Che-Ming Yang (Landslides, 2022)
Mega-earthquakes and extreme climate events accompanied by intrinsic fragile geology lead to numerous landslides along mountain highways in Taiwan, causing enormous life and economic losses. In this study, a system for rapid slope disaster information integration and assessment is proposed with the aim of providing information on landslide occurrence, failure mechanisms, and subsequent landslide-affected areas to the highway authority rapidly. The functionality of the proposed system is deployed into three units: (1) geohazard rapid report (GeoPORT I), (2) multidisciplinary geological survey report (GeoPORT II), and (3) site-specific landslide simulation report (GeoPORT III). After landslide occurrence, the seismology-based monitoring network rapidly provides the initial slope disaster information, including preliminary location, event magnitude, earthquake activity, and source dynamics, within an hour. Within 3 days of the landslide, a multidisciplinary geological survey is conducted to collect high-precision topographical, geological, and remote-sensing data to determine the possible failure mechanism. After integrating the aforementioned information, a full-scale three-dimensional landslide simulation based on the discrete element method is performed within 10 days to reveal the failure process and to identify the areas potentially affected by subsequent disasters through scenario modeling. Overall, the proposed system can promptly provide comprehensive and objective information to relevant authorities after the event occurrence for hazard assessment. The proposed system was validated using a landslide event in the Central Cross-Island Highway of Taiwan.

Investigation on desiccation cracking behavior of clayey soils with a perspective of fracture mechanics: a review - Jin-Jian Xu; Chao-Sheng Tang; Qing Cheng; Qi-liang Xu; Hilary I. Inyang; Zhu-Yuan Lin; Bin Shi (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2022)

Evaluation on explosion characteristics and parameters of pulverized coal for low-quality coal: experimental study and analysis - Hongwei Yan; Baisheng Nie; Chao Peng; Peijun Liu; Xiaotong Wang; Feifei Yin; Jie Gong; Yueying Wei; Shuangshuang Lin; Qiang Gao; Mingwei Cao (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Very Low Stocks and Inputs of Necromass in Wind-affected Tropical Forests - Kuo-Jung Chao; Pin-Siou Liao; Yi-Sheng Chen; Guo-Zhang Michael Song; Oliver L. Phillips; Hsing-Juh Lin (Ecosystems, 2022)

Protracted formation of nodular cherts in marine platform: new insights from the Middle Permian Chihsian carbonate successions, South China - Chao Liu; Jiao Ma; Lin Zhang; Chenglong Wang; Jiao Liu (Carbonates and Evaporites, 2022)

Description of Aureibaculum luteum sp. nov. and Aureibaculum flavum sp. nov. isolated from Antarctic intertidal sediments - Xiao-yan He; Ning-hua Liu; Chao-yi Lin; Mei-ling Sun; Xiu-lan Chen; Yu-zhong Zhang; Yu-qiang Zhang; Xi-ying Zhang (Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 2022)

Autophagy plays a double-edged sword role in liver diseases - Jing-chao Zhou; Jing-lin Wang; Hao-zhen Ren; Xiao-lei Shi (Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry, 2022)
As a highly evolutionarily conserved process, autophagy can be found in all types of eukaryotic cells. Such a constitutive process maintains cellular homeostasis in a wide variety of cell types through the encapsulation of damaged proteins or organelles into double-membrane vesicles. Autophagy not only simply eliminates materials but also serves as a dynamic recycling system that produces new building blocks and energy for cellular renovation and homeostasis. Previous studies have primarily recognized the role of autophagy in the degradation of dysfunctional proteins and unwanted organelles. However, there are findings of autophagy in physiological and pathological processes. In hepatocytes, autophagy is not only essential for homeostatic functions but also implicated in some diseases, such as viral hepatitis, alcoholic hepatitis, and hepatic failure. In the present review, we summarized the molecular mechanisms of autophagy and its role in several liver diseases and put forward several new strategies for the treatment of liver disease.

Impacts of anthropogenic and biophysical factors on ecological land using logistic regression and random forest: A case study in Mentougou District, Beijing, China - Chao Tian; Lin-lin Cheng; Ting-ting Yin (Journal of Mountain Science, 2022)

Mesozoic mafic dykes in the North China Craton: magmatic evolution and implications for gold mineralization - Chao Li; Lin Li; Sheng-Rong Li; M. Santosh; Jun-Feng Shen (International Geology Review, 2022)

New paraconic acids from the endophytic fungus Xylariaceae sp. J4 - Chao Yuan; Xue-Chun Shu; Lin Fan; Ying-Bo Zhang; Ling-Liang Guan; Fu-Lai Yu; Xiao-Lu Chen; Gang Li (Natural Product Research, 2022)

BMAL1 induces colorectal cancer metastasis by stimulating exosome secretion - Pengjuan Dong; Yaping Wang; Yutong Liu; Chunting Zhu; Jiaxin Lin; Ruizhe Qian; Luchun Hua; Chao Lu (Molecular Biology Reports, 2022)

The difference in the intracellular Arg/Lys-rich and EHLVY motifs contributes to distinct subcellular distribution of HAI-1 versus HAI-2 - Nanxi Huang; Robert B. Barndt; Dajun D. Lu; Qiaochu Wang; Shih-Ming Huang; Jehng-Kang Wang; Ping-Ying Chang; Chao-Yang Chen; Je-Ming Hu; Hui-Chen Su; Michael D. Johnson; Chen-Yong Lin (Human Cell, 2022)

Dynamic analysis of impulse waves generated by the collapse of granular pillars - Bo-lin Huang; Bin Li; Jia-hao Zheng; Wang-li Feng; Xiao-ting Chen; Chao-lin Luo (Journal of Mountain Science, 2022)

Functional variants of RPS6KB1 and PIK3R1 in the autophagy pathway genes and risk of bladder cancer - Lan Ma; Dongjian Zhang; Zhengkai Huang; Rui Zheng; Mulong Du; Qiang Lv; Chao Qin; Haiyan Chu; Lin Yuan; Zhengdong Zhang (Archives of Toxicology, 2022)

The brown root rot fungus Phellinus noxius affects microbial communities in different root‐associated niches of Ficus trees - Tse‐Yen Liu; Chao‐Han Chen; Yu‐Liang Yang; Isheng J. Tsai; Ying‐Ning Ho; Chia‐Lin Chung (Environmental Microbiology, 2022)
Summary Brown root rot (BRR) caused by Phellinus noxius is a destructive tree disease in tropical and subtropical areas. To understand how BRR affects the composition of the plant rhizoplane‐enriched microbiota, the microbiomes within five root‐associated compartments (i.e., bulk soil, old/young root rhizosphere soil, old/young root tissue) of Ficus trees naturally infected by P. noxius were investigated. The level of P. noxius infection was determined by quantitative PCR. Illumina sequencing of the internal transcribed spacer and 16S rRNA revealed that P. noxius infection caused a significant reduction in fungal diversity in the bulk soil, the old root rhizosphere soil, and the old root tissue. Interestingly, Cosmospora was the only fungal genus positively correlated with P. noxius . The abundance and composition of dominant bacterial taxa such as Actinomadura , Bacillus , Rhodoplanes , and Streptomyces differed between BRR‐diseased and healthy samples. Furthermore, 838 isolates belonging to 26 fungal and 35 bacterial genera were isolated and tested for interactions with P. noxius . Antagonistic activities were observed for isolates of Bacillus , Pseudomonas , Aspergillus , Penicillium , and Trichoderma . Cellophane overlay and cellulose/lignin utilization assays suggested that Cosmospora could tolerate the secretions of P. noxius and that the degradation of lignin by P. noxius may create suitable conditions for Cosmorpora growth.

Bioactive hydroxypropionylated glucose derivatives from Astragalus bhotanensis - Lin Qiu; Chao-Jiang Xiao; Yi Shen; Wei Xu; Xiao-Bo Liu; Xiang Dong; Bei Jiang (Natural Product Research, 2021)

The Key Regulator of Necroptosis, RIP1 Kinase, Contributes to the Formation of Astrogliosis and Glial Scar in Ischemic Stroke - Yong-Ming Zhu; Liang Lin; Chao Wei; Yi Guo; Yuan Qin; Zhong-Sheng Li; Thomas A. Kent; Claire E. McCoy; Zhan-Xiang Wang; Yong Ni; Xian-Yong Zhou; Hui-Ling Zhang (Translational Stroke Research, 2021)
Necroptosis initiation relies on the receptor-interacting protein 1 kinase (RIP1K). We recently reported that genetic and pharmacological inhibition of RIP1K produces protection against ischemic stroke-induced astrocytic injury. However, the role of RIP1K in ischemic stroke-induced formation of astrogliosis and glial scar remains unknown. Here, in a transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (tMCAO) rat model and an oxygen and glucose deprivation and reoxygenation (OGD/Re)-induced astrocytic injury model, we show that RIP1K was significantly elevated in the reactive astrocytes. Knockdown of RIP1K or delayed administration of RIP1K inhibitor Nec-1 down-regulated the glial scar markers, improved ischemic stroke-induced necrotic morphology and neurologic deficits, and reduced the volume of brain atrophy. Moreover, knockdown of RIP1K attenuated astrocytic cell death and proliferation and promoted neuronal axonal generation in a neuron and astrocyte co-culture system. Both vascular endothelial growth factor D (VEGF-D) and its receptor VEGFR-3 were elevated in the reactive astrocytes; simultaneously, VEGF-D was increased in the medium of astrocytes exposed to OGD/Re. Knockdown of RIP1K down-regulated VEGF-D gene and protein levels in the reactive astrocytes. Treatment with 400 ng/ml recombinant VEGF-D induced the formation of glial scar; conversely, the inhibitor of VEGFR-3 suppressed OGD/Re-induced glial scar formation. RIP3K and MLKL may be involved in glial scar formation. Taken together, these results suggest that RIP1K participates in the formation of astrogliosis and glial scar via impairment of normal astrocyte responses and enhancing the astrocytic VEGF-D/VEGFR-3 signaling pathways. Inhibition of RIP1K promotes the brain functional recovery partially via suppressing the formation of astrogliosis and glial scar. Graphical Abstract

Primary duct closure versus T-tube drainage after laparoscopic common bile duct exploration: a meta-analysis - Taifeng Zhu; Haoming Lin; Jian Sun; Chao Liu; Rui Zhang (Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B, 2021)

Measuring Heterogeneity in 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Images for Classifying Metastatic and Benign Bone Lesions in Patients with Cervical Cancer - Feng-Yuan Liu; Gigin Lin; Jing-Ren Tseng; Angel Chao; Huei-Jean Huang; Hung-Hsueh Chou; Yu-Chen Chang; Tzu-Chen Yen; Chyong-Huey Lai (Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, 2021)
Purpose Heterogeneity assessment can be applied for medical imaging analysis. Here, we evaluated first-order and texture analysis (TA) metrics in 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose ( 18 F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) imaging for classification of metastatic and benign bone lesions in patients with cervical cancer. Methods The data of 18 F-FDG PET studies performed on a specific PET/CT system from 2016 to 2018 in patients with cervical cancer were retrieved. The data of bone lesions extracted from studies over 2016–2017 and 2018 were used as training and validation datasets, respectively. Metastatic bone lesions were identified in each dataset, with an equal number of benign bone lesions selected. Cuboid volume of interest (VOI) consisting of 3 × 3 × 5 reconstructed voxels was applied for first-order metrics, and cubic VOI consisting of smaller voxels with trilinear interpolation of standardized uptake value (SUV) was adopted for TA metrics. First-order metrics included the maximum SUV (SUVmax) of lesions and the mean voxel SUV and its standard deviation (SUVsd), skewness, and kurtosis in VOI. In total, 4464 TA metrics based on 62 texture features were evaluated. Logistic regression was used for classification with area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) as the performance measure. Results From the training and validation datasets, 98 and 42 metastatic bone lesions were identified, respectively. SUVsd demonstrated higher performance than did SUVmax in both the training (AUC .798 vs .732, P = .001) and validation (AUC .786 vs .684, P < .001) datasets. Top-performing TA metrics demonstrated significantly higher performance in the training dataset, but not in the validation dataset. Conclusion A simple first-order measure of heterogeneity, SUVsd, was found to be superior to SUVmax for the classification of metastatic and benign bone lesions. Multiple hypothesis testing can result in false-positive findings in TA with multiple features and parameters; careful validation is required.

Association between exposure to road traffic noise and hearing impairment: a case-control study - Tang-Chuan Wang; Ta-Yuan Chang; Richard S. Tyler; Bing-Fang Hwang; Yi-Hung Chen; Che-Ming Wu; Chiu-Shong Liu; Kuang-Chao Chen; Chia-Der Lin; Ming-Hsui Tsai (Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering, 2021)

Distribution characteristics of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in human urines of acrylic fiber plant and chemical plant - Lin Peng; Wang Xu; Qinghuai Zeng; Yao Cheng; Yingjie Zhang; Ying Guo; Da Chen; Chao Jiang; Fei Wang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Generation and characterization of a Myh6-driven Cre knockin mouse line - Xinyan Huang; Lei Yan; Shan Kou; Jufeng Meng; Zhengkai Lu; Chao-Po Lin; Chen Liu; Hui Zhang (Transgenic Research, 2021)
Gene deletion by the Cre-Loxp system has facilitated functional studies of many critical genes in mice, offering important insights and allowing deeper understanding on the mechanisms underlying organ development and diseases, such as heart development and diseases. In this study, we generated a Myh6-Cre knockin mouse model by inserting the IRES-Cre-wpre-polyA cassette between the translational stop codon and the 3′ untranslated region of the endogenous Myh6 gene. By crossing knockin mice with the Rosa26 reporter lines, we found that Myh6-Cre targeted cardiomyocytes at the embryonic and postnatal stages. In addition, we were able to inactivate the desmosome gene Desmoplakin (Dsp) by breeding Myh6-Cre mice with a conditional Dsp flox knockout mouse line, which resulted in embryonic lethality during the mid-term pregnancy. These results suggest that the new Myh6-Cre mouse line can serve as a robust tool to dissect the distinct roles of genes involved in heart development and function.

Recovery from hybrid breakdown reveals a complex genetic architecture of mitonuclear incompatibilities - Ricardo J. Pereira; Thiago G. Lima; N. Tessa Pierce‐Ward; Lin Chao; Ronald S. Burton (Molecular Ecology, 2021)
Reproductive isolation is often achieved when genes that are neutral or beneficial in their genomic background become functionally incompatible in a foreign genomic background, causing inviability, sterility or other forms of low fitness in hybrids. Recent studies suggest that mitonuclear interactions are among the initial incompatibilities to evolve at early stages of population divergence across taxa. Yet, the genomic architecture of mitonuclear incompatibilities has rarely been elucidated. We employ an experimental evolution approach starting with low‐fitness F 2 interpopulation hybrids of the copepod Tigriopus californicus , in which frequencies of compatible and incompatible nuclear alleles change in response to an alternative mitochondrial background. After about nine generations, we observe a generalized increase in population size and in survivorship, suggesting efficiency of selection against maladaptive phenotypes. Whole genome sequencing of evolved populations showed some consistent allele frequency changes across three replicates of each reciprocal cross, but markedly different patterns between mitochondrial backgrounds. In only a few regions (~6.5% of the genome), the same parental allele was overrepresented irrespective of the mitochondrial background. About 33% of the genome showed allele frequency changes consistent with divergent selection, with the location of these genomic regions strongly differing between mitochondrial backgrounds. In 87% and 89% of these genomic regions, the dominant nuclear allele matched the associated mitochondrial background, consistent with mitonuclear co‐adaptation. These results suggest that mitonuclear incompatibilities have a complex polygenic architecture that differs between populations, potentially generating genome‐wide barriers to gene flow between closely related taxa.

Termite mound formation reduces the abundance and diversity of soil resistomes - Zhen‐Zhen Yan; Qing‐Lin Chen; Chao‐Yu Li; Bao‐Anh Thi Nguyen; Yong‐Guan Zhu; Ji‐Zheng He; Hang‐Wei Hu (Environmental Microbiology, 2021)
Summary Termites are pivotal ecosystem engineers in tropical and subtropical habitats, where they construct massive nests (‘mounds’) that substantially modify soil properties and promote nutrient cycling. Yet, little is known about the roles of termite nesting activity in regulating the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), one of the major Global Health challenges. Here, we conducted a large‐scale (> 1500 km) investigation in northern Australia and found distinct resistome profiles in termite mounds and bulk soils. By profiling a wide spectrum of ARGs, we found that the abundance and diversity of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) were significantly lower in termite mounds than in bulk soils ( P P

Precipitation increases the abundance of fungal plant pathogens in Eucalyptus phyllosphere - Qing‐Lin Chen; Hang‐Wei Hu; Zhen‐Zhen Yan; Chao‐Yu Li; Bao‐Anh Thi Nguyen; Yong‐Guan Zhu; Ji‐Zheng He (Environmental Microbiology, 2021)
Summary Understanding the current and future distributions of plant pathogens is critical to predict the plant performance and related economic benefits in the changing environment. Yet, little is known about the roles of environmental drivers in shaping the profiles of fungal plant pathogens in phyllosphere, an important habitat of microbiomes on Earth. Here, using a large‐scale investigation of Eucalyptus phyllospheric microbiomes in Australia and the multiple linear regression model, we show that precipitation is the most important predictor of fungal taxonomic diversity and abundance. The abundance of fungal plant pathogens in phyllosphere exhibited a positive linear relationship with precipitation. With this empirical dataset, we constructed current and future atlases of phyllosphere plant pathogens to estimate their spatial distributions under different climate change scenarios. Our atlases indicate that the abundance of fungal plant pathogens would increase especially in the coastal regions with up to 100‐fold increase compared with the current abundance. These findings advance our understanding of the distributions of fungal plant pathogens in phyllospheric microbiomes under the climate change, which can improve our ability to predict and mitigate their impacts on plant productivity and economic losses.

Two new diterpenoids with their antiproliferative activities from the supercritical fluid extraction of Croton crassifolius root - Chao Liu; Rui-rui Zhang; Qing-lin Niu; Jing Zhang; Mu-xuan Wang; Na-na Meng; Qing Wang; Jin-yue Sun; Wen-liang Wang (Natural Product Research, 2021)

Mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes block malignant behaviors of hepatocellular carcinoma stem cells through a lncRNA C5orf66-AS1/microRNA-127-3p/DUSP1/ERK axis - Hao Gu; Chao Yan; Haijun Wan; Lin Wu; Junjie Liu; Zhiqiang Zhu; Dazhi Gao (Human Cell, 2021)

Spatial distributions and risk assessments of nutrients and heavy metalsin sediments from an impounded lake of China’s South-to-NorthWater Diversion Project - Baoying Wang; Jianyu Lin; Xiaogang Wu; Yinian Xue; Chao Han; Zhihong Zhang; Jinghua Ren; Qiushi Shen (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Associations between air pollution exposure and birth defects: a time series analysis - Shu Sun; Qi Zhang; Xinmiao Sui; Liu Ding; Jie Liu; Mei Yang; Qihong Zhao; Chao Zhang; Jiahu Hao; Xiujun Zhang; Shilei Lin; Rui Ding; et al. (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2021)

Streptococcus vaginalis sp. nov., a novel bacterial species isolated from vaginal swabs of a pregnant woman with diabetes - An-Shine Chao; Chiao-Yun Lin; Angel Chao; Yun-Shien Lee; Yu-Chung Chang; Hui-Chung Wu; Yu-Jie Dai; Wei-Qi Liao; Fan-Ching Kao; Yi-Sheng Chen (Archives of Microbiology, 2021)

Cultural characteristics and geospatial distribution of landscape ecology in the perspective of regional culture - Wanying Yang; Baogang Lin; Chao Wen (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021)

Sediment Coarsening in Tidal Flats and Stable Coastline of the Abandoned Southern Yellow River Sub-Delta in Response to Fluvial Sediment Flux Decrease During the Past Decades - Lin Zeng; Chao Zhan; Qing Wang; Xianbin Liu; Longsheng Wang; Xueyan Li; Xin Wang; Xiang Yu; Jinzhi Zhang; Buli Cui (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
Due to remarkable reduction of sediment supply, the vulnerability of Yellow River deltaic system increased and ecological impacts occurred to some extent. To have a comprehensive and quantitative understanding of the morphological evolution of deltas, surficial sediments of tidal flat along the abandoned southern Yellow River sub-delta and two adjacent coastal units were systematically collected and evaluated by grain-size analysis in the study. The results reveal that surficial sediments of the abandoned southern Yellow River sub-delta have been coarsening significantly since the 1980s, as characterized by a decrease in both the mud content and the clay/mud ratio. In particular, the transition from cohesive to non-cohesive sediment was completed between 2007 and 2013. With a sharp decrease in sediment flux from the Yellow River estuary, the flood currents from the submarine coastal slope carry few fine particles into the tidal zone, whereas the ebb currents with reverse direction remove some fine particles from the tidal flat. This is a major cause of sediment coarsening in the tidal flat. As sediment coarsening, the coastline of the abandoned southern Yellow River sub-delta has remained stable. The significant change in the grain size of the tidal flat surficial sediments may have a profound impact on the future coastal geomorphic evolution.

Multifunctional biological properties and phytochemical constituents of Mangifera indica L. seed kernel extract for preventing skin aging - Worrapan Poomanee; Watcharee Khunkitti; Wantida Chaiyana; Nutjeera Intasai; Wei-Chao Lin; Shang-Chian Lue; Pimporn Leelapornpisid (Toxicological Research, 2021)

Reservoir Characterization Using Multi-component Seismic Data in a Novel Hybrid Model Based on Clustering and Deep Neural Network - Jiuqiang Yang; Niantian Lin; Kai Zhang; Chong Zhang; Chao Fu; Gaopeng Tian; Cuiyu Song (Natural Resources Research, 2021)

Anti-miR33 therapy improved hepatopancreatic lipid and immune metabolism disorders in grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella - Rong-Hua Lu; Meng-Jun Lin; Feng Yang; Shen-zong Jia; Yu-Ru Zhang; Chao-Bin Qin; Xiao-Lin Meng; Guo-Xing Nie (Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2021)

Neurological diseases and COVID-19: prospective analyses using the UK Biobank - Nicola Veronese; Lee Smith; Mario Barbagallo; Gianluigi Giannelli; Maria Gabriella Caruso; Anna Maria Cisternino; Maria Notarnicola; Chao Cao; Thomas Waldhoer; Lin Yang (Acta Neurologica Belgica, 2021)
COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease-19) may present with neurological signs, but whether people already affected by neurological conditions are at a higher risk of contracting COVID-19 is still not known. We, therefore, aimed to investigate the association of previously diagnosed neurological conditions with COVID-19. 502,536 community-dwelling UK Biobank participants (54.4% male, mean age 56.6 ± 10.3 years) were included. Among these, 57,463 participants had a diagnosis of neurological conditions (11.43%) and a total of 1326 COVID-19-positive cases were identified (0.26%). Neurological conditions were identified through medical history and linkage to data on hospital admissions (ICD-10 code G00–G99). COVID-19 presence was diagnosed using the data provided by Public Health England. The association of previous diagnosis of neurological conditions with COVID-19 was evaluated through logistic regressions, adjusted for potential confounders, reported as odds ratios (ORs) with their 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders (G50–G59) were the most common conditions identified. The presence of COVID-19 was almost doubled in neurological conditions compared to the general population (0.45 vs. 0.24%, p

Extensional tectonics and North China Craton destruction: Insights from the magnetic susceptibility anisotropy (AMS) of granite and metamorphic core complex - Wei Lin; Jipei Zeng; Lingtong Meng; Huabiao Qiu; Wei Wei; Zhiheng Ren; Yang Chu; Shuangjian Li; Chao Song; Qincheng Wang (Science China Earth Sciences, 2021)

Acute associations between air pollution on premature rupture of membranes in Hefei, China - Chao Zhang; Sha Li; Gan-lan Guo; Jing-wen Hao; Peng Cheng; Li-lin Xiong; Shu-ting Chen; Ji-yu Cao; Yu-wen Guo; Jia-hu Hao (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2021)

Effects of periodically varying codes on separation of multisource blended data - Meng-Yao Jiao; Tian-Yue Hu; Yang Liu; Zhen-Zhen Yu; Shang-Lin Liang; Li-Chao Liu; Ji-Wei (Applied Geophysics, 2021)

New ent -kauran diterpene and antioxidant components from the seed of Ipomoea nil - Chia-Lin Lee; Pei-Ting Lo; Yun-Lian Jhan; Chao-Jung Chen; Yuan-Shiun Chang (Natural Product Research, 2021)

Genome-wide association mapping for agronomic traits in an 8-way Upland cotton MAGIC population by SLAF-seq - Cong Huang; Chao Shen; Tianwang Wen; Bin Gao; De Zhu; Dingguo Li; Zhongxu Lin (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2021)

The relationship between anthocyanin accumulation and photoprotection in young leaves of two dominant tree species in subtropical forests in different seasons - Zheng-Chao Yu; Wei Lin; Xiao-Ting Zheng; Wah Soon Chow; Yan-Na Luo; Min-Ling Cai; Chang-Lian Peng (Photosynthesis Research, 2021)

The major photoprotective role of anthocyanins in leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana under long-term high light treatment: antioxidant or light attenuator? - Xiao-Ting Zheng; Zheng-Chao Yu; Jun-Wei Tang; Min-Ling Cai; Yi-Lin Chen; Cheng-Wei Yang; Wah Soon Chow; Chang-Lian Peng (Photosynthesis Research, 2021)

Photosynthetic compensation of non-leaf organ stems of the invasive species Sphagneticola trilobata (L.) Pruski at low temperature - Min-ling Cai; Wen-qiao Ding; Jun-jie Zhai; Xiao-ting Zheng; Zheng-chao Yu; Qi-lei Zhang; Xiao-hua Lin; Wah Soon Chow; Chang-lian Peng (Photosynthesis Research, 2021)

Nucleophosmin/B23 promotes endometrial cancer cell escape from macrophage phagocytosis by increasing CD24 expression - Chiao-Yun Lin; Chia-Lung Tsai; Angel Chao; Li-Yu Lee; Wei-Chun Chen; Yun-Hsin Tang; An-Shine Chao; Chyong-Huey Lai (Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2021)

Characteristics of bacterial community and ARGs profile in engineered goldfish tanks with stresses of sulfanilamide and copper - Benjamin Makimilua Tiimub; Zhen-chao Zhou; Lin Zhu; Yang Liu; Xin-Yi Shuai; Lan Xu; Christophe’ Niyungeko; Ling-Xuan Meng; Yu-Jie Sun; Hong Chen (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Variations of suction and suction stress of unsaturated loess due to changes in lignin content and sample preparation method - Wei Liu; Qian Wang; Gao-chao Lin; Xiang-tian Xu (Journal of Mountain Science, 2021)

Geographic and subsequent biotic isolations led to a diversity anomaly of section Heterotropa (genus Asarum : Aristolochiaceae) in insular versus continental regions of the Sino‐Japanese Floristic Region - Daiki Takahashi; Shota Sakaguchi; Yu Feng; Yuji Isagi; Ying‐Xiong Qiu; Pan Li; Rui‐Sen Lu; Chang‐Tse Lu; Shih‐Wen Chung; Yang‐Shan Lin; Yun‐Chao Chen; Atsushi J. Nagano; et al. (Journal of Biogeography, 2021)
Aim The Sino‐Japanese Floristic Region has extremely high species diversity with respect to temperate plants; however, the reasons for this diversity are poorly understood because most studies have only considered geographic isolation caused by climatic oscillations. In some plant groups, high floral trait diversity and uneven species diversity between insular systems and the continental area suggest other factors may have important roles too. The primary purpose of this study is to reveal how abiotic and biotic factors have shaped the species diversity anomaly of Heterotropa between the insular systems and the continental area. Location The Sino‐Japanese Floristic Region. Taxon Section Heterotropa (genus Asarum ; Aristolochiaceae). Methods Using ddRAD‐seq and chloroplast genome data, we built a time‐calibrated phylogenetic tree including 79 species. We estimated the patterns of floral traits (flowering time and floral size) evolution using macroevolutionary modelling, and tested the correlation of speciation rate with the trait evolution rates. Finally, we estimated the isolation factors of all taxa pairs and sister‐taxa pairs based on distribution range and floral traits. Results Phylogenetic analysis indicated that Heterotropa was diverged into two clades (continental clade and insular clade) in the Miocene, and the major subclades corresponded to geographic entities. Most rate shifts accelerating floral trait's evolution occurred during the Pleistocene period. Evolution rate of floral traits showed positive correlation with the speciation rate. Large proportion of taxa in the insular clade are distributed allopatrically. Several sister pairs showed floral trait divergence with geographic overlap. Main Conclusions The diversification of Heterotropa appears to have been triggered by geographic and climatic events, and subsequent repeated floral trait evolution with and without geographic isolation. Furthermore, the high species diversity in the insular systems would have been formed by the repeated range fragmentations and contractions. Our study demonstrates the importance of multidimensional studies to understand the diversification process of temperate plants in the Sino‐Japanese Floristic Region.

Terpenoids from the South China Sea soft coral Sinularia multiflora - Zheng Wang; Ping-Lin Li; Xiang-Chao Luo; Qi Wang; Leen van Ofwegen; Xu-Li Tang; Guo-Qiang Li (Natural Product Research, 2021)

Correction to: Delineation of potential hot spots of aeolian dust using normalized difference water index - Chao-Yuan Lin; Shu-Fen Tsai; Chih-Yun Wang; Cheng-Yu Lin (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2021)

Delineation of potential hot spots of aeolian dust using normalized difference water index - Chao-Yuan Lin; Shu-Fen Tsai; Chih-Yun Wang; Cheng-Yu Lin (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2021)

A luminescent Zn(II)-Containing Complex: Selective Sensing of Cr(VI) Anion and Application Values on Tuberculosis Care Through Increasing the Antibacterial Response of Macrophages - Jin-Chao Mao; Jin-Jing Hong; Ming-Zheng Lin; Feng Han; Dong Li (Journal of Fluorescence, 2021)

Eco-efficiency evaluation model: a case study of the Yangtze River Economic Belt - Xu Xu; Lin-Chao Pan; Qing-He Ni; Qian-Qian Yuan (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2021)