LncRNA GNAS-AS1 knockdown inhibits keloid cells growth by mediating the miR-188-5p/RUNX2 axis - Yun Liu; Lei Li; Jia-Yao Wang; Fei Gao; Xia Lin; Shi-Shuai Lin; Zhi-Yang Qiu; Zun-Hong Liang (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2023)

Effects of iron on the growth, chlorophyll a, total lipids, and fatty acids of Chaetoceros lorenzianus - Zuhao Zhang; Ruibing Peng; Xinyi Xia; Pingping Liu; Si Chen; Ran Xia; Xiamin Jiang; Maowang Jiang; Jianyuan Lin (Journal of Applied Phycology, 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)

Synthetic role of miR-411-5p and CT perfusion information in predicting clinical outcomes after thrombolysis in acute cerebral infarction - Xia Lin; Wenjie Wang; Taotao Tao; Danhong Zhang; Lingqun Mao; Xinwei He (Acta Neurologica Belgica, 2023)

Anti-inflammatory flavonoid derivatives from the heartwood of Dalbergia odorifera T. Chen - Ni-li Zan; Zi-Han Lu; Xin-Yu Wang; Rong-Ye Wang; Nai-Yun Liang; Hui-Xia Huo; Yun-Fang Zhao; Yue-Lin Song; Peng-Fei Tu; Jiao Zheng; Jun Li (Natural Product Research, 2023)

FENet: feature enhancement network for land cover classification - Zhanming Ma; Min Xia; Haifeng Lin; Ming Qian; Yonghong Zhang (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2023)

Charge-dependent negative effects of polystyrene nanoplastics on Oryzias melastigma under ocean acidification conditions - Yufei Chen; Xia Wang; Qi Sui; Guozhu Chang; Xuemei Sun; Lin Zhu; Bijuan Chen; Keming Qu; Bin Xia (Science of The Total Environment, 2023)

Ca2+-dependent TaCCD1 cooperates with TaSAUR215 to enhance plasma membrane H+-ATPase activity and alkali stress tolerance by inhibiting PP2C-mediated dephosphorylation of TaHA2 in wheat - Minghan Cui; Yanping Li; Jianhang Li; Fengxiang Yin; Xiangyu Chen; Lumin Qin; Lin Wei; Guangmin Xia; Shuwei Liu (Molecular Plant, 2023)

ReaxFF molecular dynamics study of co-combustion of waste tires with petroleum coke gasification residue: Combustion characteristics, gas evolution and micro mechanism - Xiuxia Zhang; Lining Liu; Bofan Lang; Lianxin Xia; Riyi Lin; Xinwei Wang (Fuel, 2023)

Effects of palm olein and palm stearin on cecal and fecal microbiota of C57BL/6J mice under low and high fat intakes - Liting Wan; Lin Li; Xia Zhang; Bing Li; Janette M. Harro; Mark E. Shirtliff (Food Chemistry, 2023)

Characterization and shelf stability of sweetened condensed milk formulated with different sucrose substitutes during storage - Ruosi Fang; He Jiang; Chenqi Lin; Ting Xia; Shixuan Xu; Qihe Chen; Gongnian Xiao (Food Chemistry, 2023)

RETRACTED: Carbon nanomaterials: A growing tool for the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes mellitus - Han Jiang; Changlei Xia; Junqing Lin; Hakim AL. Garalleh; Amr Alalawi; Arivalagan Pugazhendhi (Environmental Research, 2023)

Cooling effect of air movement of advanced air distribution under heating mode: Experimental analyses of stratum ventilation - Sheng Zhang; Fanghui Cheng; Xia Zhang; Zhang Lin; Yong Cheng (Building and Environment, 2023)

Correction to: Protective Effects of Chinese Herbal Medicine Rhizoma drynariae in Rats After Traumatic Brain Injury and Identification of Active Compound - Wenzhu Wang; Haigang Li; Jintao Yu; Michael Hong; Jing Zhou; Lin Zhu; Yang Wang; Min Luo; Zian Xia; Zeng-Jin Yang; Tao Tang; Ping Ren; et al. (Molecular Neurobiology, 2023)

Rising temperatures affect the interspecific interference competition between Harmonia axyridis and Propylea japonica, and their predation rate on Myzus persicae - Xing-Lin Yu; Yu-Jie Zhang; Jun-Feng Zuo; Xun Luo; Long Zhang; Zhuo-Ma Danzeng; Bo Wang; Peng-Liang Xia; Shi-Ze Zhang; Tong-Xian Liu; Yi Feng (Journal of Pest Science, 2023)

Activity-density and spatial distribution of termites on a fine-scale in a tropical rainforest in Xishuangbanna, southwest China - Myo Thant; Xiaobing Lin; Anjana J. Atapattu; Min Cao; Shang-wen Xia; Shengjie Liu; Xiaodong Yang (Soil Ecology Letters, 2023)

Optimization of bovine embryonic fibroblast feeder layer prepared by Mitomycin C - Fang Zhao; Jianning Yu; Qiang Ding; Kunlin Chen; Shuwen Xia; Yong Qian; Yundong Gao; Zhiping Lin; Huili Wang; Jifeng Zhong (Cell and Tissue Banking, 2023)

Preparation of laser microporous porcine acellular dermal matrix and observation of wound transplantation - Weidong Xia; Cai Lin; Zhuolong Tu; Yuan Li; Guoliang Shen (Cell and Tissue Banking, 2023)
To prepare a new type of porcine acellular dermis matrix (PADM) with the new laser microporous technique and verify its safety and feasibility. A novel porcine acellular dermis matrix (ADM) was prepared by using sequential combined decellularization of trypsin, neutral protease and SDS solution method and fully rinsed with ultrasonic wave. Specific laser microporous technology was used to prepare the laser micropore porcine acellular dermal matrix (LPADM). SD rats were chose as the animal models and autologous skin was transplanted by one-step method to observe and detect the graft activity, immunogenicity and vascularization degree of the novel PADM. A porcelain white, shiny, soft and elastic dermal matrix was prepared in this study, the results showed low DNA residue and low cytotoxicity. HE staining and SEM observation revealed that the PADM had neither residual cells nor cell fragments, while the collagen bundles were intact and orderly arranged. All the SD rats survived. No infection or skin allergy was found after surgery. None of the animals lost weight. Histological examination showed that the LPADM was fully vascularized with little tissue destruction in the experiment group. Immunohistochemical staining for CD31 showed ideal vascularization in the experiment group, and immunohistochemical staining for TNF-α showed there were no statistical significance of inflammatory reaction in both groups. This study demonstrated that the novel PADM prepared by sequential combined decellularization of trypsin, neutral protease and SDS solution method and new laser microporous technique was effective and safe in animal transplantation.

Risk assessment and environmental determinants of urinary phthalate metabolites in pregnant women in Southwest China - Nian Wu; Lin Tao; Kunming Tian; Xia Wang; Caidie He; Songlin An; Yingkuan Tian; Xiang Liu; Wei Chen; Haonan Zhang; Pei Xu; Dengqing Liao; et al. (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023)

The extract from aerial part of Scutellaria baicalensis regulates gut microbiota in rabbit fish: Replacement of antibiotic fighting against pathogenic bacteria - Yi-Teng Xia; Edwin Hok-Chi Cheng; Huai-You Wang; Lynn Hoi-Lam Zhang; Sheng-Ying Lin; Tina Ting-Xia Dong; Ran Duan; Qi-Wei Qin; Wen-Xiong Wang; Karl Wah-Keung Tsim (Aquaculture, 2023)

Identification of SNPs and candidate genes associated with early growth in orange-spotted grouper (Epinephelus coioides) by a genome-wide association study - Chun Hui Ai; Zong Xian Zhu; Dan Dan Huang; Gan Yang; Tong De Liu; Ying Bai; Xue Ying Liang; Ying Ying Xiong; Yi Long Lin; Hao Ran Lin; Shui Sheng Li; Jun Hong Xia (Aquaculture, 2023)

Co-hydrothermal carbonization of polyvinyl chloride and lignocellulose biomasses for chlorine and inorganics removal - Jing Zhang; Yuhan Chen; Xu Xia; Binbin Fu; Chuanjin Lin; Guangchao Jia; Xin Cui; Fang Liu; Peitao Zhao; Yimin Li (Waste Management, 2023)

Divergent responses and ecological risks of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) to cerium oxide nanoparticles in different soil types - Dun Chen; Zihan Lin; Fuxun Ai; Yan Xia; Wenchao Du; Ying Yin; Hongyan Guo (Science of The Total Environment, 2023)

Revegetation affects the response of land surface phenology to climate in Loess Plateau, China - Lvlv Wang; Dunxian She; Jun Xia; Lin Meng; Lingcheng Li (Science of The Total Environment, 2023)

Enhancement and mechanisms of iron-assisted anammox process - Ben Dai; Yifeng Yang; Zuobing Wang; Jiangming Wang; Lin Yang; Xiang Cai; Zhenyu Wang; Siqing Xia (Science of The Total Environment, 2023)

Water quality criteria and ecological risk assessment of lead (Pb) in China considering the total hardness of surface water: A national-scale study - Weigang Liang; Xiaolei Wang; Xiao Zhang; Lin Niu; Junyu Wang; Xia Wang; Xiaoli Zhao (Science of The Total Environment, 2023)

Biological conversion of sulfisoxazole in an autotrophic hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactor - Lin Yang; Si Pang; Jingzhou Zhou; Chengyang Wu; Xiaodi Li; Mengying Yao; Siqing Xia; Bruce E. Rittmann (Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2023)

A new strategy: Inhibitory effect and mechanism of Cymbopogon martinii essential oil on Aspergillus flavus - Lizhen Lin; Shuaipeng Chen; Wenxin Xia; Tingting Li; Lin Dong; Yan Zhang; Yuanyuan Zhang; Hangying Li; Yunsheng Zhao; Xueyan Fu (Food Bioscience, 2023)

Joint effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance alternatives and heavy metals on renal health: A community-based population study in China - Li-Xia Liang; Pengxin Dong; Yang Zhou; Lin Zhang; Zhengmin Qian; Sarah Dee Geiger; Elizabeth Bingheim; Xiaojiang Tang; Yan Wu; Jiayun Lv; Li-Zi Lin; Mohammed Zeeshan; et al. (Environmental Research, 2023)

The responses of mesophilic and thermophilic anaerobic digestion of municipal sludge to periodic fluctuation disturbance of organic loading rate - Zong-Lin Wu; Quan Zhang; Zi-Yuan Xia; Min Gou; Zhao-Yong Sun; Yue-Qin Tang (Environmental Research, 2023)

Development of structural equation models to unveil source-sink switches of mid-latitude soils for semi-volatile banned pesticides - Qian Li; Lin Cai; Rubing Wang; Chunlong Xia; Guoqing Cui; Cong Li; Xuemei Zheng; Xiyun Cai (Environmental Pollution, 2023)

Moisture-Induced reversible structure conversion of Zero-Dimensional organic cuprous bromide hybrids for multiple photoluminescent anti-Counterfeiting, information encryption and rewritable luminescent paper - Ye Tian; Hui Peng; Qilin Wei; Yanxi Chen; Jingjing Xia; Wenchao Lin; Chengyu Peng; Xuefei He; Bingsuo Zou (Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023)

Encapsulating selenium into mesoporous carbon for high-performance aqueous Cu-Se battery - Zhouxiang Wu; Xia Lin; Junwei Zhang; Xiquan Chu; Jiaxi Xu; Jing Li; Yiwen Liu; Haoxiang Yu; Lei Yan; Liyuan Zhang; Jie Shu (Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023)

A topical platelet-independent multilevel clotting initiator for intraoperative hemostasis - Fenglin Miao; Huirong Lin; Tianhong Yao; Ruyi Zhang; Xinfei Sun; Hongwei Cheng; Lingwei Gu; Xiaogang Xia; Ting Wu; Wengang Li; Gang Liu (Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023)

Simultaneous removal of nitrate and ammonium by hydrogen-based partial denitrification coupled with anammox in a membrane biofilm reactor - Si Pang; Yun Zhou; Lin Yang; Jingzhou Zhou; Xiaodi Li; Siqing Xia (Bioresource Technology, 2023)

Transcriptome and DNA Methylation Responses in the Liver of Yellowfin Seabream Under Starvation Stress - Yi Long Lin; Zong Xian Zhu; Chun Hui Ai; Ying Ying Xiong; Tong De Liu; Hao Ran Lin; Jun Hong Xia (Marine Biotechnology, 2023)

Coexistence of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) and IgA nephropathy - Qi Xiong; Wei Lin; Chanjuan Shen; Ting Meng; Rong Tang; Joshua D. Ooi; Peter J. Eggenhuizen; Jinbiao Chen; Wannian Nie; Xia Li; Qiaoling Zhou; Ping Xiao; et al. (Immunologic Research, 2023)

The interaction of MC3R and MC4R with MRAP2a in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) - Hui-Xia Yu; Yang Li; De-Bin Zhong; Xin Ren; Hao-Lin Mo; Ze-Bin Jiang; Jia-Jia Yu; Dong-Mei Xiong; Hai-Xia Liu; Li-Xin Wang (Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2023)

Programmable CRISPR-Cas12a and self-recruiting crRNA assisted dual biosensing platform for simultaneous detection of lung cancer biomarkers hOGG1 and FEN1 - Xia Cheng; Xinyi Xia; Dandan Ren; Qiutong Chen; Guanhong Xu; Fangdi Wei; Jing Yang; Lin Wang; Qin Hu; Jianjun Zou; Yao Cen (Analytica Chimica Acta, 2023)

Current status of indoor dust PBDE pollution and its physical burden and health effects on children - Keyang Zheng; Zhijun Zeng; Yucong Lin; Qihua Wang; Qianwen Tian; Xia Huo (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023)

Prenatal titanium exposure and child neurodevelopment at 1 year of age: A longitudinal prospective birth cohort study - Yangqian Jiang; Yongyue Wei; Wenhui Guo; Jiangbo Du; Tao Jiang; Hongxia Ma; Guangfu Jin; Ting Chen; Rui Qin; Shiyao Tao; Qun Lu; Hong Lv; et al. (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)

Numerical investigation of the temperature field and frost damages of a frost-penetration tunnel considering turbulent convection heat transfer - Ziliang Lin; Caichu Xia; Shigui Du; Shuwei Zhou (Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2023)

Transcriptomics and metabolomics together reveal the underlying mechanism of heroin hepatotoxicity - Yingbiao Yue; Lei Zou; Jie Tao; Lin Yin; Zhenrong Xie; Yu Xia; Zunyue Zhang; Kunhua Wang; Mei Zhu (Toxicology, 2023)

Rapid and sensitive detection of quizalofop-p-ethyl by gold nanoparticle-based lateral flow immunoassay in agriproducts and environmental samples - Xue Liu; Jiao Li; Yue Huang; Zhongrong Zhang; Qing Lin; Pengliang Xia; Fanyu Kong; Jun Qiu; Song Fang; Xiude Hua (Science of The Total Environment, 2023)

Associations between DNA methylation and genotoxicity among lead-exposed workers in China - Tuanwei Wang; Yu Meng; Yuting Tu; Guanghui Zhang; Kan Wang; Shiyang Gong; Yunxia Zhang; Tongshuai Wang; Anqi Li; David C. Christiani; William Au; Zhao-lin Xia (Environmental Pollution, 2023)

Physiological equivalent temperature-based and universal thermal climate index-based adaptive-rational outdoor thermal comfort models - Sheng Zhang; Xia Zhang; Dun Niu; Zhaosong Fang; Han Chang; Zhang Lin (Building and Environment, 2023)

Dermal Uptake is an Important Pathway for the Bioconcentration of Hydrophobic Organic Compounds by Zebrafish (Danio rerio) - Yilin Xiao; Xiaohan Lin; Haotian Wang; Xinghui Xia (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2023)

A new formula of recovery factor for non-equilibrium transport of graded suspended sediment in the Middle Yangtze River - Lin-lin Li; Jun-qiang Xia; Mei-rong Zhou; Shan-shan Deng; Zhi-wei Li (Journal of Mountain Science, 2023)

Effects of exposure to phthalate during early pregnancy on gestational diabetes mellitus: a nested case–control study with propensity score matching - Wei Chen; Caidie He; Xiang Liu; Songlin An; Xia Wang; Lin Tao; Haonan Zhang; Yingkuan Tian; Nian Wu; Pei Xu; Dengqing Liao; Juan Liao; et al. (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Body size mediates the trophic cascade effect of filter-feeding fish [Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Val.)] on phytoplankton in large enclosures - Qiuqi Lin; Yuan Liao; Qian Xia; Liang Peng (Hydrobiologia, 2022)

An association study on the risk, glucocorticoids effectiveness, and prognosis of systemic lupus erythematosus: insight from mitochondrial DNA copy number - Zhen Li; Qi-Qun Zong; Chun-Xia Zhai; Guang-Hui Yu; Wan-Qin Hu; Yu-Hua Wang; Lin-Lin Wang; Zi-Ye Yan; Ting-Yu Zhang; Ying Teng; Shuang Liu; Jing Cai; et al. (Immunologic Research, 2022)

Effects of adrenergic α-antagonists on the early life stages of Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) - Haixia Wang; Xia Lin; Zepeng He; Baoliu Qian; Liwei Sun (Ecotoxicology, 2022)

Important But Overlooked Potential Risks of Substituted Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon: Looking Below the Tip of the Iceberg - Xiao Zhang; Xiaolei Wang; Xiaoli Zhao; Zhi Tang; Weigang Liang; Xiaowei Wu; Junyu Wang; Xia Wang; Lin Niu (Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2022)

Role of carnitine in adaptation of Chromohalobacter salexigens DSM 3043 and its mutants to osmotic and temperature stress in defined medium - Xiang-Lin Meng; Xia Gao; Yuan-Ming Si; Li-Li Xu; Li-Zhong Guo; Wei-Dong Lu (Extremophiles, 2022)

Nitrogen enrichment alters multiple dimensions of grassland functional stability via changing compositional stability - Qianna Xu; Xian Yang; Jian Song; Jingyi Ru; Jianyang Xia; Shaopeng Wang; Shiqiang Wan; Lin Jiang (Ecology Letters, 2022)
Anthropogenic nutrient enrichment is known to alter the composition and functioning of plant communities. However, how nutrient enrichment influences multiple dimensions of community‐ and ecosystem‐level stability remains poorly understood. Using data from a nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) addition experiment in a temperate semi‐arid grassland that experienced a natural drought, we show that N enrichment, not P enrichment, decreased grassland functional and compositional temporal stability, resistance and recovery but increased functional and compositional resilience. Compositional stability and species asynchrony, rather than species diversity, were identified as key determinants of all dimensions of grassland functional stability, except for recovery. Whereas grassland functional recovery was decoupled from compositional recovery, N enrichment altered other dimensions of functional stability primarily through changing their corresponding compositional stability dimensions. Our findings highlight the need to examine ecological stability at the community level for a more mechanistic understanding of ecosystem dynamics in the face of environmental change.

Determining the drift characteristics of open lifeboats based on large-scale drift experiments - Haiwen Tu; Lin Mu; Kai Xia; Xiaodi Wang; Kui Zhu (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022)
Lifeboat is one of the most important life-saving equipment for escaping at sea when a ship is abandoned in an extreme emergency. An accurate drift model can help rescuers find the drift position of lifeboat in the shortest time, thus improving the efficiency of marine search and rescue (SAR) at sea and ensuring the safety of wrecked people. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the drift characteristics and to develop an accurate drift prediction model for the open lifeboat. First, large-scale drift experiments were conducted to analyze the drift characteristics with three 6.5-meter-long real-size open lifeboats in the South China Sea. Next, three drift prediction models of the lifeboats were developed using the least squares method based on the drift experimental data. Finally, the drift prediction models of the lifeboats were compared and evaluated using the Lagrangian method and Monte Carlo technique, respectively. Results indicate that the probability of positive crosswind leeway (CWL) of the open lifeboat is 47.5%. The jibing frequency is 6% per hour, and the maximum leeway divergence angle is 45°. These drift characteristics are very important for the prediction of the open lifeboat drift trajectory. The comparison results of three drift models show that the improved drift model is more accurate than the other two drift models for predicting drift trajectories of the open lifeboat, which can be directly applied to maritime search and rescue operations in the South China Sea.

Forecasts of MJO during DYNAMO in a coupled tropical channel model, Part I: Impact of parameterization schemes - Yun Hu; Xiaochun Wang; Jing‐Jia Luo; Dongxiao Wang; Huiping Yan; Chaoxia Yuan; Xia Lin (International Journal of Climatology, 2022)
A coupled tropical channel model is developed to forecast the Madden–Julian Oscillation (MJO) event during the Dynamics of the MJO (DYNAMO) campaign period. Eight sets of 30‐day hindcast experiments are performed using different combinations of cumulus parameterization and planetary boundary layer (PBL) schemes. The results indicate that a well‐simulated mean state is a prerequisite for MJO forecast, and the model's ability to reproduce the mean state is sensitive to the parameterization schemes. The experiment with Tiedtke (TDK) cumulus parameterization and University of Washington (UW) PBL schemes can successfully predict the MJO event. Over the equatorial Indian Ocean, this experiment has a good representation of zonal sea surface temperature (SST) gradient and low‐level westerly wind, favouring a reasonable atmospheric circulation. As a result of boundary‐layer convergence in the eastern Indian Ocean, more water vapour is gathered in the low‐middle troposphere by updrafts, contributing to the PBL moistening ahead of the MJO convection and the eastward‐propagation of MJO precipitation. Further analysis reveals that the high cloud is accompanied by strong convection. A better simulation in tropical high cloud fraction helps trap the cloud radiation heating to warm middle‐upper troposphere, which promotes the MJO propagation. Our results suggest that the selection of proper parameterization schemes with a better‐simulated mean state is crucial to predicting the MJO event in the tropical channel model.

The Influence of the Rotary Speed of a Microwave Applicator on Hard-Rock Fracturing Effect - Xia-ting Feng; Shi-ping Li; Cheng-xiang Yang; Feng Lin; Tian-yang Tong; Xiang-xin Su; Jiu-yu Zhang (Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2022)

Development of diagnostic molecular markers to differentiate sharp eyespot and Fusarium crown rot isolates collected from common wheat fields in China - Yan Ren; Yue Wang; Li-yan Wang; Xia-Lei Lv; Ti Liu; Jing-yun Nie; Peng Guo; Lin Ma; Xiao-nan Sun; Feng Chen (Phytoparasitica, 2022)

Inhibition of cGAS in Paraventricular Nucleus Attenuates Hypertensive Heart Injury Via Regulating Microglial Autophagy - Chengzhi Han; Xinyi Qian; Xiaorong Ren; Shutian Zhang; Li Hu; Jingyao Li; Yijun Huang; Renhui Huang; Kokwin Ooi; Hong Lin; Chunmei Xia (Molecular Neurobiology, 2022)

Sex Difference is a Determinant of Gut Microbes and Their Metabolites SCFAs/MCFAs in High Fat Diet Fed Rats - Ying Shi; Lin Wei; Lin Xing; Shanyu Wu; Fangzhi Yue; Ke Xia; Dongmei Zhang (Current Microbiology, 2022)

A histological study of vascular wall resident stem cells in venous malformations - Hou-Fu Xia; Wen-Qiang Lai; Gao-Hong Chen; Ye Li; Qi-Hui Xie; Yu-Lin Jia; Gang Chen; Yi-Fang Zhao (Cell and Tissue Research, 2022)

PDGFD switches on stem cell endothelial commitment - Weisi Lu; Peipei Xu; Boxiong Deng; Jianing Zhang; Ying Zhan; Xianchai Lin; Xiangzhong Xu; Zhaoxia Xia; Xiaoxi Yang; Xiaoling Zeng; Lijuan Huang; Bingbing Xie; et al. (Angiogenesis, 2022)
The critical factors regulating stem cell endothelial commitment and renewal remain not well understood. Here, using loss- and gain-of-function assays together with bioinformatic analysis and multiple model systems, we show that PDGFD is an essential factor that switches on endothelial commitment of embryonic stem cells (ESCs). PDGFD genetic deletion or knockdown inhibits ESC differentiation into EC lineage and increases ESC self-renewal, and PDGFD overexpression activates ESC differentiation towards ECs. RNA sequencing reveals a critical requirement of PDGFD for the expression of vascular-differentiation related genes in ESCs. Importantly, PDGFD genetic deletion or knockdown increases ESC self-renewal and decreases blood vessel densities in both embryonic and neonatal mice and in teratomas. Mechanistically, we reveal that PDGFD fulfills this function via the MAPK/ERK pathway. Our findings provide new insight of PDGFD as a novel regulator of ESC fate determination, and suggest therapeutic implications of modulating PDGFD activity in stem cell therapy.

Reading-related Brain Function Restored to Normal After Articulation Training in Patients with Cleft Lip and Palate: An fMRI Study - Liwei Sun; Wenjing Zhang; Mengyue Wang; Songjian Wang; Zhen Li; Cui Zhao; Meng Lin; Qian Si; Xia Li; Ying Liang; Jing Wei; Xu Zhang; et al. (Neuroscience Bulletin, 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)

Effects of Inorganic and Organic Manganese Supplementation on Growth Performance, Tibia Development, and Oxidative Stress in Broiler Chickens - Wei-Hao Xia; Liang Tang; Zhen-Yong Wang; Lin Wang (Biological Trace Element Research, 2022)

Changes in plant anthocyanin levels in response to abiotic stresses: a meta-analysis - Wenjie Yan; Juanjuan Li; Xinyue Lin; Lina Wang; Xiaoxiao Yang; Xiangyu Xia; Yuxin Zhang; Shaoyu Yang; Hongbing Li; Xiping Deng; Qingbo Ke (Plant Biotechnology Reports, 2022)

Simulated Short- and Long-Term Deformation in Coastal Karst Caves - Chunxiu Lin; Chang Xia; Hong Zhang; Zhen Liu; Cuiying Zhou (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022)
The self-balanced pressure arch theory is an important basis for excavation support in karst caves, but it is difficult to quantify the empirical theory in coastal areas. In addition, the rheological effects of karst strata could pose a hazard to engineering. Therefore, this study investigated the rheological mechanism under the self-balanced pressure arch effect, and we proposed a mesoscopic unit rheological model for clay minerals in a water-rich environment. With the discrete element method (DEM), we realized the numerical modeling of the rheological model. Then, the proposed model is validated by a case study of foundation excavation in the coastal karst area of China. The mesoscopic mechanical characteristics of caves considering the influence of pressure arch are analyzed. The results show that the self-balance of the caverns mainly lies in the mesoscopic mineral strength and local stress. With the rheological controlled model, the final predicted convergent deformation of the foundation has an error of less than 10% compared with the field monitoring data. In this study, we can quantitively describe the self-balance effect of the pressure arch surrounding the caves and reveal the rheological mechanism. The proposed model can be applied to similar engineering with careful calibration and provide safety guidance.

Wheat genomic study for genetic improvement of traits in China - Jun Xiao; Bao Liu; Yingyin Yao; Zifeng Guo; Haiyan Jia; Lingrang Kong; Aimin Zhang; Wujun Ma; Zhongfu Ni; Shengbao Xu; Fei Lu; Yuannian Jiao; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2022)

Transgenic expression of rice OsPHR2 increases phosphorus uptake and yield in wheat - Yan Li; Yuhui Fang; Chaojun Peng; Xia Hua; Yu Zhang; Xueli Qi; Zhengling Li; Yumin Wang; Lin Hu; Weigang Xu (Protoplasma, 2022)

Paleo-karst zone and its control on reservoirs in the fourth member of the Sinian Dengying formation in the Moxi area, central Sichuan Basin - Qinyu Xia; Haijun Yan; Wei Xu; Lin Zhang; Qian Li; Wenjun Luo; Hui Deng; Xun Zhu; Xinyu Li; Jichen Yu (Carbonates and Evaporites, 2022)

Effects of soil organic matter components and iron aluminum oxides on aggregate stability during vegetation succession in granite red soil eroded areas - Zhe Lin; Zhi-gang Huang; Da-lan Liao; Wan-xia Huang; Juan Huang; Yu-song Deng (Journal of Mountain Science, 2022)

A 2019 Outbreak Investigation of Hepatitis A Virus Infections in the United States Linked to Imported Fresh Blackberries - Monica McClure; Johnson Nsubuga; Martha P. Montgomery; Erin Jenkins; Alvin Crosby; Daniela Schoelen; Colin Basler; Sumathi Ramachandran; Yulin Lin; Guo-liang Xia; Yury Khudaykov; Vilasini Suktankar; et al. (Food and Environmental Virology, 2022)

Endothelial cells induce degradation of ECM through enhanced secretion of MMP14 carried on extracellular vesicles in venous malformation - Gao-Hong Chen; Jie-Gang Yang; Hou-Fu Xia; Lin-Zhou Zhang; Yin-Hsueh Chen; Kui-Ming Wang; Xu Duan; Lian-Zhi Wu; Yi-Fang Zhao; Gang Chen (Cell and Tissue Research, 2022)

Erratum to: Stratospheric Ozone-induced Cloud Radiative Effects on Antarctic Sea Ice - Yan Xia; Yongyun Hu; Jiping Liu; Yi Huang; Fei Xie; Jintai Lin (Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2022)
Erratum to: Xia, Y., Y. Y. Hu, J. P. Liu, Y. Huang, F. Xie, and J. T. Lin, 2020: Stratospheric ozone-induced cloud radiative effects on Antarctic sea ice. Adv. Atmos. Sci. , 37 (5), 505−514, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-019-8251-6 . This article has changed from access by subscription to OA.

SGBNet: An Ultra Light-weight Network for Real-time Semantic Segmentation of Land Cover - Kai Pang; Liguo Weng; Yonghong Zhang; Jia Liu; Haifeng Lin; Min Xia (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2022)

Cloud/shadow segmentation based on multi-level feature enhanced network for remote sensing imagery - Shoukuan Miao; Min Xia; Ming Qian; Yonghong Zhang; Jia Liu; Haifeng Lin (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2022)

Ecological risk assessment of metallic nanoparticles on the marine environments: Species sensitivity distributions analysis - Sulan Feng; Lin Zhu; Xinguo Zhao; Qi Sui; Xuemei Sun; Bijuan Chen; Keming Qu; Bin Xia (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022)
Metallic nanoparticles (NPs) are increasingly being used and inevitably entering the marine environment. Therefore, the adverse effects of NPs on individual marine species have attracted increasing attentions. However, to date, the ecological risks of NPs on the marine ecosystem remain poorly understood. In this study, species sensitivity distributions (SSDs) were constructed for Ag, ZnO, CuO, and TiO 2 NPs to understand their ecotoxicity to the marine ecosystem and the contribution of size effect and ion effect to the nanotoxicity. Furthermore, a case study on the assessment of marine ecological risk and marine environment carrying capacity of metallic NPs was performed in Jiaozhou Bay, China. The results showed the toxicity of metallic NPs to marine species following the order of Ag > ZnO > CuO > TiO 2 . Both size effect and ion effect contributed to the toxicity of NPs. Environmental concentrations of Ag, ZnO, CuO, and TiO 2 NPs are much lower than the predicted no-effect concentrations, indicating that these metallic NPs have not yet posed risks to the marine ecosystem based on currently limited measured environmental concentrations of metallic NPs in seawater. And the marine environment carrying capacity of Ag, ZnO, CuO, and TiO 2 NPs in Jiaozhou Bay seawater were determined to be 5.03, 8.72, 93.06, and 629.79 t, respectively. The results help us understand the ecological risk of NPs in marine environments and provide a scientific basis for the sustainable development of nanotechnology.

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)

PLXDC2 enhances invadopodium formation to promote invasion and metastasis of gastric cancer cells via interacting with PTP1B - Bin Wu; Yan-xia Wang; Jun-jie Wang; Dong-fang Xiang; Meng-si Zhang; Ze-xuan Yan; Wen-ying Wang; Jing-ya Miao; Xi Lan; Jia-jia Liu; Zheng-yan Li; Chuan Li; et al. (Clinical & Experimental Metastasis, 2022)
Plexin-domain containing 2 (PLXDC2) has been reported as an oncoprotein in several human malignancies. However, its expression and roles in gastric cancer remain largely unclear. In this study, we found that PLXDC2 was highly expressed in gastric cancer tissues, and the expression levels were positively correlated with clinicopathological features, but negatively with the patients’ outcome. Cox regression analysis identified PLXDC2 as an independent prognostic indicator for the patients. Knockdown of PLXDC2 markedly suppressed the in vitro invasion and in vivo metastasis of gastric cancer cells, while overexpression of PLXDC2 resulted in opposite effects. Mechanistically, PLXDC2 enhanced the level of phosphorylated Cortactin (p-Cortactin) by physically interacting with protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B), an important dephosphorylase, to prevent its dephosphorylating of p-Cortactin, thereby promoting the formation of invadopodia. Collectively, our results indicate that PLXDC2 contributes to the invasion and metastasis of gastric cancer by inhibiting PTP1B to facilitate the invadopodium formation, and may serve as a potential prognostic biomarker and a therapeutic target for this disease.

Effects of different carbon sources and carbon–nitrogen ratios on the survival, growth, intestinal biochemical parameters, and water quality of seahorse juveniles cultured under zero-water exchange conditions - Tingting Lin; Yishan Cai; Xin Liu; Siping Li; Dong Zhang; Lianjun Xia (Aquaculture International, 2022)

Meta-analysis of the effect of melatonin application on abiotic stress tolerance in plants - Xiaoxiao Yang; Jianhong Ren; Juanjuan Li; Xinyue Lin; Xiangyu Xia; Wenjie Yan; Yuxin Zhang; Xiping Deng; Qingbo Ke (Plant Biotechnology Reports, 2022)

Isolation and identification of two new sargentodoxosides from Sargentodoxa cuneata and their agonistic effects against FXR - Wen Zhang; Cheng-Peng Sun; Yu-Lin Peng; Wen-Yu Zhao; Zheng-Yue Wang; Jing Ning; Xia Lv; Zhen-Long Yu; Shuang Zhou; Wei Peng; Bang-Jiang Fang; Xiao-Chi Ma (Natural Product Research, 2022)

Metatranscriptomic analysis of host response and vaginal microbiome of patients with severe COVID-19 - Meng Xiao; Bo Lu; Rui Ding; Xia Liu; Xian Wu; Yaqian Li; Xudong Liu; Lin Qiu; Zhibo Zhang; Jing Xie; Yu Chen; Dong Zhang; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2022)

ZNF750 facilitates carcinogenesis via promoting the expression of long non-coding RNA CYTOR and influences pharmacotherapy response in colon adenocarcinoma - Lu Xia; Hexin Lin; Yanming Zhou; Jiabian Lian (Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B, 2022)

Diminished miR-374c-5p negatively regulates IL (interleukin)-6 in unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortion - Lin Zhao; Li Han; Guozhen Hei; Ran Wei; Zhen Zhang; Xiaoxiao Zhu; Qiang Guo; Chu Chu; Xiaoxiao Fu; Ke Xu; Xia Li (Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2022)

SESN1, negatively regulated by miR-377-3p, suppresses invasive growth of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma by interaction with SMAD3 - Chi Zhang; Lin Ren; Hongjian Zhang; Shiwen Yang; Miao Deng; Lihong He; Ruoyan Cao; Chuanjiang Zhao; Juan Xia (Human Cell, 2022)

Facile synthesis of CoOOH@MXene to activate peroxymonosulfate for efficient degradation of sulfamethoxazole: performance and mechanism investigation - Xinjing Xia; Lin Deng; Lingfang Yang; Zhou Shi (Environmental Science and Pollution 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)

Identification of the Largest SCA36 Pedigree in Asia: with Multimodel Neuroimaging Evaluation for the First Time - Yue Xie; Zhao Chen; Zhe Long; Rui-Ting Chen; Yi-Zheng Jiang; Ming-Jie Liu; Lin-Liu Peng; Hui-Rong Peng; Na Wan; Guangdong Zou; Chun-Rong Wang; Yu-Ting Shi; et al. (The Cerebellum, 2022)

Transcriptome Changes Induced by Botrytis cinerea Stress and Weighted Gene Co-expression Network Analysis (WGCNA) in Actinidia chinensis - Zhe-Xin Li; Wen-Lin Zhang; Deng-Wei Jue; Xia Liu; Yu-Song Jiang; Jian-Min Tang (Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 2022)

Diagnostic Performance of miR-485-3p in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease and its Relationship with Neuroinflammation - Xia Lin; Rui Wang; Ran Li; Taotao Tao; Danhong Zhang; Yuxiang Qi (NeuroMolecular Medicine, 2022)

Bedside Diagnosis for Disseminated Deep Dermatophytosis: a Case Series Study - Xiu-Jiao Xia; Hong Shen; Hui-Lin Zhi; Yan Zhong; Bo Sang; Wen-Wen Lv; Qiu-Ping Li; Ze-Hu Liu (Mycopathologia, 2022)

Priming of rice defense against a sap-sucking insect pest brown planthopper by silicon - Yibin Lin; Xianhui Lin; Chaohui Ding; Ming Xia; Rongrong Xue; Zhongxiang Sun; Daoqian Chen; Keyan Zhu-Salzman; Rensen Zeng; Yuanyuan Song (Journal of Pest Science, 2022)

Potential Application of Biosurfactant-Producing Bacteria for Bioremediation of Oil Polluted Marine Intertidal Sediments - Ping Guo; Wei-Wei Xu; Dan-Na Wei; Man-Xia Zhang; Jin Zhang; Shi Tang; Bin-Xia Cao; Jian-Guo Lin; Wei Li (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022)
The removal of oil contaminants in marine intertidal sediments under cold climate is an urgent issue. Although the bioavailability of petroleum hydrocarbons decreases at low temperatures, biosurfactants can promote oil biodegradation. In this study, characteristics of biosurfactants produced by cold-adapted oil-degrading bacteria Planococcus sp. XW-1 were studied. Adding the XW-1 biosurfactant could effectively facilitate the solubility of phenanthrene, pyrene, diesel oil, and crude oil. The solubilization was limited by the number of rings and the molecular weight (WSRphenanthrene = 0.0234; WSRpyrene = 0.0165; WSRdiesel oil = 0.0027; WSRcrude oil = 0.0015). Additional biosurfactants significantly washed out crude oil adsorbed to the sand (reduction from 17.1%, 22.7% to 87.9% and 94.28% in 24 h). With the increase in particle size, the removal efficiency increased from 87.9% to 94.28%. After the addition of biosurfactant, the effect of degradation increased by 20% in 20 days. The results suggest that the biosurfactant-producing bacteria Planococcus sp. XW-1 is a promising candidate used in the in situ bioremediation of petroleum-contaminated intertidal sediment.

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)

Growth Promotion and Salt-Tolerance Improvement of Gerbera jamesonii by Root Colonization of Piriformospora indica - Weiting Chen; Fazhuang Lin; Kuan-Hung Lin; Changming Chen; Chaoshui Xia; Qiaoling Liao; Shi-Peng Chen; Yun-Wei Kuo (Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2022)

Community structure and assembly of denitrifying bacteria in epiphytic biofilms in a freshwater lake ecosystem - Guoqing Li; Dingbo Yan; Pinhua Xia; Haipeng Cao; Tao Lin; Yin Yi (Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2022)

Soil phosphorus drives plant trait variations in a mature subtropical forest - Erqian Cui; Ruiling Lu; Xiaoni Xu; Huanfa Sun; Yang Qiao; Jiaye Ping; Shuying Qiu; Yihua Lin; Jiehuan Bao; Yutong Yong; Zemei Zheng; Enrong Yan; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2022)
Earth system models are implementing soil phosphorus dynamic and plant functional traits to predict functional changes in global forests. However, the linkage between soil phosphorus and plant traits lacks empirical evidence, especially in mature forests. Here, we examined the soil phosphorus constraint on plant functional traits in a mature subtropical forest based on observations of 9943 individuals from 90 species in a 5‐ha forest dynamic plot and 405 individuals from 15 species in an adjacent 10‐year nutrient‐addition experiment. We first confirmed a pervasive phosphorus limitation on subtropical tree growth based on leaf N:P ratios. Then, we found that soil phosphorus dominated multidimensional trait variations in the 5‐ha forest dynamic plot. Soil phosphorus content explained 44% and 53% of the variance in the traits defining the main functional space across species and communities, respectively. Lastly, we found much stronger phosphorus effects on most plant functional traits than nitrogen at both species and community levels in the 10‐year nutrient‐addition experiment. This study provides evidence for the consistent pattern of soil phosphorus constraint on plant trait variations between the species and community levels in a mature evergreen broadleaf forest in the East Asian monsoon region. These findings shed light on the predominant role of soil phosphorus on plant functional trait variations in mature subtropical forests, providing new insights for models to incorporate soil phosphorus constraint in predicting future vegetation dynamics.

First report of tobacco vein banding mosaic virus and chilli veinal mottle virus infecting Solanum muricatum in China - Ning Jiang; Xiao-tong Gai; Zhong-long Lin; Can-hua Lu; Jun-hong Ma; Zhen-yuan Xia (Journal of Plant Pathology, 2022)

A Comprehensive Correlation Study of Structured Soils in Coastal Area of South China about Structural Characteristics - Chunxiu Lin; Chang Xia; Zhen Liu; Cuiying Zhou (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022)
Granite residual soil is a common engineering material, and its mechanical properties are of great importance to engineering safety. This kind of soil presents obvious structural characteristics, and many researchers have emphasized the significance of its structural features. According to previous experiments, from a macroscopic perspective, many researchers have investigated the structural relationship between undisturbed and remolded soils, but few studies have considered it in the mesoscopic aspect. Adopting DEM (a mesomechanical simulation method), we can study how the structure affects the mechanical process between undisturbed and remolded soil. Therefore, this paper combines DEM with laboratory tests to study the structural characteristic correlation between undisturbed and remolded soil. The results indicate that a weak cohesion effect exists in undisturbed soil, and the damage of weak cohesion elements accompanies the failure process. Weak cohesion elements in undisturbed soil cause inhomogeneities in deformation, stress state, and damage accumulation, which ultimately causes differences in strength curves. This paper explains the mechanism of the structural effect on mechanical evolution from a mesomechanical perspective. The DEM simulation method proposed in this paper can be applied to structured soils and better guide engineering practice.

Reproductive strategies of Xanthium italicum differ from those of native Xanthium sibiricum, and they are key to its invasiveness - Meng Jiang; Miao Ma; Hui Lin; Xia Ma (Plant Ecology, 2022)

Crocin Alleviates Intracerebral Hemorrhage–Induced Neuronal Ferroptosis by Facilitating Nrf2 Nuclear Translocation - Fei Wang; Wu-lin Li; Li-juan Shen; Ting-ting Jiang; Jian-jun Xia; Da-li You; Shan-you Hu; Li Wang; Xiao Wu (Neurotoxicity Research, 2022)

Effects of Meranzin Hydrate On the LncRNA–miRNA–mRNA Regulatory Network in the Hippocampus of a Rat Model of Depression - Kechao Nie; Lin Liu; Luqi Peng; Mei Zhang; Chunhu Zhang; Bo Xiao; Zian Xia; Wei Huang (Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2022)

Research on the Mechanics Performance of the New Tension–Compression Rock Bolt Through Numerical Simulation - Shuai Yang; Xunguo Zhu; Guofeng Zhang; Lin Yang; Hongchun Xia; Wei Li (Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 2022)

Research on Transfer Rate of Heavy Metals and Harmful Elements in Traditional Chinese Medicine Extraction and Refining Processes and Product Health Risk Assessment - Dujia Jin; Lin Li; Wujun Dong; Xiangyang Zhu; Xuejun Xia; Renyun Wang; Jun Ye; Ran Li; Zhihua Liu; Xueqing Xu; Lili Gao; Yuling Liu; et al. (Biological Trace Element Research, 2022)

Atmospheric deposition fluxes and health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements in Caohai Lake (Guizhou Province, China) - Shao-xia Lin; Zhuan-ling Zhang; Zhi-qiang Xiao; Xiao-lan Liu; Qing-hai Zhang (Journal of Mountain Science, 2022)

Knockout of GGPPS1 restrains rab37-mediated autophagy in response to ventilator-induced lung injury - Zexu Wang; Meizi Chen; Xia Pan; Li Wang; Cheng Yin; Qiuqi Lin; Jingjing Jiang; Yunlei Zhang; Bing Wan (Human Cell, 2022)

Extensive sequence divergence between the reference genomes of Taraxacum kok-saghyz and Taraxacum mongolicum - Tao Lin; Xia Xu; Huilong Du; Xiuli Fan; Qingwen Chen; Chunyan Hai; Zijian Zhou; Xiao Su; Liquan Kou; Qiang Gao; Lingwei Deng; Jinsheng Jiang; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2022)

Establishment of Galectin-3 Time-resolved Fluoroimmunoassay and its Application in Idiopathic Membranous Nephropathy - Xiaomei Yu; Lingli Chen; Bo Lin; Li Zhang; Xue Yang; Xiaobin Liu; Pengguo Xia; Yueming Liu; Shaoxiong Zheng; Xiumei Zhou; Yigang Wang; Yuan Qin; et al. (Journal of Fluorescence, 2022)

Effect of pyrolysis temperature on pyrolysis of pine saw dust and application of bio-char - J. Lin; Q. Zhang; H. Xia; S. Cheng (International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2022)

A Review of Parallel Implementations for the Smith–Waterman Algorithm - Zeyu Xia; Yingbo Cui; Ang Zhang; Tao Tang; Lin Peng; Chun Huang; Canqun Yang; Xiangke Liao (Interdisciplinary Sciences: Computational Life Sciences, 2022)

Warming effects on grassland productivity depend on plant diversity - Junjiong Shao; Xuhui Zhou; Kees Jan van Groenigen; Guiyao Zhou; Huimin Zhou; Lingyan Zhou; Meng Lu; Jianyang Xia; Lin Jiang; Bruce A. Hungate; Yiqi Luo; Fangliang He; et al. (Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2022)
Aim Climate warming and biodiversity loss both alter plant productivity, yet we lack an understanding of how biodiversity regulates the responses of ecosystems to warming. In this study, we examine how plant diversity regulates the responses of grassland productivity to experimental warming using meta‐analytic techniques. Location Global. Major taxa studied Grassland ecosystems. Methods Our meta‐analysis is based on warming responses of 40 different plant communities obtained from 20 independent studies on grasslands across five continents. Results Our results show that plant diversity and its responses to warming were the most important factors regulating the warming effects on plant productivity, among all the factors considered (plant diversity, climate and experimental settings). Specifically, warming increased plant productivity when plant diversity (indicated by effective number of species) in grasslands was lower than 10, whereas warming decreased plant productivity when plant diversity was greater than 10. Moreover, the structural equation modelling showed that the magnitude of warming enhanced plant productivity by increasing the performance of dominant plant species in grasslands of diversity lower than 10. The negative effects of warming on productivity in grasslands with plant diversity greater than 10 were partly explained by diversity‐induced decline in plant dominance. Main conclusions Our findings suggest that the positive or negative effect of warming on grassland productivity depends on how biodiverse a grassland is. This may mainly be due to differences in how warming may affect plant dominance and subsequent shifts in interspecific interactions in grasslands of different plant diversity levels.

Cytotoxic α-pyrone derivatives from Cryptocarya yunnanensis - Qian He; Yue Fan; Yu Liu; Yun-Xia You; Li Rao; Yu Su; You-Kai Xu; Bin Lin; Chuan-Rui Zhang (Natural Product Research, 2022)

Increasing the energy efficiency of a data center based on machine learning - Zhen Yang; Jinhong Du; Yiting Lin; Zhen Du; Li Xia; Qianchuan Zhao; Xiaohong Guan (Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2022)
Energy efficiency of data centers (DCs) is of great concern due to their large amount of energy consumption and the foreseeable growth in the demand of digital services in the future. The past decade witnessed improvements of the energy efficiency of DCs from an extensive margin—a shift from small to large, more efficient DCs. Improvements from the intensive margin, that is, from more efficient operation, would be critical in limiting the energy consumption and environmental impact of DCs in the upcoming period. Machine learning algorithms have advantages in optimizing the operation of DCs to improve energy efficiency as they have shown the potential of discovering control strategies not found by traditional method, and producing working condition‐dependent control strategies. This study proposes ready‐to‐use machine learning methods with practical details to decrease the most commonly used energy efficiency metric—power usage effectiveness in DCs. We achieved an accurate prediction by properly selecting the features used in the proposed prediction models established by neural network, light gradient boosting machine, recurrent neural network, and random forests. The proposed approaches are implemented in one of the largest hyperscale DCs in China—Tencent Tianjin DC, to optimize the set points of controllable variables in the cooling system and to detect and adjust the unreasonable working conditions in the modular data centers. The lower bound of PUE reduction was 0.005 with the proposed approaches, leading to about 1500 MWh (0.24% of the total designed electricity consumption of this DC) of energy saved per year in this hyperscale DC. The proposed methods have the potential to be transferred to DCs of similar scale, and the framework of our work could serve as a guide for machine learning‐based optimization of environmental indicators in other complex product/service systems.

Identification and bioinformatics analysis of differentially expressed milk exosomal microRNAs in milk exosomes of heat-stressed Holstein cows - Yue Wang; Jian Fang; Han-Fang Zeng; Ji-Feng Zhong; Hui-Xia Li; Kun-Lin Chen (Functional & Integrative Genomics, 2022)

Functional characterization of melanocortin-3 receptor in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) - Hui-Xia Yu; Yang Li; Wei-Jia Song; Hui Wang; Hao-Lin Mo; Qiao Liu; Xin-Miao Zhang; Ze-Bin Jiang; Li-Xin Wang (Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2022)

Perfluoroalkyl acids in dust on residential indoor/outdoor window glass in Chinese cities: occurrence, composition, and toddler exposure - Zhen Zhao; Linxia Yue; Hongqin Qiao; Yinong Li; Xianghui Cheng; Xia Hua; Tian Lin; Qilu Li; Hongwen Sun (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Detection of functional and structural brain alterations in female schizophrenia using elastic net logistic regression - Ying Wu; Ping Ren; Rong Chen; Hong Xu; Jianxing Xu; Lin Zeng; Donghui Wu; Wentao Jiang; NianSheng Tang; Xia Liu (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2022)
Neuroimaging technique is a powerful tool to characterize the abnormality of brain networks in schizophrenia. However, the neurophysiological substrate of schizophrenia is still unclear. Here we investigated the patterns of brain functional and structural changes in female patients with schizophrenia using elastic net logistic regression analysis of resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging data. Data from 52 participants (25 female schizophrenia patients and 27 healthy controls) were obtained. Using an elastic net penalty, the brain regions most relevant to schizophrenia pathology were defined in the models using the amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (ALFF) and gray matter, respectively. The receiver operating characteristic analysis showed reliable classification accuracy with 85.7% in ALFF analysis, and 77.1% in gray matter analysis. Notably, our results showed eight common regions between the ALFF and gray matter analyses, including the Frontal-Inf-Orb-R, Rolandic-Oper-R, Olfactory-R, Angular-L, Precuneus-L, Precuenus-R, Heschl-L, and Temporal-Pole-Mid-R. In addition, the severity of symptoms was found positively associated with the ALFF within the Rolandic-Oper-R and Frontal-Inf-Orb-R. Our findings indicated that elastic net logistic regression could be a useful tool to identify the characteristics of schizophrenia -related brain deterioration, which provides novel insights into schizophrenia diagnosis and prediction.

Rock burst initiation and precursors in a model specimen based on acoustic emission and infrared monitoring - Manqing Lin; Chengcheng Gao; Yuanyou Xia; Dianji Zhang; Xiqi Liu; Xiaoshuai Liang (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2022)

New species and new record of Alternaria from onion leaf blight in Myanmar - Aye Aye Htun; Hai Feng Liu; Lin He; Zhen Zhou Xia; Sein Lai Lai Aung; Jian Xin Deng (Mycological Progress, 2022)

N-acetylcysteine alleviates pulmonary inflammatory response during benzo[a]pyrene-evoked acute lung injury - Hui Zhao; Lin Fu; Hui-Xian Xiang; Ying Xiang; Meng-Die Li; Bian-Bian Lv; Zhu-Xia Tan; Lan Gao; Cheng Zhang; De-Xiang Xu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Mussel Byssal Attachment Weakened by Anthropogenic Noise - Xinguo Zhao; Shuge Sun; Wei Shi; Xuemei Sun; Yan Zhang; Lin Zhu; Qi Sui; Bin Xia; Keming Qu; Bijuan Chen; Guangxu Liu (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
The increasing underwater noise generated by anthropogenic activities has been widely recognized as a significant and pervasive pollution in the marine environment. Marine mussels are a family of sessile bivalves that attach to solid surfaces via the byssal threads. They are widely distributed along worldwide coastal areas and are of great ecological and socio-economic importance. Studies found that anthropogenic noise negatively affected many biological processes and/or functions of marine organisms. However, to date, the potential impacts of anthropogenic noise on mussel byssal attachment remain unknown. Here, the thick shell mussels Mytilus coruscus were exposed to an ambient underwater condition (∼50 dB re 1 μPa) or the playbacks of pile-driving noise (∼70 or ∼100 dB re 1 μPa) for 10 days. Results showed that the noise significantly reduced the secretion of byssal threads (e.g., diameter and volume) and weakened their mechanical performances (e.g., strength, extensibility, breaking stress, toughness and failure location), leading to a 16.95–44.50% decrease in mussel byssal attachment strength. The noise also significantly down-regulated the genes expressions of seven structural proteins (e.g., mfp-1, mfp-2, mfp-3, mfp-6, preCOL-P, preCOL-NG, and preCOL-D) of byssal threads, probably mediating the weakened byssal attachment. Given the essential functions of strong byssal attachment, the findings demonstrate that the increasing underwater anthropogenic noise are posing a great threat to mussel population, mussel-bed community and mussel aquaculture industry. We thus suggest that future work is required to deepen our understanding of the impacts of anthropogenic noise on marine invertebrates, especially these with limited locomotion ability, like bivalves.

The Effects of Limosilactobacillus reuteri LR-99 Supplementation on Body Mass Index, Social Communication, Fine Motor Function, and Gut Microbiome Composition in Individuals with Prader–Willi Syndrome: a Randomized Double-Blinded Placebo-Controlled Trial - Xue-Jun Kong; Kevin Liu; Patrick Zhuang; Ruiyi Tian; Siyu Liu; Cullen Clairmont; Xiaojing Lin; Hannah Sherman; Junli Zhu; Yelan Wang; Michelle Fong; Alice Li; et al. (Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins, 2021)
Prader–Willi syndrome (PWS) is a rare genetic disorder associated with developmental delay, obesity, and neuropsychiatric comorbidities. Limosilactobacillus reuteri ( Lactobacillus reuteri , Lact. reuteri ) has demonstrated anti-obesity and anti-inflammatory effects in previous studies. In the present study, we aim to evaluate the effects of Lact. reuteri supplementation on body mass index (BMI), social behaviors, and gut microbiota in individuals with PWS. We conducted a 12-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in 71 individuals with PWS aged 6 to 264 months (64.4 ± 51.0 months). Participants were randomly assigned to either receive daily Lact. reuteri LR-99 probiotic (6 × 10 10 colony forming units) or a placebo sachet. Groupwise differences were assessed for BMI, ASQ-3, and GARS-3 at baseline, 6 weeks, and 12 weeks into treatment. Gut microbiome data was analyzed with the QIIME2 software package, and predictive functional profiling was conducted with PICRUSt-2. We found a significant reduction in BMI for the probiotic group at both 6 weeks and 12 weeks relative to the baseline ( P < 0.05). Furthermore, we observed a significant improvement in social communication and interaction, fine motor function, and total ASQ-3 score in the probiotics group compared to the placebo group ( P < 0.05). Altered gut microbiota was observed in the probiotic group to favor weight loss and improve gut health. The findings suggest a novel therapeutic potential for Lact. reuteri LR-99 probiotic to modulate BMI, social behaviors, and gut microbiota in Prader–Willi syndrome patients, although further investigation is warranted. Trial registration Chinese Clinical Trial Registry: ChiCTR1900022646

Sigma-1 Receptor Activation Suppresses Microglia M1 Polarization via Regulating Endoplasmic Reticulum–Mitochondria Contact and Mitochondrial Functions in Stress-Induced Hypertension Rats - Kokwin Ooi; Li Hu; Yi Feng; Chenzhi Han; Xiaorong Ren; Xinyi Qian; Haofeng Huang; Sijia Chen; Qi Shi; Hong Lin; Jijiang Wang; Danian Zhu; et al. (Molecular Neurobiology, 2021)

On the Diurnal Cycle of Heavy Rainfall over the Sichuan Basin during 10–18 August 2020 - Rudi Xia; Yali Luo; Da-Lin Zhang; Mingxin Li; Xinghua Bao; Jisong Sun (Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2021)
A sustained heavy rainfall event occurred over the Sichuan basin in southwest China during 10–18 August 2020, showing pronounced diurnal rainfall variations with nighttime peak and afternoon minimum values, except on the first day. Results show that the westward extension of the anomalously strong western Pacific subtropical high was conducive to the maintenance of a southerly low-level jet (LLJ) in and to the southeast of the basin, which favored continuous water vapor transport and abnormally high precipitable water in the basin. The diurnal cycle of rainfall over the basin was closely related to the periodic oscillation of the LLJ in both wind speed and direction that was caused by the combination of inertial oscillation and terrain thermal forcing. The nocturnally enhanced rainfall was produced by moist convection mostly initiated during the evening hours over the southwest part of the basin where high convective available potential energy with moister near-surface moist air was present. The convective initiation took place as cold air from either previous precipitating clouds from the western Sichuan Plateau or a larger-scale northerly flow met a warm and humid current from the south. It was the slantwise lifting of the warm, moist airflow above the cold air, often facilitated by southwest vortices and quasi-geostrophic ascent, that released the convective instability and produced heavy rainfall.

Environmental contamination with SARS‐CoV ‐2 in COVID ‐19 hospitals in Wuhan, China, 2020 - Wei Liu; Dingchen Li; Chaojie Yang; Fangyan Chen; Ruizhong Jia; Leili Jia; Xinyi Xia; Shanhong Fan; Qing Tan; Yuehua Ke; Yong Chen; Haifeng Li; et al. (Environmental Microbiology, 2021)
Summary Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic has caused high number of infections and deaths of healthcare workers globally. Distribution and possible transmission route of SARS‐CoV‐2 in hospital environment should be clarified. We herein collected 431 environmental (391 surface and 40 air) samples in the intensive care unit (ICU) and general wards (GWs) of three hospitals in Wuhan, China from February 21 to March 4, 2020, and detected SARS‐CoV‐2 RNA by real‐time quantitative PCR. The viral positive rate in the contaminated areas was 17.8% (28/157), whereas there was no virus detected in the clean areas. Higher positive rate (22/59, 37.3%) was found in ICU than that in GWs (3/63, 4.8%). The surfaces of computer keyboards and mouse in the ICU were the most contaminated (8/10, 80.0%), followed by the ground (6/9, 66.7%) and outer glove (2/5, 40.0%). From 17 air samples in the contaminated areas, only one sample collected at a distance of around 30 cm from the patient was positive. Enhanced surface disinfection and hand hygiene effectively decontaminated the virus from the environment. This finding might help understand the transmission route and contamination risk of SARS‐CoV‐2 and evaluate the effectiveness of infection prevention and control measures in healthcare facilities.

The Rapidly Evolving Fudu Estuary Sandbar Lagoon Landform on the East Coast of the Bohai Sea: Recent Changes and Mechanism - Lianjie Zhang; Jishun Yan; Bo Zhao; Xia Lin; Peng Wang; Chi Zhang; Yonghai Yu; Pan Zhang (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021)
The Fudu Estuary Sandbar Lagoon is one of the most representative sandbar-lagoon landforms in China, and has undergone drastic evolution in recent years, accompanied by increased coastal engineering activities. The evolution process and its control factors are studied through remote sensing interpretation and coastal sediment transport calculations. During 2010–2021, the sandbar quickly extended at an average speed of 49.5 m/a, but the annual growth has shown a decreasing trend in both area and width, and the shoreline has retreated by 25–45 m. The recent changes are the result of the combined action of natural conditions and human activities. Coastal sediment transport from west to east under the action of W-oriented waves is the natural cause of extension. An estuary dam and artificial island block the sediment transport path, and the material for the new growth of the sandbar comes from the erosion of its west side, which has directly caused the retreat and narrowing of the sandbar. The reduction in sediments from the river further aggravates the shrinkage. It is predicted that the sandbar will continue its eastward extension to connect with the coast in about 2–3 years. The erosion status is unlikely to change before the sediment supply is restored. Measures such as dismantling the estuary dam are recommended.

Surface Chlorophyll-A Fronts in the Yellow and Bohai Seas Based on Satellite Data - Lu Xia; Hao Liu; Lei Lin; Yueqi Wang (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021)
Chlorophyll fronts are important to monitor and map the oceanic front, especially in the season when sea surface temperature (SST) fronts weaken. In this study, surface chlorophyll-a (chl-a) fronts in the Yellow and Bohai seas were characterized for the first time using satellite data. Five distinct chl-a fronts (i.e., the Bohai Strait, Shandong Peninsula, Jiangsu, Liaodong Peninsula, and Korean Peninsula fronts) were observed in summer along the 40 m isobaths and faded in other seasons. Notably, these fronts coincided with SST fronts. Strong chl-a fronts emerged during summer due to chl-a blooms in eutrophic coastal waters paired with surface chl-a fading in strongly stratified offshore waters and coastal physical fronts. Although SST fronts were strong during winter, light limitation and strong vertical mixing in offshore waters led to low chl-a in both coastal and offshore waters, suppressing chl-a front formation. Both chl-a and SST fronts coincided with steep seabed slopes (slope ratio > 1), suggesting that seabed slope may be an indicator of oceanic front location.

Effects of organic matter on the distribution of rare earth elements in red soil aggregates during ecological restoration - Xiao-lin Ou; Zhi-biao Chen; Zhi-qiang Chen; Mei-xia Liang; Hai-bin Chen (Journal of Mountain Science, 2021)

Identification of plant materials containing ephedrine alkaloids based on DNA barcoding and TaqMan real-time PCR assay - Yaqin Zheng; Han Gao; Ming Song; Yunhan Lin; Jiajia Fan; Yaqin Zhang; Xia Liu (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2021)
An intentional or inadvertent mixing of plant materials containing ephedrine alkaloids, especially Ephedra , is illegal. In order to better detect plant materials containing ephedrine alkaloids in export and smuggling, DNA barcoding combined with a TaqMan real-time PCR-based assay were used in this study. We collected 201 samples from 18 species belonging to four genera distributed in three families to amplify two barcoding markers, internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) and psb A -trn H. 175 ITS2 sequences and 136 psb A- trn H sequences were obtained. Alignments and the neighbor-joining tree indicated that ITS2 showed a better discrimination of species than psb A -trn H. In addition, based on the sequence comparison of the ITS2 region from 18 species, three sets of primer/probes were designed using the real-time PCR assay platform. A sensitivity test showed the above primer/probe sets were specific and sensitive (as little as 0.0050 ng/μL target DNA) to identify species containing ephedrine alkaloids. Hence, the combination of novel DNA barcoding and the TaqMan real-time PCR-based technique are promising tools for the identification of plant materials containing ephedrine alkaloids. It is beneficial to standardize market circulation and detection of plant materials containing ephedrine alkaloids.

Degraded polysaccharides from Porphyra haitanensis: purification, physico-chemical properties, antioxidant and immunomodulatory activities - Yun-Feng Huo; Yin-Ting Li; Wei Xia; Chong Wang; Yuan-Yuan Xie; Yan-Bo Wang; Tao Zhou; Ling-Lin Fu (Glycoconjugate Journal, 2021)

Developing urinary pyrrole–amino acid adducts as non-invasive biomarkers for identifying pyrrolizidine alkaloids-induced liver injury in human - Lin Zhu; Chunyuan Zhang; Wei Zhang; Qingsu Xia; Jiang Ma; Xin He; Yisheng He; Peter P. Fu; Wei Jia; Yuzheng Zhuge; Ge Lin (Archives of Toxicology, 2021)

Ambient climate determines the directional trend of community stability under warming and grazing - Peipei Liu; Wangwang Lv; Jianping Sun; Caiyun Luo; Zhenhua Zhang; Xiaoxue Zhu; Xingwu Lin; Jichuang Duan; Guangping Xu; Xiaofeng Chang; Yigang Hu; Qiaoyan Lin; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2021)
Changes in ecological processes over time in ambient treatments are often larger than the responses to manipulative treatments in climate change experiments. However, the impacts of human‐driven environmental changes on the stability of natural grasslands have been typically assessed by comparing differences between manipulative plots and reference plots. Little is known about whether or how ambient climate regulates the effects of manipulative treatments and their underlying mechanisms. We collected two datasets, one a 36‐year long‐term observational dataset from 1983 to 2018, and the other a 10‐year manipulative asymmetric warming and grazing experiment using infrared heaters with moderate grazing from 2006 to 2015 in an alpine meadow on the Tibetan Plateau. The 36‐year observational dataset shows that there was a nonlinear response of community stability to ambient temperature with a positive relationship between them due to an increase in ambient temperature in the first 25 years and then a decrease in ambient temperature thereafter. Warming and grazing decreased community stability with experiment duration through an increase in legume cover and a decrease in species asynchrony, which was due to the decreasing background temperature through time during the 10‐year experiment period. Moreover, the temperature sensitivity of community stability was higher under the ambient treatment than under the manipulative treatments. Therefore, our results suggested that ambient climate may control the directional trend of community stability while manipulative treatments may determine the temperature sensitivity of the response of community stability to climate relative to the ambient treatment. Our study emphasizes the importance of the context dependency of the response of community stability to human‐driven environmental changes.

Quercetin Attenuates High-Fat Diet-Induced Excessive Fat Deposition of Spotted Seabass (Lateolabrax maculatus) Through the Regulatory for Mitochondria and Endoplasmic Reticulum - Yan-Zou Dong; Tian Xia; Ji-Bin Lin; Ling Wang; Kai Song; Chun-Xiao Zhang (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
This study aimed to investigate the effects of quercetin (QUE) on fat deposition and the underlying mechanism. Fish were fed four test diets: normal fat diet (NFD), high-fat diet (HFD), and HFD supplemented with 0.5 or 1.0 g/kg quercetin (QUE0.5 or QUE1.0). The results showed that HFD feeding resulted in poor growth and feed utilization while QUE treatment reversed this. The fat contents of serum and liver were increased by HFD and QUE supplementation significantly decreased fat content. Furthermore, gene expressions and ultrastructure observation showed that mitochondrial biogenesis and mitophagy were inhibited and endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS) in the HFD group. QUE can activate the biogenesis and autophagy of mitochondria and suppress ERS, which is related to its fat-lowering effect.

Health risk assessment of heavy metals in soils and screening of accumulating plants around the Wanshan mercury mine in Northeast Guizhou Province, China - Xiangchen Tang; Xianliang Wu; Pinhua Xia; Tao Lin; Xianfei Huang; Zhenming Zhang; Jiachun Zhang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Simulation study on the migration of F− in soil around Chagan Lake, China - Peng Xu; Jianmin Bian; Juanjuan Wu; Yihan Li; Jialin Li; Xia Zeng; Zuo Lin (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Application of the modified cytosine base-editing in the cultured cells of bama minipig - Jia-sheng Pan; Zi-sheng Lin; Jian-cong Wen; Jian-feng Guo; Xia-hui Wu; Ying-ying Liu; Wen-jun Lai; Qi-ying Liang; Yong-shi Xie; Yi-rou Chen; Yi-hong Chen; Ai-fen Yan; et al. (Biotechnology Letters, 2021)

Assessment of the Nutritional Value of Cultured Sea Cucumber Apostichopus japonicus - Meng Li; Yue Gao; Yan-xia Qi; Zhi-yuan Song; Zhi-bo Li; Yan-tong Lin; Qian-cheng Zhao (Journal of Aquatic Food Product Technology, 2021)

Proteomics provides individualized options of precision medicine for patients with gastric cancer - Wenwen Huang; Dongdong Zhan; Yazhuo Li; Nairen Zheng; Xin Wei; Bin Bai; Kecheng Zhang; Mingwei Liu; Xuefei Zhao; Xiaotian Ni; Xia Xia; Jinwen Shi; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2021)

Prediction of Metabolic Disorders Using NMR-Based Metabolomics: The Shanghai Changfeng Study - Qi Wu; Qing-xia Huang; Hai-luan Zeng; Shuai Ma; Huan-dong Lin; Ming-feng Xia; Hui-ru Tang; Xin Gao (Phenomics, 2021)

The glutathione S-transferase (PxGST2L) may contribute to the detoxification metabolism of chlorantraniliprole in Plutella xylostella(L.) - Fei Yin; Qingsheng Lin; Xiaoxiang Wang; Zhenyu Li; Xia Feng; Muhammad Zeeshan Shabbir (Ecotoxicology, 2021)
The diamondback moth ( Plutella xylostella L.), is an economic pest of cruciferous plants worldwide, which causes great economic loss to cruciferous plants production. However, the pest has developed resistance to insecticides. One of such insecticides is chlorantraniliprole. The study of the mechanisms underlying resistance is key for the effective management of resistance. In this study, a comparative proteomics approach was used to isolate and identify various proteins that differed between chlorantraniliprole-susceptible and -resistant strains of P. xylostella . Eleven proteins were significantly different and were successfully identified by MALDI-TOF-MS. Metabolism-related proteins accounted for the highest proportion among the eleven different proteins. The function of the PxGST2L protein was validated by RNAi. Knockdown of PxGST2L reduced the GST activity and increased the toxicity of chlorantraniliprole to the diamondback moth. The resistance ratio of diamondback moth to chlorantraniliprole was reduced from 1029 to 505. The results indicated that PxGST2L is partly responsible for chlorantraniliprole insecticide resistance in DBM. Our finding contributes to the understanding of the mechanism underlying resistance to chlorantraniliprole in the DBM, to develop effective resistance management tactics.

A new ent -kaurane diterpene from Isodon henryi - Xue Jiang; Ling-Xia Zhang; Qing-Mei Feng; Hong Wu; Ya-Lin Liu; De-Qin Wang; Li-Ping Dai; Zhi-Min Wang (Natural Product Research, 2021)

Identification of a delayed leaf greening gene from a mutation of pummelo - Hui-Wen Yu; Zhi-Hao Lu; Xia Wang; Dan Liu; Jia-Xian He; Xiao-Lin Jiang; Ling-Jun Ke; Wen-Wu Guo; Xiu-Xin Deng; Qiang Xu (Science China Life Sciences, 2021)

A H2O-in-zircon perspective on the heterogeneous water content of crust-derived magmas in southern Tibet - Juntong Meng; Xiaoping Xia; Lin Ma; Ziqi Jiang; Jian Xu; Zexian Cui; Qing Yang; Wanfeng Zhang; Le Zhang (Science China Earth Sciences, 2021)

Seismic performance of precast bridge columns connected with grouted corrugated-metal duct through biaxial quasi-static experiment and modeling - Xia Zhanghua; Lin Shangshun; He Yongbo; Ge Jiping; Sun Jinlei (Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, 2021)

p -Terphenyls and actinomycins from a Streptomyces sp. associated with the larva of mud dauber wasp - Dan-Dan Lu; Jin-Wei Ren; Qian-Qian Du; Ya-Jie Song; Shi-Qi Lin; Xia Li; Er-Wei Li; Wei-Dong Xie (Natural Product Research, 2021)

Experimental study on the influence of tangential stress gradient on the energy evolution of strainburst - Xiqi Liu; Yuanyou Xia; Manqing Lin; Gang Wang; Dongxing Wang (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2021)

Ring distribution patterns—diversification or speciation? Comparative phylogeography of two small mammals in the mountains surrounding the Sichuan Basin - Yanqun Wang; Anderson Feijó; Jilong Cheng; Lin Xia; Zhixin Wen; Deyan Ge; Jian Sun; Liang Lu; Song Li; Qisen Yang (Molecular Ecology, 2021)
Studying the genetic differentiation in a unique geographical area contributes to understanding the process of speciation. Here, we explore the spatial genetic structure and underlying formation mechanism of two congeneric small mammal species ( Apodemus draco and A. chevrieri ), which are mainly distributed in the mountains surrounding the lowland Sichuan Basin, southwest China. We applied a set of comparative phylogeographical analyses to determine their genetic diversification patterns, combining mitochondrial ( Cytb and COI ) and nuclear (microsatellite loci) markers, with dense sampling throughout the range (411 A . draco from 21 sites and 191 A . chevrieri from 22 sites). Moreover, we performed three complementary statistical methods to investigate the correlation between genotype and geographical and environmental components, and predicted the potential suitable distributional range under the present and historical climate conditions. Our results suggest that both species have experienced allopatric differentiation and admixture in historical periods, resulting in a ring‐shape diversification, under the barrier effect of the Sichuan Basin. We infer that the tectonic events of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau and climatic oscillations during the Quaternary played an important role on the genetic divergence of the two species by providing environmental heterogeneity and geographical variation. Our study reveals a case of two sympatric small mammals following a ring‐shaped diversification pattern and provides insight into the process of differentiation.

Cytotoxic p -terphenyls from the deep-sea-derived Aspergillus candidus - Yu-Kun Lin; Chun-Lan Xie; Cui-Ping Xing; Bao-Qu Wang; Xiao-Xue Tian; Jin-Mei Xia; Ling-Yun Jia; Ying-Ni Pan; Xian-Wen Yang (Natural Product Research, 2021)

Study on Microwave Heating Order and Electromagnetic Characteristics of Copper and Gold Ores - Feng Lin; Xia-Ting Feng; Gao-Ming Lu; Xiang-Xin Su; Shi-Ping Li; Jiu-yu Zhang (Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2021)

Stress-induced phosphoprotein 1 facilitates breast cancer cell progression and indicates poor prognosis for breast cancer patients - Lizhi Lin; Jialiang Wen; Bangyi Lin; Erjie Xia; Chen Zheng; Lechi Ye; Yinghao Wang; Ouchen Wang; Yizuo Chen (Human Cell, 2021)

Effects of indole acetic acid on the growth and selenium absorption characteristics of Cyphomandra betacea seedlings - Yunmin Huan; Liu Yang; Qin Liu; Lijin Lin; Ming’an Liao; Zhihui Wang; Dong Liang; Hui Xia; Yi Tang; Xiulan Lv; Jin Wang (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2021)

Application of a dissolved oxygen control strategy to increase the expression of Streptococcus suis glutamate dehydrogenase in Escherichia coli - Likun Cheng; Chunguang Zhao; Xiuyan Yang; Zheng Song; Chuwen Lin; Xiubao Zhao; Jinliang Wang; Jing Wang; Lei Wang; Xiaojing Xia; Zhiqiang Shen (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2021)

TLR8 in the Trigeminal Ganglion Contributes to the Maintenance of Trigeminal Neuropathic Pain in Mice - Lin-Xia Zhao; Ming Jiang; Xue-Qiang Bai; De-Li Cao; Xiao-Bo Wu; Jing Zhang; Jian-Shuang Guo; Tong-Tong Chen; Juan Wang; Hao Wu; Yong-Jing Gao; Zhi-Jun Zhang (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2021)
Trigeminal neuropathic pain (TNP) is a significant health problem but the involved mechanism has not been completely elucidated. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) have recently been demonstrated to be expressed in the dorsal root ganglion and involved in chronic pain. Here, we show that TLR8 was persistently increased in the trigeminal ganglion (TG) neurons in model of TNP induced by partial infraorbital nerve ligation (pIONL). In addition, deletion or knockdown of Tlr8 in the TG attenuated pIONL-induced mechanical allodynia, reduced the activation of ERK and p38-MAPK, and decreased the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines in the TG. Furthermore, intra-TG injection of the TLR8 agonist VTX-2337 induced pain hypersensitivity. VTX-2337 also increased the intracellular Ca 2+ concentration, induced the activation of ERK and p38, and increased the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines in the TG. These data indicate that TLR8 contributes to the maintenance of TNP through increasing MAPK-mediated neuroinflammation. Targeting TLR8 signaling may be effective for the treatment of TNP.

Phylogeny and taxonomy of two new Alternaria (Ascomycota: Pleosporaceae) species in section Gypsophilae from China - Lin He; Hong Cheng; Aye Aye Htun; Hui Ge; Zhen Zhou Xia; Jian Wei Guo; Jian Xin Deng; Tao Du (Mycological Progress, 2021)

Genetics of mouse behavioral and peripheral neural responses to sucrose - Cailu Lin; Masashi Inoue; Xia Li; Natalia P. Bosak; Yutaka Ishiwatari; Michael G. Tordoff; Gary K. Beauchamp; Alexander A. Bachmanov; Danielle R. Reed (Mammalian Genome, 2021)

Genetic controls of Tas1r3-independent sucrose consumption in mice - Cailu Lin; Michael G. Tordoff; Xia Li; Natalia P. Bosak; Masashi Inoue; Yutaka Ishiwatari; Longhui Chen; Gary K. Beauchamp; Alexander A. Bachmanov; Danielle R. Reed (Mammalian Genome, 2021)

The effect of conservation tillage in managing climate change in arid and semiarid areas—a case study in Northwest China - Lin Dong; Tong Si; Yu-e Li; Xiao-Xia Zou (Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 2021)

Not vegetation itself but mis-revegetation reduces water resources - Guoyi Zhou; Jun Xia; Ping Zhou; Tingting Shi; Lin Li (Science China Earth Sciences, 2021)

CXCL10/CXCR3 Signaling in the DRG Exacerbates Neuropathic Pain in Mice - Yan-Fang Kong; Wei-Lin Sha; Xiao-Bo Wu; Lin-Xia Zhao; Ling-Jie Ma; Yong-Jing Gao (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2021)

Sexual communication in diurnal moths: behaviors and mechanisms - Lian Chen; Xiao-Yun Wang; Wen Lu; Xia-Lin Zheng (International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 2021)

Varying support for abundance‐centre and congeneric‐competition hypotheses along elevational transects of mammals - Zhixin Wen; Deyan Ge; Anderson Feijó; Yuanbao Du; Jilong Cheng; Jian Sun; Yanqun Wang; Lin Xia; Qisen Yang (Journal of Biogeography, 2021)
Aim Whether species are most abundant at their geographic range centre and increasingly rare towards range limits (the abundance‐centre hypothesis, ACH) has weak empirical support in birds along elevational gradients. This may be due to empirical limitations—most studies do not capture the multi‐faceted nature of elevational gradients or species interactions. We examine the ACH and an alternative that the abundance maximum of elevational sympatric congeners will occur at different elevations along a gradient (the congeneric‐competition hypothesis, CCH). Location Twelve elevational gradients in Central and Southwest China. Taxon Five small mammal species, including three congeneric species. Methods The ACH was tested by fitting abundance patterns to Huisman‐Olff‐Fresco (HOF) models and measuring the relative elevational distance between a species' abundance‐weighted range centre ( RC Abu ) and its elevational range centre. The CCH was tested by calculating the elevational overlap value of each congeneric pair and the relative elevational distance ( RC AbuDiff ) between the RC Abu s of congeners. Results Abundances of each species showed diverse patterns along different gradients. For all species, a unimodal symmetric pattern appeared at most once among the studied gradients and found in only four (8.7%) of the total cases. Most (90.9%) of the Apodemus congeneric pairs had a high elevational overlap (above 75%). For each of the three congeneric pairs, 40.0% to 50.0% of the cases showed RC AbuDiff values > 0.25, suggesting that the congeners’ RC Abu s were separated by at least one elevational climate zone. Main conclusions Species' elevational abundance patterns may vary among different elevational gradients in the same geographic region. The elevational abundance patterns of five mammalian species were rarely consistent with the ACH after the spatial variability of the patterns was considered. The abundance patterns of congeneric species showed moderate support for the CCH.

A review on furan: Formation, analysis, occurrence, carcinogenicity, genotoxicity and reduction methods - Zahra Batool; Dan Xu; Xia Zhang; Xiaoxi Li; Yuting Li; Zhiyi Chen; Bing Li; Lin Li (Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2021)

Projections from Infralimbic Cortex to Paraventricular Thalamus Mediate Fear Extinction Retrieval - Yan Tao; Cheng-Yun Cai; Jia-Yun Xian; Xiao-Lin Kou; Yu-Hui Lin; Cheng Qin; Hai-Yin Wu; Lei Chang; Chun-Xia Luo; Dong-Ya Zhu (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2021)

Engrafted primary type-2 astrocytes improve the recovery of the nigrostriatal pathway in a rat model of Parkinson's disease - Yanyun Sun; Xiao-jun Lu; Xinghui Fu; Ye Zhang; Yan Zhan; Jiabing Liu; Lingxia Zhao; Chun-lin Xia (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2021)

Gentianella acuta prevents acute myocardial infarction induced by isoproterenol in rats via inhibition of galectin-3/TLR4/MyD88/NF-кB inflammatory signalling - Jia-Huan Sun; Hong-Xia Yang; Ting-Ting Yao; Yuan Li; Lin Ruan; Geng-Rui Xu; Chuang Zhang; Guo-Xin Guo; Ai-Ying Li (Inflammopharmacology, 2021)

Prevalence and outcomes of re-positive nucleic acid tests in discharged COVID-19 patients - Hou-wei Du; Jun-nian Chen; Xiao-bin Pan; Xiao-ling Chen; Yixian-Zhang; Shuang-fang Fang; Xiao-qing Li; Pin-cang Xia; Lei Gao; Hai-long Lin; Li-min Chen; Nan Liu (European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2021)

Correction to: Establishment of Neurobehavioral Assessment System in Tree Shrew SCT Model - Yang-Yang Wang; Jie -Dong Wang; Lei Wang; Qi-Qin Dan; Qing- Jie Xia; Ting-Hua Wang; Liu-Lin Xiong (Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2021)

Structural and functional brain signatures of endurance runners - Long Cao; Yuanchao Zhang; Ruiwang Huang; Lunxiong Li; Fengguang Xia; Liye Zou; Qian Yu; Jingyuan Lin; Fabian Herold; Stephane Perrey; Patrick Mueller; Milos Dordevic; et al. (Brain Structure and Function, 2021)

Wetland Ecosystem Service Dynamics in the Yellow River Estuary under Natural and Anthropogenic Stress in the Past 35 Years - Huijuan Xia; Lusan Liu; Junhong Bai; Weijing Kong; Kuixuan Lin; Fen Guo (Wetlands, 2020)

The Application of Decellularized Adipose Tissue Promotes Wound Healing - Zenan Xia; Xiao Guo; Nanze Yu; Ang Zeng; Loubin Si; Fei Long; Wenchao Zhang; Xiaojun Wang; Lin Zhu; Zhifei Liu (Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 2020)

miR-4417 suppresses keloid fibrosis growth by inhibiting CyclinD1 - Pei Liu; Yaotian Hu; Lin Xia; Min Du; Zhensheng Hu (Journal of Biosciences, 2020)

Divergence in flowering time is a major component contributing to reproductive isolation between two wild rice species (Oryza rufipogon and O. nivara) - Xun Xu; Qing-Lin Meng; Mu-Fan Geng; Ning-Ning Ren; Lian Zhou; Yu-Su Du; Zhe Cai; Mei-Xia Wang; Xin Wang; Xiu-Hua Wang; Jing-Dan Han; Shuai Jiang; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2020)

One-pot synthesis of substituted pyrrole–imidazole derivatives with anticancer activity - Ming Zhang; Yong Ding; Hong-Xia Qin; Zhi-Gang Xu; Hai-Tao Lan; Dong-Lin Yang; Cheng Yi (Molecular Diversity, 2020)

Diagnostic value of optic disc retinal nerve fiber layer thickness for diabetic peripheral neuropathy - Xiao-hong Wu; Jing-wen Fang; Yin-qiong Huang; Xue-feng Bai; Yong Zhuang; Xiao-yu Chen; Xia-hong Lin (Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B, 2020)

3′UTRs Regulate Mouse Ntrk2 mRNA Distribution in Cortical Neurons - Shangqin Chen; Jinjin Zhu; Peijun Li; Zhaonan Xia; Mengjing Tu; Zhenlang Lin; Baoji Xu; Xiaoqin Fu (Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2020)
There are two major isoforms of NTRK2 (neurotrophic receptor tyrosine kinase 2, or TrkB), full-length isoform with tyrosine kinase (TK) domain intact (+) and spliced isoform without tyrosine kinase domain (TK(−)). Within each isoform, there exist subtypes with minor modifications of the protein sequences. In human, the NTRK2 mRNA transcripts encoding TK(+) have same 3′UTRs, while the transcripts encoding subtypes of NTRK2 TK(−) have two completely different 3′UTRs. In mouse, the mRNA transcripts encoding same NTRK2 protein sequence for either TK(+) or TK(−) have long or short 3′UTRs, respectively. The physiological functions of these different 3′UTRs are still unknown. Pilocarpine stimulation increased Ntrk2 mRNA levels in soma, while the increase in synaptosome was smaller. FISH results further showed that mouse Ntrk2 transcripts with different 3′UTRs were distributed differently in cultured cortical neurons. The transcripts with long 3′UTR were distributed more in apical dendrites compared with transcripts with short 3′UTR. Our results provide evidence of non-coding 3′UTR function in regulating mRNA distribution in neurons.

Effects of intercropping accumulator plants and applying their straw on the growth and cadmium accumulation of Brassica chinensis L. - Yi Tang; Liming Wang; Yongdong Xie; Xuena Yu; LiJin Lin; Huanxiu Li; Ming’an Liao; Zhihui Wang; Guochao Sun; Dong Liang; Hui Xia; Xun Wang; et al. (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

A Comparative Study of Associated Microbiota Between Pig Farm and Pig Slaughterhouse in Guangdong, China - Jian-Yong Wu; Yan-Shan Zhu; Cheng Guo; Yao Xia; Zhong-Min Guo; Qian-Lin Li; Jia-Hai Lu (Current Microbiology, 2020)

Larkinella punicea sp. nov., isolated from manganese mine soil - Zijie Zhou; Lin Zhu; Yixuan Dong; Xian Xia; Shijuan Wu; Gejiao Wang (Archives of Microbiology, 2020)

Spatial and temporal distributions of bisphenol analogues in water and sediment from the Lanzhou section of the Yellow River, China - Xia Zhao; Hang Zhang; Zhong-lin Chen; Xiao-chun Wang; Ji-min Shen (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2020)

Surface display system for probiotics and its application in aquaculture - Yuan‐Yuan Yao; Ya‐Lin Yang; Chen‐Chen Gao; Feng‐Li Zhang; Rui Xia; Dong Li; Juan Hu; Chao Ran; Zhen Zhang; Jihong Liu‐Clarke; Zhi‐Gang Zhou (Reviews in Aquaculture, 2020)
Aquaculture is a fast‐growing and rapidly expanding industry in the world. Probiotics are widely used in aquaculture and have provided benefits to aquatic animal health, and it is also a promising alternative to antibiotics for control of fish diseases. With the development of biotechnology, new expression systems and novel techniques for the surface display of heterologous proteins in surface of probiotics cells have been developed. This review provides an overview of the systems and strategies for displaying functional proteins on the surface of probiotics commonly used in aquaculture, which are Bacillus subtilis , Bacillus thuringiensis , lactic acid bacteria represented by Lactococcus lactis and yeast. Their applications in aquaculture especially for oral vaccine development afforded by this technology and prospects and challenges associated with this technology are also highlighted.

Key factors affecting sustained business operations after an earthquake: a case study from New Beichuan, China, 2013–2017 - Fan Li; Lin Wang; Zhigang Jin; Lifang Huang; Bo Xia (Natural Hazards, 2020)

Review of reproductive behavior in Diaphorina citri (Kuwayama) (Homoptera: Liviidae) - Hai-Lin Li; Xia-Lin Zheng; Zong-You Huang; Wen Lu (Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection, 2020)

Complete Genome Sequences of Leclercia sp. W6 and W17 Isolated from a Gastric Cancer Patient - Yun-Yun Xu; Chao-Jie Huang; Lin Xu; Xia-Wei Jiang; Xue-Wei Xu; Xiao-Wu Xu (Current Microbiology, 2020)

Evaluation of the production-living-ecology space function suitability of Pingshan County in the Taihang mountainous area, China - Shu-hui Yu; Wei Deng; You-xin Xu; Xia Zhang; Hao-lin Xiang (Journal of Mountain Science, 2020)

RES transformation for biosynthesis and detoxification - Jin-Quan Huang; Jia-Ling Lin; Xiao-Xiang Guo; Xiu Tian; Ye Tian; Xiao-Xia Shangguan; Ling-Jian Wang; Xin Fang; Xiao-Ya Chen (Science China Life Sciences, 2020)

Tyrosine Hydroxylase Gene Polymorphisms Contribute to Opioid Dependence and Addiction by Affecting Promoter Region Function - Jun-lin Liu; Shao-qing Li; Feng Zhu; Yu-xiang Zhang; Ya-nan Wu; Jing-si Yang; Bao Zhang; Chun-xia Yan (NeuroMolecular Medicine, 2020)

The protective effect of rosmarinic acid on myotube formation during myoblast differentiation under heat stress - Kun-Lin Chen; Yue Wang; Zhi-Ping Lin; Hui-Xia Li (In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal, 2020)

Future trends and guidance for the triple bottom line and sustainability: a data driven bibliometric analysis - Ming-Lang Tseng; Chia-Hao Chang; Chun-Wei Remen Lin; Kuo-Jui Wu; Qing Chen; Li Xia; Bing Xue (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)
This study conducts a comprehensive literature review of articles on the triple bottom line (TBL) published from January 1997 to September 2018 to provide significant insights and support to guide further discussion. There were three booms in TBL publications, occurring in 2003, 2011, and 2015, and many articles attempt to address the issue of sustainability by employing the TBL. This literature analysis includes 720, 132, and 58 articles from the Web of Science (WOS), Inspec, and Scopus databases, respectively, and reveals the gaps in existing research. To discover the barriers and points of overlap, these articles are categorized into six aspects of the TBL: economic, environmental, social, operations, technology, and engineering. Examining the top 3 journals in terms of published articles on each aspect reveals the research trends and gaps. The findings provide solid evidence confirming the argument that the TBL as currently defined is insufficient to cover the entire concept of sustainability. The social and engineering aspects still require more discussion to support the linkage of the TBL and to reinforce its theoretical basis. Additionally, to discover the gaps in the data sources, theories applied, methods adopted, and types of contributions, this article summarizes 82 highly cited articles covering each aspect. This article offers theoretical insights by identifying the top contributing countries, institutions, authors, keyword networks, and authorship networks to encourage scholars to push the current discussion further forward, and it provides practical insights to bridge the gap between theory and practice for enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of improvements.

Three new species of Phlebia (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) based on the evidence from morphology and DNA sequence data - Ruo-Xia Huang; Chang-Lin Zhao (Mycological Progress, 2020)

Prevalence of qnrVC Genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Clinical Isolates from Guangdong, China - Jinqiong Lin; Ding-Qiang Chen; Jianming Hong; Huanhuan Huang; Xia Xu (Current Microbiology, 2020)

Gastric smooth muscle cells manifest an abnormal phenotype in Parkinson’s disease rats with gastric dysmotility - Xiao-Lin Xiu; Li-Fei Zheng; Xiao-Yu Liu; Yan-Yan Fan; Jin-Xia Zhu (Cell and Tissue Research, 2020)

Zooplankton community size-structure change and mesh size selection under the thermal stress caused by a power plant in a semi-enclosed bay - Qianwen Shao; Yifeng Zhu; Meixia Dai; Xia Lin; Chengxu Zhou; Xiaojun Yan (Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2020)

An Efficient Catalytic Composite Material of Mesoporous Carbon Loaded Nano Zero-Valent Iron as an Activator for the Degradation of Sulfadiazine - Liangbo Zhang; Yinghui Guo; Ruzhen Xie; Lin Chen; Wenju Jiang; Xia Jiang (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2020)

Selenium accumulation characteristics of Cyphomandra betacea (Solanum betaceum) seedlings - Linjin Lin; Jing Sun; Tonghao Cui; Xiong Zhou; Ming’an Liao; Yunmin Huan; Liu Yang; Caifang Wu; Xianmin Xia; Yuxi Wang; Zhiyu Li; Jinpeng Zhu; et al. (Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2020)

A novel hydrogel for highly efficient adsorption of Cu(II): synthesis, characterization, and mechanisms - Jun Wan; Lin Chen; Qiang Li; Yuxuan Ye; Xiaonan Feng; Aijiao Zhou; Xuejun Long; Dongsheng Xia; Tian C. Zhang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Pyrolysis of fatty acids derived from hydrolysis of brown grease with biosolids - Mehdi Omidghane; Mattia Bartoli; Justice Asomaning; Lin Xia; Michael Chae; David C. Bressler (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)
The escalating generation of biosolids and increasing regulations regarding their safe handling and disposal have created a great environmental challenge. Recently, biosolids have been incorporated into the hydrolysis step of a two-step thermal lipid conversion process to act as water replacement in the production of renewable chemicals and fuels. Here, the hexane extract recovered from hydrolysis of biosolids, lipids from brown grease hydrolyzed using either water (control) or biosolids as a water replacement, was pyrolyzed at 410–450 °C for 2 h. The product distribution and composition were not significantly different when biosolids were used to hydrolyze brown grease instead of water. The liquid product consisted mainly of alkanes, alkenes, aromatics, and cyclic compounds similar to those in petroleum-derived liquid fuels. However, the use of biosolids as a water substitute resulted in a significant increase in sulphur content of the pyrolysate, which will necessitate processes to reduce the sulphur content before or after pyrolysis. Nevertheless, the pathways proposed in this paper are considered as potentially economically viable approaches to not only resolve the issues associated with disposal of biosolids but also to produce renewable hydrocarbons for fuel and chemical applications.

Shake table study on precast segmental concrete double-column piers - Xia Zhanghua; Ge Jiping; Lin Youqin; Qiu Faqiang (Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, 2020)