Biochemical and structural characterization of the cyanophage‐encoded phosphate‐binding protein: implications for enhanced phosphate uptake of infected cyanobacteria - Fangxin Zhao; Xingqin Lin; Kun Cai; YongLiang Jiang; Tianchi Ni; Yue Chen; Jianrong Feng; Shangyu Dang; Cong‐Zhao Zhou; Qinglu Zeng (Environmental Microbiology, 2022)
Summary To acquire phosphorus, cyanobacteria use the typical bacterial ABC‐type phosphate transporter, which is composed of a periplasmic high‐affinity phosphate‐binding protein PstS and a channel formed by two transmembrane proteins PstC and PstA. A putative pstS gene was identified in the genomes of cyanophages that infect the unicellular marine cyanobacteria Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus . However, it has not been determined whether the cyanophage PstS protein is functional during infection to enhance the phosphate uptake rate of host cells. Here we showed that the cyanophage P‐SSM2 PstS protein was abundant in the infected Prochlorococcus NATL2A cells and the host phosphate uptake rate was enhanced after infection. This is consistent with our biochemical and structural analyses showing that the phage PstS protein is indeed a high‐affinity phosphate‐binding protein. We further modelled the complex structure of phage PstS with host PstCA and revealed three putative interfaces that may facilitate the formation of a chimeric ABC transporter. Our results provide insights into the molecular mechanism by which cyanophages enhance the phosphate uptake rate of cyanobacteria. Phosphate acquisition by infected bacteria can increase the phosphorus contents of released cellular debris and virus particles, which together constitute a significant proportion of the marine dissolved organic phosphorus pool.

Vegetation dynamics and their response to Holocene climate change derived from multi-proxy records from Wangdongyang peat bog in southeast China - Lin Zhao; Chunmei Ma; Zhenming Wen; Wei Ye; Guangchun Shang; Lingyu Tang (Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 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)

Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of phospholipase D gene in leaves of sorghum in response to abiotic stresses - Jinpeng Wei; Wenjing Shao; Xinyu Liu; Lin He; Changjiang Zhao; Gaobo Yu; Jingyu Xu (Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2022)

A Combined Proteomics and Metabolomics Profiling to Investigate the Genetic Heterogeneity of Autistic Children - Liming Shen; Huajie Zhang; Jing Lin; Yan Gao; Margy Chen; Naseer Ullah Khan; Xiaoxiao Tang; Qi Hong; Chengyun Feng; Yuxi Zhao; Xueshan Cao (Molecular Neurobiology, 2022)

Generating phone-quality records to train machine learning models for smartphone-based earthquake early warning - Zengwei Zheng; Jiquan Wang; Lifei Shi; Sha Zhao; Jianmin Hou; Lin Sun; Lin Dong (Journal of Seismology, 2022)

CiTFL1 and CiWUS Expression Provides Clues to the Mechanism of Flower Number Regulation in the Lateral Cincinni of Canna indica, a Zingiberales Species with Variable Inflorescence Architecture - Tong Zhao; Haichan Zhao; Qianxia Yu; Xueyi Tian; Canjia Lin; Jingping Liao (Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2022)

miR-21-5p serves as a promoter in renal cell carcinoma progression through ARHGAP24 downregulation - Bin Meng; Pengfei Wang; Chaofei Zhao; Guangwei Yin; Xin Meng; Lin Li; Shengyong Cai; Chengquan Yan (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Environmental risks and the potential benefits of nanopesticides: a review - Zhenlan Xu; Tao Tang; Qin Lin; Jianzhong Yu; Changpeng Zhang; Xueping Zhao; Melanie Kah; Lingxiangyu Li (Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2022)

Bisphosphonate of Zoledronate Has Antiapoptotic Effect on Hypoxia/Reoxygenation Injury in Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes Through Trk Signaling Pathway - Hua Wang; Wen-Shu Zhao; Lin Xu (Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2022)

Astragalus Polysaccharides Reduce High-glucose-induced Rat Aortic Endothelial Cell Senescence and Inflammasome Activation by Modulating the Mitochondrial Na+/Ca2+ Exchanger - Xin-Yu Miao; Xiao-Xiao Zhu; Zhao-Yan Gu; Bo Fu; Shao-Yuan Cui; Yuan Zu; Ling-Jun Rong; Fan Hu; Xiang-Mei Chen; Yan-Ping Gong; Chun-Lin Li (Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2022)

Estrogen Deficiency Aggravates Fluoride-Induced Liver Damage and Lipid Metabolism Disorder in Rats - Ya-ming Yu; Bian-hua Zhou; Yi-lin Yang; Cheng-Xiang Guo; Jing Zhao; Hong-wei Wang (Biological Trace Element Research, 2022)

Investigation on long-term progressive deformation of engineering slope based on comprehensive monitoring - Shi-shu Zhang; Song-feng Guo; Sheng-wen Qi; Feng-jiao Tang; Jin-shan Hu; Xiao-ping Zhao; Cong-yan Ran; Xin Wang; Yu Zou; Xiao-lin Huang; Bo-wen Zheng; Ning Liang (Journal of Mountain Science, 2022)

Comparison of the Macrozoobenthic Community and Sedimentary Environment with and Without Horseshoe Crab Presence in the Crocodile Island Intertidal Zone, Xiamen, China - Lizhe Cai; Xiaoyu Zhao; Wenqing Peng; Jingxiang Lin; Deyuan Yang; Yiyong Rao; Sujing Fu; Xinwei Chen; Wenzhi Cao (Journal of Ocean University of China, 2022)

Characteristics of the chemical composition and source apportionment of PM2.5 for a one-year period in Wuhan, China - Xiaoyu Zhang; Guixiang Ji; Xiaowu Peng; Lingya Kong; Xin Zhao; Rongrong Ying; Wenjun Yin; Tian Xu; Juan Cheng; Lin Wang (Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 2022)

Intelligent identification method and application of seismic faults based on a balanced classification network - Jing Yang; Ren-Wei Ding; Hui-Yong Wang; Nian-Tian Lin; Li-Hong Zhao; Shuo Zhao; Yu-Jie Zhang (Applied Geophysics, 2022)

Distribution and invasion of Spartina alterniflora within the Jiaozhou Bay monitored by remote sensing image - Jianbu Wang; Zhaoyang Lin; Yuanqing Ma; Guangbo Ren; Zijun Xu; Xiukai Song; Yi Ma; Andong Wang; Yajie Zhao (Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2022)

Toxic encephalopathy induced by radix Sophorae tonkinensis - Xue-Lin Li; Hao-Tian Zhao; Jinming Han; Zhong-Rui Yan; Hai-Yang Wang (Acta Neurologica Belgica, 2022)

First report of chilli veinal mottle virus infecting tobacco in Guizhou, China - Yue Chen; Ting Ting Li; Jing Zhong; Li Ling Zhao; Ya Li Guo; Ye Chun Lin; Gui Gao; Yi Cao; Ming Ding (Journal of Plant Pathology, 2022)

Comparative Transcriptomics of Gonads Reveals the Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Gonadal Development in Giant Freshwater Prawns (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) - Guang Yang; Zhendong Qin; Zhijie Lu; Rishen Liang; Lijuan Zhao; Gan Pan; Li Lin; Kai Zhang (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022)
The giant freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii, is a prawn that has economic significance throughout the world. It exhibits sex-related growth dimorphism, whereby the males grow significantly more rapidly than the females. Therefore, a study on the molecular regulatory mechanism, which underlies the sexual differentiation of M. rosenbergii, is of both scientific and commercial importance. However, a scarcity of genomic and transcriptomic resources severely limits our knowledge of the sexual differentiation mechanisms in M. rosenbergii. Here, transcriptome sequencing of several gonadic samples of males and females in M. rosenbergii was performed to investigate the molecular basis underlying gonadal development. Our results showed that 2149 unigenes presented as differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in the ovaries of females compared to the testes of males, which contained 484 down-regulated and 1665 up-regulated genes. Enrichment analysis of DEGs revealed many of these genes to be related to sexual differentiation and gonadal development. From our transcriptome analyses, and as confirmed by quantitative real-time PCR, male-related genes (Mrr, MRPINK, IR, IAGBP, TESK1, and dsx) in the testes were significantly up-regulated, and female-related genes (ERR, Sxl3, cyclinB, Dmrt99B, PPP2A, and ADCY9) in the ovaries were also significantly up-regulated. This indicates the potential role these genes play in the gonadal development of M. rosenbergii. Furthermore, multiple signal transduction pathways relating to gonadal maturation and spermatogenesis, including MAPK, were identified herein. Our data also supports previous ideas that IAG and IAGBP-IR signaling schemes could help in the regulation of testis’ development in M. rosenbergii and the ERR gene could regulate ovarian development by affecting the expression of cyclinB, PPP2A, and ADCY9. The data from this study provides incredibly usefully genomic resources for future research on the sexual differentiation and practical aquaculture of M. rosenbergii.

Tennessenoid A, an Unprecedented Steroid−Sorbicillinoid Adduct From the Marine-Derived Endophyte of Aspergillus sp. Strain 1022LEF - Dong-Lin Zhao; Hai-Su Wang; Li-Wei Gao; Peng Zhang (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022)
Marine natural products, characterized by fascinating drug-like functionalities and promising biological activities, are important base materials for innovative drugs and agrochemicals. Chemical investigations of the marine-algal-derived endophytic fungus Aspergillus sp. 1022LEF residing in the inner tissue of marine red alga yielded a novel polyketide-terpene hybrid metabolite, namely tennessenoid A ( 1 ), as well as six known biosynthetic congeners including two steroids, ergosta-4,6,8(14),22-tetraen-3-one ( 2 ) and (22 E ,24 R )-3α-ureido-ergosta-4,6,8(14),22-tetraene ( 3 ), and four sorbicillinoid-based compounds, saturnispol G ( 4 ), trichodimerol ( 5 ), and dihydrotrichodimer ethers A and B ( 6 and 7 ). Their structures were unambiguously determined based on extensive 1D/2D NMR and HRESIMS spectroscopic analyses. Tennessenoid A ( 1 ) was characterized as an unprecedented steroid−sorbicillinoid adduct via a C−C bond, which was rarely-observed in natural products. All of the isolated compounds were evaluated for their antifungal activities against eight plant pathogenetic fungi. 1 , in particular, demonstrated broad-spectrum activities against Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc., Fusarium oxysporum (Schl.) F.sp cucumerinum Owen, Coniella diplodiella Petrak et Sydow, Physalospora piricola Nose., Fusarium graminearum schw., Alternaria mali rob., Colletotrichum orbiculare Arx., and Alternaria porri (E11iott) Cifed., with the inhibition zone diameters ranging from 2 to 7 mm.

Complete genome sequence of a novel chlorobenzene degrader, Burkholderia stabilis TF-2 - Xiao-Ping Zhang; Yan-Hui Gao; Zhi-Lin Xing; Yong-Qiong Wang; Tian-Tao Zhao (Biologia, 2022)

Entrainment of Astrocytic and Neuronal Ca2+ Population Dynamics During Information Processing of Working Memory in Mice - Zhu Lin; Feng You; Ting Li; Yijia Feng; Xinyue Zhao; Jingjing Yang; Zhimo Yao; Ying Gao; Jiang-Fan Chen (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2022)

Photosynthesis-Related Proteins Play Crucial Role During Senescence Stage in Flue-Cured Tobacco Plants: A Combine iTRAQ-PRM Study - Conglian He; Shubin Sun; Yun Tang; Chenggang He; Pengfei Li; Tianyang Xu; Gaokun Zhao; Congming Zou; Zhonglong Lin; Yi Chen (Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2022)

Development of a reverse transcription-loop mediated isothermal amplification assay for detection of wisteria vein mosaic virus - Mi-Chi Yao; Peng-Xiang Zhu; Qin-Qin Zhang; Qi-Ping Zhang; Zhao-Lin Ji; Feng Zhu (European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2022)

Study on water resources carrying capacity in Zhuanglang River Basin - Wen Xu; Chang Zhou; Bingrui Liu; Dongxue Wang; Xingzhu Zhao; Xiaojing Yang; Xiaotao Zhu; Zimu Lin (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2022)
With the rapid development of China’s social economy, the phenomenon of unbalanced regional economic development is increasingly obvious. The shortage of water resources in northwest China is an important constraint to local development. The study on the water resources carrying capacity of the Zhuanglang River Basin plays an important role in the development of local economy; thus, we evaluate the water resources situation of Zhuanglang River Basin by using hydrology-related calculation method, combining with field investigation, visiting relevant departments, and referring to relevant data. Meanwhile, the water resources carrying capacity of 3 counties and 12 townships in the Zhuanglang River Basin in the current year are studied and analyzed based on methods such as fuzzy comprehensive evaluation model and quantitative calculation. Results indicate that the carrying capacity of water resources in Zhuanglang river basin can mostly meet the needs of township, but it is necessary to further optimize the water resources carrying capacity of the Zhuanglang River Basin from the four systems of water resources, society, economy, and ecology in the future. Besides, the results of quantitative calculation show that the maximum economic scale that water resources can withstand in most areas of the Zhuanglang River Basin is the overall well-off level, that is, the per capita domestic water is 80L/(d· person), and the per capita GDP is 10000 yuan/person. But there is still a certain gap to achieve the level, when the people are well-off in an all-round way, the two indexes are correspondently raised to 120L/(d· person), and the per capita GDP is 30,000 yuan/person.

Effects of thermal treatment on the macroscopic physical properties and microstructure of Beishan fine-grained granite - Zu-Xi Liu; Yun Wu; Xiao-Zhao Li; Zhen Huang; Jian Lin; Xiao-Hua Pan (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2022)

Research and engineering practice of high-efficiency gas extraction technology by hydraulic fracturing: a case study of Huanglong Coalfield in China - Jingfei Zhang; Siqing Sun; Shugang Li; Dongdong Chen; Jizhan Zhao; Haifei Lin (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2022)

Experimental study on mechanical properties and effective stress coefficient of water-saturated sandstone under hydraulic-mechanical coupling - Sheng Ren; Yanlin Zhao; Hang Lin; Yixian Wang (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2022)

Large quantities of small microplastics permeate the surface ocean to abyssal depths in the South Atlantic Gyre - Shiye Zhao; Erik R. Zettler; Ryan P. Bos; Peigen Lin; Linda A. Amaral‐Zettler; Tracy J. Mincer (Global Change Biology, 2022)
Hundreds of studies have surveyed plastic debris in surface ocean gyre and convergence zones, however, comprehensive microplastics (MPs, ≤5 mm) assessments beneath these surface accumulation areas are lacking. Using in situ high‐volume filtration, Manta net and MultiNet sampling, combined with micro‐Fourier‐transform‐infrared imaging, we discovered a high abundance (up to 244.3 pieces per cubic meter [n m −3 ]) of small microplastics (SMPs, characteristically 300 μm) concurrently collected in MultiNet samples. Higher‐density polymers (e.g., alkyd resins and polyamide) comprised >65% of the total pump sample count, highlighting a discrepancy between polymer compositions from previous ocean surface‐based surveys, typically dominated by buoyant polymers such as polyethylene and polypropylene. Contrary to previous reports stating LMP preferentially accumulated at density gradients, SMP with presumably slower sinking rates are much less influenced by density gradients, thus resulting in a more even vertical distribution in the water column, and potentially longer residence times. Overall, our findings suggest that SMP is a critical and largely underexplored constituent of the oceanic plastic inventory. Additionally, our data support that weak current systems contribute to the formation of SMP hotspots at depth, implying a higher encounter rate for subsurface particle feeders. Our study unveils the prevalence of plastics in the entire water column, highlighting the urgency for more quantification of the deep‐ocean MP, particularly the smaller size fraction, to better understand ecosystem exposure and to predict MP fate and impacts.

Berberisides A-D: three novel prenylated benzoic acid derivatives and a clerodane glycoside from Berberis tsarica aherndt. - Zhao-Yue Dong; Qing-Hong Zeng; Lin Wei; Xin Guo; Yan Sun; Fan-Cheng Meng; Guo-Wei Wang; Xiao-Zhong Lan; Zhi-Hua Liao; Min Chen (Natural Product Research, 2022)

Analytical and experimental analysis of the shear strength of bolted saw-tooth joints - Hang Lin; Penghui Sun; Yifan Chen; Youyan Zhu; Xiang Fan; Yanlin Zhao (European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, 2022)

Genetic and biological characteristics of the globally circulating H5N8 avian influenza viruses and the protective efficacy offered by the poultry vaccine currently used in China - Pengfei Cui; Xianying Zeng; Xuyong Li; Yanbing Li; Jianzhong Shi; Conghui Zhao; Zhiyuan Qu; Yanwen Wang; Jing Guo; Wenli Gu; Qi Ma; Yuancheng Zhang; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2022)
The H5N8 avian influenza viruses have been widely circulating in wild birds and are responsible for the loss of over 33 million domestic poultry in Europe, Russia, Middle East, and Asia since January 2020. To monitor the invasion and spread of the H5N8 virus in China, we performed active surveillance by analyzing 317 wild bird samples and swab samples collected from 41,172 poultry all over the country. We isolated 22 H5N8 viruses from wild birds and 14 H5N8 viruses from waterfowls. Genetic analysis indicated that the 36 viruses formed two different genotypes: one genotype viruses were widely detected from different wild birds and domestic waterfowls; the other genotype was isolated from a whopper swan. We further revealed the origin and spatiotemporal spread of these two distinct H5N8 virus genotypes in 2020 and 2021. Animal studies indicated that the H5N8 isolates are highly pathogenic to chickens, mildly pathogenic in ducks, but have distinct pathotypes in mice. Moreover, we found that vaccinated poultry in China could be completely protected against H5N8 virus challenge. Given that the H5N8 viruses are likely to continue to spread in wild birds, vaccination of poultry is highly recommended in high-risk countries to prevent H5N8 avian influenza.

Characteristic Strength and Energy Evolution Law of Coal Treated by Ultrasonic Wave with Different Power Under Uniaxial Compression - Erhao Yang; Haifei Lin; Shugang Li; Pengxiang Zhao; Lei Qin; Ruizhe Wang; Shuangze Han (Natural Resources Research, 2022)

Effects of Recovery Ratio on the Fracture Evolution of the Overburden Pressure-Relief Gas Migration Channel for a Fully Mechanized Working Face - Pengxiang Zhao; Jianan Wang; Shugang Li; Hao Li; Lei Qin; Haifei Lin; Chi-Min Shu; Bin Laiwang; Yongyong Jia; Zongyong Wei; Wenbo Pei (Natural Resources Research, 2022)

Follicular Fluid-Derived Exosomal MicroRNA-18b-5p Regulates PTEN-Mediated PI3K/Akt/mTOR Signaling Pathway to Inhibit Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Development - Zhi Zhou; Zhihua Tu; Juan Zhang; Can tan; Xiaoyong Shen; Bangbei Wan; Yejuan Li; Anguo Wang; Liqiang Zhao; Jiajia Hu; Ning Ma; Jing Zhou; et al. (Molecular Neurobiology, 2022)

Molecular dynamics-guided receptor-dependent 4D-QSAR studies of HDACs inhibitors - Zhihao Hu; Qianxia Lin; Haiyun Liu; Tiansheng Zhao; Bowen Yang; Guogang Tu (Molecular Diversity, 2022)

Stability Analysis of Slope Considering the Energy Evolution of Locked Segment - Xiangjie Yin; Hang Lin; Yifan Chen; Yi Tang; Yixian Wang; Yanlin Zhao; Weixun Yong (Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 2022)

Alternaria species causing leaf spot on hemp (Cannabis sativa) in Northern China - Hong Cheng; Lin Zhao; Xin Wei; Xi Liu; Guo-Yang Gao; Jian-Xin Deng; Mei-Jia Li (European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2022)

Associations of air pollutants with pneumonia hospital admissions in Qingdao, China: a prospective cohort study - Hai-Tao Wang; Hong Zhang; Fu-Zhong Xue; Lin Zhao; Wu-Chun Cao (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Optimal design of inerter systems for the force-transmission suppression of oscillating structures - Zhang Ruifu; Zhao Zhipeng; Lin Xuchuan; Zhang Lingxin (Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, 2022)

Comprehensive identification of protein orthologs in the family Ascoviridae facilitates an understanding of phylogenomics, protein conservation, and phosphorylation - Yanhua Shi; Weiping Lin; Jinxin Chu; Guohui Wang; Punan Zhao; Guo-hua Huang; Dianhai Hou (Archives of Virology, 2022)

Research on gas diffusion of natural gas leakage based on Gaussian plume model - Binbin Wang; Liqiong Chen; Wanxin Lin; Dongrong Wu; Yingchao Fang; Zhao Li (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2022)

Effect of freeze–thaw cycles on volumetric and water retention property of a clay under three compaction conditions - Jianguo Lin; Weilie Zou; Kewei Fan; Haoze Jia; Guitao Zhao (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2022)

Contraction and warming of Antarctic Bottom Water in the Amundsen Sea - Yu Bai; Liang Zhao; Jingen Xiao; Shiying Lin (Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2022)

Regional characteristics and exploitation potential of atmospheric water resources in China - Lin An; Zhanyu Yao; Pei Zhang; Shuo Jia; Jieyun Zhao; Liangshu Gao; Zhen Liu (International Journal of Climatology, 2022)
The atmospheric water resources (AWR) in China have evident regional characteristics. In order to scientifically and rationally exploit the AWR in different regions of China, we divided China into seven regions based on the ERA‐5, the CloudSat data, and so on. Such characteristics as water vapour, cloud characteristics, cloud water resources (CWR), precipitation efficiency of hydrometeors (PEh), and the exploitation potential of CWR were studied in this article. Some results in summer are shown. (a) There were relatively more precipitation, richer water vapour, stronger water vapour transport and convergence, more cloud covers, and relatively larger zones of rich total column cloud water content in China. Therefore, it is of important significance to study AWR in summer in China. (b) In respect of single‐layer clouds, low clouds were in the majority over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) and the southwest China (SW), medium clouds were predominant over the northern regions, and high clouds existed more over the central region (CR) and the southeast China (SE). The liquid water content (LWC) at each height of cloud was less than 800 mg·m −3 and decreased gradually with the increase in height in China. The convective development heights, the LWC at each altitude, and the frequencies of less LWCs over the northern regions were lower than those over the southern regions. The ice water content (IWC) at each height of cloud was less than 250 mg·m −3 , and more than 96% of them were less than 100 mg·m −3 . (c) CWR over the northeast China (NE), north China (NC), and CR were relatively rich, but with relatively low PEh, so there was relatively higher exploitation potential of CWR in these regions, followed by the northwest China (NW) and TP, and there was still some exploitation potential of CWR in SE and SW.

COX-2/PGE2 Pathway Inhibits the Ferroptosis Induced by Cerebral Ischemia Reperfusion - Yunfei Xu; Ying Liu; Kexin Li; Dun Yuan; Shun Yang; Lin Zhou; Yao Zhao; Shuying Miao; Caihong Lv; Jie Zhao (Molecular Neurobiology, 2022)

Eichleriella aculeobasidiata sp. nov. (Auriculariales, Basidiomycota) evidenced by morphological characters and phylogenetic analyses in China - Hui Wang; Dong-Qiong Wang; Chang-Lin Zhao (Kew Bulletin, 2022)

Fate of heavy metals and bacterial community composition following biogas slurry application in a single rice cropping system - Qiang Wang; Zhaoming Chen; Jun Zhao; Junwei Ma; Qiaogang Yu; Ping Zou; Hui Lin; Jinchuan Ma (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2022)

Synthesis, Characterization of NR@SiO2/PNIPAm-co-Ppa Composite Nanogel and Study On Its Application in Photodynamic Therapy - Zirui Wang; Qiusheng Song; Lin Zhu; Chengyan Zhao; Haihong Ma (Journal of Fluorescence, 2022)

Correction to: Determination of interactions of ferrihydrite‑humic acid‑Pb (II) system - Zhuanjun Zhao; Liwei Yao; Jie Li; Xiangbang Ma; Liangwei Han; Zhiyuan Lin; Shuqi Guan (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Determination of interactions of ferrihydrite-humic acid-Pb (II) system - Zhuanjun Zhao; Liwei Yao; Jie Li; Xiangbang Ma; Liangwei Han; Zhiyuan Lin; Shuqi Guan (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Nitrate runoff loss and source apportionment in a typical subtropical agricultural watershed - Yue Dong; Jin-Ling Yang; Xiao-Rui Zhao; Shun-Hua Yang; Jan Mulder; Peter Dörsch; Gan-Lin Zhang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

The associations of urinary DEHP metabolite levels, serum thyroid hormones, and thyroid-related genes among the adolescent students from China: a cross-sectional study - Yaming Zhao; Xinyue Song; Shuang Ding; Wen Qi; Yuezhu Zhang; Qi Xu; Tianyang Zhao; Xueting Zhang; Xu Li; Fuju Wu; Lin Ye (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Occurrence and distribution characteristics of heavy metals in the surface water of Yongding River Basin, China - Jingqiu Jiang; Gaofeng Zhao; Yiping Xu; Jian Zhao; Lin Liu; Chengyou Liu; Dewang Wang; Yunpeng Li (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Selenium Deficiency Leads to Changes in Renal Fibrosis Marker Proteins and Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Pathway Components - Tingting Lin; Jiaqi Tao; Ying Chen; Yitong Zhang; Fenglan Li; Yutong Zhang; Xueqing Han; Zihui Zhao; Guiyan Liu; Hui Li (Biological Trace Element Research, 2022)

Numerical Simulation of Mine Water Inflow with an Embedded Discrete Fracture Model: Application to the 16112 Working Face in the Binhu Coal Mine, China - Tao Chen; Huiyong Yin; Yutao Zhai; Lin Xu; Cuiyue Zhao; Lifeng Zhang (Mine Water and the Environment, 2022)

Estimation of permafrost thermal behavior using Fourier series model - Yan-yu Zhang; Shu-ying Zang; Lin Zhao; Da-long Ma; Yue Lin; Hao Li (Journal of Mountain Science, 2022)

Consistency correction of echo intensity data for multiple radar systems and its application in quantitative estimation of typhoon precipitation - Shuai Zhang; Jing Han; Bingke Zhao; Zhigang Chu; Jie Tang; Limin Lin; Xiaoqin Lu; Jiaming Yan (Frontiers of Earth Science, 2022)

On the Dependency of Bottom Drag and the Eddy Viscosity upon Flow Structure in the Coastal Boundary Layer - Yao-Zhao Zhong; Hwa Chien; Meng-Yu Lin; Anna Wargula; Jia-Lin Chen (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022)
The physical processes governing coastal exchange between the surf zone, the inner shelf, and the open ocean is critical for estimating mass exchange and its impact on ecological processes. The present study combined field measurements and theoretical approaches to explore the hydrodynamics in the coastal boundary layer (CBL) in which both bottom drag and shore friction affect the transport and mixing processes. Observed drifter-cluster trajectories in a nearly alongshore-uniform coastal area showed that the occurrence of current reversal varies with cross-shore distance, which confirmed the tidal phase difference between different cross-shore distances predicted by the proposed CBL model. According to the CBL model, tidal phase difference is affected by the bottom drag coefficient and horizontal eddy viscosity coefficient. With the results of three experiments under different wave conditions, this study also discusses the effects of waves on the CBL. Data analysis based on observations indicates that the bottom drag term is closely related to the bottom shear stress induced by the interactions of waves and currents. The bottom drag coefficient under the more energetic wave condition was much greater than that under milder wave conditions during the experiment. The study also suggests that in addition to pressure gradient and bottom drag, flow structure is subject to lateral stress, which reflects the impact of shoreline roughness in the nearshore region and that the estimated eddy viscosity coefficient decreases linearly with distance from the shoreline.

Effects of Diversion Wall on the Hydrodynamics and Withdrawal Sediment of A Lateral Intake - Wenlong Zhao; Jian Zhang; Wei He; Lin shi; Xuyun Chen (Water Resources Management, 2022)

A putative effector of the rubber-tree powdery mildew fungus has elicitor activity that can trigger plant immunity - Xiao Li; Mengyao Liu; Yuhan Liu; Wenyuan Zhao; Sipeng Li; Wenbo Liu; Chunhua Lin; Weiguo Miao (Planta, 2022)

The potential importance of soil denitrification as a major N loss pathway in intensive greenhouse vegetable production systems - Waqas Qasim; Yiming Zhao; Li Wan; Haofeng Lv; Shan Lin; Gretchen M. Gettel; Klaus Butterbach-Bahl (Plant and Soil, 2022)
Background About 30 % of vegetables in China are produced in intensively managed greenhouses comprising flood irrigation and extreme rates of nitrogen fertilizers. Little is known about denitrification N losses. Methods Soil denitrification rates were measured by the acetylene inhibition technique applied to anaerobically incubated soil samples. Four different greenhouse management systems were differentiated: Conventional flood irrigation and over-fertilization (CIF, 800 kg N ha −1 , 460 mm); CIF plus straw incorporation (CIF+S, 889 kg N ha −1 , 460 mm); Drip fertigation with reduced fertilizer application rates (DIF, 314 kg N ha −1 , 190 mm); DIF plus straw incorporation (DIF+S, 403 kg N ha −1 , 190 mm). Soil denitrification was measured on nine sampling dates during the growing season (Feb 2019-May 2019) for the top-/ subsoil (0 – 20/ 20- 40 cm) and on three sampling dates for deep soils (40-60/ 80-100 cm). Data was used to constrain N-input-output balances of the different vegetable production systems. Results Rates of denitrification were at least one magnitude higher in topsoil than in sub- and deep soils. Total seasonal denitrification N losses for the 0 – 40 cm soil layer ranged from 76 (DIF) to 422 kg N ha −1 (CIF+S). Straw addition stimulated soil denitrification in top- and subsoil, but not in deep soil layers. Integrating our denitrification data (0-100 cm) with additional data on N leaching, N 2 O emissions, plant N uptake, and NH 3 volatilization showed, that on average 50 % of added N fertilizers are lost due to denitrification. Conclusions Denitrification is likely the dominant environmental N loss pathway in greenhouse vegetable production systems. Reducing irrigation and fertilizer application rates while incorporating straw in soils allows the reduction of accumulated nitrate.

Genome-wide analysis of BURP genes and identification of a BURP-V gene RcBURP4 in Rosa chinensis - Lufeng Fu; Zhujun Zhang; Hai Wang; Xiaojuan Zhao; Lin Su; Lifang Geng; Yizeng Lu; Boqiang Tong; Qinghua Liu; Xinqiang Jiang (Plant Cell Reports, 2022)

Ameliorating Effect of Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells in a Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Model of Dravet Syndrome - Huifang Zhao; Shuai Li; Lang He; Feng Tang; Xiaobo Han; Weiyue Deng; Zuoxian Lin; Rongqi Huang; Zhiyuan Li (Molecular Neurobiology, 2022)

Consistent responses of microbial C and N metabolic processes to elevated CO2 across global terrestrial ecosystems - Jiahui Lin; Yanlan Huang; Haochun Zhao; Mengjie Yu; Weiqin Su; Huaihai Chen; Peng Leng; Jihui Li; Yu Luo; Yong Li; Zhongmin Dai; Jianming Xu (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2022)

Phactr1 negatively regulates bone mass by inhibiting osteogenesis and promoting adipogenesis of BMSCs via RhoA/ROCK2 - Wei Lin; Zhipeng Chen; Xiaoyi Mo; Shengli Zhao; Zhenxing Wen; Wing Hoi Cheung; Dan Fu; Bailing Chen (Journal of Molecular Histology, 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.

Video target detection of East Asian migratory locust based on the MOG2-YOLOv4 network - Zhao Bai; Zhan Tang; Lei Diao; Shuhan Lu; Xuchao Guo; Han Zhou; Chengqi Liu; Lin li (International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 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)

Research on cropping intensity mapping of the Huai River Basin (China) based on multi-source remote sensing data fusion - Yihang Wang; Lin Fan; Ranting Tao; Letao Zhang; Wei Zhao (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Individual exposure to ambient PM2.5 and hospital admissions for COPD in 110 hospitals: a case-crossover study in Guangzhou, China - Jie-Qi Jin; Dong Han; Qi Tian; Zhao-Yue Chen; Yun-Shao Ye; Qiao-Xuan Lin; Chun-Quan Ou; Li Li (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)
Few studies have evaluated the short-term association between hospital admissions and individual exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM 2.5 ). Particularly, no studies focused on hospital admissions for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) at the individual level. We assessed the short-term effects of PM 2.5 on hospitalization admissions for COPD in Guangzhou, China, during 2014–2015, based on satellite-derived estimates of ambient PM 2.5 concentrations at a 1-km resolution near the residential address as individual-level exposure for each patient. Around 40,002 patients with COPD admitted to 110 hospitals were included in this study. A time-stratified case-crossover design with conditional logistic regression models was applied to assess the effects of PM 2.5 based on a 1-km grid data of aerosol optical depth provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on hospital admissions for COPD. Further, we performed stratified analyses by individual demographic characteristics and season of hospital admission. Around 10 μg/m 3 increase in individual-level PM 2.5 was associated with an increase of 1.6% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.6%, 2.7%) in hospitalization for COPD at a lag of 0–5 days. The impact of PM 2.5 on hospitalization for COPD was greater significantly in males and patients admitted in summer. Our study strengthened the evidence for the adverse effect of PM 2.5 based on satellite-based individual-level exposure data.

Higher sequestration of wheat versus maize crop carbon in soils under rotations - Zheng-Rong Kan; Shou-Wei Han; Wen-Xuan Liu; Xin Zhao; Rattan Lal; Hai-Lin Zhang (Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2022)

Identification and Expression Analysis of miR160 and Their Target Genes in Cucumber - Yaoyao Li; Weirong Luo; Yongdong Sun; Huaicheng Chang; Kai Ma; Zhenxiang Zhao; Lin Lu (Biochemical Genetics, 2022)

Quantitative characterization of cracking process in oil shale using micro-CT imaging - Chong Lin; Jianming He; Yadong Liu; Jincheng Mao; Xiao Li; Xiaojiang Yang; Jinzhou Zhao (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2022)

Ethylene insensitive mutation alleviates cadmium-induced photosynthesis impairment in Arabidopsis plants - Qi-Yu Zhao; Chun-Xiu Gu; Yu Wang; Guang-Zhe Li; Lin Hao (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2022)

Evaluation of surface albedo over the Tibetan Plateau simulated by CMIP5 models using in‐situ measurements and MODIS - Yingying An; Xianhong Meng; Lin Zhao; Zhaoguo Li; Shaoying Wang; Lunyu Shang; Hao Chen; Shihua Lyu (International Journal of Climatology, 2022)
Surface albedo plays a key role in the energy and water cycles, and reasonable parameterizations of surface albedo will be greatly helpful to improve the simulation of radiation partition in climate models. In‐situ measurements of albedo from five sites over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) and MODIS albedo product are used to evaluate monthly, annual, and seasonal variations of the surface albedo simulated by 24 Global Climate Models (GCMs) archived by the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5). Potential factors contributing to the bias of simulated albedo were investigated. The results show that the monthly albedo of 24 GCMs varied across models, and the difference among the models was smaller in the June–July–August period than the December–January–February period. The ensemble mean albedo of the 24 GCMs was more consistent with the in‐situ measurements than the individual model. The albedo calculated from the BNU‐ESM, GFDL‐CM3, INM‐CM4, MIROC4h, MIROC‐ESM, and MIROC‐ESM‐CHEM models coincided with the observations from June to September, increasing rapidly to above 0.4 from November. However, the annual cycle of surface albedo was insignificant when simulated by some models, such as CanESM2, CSIRO‐Mk3.6.0, CMCC‐CMS, IPSL‐CM5A‐MR, and MPI‐ESM‐MR. Additionally, the surface albedo was overestimated by CMIP5 multi‐model ensemble mean—with a smaller amplitude of daily albedo—compared with the values estimated from in‐situ observations and MCD43A3. In all 24 models, snow albedo parameterization schemes were found to variably fit the attenuation of snow albedo over time. The cold temperature, relatively more precipitation, fresh snow density, and albedo in these models led to large biases in snow depth and ablation. The surface albedo tends to increase without the influence of blowing snow and withered grass on the model's albedo.

Mechanisms of soil organic carbon stability and its response to no‐till: A global synthesis and perspective - Zheng‐Rong Kan; Wen‐Xuan Liu; Wen‐Sheng Liu; Rattan Lal; Yash Pal Dang; Xin Zhao; Hai‐Lin Zhang (Global Change Biology, 2022)
Mechanisms of soil organic carbon (SOC) stabilization have been widely studied due to their relevance in the global carbon cycle. No‐till (NT) has been frequently adopted to sequester SOC; however, limited information is available regarding whether sequestered SOC will be stabilized for long term. Thus, we reviewed the mechanisms affecting SOC stability in NT systems, including the priming effects (PE), molecular structure of SOC, aggregate protection, association with soil minerals, microbial properties, and environmental effects. Although a more steady‐state molecular structure of SOC is observed in NT compared with conventional tillage (CT), SOC stability may depend more on physical and chemical protection. On average, NT improves macro‐aggregation by 32.7%, and lowers SOC mineralization in macro‐aggregates compared with CT. Chemical protection is also important due to the direct adsorption of organic molecules and the enhancement of aggregation by soil minerals. Higher microbial activity in NT could also produce binding agents to promote aggregation and the formation of metal‐oxidant organic complexes. Thus, microbial residues could be stabilized in soils over the long term through their attachment to mineral surfaces and entrapment of aggregates under NT. On average, NT reduces SOC mineralization by 18.8% and PE intensities after fresh carbon inputs by 21.0% compared with CT ( p Q 10 ) is observed in NT due to greater Q 10 in macro‐aggregates, an increase of soil moisture regime in NT could potentially constrain the improvement of Q 10 . This review improves process‐based understanding of the physical and chemical mechanism of protection that can act, independently or interactively, to enhance SOC preservation. It is concluded that SOC sequestered in NT systems is likely to be stabilized over the long term.

Research on hoop capacity of composite foundation of discarded rubber tires - Feng-Chi Wang; Jun Li; Zhen-Huan Lin; Pei-Pei Tian; Han-Yu Zhao (European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, 2022)

Dietary nutrients shape gut microbes and intestinal mucosa via epigenetic modifications - Jianmin Wu; Ying Zhao; Xian Wang; Lingchang Kong; Lee J. Johnston; Lin Lu; Xi Ma (Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2022)

Isolation and structural elucidation of a low-molecular-weight polysaccharide from the roots of Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer - Bin Zhao; Xin-Ying Wang; Wen Luo; Yue Lin; Chong-Ning Lv; Jin-Cai Lu (Natural Product Research, 2022)

Distribution of Coomassie Blue Stainable Particles in the Pearl River Estuary, China, Insight Into the Nitrogen Cycling in Estuarine System - Cui-Ci Sun; Wei-Zhong Yue; You-Shao Wang; Wei-Hong He; Yi-Guo Hong; Fu-Lin Sun; Hao Cheng; Mei-Lin Wu; Zhao-Yu Jiang; Fei Jiao; Yu-Tu Wang (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022)
Distributions of Coomassie Blue stainable particles (CSP), the sources and transports, as well as their implications for nitrogen biogeochemical cycles in the Pearl River estuary (PRE) were investigated during two cruises in August 2016 and January 2017. CSP color concentrations (CSP concentration determined spectrophotometrically) were 73.7–685.3 μg BSA eq L –1 [μg Bovine serum albumin (BSA) equivalent liter –1 ] in August 2016 and 100.6–396.4 μg BSA eq L –1 in January 2017, respectively. CSP concentrations were high in low-salinity waters (<5), and declined from the river to the middle estuary by 80% in the wet season and 55.6% in the dry season, respectively, then increased again in the lower estuary due to high primary production. CSP concentrations were mainly associated with chlorophyll a (Chl a ) concentration except for the turbid mixing zone, suggesting that autochthonous phytoplankton production served as the primary source of CSP in the PRE. The concentrations of nitrogen (N) as CSP in the PRE were comparable to the nitrogen content of particulate hydrolysable amino acids (PHAA). Pictures of CSP taken by microscopy and the correlation between composition of PHAA and the ratio of Chl a /CSP color showed that CSP were relatively degraded due to delivery of old terrestrial protein to river section and extensive microbial degradation during mixing at the upper and middle parts of the estuary, whereas CSP in lower estuary appeared to be more labile due to higher fresh algal production. The contribution of CSP nitrogen (CSP-N) to the particulate nitrogen (PN) pool was 34.98% in summer and 30.8% in winter. The conservative estimate of CSP-N input flux in the Pearl River Delta was about 6 × 10 6 mol N d –1 . These results suggested that CSP was a significant pool of organic nitrogen in the PRE. The study of CSP composition in terms of nitrogen provides new insight into the roles of CSP on nitrogen biogeochemical processes in the turbid and productive estuarine system.

Biochanin A as an α-hemolysin inhibitor for combating methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection - Jiaxuan Feng; Dazhong Sun; Li Wang; Xueting Li; Jiyu Guan; Lin Wei; Donghui Yue; Xingye Wang; Yicheng Zhao; Haimiao Yang; Wu Song; Bingmei Wang (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2022)

Distinct durability of IgM/IgG antibody responses in COVID-19 patients with differing severity - Junyan Han; Ning Zhang; Danying Chen; Yuhuan Gong; Guoli Li; Yaxian Kong; Lin Pu; Chen Chen; Jingyuan Liu; Qi Wang; Ju Zhang; Xuesen Zhao; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2022)

Identification, evolutionary analysis and functional diversification of RAV gene family in cotton (G. hirsutum L.) - Nosheen Kabir; Hai Lin; Xianhui Kong; Le Liu; Ghulam Qanmber; YuXuan Wang; Lian Zhang; Zhuojing Sun; Zuoren Yang; Yu Yu; Na Zhao (Planta, 2022)

Mesenchymal Stem Cell-derived Extracellular Vesicles Transmitting MicroRNA-34a-5p Suppress Tumorigenesis of Colorectal Cancer Through c-MYC/DNMT3a/PTEN Axis - Jiangning Zhao; Huanrong Lin; Kunsong Huang (Molecular Neurobiology, 2022)
Mesenchymal stem cell–derived extracellular vesicles (MSC-EV) can transport microRNAs (miRNAs) into colorectal cancer (CRC) cells, thus to inhibit the malignant phenotype of cancer cells. Whether MSC-EV could deliver miR-34a-5p to suppress CRC development was surveyed through the research. miR-34a-5p, c-MYC, DNA methyltransferase 3a (DNMT3a), and phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN) expression were measured in CRC tissues and cell lines. miR-34a-5p and c-MYC expression were altered by transfection in HCT-116 cells. MSC-EV were transfected with miR-34a-5p- and c-MYC-related oligonucleotides and co-cultured with HCT-116 cells. HCT-116 cell growth after treatment was observed. Furthermore, the functional roles of miR-34a-5p and c-MYC were explored in vivo . The combined interactions of miR-34a-5p/c-MYC/DNMT3a/PTEN axis were assessed. miR-34a-5p and PTEN were downregulated while c-MYC and DNMT3a were upregulated in CRC. Depletion of miR-34a-5p drove while that of c-MYC restricted CRC cell growth. MSC-EV retarded CRC progression. Moreover, MSC-EV carrying overexpressed miR-34a-5p or depleted c-MYC further disrupted CRC cell progression. miR-34a-5p targeted c-MYC to regulate DNMT3a and PTEN. c-MYC overexpression abrogated EV-derived miR-34a-5p upregulation-induced effects on CRC. Restoring miR-34a-5p or depleting c-MYC in MSC-EV limited CRC tumor formation. MSC-EV-derived miR-34a-5p depresses CRC development through modulating the binding of c-MYC to DNMT3a and epigenetically regulating PTEN.

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)

Distribution and source determination of rare earth elements in sediment collected from the continental shelf off Hainan Island, China - Pengjie Cai; Guanqiang Cai; Xuejie Li; Xin Chen; Jie Lin; Shun Li; Zhao Li (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Pilot study on the treatment of low carbon and nitrogen ratio municipal sewage by A1/O2/A3/A4/O5 sludge-membrane coupling process with multi-point inflow - De-Wei Zhang; Jun-Tian Zheng; Jun Zheng; Meng-Ke Zhao; Meng-Lin Wang; Shi-Hua Zhang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Influence of wing crack propagation on the failure process and strength of fractured specimens - Hengtao Yang; Hang Lin; Yifan Chen; Yixian Wang; Yanlin Zhao; Weixun Yong; Feng Gao (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2022)

Precise orbit determination of the Haiyang 2C altimetry satellite using attitude modeling - Youcun Wang; Min Li; Kecai Jiang; Wenwen Li; Qile Zhao; Hailong Peng; Minseng Lin (GPS Solutions, 2022)

The Surface Energy Budget and Its Impact on the Freeze-thaw Processes of Active Layer in Permafrost Regions of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau - Junjie Ma; Ren Li; Hongchao Liu; Zhongwei Huang; Tonghua Wu; Guojie Hu; Yao Xiao; Lin Zhao; Yizhen Du; Shuhua Yang (Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2022)

Mitogenomes provide new insights into the evolutionary history of Prodiamesinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) - Xiao‐Long Lin; Yan‐Min Zhao; Li‐Ping Yan; Wen‐Bin Liu; Wen‐Jun Bu; Xin‐Hua Wang; Chen‐Guang Zheng (Zoologica Scripta, 2022)
Evolutionary analysis of Prodiamesinae has long been impeded by lack of information, and its phylogenetic relationship with Orthocladiinae remains questionable. Here, ten complete mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) of Orthocladiinae sensu lato were newly sequenced, including three Prodiamesinae species and seven Orthocladiinae species. Coupled with published mitogenomes, a total of 12 mitogenomes of Orthocladiinae sensu lato were selected for a comparative mitogenomic analysis and phylogenetic reconstruction. Mitogenomes of Orthocladiinae sensu lato are conserved in structure, and all genes arrange the same gene order as the ancestral insect mitogenome. Nucleotide composition is highly biased, and the control region displayed the highest A + T content. All protein‐coding genes are under purifying selection, and the ATP8 evolves at the fastest rate. In addition, the mitogenomes of Orthocladiinae sensu lato are highly conserved, and they are practically useful for phylogenetic inference, suggesting a re‐classification of Orthocladiinae by sinking Prodiamesinae as a subgroup of Orthocladiinae.

Reply to “Misuse of molecular tools results in misleading dates for the ancestor of the Indo‐Pacific humpback dolphin” by Chen - Liyuan Zhao; Watchara Sakornwimon; Wenzhi Lin; Peijun Zhang; Rachawadee Chantra; Yufei Dai; Reyilamu Aierken; Fuxing Wu; Songhai Li; Kongkiat Kittiwattanawong; Xianyan Wang (Marine Mammal Science, 2022)

Projected temperature and precipitation changes using the LARS‐WG statistical downscaling model in the Shire River Basin, Malawi - Sheila Kavwenje; Lin Zhao; Liang Chen; Evance Chaima (International Journal of Climatology, 2022)
This study analyzes local‐scale temperature and precipitation projections in the Shire River Basin (SRB) in Malawi using 10 global circulation models (GCMs) available in the coupled model intercomparison project phase 5 (CMIP5), under two representative concentration pathways (RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5). For nine stations in the study area, large‐scale maximum temperature (Tmax), minimum temperature (Tmin) and precipitation data from the selected GCMs were downscaled by the sixth version of the Long Ashton Research Station Weather Generator (LARS‐WG6). The mean seasonal and annual change projections for Tmax, Tmin and precipitation during two future periods, that is, the middle future (2041–2070) and late future (2071–2100) periods were analyzed. Modelling results demonstrated that the LARS‐WG model is capable of simulating temperature more accurately than precipitation in the SRB. All 10 GCMs revealed that continually rising temperatures are anticipated in the study area; however, the projected magnitude of change varied across GCMs and between RCPs. Generally, the increase in average Tmax and Tmin was observed to be higher under RCP 8.5 compared with RCP 4.5 due to unmitigated greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). Future precipitation change results showed more complexity and uncertainty than for temperature; not all GCMs agree on whether there will be positive or negative changes in precipitation and no systematic variations under RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 were observed during the two future time period, illustrating that both GCMs and RCPs are important sources of the relatively large uncertainties in future precipitation projections in the SRB. Thus, this study indicated that uncertainties constrained by both GCMs and RCPs are crucial and need to always be considered when executing climate impact studies and adaptation, particularly at river basin level.

Responses of soil pH to no‐till and the factors affecting it: A global meta‐analysis - Xin Zhao; Cong He; Wen‐Sheng Liu; Wen‐Xuan Liu; Qiu‐Yue Liu; Wei Bai; Li‐Jun Li; Rattan Lal; Hai‐Lin Zhang (Global Change Biology, 2022)
No‐till (NT) is a sustainable option because of its benefits in controlling erosion, saving labor, and mitigating climate change. However, a comprehensive assessment of soil pH response to NT is still lacking. Thus, a global meta‐analysis was conducted to determine the effects of NT on soil pH and to identify the influential factors and possible consequences based on the analysis of 114 publications. When comparing tillage practices, the results indicated an overall significant decrease by 1.33 ± 0.28% in soil pH under NT than that under conventional tillage ( p −1 (−1.83%), or crop residue retention (−1.52%). Changes in organic matter decomposition under undisturbed soil and with crop residue retention might lead to a higher concentration of H + and lower of basic cations (i.e., calcium, magnesium, and potassium), which decrease the soil pH, and consequently, impact nutrient dynamics (i.e., soil phosphorus) in the surface layer under NT. Furthermore, soil acidification may be aggravated by NT within site‐specific conditions and improper fertilizer and crop residue management and consequently leading to adverse effects on soil nutrient availability. Thus, there is a need to identify strategies to ameliorate soil acidification under NT to minimize the adverse consequences.

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.

Isobaric Tags for Relative and Absolute Quantitation-Based Proteomics Analysis Provides a New Perspective Into Unsynchronized Growth in Kuruma Shrimp (Marsupenaeus japonicus) - Jichen Zhao; Minze Liao; Zexu Lin; Yiyi Huang; Yunqi Zhong; Luyao Liu; Guoliang Chen; Zuotao Ni; Chengbo Sun (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
Unsynchronized growth is a common phenomenon in farmed crustaceans. The underlying molecular mechanism of unsynchronized growth of crustaceans is unclear. In this study, a comparative proteomic analysis focusing on growth differences was performed using kuruma shrimp Marsupenaeus japonicus , an economic crustacean species, as the model. The study analyzed kuruma shrimp at fast growth stage and steady growth stage from both fast growth group and slow growth group by an Isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ)-based quantitative proteomic analysis method. A total of 1,720 proteins, including 12,291 peptides, were identified. Fifty-two and 70 differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) were identified in the fast growth stage and steady growth stage, respectively. Interestingly, 10 DEPs, including 14-3-3-epsilon-like, GPI, GPD1, MHC-1a, and MHC-1b, were presented in both growth stages. In addition, all these 10 DEPs shared the same expression tendency at these two growth stages. The results indicated that these 10 DEPs are potential growth biomarkers of M. japonicus . Proteins associated with faster growth of M. japonicus may promote cell growth and inhibit cell apoptosis through the Hippo signaling pathway. The fast growth group of M. japonicus may also achieve growth superiority by activating multiple related metabolic pathways, including glycolysis, glycerophospholipid metabolism and Citrate cycle. The present study provides a new perspective to explore the molecular mechanism of unsynchronized growth in crustacean species.

Inhibition of Dectin-1 Ameliorates Neuroinflammation by Regulating Microglia/Macrophage Phenotype After Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Mice - Xiongjie Fu; Hanhai Zeng; Jikuang Zhao; Guoyang Zhou; Hang Zhou; Jianfeng Zhuang; Chaoran Xu; Jianru Li; Yucong Peng; Yang Cao; Yin Li; Huaijun Chen; et al. (Translational Stroke Research, 2021)

Analysis of the thaumatin-like genes of Rosa chinensis and functional analysis of the role of RcTLP6 in salt stress tolerance - Lin Su; Xiaojuan Zhao; Lifang Geng; Lufeng Fu; Yizeng Lu; Qinghua Liu; Xinqiang Jiang (Planta, 2021)

Characterization on the P-associated and agronomic traits as well as associated molecular processes in wheat under Pi deprivation condition - Ying-Jia Zhao; Xin-Yang Bai; Rui-Ze Lin; Fang-fang Li; Kai Xiao (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2021)

LncRNA XIST knockdown alleviates LPS-induced acute lung injury by inactivation of XIST/miR-132-3p/MAPK14 pathway - Chen Li; Jian-Hua Liu; Jing Su; Wei-Jia Lin; Jian-Qing Zhao; Zhi-Hua Zhang; Qi Wu (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2021)

Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of glycosyltransferase gene family 1 in Quercus robur L. - Jie Zhang; Li-Mei Lin; Wen-Wen Cheng; Xin Song; Yue-Hong Long; Zhao-Bin Xing (Journal of Applied Genetics, 2021)

Mechanisms of cardiovascular toxicity induced by PM2.5: a review - Tianyang Zhao; Wen Qi; Pan Yang; Liwei Yang; Yanbin Shi; Liting Zhou; Lin Ye (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Experimental and Model Predictive Investigation into the Relationship of pH Alternation with Addition of Lime in Acid Tin Tailing Treatments - Feng Yin; Ying-Jie Li; Qun Zhao; Chen Li; Jie Li; Sen-Lin Tian (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2021)

Selenium-Alleviated Testicular Toxicity by Modulating Inflammation, Heat Shock Response, and Autophagy Under Oxidative Stress in Lead-Treated Chickens - Size Wang; Lulu Hou; Min Wang; Rui Feng; Xu Lin; Shifeng Pan; Qian Zhao; He Huang (Biological Trace Element Research, 2021)

Sodium P-aminosalicylic Acid Attenuates Manganese-Induced Neuroinflammation in BV2 Microglia by Modulating NF-κB Pathway - Junyan Li; Yue Deng; Dongjie Peng; Lin Zhao; Yuanyuan Fang; Xiaojuan Zhu; Shaojun Li; Michael Aschner; Shiyan Ou; Yueming Jiang (Biological Trace Element Research, 2021)

Heat Insulation and Dissipation Processes in Nordic Seas in the Summer - Lin Gao; Jinping Zhao; Shimin Li; Xiutao Fan; Shixuan Liu (Journal of Ocean University of China, 2021)

Evolution of pore structure in organic shale with type III kerogen and high kaolinite content in Ningwu Basin - Qiang Xu; Hangbing Lin; Yue Zhao; Bo Wang; Bin Ma; Rong Ding; Jianxin Wang; Tao Hou (Frontiers of Earth Science, 2021)

The policy effects and influence mechanism of China’s carbon emissions trading scheme - Chen Wang; Yi Shi; Lin Zhang; Xin Zhao; Hungxin Chen (Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 2021)

Physical and Numerical Investigations on Wave Run-Up and Dissipation under Breakwater with Fence Revetment - Enjin Zhao; Lin Mu; Zhaoyang Hu; Xinqiang Wang; Junkai Sun; Zhiyong Zhang (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021)
Revetment elements and protective facilities on a breakwater can effectively weaken the impact of waves. In order to resist storm surges, there is a plan to build a breakwater on the northern shore of Meizhou Bay in Putian City, China. To better design it, considering different environmental conditions, physical and numerical experiments were carried out to accurately study the effects of the breakwater and its auxiliary structures on wave propagation. In the experiments, the influence of the wave type, initial water depth, and the structure of the fence plate are considered. The wave run-up and dissipation, the wave overtopping volume, and the structure stability are analyzed. The results indicate that the breakwater can effectively resist the wave impact, reduce the wave run-up and overtopping, and protect the rear buildings. In addition, under the same still water depth and significant wave height, the amount of overtopped water under regular waves is larger than that under irregular waves. With the increase of the still water depth and significant wave height, the overtopped water increases, which means that when the storm surge occurs, damage on the breakwater under the high tide level is greater than that under the low tide level. Besides, the fence plate can effectively dissipate energy and reduce the overtopping volume by generating eddy current in the cavity. Considering the stability and the energy dissipation capacity of the fence plate, it is suggested that a gap ratio of 50% is reasonable.

Antibiotic intervention redisposes bacterial interspecific interacting dynamics in competitive environments - Jing Li; Xiaojie Chen; Jiafu Lin; Yang Yuan; Ting Huang; Lianming Du; Balakrishnan Prithiviraj; Aixue Zhang; Xinrong Wang; Yiwen Chu; Kelei Zhao (Environmental Microbiology, 2021)
Summary Interspecific interaction happens frequently among bacterial species and can promote the colonization of polymicrobial community in various environments. However, it is not clear whether the intervention of antibiotics, which is a common therapeutic method for infectious disease, will influence the interacting dynamics of different pathogenic bacteria. By using the frequently co‐isolated bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus as models, here we identify an antibiotic‐determined mutual invasion relationship between bacterial pathogens. We show that although P . aeruginosa has a significant intrinsic competitive advantage over S . aureus by producing the quorum‐sensing (QS)‐controlled anti‐staphylococcal molecules, methicillin‐resistant S . aureus (MRSA) can inhibit neighbouring P . aeruginosa in the presence of subinhibitory aminoglycoside antibiotics (e.g. streptomycin) to P . aeruginosa . Importantly, subinhibitory streptomycin decreases the expression of QS‐regulated genes in P . aeruginosa and thus relieves the survival stress of MRSA brought by P . aeruginosa . On the other side, the iron‐uptake systems and pathogenicity of MRSA can be enhanced by the extracellular products of streptomycin‐treated P . aeruginosa . Therefore, this study provides an explanation for the substitution of dominant species and persistent coexistence of bacterial pathogens in the host with repeated antibiotic therapies and contributes to further understanding the pathogenesis of chronic polymicrobial infections.

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.

Intensity and microphysical properties surrounding the rapid intensification in landfalling Super Typhoons over China during the summer and autumn seasons - Lin Deng; Yang Zhao; Wenhua Gao; Lulin Xue; Yihong Duan (International Journal of Climatology, 2021)
This study investigates the seasonal intensity variabilities of typhoons (TYs) over the western North Pacific that made landfall in the mainland China during the summer (June–August) and autumn (September–November) seasons for the period of 1979–2017. Using the latest climate reanalysis dataset (ERA5), cloud microphysical properties surrounding the rapid intensification (RI) period within the Super TYs (the maximum wind speed exceeding 51 ms −1 ) are explored to verify whether there exists microphysical precursor in TY intensity change like RI. The major results are: (a) The total number of landfalling TYs in summer is 188, almost two times of the number in autumn, and 25.5% of them can reach the Super TYs category, while 39.5% of the landfalling TYs in autumn became Super TYs with a shorter lifespan. (b) At least half of the summer and autumn cases have undergone the RI before they reached their maximum intensity, and more autumn cases experienced RI as they approached the coastal areas. (c) Snow and rain contents within the vortex exhibit consistent increasing trends during the RI period in both seasons. It is found that ice and snow contents show relatively distinct increase prior to the intensity change during the RI period in autumn cases, while no obvious signal exists in summer. The short‐term microphysical change and the released latent heat may be insufficient in supporting the onset of RI in Super TYs, and the differences of large‐scale environmental conditions between summer and autumn are mostly responsible for the distinct evolutions of intensity and microphysical characteristics in such strong systems.

Two new pyrrolidine alkaloids from the red alga Acanthophora spicifera - Zhuo-Bin Guan; Yong-Qian Liang; Jia-Li Lin; Xiao-Jian Liao; Shi-Hai Xu; Bing-Xin Zhao (Natural Product Research, 2021)

Complete chloroplast genome sequencing support Angelica decursiva is an independent species from Peucedanum praeruptorum - Long Wang; Xiangxu Yu; Wenbo Xu; Junqing Zhang; Hanfeng Lin; Yucheng Zhao (Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2021)

Harmful algal bloom-forming dinoflagellate Prorocentrum donghaiense inhibits the growth and photosynthesis of seaweed Sargassum fusiformis embryos - Caixia Wang; Min Wang; Binbin Chen; Wenli Qin; Lidong Lin; Chuanjun Dai; Hengguo Yu; Renhui Li; Min Zhao; Zengling Ma (Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2021)

Impact of climate change on multi-objective management of seawater intrusion in coastal karst aquifers in Zhoushuizi district of Dalian City, China - Jie Zhao; Jin Lin; Jianfeng Wu; Jichun Wu (Hydrogeology Journal, 2021)

Strategies of cadmium and copper uptake and translocation in different plant species growing near an E-waste dismantling site at Wenling, China - Jiao Jiao Li; Xue Qiang Zhao; Jia Lin Wang; Ren Fang Shen (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Evaluation of three common alkaline agents for immobilization of multi-metals in a field-contaminated acidic soil - Zhiliang Li; Yanyan Gong; Dongye Zhao; Zhi Dang; Zhang Lin (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

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

Bacterial community variations in the South China Sea driven by different chemical conditions - Fu-lin Sun; You-Shao Wang; Mei-Lin Wu; Cui-Ci Sun; Zhao-Yu Jiang; Hao Cheng; Jiao Fei (Ecotoxicology, 2021)

Postnatal development of BAG3 expression in mouse cerebral cortex and hippocampus - Xinlu Li; Geng Lin; Tongtong Liu; Ning Zhao; He Xu; Huaqin Wang; Wei Zheng (Brain Structure and Function, 2021)

Grain size characteristics of the sand silt layers in the ancient delta of the dried Lop Nur lake (east Tarim Basin) and their environmental implications - Yongchong Lin; Guijin Mu; Lishuai Xu; Xue Zhao (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021)

Streptomyces luteolifulvus sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from soil in Nanjing, China - Shanshan Zhao; Ming Cheng; Congyu Lin; He Liu; Zhengran Wang; Kai Zhang; Simin Song; Qian Yang (Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 2021)

Fighting climate change: soil bacteria communities and topography play a role in plant colonization of desert areas - Xiao Sun; Jin Pei; Lei Zhao; Bashir Ahmad; Lin‐Fang Huang (Environmental Microbiology, 2021)
Summary Global warming has exacerbated desertification in arid regions. Exploring the environmental variables and microbial communities that drive the dynamics of geographic patterns of desert crops is important for large‐scale standardization of crops that can control desertification. Here, predictions based on future climate data from CMIP6 show that a steady expand in the suitable production areas for three desert plants ( Cistanche deserticola , Cynomorium songaricum and Cistanche salsa ) under global warming, demonstrating their high adaptability to future climate change. We examined the biogeography of three desert plant soil bacteria communities and assessed the environmental factors affecting the community assembly process. The α‐diversity significantly decreased along elevated latitudes, indicating that the soil bacterial communities of the three species have latitude diversity patterns. The neutral community model evaluated 66.6% of the explained variance of the bacterial community in the soil of desert plants and Modified Stochasticity Ratio Streptomyces eurythermus and OTU4672: Streptomyces flaveus ) drive the colonization of three desert plants. This research offers a promising solution for desert management in arid areas under global warming.

Dynamics Simulation of Grasping Process of Underwater Vehicle-Manipulator System - Zongyu Chang; Yang Zhang; Zhongqiang Zheng; Lin Zhao; Kunfan Shen (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021)
Underwater vehicle-manipulator system (UVMS) can be applied to fulfill different complex underwater tasks such as grasping, drilling, sampling, etc. It is widely used in the field of oceanographic research, marine exploration, military, and commercial applications. In this paper, the dynamic simulation of UVMS is presented in the process of grasping an object. First, the dynamic model of UVMS, which considers the change of the load of manipulator when the end effector of manipulator grasps the object, is developed. To compare different conditions, numerical simulation of grasping processes without/with vehicle attitude control are carried out. The simulation results show that the coupling dynamics between the vehicle and the manipulator in the grasping process are clearly illustrated. It deteriorates the positioning accuracy of the end effector of the manipulator and is harmful to underwater precision operations. The tracking position error of end effector without vehicle control is large and UVMS cannot complete the grasping task under this condition. Vehicle control can compensate the motion of the vehicle due to the coupling effect caused by the motion of the manipulator. This study will contribute to underwater operation mission for UVMS with floating base.

Comparison of the elimination effectiveness of tetracycline and AmpC β-lactamase resistance genes in a municipal wastewater treatment plant using four parallel processes - Xiaojun Lin; Jingjing Ruan; Lu Huang; Jianbin Zhao; Yanbin Xu (Ecotoxicology, 2021)

Rockburst response in hard rock owing to excavation unloading of twin tunnels at great depth - Fan Feng; Xibing Li; Lin Luo; Xingdong Zhao; Shaojie Chen; Ning Jiang; Wanpeng Huang; Yajun Wang (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2021)

Protective Effects of Sodium Para-aminosalicylic Acid on Manganese-Induced Damage in Rat Pancreas - Xiaojuan Zhu; Bingyan Xie; Dianyin Liang; Wenxia Qin; Lin Zhao; Yue Deng; Pingjing Wen; Fang Xu; Michael Aschner; Yueming Jiang; Shiyan Ou (Biological Trace Element Research, 2021)

Transcriptome Analysis Provides New Insights into Host Response to Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease in the Black Tiger Shrimp Penaeus monodon - Jichen Zhao; Xieyan Chen; Zihao He; Guoliang Chen; Zhaojian Lin; Yongkui Liu; Chengbo Sun; Wei Wang (Journal of Ocean University of China, 2021)

Molecular Cloning and Characterization of FAD6 Gene from Chia (Salvia hispanica L.) - Yufei Xue; Lejing Li; Xuemei Liu; Huanhuan Jiang; Yanping Zhao; Songzhen Wei; Na Lin; Yourong Chai (Biochemical Genetics, 2021)

Low-rank diffraction separation using an improved MSSA algorithm - Peng Lin; Jingtao Zhao; Suping Peng (Acta Geophysica, 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.

Isolation and evaluation of the biocontrol potential of Talaromyces spp. against rice sheath blight guided by soil microbiome - Aqleem Abbas; Yanping Fu; Zheng Qu; Huizhang Zhao; Yongjian Sun; Yang Lin; Jiatao Xie; Jiasen Cheng; Daohong Jiang (Environmental Microbiology, 2021)
Summary Rice sheath blight caused by Rhizoctonia solani is the major disease of rice that seriously threatens food security worldwide. Efficient and eco‐friendly biological approaches are urgently needed since no resistant cultivars are available. In this study, fallow and paddy soils were initially subjected to microbiome analyses, and the results showed that Talaromyces spp. were significantly more abundant in the paddy soil, while Trichoderma spp. were more abundant in the fallow soil, suggesting that Talaromyces spp. could live and survive better in the paddy soil. Five Talaromyces isolates, namely, TF‐04, TF‐03, TF‐02, TF‐01 and TA‐02, were isolated from the paddy soil using sclerotia of R . solani as baits and were further evaluated for their activity against rice sheath blight. These isolates efficiently parasitized the hyphae and rotted the sclerotia even at higher water contents in the sterilized sand and the soil. Isolate TF‐04 significantly promoted rice growth, reduced the severity of rice sheath blight and increased the rice yield under outdoor conditions. Defence‐related genes were upregulated and enzyme activities were enhanced in rice treated with isolate TF‐04. Our research supplies a microbiome‐guided approach to screen biological control agents and provides Talaromyces isolates to biologically control rice sheath blight.

Impacts of Marine Heatwaves on Algal Structure and Carbon Sequestration in Conjunction With Ocean Warming and Acidification - Guang Gao; Xin Zhao; Meijia Jiang; Lin Gao (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
As the ocean warms, the frequency, duration, intensity, and range of marine heatwaves (MHWs) increase. MHWs are becoming a severe challenge for marine ecosystems. However, our understanding in regard to their impacts on algal structure and carbon sequestration is still deficient or fragmentary, particularly when combined with ocean warming and acidification. In this paper, we reviewed the impacts of MHWs individually and combined with ocean warming and acidification on regime shift in algal community and carbon sequestration of both macroalgae and microalgae. Solid evidence shows that MHWs cause the decline of large canopy macroalgae and increase of turf-forming macroalgae in abundance, leading to the regime shift from kelp forests to seaweed turfs. Furthermore, increased grazing pressure on kelps due to tropicalization facilitates the expansion of turfs that prevent the recovery of kelps through plundering light and space. Meanwhile, MHWs could trigger microalgal blooms and the intensity of algal blooms is regulated by the severity of MHWs and nutrient availability. MHWs could lead to the decrease of carbon burial and sequestration by canopy-forming macroalgae due to depressed growth and increased mortality. The effects of MHWs on the productivity of microalgae are latitude-dependent: negative effects at low and mid-latitudes whilst positive effects at high latitudes. Ocean warming and acidification may accelerate the shift from kelps to turfs and thus decrease the carbon sequestration by canopy-forming macroalgae further. We propose that MHWs combined with ocean warming and acidification would reduce the biodiversity and facilitate the thriving of morphologically simple, ephemeral and opportunistic turfs and diatoms in coastal oceans, and phytoplankton with smaller size in open oceans. This structure shift would not be in favor of long-term carbon sequestration. Future studies could be conducted to test this hypothesis and investigate the impacts of MHWs on carbon sequestration under future ocean conditions.

Numerical Investigation of the Characteristics of Erosion in a Centrifugal Pump for Transporting Dilute Particle-Laden Flows - Rui-Jie Zhao; You-Long Zhao; De-Sheng Zhang; Yan Li; Lin-Lin Geng (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021)
Erosion in centrifugal pumps for transporting flows with dilute particles is a main pump failure problem in many engineering processes. A numerical model combining the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and Discrete Element Method (DEM) is applied to simulate erosion in a centrifugal pump. Different models of the liquid-solid inter-phase forces are implemented, and the particle-turbulence interaction is also defined. The inertial particles considered in this work are monodisperse and have finite size. The numerical results are validated by comparing the results with a series of experimental data. Then, the effects of particle volume fraction, size, and shape on the pump erosion are estimated in the simulations. The results demonstrate that severe erosive areas are located near the inlet and outlet of the pressure side of the impeller blade, the middle region of the blade, the corners of the shroud and hub of the impeller adjoining to the pressure side of the blade, and the volute near the pump tongue. Among these locations, the maximum erosion occurs near the inlet of the pressure side of the blade. Erosion mitigation occurs under the situation where more particles accumulate in the near-wall region of the eroded surface, forming a buffering layer. The relationship between the particle size and the erosion is nonlinear, and the 1 mm particle causes the maximum pump erosion. The sharp particles cause more severe erosion in the pump because both the frequency of particle-wall collisions and the impact angle increase with the increasing sharpness of the particle.

Experimental study on integrated and autonomous conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) sensor applied for underwater glider - Bin Lv; Hai-lin Liu; Yi-fan Hu; Cheng-xuan Wu; Jie Liu; Hai-jing He; Jie Chen; Jian Yuan; Zhao-wen Zhang; Lin Cao; Hui Li (Marine Georesources & Geotechnology, 2021)

MS1 is essential for male fertility by regulating the microsporocyte cell plate expansion in soybean - Xiaolong Fang; Xiaoyuan Sun; Xiangdong Yang; Qing Li; Chunjing Lin; Jie Xu; Wenjun Gong; Yifan Wang; Lu Liu; Limei Zhao; Baohui Liu; Jun Qin; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2021)

Climate change impacts on China’s marine ecosystems - Bin Kang; Gretta T. Pecl; Longshan Lin; Peng Sun; Peidong Zhang; Yuan Li; Linlin Zhao; Xin Peng; Yunrong Yan; Chunyan Shen; Wentao Niu (Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 2021)

Skvortzovia yunnanensis, a new species of corticioid fungus from southern China - Jun-Hong Dong; Xiao He; Chang-Lin Zhao (Kew Bulletin, 2021)

The preference of maize plants for nitrate improves fertilizer N recovery efficiency in an acid soil partially because of alleviated Al toxicity - Jia Lin Wang; Xue Qiang Zhao; Hao Qing Zhang; Ren Fang Shen (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2021)

Long-term effects of liquid swine manure land surface application in an apple orchard field on soil bacterial community and heavy metal contents in apple (Malus pumila Mill.) - Hongchao Jiao; Qin Yin; Cunhu Fan; Ling Wang; Jingpeng Zhao; Xiaojuan Wang; Kun Du; Hai Lin (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

An eco‐city design methodology for hilly areas of western China - Kai Lin; Zhengwei He; Zhujun Zhao; Jiaxin Chang; Keran Tang; Rui Qu; Li He (Earth Science Informatics, 2021)

Rock slope stability analysis considering the effect of locked section - Yi Tang; Hang Lin; Yixian Wang; Yanlin Zhao (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2021)

Sodium P-aminosalicylic Acid Inhibits Manganese-Induced Neuroinflammation in BV2 Microglial Cells via NLRP3-CASP1 Inflammasome Pathway - Yuanyuan Fang; Dongjie Peng; Yuan Liang; Lili Lu; Junyan Li; Lin Zhao; Shiyan Ou; Shaojun Li; Michael Aschner; Yueming Jiang (Biological Trace Element Research, 2021)

Shear behaviors of clay-infilled joint with different water contents: experiment and model - Yanlin Zhao; Yang Li; Le Chang; Yixian Wang; Hang Lin (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021)

Taxonomic description of Pseudomonas rhizovicinus sp. nov., isolated from the rhizosphere of a desert shrub Haloxylon ammodendron - Ao-Lei He; Hui-Ru Li; Hui-Ping Li; Jing-Yi Gou; Jia Chen; Qi Zhao; Jin-Lin Zhang (Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 2021)

Interaction between the cell walls of microalgal host and fungal carbohydrate‐activate enzymes is essential for the pathogenic parasitism process - Juan Lin; Hailong Yan; Liang Zhao; Yanhua Li; Bahareh Nahidian; Mianmian Zhu; Qiang Hu; Danxiang Han (Environmental Microbiology, 2021)
Summary Fungi can parasitize microalgae, exerting profound impacts on both the aquatic ecosystems and microalgal mass cultures. In this study, the unicellular green alga Haematococcus pluvialis and the blastocladialean fungus Paraphysoderma sedebokerense were used as a model system to address the mechanisms underlying the fungal parasitism on the algal host. High‐throughput metabolic assay indicated that P . sedebokerense can utilize several carbon sources with a preference for mannose, glucose and their oligosaccharides, which was compatible with the profile of the host algal cell walls enriched with glucan and mannan. The results of dual transcriptomics analysis suggested that P . sedebokerense can upregulate a large number of putative carbohydrate‐activate enzymes (CAZymes) encoding genes, including those coding for the endo‐1,4‐β‐glucanase and endo‐1,4‐β‐mannanase during the infection process. The cell walls of H . pluvialis can be decomposed by both P . sedebokerense and commercial CAZymes (e.g. cellulase and endo‐1,4‐β‐mannanase) to produce mannooligomers, while several putative parasitism‐related genes of P . sedebokerense can be in turn upregulated by mannooligomers. In addition, the parasitism can be blocked by interfering the selected CAZymes including glucanase, mannanase and lysozyme with the specific inhibitors, which provided a framework for screening suitable compounds for pathogen mitigation in algal mass culture.

Jatrophacine, a 4,5- seco -rhamnofolane diterpenoid with potent anti-inflammatory activity from Jatropha curcas - Yang Hu; Huimin Zhao; Aiping Yang; Qi Lv; Ning Ding; Tu-Lin Lu; Lihong Hu; Xiachang Wang (Natural Product Research, 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)

A Robust Adaptive Rank-Reduction Method for 3D Diffraction Separation and Imaging - Peng Lin; Jingtao Zhao; Suping Peng; Xiaoqin Cui; Chuangjian Li; Dongjing Xu (Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2021)

Possible pharmaceutical applications can be developed from naturally occurring phenanthroindolizidine and phenanthroquinolizidine alkaloids - Xian-hui Jia; Huan-xin Zhao; Cheng-lin Du; Wen-zhao Tang; Xiao-jing Wang (Phytochemistry Reviews, 2021)

Root Defense in Salicylic Acid-Altering Arabidopsis Plants in Responses to Cadmium Stress - Qiyu Zhao; Chunxiu Gu; Yuehang Sun; Guangzhe Li; Lin-Lin Li; Lin Hao (Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2021)

Interaction between β-lactam antibiotic and phosphorus-accumulating organisms - Rong Huang; Jing Lan; Chaoguo Zhan; Yanhui Ge; Lin Zhao (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Refractory organic compounds in coal chemical wastewater treatment by catalytic ozonation using Mn-Cu-Ce/Al2O3 - Kang-He Zhao; Yu-Long Ma; Feng Lin; Shao-Ying Ge; Li Zhu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Correction to: Gyral-sulcal contrast in intrinsic functional brain networks across task performances - Lin Zhao; Tuo Zhang; Lei Guo; Tianming Liu; Xi Jiang (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2021)

Whole brain volume and cortical thickness abnormalities in Wilson’s disease: a clinical correlation study - Yukun Song; Lin Zou; Jing Zhao; Xiangxue Zhou; Yingqian Huang; Haishan Qiu; Haiwei Han; Zhiyun Yang; Xunhua Li; Xiaoying Tang; Jianping Chu (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2021)

The onset of secondary seed dispersal is controlled by germination‐features: A neglected process in sudden saltmarsh establishment - Zhiyuan Zhao; Liquan Zhang; Xiuzhen Li; Lin Yuan; Tjeerd J. Bouma (Limnology and Oceanography, 2021)
Effective seed dispersal is critical for enabling rapid state shift from a bare tidal flat to a vegetated marsh. While tidal currents are the main dispersal vector in coastal environments, biological characteristics that keep seeds afloat have been shown to influence primary seed dispersal, i.e., seed departure from the parent plant. In contrast, secondary seed dispersal processes that move (germinated) seeds trapped within microsites have been largely neglected. Here, we explore the extent to which the coupling between biotic traits and abiotic factors affects secondary seed dispersal, and whether secondary seed dispersal may explain sudden saltmarsh establishment (i.e., rapid colonization of bare tidal flat by large numbers of seedlings in spring). We used two widely spread pioneer species: Scripus mariqueter and Spartina alterniflora . Combined flume and field results demonstrated that: (1) germination stage, current velocity, and sedimentary regime have a marked effect on the probability of secondary seed dispersal by influencing the threshold lift‐off velocity of (germinated) seeds within microsites; (2) density and bud length are critical biotic traits that best predict the potential of secondary‐dispersal onset after seed germination; (3) S. alterniflora possess a stronger secondary dispersal ability compared to S. mariqueter ; and (4) secondary dispersal of germinated seeds in spring may explain observed sudden marsh establishment on bare tidal flats. Our findings provide novel insight relevant to understanding the drivers of seed dispersal and thereby sudden saltmarsh establishment events, with important implications for understanding the effects of climate change on critical state transitions and enabling human‐aided restoration.

Engineered nanomaterials in the environment: Are they safe? - Jian Zhao; Meiqi Lin; Zhenyu Wang; Xuesong Cao; Baoshan Xing (Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 2021)

Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) regulation mechanisms and roles in antiviral innate immune responses - Yujuan Chen; Junhong Lin; Yao Zhao; Xianping Ma; Huashan Yi (Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B, 2021)

Evaluation of the differences between biofilm and planktonic Brucella abortus via metabolomics and proteomics - Taishan Tang; Ye Xu; Jianfeng Wang; Xiao Tan; Xiaona Zhao; Ping Zhou; Fande Kong; Changqing Zhu; Chengping Lu; Huixing Lin (Functional & Integrative Genomics, 2021)

Why pendulum symmetry is absent from the cymose partial inflorescences of Cannaceae? Insights into the essential characteristic of cincinni - Xueyi Tian; Qianxia Yu; Canjia Lin; Tong Zhao; Pu Zou; Jingping Liao (Journal of Plant Research, 2021)

Valley deformation analysis for a high arch dam in Jinsha river, China - Xu Zhang; Jiandong Xiao; Yifeng Lin; Daipeng Zhao (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021)

Present in-situ stress distribution characteristics of strike-slip in SH Oilfield, Tarim Basin - Teng Zhao; Wenge Hu; Rui Zhao; Min Yang; Qiang Wang; Huixi Lin; Zhixing Ru; Dian Bao; Fei Cao (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021)

The impact of atmospheric moisture transport on winter Arctic warming: Radiation versus latent heat release - Mingju Hao; Yanluan Lin; Yong Luo; Reshmita Nath; Zongci Zhao (International Journal of Climatology, 2021)
Atmospheric moisture transport (AMT) contributes significantly to the recent accelerated Arctic warming. However, the impact of AMT has not been well quantified, not to mention the relative contribution of its impact on microphysical latent heating (LAH) and longwave radiative heating (LWH). A series of Polar‐WRF model experiments with different magnitudes of AMT are conducted to study the response of winter Arctic temperature to AMT variations. Results show that atmospheric precipitable water is very sensitive to AMT variations and thus can define the changes in surface air temperature by altering surface downward longwave radiation. Additionally, because evaporation and sublimation tend to balance the AMT‐induced moisture changes near the surface, LWH in the lower troposphere is determined by downward longwave radiation and thus can be the dominant factor for temperature variations. However, temperature in the mid‐ and upper troposphere is primarily determined by changes in LAH, because the content of ice‐phase cloud aloft is significantly affected by AMT. In addition, the changes in LWH in the mid‐ and upper troposphere are governed by upward longwave radiation, thus offsetting some of the temperature variations. These findings have implications for the attribution of Arctic current warming and the prediction of its future temperature change.

Defense of COVID-19 by Human Organoids - Ting Lv; Fanlu Meng; Meng Yu; Haihui Huang; Xinhua Lin; Bing Zhao (Phenomics, 2021)

Neuroprotective Effects of 2-Substituted 1, 3-Selenazole Amide Derivatives on Amyloid-Beta-Induced Toxicity in a Transgenic Caenorhabditis Elegans Model of Alzheimer’s Disease - Huiying Wang; Yuandong Yue; Haifeng Zhao; Hao Wu; Kai Jiang; Shuang Li; Meihua Zhao; Feng Lin (Neurotoxicity Research, 2021)

Roles of bulk and rhizosphere denitrifying bacteria in denitrification from paddy soils under straw return condition - Ning Wang; Ya-Hui Zhao; Jian-Guang Yu; Li-Hong Xue; Hong-Bo Li; Lin-Zhang Yang (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2021)

Biochar Alters Inorganic Phosphorus Fractions in Tobacco-growing Soil - Wenli Zhang; Caibin Li; Guitong Li; Qimei Lin; Xiaorong Zhao; Yi He; Yanxiang Liu; Zhenbao Luo (Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2021)

Distribution Characteristics of phoD-Harbouring Bacterial Community Structure and Its Roles in Phosphorus Transformation in Steppe Soils in Northern China - Xiaoya Zhu; Xiaorong Zhao; Qimei Lin; Guitong Li (Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2021)

Effects of Diversified Cropping Sequences and Tillage Practices on Soil Organic Carbon, Nitrogen, and Associated Fractions in the North China Plain - Ahmad Latif Virk; Wen-Sheng Liu; Jia-Rui Niu; Cheng-Tang Xu; Qiu-Yue Liu; Zheng-Rong Kan; Xin Zhao; Hai-Lin Zhang (Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2021)

Luteolin alleviates ulcerative colitis through SHP-1/STAT3 pathway - Bo-Lin Li; Dan-Yang Zhao; Peng-Li Du; Xiao-Tian Wang; Qian Yang; Yan-Ru Cai (Inflammation Research, 2021)

Gyral-sulcal contrast in intrinsic functional brain networks across task performances - Lin Zhao; Tuo Zhang; Lei Guo; Tianming Liu; Xi Jiang (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2021)

Detection of Human Sapoviruses in Sewage in China by Next Generation Sequencing - Ke Song; Xiaojuan Lin; Yao Liu; Feng Ji; Li Zhang; Peng Chen; Chenxu Zhao; Yanyan Song; Zexin Tao; Aiqiang Xu (Food and Environmental Virology, 2021)

Development of a TaqMan loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for the rapid detection of pigeon paramyxovirus type 1 - Ruiying Liang; Lin Liang; Xiaoxia Ren; Yaxiong Jia; Kun Han; Jingjie Zhao; Cuiping Song; Shangjin Cui (Archives of Virology, 2021)

Performance analysis of landslide susceptibility assessment under different factor-filtering models - Yangchun Li; Feikai Lin; Lianhui Lou; Jiang Li; Zhanya Xu; Shuang Zhu; Xiangang Luo; Guangjie Huo; Qianjun Zhao (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021)

The resurgent landscape of xenotransplantation of pig organs in nonhuman primates - Xuan Zhang; Quancheng Wang; Jingjun Zhao; Xiao Li; Wei Peng; Zhaoxu Yang; Zhibin Lin; Long Yang; Rui Ding; Kaishan Tao; Kefeng Dou (Science China Life Sciences, 2021)

Amygdala-based Functional Network Reveals Dissociated Neural Correlates of Consensual and Idiosyncratic Emotional Movie Experiences - Lin Cui; Bingbing Guo; Dan Zhao; Jiaxin Li; Yu Luo; Ming Meng (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2021)

Stoichiometric relations of C, N, and P in urban top soils in Nanjing, China, and their biogeochemical implications - Jin-Ling Yang; Da-Gang Yuan; Yu-Guo Zhao; Yue He; Gan-Lin Zhang (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2021)

Development and evaluation of a serological test for diagnosis of COVID-19 with selected recombinant spike proteins - Pingping Zhang; Qi Gao; Tang Wang; Yuehua Ke; Fei Mo; Ruizhong Jia; Wanbing Liu; Lei Liu; Shangen Zheng; Yuzhen Liu; Luping Li; Yao Wang; et al. (European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2021)

Estimation of the appropriate sampling interval for rock joints roughness using laser scanning - Yunfeng Ge; Zishan Lin; Huiming Tang; Binbin Zhao (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2021)

Sandbox modelling of interactions of landslide deposits with terrace sediments aided by field observation - Wen-Chieh Cheng; Zhao Duan; Zhong-Fei Xue; Lin Wang (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2021)

Study on the Molecular Mechanisms Against Human Breast Cancer from Insight of Elemental Distribution in Tissue Based on Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) - Hongyan Wei; Zhao Zhao; Qingyu Lin; Yixiang Duan (Biological Trace Element Research, 2021)

Exposed to Mercury-Induced Oxidative Stress, Changes of Intestinal Microflora, and Association between them in Mice - Yulan Zhao; Changming Zhou; Xiaoquan Guo; Guoliang Hu; Guyue Li; Yu Zhuang; Huabin Cao; Lin Li; Chonghong Xing; Caiying Zhang; Fan Yang; Ping Liu (Biological Trace Element Research, 2021)

Genome sequencing and functional annotation of Bacillus sp. strain BS-Z15 isolated from cotton rhizosphere soil having antagonistic activity against Verticillium dahliae - Zhong-Yi Chen; Xieerwanimu Abuduaini; Nuramina Mamat; Qi-Lin Yang; Meng-Jun Wu; Xin-Rui Lin; Ru Wang; Rong-Rong Lin; Wei-Jun Zeng; Huan-Chen Ning; He-Ping Zhao; Jin-Yu Li; et al. (Archives of Microbiology, 2021)

Study on characteristics of waterflooding in fractured reservoirs based on discrete fracture model - Fanle Meng; Junjian Li; Hanqiao Jiang; Lin Zhao; Linkai Li; Yan Qiao; Yu Zhou; Fei Xu (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021)

Depositional facies and diagenesis of the Lianglitage Formation in northwestern Tazhong Uplift, Tarim Basin, China: implications for the genesis of ultra-deep limestone reservoir - Da Gao; Changsong Lin; Lili Huang; Mingyi Hu; Ping Ren; Chunyan Sun; Yuru Zhao (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 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)

Protein kinase PpCIPK1 modulates plant salt tolerance in Physcomitrella patens - Fei Xiao; Xiaochuan Li; Jiaxian He; Jinfeng Zhao; Guochun Wu; Qianyuan Gong; Huapeng Zhou; Honghui Lin (Plant Molecular Biology, 2021)

Sepsis and Cerebral Dysfunction: BBB Damage, Neuroinflammation, Oxidative Stress, Apoptosis and Autophagy as Key Mediators and the Potential Therapeutic Approaches - Ming Gu; Xiang-Lin Mei; Ya-Nan Zhao (Neurotoxicity Research, 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.

Activating Transcription Factor 6 Contributes to Functional Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury in Adult Zebrafish - Zhe Ji; Zhi-Lan Zhou; Qin Hao; Lin Zhao; Chun Cui; Shu-Bing Huang; Yan-Ling Yang; Yan-Qin Shen (Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2021)

EEG-Based Anxious States Classification Using Affective BCI-Based Closed Neurofeedback System - Chao Chen; Xuecong Yu; Abdelkader Nasreddine Belkacem; Lin Lu; Penghai Li; Zufeng Zhang; Xiaotian Wang; Wenjun Tan; Qiang Gao; Duk Shin; Changming Wang; Sha Sha; et al. (Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering, 2021)

Cloning and characterization of rec8 gene in orange-spotted grouper (Epinephelus coioides) and Dmrt1 regulation of rec8 promoter activity - Qing Wang; Fangmei Lin; Qi He; Qifeng Huang; Xuzhuo Duan; Xiaochun Liu; Shiqiang Xiao; Huirong Yang; HuiHong Zhao (Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2021)

Microbiological profiles and antimicrobial resistance patterns of pediatric bloodstream pathogens in China, 2016–2018 - Yue Qiu; Junwen Yang; Yiping Chen; Jinhong Yang; Qingxiong Zhu; Chunhui Zhu; Shuangjie Li; Jing Liu; Chaomin Wan; Yu Zhu; Minxia Chen; Yi Xu; et al. (European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2021)

The relationship between ambient temperature and acute respiratory and cardiovascular diseases in Shenyang, China - Yang Shen; Xudong Zhang; Cai Chen; Qianqian Lin; Xiyuan Li; Wenxiu Qu; Xuejian Liu; Li Zhao; Shijie Chang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Relative contributions of global warming, AMO and IPO to the land precipitation variabilities since 1930s - Li Tao; X. San Liang; Lin Cai; Jiuwei Zhao; Meng Zhang (Climate Dynamics, 2021)

Experimental and numerical study on the fragmentation mechanism of a single calcareous sand particle under normal compression - Du-min Kuang; Zhi-lin Long; Rui-qi Guo; Tao Zhao; Kai Wu (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2021)