Research advances and future perspectives of genomics and genetic improvement in allotetraploid common carp - Lin Chen; Jian Xu; Xiaowen Sun; Peng Xu (Reviews in Aquaculture, 2022)
Aquatic species have become an integral part of human culture. As an internationally important food fish species, the common carp Cyprinus carpio accounted for over 7% of global aquaculture production in 2020. In addition to serving as a food source, common carp varieties are used as ornamental fish and valued in recreational fisheries. The continuously updated reference genome of common carp has recently served as a foundation for both basic genetic studies and evolutionary studies. With the recent emphasis on the allotetraploid signature of common carp, researchers have begun to focus on how hybridization and polyploidization affect the successful speciation and advantageous behaviour of common carp. In this review, we survey current and emerging research topics on common carp, including genomic and genetic tools, germplasm resources, genetic diversity, genetic mechanism and improvement of economic traits, as well as multiple breeding technologies employed in common carp. We also provide an overview of recent trends in genetic studies and improvements in common carp and encourage researchers to monitor the allotetraploid signature of common carp. Understanding the genetic basis of economically important traits and the mechanisms of allopolyploidization in common carp will be important for genetic improvement and germplasm innovation in agronomically important fish species, although the road ahead will be challenging for this widely domesticated allotetraploid species.

Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 11 promotes autophagy by de-ubiquitinating and stabilizing Beclin-1 - Zheng Li; Shaohong Rao; Chunwei Song; Min Zhu; Hongchang Zhao; Shuping Yuan; Bin Peng; Xingzhi Xu (Genome Instability & Disease, 2022)
Autophagy is a major degradation process that degrades and recycles cytoplasmic materials through lysosome for maintaining cellular homeostasis. Dysregulated autophagy is linked with numerous human diseases including cancer. Autophagy marker protein B-cell lymphoma-2 interacting protein 1 (Beclin-1) is essential for autophagosome initiation and maturation. Recently, Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 11 (USP11) has been reported to promote or inhibit autophagy without identification of any direct target. Here through biochemical reaction in vitro, we demonstrate that USP11 directly interacts with Beclin-1. Both in vitro and in vivo de-ubiquitination assays revealed that USP11 de-ubiquitinates Beclin-1. USP11-mediated de-ubiquitination stabilized Beclin-1 and enhanced the formation of the autophagy-specific class III phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase complexes 1 and 2, thereby promoting autophagy. Together, our results demonstrated that USP11 promotes autophagy under unperturbed conditions by de-ubiquitinating and stabilizing Beclin-1 which may serve as a therapeutic target for autophagy-related diseases.

Neutrophil Extracellular Traps may be a Potential Target for Treating Early Brain Injury in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - Hanhai Zeng; Xiongjie Fu; Jing Cai; Chenjun Sun; Mengyan Yu; Yucong Peng; Jianfeng Zhuang; Jingyin Chen; Huaijun Chen; Qian Yu; Chaoran Xu; Hang Zhou; et al. (Translational Stroke Research, 2022)

Incomplete genome doubling enables to consistently enhance plant growth for maximum biomass production by altering multiple transcript co-expression networks in potato - Kanglu Zhao; Nengzhou Jin; Meysam Madadi; Youmei Wang; Lei Wu; Zhijun Xu; Jinxuan Wang; Jing Dong; Shang-wen Tang; Yanting Wang; Liangcai Peng; Zhiyong Xiong (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2022)

Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Exert Protective Effects After Ischemic Stroke Through Upregulation of Glutathione - Xiao-Yan Lan; Zheng-Wu Sun; Gui-Lian Xu; Cheng-Yan Chu; Hua-Min Qin; Shen Li; Xin Geng; Peng Gao; Johannes Boltze; Shen Li (Stem Cell Reviews and Reports, 2022)

Prior nitrogen fertilization stimulated N2O emission from rice cultivation season under a rapeseed-rice production system - Peng Xu; Mengdie Jiang; Yanbin Jiang; Imran Khan; Wei Zhou; Hongtao Wu; Xian Wu; Muhammad Shaaban; Jianwei Lu; Ronggui Hu (Plant and Soil, 2022)

The effects of protopine 6-hydroxylase (P6H) overexpression on benzylisoquinoline alkaloids in Macleaya cordata - Mengshan Sun; Xiubin Liu; Wei Liu; Zixuan Xu; Yuyu Wang; Li Zhou; Peng Huang; Jianguo Zeng (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2022)

Bupivacaine Induces ROS-Dependent Autophagic Damage in DRG Neurons via TUG1/mTOR in a High-Glucose Environment - Luying Lai; Yongwei Wang; Shenghui Peng; Wenjing Guo; Guanshan Wei; Le Li; Zhengyuan Xia; Fengxian Li; Shiyuan Xu (Neurotoxicity Research, 2022)

Sex-Specific Genomic Region Identification and Molecular Sex Marker Development of Rock Bream (Oplegnathus fasciatus) - Jie Gong; Bijun Li; Ji Zhao; Zhixiong Zhou; Qiaozhen Ke; Qihui Zhu; Dongdong Xu; Tao Zhou; Peng Xu (Marine Biotechnology, 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)

Effects of dietary carbohydrate to lipid ratios on growth, biochemical indicators, lipid metabolism, and appetite in Chinese perch (Siniperca chuatsi) - Di Peng; Xu-Fang Liang; Farui Chai; Hexiong Feng; Jiao Li; Shulin Tang; Ke Lu; Qiwei Zhang (Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2022)

Bioinformatics analysis of key genes and potential mechanism in cadmium-induced breast cancer progression - Fei Wu; Yangchun Zhang; Xu Chen; Yuqing Wang; Honghao Peng; Zhengbao Zhang; Ying Yang; Qing Wang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

A survey of brain network analysis by electroencephalographic signals - Cuihua Luo; Fali Li; Peiyang Li; Chanlin Yi; Chunbo Li; Qin Tao; Xiabing Zhang; Yajing Si; Dezhong Yao; Gang Yin; Pengyun Song; Huazhang Wang; et al. (Cognitive Neurodynamics, 2022)

Responses and feedback of litter properties and soil mesofauna to herbaceous plants expansion into the alpine tundra on Changbai Mountain, China - Ying-jie Zhang; Ying-hua Jin; Jia-wei Xu; Hong-shi He; Yan Tao; Zhi-peng Yang; Jing Zhao; Yin-xia Diao; Chen-hui Sun; Mai-He Li (Journal of Mountain Science, 2022)

Climate warming promotes deterministic assembly of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities - Xinyu Xu; Yunpeng Qiu; Kangcheng Zhang; Fei Yang; Mengfei Chen; Xi Luo; Xuebin Yan; Peng Wang; Yi Zhang; Huaihai Chen; Hui Guo; Lin Jiang; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2022)
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) significantly contribute to plant resource acquisition and play important roles in mediating plant interactions and soil carbon (C) dynamics. However, it remains unclear how AMF communities respond to climate change. We assessed impacts of warming and precipitation alterations (30% increase or decrease) on soil AMF communities, and examined major ecological processes shaping the AMF community assemblage in a Tibetan alpine meadow. Our results showed that warming significantly increased root biomass, and available nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) in soil. While precipitation alterations increased AMF abundances, they did not significantly affect the composition or diversity of AMF communities. In contrast, warming altered the composition of AMF communities and reduced their Shannon–Wiener index and Pielou's evenness. In particular, warming shifted the AMF community composition in favor of Diversisporaceae over Glomeraceae, likely through its impact on soil N and P availability. In addition, AMF communities were phylogenetically random in the unwarmed control but clustered in warming plots, implying more deterministic community assembly under climate warming. Warming enhancement of root growth, N and P availability likely reduced plant C‐allocation to AMF, imposing stronger environmental filtering on AMF communities. We further proposed a conceptual framework that integrates biological and geochemical processes into a mechanistic understanding of warming and precipitation changes’ effects on AMF. Taken together, these results suggest that soil AMF communities may be more sensitive to warming than expected, highlighting the need to monitor their community structure and associated functional consequences on plant communities and soil C dynamics under the future warmer climate.

A Physics-Informed Neural Network for the Prediction of Unmanned Surface Vehicle Dynamics - Peng-Fei Xu; Chen-Bo Han; Hong-Xia Cheng; Chen Cheng; Tong Ge (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022)
A three-degrees-of-freedom model, including surge, sway and yaw motion, with differential thrusters is proposed to describe unmanned surface vehicle (USV) dynamics in this study. The experiment is carried out in the Qing Huai River and the data obtained from different zigzag trajectories are filtered by a Gaussian filtering method. A physics-informed neural network (PINN) is proposed to identify the dynamic models of the USV. PINNs combine the advantages of data-driven machine learning and physical models. They can also embed the speed and steering models into the loss function, which can significantly retain all types of information. Compared with traditional neural networks, the results show that the PINN has better generalization ability in predicting the surge and sway velocities and rotation speed with only limited training data.

The Status of Silver Carp Resources and Their Complementary Mechanism in the Yangtze River - Di-an Fang; Yan-feng Zhou; Peng Ren; Yun-xing Peng; Xiang-ping Xue; Long Ren; Dong-po Xu (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022)
The global climate and environmental variability can induce fish adaptive strategy change and form a corresponding complementary mechanism subsequently. Because of climate fluctuation, human activities, and water conservancy projects, it has been reported that natural fish resources of the silver carp have been declining in a wavy trend from 1950. However, few studies have explored the potential effects of determining the relationship between the adult fish and fish larvae. Using the field survey method, this study analyzed the fisheries resource status of the adult silver carp and its early life stage in the Yangtze River. Results indicated that different geographic populations showed significant habitat dependence, and the adult silver carp tends to choose habitats with slow water flow, rich biological bait, and less human interference. What is more, its distribution pattern has regional and seasonal differences obviously. Additionally, redundancy analysis on the fish larvae showed that water temperature and water flow are the two most important factors influencing the fish larvae blooming. According to the generalized additive model (GAM), the hydrological factors that significantly influence the larvae abundance are water temperature, transparency, daily increasing rate of water level, and discharge ( p < 0.05). Combining the historical and present research data, the results indicated that river and lake connected habitat is essential for the silver carp recruitment and migration. Future studies should focus on the complementary mechanism of silver carp both in the natural habitat and invasion waters. It is suggested that the spawning habitat should be well protected during the channel project and economic belt construction along the Yangtze River.

Photochemical impacts on the toxicity of PM 2.5 - Jialin Xu; Wenxin Hu; Donghai Liang; Peng Gao (Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 2022)

Fine mapping and candidate gene analysis of qGSN5, a novel quantitative trait locus coordinating grain size and grain number in rice - Hua Yuan; Peng Gao; Xiaoling Hu; Min Yuan; Zhengyan Xu; Mengya Jin; Wencheng Song; Shijie Zhan; Xiaobo Zhu; Bin Tu; Ting Li; Yuping Wang; et al. (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2022)

Molecular cloning and functional characterization of two squalene synthase genes in Atractylodes lancea - Junxian Wu; Rui Xu; Jimei Lu; Weiwei Liu; Hanwen Yu; Mengli Liu; Jing Li; Minzhen Yin; Huasheng Peng; Liangping Zha (Planta, 2022)

Direct in vitro organogenesis from sprouted seeds of a highly economical and ecological valued tree, Korean pine - Yan Liang; Xue Bai; Xin Xu; Hongguo Xu; Jing Wang; Peng Pan (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2022)

Transcriptome analysis of melatonin regulating the transformation of glucoraphanin to sulforaphane in broccoli hairy roots - Xiaoling Zhang; Jinyu Bao; Xu Lu; Peng Tian; Jie Yang; Yunchun Wei; Sheng Li; Shaoying Ma (Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2022)

Nitric Oxide Signaling Pathway in Ventral Tegmental Area is Involved in Regulation of 7,8-Dihydroxyflavone on Alcohol Consumption in Rats - Qing Gao; Tao Yang; Xin-Xin Li; Jun-Wei Xiong; Wei Ma; Yan-Min Xu; Yong Liu; Hong-Yan Zhang; Qi-Yu Wang; Hong-Xuan Wang; Ying Peng; Xiao-Feng Zhu; et al. (Molecular Neurobiology, 2022)

Preliminary analyses of landslides and sand liquefaction triggered by 22 May, 2021, Maduo Mw 7.3 earthquake on Northern Tibetan Plateau, China - Yueren Xu; Yanbo Zhang; Runchao Liu; Wenqiao Li; Weiheng Zhang; Peng Du; Qinjian Tian (Landslides, 2022)

Overexpression of long noncoding RNA MCM3AP-AS1 promotes osteogenic differentiation of dental pulp stem cells via miR-143-3p/IGFBP5 axis - Changwei Yang; Xuehong Xu; Pingting Lin; Bizhu Luo; Shufang Luo; Honglan Huang; Jianyu Zhu; Meie Huang; Shuhai Peng; Qianju Wu; Lu Yin (Human Cell, 2022)

Intracerebroventricular injection with octanoic acid activates hypothalamic fatty acid sensing systems and regulates appetite in Chinese perch Siniperca chuatsi - Hexiong Feng; Di Peng; Xu-Fang Liang; Jiao Li; Haocan Luo; Shulin Tang; Farui Chai (Fisheries Science, 2022)

Increase energy use efficiency and economic benefit with reduced environmental footprint in rice production of central China - Shen Yuan; Xuewu Zhan; Le Xu; Xiaoxia Ling; Shaobing Peng (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Exposure parameters and health risk of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in the recreational water activities for urban residents in China - Chong-Miao Zhang; Peng-Cheng Xu; Wei-Wei Du; Xiaochang C. Wang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Coprinus comatus endophytic bacteria characteristics and mechanisms for the cadmium resistance - Ying Wang; Huanyan Luo; He Peng; Xitong Wang; Fei Xu; Heng Xu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Release of the additive metals from 3 commonly used plastics during the degradation under the treatment of UV irradiation - Wenhua Feng; Canjie Huang; Xiangling Tan; Nian Tang; Lulu Zhang; Hengxiang Li; Xiangrong Xu; Jinping Peng (Ecotoxicology, 2022)

Geochemical, mineralogical, and microstructural characteristics of fault rocks and their impact on TBM jamming: a case study - Peng Lin; Tengfei Yu; Zhenhao Xu; Ruiqi Shao; Wenyang Wang (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2022)

An extreme gradient boosting technique to estimate TBM penetration rate and prediction platform - Yaxu Wang; Xuechi Gao; Peng Jiang; Xu Guo; Ruirui Wang; Zengda Guan; Lei Chen; Chenxing Xu (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2022)

Risk assessment of TBM jamming based on Bayesian networks - Peng Lin; Yue Xiong; Zhenhao Xu; Wenyang Wang; Ruiqi Shao (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2022)

Probabilistic seismic demand and fragility analysis of a novel mid-rise large-span cassette structure - Zhi-Peng Chen; De-Cheng Feng; Xu-Yang Cao; Ke-Jian Ma; Songye Zhu; Gang Wu (Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2022)

FY-3E: The First Operational Meteorological Satellite Mission in an Early Morning Orbit - Peng Zhang; Xiuqing Hu; Qifeng Lu; Aijun Zhu; Manyun Lin; Ling Sun; Lin Chen; Na Xu (Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2022)

Antiviral activity of esculin against white spot syndrome virus: A new starting point for prevention and control of white spot disease outbreaks in shrimp seedling culture - Li‐Peng Shan; Xu Zhang; Yang Hu; Lei Liu; Jiong Chen (Journal of Fish Diseases, 2022)
White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) is a pathogenic and threatening virus in shrimp culture for which there is no effective control strategy. Finding antiviral lead compounds for the development of anti‐WSSV drugs is urgent and necessary; in this study, esculin from 12 monomeric compounds exhibited an excellent anti‐WSSV activity. The results showed that esculin increased the survival rate of WSSV‐infected shrimps by 59% and reduced the virus copy number in vivo over 90% at 100 μM. In the pre‐treatment and post‐treatment experiments, esculin could prevent and treat WSSV infection. Compared with the control group, the virus copy number decreased by 30% after 6 h of esculin pre‐incubation with WSSV particles and inhibited horizontal transmission of WSSV to a certain extent. Considering that the antiviral activity of esculin was stable in the aquacultural water for 2 days, we evaluated the dosing pattern of continuous medication changes. Obviously, the survival rate of WSSV‐infected shrimps was 0% at 108 h when no esculin exchange was made, while at 120 h the survival rate was over 40% at continuous medicine changes. In addition, esculin significantly increased the expression of antimicrobial peptides and thus improved the ability of shrimp to resist WSSV. Overall, our findings suggest that esculin has the potential to be developed into an anti‐WSSV medicine.

Response of Water Environment to Land Reclamation in Jiaozhou Bay, China Over the Last 150 Years - Chunyang Xu; Chunyan Zhou; Kao Ma; Peng Wang; Xihe Yue (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
Jiaozhou Bay (JZB), located at Qingdao City, north China, is a semi-enclosed shallow bay that has undergone large-scale land reclamation and is suffering from a deteriorated water environment. Long-term evolution of JZB with respect of coastline, tidal prism, tidal dynamics, water-exchange capacity, and pollutant transport from 1863 to 2020 was investigated in this paper, using remote sensing images, historical charts, and a numerical model. The JZB was predominated by natural evolution from 1863 to 1935, during which the coastline barely changed. Thereafter, human intervention became intense and more and more natural tidal flats were replaced by salt ponds, aquaculture area, and reclamation very quickly. As a result, tidal prism, area of tidal flats, and area of JZB decreased sharply by 0.290 km 3 , 182 km 2 , and 223 km 2 , respectively, from 1935 to 2020, corresponding to annual decreasing rates being of 123 times, 10 times, 12 times, respectively, as that of before 1935. A numerical model showed that the residual current in JZB tended to be weaker due to the change of coastline and bathymetry, which is not favoring the water-exchange and pollutant transport, especially in the northeast of JZB. The basin residence time increased from 15.5 days in 1935 to 17.6 days in 2020, because of weaker residual tidal current and smaller tidal prism. Local residence time increased significantly near the area with large land reclamation, especially in the northeast and west of JZB. Distribution of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN), in each year, which is the dominant pollutant in JZB, indicated higher DIN concentration and weaker transport along with reclamation. The research on JZB evolution over the last 150 years can provide useful suggestions for the decision-makers of the local government to improve the marine ecosystem. The systematic method to investigate long-term water environment evolution of JZB can be used to study other semi-closed bays.

Cytotoxic xanthones from the plant endophytic fungus Paecilamyces sp. TE-540 - Xiu-Qi Li; Quan-Jiang Dong; Kuo Xu; Xiao-Long Yuan; Xin-Min Liu; Peng Zhang (Natural Product Research, 2021)

Ichthyoplankton Species Composition and Assemblages From the Estuary to the Hukou Section of the Changjiang River - Di-an Fang; Xiang-ping Xue; Dong-po Xu; Xiao-hao Wang; Ning-ze Sun; Bai-dong Zhang; Peng Ren (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
Estuary river–lake (ERL) complex is critical for the development of ichthyoplankton, which plays an essential role in the breeding, nursing, and recruitment of freshwater fish species. In this study, different ERL sections were selected to investigate the ichthyoplankton assemblage from the Changjiang River estuary to its Hukou section between May 2018 and August 2020. During the study period, fish larvae of 40, 35, 54, and 46 fish species were sampled in the Rugao (RG), Nanjing (NJ) (nearby estuary), Anqing (AQ), and Hukou (HK) (connected river–lake) sections in the Changjiang River, respectively. Results on ichthyoplankton surveys revealed fluctuating assemblage patterns in the different river sections; larval fish species composition presented ecological habitat-dependent characteristics, which supported the importance of ERL complex for ichthyoplankton development. Furthermore, the density of fish larvae was negatively correlated with water transparency but positively correlated with water temperature, the daily rate of water level increase, and runoff in the limitative range. A generalized additive model analysis indicated that the hydrological factors significantly affecting larval fish abundance are water temperature, transparency, the daily rate of water level increase, and runoff ( p < 0.05). These results also indicated that river estuaries and river–lake connected complexes are essential for ichthyoplankton recruitment and migration. In combination with the historical record, ichthyoplankton assemblage’s patterns in the Changjiang River lower reaches were preliminarily elucidated, although additional works are needed such as assessing effects on their survival and recruitment.

Development, Optimization, and Pharmacokinetics Study of Bufalin/Nintedanib Co-loaded Modified Albumin Sub-microparticles Fabricated by Coaxial Electrostatic Spray Technology - Peng Chen; Shengzhe Lu; Bin Pan; Ying Xu (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2021)

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)

Fine mapping and identification of the candidate gene BFS for fruit shape in wax gourd (Benincasa hispida) - Zhikui Cheng; Zhengguo Liu; Yuanchao Xu; Lianlian Ma; Jieying Chen; Jiquan Gou; Liwen Su; Wenting Wu; Yong Chen; Wenjin Yu; Peng Wang (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2021)

Permeability Evolution Characteristics of Intact and Fractured Shale Specimens - Sheng-Qi Yang; Peng-Fei Yin; Shuai-Bo Xu (Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2021)

Memory regulation in feeding habit transformation to dead prey fish of Chinese perch (Siniperca chuatsi) - Linjie Shi; Jiao Li; Xu-Fang Liang; Shan He; Yaqi Dou; Jian Peng; Wenjing Cai; Hui Liang (Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2021)

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

Microplastic pollution characteristic in surface water and freshwater fish of Gehu Lake, China - Xia Xu; Ling Zhang; Yingang Xue; Yu Gao; Liping Wang; Mingguo Peng; Shanqing Jiang; Qiuya Zhang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Mercury uptake by Paspalum distichum L. in relation to the mercury distribution pattern in rhizosphere soil - Su Xu; Ping Gong; Wen Ding; Shengchun Wu; Xinwei Yu; Peng Liang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Rehabilitation of motor function in children with cerebral palsy based on motor imagery - Jiaxin Xie; Lin Jiang; Yanan Li; Baodan Chen; Fali Li; Yuanling Jiang; Dongrui Gao; Lili Deng; XuLin Lv; XianKun Ma; Gang Yin; Dezhong Yao; et al. (Cognitive Neurodynamics, 2021)

DNMT1-Induced miR-152-3p Suppression Facilitates Cardiac Fibroblast Activation in Cardiac Fibrosis - Sheng-Song Xu; Ji-Fei Ding; Peng Shi; Kai-Hu Shi; Hui Tao (Cardiovascular Toxicology, 2021)

Identification and Expression of PPAR in Sinonovacula constricta and Their Potential Regulatory Effects on Δ6 Fad Transcription - Zhaoshou Ran; Fei Kong; Kai Liao; Jilin Xu; Xingwang Liu; Peng Shi; Mengqi Zhang; Kaibin Wu; Xiaojun Yan (Journal of Ocean University of China, 2021)

Establishment of an immortalized cell line derived from the pupal ovary of Mythimna separata (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and identification of the cell source - Yan Tong; Lu-Qiang Cheng; Xuan Li; Xu-Peng Yu; Rui-Hao Shu; Ji-Hong Zhang; Qian Meng; Qi-Lian Qin; Kai Tang; Jian-Xiang Xu; Huan Zhang (Cell and Tissue Research, 2021)

Luteirhabdus pelagi gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from the West Pacific Ocean - Wen-Ting Ren; Fan-Xu Meng; Li-Li Guo; Li Sun; Xue-Wei Xu; Peng Zhou; Yue-Hong Wu (Archives of Microbiology, 2021)
A Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, and yellow-pigmented bacterium, designated A3-108 T , was isolated from seawater of the West Pacific Ocean. Cells were non-motile and rod-shaped, with carotenoid-type pigments. Strain A3-108 T grew at pH 6.0–8.5 (optimum 6.5) and 15–40 °C (optimum 28 °C), in the presence of 0.5–10% (w/v) NaCl (optimum 1.0%). It possessed the ability to produce H 2 S. Based on the 16S rRNA gene analysis, strain A3-108 T exhibited highest similarity with Aureisphaera salina A6D-50 T (90.6%). Phylogenetic analysis shown that strain A3-108 T affiliated with members of the family Flavobacteriaceae and represented an independent lineage. The principal fatty acids were iso-C 15:0 , iso-C 17:0 3-OH, iso-C 15:1 G, and summed feature 3 (C 16:1 ω 7 c and/or C 16:1 ω 6 c ). The sole isoprenoid quinone was MK-6. The major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, one unidentified aminophospholipid, one unidentified aminolipid and one unidentified lipid. The ANIb, in silico DDH and AAI values among the genomes of strain A3-108 T and three reference strains were 67.3–71.1%, 18.7–22.1%, and 58.8–71.4%, respectively. The G + C content was 41.0%. Distinctness of the phylogenetic position as well as differentiating chemotaxonomic and other phenotypic traits revealed that strain A3-108 T represented a novel genus and species of the family Flavobacteriaceae , for which the name Luteirhabdus pelagi gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed (type strain, A3-108 T = CGMCC 1.18821 T = KCTC 82563 T ).

Prediction model of fractal dimensions of rock roadway formation by blasting based on Weibull distribution - Renshu Yang; Chenglong Xiao; Chenxi Ding; Peng Xu; Yong Zhao; Guoli Shi (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021)

Retraction Note: Evaluation and research of comprehensive seismic observation technology based on optical fiber sensing - Hongwei Yang; Jin Peng; Xu Sun; Gang Chen (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021)

Optimization method of first-arrival waveform inversion based on the L-BFGS algorithm - Zhang Kai; Xu Xin; Liu Hong-Xing; Xu Yi-Peng; Li Zhen-Chun; Jiang Ping (Applied Geophysics, 2021)

Controlling pathogenic risks of water treatment biotechnologies at the source by genetic editing means - Jie Wu; Dong‐Feng Liu; Hui‐Hui Li; Di Min; Jia‐Qi Liu; Peng Xu; Wen‐Wei Li; Han‐Qing Yu; Yong‐Guan Zhu (Environmental Microbiology, 2021)
Summary Antimicrobial‐resistant pathogens in the environment and wastewater treatment systems, many of which are also important pollutant degraders and are difficult to control by traditional disinfection approaches, have become an unprecedented treat to ecological security and human health. Here, we propose the adoption of genetic editing techniques as a highly targeted, efficient and simple tool to control the risks of environmental pathogens at the source. An ‘all‐in‐one’ plasmid system was constructed in Aeromonas hydrophila to accurately identify and selectively inactivate multiple key virulence factor genes and antibiotic resistance genes via base editing, enabling significantly suppressed bacterial virulence and resistance without impairing their normal phenotype and pollutant‐degradation functions. Its safe application for bioaugmented treatment of synthetic textile wastewater was also demonstrated. This genetic‐editing technique may offer a promising solution to control the health risks of environmental microorganisms via targeted gene inactivation, thereby facilitating safer application of water treatment biotechnologies.

Comparative Genomic and Transcriptomic Analyses of CHHs and Their Putative Receptors in Scylla paramamosain, Portunus trituberculatus, and Eriocheir sinensis - Yanan Yang; Yuanfeng Xu; Peng Zhang; Zhaoxia Cui; Chenchang Bao (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
Crustacean hyperglycemic hormone superfamily neuropeptides (CHHs) are typical crustacean eyestalk hormones that include the crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH), moult-inhibiting hormone (MIH), vitellogenesis/gonad-inhibiting hormone (VIH/GIH) and mandibular organ-inhibiting hormone (MOIH), which are divided into two subfamilies: type I CHH (included CHH) and type II CHH (consisting of MIH, VIH/GIH, and MOIH). They are involved in various biological activities, such as metabolism, molting, reproduction, and osmotic regulation. Discovery of the ion transport peptide (ITP) in insects expanded the members of CHHs and revealed that CHHs are not restricted to crustaceans. In this study, we focused on three economically important crabs: the mud crab, Scylla paramamosain , the swimming crab, Portunus trituberculatus , and the Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis . Their genomes, Pacbio full-length transcriptomic data as well as comparative RNA-seq data were obtained and used to analyze the genomic structures and expression patterns of CHHs and their putative receptors through bioinformatic methods. Two type I CHH members ( CHH1 and CHH2 ) were identified, of which CHH1 had two splice variants, CHH1-v1 and CHH1-v2 . One copy of type II CHH (MIH) was found in P. trituberculatus and E. sinensis . While most decapods, including S. paramamosain , have two copies of type II CHHs ( MIH/VIH ), these MIH/VIHs are adjacent to each other on the same chromosome. Besides type I and II CHH, ITP-like peptides have also been found in the three crabs, and they are mainly expressed in the eyestalk. Four, five, and three G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) were identified in S. paramamosain , P. trituberculatus , and E. sinensis , respectively, which might be putative CHH receptors. These GPCRs were divided into three groups. One group was composed of two contiguous genomic position GPCRs, and they were mainly expressed in the hepatopancreas. These findings provide a basis for further studies on CHHs receptor binding tests and on CHHs/GPCRs signaling pathways.

A new glucopyranoside from the leaves of Microsorium fortunei - Mengqi Yan; Qin Luo; Xianli Zhou; Qinghu Mo; Caifeng Peng; Xiaoya Xian; Xiao Huang; Xinping Yang; Xu Chen; Chengqin Liang (Natural Product Research, 2021)

A new coumarin derivative from the stems of the endangered plant Ulmus elongata - Qi Zhou; Shou-Yuan Wu; Chun-Xiao Jiang; Ying-Peng Tong; Ting Zhao; Bin Zhang; Xu-Hua Nong; Ze-Xin Jin; Jin-Feng Hu (Natural Product Research, 2021)

Lyciiterpenoids A-D, four new rearranged eudesmane sesquiterpenoids from Lycii Cortex - Yuan-Peng Huang; Zhao Xia; Wei Xu; Tian-Qi Xu; Hai-Xin Zhang; Guang-Xiong Zhou (Natural Product Research, 2021)

Two new ditetrahydrofuran lignans from Artemisia sieversiana - Xu-Dong Zhou; Xiang-Wei Xu; Lun-Yong Shi; Sheng-Huang Chen; Ke-Wu Zeng; Peng-Fei Tu (Natural Product Research, 2021)

Linkage and association mapping and Kompetitive allele-specific PCR marker development for improving grain protein content in wheat - Peng Jiang; Peng Zhang; Lei Wu; Yi He; Chang Li; Hongxiang Ma; Xu Zhang (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2021)

A single nucleotide polymorphism in an R2R3 MYB transcription factor gene triggers the male sterility in soybean ms6 (Ames1) - Junping Yu; Guolong Zhao; Wei Li; Ying Zhang; Peng Wang; Aigen Fu; Limei Zhao; Chunbao Zhang; Min Xu (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2021)
Key message Identification and functional analysis of the male sterile gene MS6 in Glycine max . Abstract Soybean ( Glycine max (L.) Merr . ) is an important crop providing vegetable oil and protein. The male sterility-based hybrid breeding is a promising method for improving soybean yield to meet the globally growing demand. In this research, we identified a soybean genic male sterile locus, MS6 , by combining the bulked segregant analysis sequencing method and the map-based cloning technology. MS6 , highly expressed in anther, encodes an R2R3 MYB transcription factor (GmTDF1-1) that is homologous to Tapetal Development and Function 1, a key factor for anther development in Arabidopsis and rice. In male sterile ms6 (Ames1), the mutant allele contains a missense mutation, leading to the 76th leucine substituted by histidine in the DNA binding domain of GmTDF1-1. The expression of soybean MS6 under the control of the AtTDF1 promoter could rescue the male sterility of attdf1 but ms6 could not. Additionally, ms6 overexpression in wild-type Arabidopsis did not affect anther development. These results evidence that GmTDF1-1 is a functional TDF1 homolog and L76H disrupts its function. Notably, GmTDF1-1 shows 92% sequence identity with another soybean protein termed as GmTDF1-2, whose active expression also restored the fertility of attdf1 . However, GmTDF1-2 is constitutively expressed at a very low level in soybean, and therefore, not able to compensate for the MS6 deficiency. Analysis of the TDF1-involved anther development regulatory pathway showed that expressions of the genes downstream of TDF1 are significantly suppressed in ms6 , unveiling that GmTDF1-1 is a core transcription factor regulating soybean anther development.

A New Instrumental Array in Sichuan, China, to Monitor Vibrations and Perturbations of the Lithosphere, Atmosphere, and Ionosphere - Chieh-Hung Chen; Yang-Yi Sun; Kai Lin; Chen Zhou; Rui Xu; Haiyin Qing; Yongxin Gao; Tao Chen; Fei Wang; Huaizhong Yu; Peng Han; Chi-Chia Tang; et al. (Surveys in Geophysics, 2021)

Effect of Cyclic Wetting–Drying Treatment on Strength and Failure Behavior of Two Quartz-Rich Sandstones Under Direct Shear - Xiaoshuang Li; Kun Peng; Jun Peng; Hanhua Xu (Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2021)

First report of brassica yellows virus infecting cowpea in China - Shunyu Xiang; Cuiling Tian; Changyun Liu; Haoran Peng; Jing Wang; Sihan Ye; Daibin Wang; Chen Xu; Xianchao Sun; Yang Xue (Journal of Plant Pathology, 2021)

Removal of p-arsanilic acid and phenylarsonic acid from water by Fenton coagulation process: influence of substituted amino group - Qiang Peng; Wenze Xu; Weixiao Qi; Chengzhi Hu; Huijuan Liu; Jiuhui Qu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

The impacts of pollution and its associated spatial spillover effects on ill-health in China - Zixuan Peng; Xiaomeng Ma; Xu Chen; Peter C. Coyte (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Maritimibacter alexandrii sp. nov., a New Member of Rhodobacteraceae Isolated from Marine Phycosphere - Xing Wang; Yun Ye; Fei-Fei Xu; Yu-Han Duan; Peng-Fei Xie; Qiao Yang; Xiao-Ling Zhang (Current Microbiology, 2021)

Mutation of the sixth amino acid of the Rep protein has no effect on porcine circovirus 2b but enhances porcine circovirus 2d replication in vitro - Xiaoyan Wu; Shuo Wang; Changxun Xin; Chen Li; Jianli Shi; Zhe Peng; Chang Liu; Hong Han; Ying Yang; Yao Tian; Jiaxin Li; Shaojian Xu; et al. (Archives of Virology, 2021)

Bacterial Viruses Subcommittee and Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee of the ICTV: update of taxonomy changes in 2021 - Mart Krupovic; Dann Turner; Vera Morozova; Mike Dyall-Smith; Hanna M. Oksanen; Rob Edwards; Bas E. Dutilh; Susan M. Lehman; Alejandro Reyes; Diana P. Baquero; Matthew B. Sullivan; Jumpei Uchiyama; et al. (Archives of Virology, 2021)
In this article, we – the Bacterial Viruses Subcommittee and the Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) – summarise the results of our activities for the period March 2020 – March 2021. We report the division of the former Bacterial and Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee in two separate Subcommittees, welcome new members, a new Subcommittee Chair and Vice Chair, and give an overview of the new taxa that were proposed in 2020, approved by the Executive Committee and ratified by vote in 2021. In particular, a new realm, three orders, 15 families, 31 subfamilies, 734 genera and 1845 species were newly created or redefined (moved/promoted).

Mechanical properties and failure characteristics of gas-bearing coal under static pre-load and impact load - Bing Zhang; Hanpeng Wang; Peng Wang; Fei Xu; Xinping Yu (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021)

Influence of roughness on the water flushing process of NAPL in self-affine fractures based on the lattice Boltzmann method - Xu Tian; Yinger Deng; Yangchun Li; Xin Peng; Zhenhuan Shi (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021)

Carbon limitation overrides acidification in mediating soil microbial activity to nitrogen enrichment in a temperate grassland - Qiushi Ning; Stephan Hättenschwiler; Xiaotao Lü; Paul Kardol; Yunhai Zhang; Cunzheng Wei; Chengyuan Xu; Jianhui Huang; Ang Li; Junjie Yang; Jing Wang; Yang Peng; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2021)
Higher ecosystem nitrogen (N) inputs resulting from human activities often suppress soil microbial biomass and respiration, thereby altering biogeochemical cycling. Soil acidification and carbon (C) limitation may drive these microbial responses, yet their relative importance remains elusive, which limits our understanding of the longer term effects of increasing N inputs. In a field experiment with continuous N addition at seven different rates from 0 to 50 g N m −2 year −1 over 6 years in a temperate grassland of Inner Mongolia, China, we examined the responses of soil microbial biomass and respiration to changes in soil acidity and C availability by adding lime and/or glucose to soil samples. Soil microbial biomass and respiration did only weakly respond to increasing soil pH, but increased strongly in response to higher C availability with increasing N addition rates. Soil net N immobilization increased in response to glucose addition, and soil microbial biomass increased at higher rates than microbial respiration along the gradient of previous N addition rates, both suggesting increasingly reinforced microbial C limitation with increasing N addition. Our results provide clear evidence for strong N‐induced microbial C limitation, but only little support for soil acidity effects within the initial pH range of 4.73–7.86 covered by our study. Field data support this conclusion by showing reduced plant C allocation belowground in response to N addition, resulting in soil microbial C starvation over the long term. In conclusion, soil microbial biomass and respiration under N addition were strongly dependent on C availability, most likely originating from plant belowground C inputs, and was much less affected by changes in soil pH. Our data help clarify a long‐standing debate about how increasing N input rates affect soil microbial biomass and respiration, and improve the mechanistic understanding of the linkages between ecosystem N enrichment and C cycling.

Complete Coverage Path Planning of an Unmanned Surface Vehicle Based on a Complete Coverage Neural Network Algorithm - Peng-Fei Xu; Yan-Xu Ding; Jia-Cheng Luo (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021)
In practical applications, an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) generally employs a task of complete coverage path planning for exploration in a target area of interest. The biological inspired neural network (BINN) algorithm has been extensively employed in path planning of mobile robots, recently. In this paper, a complete coverage neural network (CCNN) algorithm for the path planning of a USV is proposed for the first time. By simplifying the calculation process of the neural activity, the CCNN algorithm can significantly reduce calculation time. To improve coverage efficiency and make the path more regular, the optimal next position decision formula combined with the covering direction term is established. The CCNN algorithm has increased moving directions of the path in grid maps, which in turn has further reduced turning-angles and makes the path smoother. Besides, an improved A* algorithm that can effectively decrease path turns is presented to escape the deadlock. Simulations are carried out in different environments in this work. The results show that the coverage path generated by the CCNN algorithm has less turning-angle accumulation, deadlocks, and calculation time. In addition, the CCNN algorithm is capable to maintain the covering direction and adapt to complex environments, while effectively escapes deadlocks. It is applicable for USVs to perform multiple engineering missions.

Microbial Communities of the Hydrothermal Scaly-Foot Snails From Kairei and Longqi Vent Fields - Shijie Bai; Hengchao Xu; Xiaotong Peng (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
The microbial communities of the hydrothermal Scaly-foot Snails (SFSs) from independent hydrothermal vent fields have not been investigated in depth. In this study, we collected SFSs from two different hydrothermal environments located on the Central Indian Ridge (CIR) and the Southwest Indian Ridge (SWIR), the Kairei and Longqi vent fields, respectively. Additionally, one SFS collected from the Kairei vent field was reared for 16 days with in situ deep-sea seawater. The epibiotic and internal samples of SFSs, including ctenidium, esophageal gland, visceral mass, shells, and scales, were examined for microbial community compositions based on the 16S rRNA gene. Our results revealed significant differences in microbial community composition between SFSs samples collected from Kairei and Longqi vent fields. Moreover, the microbial communities of epibiotic and internal SFS samples also exhibited significant differences. Epibiotic SFS samples were dominated by the bacterial lineages of Sulfurovaceae , Desulfobulbaceae , Flavobacteriaceae , and Campylobacteraceae . While in the internal SFS samples, the genus Candidatus Thiobios , affiliated with the Chromatiaceae , was the most dominant bacterial lineage. Furthermore, the core microbial communities of all samples, which accounted for 78 ∼ 92% of sequences, were dominated by Chromatiaceae (27 ∼ 49%), Sulfurovaceae (10 ∼ 35%), Desulfobulbaceae (2 ∼ 7%), and Flavobacteriaceae (3 ∼ 7%) at the family level. Based on the results of random forest analysis, we also found the genera Desulfobulbus and Sulfurovum were the primary bacterial lineages responsible for the dissimilarity of microbial communities between the SFS samples collected from the Kairei and Longqi vent fields. Our results indicated that the microbial lineages involved in the sulfur cycle were the key microorganisms, playing a crucial role in the hydrothermal vent ecosystems. Our findings expand current knowledge on microbial diversity and composition in the epibiotic and internal microbial communities of SFS collected from different hydrothermal vent fields.

Seasonal progression of photoprotection responses in different aged savin juniper plants under shade and sun - Jin-Ling Zhang; Xiao-Gang Li; Xue-Hua Xu; Hai-Peng Chen; Yu-Ling Li; Robert D. Guy (Trees, 2021)

Hairy root induction and benzylisoquinoline alkaloid production in Macleaya microcarpa - Qiyin Zheng; Zixuan Xu; Mengshan Sun; Huan Liang; Yuyu Wang; Wei Liu; Peng Huang; Jianguo Zeng (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2021)

The Decision Strategies of Adolescents with Different Emotional Stabilities in Unfair Situations - Yajing Si; Lin Jiang; Chanlin Yi; Qi Zhang; Cunbo Li; Jing Yu; Peiyang Li; Qiang Liu; Feng Wan; Fali Li; Dezhong Yao; Peng Xu (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2021)

Pharmacological Activation of RXR-α Promotes Hematoma Absorption via a PPAR-γ-dependent Pathway After Intracerebral Hemorrhage - Chaoran Xu; Huaijun Chen; Shengjun Zhou; Chenjun Sun; Xiaolong Xia; Yucong Peng; Jianfeng Zhuang; Xiongjie Fu; Hanhai Zeng; Hang Zhou; Yang Cao; Qian Yu; et al. (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2021)

A landslide in Heifangtai, northwest of the Chinese Loess Plateau: triggered factors, movement characteristics, and failure mechanism - Jia-xu Kong; Jian-qi Zhuang; Jie-wei Zhan; Zheng-wei Bai; Yan-qiu Leng; Peng-hui Ma; Jian-bing Peng; Zuo-peng Wang; Tian-feng Gu; Jia-xing Sun; Fan-chen Zhang; Yuan-jun Xu; et al. (Landslides, 2021)

Co-regulation of Auxin and Cytokinin in Anthocyanin Accumulation During Natural Development of Purple Wheat Grains - Luhua Li; Guiping Yang; Mingjian Ren; Zhongni Wang; Yashu Peng; Ruhong Xu (Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2021)

Pyramiding the antimicrobial PR1aCB and AATCB genes in ‘Tarocco’ blood orange (Citrus sinensis Osbeck) to enhance citrus canker resistance - Aihong Peng; Jingyun Zhang; Xiuping Zou; Yongrui He; Lanzhen Xu; Tiangang Lei; Lixiao Yao; Qiang Li; Shanchun Chen (Transgenic Research, 2021)

Sources, Toxicity and Detection Techniques of Semicarbazide: A Review - Xiuhui Tian; Huanjun Li; Dianfeng Han; Fenggong Wen; Huan Liu; Ge Liu; Kaixiu Peng; Xianghong Gong; Xin Liu; Weiyun Wang; Haixia Yu; Yingjiang Xu (Journal of Ocean University of China, 2021)

Three-Dimensional Seismic Response in Complex Site Conditions: A New Approach Based on an Auxiliary-Model Method - Xiaolong Zhang; Xiaobo Peng; Xiaojun Li; Zhenghua Zhou; Chong Xu; Zhan Dou; Bideng Liu (Journal of Earth Science, 2021)

Research on the release mechanism of glucoraphanin and sulforaphane mediated by methyl jasmonate in broccoli hairy roots - Xiumin Zhang; Xu Lu; Shaoying Ma; Jinyu Bao; Xiaoling Zhang; Peng Tian; Jie Yang; Yaqi Lu; Sheng Li (In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant, 2021)

Tumor suppressive effect of scavenger receptor class A member 5 overexpression in colorectal cancer by regulating PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway - Yi Li; Feng Peng; Xiangyun Tan; Jin Wang; Yeqing Xu (Genes & Genomics, 2021)
Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) exhibits high risks of morbidity and mortality. Objective To investigate the effect of scavenger receptor class A member 5 (SCRAR5) on CRC and its mechanism on modulation of cancer development. Methods The SCRAR5 expression in four kinds of CRC cell lines (SW620, SW480, HT29, and HCT116) was measured by quantitative PCR and western blotting, respectively. The effects of SCRAR5 abnormal expression on cell proliferation, apoptosis, and migration were analyzed by CCK-8 assay, EdU assay, colony-forming assay, flow cytometry assay, Transwell assay and wound healing assay, respectively. Meanwhile, the involvements of PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway with the role of SCRAR5 were investigated by western blotting. Afterwards, the in vivo effects of SCRAR5 abnormal expression on CRC xenograft mice were finally investigated by evaluating tumor volume, apoptosis and Ki67 expression. Results SCRAR5 was lowly expressed in CRC cell lines, especially SW480 cells. Up-regulation of SCRAR5 significantly promoted cell apoptosis, reduced cell proliferation and migration in SW480 cells. Notably, SCRAR5 overexpression obviously inhibited the phosphorylation levels of PI3K, AKT, and mTOR. Reversely, SCRAR5 silence exhibited promoting effects on HT29 cells. Consistently, in vivo experiments also revealed that SCRAR5 overexpression remarkably suppressed tumor volume and Ki67 expression, as well as promoted cell apoptosis. Conclusions Overall, up-regulating of SCRAR5 obviously inhibited CRC tumor growth in vitro and in vivo, which might be related to PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway.

lncRNA SNHG16 Mediates Cell Proliferation and Apoptosis in Cholangiocarcinoma by Directly Targeting miR-146a-5p/GATA6 Axis - Tao Wu; Ming-Sheng Lei; Xu-Zhao Gao; Ting-Gang Xiong; Kang Yang; Qian Gong; Rui Tang; Yue-Peng Tian; Xiao-Hua Fu (Biochemical Genetics, 2021)

Improving safety by further increasing the permeability of coal seams using air cannons after hydraulic punching - Yanpeng Xu; Liguo Wang; Sekhar Bhattacharyya; Xinshan Peng; Xiangjun Chen (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021)

Surface Ligand Valency and Immunoliposome Binding: when More Is Not Always Better - Huimin Li; Jiaxing Di; Baowei Peng; Yuhong Xu; Ning Zhang (Pharmaceutical Research, 2021)

Acupuncture Ameliorates Neuronal Cell Death, Inflammation, and Ferroptosis and Downregulated miR-23a-3p After Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Rats - Ying Kong; Shulin Li; Miao Zhang; Wenting Xu; Qiuxin Chen; Lihong Zheng; Peng Liu; Wei Zou (Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2021)

Dibenzocyclooctadiene lignans from Artemisia sieversiana and their anti-inflammatory activities - Xu-Dong Zhou; Chao-Xi Chen; Xi-Kang Zheng; Li-Min Gong; Ke-Wu Zeng; Wei Wang; Peng-Fei Tu (Journal of Natural Medicines, 2021)

Assessing the risk of coal-burning arsenic-induced liver damage: a population-based study on hair arsenic and cumulative arsenic - Maolin Yao; Qibing Zeng; Peng Luo; Baofei Sun; Bing Liang; Shaofeng Wei; Yuyan Xu; Qingling Wang; Qizhan Liu; Aihua Zhang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

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

Adaptation of AMPK-mTOR-signal pathways and lipid metabolism in response to low- and high-level rapeseed meal diet in Chinese perch (Siniperca chuatsi) - Jiao Li; Xu-Fang Liang; Muhammad Shoaib Alam; Haocan Luo; Yanpeng Zhang; Binbin Peng; Qianqian Xiao; Zhilu Zhang; Liwei Liu; Shan He (Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 2021)

Experimental study of gas concentration and its thermal behavior in coal and gas outburst - Jiang Xu; Liang Cheng; Bin Zhou; Shoujian Peng; Xiaobo Yang; Wenjian Yang (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021)

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Evaluation and research of comprehensive seismic observation technology based on optical fiber sensing - Hongwei Yang; Jin Peng; Xu Sun; Gang Chen (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021)

Effect of different boron levels on yield and nutrient content of wheat based on grey relational degree analysis - Shiyu Qin; Yafang Xu; Hongen Liu; Chang Li; Yu Yang; Peng Zhao (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2021)

Flocculant effects on fluidity and strength behavior of cemented dredged clay with high water content - Gui-Zhong Xu; Cheng-Chun Qiu; Miao-Miao Song; Yu-Peng Cao; Jie- Yin (Marine Georesources & Geotechnology, 2021)

Wogonin Accelerates Hematoma Clearance and Improves Neurological Outcome via the PPAR-γ Pathway After Intracerebral Hemorrhage - Jianfeng Zhuang; Yucong Peng; Chi Gu; Huihui Chen; Zheng Lin; Hang Zhou; Xiao Wu; Jianru Li; Xiaobo Yu; Yang Cao; Hanhai Zeng; Xiongjie Fu; et al. (Translational Stroke Research, 2021)

Sodium cantharidinate, a novel anti-pancreatic cancer agent that activates functional p53 - Xiaoxiao Liu; Li Zhang; Pyone Myat Thu; Wenjian Min; Peng Yang; Ji Li; Ping Li; Xiaojun Xu (Science China Life Sciences, 2021)

Hydro-mechanical Coupling Response Behaviors in Tunnel Subjected to a Water-Filled Karst Cave - Zhenhao Xu; Peng Lin; Huilin Xing; Dongdong Pan; Xin Huang (Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 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)

Genetic variation and differentiation of Quercus variabilis populations at phosphate and non-phosphate rock sites in southwestern China - Huawei Ji; Baoming Du; Hongmei Du; Ningxiao Sun; Xu Yang; Mingjun Peng; Hongzhang Kang; Shan Yin; Chunjiang Liu (Plant Systematics and Evolution, 2021)

Size-Dependent Absorption through Stratum Corneum by Drug-Loaded Liposomes - Junye Liu; Anjie Zheng; Baowei Peng; Yuhong Xu; Ning Zhang (Pharmaceutical Research, 2021)

The Protective A673T Mutation of Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) in Alzheimer’s Disease - Qing Xia; XinYu Yang; JiaBin Shi; ZiJie Liu; YaHui Peng; WenJing Wang; BoWen Li; Yu Zhao; JiaYing Xiao; Lei Huang; DaYong Wang; Xu Gao (Molecular Neurobiology, 2021)

First report on Neofusicoccum kwambonambiense causing strawberry root rot on strawberry in China - Yijing Zhan; Wenjie Peng; Zongqi Xu; Xiaohai Feng; Hong Xu (Journal of Plant Pathology, 2021)

Construction and application of easy-to-detect cyanobacteria with vp28 gene - Min-Min Zhuang; Wen Peng; Yang Xu; Xiao-Hui Jia; Ding-Ji Shi; Pei-Min He; Rui Jia (Journal of Applied Phycology, 2021)

Long-term impact of ambient air pollution on preterm birth in Xuzhou, China: a time series study - Sha Li; Lei Peng; Xiaochang Wu; Geng Xu; Peng Cheng; Jingwen Hao; Zhaohui Huang; Meng Xu; Shuting Chen; Chao Zhang; Jiahu Hao (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Toward ecological function zoning and comparison to the Ecological Redline Policy: a case study in the Poyang Lake Region, China - Chen Xu; Guishan Yang; Rongrong Wan; Weixin Ou; Peng Wang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Temperature and Moisture Modulate the Contribution of Soil Fauna to Litter Decomposition via Different Pathways - Bo Tan; Rui Yin; Jian Zhang; Zhenfeng Xu; Yang Liu; Shuqin He; Li Zhang; Han Li; Lixia Wang; Sining Liu; Chengming You; Changhui Peng (Ecosystems, 2021)

Model tests for observing the deformation characteristics of micropile boreholes during drilling in a soil-limestone mixture - Chunye Ying; Xinli Hu; Sumi Siddiqua; Gehad Mohamed Hossam Makeen; Peng Xia; Chu Xu; Qiang Wang (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2021)

Chemotherapy-induced grey matter abnormalities in cancer survivors: a voxel-wise neuroimaging meta-analysis - Running Niu; Mingying Du; Jing Ren; Haomiao Qing; Xiaodong Wang; Guohui Xu; Du Lei; Peng Zhou (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2021)

Flexible reconfiguration of functional brain networks as a potential neural mechanism of creativity - Junchao Li; Natasza Orlov; Zengjian Wang; Bingqing Jiao; Yibo Wang; Huawei Xu; Hui Yang; Yingying Huang; Yan Sun; Peng Zhang; Rengui Yu; Ming Liu; et al. (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2021)

Fengyun Meteorological Satellite Products for Earth System Science Applications - Di Xian; Peng Zhang; Ling Gao; Ruijing Sun; Haizhen Zhang; Xu Jia (Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2021)
Following the progress of satellite data assimilation in the 1990s, the combination of meteorological satellites and numerical models has changed the way scientists understand the earth. With the evolution of numerical weather prediction models and earth system models, meteorological satellites will play a more important role in earth sciences in the future. As part of the space-based infrastructure, the Fengyun (FY) meteorological satellites have contributed to earth science sustainability studies through an open data policy and stable data quality since the first launch of the FY-1A satellite in 1988. The capability of earth system monitoring was greatly enhanced after the second-generation polar orbiting FY-3 satellites and geostationary orbiting FY-4 satellites were developed. Meanwhile, the quality of the products generated from the FY-3 and FY-4 satellites is comparable to the well-known MODIS products. FY satellite data has been utilized broadly in weather forecasting, climate and climate change investigations, environmental disaster monitoring, etc. This article reviews the instruments mounted on the FY satellites. Sensor-dependent level 1 products (radiance data) and inversion algorithm-dependent level 2 products (geophysical parameters) are introduced. As an example, some typical geophysical parameters, such as wildfires, lightning, vegetation indices, aerosol products, soil moisture, and precipitation estimation have been demonstrated and validated by in-situ observations and other well-known satellite products. To help users access the FY products, a set of data sharing systems has been developed and operated. The newly developed data sharing system based on cloud technology has been illustrated to improve the efficiency of data delivery.

The First Fengyun Satellite International User Conference - Di Xian; Peng Zhang; Meng Fang; Chang Liu; Xu Jia (Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2021)

An Improved Background Normalization Algorithm for Noise Resilience in Low Frequency - Jiahua Zhu; Chengyan Peng; Bingbing Zhang; Wentao Jia; Guojun Xu; Yanqun Wu; Zhengliang Hu; Min Zhu (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021)
Background normalization algorithms attempt to suppress the ambient and self-noise during the measurements of sonar, which enhance the detection performance and the display effect of weak signals. Conventional background normalization methods are usually sensitive to the accuracy of prior set filtering interval and threshold, while significant noise is still detected in low frequency. In this paper, an improved background normalization algorithm is proposed by thresholding the processing interval between several local peak values and local valley values. Compared to the existing scenarios, the proposed approach automatically calculates the filtering interval and threshold, with substantial resilience to the noise level in low frequency. Experimental results illustrate the effectiveness of our algorithm.

Mangrove Loss and Gain in a Densely Populated Urban Estuary: Lessons From the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area - Heng Wang; Yisheng Peng; Chen Wang; Qingke Wen; Jinyong Xu; Zhan Hu; Xing Jia; Xuemei Zhao; Weihang Lian; Stijn Temmerman; Judith Wolf; Tjeerd Bouma (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
Understanding the recent changes in mangrove adjacent to mega-cities is critical for conservation, management, and policymaking in coastal zones with fast population growth and global change. Here we investigated mangrove area changes in one of the world’s largest urban areas near the main estuaries in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA). Mangrove area changes are quantified for the period 1990–2018 by analyzing multiple sources of satellite images by classification algorithms. We found that estuarine mangrove area dynamics are driven by human actions and are contrasting between these two periods. (1) During 1990–2000, the estuarine mangrove area approximately decreased from 11.5 to 6.9 km 2 , among which the bulk part was transformed into aquaculture ponds (41.1%) and built-up area (29.9%). (2) During 2000–2018, the estuarine mangrove area rapidly increased to 18.3 km 2 resulting from the protection and restoration efforts. Proportions of mangrove occurring in nature reserves increased from 37.5% in 1990 to >80% in the 2000s. Two major mangrove expansion ways, natural establishment (NE, in protected areas without any human interference) and human afforestation (HA) accounted almost equally (53.1 and 46.9%) for the gained estuarine mangrove area during 2010–2018. A future projection according to the current mangrove increasing rate suggests that all the low-lying land that is theoretically suitable for mangrove afforestation would be used up by 2060. Although afforestation has contributed to important gains in mangrove quantity, we highlight that it may also imply decreased habitat quality. It has resulted in a great occupation of high tidal mudflats and a loss of their valuable ecosystem services, and it may lead to spreading of non-native species, e.g., Sonneratia apetala , used in afforestation programs. Future restoration approaches should adopt more eco-friendly strategies, like reversing (abandoned) aquaculture ponds to native mangrove forests. Knowledge obtained from the GBA in this study may be also instrumental to ecological restorations for mangrove forests in other urbanized estuaries.

Assessments of future climate extremes in China by using high-resolution PRECIS 2.0 simulations - Chunchun Meng; Lei Zhang; Peng Gou; Qianqian Huang; Yaoming Ma; Shiguang Miao; Weiqiang Ma; Yinlong Xu (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2021)

Transcriptome analysis of differentially expressed genes in chrysanthemum MET1 RNA interference lines - Dong-ru Kang; Yi Zhu; Shuai-lei Li; Peng-hui Ai; Muhammad Ayoub Khan; Hong-xu Ding; Ying Wang; Zi-cheng Wang (Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2021)

Water relations and non-structural carbohydrate responses to the combined effects of defoliation and progressive drought in a dioecious tree - Yuanbin Zhang; Gang Xu; Shuming Peng; Jingwen Bai; Qi Lu; Baoli Duan (New Forests, 2021)

Retraction Note: TWEAK-Fn14 Influences Neurogenesis Status via Modulating NF-κB in Mice with Spinal Cord Injury - Jing Xu; Jian He; Huang He; Renjun Peng; Jian Xi (Molecular Neurobiology, 2021)

CircRNA circ-ITCH improves renal inflammation and fibrosis in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice by regulating the miR-33a-5p/SIRT6 axis - Jiang Liu; Peng Duan; ChunYang Xu; DingBo Xu; YongHua Liu; Juanjuan Jiang (Inflammation Research, 2021)

Correction to: Soil microbial biomass phosphorus can serve as an index to reflect soil phosphorus fertility - Yi Peng; Yisheng Duan; Weige Huo; Minggang Xu; Xueyun Yang; Xihe Wang; Boren Wang; Martin S. A. Blackwell; Gu Feng (Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2021)

Soil microbial biomass phosphorus can serve as an index to reflect soil phosphorus fertility - Yi Peng; Yisheng Duan; Weige Huo; Minggang Xu; Xueyun Yang; Xihe Wang; Boren Wang; Martin S. A. Blackwell; Gu Feng (Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2021)

Actirhodobacter atriluteus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the surface water of the Yellow Sea - Hua-Peng Xue; Dao-Feng Zhang; Lin Xu; Xiang-Ning Wang; Ai-Hua Zhang; Jian-Ke Huang; Chuang Liu (Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 2021)

Occurrence and cycle of dimethyl sulfide in the western Pacific Ocean - Feng Xu; Shi‐Bo Yan; Hong‐Hai Zhang; Ying‐Cui Wu; Qian‐Yao Ma; Yu‐Chen Song; Guang‐Chao Zhuang; Gui‐Peng Yang (Limnology and Oceanography, 2021)
Oceanic production and occurrence of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and its subsequent ventilation to the atmosphere significantly contribute to the global sulfur cycle and impact the climate regulation. Spatial distributions of DMS, dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP, precursor of DMS), and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO, oxidation product of DMS), production and removal processes of DMS (including biological production, microbial consumption, photo‐degradation, and sea‐to‐air exchange), and biogenic contributions to the atmospheric sulfate burden were simultaneously studied in the western Pacific Ocean during winter. Sea surface DMS, DMSP, and DMSO were strongly correlated and had similar distribution patterns. The DMS photo‐degradation efficiency ratio (normalized using incident photon flux density) for ultraviolet B radiation (UVB): ultraviolet A radiation (UVA): photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) was 391: 36: 1. However, considering the solar spectral composition, the actual contributions of UVB, UVA, and PAR to DMS photo‐degradation in surface waters were 40.6% ± 10.7%, 41.2% ± 15.6%, and 18.2% ± 7.2%, respectively. When integrated across the entire mixed layer, UVA and PAR became the dominant drivers, accounting for 45.2% ± 18.0% and 38.0% ± 17.3% of DMS photo‐degradation, respectively, as UVB was significantly attenuated in seawater. The DMS budget of the entire mixed layer indicated that microbial consumption, photo‐degradation, and ventilation accounted for about 74.3% ± 11.9%, 19.3% ± 9.3%, and 6.5% ± 4.0% of total DMS removal, respectively. Even if ventilation was a minor DMS removal pathway, DMS emissions still contributed approximately 45.2% ± 25.6% of the atmospheric non‐sea‐salt sulfate burden over the western Pacific Ocean.

Molecular Level Characterization of Diatom and Coccolithophore-Associated Biopolymers That Are Binding 210Pb and 210Po in Seawater - Peng Lin; Chen Xu; Wei Xing; Peter H. Santschi (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
Through a combination of selective extractions and molecular characterization techniques including Isoelectric Focusing Chromatography and Electrospray Ionization Fourier-Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass spectrometry, molecular structures of diatom ( Phaeodactylum tricornutum ) and coccolithophore ( Emiliania huxleyi )-associated biopolymers that are responsible for the distinct partitioning behavior between 210 Pb and 210 Po were determined. Our results show that diatom-derived biopolymers have distinctive elemental grouping distributions as compared to those excreted by the coccolithophore, with the former consisting of more heterogeneous elements (i.e., nitrogen, sulfur and phosphorus-containing organic compounds). For the coccolithophore culture, two 210 Pb-enriched biopolymers (non-attached exopolymeric substances and coccosphere shell-associated biopolymers) have a higher abundance of CHO-type compounds, suggesting CHO-only-type compounds as the main binding moieties for 210 Pb. In contrast, such association was not evident in the diatom culture. Different with 210 Pb, 210 Po enrichment in coccolithophore-derived attached exopolymeric substances and Fe-Mn-associated metabolites coincided with the higher abundance of nitrogen/sulfur-containing organic compounds in these two biopolymer fractions, suggesting the strong parallel of Po with the production of nitrogen-rich organic matter as well as sulfur-containing amino acids. These different associations between 210 Pb/ 210 Po and organic functional groups were further explored by separating 210 Pb or 210 Po-labeled coccolithophore-derived biopolymers via isoelectric focusing. This technique suggests that phosphate group-containing molecules but not the other molecules that contain heterogeneous elements (e.g., CHONS, CHON, and CHOS) as the strongest binding agents for 210 Pb, while the more hydrophobic (high protein to carbohydrate ratio) nitrogen/sulfur-enriched organic moieties acted as the main 210 Po-binding ligands. It is concluded that the deficiency of 210 Po with respect to 210 Pb can be influenced by the relative abundance of nitrogen/sulfur-enriched organic moieties to the nitrogen/sulfur-depleted organic compounds in the water column. This behavior constrains the application of 210 Po- 210 Pb approach to quantify the particulate organic carbon (POC) export flux in the ocean. It also explains that differences in chemical binding of the 210 Po as compared to those of other radionuclides (e.g., thorium-234) as the main factor. That suggests that differences in decay half-lives or physical factors are less important when these nuclides are applied to estimate the POC flux in the ocean.

Systematic analysis of differentially expressed ZmMYB genes related to drought stress in maize - Peng-Yu Zhang; Xiao Qiu; Jia-Xu Fu; Guo-Rui Wang; Li Wei; Tong-Chao Wang (Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2021)

RHBDD1 silencing inhibited cell growth and invasion of non-small cell lung cancer by mediating ZEB1/PI3K/AKT signaling pathway - Zheyuan Xu; Ran Wang; Xu Li; Limin Yang; Hao Peng; Yang Wang; Ping Wang (Journal of Molecular Histology, 2021)

MRTF-A regulates Ca2+ release through CACNA1S - Chen Liang; Yao Xu; Zhen Peng; Ying Luo; Tongcun Zhang (Journal of Biosciences, 2021)

Nitrogen fertilizer management affects remobilization of the immobilized cadmium in soil and its accumulation in crop tissues - Jun-Feng Wang; Wan-Li Li; Qu-Sheng Li; Li-Li Wang; Tao He; Fo-Peng Wang; Zhi-Min Xu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Insight into the effect of pH-adjusted acid on thermodynamic properties and crystallization sequence during evaporative-crystallization process of hydrolyzed urine - Shanqing Jiang; Xiang Xing; Liping Wang; Shengjiong Yang; Jingwen Xiao; Qiuya Zhang; Xia Xu; Mingguo Peng; Xiaochang Wang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Response of water quality to land use in hydrologic response unit and riparian buffer along the Dan River, China - Xiaojun Liu; Yi Zhang; Zhanbin Li; Peng Li; Guoce Xu; Yuting Cheng; Tiegang Zhang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Abnormal degree centrality in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients with cognitive impairment: a resting-state functional MRI study - Peina Chen; Runyue Hu; Lei Gao; Baolin Wu; Meng Peng; Qianqian Jiang; Xiaoyan Wu; Haibo Xu (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2021)

A dye combination for the staining of pollen coat and pollen wall - Xin-Lei Jia; Jing-Shi Xue; Fang Zhang; Chi Yao; Shi-Yi Shen; Chang-Xu Sui; Yu-Jia Peng; Qin-Lin Xu; Yi-Feng Feng; Wen-Jing Hu; Ping Xu; Zhong-Nan Yang (Plant Reproduction, 2021)

Paleoclimatic proxies from global closed basins and the possible beginning of Anthropocene - Yu Li; Qin Han; Lu Hao; Xinzhong Zhang; Dawei Chen; Yuxin Zhang; Lingmei Xu; Wangting Ye; Simin Peng; Yichan Li; Zhuowen Feng; Hebin Liu (Journal of Geographical Sciences, 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)

Pigmentibacter ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium of the family Silvanigrellaceae isolated from human blood - Na Peng; Wen Xu; Hai-Min Luo; Peng-Wen Ouyang; Bin Jiang; Zhi-Hua Zhang; You-De Cao; Li-Ming Tan; Ping-Hua Qu; Liang-Yi Xie (Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 2021)

Sesquiterpenoids from Pilea cavaleriei - Yong Zhou; Ling-Yu Li; Xu Yin; Qing-Ying Zhang; Hong Liang; Peng-Fei Tu (Natural Product Research, 2021)

Water Qualities and Products Generated in Dechlorination Process Using Ultra-high Lime with Aluminum Method - Jiali Xu; Peng Chen; Chen Dou; Di Yin; GuangYuan Meng; Rui Cheng; Haifeng Liu; Lehua Zhang (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2021)

Amplicon genome fishing (AGF): a rapid and efficient method for sequencing target cis-regulatory regions in nonmodel organisms - HanMei Gu; Peng Zhang; ManHao Xu; Dan Liang (Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 2021)

One cell at a time: droplet-based microbial cultivation, screening and sequencing - Beiyu Hu; Peng Xu; Liang Ma; Dongwei Chen; Jian Wang; Xin Dai; Li Huang; Wenbin Du (Marine Life Science & Technology, 2021)

On the ~ 7 year periodic signal in length of day from a frequency domain stepwise regression method - Can-Can Hsu; Peng-Shuo Duan; Xue-Qing Xu; Yong-Hong Zhou; Cheng-Li Huang (Journal of Geodesy, 2021)
The intradecadal variations in length-of-day (LOD) and their time-varying characteristics still need to be further studied. Given that the corresponding signal periods on the intradecadal scales are quite close to each other and the span of currently observed ΔLOD data (i.e., 1962–2019, only 57 years) is not long enough, accurate detection of these signals depends on using effective mathematical method. On the basis of the traditional harmonic retrieval model, this work proposes a frequency domain stepwise regression method, which can well identify the periodic components with close periods and recognize the weaker signals to estimate the relevant harmonic parameters (i.e., amplitude, frequency and phase). Furthermore, we apply this method to detection of the actual LOD intradecadal variations, the result of which shows that there are three components (i.e., the ~ 5.9 years, ~ 8.3 years and ~ 7.3 years) existing in LOD intradecadal variations. Here, we firstly give the time-domain harmonic expression of the ~ 7.3 years signal, i.e., $$y\left(t\right)=Acos\left(\frac{2π }{T}\left(t-1962+ψ \right)\right)$$ y t = A cos 2 π T t - 1962 + ψ , where the period $$T=7.33$$ T = 7.33 years, amplitude $$A=0.0413(± 0.0099)$$ A = 0.0413 ( ± 0.0099 ) ms, phase $$ψ =-1.58(± 0.30)$$ ψ = - 1.58 ( ± 0.30 ) years. The mechanism of this ~ 7.3 years signal needs to be further studied.

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Two Metal Complexes: Selective Detection of Fe3+ Ion and Promotion Activity on Mesenchymal Stem Cells Differentiate Into Vascular Endothelial Cells - Qin-Ming Zhao; Zhong-You Xu; Hui-Peng Zhu; Yu-Xiang He; Mo Wang (Journal of Fluorescence, 2021)

Discrete element modelling and scenario prediction of failure, movement and energy dissipation of a potential landslide under a seismic loading - Zhou Zhao; Xing Chen; Chong Xu; Jiangbo Wei; Peng Yang (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2021)

Construction of an infectious full-length cDNA clone of potato aucuba mosaic virus - Buyang Chen; Qi Lin; Yueyan Yin; Liangliang Jiang; Fang Wang; Shuzhen Hu; Xinyang Wu; Fei Xu; Jiejun Peng; Hongying Zheng; Chengqi Yan; Xiaohan Mo; et al. (Archives of Virology, 2021)

Effect of ABA on physiological characteristics and expression of salt tolerance-related genes in Tartary buckwheat - Qi-Huan Lu; Ya-Qi Wang; Jin-Peng Xu; Xian-Yun Cai; Hong-Bing Yang (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2021)

Tumor-Targeted Delivery of Bufalin-Loaded Modified Albumin–Polymer Hybrid for Enhanced Antitumor Therapy and Attenuated Hemolysis Toxicity and Cardiotoxicity - Ying Xu; Lei Tang; Peng Chen; Mei Chen; Miaomiao Zheng; Feng Shi; Yanchun Wang (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2021)

Chemical constituents from plant endophytic fungus Alternaria alternata - Ju-Tao Wang; Zong-Hui Ma; Guo-Kai Wang; Feng-Qing Xu; Yang Yu; Gang Wang; Dai-Yin Peng; Jin-Song Liu (Natural Product Research, 2021)

Highly Efficient Rhodamine B Decolorization by Pyrite/Peroxymonosulfate/Hydroxylamine System - Guang-Jun He; Deng-Jie Zhong; Yun-Lan Xu; Peng Liu; Si-Jing Zeng; Shuang Wang (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2021)

Development of Ogura CMS restorers in Brassica oleracea subspecies via direct RfoB gene transformation - Qinfei Li; Bingbing Xu; Yangmei Du; Ao Peng; Xuesong Ren; Jun Si; Hongyuan Song (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2021)

Low-Dose Triptolide Enhanced Activity of Idarubicin Against Acute Myeloid Leukemia Stem-like Cells Via Inhibiting DNA Damage Repair Response - Pengcheng Shi; Jie Zha; Juan Feng; Zhiwu Jiang; Haijun Zhao; Manman Deng; Naying Liao; Peng Li; Yirong Jiang; Haihan Song; Bing Xu (Stem Cell Reviews and Reports, 2021)

Multifunctionality and microbial communities in agricultural soils regulate the dynamics of a soil-borne pathogen - Yanqing Guo; Hui Luo; Li Wang; Mingying Xu; Yongshan Wan; Minxia Chou; Peng Shi; Gehong Wei (Plant and Soil, 2021)

Selective Ferroptosis Inhibitor Liproxstatin-1 Attenuates Neurological Deficits and Neuroinflammation After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - Yang Cao; Yin Li; Chao He; Feng Yan; Jian-Ru Li; Hang-Zhe Xu; Jian-Feng Zhuang; Hang Zhou; Yu-Cong Peng; Xiong-Jie Fu; Xiao-Yang Lu; Yuan Yao; et al. (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2021)

Physical Simulations of Gas Production Mechanism in Constant-Rate Co-production from Multiple Coal Reservoirs - Qixian Li; Jiang Xu; Shoujian Peng; Fazhi Yan; Bin Zhou; Ende Han; Cheng Jiang (Natural Resources Research, 2021)

Genome-Wide Association Analysis Reveals the Genetic Architecture of Parasite (Cryptocaryon irritans) Resistance in Large Yellow Croaker (Larimichthys crocea) - Ji Zhao; Tao Zhou; Huaqiang Bai; Qiaozhen Ke; Bijun Li; Mindong Bai; Zhixiong Zhou; Fei Pu; Weiqiang Zheng; Peng Xu (Marine Biotechnology, 2021)

The spatial distribution characteristics of coseismic landslides triggered by the Ms7.0 Lushan earthquake and Ms7.0 Jiuzhaigou earthquake in southwest China - Ming Chang; Peng Cui; Lu Xu; Yu Zhou (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Comparative understanding of metal hyperaccumulation in plants: a mini-review - Jia-Shi Peng; Yu-Hao Guan; Xian-Jing Lin; Xiao-Jing Xu; Lu Xiao; Hai-Hua Wang; Shuan Meng (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2021)

Local and Regional Drivers of Environmental Changes in Two Subtropical Montane Ponds (Central China) Over the Last Two Centuries - Xu Chen; Suzanne McGowan; Jia Peng; Ting Zheng; Xue Bai; Linghan Zeng (Ecosystems, 2021)

Soil conservation assessment via climate change and vegetation growth scenarios in the Nile River basin - Hua Liu; Yan-xu Liu; Wen-wu Zhao; Da Peng (Journal of Mountain Science, 2021)

Carbon isotope variations of modern soils in the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau and their controlling factors - Lin Qi; Yan-song Qiao; Zong-xiu Liu; Sha-sha Peng; Yu Cheng; Yan Wang; Xu-jiao Zhang; Ming-zhong Tian; Shuai-bin Yang; Wen-bin Bai (Journal of Mountain Science, 2021)

A hybrid deep learning model with multi-source data for PM2.5 concentration forecast - Qiang Sun; Yanmin Zhu; Xiaomin Chen; Ailan Xu; Xiaoyan Peng (Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 2021)

Formation and driving factors of sulfate in PM2.5 at a high-level atmospheric SO2 city of Yangquan in China - Cheng Wang; Yulong Yan; Yueyuan Niu; Rumei Li; Yang Xu; Dongmei Hu; Jing Wu; Lin Peng (Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 2021)

Caudal paramedian midbrain infarction: a clinical study of imaging, clinical features and stroke mechanisms - Chenguang Zhou; Zhiqiang Xu; Botao Huang; Yuanhong He; Yinghui Zhu; Yuanzheng Zhao; Peng Wang (Acta Neurologica Belgica, 2021)

Global patterns in leaf stoichiometry across coastal wetlands - Yu‐Kun Hu; Xu‐Yan Liu; Nian‐Peng He; Xu Pan; Song‐Yuan Long; Wei Li; Man‐Yin Zhang; Li‐Juan Cui (Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2021)
Aim Coastal wetlands provide crucial ecosystem functions and services, such as coastal protection, nutrient retention and C sequestration. Despite the important roles in global C, N and P cycling, the global variation in leaf stoichiometry across coastal wetlands remains unclear. Location Global. Time period 1980–2018. Major taxa studied Vascular plants. Methods By compiling a global dataset of 698 data records in 205 sites, we carried out systematic analyses of the world‐wide trends and their determinants of leaf element contents and ratios of plants across coastal wetlands. Results Leaf N and P contents increased significantly, but C:N, C:P and N:P ratios decreased with increasing latitude in coastal wetlands. The mean annual temperature was the predominant driver of leaf N, P and C:N, whereas soil N:P was a good predictor of leaf C:P and N:P ratios. Furthermore, N increased faster with P in plant leaves of coastal wetlands compared with terrestrial ecosystems. Within coastal wetlands, herb‐dominated salt marshes had a significantly higher leaf P content, lower leaf N:P ratio and lower scaling exponent of leaf N to P than tree‐dominated mangroves. Main conclusions The similar latitudinal patterns of leaf stoichiometry in coastal wetlands compared with terrestrial ecosystems reflected the similar influences of temperature. However, different slopes of leaf P and N:P ratios and N and P scaling relationships between these two ecosystems suggested that different salinity and tidal inundation levels result in different strategies of N and P use in coastal wetland plants. These differences in leaf stoichiometry between ecosystems and between different types of coastal wetlands might need to be emphasized in future biogeochemical modelling owing to their different roles in global nutrient and carbon cycling.

Megafaunal Community Structure From the Abyssal to Hadal Zone in the Yap Trench - Dongsheng Zhang; Yadong Zhou; Jichao Yang; Thomas Linley; Ruiyan Zhang; Bo Lu; Peng Xu; Chengcheng Shen; Shiquan Lin; Yueyun Wang; Dong Sun; Xiaogu Wang; et al. (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
Hadal trenches remain one of the unexplored ocean ecosystems due to the challenges of sampling at great depths. It is still unclear how a faunal community changes from the abyssal to the hadal zone, and which environmental variables are the key impacting factors. In this study, nine dives of the Human Occupied Vehicle (HOV) “ JIAOLONG ” were conducted from abyssal to hadal depths (4,435–6,796 m) in the Yap Trench on the southeastern boundary of the Philippine Sea Plate in the western Pacific, divided into 48,200 m video transects, to describe the megafaunal communities and reveal their relationship with environmental factors. A total of 1,171 megafauna organisms was recorded, 80 morphospecies (msps) from 8 phyla were identified based on the video data, most of which were reported for the first time in the Yap Trench. Arthropoda was the most abundant phylum and Echinodermata was the most diverse phylum of the megafaunal community. The faunal abundance increased with depth, whereas the Shannon diversity index decreased with depth. Cluster analysis suggested seven assemblages, with five abyssal groups, one mixed group, and one hadal dominant group. Although megafaunal communities changed gradually from abyssal zone to hadal zone, both PERMANOVA and PERMDISP analyses revealed that the communities are significantly different between abyssal zone and hadal zone, indicating 6,000 m as the boundary between the two depth zones. Depth, substrate, slope, and latitude were identified as four important environmental factors with significant influence on megafaunal community structure. This study proposed a transition pattern from the abyssal to hadal zone in the Yap Trench, highlighted the importance of habitat heterogeneity in structuring megafaunal community in a hadal trench.

Phenotypic characterization of the glossy1 mutant and fine mapping of GLOSSY1 in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) - Linghong Li; Lingling Chai; Huanwen Xu; Huijie Zhai; Tianya Wang; Mingyi Zhang; Mingshan You; Huiru Peng; Yingyin Yao; Zhaorong Hu; Mingming Xin; Weilong Guo; et al. (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2021)

3-D Gabor-based anisotropic diffusion for speckle noise suppression in dynamic ultrasound images - Haobo Chen; Haohao Xu; Peng Shi; Yuchen Gong; Zhen Qiu; Lei Shi; Qi Zhang (Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 2021)

Quantitative spatial distribution model of site-specific loess landslides on the Heifangtai terrace, China - Qi Zhou; Qiang Xu; Dalei Peng; Xuanmei Fan; Chaojun Ouyang; Kuanyao Zhao; Huajin Li; Xing Zhu (Landslides, 2021)

Landslides of the 1920 Haiyuan earthquake, northern China - Yueren Xu; Jing Liu-Zeng; Mark B. Allen; Weiheng Zhang; Peng Du (Landslides, 2021)

Refining the empirical global pressure and temperature model with the ERA5 reanalysis and radiosonde data - Tao Li; Lei Wang; Ruizhi Chen; Wenju Fu; Beizhen Xu; Peng Jiang; Jian Liu; Haitao Zhou; Yi Han (Journal of Geodesy, 2021)

Integration and Potential Application Ability of Culturable Functional Microorganism in Oil Tea Camellia - Caixia Liu; Longsheng Chen; Zhilong He; Zhen Zhang; Yanming Xu; Zhigang Li; Yinghe Peng; Nan Deng; Yongzhong Chen (Indian Journal of Microbiology, 2021)

Numerical investigation of the thermal effect on flow and dispersion of rooftop stack emissions with wind tunnel experimental validations - Yuan-Dong Huang; Nuo Xu; Su-Qi Ren; Li-Bing Qian; Peng-Yi Cui (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Spatial and temporal characteristics of surface albedo in Badain Jaran Desert, China - Peng He; Lishuai Xu; Rutian Bi; Fan Yang; Zhilei Zhen (Earth Science Informatics, 2021)

Vegetation dynamics and its response to driving factors in typical karst regions, Guizhou Province, China - Xiaocha Wei; Qiuwen Zhou; Ya Luo; Mingyong Cai; Xu Zhou; Weihong Yan; Dawei Peng; Ji Zhang (Frontiers of Earth Science, 2021)

Complete genome sequence of a novel foveavirus isolated from Allium sativum L. in China - Qi Luo; Shuzhen Hu; Qi Lin; Fei Xu; Jiejun Peng; Hongying Zheng; Guanwei Wu; Shaofei Rao; Jianping Chen; Yuwen Lu; Fengling Guo; Fei Yan (Archives of Virology, 2021)

Prediction method of reservoir pore types based on pore shape substitution - Zhang Jia-Jia; Chen Kang; Zhang Guang-Zhi; Di Gui-Dong; Xu Lei-Lei; Gu Yi-Peng (Applied Geophysics, 2021)

Tri-Spine Horseshoe Crab Aquaculture, Ranching and Stock Enhancement: Perspectives and Challenges - Peng Xu; Haiwei Bai; Xiaoyong Xie; Chun-Chieh Wang; Xing Huang; Xueping Wang; Mingming Zhang; Zhenyu Ye; Junhua Zhu; Wenquan Zhen; Siu Gin Cheung; Paul K. S. Shin; et al. (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
As a well-known example of “living fossil,” horseshoe crabs are ecologically significant macroinvertebrates in coastal and estuarine ecosystems. The tri-spine horseshoe crab, Tachypleus tridentatus , has been widely utilized for Tachypleus amebocyte lysate production and food consumption since the 1980s, which led to considerable population declines along the west coast of the Pacific Ocean. The declining horseshoe crab population is expected to have ecological and social impacts. Stock enhancement through captive rearing of juveniles is cited as an important alternative to repopulate the native T. tridentatus , which in turn supports sustainable resource utilization and research activities. The hatchery production techniques for this species have gradually developed following the mass culture efforts in Japan since the late 1980s. However, the previous studies have primarily concerned the feed types and husbandry conditions to maximize the growth and survival of the juveniles. Little is known about the practicability and effectiveness of releasing large numbers of hatchery-bred individuals through releasing programs. In this review, we (1) summarize the available captive breeding and rearing techniques, (2) discuss the release strategies that could potentially improve the survival of released juveniles, and (3) identify the future opportunities and challenges in establishing technical frameworks to support responsible stock enhancement programs for T. tridentatus . The information should benefit future horseshoe crab fisheries management efforts in the attempt to restore the severely depleted populations.

Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Genomic Loci of Sex Determination and Gonadosomatic Index Traits in Large Yellow Croaker (Larimichthys crocea) - Huanling Lin; Zhixiong Zhou; Ji Zhao; Tao Zhou; Huaqiang Bai; Qiaozhen Ke; Fei Pu; Weiqiang Zheng; Peng Xu (Marine Biotechnology, 2021)

Phylogeography of subspecies of the sable (Martes zibellina L.) based on mitochondrial genomes: implications for evolutionary history - Bo Li; Jinyao Lu; Vladimir Monakhov; Hui Kang; Yanchun Xu; Boyang An; Muhammad Usman Ghani; Mingzhe Li; Wenwen Peng; Xingna Ma (Mammalian Biology, 2021)

Phytoremediation potential of Youngia japonica (L.) DC: a newly discovered cadmium hyperaccumulator - Baohong Yu; Yajun Peng; Jieru Xu; Dan Qin; Tiancong Gao; Haiyan Zhu; Shihao Zuo; Hongchuan Song; Jinyan Dong (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Effects of straw decayed products of four crops on the amelioration of soil acidity and maize growth in two acidic Ultisols - Xiao-ying Pan; Ren-kou Xu; Jackson Nkoh Nkoh; Hai-long Lu; Hui Hua; Peng Guan (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Future impacts of two types of El Niño on East Asian rainfall based on CMIP5 model projections - Peng Wang; Chi-Yung Tam; Ngar-Cheung Lau; Kang Xu (Climate Dynamics, 2021)

Correlation of exosomal microRNA clusters with bone metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer - Xiao-Rong Yang; Can Pi; Ruoying Yu; Xiao-Jun Fan; Xiao-Xiao Peng; Xu-Chao Zhang; Zhi-Hong Chen; Xue Wu; Yang Shao; Yi-Long Wu; Qing Zhou (Clinical & Experimental Metastasis, 2021)
20–40% of lung cancer patients develop bone metastasis (BM) with significantly decreased overall survival. Currently, BM is mainly diagnosed by computerized tomography (CT) scan or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) when symptom develops. Novel biomarkers with higher prediction value of BM are needed. Plasma-derived exosomal microRNAs had been isolated and sequenced of total 30 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients including 16 with bone metastasis and 14 without bone metastasis. Hierarchical clustering based on the total miRNA profile can clearly separate cancer patients and healthy individuals (H), but not patients with (BM +) or without (BM−) BM. Weight Co-expression network of miRNAs (WGCNA) analyses identified three consensus clusters (A, B, C) of highly correlated miRNAs, among which cluster B (144 miRNAs) showed significantly differential expression in lung cancer patients, especially in BM + group. Pathway analysis of cluster B miRNAs revealed enrichment in metabolic pathways that may involve in preconditioning of the metastatic niche. Three differentially expressed miRNAs between BM + and BM− patients within cluster B were identified as miR-574-5p, a suppressor of Wnt/β-catenin pathway, was down-regulated, while miR-328-3p and miR-423-3p, two activators of the same pathway, were up-regulated in BM + patients. Cluster A miRNAs (n = 49) also showed trend of upregulation in BM + patients. Interestingly, pathway analysis indicated that 43 of them are associated with chromosome14, which has been suggested to promote epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and bone metastasis.

Paleoglacial and paleoclimate reconstructions during the global Last Glacial Maximum in the Longriba area, eastern Tibetan Plateau - Wei-lin Yang; Ye-song Han; Xu Peng; Ze-ze Ran; Qing Liu; Geng-nian Liu (Journal of Mountain Science, 2021)

Aberrant methylation of the 16q23.1 tumor suppressor gene ADAMTS18 promotes tumorigenesis and progression of clear cell renal cell carcinoma - Ben Xu; Yi-ji Peng; Bing-lei Ma; Si-da Cheng (Genes & Genomics, 2021)

Oil Spill Detection Using LBP Feature and K-Means Clustering in Shipborne Radar Image - Jin Xu; Xinxiang Pan; Baozhu Jia; Xuerui Wu; Peng Liu; Bo Li (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021)
Oil spill accidents have seriously harmed the marine environment. Effective oil spill monitoring can provide strong scientific and technological support for emergency response of law enforcement departments. Shipborne radar can be used to monitor oil spills immediately after the accident. In this paper, the original shipborne radar image collected by the teaching-practice ship Yukun of Dalian Maritime University during the oil spill accident of Dalian on 16 July 2010 was taken as the research data, and an oil spill detection method was proposed by using LBP texture feature and K-means algorithm. First, Laplacian operator, Otsu algorithm, and mean filter were used to suppress the co-frequency interference noises and high brightness pixels. Then the gray intensity correction matrix was used to reduce image nonuniformity. Next, using LBP texture feature and K-means clustering algorithm, the effective oil spill regions were extracted. Finally, the adaptive threshold was applied to identify the oil films. This method can automatically detect oil spills in shipborne radar image. It can provide a guarantee for real-time monitoring of oil spill accidents.

A methodology to determine the optimal quadrat size for desert vegetation surveying based on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) RGB photography - Mengyu Hao; Wenli Zhao; Longjun Qin; Peng Mao; Xu Qiu; Lijie Xu; Yu Jiu Xiong; Yili Ran; GuoYu Qiu (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2021)

QTL mapping and validation of bread wheat flag leaf morphology across multiple environments in different genetic backgrounds - Yang Tu; Hang Liu; Jiajun Liu; Huaping Tang; Yang Mu; Mei Deng; Qiantao Jiang; Yaxi Liu; Guoyue Chen; Jirui Wang; Pengfei Qi; Zhien Pu; et al. (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2021)

Construction and characterization of UAA-controlled recombinant Zika virus by genetic code expansion - Rong-Rong Zhang; Qing Ye; Xiao-Feng Li; Yong-Qiang Deng; Yan-Peng Xu; Xing-Yao Huang; Qing Xia; Cheng-Feng Qin (Science China Life Sciences, 2021)

Spectral characteristics of dissolved organic matter in sediment pore water from Pearl River Estuary - Yang Xu; Penghui Li; Chuanlun Zhang; Peng Wang (Science China Earth Sciences, 2021)

7,8-Dihydroxyflavone Alleviates Anxiety-Like Behavior Induced by Chronic Alcohol Exposure in Mice Involving Tropomyosin-Related Kinase B in the Amygdala - Na Wang; Xing Liu; Xin-Tong Li; Xin-Xin Li; Wei Ma; Yan-Min Xu; Yong Liu; Qing Gao; Tao Yang; Hongxuan Wang; Ying Peng; Xiao-Feng Zhu; et al. (Molecular Neurobiology, 2021)

Time-series analysis of the evolution of large-scale loess landslides using InSAR and UAV photogrammetry techniques: a case study in Hongheyan, Gansu Province, Northwest China - Qingkai Meng; Weile Li; Federico Raspini; Qiang Xu; Ying Peng; Yuanzhen Ju; Yueze Zheng; Nicola Casagli (Landslides, 2021)

Uric acid drives intestinal barrier dysfunction through TSPO-mediated NLRP3 inflammasome activation - Qiulan Lv; Daxing Xu; Jinfeng Ma; Yan Wang; Xiaomin Yang; Peng Zhao; Liang Ma; Zhiyuan Li; Wan Yang; Xiu Liu; Guanpin Yang; Shichao Xing (Inflammation Research, 2021)

LncRNA NEAT1 regulates chondrocyte proliferation and apoptosis via targeting miR-543/PLA2G4A axis - Peng Xiao; Xu Zhu; Jinpeng Sun; Yuhang Zhang; Weijian Qiu; Jianqiang Li; Xuejian Wu (Human Cell, 2021)

Effects of system parameters and residual ions on the oxidation removal of NO by Fenton method - Peng Yuan; Xue Mei; Boxiong Shen; Zhiyong Ji; Hongpei Gao; Yan Yao; Cai Liang; Hongjie Xu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Low ambient temperature increases hospital re-admissions for systemic lupus erythematosus in humid subtropical region: a time series study - Qian Wu; Zhiwei Xu; Yi-Lin Dan; Peng Wang; Yan-Mei Mao; Chan-Na Zhao; Yan-Feng Zou; Dong-Qing Ye; Wenbiao Hu; Hai-Feng Pan (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Effects of Litter Quality Diminish and Effects of Vegetation Type Develop During Litter Decomposition of Two Shrub Species in an Alpine Treeline Ecotone - Haifeng Zheng; Yamei Chen; Yang Liu; Petr Heděnec; Yan Peng; Zhenfeng Xu; Bo Tan; Li Zhang; Li Guo; Lifeng Wang; Lars Vesterdal (Ecosystems, 2021)

Spatial Distribution and Source Apportionment of Agricultural Soil Heavy Metals in a Rapidly Developing Area in East China - Xianghua Xu; Xidong Zhang; Yuxuan Peng; Renying Li; Cuiying Liu; Xiaosan Luo; Yongcun Zhao (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2021)