Analysis of near-field strong motion observations and damages of Menyuan earthquake on 8 January 2022 based on dense MEMS stations - Dongwang Tao; Jianqi Lu; Qiang Ma; Jilong Li; Wen Peng; Shanyou Li (Journal of Seismology, 2022)

Association of individual green space exposure with the incidence of asthma and allergic rhinitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Birong Wu; Xianwei Guo; Mingming Liang; Chenyu Sun; Juan Gao; Peng Xie; Linya Feng; Weihang Xia; Haixia Liu; Shaodi Ma; Dongdong Zhao; Guangbo Qu; et al. (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Dualistic effects of bisphenol A on growth, photosynthetic and oxidative stress of duckweed (Lemna minor) - Jiefeng Liang; Yu Li; Peng Xie; Chunsheng Liu; Liqin Yu; Xufa Ma (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

The effect of China’s carbon emission trading on eco-efficiency: an empirical study at the city level - Yishan Guo; Jingquan Chen; Feng Shi; Xuepeng Peng; Xiaojun Ma; Dan Fang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Overview of heavy metal pollution and health risk assessment of urban soils in Yangtze River Economic Belt, China - Shiqi Tang; Ke Yang; Fei Liu; Min Peng; Kuo Li; Zheng Yang; Xiujin Liu; Fei Guo; Honghong Ma (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2022)

Oncogenic signaling pathway mediated by Notch pathway-related genes induces immunosuppression and immunotherapy resistance in hepatocellular carcinoma - Peng Ma; Chuanxin Zou; Shitao Xia (Immunogenetics, 2022)

Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of a DNA vaccine inducing optimal expression of the SARS-CoV-2 S gene in hACE2 mice - Zhuo-xin Li; Sheng Feng; He Zhang; Xin-yu Zhuang; Chao Shang; Shi-yu Sun; Ji-cheng Han; Yu-biao Xie; Jin-yong Zhang; Wei Wang; Cheng-hui Li; Guan-yu Zhao; et al. (Archives of Virology, 2022)

Genesis of Lower Cretaceous lacustrine pistomesite in Baiyinchagan Sag, Erlian Basin, China: evidence from mineralogy and geochemical characteristics - Chen Su; Dakang Zhong; Yanyan Ma; Su Huang; Peng Qin; Xi Ren (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2022)

Combined exposure to multiple dioxins and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls on hypertension among US adults in NHANES: a cross-sectional study under three statistical models - Birong Wu; Xianwei Guo; Linya Feng; Juan Gao; Weihang Xia; Peng Xie; Shaodi Ma; Haixia Liu; Dongdong Zhao; Guangbo Qu; Chenyu Sun; Scott Lowe; et al. (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

PITPNC1 promotes the thermogenesis of brown adipose tissue under acute cold exposure - Guoqing Tang; Chengxin Ma; Liangkui Li; Shaoyan Zhang; Fengsheng Li; Jin Wu; Yesheng Yin; Qing Zhu; Yan Liang; Ru Wang; He Huang; Tong-Jin Zhao; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2022)
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) plays an essential role in non-shivering thermogenesis. The phosphatidylinositol transfer protein, cytoplasmic 1 (PITPNC1) is identified as a lipid transporter that reciprocally transfers phospholipids between intracellular membrane structures. However, the physiological significance of PITPNC1 and its regulatory mechanism remain unclear. Here, we demonstrate that PITPNC1 is a key player in thermogenesis of BAT. While Pitpnc1 −/− mice do not differ with wildtype mice in body weight and insulin sensitivity on either chow or high-fat diet, they develop hypothermia when subjected to acute cold exposure at 4°C. The Pitpnc1 −/− brown adipocytes exhibit defective β-oxidation and abnormal thermogenesis-related metabolism pathways in mitochondria. The deficiency of lipid mobilization in Pitpnc1 −/− brown adipocytes might be the result of excessive accumulation of phosphatidylcholine and a reduction of phosphatidic acid. Our findings have uncovered significant roles of PITPNC1 in mitochondrial phospholipid homeostasis and BAT thermogenesis.

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

What Iodine Intervention Measures Should Be Taken in Different Water Iodine Areas? Evidence from a Cross-sectional Chinese Survey - Yang Du; Peng Liu; Fangang Meng; Lijun Fan; Qingzhen Jia; Weidong Li; Wen Jiang; Jing Ma; Heming Zheng; Peihua Wang; Dianjun Sun; Hongmei Shen (Biological Trace Element Research, 2022)

Transcriptome analysis of genes related to glucoraphanin and sulforaphane synthesis in methyl jasmonate treated broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica) hairy roots - Jinyu Bao; Xu Lu; Lei Ma; Xiumin Zhang; Peng Tian; Xiaoling Zhang; Sheng Li; Shaoying Ma; Jie Yang; Yaqi Lu; Yunchun Wei; Congcong Zhang; et al. (Journal of Plant Research, 2022)

A new process to further remove dissolved organic matter and disinfection by-product formation potential during drinking water treatment - Chongtian Lei; Yurong Chen; Aimin Li; Rui Gao; Ziang Zhang; Junxia Chen; Peng Shi; Qing Zhou; Yan Ma (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Efficient Underwater Sensor Data Recovery Method for Real-Time Communication Subsurface Mooring System - Peng Luo; Yuanjie Song; Xiaoyang Xu; Chen Wang; Shaowei Zhang; Yeqiang Shu; Yonggui Ma; Chong Shen; Chuan Tian (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022)
Marine submerged buoys can effectively obtain various parameters of seawater, which plays an important role in the research of marine physical phenomena, marine environmental changes, and climate change. However, traditional self-contained submerged buoys usually work underwater at a depth of about 100 m, and the observation data cannot be obtained before their recovery, which cannot satisfy the needs of real-time data acquisition for marine scientific research. To solve this problem, this paper proposes a real-time communication subsurface mooring system that consists of a satellite communication buoy (SCB), conductivity–temperature–depth sensors (CTD), and an inductive coupling mooring cable. The underwater inductive coupling link collects the data from the underwater sensors and transmit it to the SCB. Then, the data will be transmitted to the station receiver via satellite communication module integrated into the SCB. In order to ensure a high success rate of data recovery, the stress analysis and hydrodynamic simulation of the SCB were carried out in this paper. The results show that the SCB maintained a relatively stable attitude in the 3–4 sea state. The attitude data obtained from the subsequent sea trial was consistent with the simulation results, and the success rate of satellite communication during this period was more than 95%. In this paper, a modular embedded hardware circuit was designed to meet the functional requirements of the subsurface mooring system. An efficient data recovery strategy was also developed, which ensured that the average power consumption of the system was low and the success rate of data recovery is not less than 90% when operating in the severe sea state for a long time. The system underwent sea trials in the South China Sea for more than 3 months from the end of 2021 to the beginning of 2022. It transmitted more than 2034 sets of seawater profile temperature, salinity, and depth data in real-time, with a success rate of over 91% of the total sample data. The CTD data returned in real-time from our system is consistent with the data of the HYCOM and World Ocean Atlas (WOA), and a cyclonic mesoscale eddy was detected in the operation area.

Three new cadinane-type sesquiterpenes from Eupatorium adenophorum spreng. - Xu Liang; Xinzhou Yang; Tongxi Zhou; Yuanren Ma; Yu Peng; Yeerlan Bahetejiang; Yuzhao Li; Jingquan Yuan (Natural Product Research, 2022)

The Prevention and Reversal of a Phenytoin-Resistant Model by N-acetylcysteine Therapy Involves the Nrf2/P-Glycoprotein Pathway at the Blood–Brain Barrier - Qiankun Liu; You Wang; Dandan Tan; Yong Liu; Peng Zhang; Limin Ma; Minxue Liang; Yangmei Chen (Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2022)

Construction of a core germplasm bank of upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) based on phenotype, genotype and favorable alleles - Peng Han; Xiaomin Tian; Ying Wang; Cong Huang; Yizan Ma; Xiaofeng Zhou; Yu Yu; Dawei Zhang; Haijiang Xu; Yang Cao; Bo Zhu; Zhenxiu Feng; et al. (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2022)

Selection of reference genes for quantitative real-time PCR analysis in Lathyrus sativus L. under different development stages and drought stress - Ying Zhang; Fengjuan Liu; Huiying Guo; Hao Ma; Hong Chen; Yaoyao Song; Peng Chen; Quanle Xu (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2022)

Distribution, source, and health risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the soils from a typical petroleum refinery area in south China - Wenmin Ma; Jian Hu; Jun Li; Jun Li; Peng Wang; Chukwunonso Peter Okoli (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2022)

Initiation Mechanism of Loess Mudflows by Flume Experiments - Penghui Ma; Jianbing Peng; Jianqi Zhuang; Xinghua Zhu; Cong Liu; Yuxiang Cheng; Zuopeng Zhang (Journal of Earth Science, 2022)

AUV Path Planning Algorithm for Terrain Aided Navigation - Wenjun Zhang; Peng Shen; Haodong Qi; Qianyi Zhang; Teng Ma; Ye Li (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022)
Terrain aided navigation (TAN) technology can yield accurate navigation results in long-endurance underwater operation of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). Most TAN research focus on the high-precision terrain matching algorithms. However, terrain matching algorithms estimate the position of the vehicle by observing a unique combination of features in the terrain, making it difficult to locate a vehicle with flat terrain. This paper presents a path planning method for AUV seabed TAN process to decrease positioning errors by avoiding flat areas. In this paper, a TAN path planning algorithm based on sector search is proposed. Parameters of the sector search algorithm are determined through theoretical analysis, which means the generated path can stably provide accurate TAN location results. Meanwhile, a control coefficient is proposed to maximize the terrain information contained in the sector searching area, bring out a high success rate of AUV positioning. The TAN performance of the paths generated using the proposed path planning method was verified in simulations, which show that the TAN can yield accurate positioning results stably on the path planned.

Functional analysis of HADH c.99C>G shows that the variant causes the proliferation of pancreatic islets and leu-sensitive hyperinsulinaemia - Wu Long; Yue-Bing Wang; Peng-Fei Qu; Lin Ma; Si-Jie Wei; Yan-Mei Xi; Jin-Liang Du; Xue Tang; Kai Liu; Yu-Hua Li; Pu-Ping Lei (Journal of Genetics, 2022)

Analysis on the hotspot characteristics of bird diversity distribution along the continental coastline of China - Peng Hou; Junjun Bai; Yan Chen; Jing Hou; Jiajun Zhao; Yutiao Ma; Jun Zhai (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022)
Global climate change and disturbances from human activities lead to habitat loss and changes in habitat quality, resulting in a reduction in biodiversity. The continental coastline of China distributes some cities with highly developed economies and coastal wetlands with rich biodiversity, and both economic development and biodiversity conservation are important topics. In order to clarify the spatial distribution of bird biodiversity in coastal areas, based on the MaxEnt model and GIS spatial analysis, the distribution data of 488 species of birds and 15 environmental variables were used to simulate the suitable distribution areas of birds, and to analyze the spatial distribution and hotspots of bird biodiversity in coastal areas. The main findings of this study are as follows. (1) A total of 488 species in 249 genera of 21 orders and 81 families of birds were involved in the modeling of coastal areas. The main environmental factors affecting the potential distribution of birds in general are: land use, monthly mean diurnal temperature range, and precipitation of the driest month. (2) High value areas of bird richness are distributed in different locations in the four sea areas: In the Bohai Rim region, they are mainly distributed in the Liaohe Estuary Wetland in Liaoning Province, the vicinity of the Yongdingxin River and Haihe River in Tianjin, the eastern part of Tianjin, and the Yellow River and Yellow River Delta Wetland in Shandong Province; In the coastal area of the Yellow Sea, they are primarily found in Kunyu Mountain National Nature Reserve, Laoshan Provincial Nature Reserve in Shandong Province, and Yancheng Wetland Rare Birds National Nature Reserve in Jiangsu Province; In the coastal areas of the East China Sea, they are mainly found at the mouth of the Yangtze River, at the national nature reserve of Dongtan birds on Chongming Island, along the southeastern coast of Zhejiang Province, near the Min River and along the coast of Quanzhou in Fujian Province; In the coastal areas of the South China Sea, they are mainly distributed in the Pearl River Delta wetlands of Guangdong Province, the southeastern coastal areas of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and the Shiwanda Mountain National Nature Reserve in Guangxi Province. (3) The spatial trends in the distribution of hotspots of birds of national priority protection in coastal areas are generally consistent, but more concentrated than the distribution of all birds. (4) After the high-value areas of bird richness were superimposed with protected areas, it was found that the intersecting area accounted for a small proportion of the protected area, and many areas near the inland had low bird richness. Finally, the findings provide references for bird biodiversity conservation and planning in coastal areas.

Effect of Service Priority on the Integrated Continuous Berth Allocation and Quay Crane Assignment Problem after Port Congestion - Shuang Tang; Sudong Xu; Jianwen Gao; Mengdi Ma; Peng Liao (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022)
Container seaport congestion is a challenging problem in improving the service level and optimizing evacuating container vessels after congestion. There is a lack of research on container vessel evacuation strategies for continuous terminals. In this article, the weight of the objective function is regarded as the index for the service priority of vessels. The effects of the service priority on the continuous terminal are analyzed by establishing a mixed integer programming model. The model minimizes the total weighted delay departure time of vessels. Two sets of weight values are adopted, including handling volume of each ship and the squared handling volume, then the optimization results are compared with the unweighted scenario. The model is solved using a genetic algorithm. Lianyungang Port is selected as a case study. The results show that the method using the square of handled container volume is more conducive to ensuring the shipping period of large vessels after congestion. Besides, the quay crane number of large vessels affecting the scheduling strategy is discussed. The method proposed in this article provides a new idea for arranging scheduling strategies in other ports under congestion situations, which can better ensure the planned shipping period of large vessels.

Single-base methylome analysis reveals dynamic changes of genome-wide DNA methylation associated with rapid stem growth of woody bamboos - Liang-Zhong Niu; Wei Xu; Peng-Fei Ma; Zhen-Hua Guo; De-Zhu Li (Planta, 2022)

Does aspirin have an effect on risk of death in patients with COVID-19? A meta-analysis - Shaodi Ma; Wanying Su; Chenyu Sun; Scott Lowe; Zhen Zhou; Haixia Liu; Guangbo Qu; Weihang Xia; Peng Xie; Birong Wu; Juan Gao; Linya Feng; et al. (European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2022)

Natural Environmental Variation Determines Microbial Diversity Patterns in Serofluid Dish, a Traditional Chinese Fermented Vegetable Food - Zhongkun Zhou; Rentao Zhang; Yunhao Ma; Kangjia Du; Mengze Sun; Hao Zhang; Xinrong Jiang; Hongyuan Tu; Peng Chen (Current Microbiology, 2022)

Effects of compressive deformation of backfill materials on strata movement and stress evolution in deep gangue backfill mining - Meng Li; Yifan Peng; Jixiong Zhang; Cunli Zhu; Dan Ma; Peng Huang (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2022)

Characteristics and geochemical implications of light hydrocarbons from ultra-deep Ordovician oils in the North Shuntuoguole area, Tarim Basin - Li Dong; Anlai Ma; Huixi Lin; Lu Yun; Weilong Peng; Xiuxiang Zhu (Frontiers of Earth Science, 2022)

Recognition and Depth Estimation of Ships Based on Binocular Stereo Vision - Yuanzhou Zheng; Peng Liu; Long Qian; Shiquan Qin; Xinyu Liu; Yong Ma; Ganjun Cheng (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022)
To improve the navigation safety of inland river ships and enrich the methods of environmental perception, this paper studies the recognition and depth estimation of inland river ships based on binocular stereo vision (BSV). In the stage of ship recognition, considering the computational pressure brought by the huge network parameters of the classic YOLOv4 model, the MobileNetV1 network was proposed as the feature extraction module of the YOLOv4 model. The results indicate that the mAP value of the MobileNetV1-YOLOv4 model reaches 89.25%, the weight size of the backbone network was only 47.6 M, which greatly reduced the amount of computation while ensuring the recognition accuracy. In the stage of depth estimation, this paper proposes a feature point detection and matching algorithm based on the ORB algorithm at sub-pixel level, that is, firstly, the FSRCNN algorithm was used to perform super-resolution reconstruction of the original image, to further increase the density of image feature points and detection accuracy, which was more conducive to the calculation of the image parallax value. The ships’ depth estimation results indicate that when the distance to the target is about 300 m, the depth estimation error is less than 3%, which meets the depth estimation needs of inland ships. The ship target recognition and depth estimation technology based on BSV proposed in this paper makes up for the shortcomings of the existing environmental perception methods, improves the navigation safety of ships to a certain extent, and greatly promotes the development of intelligent ships in the future.

Modelling the influence of submesoscale processes on phytoplankton dynamics in the northern South China Sea - Peng Xiu; Lin Guo; Wentao Ma (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022)
Submesoscale processes in the ocean vary rapidly in both space and time, and are often difficult to capture by field observations. Their dynamical connection with marine biology remains largely unknown because of the intrinsic link between temporal and spatial variations. In May 2015, satellite chlorophyll data demonstrated high concentration patches in the edge region between mesoscale eddies, which were higher than those in the cyclonic eddy core region in the northern South China Sea (NSCS). The underlying mechanisms were examined with a high-resolution physical-biological model. By tracking Lagrangian particles in the model, this study shows that the edge region between eddies is a submesoscale frontal region that is prone to intense upwelling and downwelling motions. We identified two key submesoscale mechanisms that affect nutrient transport flux significantly, submesoscale fontal dynamics and submesoscale coherent eddies. The dynamics associated with these two mechanisms were shown to be able to inject subsurface nutrients into the upper layer, generate the high chlorophyll patch, and alter phytoplankton community structure in the NSCS. This study shows the importance of submesoscale processes on phytoplankton dynamics in the NSCS and highlights the need for high-resolution observations.

Prehistoric firewood gathering on the northeast Tibetan plateau: environmental and cultural determinism - Fengwen Liu; Minmin Ma; Gang Li; Lele Ren; Jiyuan Li; Wei Peng; Yishi Yang; Hucai Zhang (Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 2022)

Melon shoot organization 1, encoding an AGRONAUTE7 protein, plays a crucial role in plant development - Jian Ma; Congcong Li; Peng Gao; Yanhong Qiu; Mei Zong; Huijun Zhang; Jianshe Wang (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2022)

Genetic analysis and mapping of a short-internode gene (cladw) in watermelon (Citrullus lanatus L.) - Jiajun Liu; Peng Gao; Xuezheng Wang; Hongyu Liu; Shuangwu Ma; Jiming Wang; Feishi Luan (Euphytica, 2022)

High-density genetic map and quantitative trait loci map of fruit-related traits in wax gourd (Benincasa hispida) - Liwen Su; Jiquan Gou; Haixuan Lv; Zhikui Cheng; Lianlian Ma; Xiaochun Huang; Wenting Wu; Wenjin Yu; Peng Wang; Zhengguo Liu (Euphytica, 2022)

Mental health conditions and academic burnout among medical and non-medical undergraduates during the mitigation of COVID-19 pandemic in China - Qian Yang; Yueheng Liu; Winson Fuzun Yang; Pu Peng; Shubao Chen; Yunfei Wang; Xin Wang; Manyun Li; Yingying Wang; Yuzhu Hao; Li He; Qianjin Wang; et al. (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has posed a great impact on people’s mental health, especially for undergraduate students. This study aimed to compare the mental health conditions and academic burnout between medical and non-medical undergraduates in China when the COVID-19 pandemic is mitigating. A cross-sectional online survey was conducted among 4,972 undergraduates between October 2020 and April 2021, when the pandemic was basically under control. The survey included basic demographics information and standardized scales to evaluate depression, anxiety, perceived stress, daytime sleepiness, alcohol abuse/dependence, quality of life, fatigue, and academic burnout. Compared with medical undergraduates, non-medical undergraduates had higher rates of moderate to severe depression symptoms (29.1% vs. 17.9%, P < 0.001), moderate to severe anxiety symptoms (19.7% vs. 8.9%, P < 0.001), alcohol abuse/dependence (16.3% vs.10.3%, P < 0.001), excessive daytime sleepiness (47.4% vs. 43.4%, P = 0.018), high perceived stress (34.7% vs. 22.2%, P < 0.001), high level of fatigue (51.8% vs. 42.2%, P < 0.001), low QOL (35.8% vs. 21.4%, P < 0.001), and higher academic burnout score (59.4 vs. 57.5, P < 0.001). Being non-medical undergraduates, depression, alcohol abuse/dependence, excessive daytime sleepiness, and high perceived stress were positively associated with academic burnout, while high QOL was negatively associated with the burnout (all P < 0.001). Excessive daytime sleepiness was the strongest predictor for academic burnout.

Multiplex Accelerated PCR System for One-Step Helicobacter pylori cagA + Genotypes Detection: A Guide for Clinical Testing - Yanling Wang; Yang Li; Zhixian Luan; Yan Zhao; Peng Zhang; Cuiping Ma; Chao Shi (Current Microbiology, 2022)

Marginal Zinc Deficiency in Mice Increased the Number of Abnormal Sperm and Altered the Expression Level of Spermatogenesis-Related Genes - Cheng Peng; Qian Cheng; Youjiao Liu; Zhaoyu Zhang; Ziqiong Wang; Haitao Ma; Duanya Liu; Lei Wang; Chunhong Wang (Biological Trace Element Research, 2022)

Zinc-Enriched Yeast May Improve Spermatogenesis by Regulating Steroid Production and Antioxidant Levels in Mice - Zhaoyu Zhang; Qian Cheng; Youjiao Liu; Cheng Peng; Ziqiong Wang; Haitao Ma; Duanya Liu; Lei Wang; Chunhong Wang (Biological Trace Element Research, 2022)

Spatial-temporal dynamics of alpine grassland coverage and its response to climate warming in Mt. Qomolangma Nature Preserve during 2000–2019 - Fei Ma; Pei-hao Peng (Journal of Mountain Science, 2022)

MdMYB88/124 modulates apple tree microRNA biogenesis through post-transcription processing and/or transcription pathway - Chun-dong Niu; Huan-ran Shi; Zi-tong Zhang; Tian-le Fan; Huan Dang; Peng-xiang Chen; Yin-peng Xie; Cha-na Bao; Feng-wang Ma; Qing-mei Guan; Xue-wei Li (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2022)

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

Rock Salt Under Cyclic Loading with High-Stress Intervals - Kai Zhao; Hongling Ma; Jun Zhou; Hongwu Yin; Peng Li; Ahu Zhao; Xilin Shi; Chunhe Yang (Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2022)

Role of Hfq in glucose utilization, biofilm formation and quorum sensing system in Bacillus subtilis - Mengyao Dong; Xingtao Yang; Lijuan Liu; Ziyao Zhou; Lei Deng; Zhijun Zhong; Haifeng Liu; Xiaoping Ma; Hualin Fu; Suizhong Cao; Liuhong Shen; Guangneng Peng (Biotechnology Letters, 2022)

Characterization of Kordiimonas marina sp. nov. and Kordiimonas laminariae sp. nov. and Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Genus Kordiimonas, A Marine-Adapted Taxon - Yu-Qi Ye; Zhi-Peng Hao; Yu-Yan Yue; Lu Ma; Meng-Qi Ye; Zong-Jun Du (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022)
Two novel rod-shaped and Gram-negative bacterial strains, designated A6E486 T and 5E331 T , were isolated from a coastal sediment sample taken from Xiaoshi Island, Weihai, China, and a fresh kelp sample collected from a kelp culture area, Rongcheng, China, respectively. Growth of strain A6E486 T occurred at 20°C–43°C (optimum, 33°C–35°C) at pH 5.5–7.5 (optimum, 6.5) and in the presence of 1.0%–5.5% (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 2.5%–3.0%). Strain 5E331 T grew with 1.5%–5.0% (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 3.0%) at 15°C–40°C (optimum, 33°) and pH 6.0–8.5 (optimum, 7.0). The similarity of 16S rRNA gene sequence between the two strains was 95.2%. The phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence showed that strains A6E486 T and 5E331 T belong to the genus Kordiimonas , sharing the highest similarity to the genus Kordiimonas (94.6%–96.8%, 94.9%–96.1%, respectively). Strains A6E486 T and 5E331 T had percentage of conserved protein (POCP) values of 56.0%–67.3% and average nucleotide identity (ANI) values of 68.8%–73.1% to members of the genus Kordiimonas . The major polar lipids detected in the two strains were phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), phosphatidylglycerol (PG), diphosphatidylglycerol (DPG), and unidentified glycolipids, aminolipids, and lipids. The predominant respiratory quinone of the two strains was Q-10. Based upon the results presented in this study, strains A6E486 T and 5E331 T represent two novel species of the genus Kordiimonas , for which the names Kordiimonas marina and Kordiimonas laminariae are proposed with the type strains A6E486 T (= KCTC 82758 T = MCCC 1H00470 T ) and 5E331 T (= KCTC 92199 T = MCCC 1H00515 T ), respectively. Comparative genomic analysis showed that seven species of the genus Kordiimonas shared 1,258 core genes and had differences in carbohydrate metabolism, energy metabolism, and cofactor and vitamin metabolism. The pan-genome of the genus Kordiimonas was open. The prediction of secondary metabolites showed that most strains of the genus Kordiimonas had the ability to produce homoserine lactones, one of the most important signal molecules in the quorum-sensing system of Gram-negative bacteria. Additionally, numerous genes involved in bacterial defense, motility and chemotaxis, cold adaptation, and environment stress response were found in the genus Kordiimonas , indicating the marine-adapted lifestyle of members of the genus Kordiimonas .

Comparative Study of Nine Intact Rock Failure Criteria via Analytical Geometry - Peng-fei He; Xiao-dong Ma; Man-chao He; Zhi-gang Tao; Dong-qiao Liu (Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2022)

Isolation and characterization of AaZFP1, a C2H2 zinc finger protein that regulates the AaIPPI1 gene involved in artemisinin biosynthesis in Artemisia annua - Yin-ai Deng; Li Li; Qian Peng; Ling-fang Feng; Jin-fen Yang; Ruo-ting Zhan; Dong-ming Ma (Planta, 2022)

Application of enzymatic hydrolysate of Ulva clathrata as biostimulant improved physiological and metabolic adaptation to salt-alkaline stress in wheat - Feiyu Li; Zhihua Wu; Siqi Zuo; Li Fan; Zhengpeng Wei; Ling Ma; Wenke Sun; Chunying Du; Ruizhi Liu; Peng Wang (Journal of Applied Phycology, 2022)

Plant miR167e-5p promotes 3T3-L1 adipocyte adipogenesis by targeting β-catenin - Ting Chen; Fei Ma; Yongjia Peng; Ruiping Sun; Qianyun Xi; Jiajie Sun; Jin Zhang; Yongliang Zhang; Meng Li (In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal, 2022)

Effects of phosphorus-containing material application on soil cadmium bioavailability: a meta-analysis - Yi Tan; Xue Zhou; Yutao Peng; Zijing Zheng; Xing Gao; Yan Ma; Shuo Chen; Shihao Cui; Beibei Fan; Qing Chen (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Research on the spatiotemporal coupling relationships between land use/land cover compositions or patterns and the surface urban heat island effect - Xiaoliang Ma; Shuangyun Peng (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

New piericidin derivatives from the marine-derived streptomyces sp. SCSIO 40063 with cytotoxic activity - Jing Peng; Qingbo Zhang; Xiaodong Jiang; Liang Ma; Ting Long; Ziqian Cheng; Changsheng Zhang; Yiguang Zhu (Natural Product Research, 2022)

Evaluation of Dynamic Tensions of Single Point Mooring System under Random Waves with Artificial Neural Network - Peng Li; Conglin Jin; Gang Ma; Jie Yang; Liping Sun (Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022)
Real-time monitoring of the mooring safety of floating structures is of great significance to their production operations. A deep learning model is proposed here, based on the long short-term memory (LSTM) artificial neural network. Firstly, the numerical simulation is carried out with the single-point mooring system of a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) as the training data of LSTM. Then the proposed LSTM is performed. Finally, taking the motion of FPSO which is not encountered by LSTM neural network model as input, we predict the mooring line tension with this model. Here, one FPSO in the South China Sea is taken as a research case, hydrodynamic and mooring models are established, and the network structure and hyper-parameters of the LSTM model are determined. The prediction results of the LSTM under different combinations of wind, wave, and current are compared with the calculation results of AQWA software. The model constructed here can well predict the mooring line tension of different combinations of wind, wave and current.

Determination of fluoroquinolones in chicken muscle by molecularly imprinted graphitic carbon nitride-based solid-phase extraction and ultra-performance liquid chromatography - Su Han Wang; Ning Ma; Xiao Huan Zang; Shuai Hua Zhang; Jian Ping Wang; Ning Peng Wu (Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A, 2022)

Hourly sea level height forecast based on GNSS-IR by using ARIMA model - Naiquan Zheng; Hongzhou Chai; Yongchao Ma; Lingqiu Chen; Peng Chen (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2022)

A critical review of human internal exposure and the health risks of organophosphate ester flame retardants and their metabolites - Yan Yang; Peng Chen; Shengtao Ma; Shaoyou Lu; Yingxin Yu; Taicheng An (Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 2022)

Nutritional Profile and Bioremediation of Tropical Marine Aquaculture with an Integrated Microalgae and Bacteria Symbiosis - Ruiyang Ma; Shiyu Xie; Huiting Jia; Linhai Pu; Licheng Peng; Chengjun Ge (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2022)

The first extra-large helium-rich gas field identified in a tight sandstone of the Dongsheng Gas Field, Ordos Basin, China - Weilong Peng; Quanyou Liu; Ying Zhang; Huichong Jia; Dongya Zhu; Qingqiang Meng; Xiaoqi Wu; Shang Deng; Yongsheng Ma (Science China Earth Sciences, 2022)

ALKBH5 promotes the progression of infantile hemangioma through regulating the NEAT1/miR-378b/FOSL1 axis - Kun Peng; Ren-Peng Xia; Fan Zhao; Yong Xiao; Ti-Dong Ma; Ming Li; Yong Feng; Chong-Gao Zhou (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2022)

miR-155 activates the NLRP3 inflammasome by regulating the MEK/ERK/NF-κB pathway in carotid atherosclerotic plaques in ApoE−/− mice - Qing Peng; Ruihua Yin; Xiaoyan Zhu; Liying Jin; Jing Wang; Xudong Pan; Aijun Ma (Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry, 2022)

Spatial-temporal distributions and influential factors of phthalate acid esters in sediments of three lakes in Inner Mongolia - Yan Ma; Tong Liu; Bo-Tao Zhang; Yan Liu; Peng Shao; Chen Sun; Yichen Zhang; Jiale Bi; Yunkai Dong; Shengrui Wang; Guoming Zhang (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Comprehensive investigation of water-conducting channels in near-sea limestone mines using microtremor survey, electrical resistivity tomography, and tracer tests: a case study in Beihai City, China - Maoxin Su; Kai Cheng; Haiyan Li; Yiguo Xue; Peng Wang; Xiaoyin Ma; Congcong Li (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2022)

Sodium tanshinone IIA sulfonate improves cognitive impairment via regulating Aβ transportation in AD transgenic mouse model - Hui-Han Ma; Can Wan; Lu-Di Zhang; Rong-Rong Zhang; Dong Peng; Li-Jun Qiao; Shi-Jie Zhang; Ye-Feng Cai; Hong-Qiang Huang (Metabolic Brain Disease, 2022)

Altitudinal patterns of species richness and flowering phenology in herbaceous community in Qilian Mountains of China - Wen Wang; Zhibin He; Jun Du; Dengke Ma; Peng Zhao (International Journal of Biometeorology, 2022)

Numerical Simulation of Crown Pillar Behaviour in Transition from Open Pit to Underground Mining - Tumelo K. M. Dintwe; Takashi Sasaoka; Hideki Shimada; Akihiro Hamanaka; Dyson N. Moses; Ma Peng; Meng Fanfei; Seifei Liu; Ronald Ssebadduka; Joan A. Onyango (Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 2022)

Distribution coefficients of nitrogen pollutants between water and sediment and their environmental risks in Lingang hybrid constructed wetland fed by industrial tailwater, Tianjin, China - Quanli Man; Hongrui Li; Xiaodong Ma; Peng Gao; Gengbo Ren; Bin Zhou; Honglei Liu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Integrated comparison of growth and oxidative stress induced by tylosin in two freshwater algae Chlorella vulgaris and Raphidocelis subcapitata - Denglong Lu; Zhihua Ma; Jianglin Peng; Yibo Zhang; Shan Liu; Qi Li (Ecotoxicology, 2022)

Identification of miR-4510 as a metastasis suppressor of gastric cancer through regulation of tumor microenvironment via targeting GPC3 - Hai-fen Ma; Peng Shu; Xiao-hai Shi; Min Wang; Mao-fen Jiang (Clinical & Experimental Metastasis, 2022)
The genes miR-4510 and glypican-3 (GPC3) have reported to be closely associated with tumors, with miR-4510 inversely correlated with GPC3 mRNA and protein in hepatocellular carcinoma samples. Glypican-3-expressing gastric cancer (GPC3-GC), characterized as gastric cancer (GC) expressing GPC3, accounts for 11% of the GC cases. However, the expression and mechanism of action of miR-4510 in GPC3-GC have not been clearly defined. We found that miR-4510 expression in GC tissues was significantly lower than that in the adjacent tissues (p < 0.001). miRNA-4510 expression in GPC3-GC was significantly lower than that in GPC3‐negative GC tissue (p < 0.001). Our study confirmed that miR-4510 is inversely correlated with GPC3 in gastric cancer samples and that GPC3 is a direct target gene of miR-4510. The proportion of M2 macrophages in GC with low expression of miR-4510 was significantly increased, while the proliferation of CD8+ T cells was limited. miR-4510 may change the immunosuppressive signals in the tumor microenvironment by downregulating GPC3 and inhibiting gastric cancer cell metastasis. Oxaliplatin treatment may become a specific therapeutic drug for patients with miR-4510 inhibition and GPC3-GC.

Transformation processes of biogenic dimethylated sulfur compounds in the northwestern Pacific continental sea - Qian‐Yao Ma; Hong‐Hai Zhang; Feng Xu; Gui‐Peng Yang (Limnology and Oceanography, 2022)
Biogenic dimethylated sulfur compounds, comprising dimethylsulfide (DMS), dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP), and dimethylsulfoxide, play a vital role in the physiological metabolism processes of marine algae, climate regulation, and global sulfur cycles, but the contribution of each transformation pathway and the factors that control them remain uncertain. For the first time, from 27 March 2017 to 15 April 2017, the rates of major transformation pathways of biogenic dimethylated sulfur compounds and the fluxes of DMS at the sea–air and seawater–sediment interfaces were measured simultaneously in the East China Continental Sea. Rapid biological turnover times of total DMSP (0.53 d), dissolved DMSP (0.29 d), and DMS (0.43 d) were observed, indicating that DMS and DMSP were renewed more than twice daily. Bacterial consumption contributed nearly 50% of the total DMSP loss, approximately 38% of which was converted into DMS. Microbial consumption, photolysis, and ventilation accounted for 56%, 34%, and 10% of DMS removal processes, respectively. Sediment had a small but positive flux of DMS, making the sediment‐seawater interface a tiny source of DMS to the water column. Finally, although only about 10% of DMS was emitted to the atmosphere, the study region was identified as a “hotspot” for atmospheric DMS. The DMS budget model of the mixed layer developed in this study has provided a systematic and comprehensive understanding of the organosulfur cycle in continental shelf seas.

Identification and functional characterization of three iridoid synthases in Gardenia jasminoides - Chong Xu; Peng Ye; Qingwen Wu; Shuangcheng Liang; Wuke Wei; Jinfen Yang; Weiwen Chen; Ruoting Zhan; Dongming Ma (Planta, 2022)

Editing of the starch branching enzyme gene SBE2 generates high-amylose storage roots in cassava - Shu Luo; Qiuxiang Ma; Yingying Zhong; Jianling Jing; Zusheng Wei; Wenzhi Zhou; Xinlu Lu; Yinong Tian; Peng Zhang (Plant Molecular Biology, 2022)

Assessment of groundwater sustainable development considering geo-environment stability and ecological environment: a case study in the Pearl River Delta, China - Peng Huang; Chuanming Ma; Aiguo Zhou (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

The Antioxidant Role of Selenium via GPx1 and GPx4 in LPS-Induced Oxidative Stress in Bovine Endometrial Cells - Samson O. Adeniran; Peng Zheng; Rui Feng; Elikanah O. Adegoke; Fushuo Huang; Mingjun Ma; Ziming Wang; Olamigoke O. Ifarajimi; Xiaoyu Li; Guixue Zhang (Biological Trace Element Research, 2022)

Predicting the Height of the Water-conducting Fractured Zone Based on a Multiple Regression Model and Information Entropy in the Northern Ordos Basin, China - Peng Yang; Weifeng Yang; Yuxu Nie; Fahad Saleem; Fei Lu; Rongkun Ma; Ruipeng Li (Mine Water and the Environment, 2022)

Dynamic evolution trend of comprehensive transportation green efficiency in China: From a spatio-temporal interaction perspective - Qifei Ma; Peng Jia; Caizhi Sun; Haibo Kuang (Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2022)

Identification of key genes in oral squamous cell carcinoma by integrated bioinformatics analysis - Jie Xu; Shaowen Lu; Jianhua Wu; Lili Yang; Sijia Ma; Yanli Li; Yi Peng (Biologia, 2022)

Incorporating thermal niche to benefit understanding climate‐induced biological variability in small pelagic fishes in the Kuroshio ecosystem - Shuyang Ma; Yongjun Tian; Jianchao Li; Peilong Ju; Peng Sun; Zhenjiang Ye; Yang Liu; Yoshiro Watanabe (Fisheries Oceanography, 2022)
Climate‐induced fluctuations in marine fish populations have been raising great scientific concerns. Previous studies generally dedicate to parameterization of climatic, environmental, and biological variability patterns with focuses on their empirical or incompletely mechanistic relationships. Little consideration on physiological characteristics of organisms prevents from exploring mechanisms behind the apparent relationships. Therefore, incorporating physiological information into investigation on climate–environment–biology relationships is essential to understand climate‐induced biological variability. Small pelagic fishes play unparalleled roles in the Kuroshio ecosystem and show dramatic fluctuations in response to environmental changes, serving as ideal research targets in studies on climate‐induced biological variability. This study focuses on Japanese sardine, chub mackerel, and Japanese anchovy, three key small pelagic fishes in the Kuroshio ecosystem with distinct physiological characteristics, with attempts to incorporate thermal niches into investigations on their responses to climate variability. The recruitment suitable index (RSI) is developed considering both sea surface temperature (SST) and species thermal niche. Results show that the RSI significantly increase explanations on variations in resource abundance indices of the three key small pelagic fishes. Responses of small pelagic fishes to climate variability show differences by species and stocks. In addition, variations in the Siberian High pressure system and Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation contribute highly to variations in resource abundance indices through affecting the SST and further the RSI. This study demonstrates importance of physiological information for understanding climate‐induced biological variability and effectiveness of combining thermal niches with the investigation on mechanistic climate–environment–biology relationships, which should be extensively considered in the future studies.

AquaGWAS: A Genome-Wide Association Study Pipeline for Aquatic Animals and Its Application to Reference-Required and Reference-Free Genome-Wide Association Study for Abalone - Chao Deng; Wenzhu Peng; Zhi Ma; Caihuan Ke; Weiwei You; Ying Wang (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022)
Aquaculture is a rapidly growing industry that brings huge economic benefits. Genome-wide association study (GWAS) is critical for aquaculture species’ productivity, sustainability, and product quality. The current integrated GWAS pipeline either includes only specific limited steps or requires a complex prerequisite environment and configurations. In this study, we developed AquaGWAS, a highly user-friendly graphical user interface (GUI) GWAS pipeline, by integrating four well-known GWAS models. AquaGWAS is a complete GWAS pipeline from preprocessing, multiple choice of GWAS models, postprocessing to visualizations. AquaGWAS offers GUI easy running on Linux and automatically generates running command lines for high-performance computing (HPC) or non-GUI servers. AquaGWAS is free from installation, configurations, and complicated augment inputs. It offers whole packages of required reference files for 27 common aquatic species. Furthermore, aiming at the issue that the availability of genomic reference sequences limits single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) detection, we attempted to detect SNPs in Pacific abalone using classical alignment-based reference-required strategy and k -mer-based reference-free strategy combined with downstream AquaGWAS. On 222 resequencing data of Pacific abalone, two strategies detected 221,061 and 230,213 variants, respectively, with 180,161 common variants. The two strategies emphasized different variant situations: capturing variants missed by incomplete or inaccurate reference genomic sequence ( k -mer-based) and capturing the indel variants having the baseline of genomic sequence (alignment-based). Combining the two strategies offers a complementary framework to obtain the accurate and complete GWAS analysis for non-model organism species. AquaGWAS is available at https://github.com/Ying-Lab/AquaGWAS .

Production of dissolved organic carbon in the South China Sea: A modeling study - Wentao Ma; Peng Xiu; Yi Yu; Yiling Zheng; Fei Chai (Science China Earth Sciences, 2022)

Oxygen Metabolism-induced Stress Response Underlies Heart–brain Interaction Governing Human Consciousness-breaking and Attention - Xiao-Juan Xue; Rui Su; Ze-Feng Li; Xiao-Ou Bu; Peng Dang; Si-Fang Yu; Zhi-Xin Wang; Dong-Mei Chen; Tong-Ao Zeng; Ming Liu; Hai-Lin Ma; De-Long Zhang (Neuroscience Bulletin, 2022)

Autophagy and cancer treatment: four functional forms of autophagy and their therapeutic applications - Zhaoshi Bai; Yaling Peng; Xinyue Ye; Zhixian Liu; Yupeng Li; Lingman Ma (Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B, 2022)

First report of a crinivirus infecting mulberry (Morus alba L.) in China - Peng Zhang; Yu Ma; Tao-Tao Han; William Kojo Smith; Jing Yu; Yong-Yuan Cheng; Quan-You Lu (Journal of Plant Pathology, 2022)

Coal mining method with near-zero impact on the ecological environment in a high-intensity mining area of Northwest China - Erhu Bai; Wenbing Guo; Hebing Zhang; Yi Tan; Zhibao Ma; Dongtao Wu; Mingjie Guo; Peng Wen (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2022)

Theoretical analysis on stress distribution characteristics around a shallow buried cylinder Karst cave containing filling in limestone strata - Peng Xie; Shaokun Ma; Haijia Wen; Liangyong Li; Shaolong Jie; Runbin Li (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 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)

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)

Hydrochemical environment of a fractured karst aquifer influenced by petroleum hydrocarbons - Yuming Peng; Yongli Guo; Qing Wu; Huanliang Chen; Chao Ma; Chuanlei Li; Wen Liu (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022)

Exploring the clogging process in coarse soil deposits in a dam foundation - Jianquan Ma; Xiaojie Zhao; Shibo Li; Hao Peng; Lele Xiao; Donghe Ma; Xinshe Zhang (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)

Mitochondrial Ferritin Deficiency Promotes Osteoblastic Ferroptosis Via Mitophagy in Type 2 Diabetic Osteoporosis - XinDong Wang; HongDong Ma; Jun Sun; TianYu Zheng; Peng Zhao; HaiTian Li; MaoWei Yang (Biological Trace Element Research, 2022)

FNC inhibits non-small cell lung cancer by activating the mitochondrial apoptosis pathway - Xiang Jing; Shuai Niu; Yi Liang; Huiping Chen; Ning Wang; Youmei Peng; Fang Ma; Wanying Yue; Qingduan Wang; Junbiao Chang; Yi Zhang; Yan Zhang (Genes & Genomics, 2022)

Characterization of a strong constitutive promoter from paper mulberry vein banding virus - William K. Smith; Yu Ma; Jing Yu; Yong-Yuan Cheng; Peng Zhang; Tao-Tao Han; Quan-You Lu (Archives of Virology, 2022)

Effect of feed restriction on the intestinal microbial community structure of growing ducks - Jun-peng Li; Qi-fan Wu; Sheng-chao Ma; Jian-mei Wang; Bin Wei; Yang Xi; Chun-chun Han; Liang Li; Hua He; He-he Liu (Archives of Microbiology, 2022)

Kangiella shandongensis sp. nov., a novel species isolated from saltern in Yantai, China - Li-Yang Peng; Rui Yin; Shu-Kun Gao; Hui-Ning Jiang; Xiao-Xiao Liu; Yu Ma; Yan-Xia Zhou (Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 2022)

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.

The in vitro and in vivo anti-inflammatory activities of triterpene saponins from Clematis florida - Na-Na Yang; Yi-Fan Zhang; Hai-Tao Zhang; Xin-Hua Ma; Jin-Huang Shen; Peng Li; Tian-Hua Zhong; Yong-Hong Zhang (Natural Product 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)

Topographic site effects of Xishan Park ridge in Zigong city, Sichuan considering epicentral distance - Qiang Ma; Fuchen Wang; Dongwang Tao; Quancai Xie; Heyi Liu; Peng Jiang (Journal of Seismology, 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)

G1-like PB2 gene improves virus replication and competitive advantage of H9N2 virus - Xiuli Li; Shumiao Qiao; Ying Zhao; Min Gu; Ruyi Gao; Kaituo Liu; Zhichuang Ge; Jing Ma; Xiaoquan Wang; Jiao Hu; Shunlin Hu; Xiaowen Liu; et al. (Virus Genes, 2021)

Water Inrush Detection in Limestone Pit Rock Walls Using Borehole-to-Surface ERT - Maoxin Su; Yimin Liu; Haiyan Li; Congcong Li; Peng Wang; Xiaoyin Ma (Mine Water and the Environment, 2021)

Characteristics of loess landslides triggered by different factors in the Chinese Loess Plateau - Zhen-jiang Meng; Peng-hui Ma; Jian-bing Peng (Journal of Mountain Science, 2021)

Atmospheric Structure Observed over the Antarctic Plateau and Its Response to a Prominent Blocking High Event - Jinhuan Zhu; Libo Zhou; Han Zou; Peng Li; Fei Li; Shupo Ma; Linlin Kong (Journal of Meteorological 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)

The impacts of precipitation patterns on dengue epidemics in Guangzhou city - Haorong Meng; Jianpeng Xiao; Tao Liu; Zhihua Zhu; Dexin Gong; Min Kang; Tie Song; Zhiqiang Peng; Aiping Deng; Wenjun Ma (International Journal of Biometeorology, 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)

GWAS and WGCNA uncover hub genes controlling salt tolerance in maize (Zea mays L.) seedlings - Langlang Ma; Minyan Zhang; Jie Chen; Chunyan Qing; Shijiang He; Chaoying Zou; Guangsheng Yuan; Cong Yang; Hua Peng; Guangtang Pan; Thomas Lübberstedt; Yaou Shen (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 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)

Humoral immune durability of IgG for anti-SARS-CoV-2 in the normal pregnant women in Wuhan, China - Hongwen Ma; Jing Peng; Ruobing Li; Xuan Zheng; Shiyao Wu; Heng Yin; Min Li; Liu Qin; Fei Tang; Yun Zhao (Immunologic Research, 2021)

Research on surrounding rock rheological effect and control method of large section chamber group in deep well - Leisheng Zhou; Yubing Huang; Zhuhai Shao; Fenglin Ma; Peng Zhang; Yue Wang (Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 2021)

Effect of mangrove restoration on sediment properties and bacterial community - Xiao-Xia Ma; Zhao-Yu Jiang; Peng Wu; Yong-Fei Wang; Hao Cheng; You-Shao Wang; Ji-Dong Gu (Ecotoxicology, 2021)

Gene structure, SNP screening and growth correlation analysis of the preproinsulin gene in grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) - Jiajia Fan; Dongmei Ma; Huaping Zhu; Peng Jiang; Huanhuan Su (Journal of Genetics, 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)

Using AHP-VW model to evaluate the landslide susceptibility—a case study of Zigui County, Hubei Province, China - Zechen Zhang; Aiguo Zhou; Peng Huang; Rong Yang; Chuanming Ma (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021)

Critical transitions and ecological resilience of large marine ecosystems in the Northwestern Pacific in response to global warming - Shuyang Ma; Dan Liu; Yongjun Tian; Caihong Fu; Jianchao Li; Peilong Ju; Peng Sun; Zhenjiang Ye; Yang Liu; Yoshiro Watanabe (Global Change Biology, 2021)
Natural systems can undergo critical transitions, leading to substantial socioeconomic and ecological outcomes. “Ecological resilience” has been proposed to describe the capacity of natural systems to absorb external perturbation and reorganize while undergoing change so as to still retain essentially the same function, structure, identity, and feedbacks. However, the mere application of ecological resilience in theoretical research and the lack of quantitative approaches present considerable obstacles for predicting critical transitions and understanding their mechanisms. Large marine ecosystems (LMEs) in the Northwestern Pacific are characterized by great biodiversity and productivity, as well as remarkable warming in recent decades. However, no information is available on the critical transitions and ecological resilience of LMEs in response to warming. Therefore, we applied an integrated resilience assessment framework to fisheries catch data from seven LMEs covering a wide range of regions, from tropical to subarctic, in the Northwestern Pacific to identify critical transitions, assess ecological resilience, and reconstruct folded stability landscapes, with a specific focus on the effects of warming. The results provide evidence of the occurrence of critical transitions, with fold bifurcation and hysteresis in response to increasing sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the seven LMEs. In addition, these LMEs show similarities and synchronies in structure variations and critical transitions forced by warming. Both dramatic increases in SST and small fluctuations at the corresponding thresholds may trigger critical transitions. Ecological resilience decreases when approaching the tipping points and is repainted as the LMEs shift to alternative stable states with different resilient dynamics. Folded stability landscapes indicate that the responses of LMEs to warming are discontinuous, which may be caused by the reorganization of LMEs as their sensitivity to warming changes. Our study clarifies the nonlinear responses of LMEs to anthropogenic warming and provides examples of quantifying ecological resilience in empirical systems at unprecedented spatial and temporal scales.

Two metabolites isolated from endophytic fungus Coniochaeta sp. F-8 in Ageratina adenophora exhibit antioxidative activity and cytotoxicity - Jie Fu; Liwen Hu; Zhen Shi; Wei Sun; Dong Yue; Ya Wang; Xiaoping Ma; Zhihua Ren; Zhicai Zuo; Guangneng Peng; Zhijun Zhong; Junliang Deng; et al. (Natural Product Research, 2021)

Genetic dissection of maize seedling traits in an IBM Syn10 DH population under the combined stress of lead and cadmium - Fengxia Hou; Xun Zhou; Peng Liu; Guangsheng Yuan; Chaoying Zou; Thomas Lübberstedt; Guangtang Pan; Langlang Ma; Yaou Shen (Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 2021)

Optimizing Planting Density and Impact of Panicle Types on Grain Yield and Microclimatic Response Index of Hybrid Rice (Oryza sativa L.) - Guotao Yang; Xuechun Wang; Farhan Nabi; Hongni Wang; Changkun Zhao; Youlin Peng; Jun Ma; Yungao Hu (International Journal of Plant Production, 2021)
The architecture of rice plant represents important and complex agronomic traits, such as panicles morphology, which directly influence the microclimate of rice population and consequently grain yield. To enhance yield, modification of plant architecture to create new hybrid cultivars is considered a sustainable approach. The current study includes an investigation of yield and microclimate response index under low to high plant density of two indica hybrid rice R498 (curved panicles) and R499 (erect panicles), from 2017 to 2018. The split-plot design included planting densities of 11.9–36.2 plant/m 2 . The results showed that compared with R498, R499 produced a higher grain yield of 8.02–8.83 t/ha at a higher planting density of 26.5–36.2 plant/m 2 . The response index of light intensity and relative humidity to the planting density of R499 was higher than that of R498 at the lower position of the rice population. However, the response index of temperature to the planting density of R499 was higher at the upper position (0.2–1.4%) than at the lower position. Compared with R498, R499 at a high planting density developed lower relative humidity (78–88%) and higher light intensity (9900–15,916 lx) at the lower position of the rice population. Our finding suggests that erect panicles are highly related to grain yield microclimatic contributors under a highly dense rice population, such as light intensity utilization, humidity, and temperature. The application of erect panicle rice type provides a potential strategy for yield improvement by increasing microclimatic conditions in rice.

Soil contamination and plant accumulation characteristics of toxic metals and metalloid in farmland soil–food crop system in Qilihe, China - Kaixiang Duan; Songlin Zhang; Baowei Zhao; Xinbo Peng; Peng Yang; Yanlong Ma (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Exploring the dynamic mechanism of allosteric drug SHP099 inhibiting SHP2E69K - Shan Du; Xin-hua Lu; Wei-Ya Li; Li-Peng Li; Yang-Chun Ma; Liang Zhou; Jing-Wei Wu; Ying Ma; Run-Ling Wang (Molecular Diversity, 2021)

Investigation on the Performance of Pipe Roof Method Adjacent to the Underground Construction - Peng Ma; Hideki Shimada; Takashi Sasaoka; Akihiro Hamanaka; Tumelo K. M. Dintwe; Donjiang Pan (Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 2021)

White matter characteristics between amygdala and prefrontal cortex underlie depressive tendency in end stage renal disease patients before the dialysis initiation - Junya Mu; Liang Ma; Dun Ding; Xueying Ma; Peng Li; Ruixiao Li; Ming Zhang; Jixin Liu (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2021)

Physical-mechanical properties and thermal-induced damage of granite after high-temperature pretreatment - Tianshou Ma; Gongsheng Zhu; Nian Peng; Yi Qiu; Yang Liu; Jiayan Zou (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021)

Hypoxia-Enhanced N2O Production Under Ocean Acidification in the Bohai Sea - Ting Gu; Dai Jia; Xing Ma; Liying Peng; Guicheng Zhang; Yuqiu Wei; Tingting Lou; Jun Sun (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
Nitrous oxide (N 2 O) is a powerful greenhouse gas that degrades ozone. Hypoxia and ocean acidification are becoming more intense as a result of climate change. The former stimulates N 2 O emissions, whereas the effects of the latter on N 2 O production vary by the ocean. Hypoxia and ocean acidification may play a critical role in the evolution of future oceanic N 2 O production. However, the interactive effects of hypoxia and ocean acidification on N 2 O production remain unclear. We conducted a research cruise in the Bohai Sea of China to assess the occurrence of ocean acidification in the seasonal oxygen minimum zone of the sea and further conducted laboratory incubation experiments to determine the effects of ocean acidification and hypoxia on N 2 O production. When pH decreased by 0.25, N 2 O production decreased by 50.77 and 72.38%, respectively. In contrast, hypoxia had a positive impact; when dissolved oxygen (DO) decreased to 3.7 and 2.4 mg L −1 , N 2 O production increased by 49.72 and 278.68%, respectively. The incubation experiments demonstrated that the coupling of ocean acidification and hypoxia significantly increased N 2 O production, but, individually, there was an antagonistic relationship between the two. Structural equation modeling showed that the total effects of hypoxia treatment on N 2 O production changes weakened the effects of ocean acidification, with overall positive effects. Generally speaking, our results suggest that N 2 O production from the coastal waters of the Bohai Sea may increase under future climate change scenarios due to increasingly serious ocean acidification and hypoxia working in combination.

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)

A Hu sheep genome with the first ovine Y chromosome reveal introgression history after sheep domestication - Ran Li; Peng Yang; Ming Li; Wenwen Fang; Xiangpeng Yue; Hojjat Asadollahpour Nanaei; Shangquan Gan; Duo Du; Yudong Cai; Xuelei Dai; Qimeng Yang; Chunna Cao; et al. (Science China Life Sciences, 2021)

Effect of lead exposure from electronic waste on haemoglobin synthesis in children - Hongwu Wang; Peng Huang; Ruibiao Zhang; Xueyong Feng; Qiulin Tang; Sixi Liu; Feiqiu Wen; Li Zeng; Yufeng Liu; Tianyou Wang; Lian Ma (International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 2021)
Background Primitive electronic waste (e-waste) recycling is ongoing in Guiyu, so toxic heavy metals may continue to threaten the health of children in the area. Objective This study primarily aimed to evaluate the effect of e-waste exposure on haemoglobin (Hb) synthesis in preschool children. Methods Medical examinations were conducted with the permission of children’s guardians and the approval of the Ethics Committee of the Medical College of Shantou University. This study recruited 224 children (aged 3–6 years, exposed group) who lived in Guiyu and 204 children (aged 3–6 years, control group) who lived in a town free of e-waste pollution. Blood levels of lead, Hb, ferritin, folate and vitamin B 12 were tested in all children. Furthermore, all children were assessed for thalassemia, and their parents were asked to fill in questionnaires. Results There were no significant differences in the level of ferritin, folate, or vitamin B 12 between the exposed and control groups ( P > 0.05). No children were identified as having thalassemia in all study participants. Blood lead level (BLL) and the risk of children with BLL ≥ 10 µg/dL in the exposed group were significantly higher than those in the control group (all P < 0.01). Three subgroups of each group were created according to BLL (Group A: < 5.0 µg/dL; Group B: 5.0–9.9 µg/dL; Group C: ≥ 10.0 µg/dL). Hb level decreased with elevated BLL in the exposed group ( P = 0.03), but not in the control group ( P = 0.14). Hb levels in group B and group C were also significantly lower in the exposed group than in the control group (Group B: 122.6 ± 9.5 g/L versus 125.8 ± 8.2 g/L, P = 0.01; Group C: 120.3 ± 7.3 g/L versus 123.6 ± 8.3 g/L, P = 0.03). In addition, the prevalence of anaemia associated with BLLs above 10 µg/dL and between 5.0 and 9.9 µg/dL were both significantly higher in the exposed group than in the control group (4.0% vs. 0.5%, 5.4% vs. 1.5%, respectively, both P < 0.05). Conclusion Lead exposure more significantly inhibits Hb synthesis in children who live in e-waste dismantling areas than in those who live in non-e-waste dismantling areas. Other toxins released from e-waste may also contribute to the inhibition of Hb synthesis and may lead to anaemia in local children. Further investigations are needed to provide evidence for the development of relevant protective measures.

Population pharmacokinetics of unbound valproic acid in pediatric epilepsy patients in China: a protein binding model - Xurui Gu; Min Zhu; Changcheng Sheng; Shuran Yu; Qilin Peng; Mubai Ma; Yani Hu; Ziran Li; Zheng Jiao; Boting Zhou (European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2021)

Genome-wide association study of grain shapes in Aegilops tauschii - Xinpeng Zhao; Linlin Lv; Jiahui Li; Feifei Ma; Shenglong Bai; Yun Zhou; Dale Zhang; Suoping Li; Chun-peng Song (Euphytica, 2021)

Phytochrome Mediated Responses in Agrobacterium fabrum: Growth, Motility and Plant Infection - Peng Xue; Yingnan Bai; Gregor Rottwinkel; Elizaveta Averbukh; Yuanyuan Ma; Thomas Roeder; Patrick Scheerer; Norbert Krauß; Tilman Lamparter (Current Microbiology, 2021)
The soil bacterium and plant pathogen Agrobacterium fabrum C58 has two phytochrome photoreceptors, Agp1 and Agp2. We found that plant infection and tumor induction by A. fabrum is down-regulated by light and that phytochrome knockout mutants of A. fabrum have diminished infection rates. The regulation pattern of infection matches with that of bacterial conjugation reported earlier, suggesting similar regulatory mechanisms. In the regulation of conjugation and plant infection, phytochromes are active in darkness. This is a major difference to plant phytochromes, which are typically active after irradiation. We also found that propagation and motility were affected in agp1 − and agp2 − knockout mutants, although propagation was not always affected by light. The regulatory patterns can partially but not completely be explained by modulated histidine kinase activities of Agp1 and Agp2. In a mass spectrometry-based proteomic study, 24 proteins were different between light and dark grown A. fabrum , whereas 382 proteins differed between wild type and phytochrome knockout mutants, pointing again to light independent roles of Agp1 and Agp2.

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.

Long-Term Variability of Piscivorous Fish in China Seas Under Climate Change With Implication for Fisheries Management - Dan Liu; Yongjun Tian; Shuyang Ma; Jianchao Li; Peng Sun; Zhenjiang Ye; Caihong Fu; Kuowei Lan; Shijie Zhou (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
Due to persistent fishing expansion in the China Seas over the past six decades, fisheries resources have been over-exploited; as a result, exploited fish have become smaller in size and younger in age. Marine piscivorous fish constituted a large portion of Chinese fisheries catch, long-term variability of which has rarely been investigated despite intense fishing pressure and climate change. In this study, we attempt to identify their responses to climate change and fishing activities and to provide scientific basis for sustainable exploitation of these resources. Seven taxa from pelagic to demersal species inhabiting either cold-water or warm-water were selected to represent the piscivorous fish assemblage in the China Seas. Total catch of these piscivorous fish in the China Seas increased during the early 1990s, stabilizing around 1.2 million tons after 1997. Principal component analysis (PCA) showed evident interannual-decadal variabilities in the catch of these fish with step changes around 1985/86 and 1997/98. Individual taxa, however, showed different trends in catches with sharks, rays, and lizardfishes manifesting downward trends while Pacific cod, eels, and hairtail increasing. Common dolphinfish and Japanese-Spanish mackerel increased largely in the 1990s but declined slightly during the 2000s. Although there were temporal overlaps between climate change and fishing variabilities, results of gradient forest analyses indicated that fishing effort imposed the most important influence on piscivorous fish. And among all climate variables explored in this study, sea surface temperature (SST) especially that of the East China Sea, had greatest impacts on variations in piscivorous fish catch, which may have been gradually exacerbated by the continued high fishing intensity. In addition, significant changes were identified in the life history traits in the species we evaluated, such as reduced average body sizes and truncated age compositions, strongly indicating the effect of fishing. We therefore advocate precautionary fishery practices under climate change.

Dynamic behaviour and constitutive relationship of saturated fly ash-modified loess - Qian Wang; Lanmin Wang; Xiumei Zhong; Peng Guo; Jun Wang; Haiping Ma; Zhongnan Gao; Huijuan Wang (European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, 2021)

Recreational Nitrous Oxide Abuse: Prevalence, Neurotoxicity, and Treatment - Yuanyuan Xiang; Lei Li; Xiaotong Ma; Shan Li; Yuan Xue; Peng Yan; Meijie Chen; Junwei Wu (Neurotoxicity Research, 2021)

Circ-VPS18 Knockdown Enhances TMZ Sensitivity and Inhibits Glioma Progression by MiR-370/RUNX1 Axis - Weimin Li; Qingqin Ma; Quan Liu; Peng Yan; Xin Wang; Xiaojun Jia (Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2021)

Influence of Spawning Ground Dynamics on the Long-Term Abundance of Japanese Flying Squid (Todarodes pacificus) Winter Cohort - Yang Liu; Xinmei Xia; Yongjun Tian; Irene D. Alabia; Shuyang Ma; Peng Sun; Sei-Ichi Saitoh (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
Japanese flying squid ( Todarodes pacificus ) is one of the most commercially important resources in the Pacific Ocean and its abundance is largely affected by environmental conditions. We examined the influence of environmental factors in potential spawning grounds of the winter cohort, approximated from Japanese and South Korean catch and catch per unit effort (CPUE) data of Japanese flying squid. Annual spawning ground dynamics were constructed using sea surface temperature (SST), submarine elevation and mean Kuroshio axis data from 1979 to 2018. Based on these information, we generated a suite of spawning ground indices including suitability SST-weighted area of potential spawning ground (SSWA), mean values (January–April) of suitable SST (MVSS), and the meridional position (MP) of SST isolines (18–24°C). Comparable interannual-decadal variability patterns were detected between the squid abundance and spawning ground indices, with abrupt shifts around 1990/1991 and in recent decades. In particular, the Pacific Decadal Oscillation is negatively correlated with spawning ground indices, suggesting its role in regulating the environmental dynamics in the area. Further, the gradient forest model underpinned the importance of SSWA, SSWA_Lag1 and MVSS_Lag1 on squid abundance. The CPUE is also shown to be a better abundance index than the annual catch in modeling the species’ response to environmental variability in its spawning grounds. Our findings suggest that it is imperative to pay more and timely attention to the relationship between the abundance of Japanese flying squid and environmental changes, especially under adverse environmental conditions.

Myeloid TBK1 Deficiency Induces Motor Deficits and Axon Degeneration Through Inflammatory Cell Infiltration - Weisong Duan; Le Yi; Yunyun Tian; Huai-peng Huang; Zhongyao Li; Yue Bi; Moran Guo; Yuanyuan Li; Yakun Liu; Yanqin Ma; Xueqin Song; Yaling Liu; et al. (Molecular Neurobiology, 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)

ZnO nanorods/Fe3O4-graphene oxide/metal-organic framework nanocomposite: recyclable and robust photocatalyst for degradation of pharmaceutical pollutants - Li Chen; Jun Peng; Fangqi Wang; Donghao Liu; Wenrong Ma; Jinmeng Zhang; Wenqing Hu; Ning Li; Pierre Dramou; Hua He (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Vegetation dynamics and climate variability over the past 2000 years inferred from Son Kul marsh in the western Tianshan Mountains - Dong-liang Zhang; Yao-ming Li; Kai-hui Li; Xue-xi Ma; Yun-peng Yang (Journal of Mountain Science, 2021)

Appraising the Status of Fish Community Structure in the Yellow Sea Based on an Indicator-Testing Framework - Yuru Li; Shuyang Ma; Caihong Fu; Yongjun Tian; Jianchao Li; Peng Sun; Zhenjiang Ye; Yang Liu (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021)
Fish community structure (FCS) of the Yellow Sea (YS) is affected by multiple pressures. Quantifying the responses of indicators of FCS (IFCSs) to pressures is a key aspect of ecosystem-based fisheries management. Quantitative methodology has hitherto been rarely applied to evaluate the performance of ecological indicators in response to physical and anthropogenic pressures and management actions. In this study, we adopted a quantitative and flexible framework to quantify the performance of IFCSs in the YS as well as to identify a suite of operational IFCSs to evaluate the status of the FCS via two state-space approaches. A total of 22 IFCSs were tested for their responses to three types of pressures including anthropogenic activities (fishing), large-scale climate change, and regional environmental variables. Our results indicate that the majority of IFCSs have good performance in terms of sensitivity in their responses to pressures, but weak performance in terms of robustness. The IFCSs tend to respond stronger to fishing than to large-scale climatic indices and regional environmental indices both in terms of sensitivity and robustness. A final indicator suite of five best-performing IFCSs was identified. The five IFCSs include total catch (ToC), mean trophic level (MTL), the ratio of catch of large predatory groups to total catch (LPC/ToC), mean temperature of catch (MTC) [or alternatively catch of small pelagic groups (SPC)], and functional evenness based on thermal groups (T-J′FD), all of which show regime shift patterns consistent with climate change. Compared to a reference period (1960–1964), the status of the current FCS has been obviously changed, and the long-term trajectories of the final indicator suite is consistent with that of fishing pressure. This study demonstrates the applicability of the indicator-testing framework in appraising the status of FCS, and facilitates moving towards ecosystem-based fisheries management in the YS.

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)

Redox-dependent regulation of end-binding protein 1 activity by glutathionylation - Miao Chen; Jian Wang; Yang Yang; Tao Zhong; Peng Zhou; Huixian Ma; Jingrui Li; Dengwen Li; Jun Zhou; Songbo Xie; Min Liu (Science China Life Sciences, 2021)

Correlation of Phase Composition, Structure, and Mechanical Properties of Natural Basalt Continuous Fibers - S. I. Gutnikov; S. S. Popov; V. A. Efremov; Peng-Cheng Ma; B. I. Lazoryak (Natural Resources Research, 2021)

An Optimization Algorithm for Exponential Curve Model of Single Pile Bearing Capacity - Hongmei Ma; Cheng Peng; Jinying Gan; Yonghong Deng (Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 2021)
The ultimate bearing capacity of single pile is very important to engineering safety, so correctly predicting its value becomes an important part of engineering safety. Based on the traditional exponential curve model, a parameter optimization algorithm of the exponential curve model of single pile bearing capacity, which combines the golden section method and the linear least square method, is proposed. In order to verify the reliability of the proposed optimization algorithm, the measured data of the building engineering in the literature were optimized and calculated. Through comparison, it is found that the optimization algorithm is closer to the measured value than the traditional exponential curve model algorithm, which can better guide the engineering practice, and verify the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed parameter optimization method.

Can Swimming Microalgal Cells be Vehicles for ZnO Nanoparticle Transportation and Thus Lead to Zn Diffusion? - Shuai Mao; Hongxia Liu; Jiji Li; Yahong Guo; Wei Ma; Peng zhi Qi; Chengkai Qu (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2021)

Spatial-temporal pattern and formation mechanism of county urbanization on the Chinese Loess Plateau - Yong-yong Song; Bei-bei Ma; Lan-hai Dai; Dong-Qian Xue; Si-you Xia; Peng-tao Wang (Journal of Mountain Science, 2021)

Alternation of soil bacterial and fungal communities by tomato–rice rotation in Hainan Island in Southeast of China - Xiang Ma; Minglun Du; Peng Liu; Yanqiong Tang; Hong Li; Qianhua Yuan; Yunze Ruan; Lei Meng; Jiachao Zhang; Min Lin; Zhu Liu (Archives of Microbiology, 2021)

Genetic diversity and population structure of Tibetan sheep breeds determined by whole genome resequencing - Lei-Lei Li; Shi-Ke Ma; Wei Peng; You-Gui Fang; Hai-Rui Duo; Hong-Yun Fu; Gong-Xue Jia (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2021)

Construction of a new plant expression vector and the development of maize germplasm expressing the Aspergillus ficuum phytase gene PhyA2 - Peng Jiao; Wen-Ya Yuan; Han-Dan Zhao; Jing Qu; Pi-Wu Wang; Shu-Yan Guan; Yi-Yong Ma (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2021)
Phytases, which belong to a special category of orthophosphoric monoester phosphohydrolases, degrade inositol hexaphosphate to produce lower-grade inositol phosphate derivatives and inorganic phosphate. Thus, phytases may improve phosphorus utilization, eliminate the anti-nutrient properties of phytic acid, and mitigate environmental pollution due to phosphorus contamination. In this study, we constructed a new root-specific expression vector by inserting the Aspergillus ficuum phytase gene PhyA2 into pCAMBIA3301-ZmGLU1P-Nos. The subsequent molecular analysis confirmed that six T 4 generation transgenic plants carried and expressed PhyA2 . A quantitative real-time PCR analysis indicated PhyA2 was highly expressed in the transgenic roots. Additionally, the phytase activity was 10.9-fold higher in the transgenic roots (peak activity of 5.432 U/g) than in the control roots. Moreover, compared with the control rhizosphere, the organic phosphorus content in the rhizosphere of the transgenic plants decreased significantly (by up to 5.21 mg/kg). An agronomic trait analysis indicated that PhyA2 expression can increase maize seed weight by up to 25.8 g. Therefore, the integration of PhyA2 into the maize genome can enhance the ability of maize plants to use the phosphorus compounds in soil, while also improving the plant growth status and increasing the seed yield.

Association of FMO3 rs1736557 polymorphism with clopidogrel response in Chinese patients with coronary artery disease - Kong-Xiang Zhu; Pei-Yuan Song; He-Li; Mu-Peng Li; Yin-xiao Du; Qi-lin Ma; Li-Ming Peng; Xiao-Ping Chen (European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2021)

Quantitative assessment of check dam system impacts on catchment flood characteristics – a case in hilly and gully area of the Loess Plateau, China - Tian Wang; Jingming Hou; Peng Li; Jiaheng Zhao; Zhanbin Li; Elena Matta; Liping Ma; Reinhard Hinkelmann (Natural Hazards, 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)

Identification of Pythium species as pathogens of garlic root rot - Bo Zhang; Yueli Zhang; Liguo Ma; Kai Qi; Peng Wang; Changsong Li; Junshan Qi (Journal of Plant Pathology, 2021)

Identification of putative genetic regions for watermelon rind hardness and related traits by BSA-seq and QTL mapping - Tiantian Yang; Sikandar Amanullah; Jiahui Pan; Guixiang Chen; Shi Liu; Shuangwu Ma; Jiming Wang; Peng Gao; Xuezheng Wang (Euphytica, 2021)

Numerical Study of Hydrodynamics and Water Quality in Qinhuangdao Coastal Waters, China: Implication for Pollutant Loadings Management - Wei Huang; Wei Ma; Xiaobo Liu; Wenqi Peng; Jianmin Zhang (Environmental Modeling & Assessment, 2021)

Associations of Serum Selenium Levels in the First Trimester of Pregnancy with the Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Preterm Birth: a Preliminary Cohort Study - Peng Ju Liu; Aimin Yao; Liangkun Ma; Xiao Yan Chen; Song Lin Yu; Yanping Liu; Yi Xuan Hou (Biological Trace Element Research, 2021)

Associations of TMPRSS6 Polymorphisms with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Chinese Han Pregnant Women: a Preliminary Cohort Study - Peng Ju Liu; Aimin Yao; Xiao Yan Chen; Yanping Liu; Liangkun Ma; Yi Xuan Hou (Biological Trace Element Research, 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)

Laws of volumetric deformation and particle breaking of calcareous sand under cyclic loading - Yanyan Cai; Peng Xue; Bingxiong Tu; Chao Liu; Qifei Ma; Linjian Ma; Jin Yu (Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021)

Mechanisms underlying altitudinal and horizontal range contraction: The western black crested gibbon - Li Yang; Kai‐Chong Shi; Chi Ma; Guo‐Peng Ren; Peng‐Fei Fan (Journal of Biogeography, 2021)
Aim Species ranges in mountain areas may shift both horizontally and altitudinally, resulting from climate change and anthropogenic impact. Two hypotheses (the abundant centre hypothesis and the contagion hypothesis) have been proposed to account for patterns of horizontal range contraction. However, undulating topograph causes a mosaic of unsuitable habitats, which may complicate the spatial pattern of range contraction. We develop a framework incorporating horizontal and altitudinal range contraction patterns of a species living in mountain areas, to better understand the underlying mechanisms of species range contraction. Location China, Northern Laos and Northern Vietnam Taxon Western black crested gibbon, Nomascus concolor Methods We collected occurrence data of the gibbons from various sources and modelled their potential distribution range in the 1950s, 1980s and 2010s, using ecological niche modelling. We compared distances from the centre point of the potential range in the 1950s to centre points of the largest 100 patches in the 1950s and the 2010s to understand the patterns of horizontal range contraction. We also calculated potential distributions within different altitudinal ranges for six populations in each period to understand the patterns of altitudinal range contraction. Results Potential horizontal distribution of the gibbons decreased by 69% from the 1950s to the 2010s. The centre point of the 100 largest patches in the 2010s was further apart than in the 1950s, supporting the contagion hypothesis. No populations extended their range to higher altitude, suggesting climate change did not have a profound effect on altitudinal shifts in gibbon range. All populations lost a substantial proportion of their ranges at lower altitudes (500–1,500 m) but to different degrees, suggesting that populations experienced different anthropogenic pressures. Main conclusions Anthropogenic threats including human population increase, agricultural expansion and hunting, were more likely than climate change to have caused range contraction in western black‐crested gibbons. This study highlights the importance of studying horizontal and altitudinal range contraction simultaneously.

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens application to prevent biofilms in reclaimed water microirrigation systems* - Jiaxin Wen; Yang Xiao; Peng Song; Bo Sun; Tahir Muhammad; Lianghe Ma; An Waier Aosiman; Yunkai Li (Irrigation and Drainage, 2021)
Reclaimed water (RW) applied in drip irrigation systems could be a solution to cope with the challenges of limited freshwater resources. Biofilm growth in irrigation systems is an unavoidable issue when using RW. To date, strong chemical bactericides mostly dominate the commercial market in controlling biofilms. However, recently scientists have been concerned about their real efficacy and environmental risks. This study assesses a low‐concentration microbial antagonist (i.e., Bacillus amyloliquefaciens inoculums, BAI) intermittently injected into the systems to mitigate biofilm formation in three types of drip emitters using two kinds of treated RW. The results indicated that the application of BAI significantly ( p

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)

Synergetic change of water, energy and food in China: quantitative description and challenges - Liming Ma; Chaoqun Li; Xiaoyan Hu; Peng Wang; Xiao Li (Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 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)

Recent progress in the use of mitochondrial membrane permeability transition pore in mitochondrial dysfunction-related disease therapies - Yuting Cui; Mingyue Pan; Jing Ma; Xinhua Song; Weiling Cao; Peng Zhang (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2021)

Critical roles of macrophages in pressure overload-induced cardiac remodeling - Dan Yang; Han-Qing Liu; Fang-Yuan Liu; Nan Tang; Zhen Guo; Shu-Qing Ma; Peng An; Ming-Yu Wang; Hai-Ming Wu; Zheng Yang; Di Fan; Qi-Zhu Tang (Journal of Molecular Medicine, 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)

“Political blue sky” in fog and haze governance: evidence from the local major international events in China - Shuke Fu; Zhuo Ma; Jiachao Peng (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021)

Progress and prospects of applied research on physical geography and the living environment in China over the past 70 years (1949–2019) - Fahu Chen; Shaohong Wu; Peng Cui; Yunlong Cai; Yili Zhang; Yunhe Yin; Guobin Liu; Zhu Ouyang; Wei Ma; Linsheng Yang; Duo Wu; Jiaqiang Lei; et al. (Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2021)

A Wearable Augmented Reality Navigation System for Surgical Telementoring Based on Microsoft HoloLens - Peng Liu; Chenmeng Li; Changlin Xiao; Zeshu Zhang; Junqi Ma; Jian Gao; Pengfei Shao; Ian Valerio; Timothy M. Pawlik; Chengbiao Ding; Alper Yilmaz; Ronald Xu (Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2021)

Development of a Highly Water-Soluble Lycopene Cyclodextrin Ternary Formulation by the Integrated Experimental and Modeling Techniques - Yan Ma; Liuting Zhong; Zhuo Peng; Xinyang Liu; Defang Ouyang; Shixia Guan (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2021)

Three new guaiane-type sesquiterpenoids and a monoterpenoid from Litsea lancilimba Merr - Ishaq Muhammad; Yong Zhen Xiao; Syed Shams ul Hassan; Xue Xiao; Shi-Kai Yan; Yuan-Qiang Guo; Xian-peng Ma; Hui-Zi Jin (Natural Product Research, 2020)

Magnesium decreases aluminum accumulation and plays a role in protecting maize from aluminum-induced oxidative stress - Xiangying Kong; Zhongping Peng; Dongxu Li; Wenna Ma; Ruidong An; Dawood Khan; Xinxun Wang; Yuan Liu; En Yang; Yuzhi He; Liqngquan Wu; Baige Zhang; et al. (Plant and Soil, 2020)

Magnesium promotes root growth and increases aluminum tolerance via modulation of nitric oxide production in Arabidopsis - Dongxu Li; Wenna Ma; Jian Wei; Yawen Mao; Zhongping Peng; Jiarong Zhang; Xiangying Kong; Qinqin Han; Wei Fan; Ye Yang; Jianghua Chen; Liangquan Wu; et al. (Plant and Soil, 2020)

A new agricultural drought index considering the irrigation water demand and water supply availability - Zikang Xing; Miaomiao Ma; Yongqiang Wei; Xuejun Zhang; Zhongbo Yu; Peng Yi (Natural Hazards, 2020)
Agricultural drought has a tremendous impact on crop yields and economic development under the context of global climate change. As an essential component of water balance in irrigated areas, artificial irrigation, which is not widely incorporated into agricultural drought indices in previous studies. Therefore, an irrigation water deficit index (IWDI) based on the estimation of irrigation water demand and supply is proposed. The performance of the new index was compared with the Soil Moisture Anomaly Percentage Index (SMAPI) over the upstream of the Zi River basin (UZRB). The results indicated the IWDI is highly correlated with precipitation, runoff, and potential evapotranspiration, combined with a more comprehensive moisture condition than the previous agricultural drought index. Due to the consideration of crop growth process and farmland spatial distribution, the proposed index showed a significant advantage in stressing drought conditions of agricultural concentration area and eliminating the impact of invalid soil moisture drought of non-growing seasons. Furthermore, the drought condition identified by the new index presented a good agreement with the historical drought event that occurred in 2013.7–8, which accurately reproduced the soil moisture variation and vegetation growth dynamics.

LncRNA TUG1 reduces inflammation and enhances insulin sensitivity in white adipose tissue by regulating miR-204/SIRT1 axis in obesity mice - Ying Zhang; Mingyu Gu; Yuhang Ma; Yongde Peng (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2020)

High expression of NEK2 promotes lung cancer progression and drug resistance and is regulated by mutant EGFR - Chuanhui Chen; Shanshan Peng; Penghui Li; Lin Ma; Xin Gan (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2020)

Replication study and meta-analysis indicate a suggestive association of RUNX3 locus with primary biliary cholangitis - Rohil Jawed; Mingming Zhang; Chan Wang; Shu-Han Yang; Peng Jiang; Qiuyuan Wu; Li Li; Weichang Chen; M. Eric Gershwin; Ye Tian; Michael F. Seldin; Xiong Ma; et al. (Immunogenetics, 2020)

Design of a downlink algorithm for rotary steering (logging while drilling) systems - Liang Yao; Wang Mei-Shan; Liu Peng; Zhu Bo; Ma Li; Sun Yan (Applied Geophysics, 2020)

MAPK pathway‐related tyrosine phosphatases regulate development, secondary metabolism and pathogenicity in fungus Aspergillus flavus - Guang Yang; Xiaohong Cao; Genli Ma; Ling Qin; Yuanzhen Wu; Jian Lin; Peng Ye; Jun Yuan; Shihua Wang (Environmental Microbiology, 2020)
Summary Mitogen‐activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascades are highly conserved in eukaryotic cells and are known to play crucial roles in the regulation of various cellular processes. However, compared with kinase‐mediated phosphorylation, dephosphorylation catalysed by phosphatases has not been well characterized in filamentous fungi. In this study, we identified five MAPK pathway‐related phosphatases (Msg5, Yvh1, Ptp1, Ptp2 and Oca2) and characterized their functions in Aspergillus flavus , which produces aflatoxin B 1 (AFB 1 ), one of the most toxic and carcinogenic secondary metabolites. These five phosphatases were identified as negative regulators of MAPK (Slt2, Fus3 and Hog1) pathways. Deletion of Msg5 and Yvh1 resulted in significant defects in conidiation, sclerotia formation, aflatoxin production and crop infection. Additionally, double knockout mutants (Δ Msg5/ Δ Ptp1 , Δ Msg5/ Δ Ptp2 and Δ Msg5/ Δ Oca2 ) displayed similar defects to those observed in the Δ Msg5 single mutant, indicating that Msg5 plays a major role in the regulation of development and pathogenicity in A . flavus . Importantly, we found that the active site at C439 is essential for the function of the Msg5 phosphatase. Furthermore, the MAP kinase Fus3 was found to be involved in the regulation of development, aflatoxin biosynthesis and pathogenicity, and its conserved phosphorylation residues (Thr and Tyr) were critical for the full range of its functions in A . flavus . Overall, our results reveal that MAPK related tyrosine phosphatases play important roles in the regulation of development, secondary metabolism and pathogenicity in A . flavus , and could be developed as potential targets for preventing damage caused by this fungal pathogen.

A new demethyl abietane diterpenoid from the roots of Tripterygium wilfordii - Peng Li; Shao-Xin Shen; Ling-Xue Liu; Jian-Hua Xu; Xin-Hua Ma; Dong-Mei Shi; Zhi-Qiang Zhang (Natural Product Research, 2020)

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