Imran Ali Lakhiar, Haofang Yan, Chuan Zhang, Guoqing Wang et al.
Water is considered one of the vital natural resources and factors for performing short- and long-term agricultural practices on Earth. Meanwhile, globally, most of the available freshwater resources are utilized for irrigation purposes in agriculture. Currently, many world regions are facing extrem...
Yishu Zhang, Wei He, Yujie Wu, Kejie Huang et al.
Neuromorphic systems aim to implement large-scale artificial neural network on hardware to ultimately realize human-level intelligence. The recent development of nonsilicon nanodevices has opened the huge potential of full memristive neural networks (FMNN), consisting of memristive neurons and synap...
Jie Xu, Yibing Yuan, Yunbi Xu, Gengyun Zhang et al.
BACKGROUND: Drought stress is one of the major limiting factors for maize production. With the availability of maize B73 reference genome and whole-genome resequencing of 15 maize inbreds, common variants (CV) and clustering analyses were applied to identify non-synonymous SNPs (nsSNPs) and correspo...
Ming Li, Congjiao Sun, Naiyi Xu, Peipei Bian et al.
Abstract The gene numbers and evolutionary rates of birds were assumed to be much lower than those of mammals, which is in sharp contrast to the huge species number and morphological diversity of birds. It is, therefore, necessary to construct a complete avian genome and analyze its evolution. We co...
Tian Lan, Shuo Jiang, Jing Zhang, Qiqing Weng et al.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: NAFLD is a key component of metabolic syndrome, ranging from nonalcoholic fatty liver to NASH, and is now becoming the leading cause of cirrhosis and HCC worldwide. However, due to the complex and unclear pathophysiological mechanism, there are no specific approved agents for tr...
Kanjun Sun, Feitian Ran, Guohu Zhao, Yan‐Rong Zhu et al.
A novel redox-mediated gel polymer (PVA–H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub>–ARS) is prepared, and a symmetric supercapacitor using the gel polymer as electrolyte and activated carbon as electrode is also assembled.
Kunping Wang, Jinsong Guo, Min Yang, Junji Hirotsuji et al.
The decomposition of two haloacetic acids (HAAs), dichloroacetic acid (DCAA) and trichloroacetic acid (TCAA), from water was studied by means of single oxidants: ozone, UV radiation; and by the advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) constituted by combinations of O(3)/UV radiation, H(2)O(2)/UV radiatio...
Shufen Chen, Ning Liu, Junjie Zhong, Rongliang Yang et al.
Abstract The efficiency of direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) is largely determined by the activity and durability of methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) catalysts. Herein, we present a CO‐resilient MOR catalyst of palladium‐tin nano‐alloy anchored on Se‐doped MXene (PdSn 0.5 /Se−Ti 3 C 2 ) via a progre...
Yanqiu Lyu, Jodie A. Yuwono, Yameng Fan, Jingxi Li et al.
Abstract Owing to continuing global use of lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs), in particular in electric vehicles (EVs), there is a need for sustainable recycling of spent LIBs. Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are reported as “green solvents” for low‐cost and sustainable recycling. However, the lack of unde...
Rong Jin, Duo Bu, Guorui Liu, Minghui Zheng et al.
Halogenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are carcinogenic and ubiquitous environmental organic pollutants. The abundance and sources of these compounds have not been studied in remote environments. We collected and analyzed air, soil, lichen, and moss samples from the Tibetan Plateau. Concentrat...
Rongbin Xu, Tingting Ye, Wenzhong Huang, Xu Yue et al.
BACKGROUND Landscape fire-sourced (LFS) air pollution is an increasing public health concern in the context of climate change. However, little is known about the attributable global, regional, and national mortality burden related to LFS air pollution. METHODS We calculated country-specific populati...
Zhouli Cao, Qingling Xiao, Xiaoniu Dai, Zewei Zhou et al.
Abstract Silicosis is characterized by fibroblast accumulation and excessive deposition of extracellular matrix. Although the roles of SiO 2 -induced chemokines and cytokines released from alveolar macrophages have received significant attention, the direct effects of SiO 2 on protein production and...
Kunping Li, Min Yuan, Yonglin Wu, Miguel A. Pineda et al.
SCOPE: Ample evidence supports the prominent role of gut-liver axis in perpetuating pathological networks of high-fat high-fructose (HFF) diet induced metabolic disorders, however, the molecular mechanisms are still not fully understood. Herein, this study aims to present a holistic delineation and ...
Aklima Nargis, Ahsan Habib, Harun-Or-Rashid, Halima Binte Harun et al.
The peripheral rivers of Dhaka city became highly polluted because of industrialization and urbanization to a greater extent in the last few decades. Thus, an attempt has been taken to measure 48 elements in water of the river Buriganga using the ICP-MS method for the first time. Accordingly, it cou...
Li Huang, Cheng Jin, Ying Pan, Lihua Zhou et al.
Old trees have many ecological and socio-cultural values. However, knowledge of the factors influencing their long-term persistence in human-dominated landscapes is limited. Here, using an extensive database (nearly 1.8 million individual old trees belonging to 1,580 species) from China, we identifi...