Publications by authors named "Binbin Xie"

Background: The emergence of dengue fever has prompted significant public health responses, highlighting the need for a comprehensive understanding of One Health in addressing vector-borne diseases. China's experience in dengue control and prevention programs offers valuable insights into the successful integration of multidisciplinary strategies.

Aims: The review aims to: (1) systematically analyze lessons from China's dengue control and prevention programs, focusing on the integration of these efforts with the One Health approach; (2) underscore the reasons of optimizing the dengue control and prevention program; (3) highlight the alignment of China's dengue control strategies with the One Health framework; (4) contribute to global efforts in combating dengue, providing scientific evidence and strategic recommendations for other regions facing similar challenges.

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As a potential source of the hydroxyl (OH) radical and nitrous acid (HONO), photolysis of -nitrophenol (ONP) is of significant interest in both experimental and theoretical studies. In the atmospheric environment, the number of water molecules surrounding ONP changes with the humidity of the air, leading to an anisotropic chemical environment. This may have an impact on the photodynamics of ONP and provide a mechanism that differs from previously reported ones in the gas phase or in solution.

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Changes in atmospheric humidity affect the number of water molecules surrounding -nitrophenol (ONP), creating an anisotropic chemical environment. It, in turn, influences the photodynamic behaviors of ONP, differing from those observed in the gas phase and in solution. Recently, we explored the excited-state decay and the generation of the hydroxyl (OH) radical before proton transfer of ONP in the microsolvated environment using the MS-CASPT2//CASSCF approach.

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Global industrial activities contribute significantly to carbon emissions, impacting climate change and necessitating innovative methods for precise emission monitoring and management at both regional and international levels. Based on nighttime light data, POI data, land use data and energy statistics, this study calculated the carbon emissions of different industrial categories in the Yellow River Basin from 2005 to 2020 and analyzed the temporal and spatial characteristics of their changes to reveal the carbon emission patterns of different industrial categories in the basin. This study analyzes the carbon emissions of various industrial categories from a spatial perspective, addressing the limitations of traditional industrial carbon emission assessments at the spatial scale.

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  • A novel bacterium, Gymnodinialimonas sp. 57CJ19, was discovered in the intertidal sediments of Aoshan Bay, showing the ability to degrade the antibacterial preservative 4-hydroxybenzoate.
  • The complete genome sequence was analyzed, revealing a circular chromosome of 3,861,607 base pairs with 61.25% G + C content, which includes 3,716 protein-encoding genes and a complete metabolic pathway for breaking down 4-hydroxybenzoate.
  • This research highlights the significance of strain 57CJ19 in understanding how marine bacteria can help degrade aromatic compound pollutants, offering insights into potential environmental applications.
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  • The study investigates the capability of human microbiota to degrade nicotine as a potential method to prevent nicotine-related health issues.
  • Researchers analyzed a vast number of human microbiota genomes and metagenomes to identify nicotine-degrading enzymes (NDEs) and found various homologs that can perform this function.
  • The results showed differences in the prevalence of specific NDEs in various body sites, indicating potential applications for developing probiotics aimed at treating smoking-related conditions.
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Fossil fuel (FF) CO emissions account for the largest portion of human-related CO emissions. It is essential to accurately understand the spatial distribution of high-resolution FFCO emissions to formulate different carbon emission reduction policies in different regions. Therefore, a sectoral allocation approach was proposed to estimate FFCO emissions in China from 2000 to 2021 based on multi-source data.

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  • * Researchers created macrophage-specific TRIM59 knockout mice to study its role in colorectal cancer (CRC) and found that lacking TRIM59 reduced tumor growth.
  • * The study revealed that TRIM59 regulates the activation of M1 macrophages via the STAT1 signaling pathway, suggesting that targeting this pathway could be a potential strategy for CRC treatment.
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Machine learning is capable of effectively predicting the potential energies of molecules in the presence of high-quality data sets. Its application in the construction of ground- and excited-state potential energy surfaces is attractive to accelerate nonadiabatic molecular dynamics simulations of photochemical reactions. Because of the huge computational cost of excited-state electronic structure calculations, the construction of a high-quality data set becomes a bottleneck.

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Rice bran is an important byproduct of the rice polishing process, rich in nutrients, but it is underutilized and often used as feed or discarded, resulting in a huge amount of waste. In this study, rice bran was fermented by MF423 to obtain a product with high antioxidant activity. First, a reliable and efficient method for assessing the antioxidant capacity of the fermentation products was established using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), which ensured the consistency of the batch fermentation.

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This study explored the characteristics of spatial and temporal changes in drought in the Yellow River Basin from 2001 to 2020 based on TVPDI, surface runoff, vegetation net primary productivity, and grain yield data. Further, the effects of drought on water resources, grain resources, and vegetation resources were also analyzed using data spatialization methods, slope trend analysis, and Pearson correlation analysis. The results showed that:① The spatial distribution of drought in the Yellow River basin was stepped from southeast to northwest, and 60.

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Birnessite has been regarded as a promising cathode material for aqueous zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs), but severe Jahn-Teller distortion and abrupt lattice collapse at deep charged states lead to serious problems such as poor capacity retention and short cycle life, which severely impede its practical applications. We herein report the construction of an advanced layered Fe-doped NaMnO·HO (Fe-NMO·HO) cathode to promote zinc-ion storage performance and electrochemical stability. An outstanding capacity of 102 mA h g at a high current density of 20 A g and a long cycle life of 6000 cycles have been achieved, comparable to the state-of-the-art manganese oxide-based cathodes.

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Nonlinear optical (NLO) materials are of great importance in modern optics and industry because of their intrinsic capability of wavelength conversion. Bandgap is a key property of NLO crystals. In recent years, machine learning (ML) has become a powerful tool to predict the bandgaps of compounds before synthesis.

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In response to the high breakage rate of pigeon eggs and the significant labor costs associated with egg-producing pigeon farming, this study proposes an improved YOLOv8-PG (real versus fake pigeon egg detection) model based on YOLOv8n. Specifically, the Bottleneck in the C2f module of the YOLOv8n backbone network and neck network are replaced with Fasternet-EMA Block and Fasternet Block, respectively. The Fasternet Block is designed based on PConv (Partial Convolution) to reduce model parameter count and computational load efficiently.

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Alginate is an important polysaccharide that is abundant in the marine environments, including the Polar Regions, and bacterial alginate lyases play key roles in its degradation. Many reported alginate lyases show characteristics of cold-adapted enzymes, including relatively low temperature optimum of activities (T) and low thermal stabilities. However, the cold-adaption mechanisms of alginate lyases remain unclear.

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Objectives: Early detection of cognitive impairment is essential for timely intervention. Currently, most widely used cognitive screening tests are influenced by language and cultural differences; therefore, there is a need for the development of a language-neutral, visual-based cognitive assessment tool. The Visual Cognitive Assessment Test (VCAT), a 30-point test that assesses memory, executive function, visuospatial function, attention, and language, has demonstrated its utility in a multilingual population.

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Carbon emissions from land use change have become one of the main sources of regional carbon emissions. In order to explore the changes, 87 districts and counties in Gansu Province are taken as research objects. Based on the remote sensing data and statistical data of land use, the carbon emission coefficient method was used to investigate the spatial characteristics of land use carbon emission of each district and county in Gansu Province in recent 20 years from the perspective of carbon ecological support coefficient and per capita carbon footprint.

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Naphthalene, the most abundant polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon in the atmosphere, significantly influences OH consumption and secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation. Naphthoquinone (NQ) is a significant contributor to ring-retaining SOA from naphthalene degradation, impacting the redox properties and toxicity of ambient particles. However, inconsistencies persist regarding concentrations of its isomers, 1,2-NQ and 1,4-NQ.

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In the background of the greenhouse effect, drought events occurred more frequently. How to monitor drought events scientifically and efficiently is very urgent at present. In this study, we employed the Vegetation Water Supply Index (VSWI), Temperature Vegetation Drought Index (TVDI), and Crop Water Stress Index (CWSI) as individual variables to construct a composite drought index (CDI) using spatial principal component analysis (SPCA).

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How to evaluate the change characteristics of energy carbon emissions (ECE) and vegetation carbon absorption (VCA) by scientific methods is particularly important for achieving carbon peak by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060. Based on provincial-level energy consumption data, nighttime light data, and population data, this study realized spatial simulation of energy carbon emissions and analyzed the change characteristics of energy carbon emissions (ECE) and vegetation carbon absorption (VCA) combined with the net primary productivity (NPP)of vegetation. Besides, the relationship between energy carbon emissions, vegetation carbon absorption, and economic development was also analyzed at an urban scale.

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Introduction: Marine microorganisms are essential in marine ecosystems and have always been of interest. Currently, most marine microbial communities are studied at the bulk scale (millimeters to centimeters), and the composition, function and underlying assembly mechanism of microbial communities at the microscale (sub-100 micrometers) are unclear.

Methods: The microbial communities on microsand grains (40-100 µm,  = 150) from marine sediment were investigated and compared with those on macrosand grains (400-1000 µm,  = 60) and bulk sediments ( = 5) using amplicon sequencing technology.

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  • Recent studies suggest that metformin, a diabetes medication, may have a positive impact on preventing and treating certain cancers, though more evidence is needed on its genetic effects.
  • Researchers conducted a two-sample Mendelian Randomization analysis to explore the causal relationship between metformin use and 26 types of cancers, finding a significant protective effect specifically for HER-positive breast cancer.
  • The study identified total testosterone levels as a significant mediator in the relationship between metformin use and HER-positive breast cancer, indicating that the drug may help reduce the risk of this cancer through hormonal pathways.
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The majority of the microbial diversity in nature has not been recovered through cultivation. Enrichment is a classical technique widely used in the selective cultivation of specific taxa. Whether enrichment is suitable for cultivation studies that aim to recover large numbers of species remains little explored.

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