Publications by authors named "Chunjie Zhang"

To analyze the emission characteristics of VOCs from pesticide use sources in Beijing, the distribution of commonly used pesticides and dosage forms in Beijing was obtained through on-site research, and the VOC content of pesticides in different dosage forms was examined using laboratory testing methods. The emission factors of pesticide VOCs for localized dosage forms in Beijing were established, an inventory of pesticide use source VOCs was compiled, and the spatial and temporal distribution characteristics of pesticide use source VOCs were analyzed. The results indicated that ① Pesticide dosage forms were the main factors affecting the emission of VOCs from pesticides, and when accounting for VOC emissions from pesticide sources, it is necessary to know the types of pesticides and active ingredients in the target area and obtain information on pesticide dosage forms simultaneously.

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Sulfite, widely used as a food additive, performs indispensable functions in the field of food sterilization, bleaching, and antisepsis. However, the overuse of sulfite may destroy food nutrition and pose health risks to people. In this work, an innovative BODIPY-based fluorescent probe (BODIPY-DBC) was constructed for highly sensitive recognition of sulfite.

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Browning significantly affects consumer perception, while texture hardening due to wound healing further reduces the commercial value of fresh-cut potatoes. This study evaluated the effects of 5 g L ascorbic acid (AA), sodium isoascorbate (SI), and calcium ascorbate (CA) on browning and wound healing during ambient storage. The results indicated that AA and SI were more effective than CA and the control in delaying browning and wound healing.

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Primordial germ cells (PGCs), as the precursors of gametes found in early embryos, provide a new direction for solving the problem of reproductive disorders. In vitro, conversion of adult stem cells (ASCs) into primordial germ cell-like cells (PGCLCs) is feasible. The means of increasing PGCLCs number in vitro has been a focus of recent stem cell research.

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  • Generalized zero-shot learning (GZSL) aims to recognize unseen categories by leveraging knowledge from seen categories, but faces challenges due to mismatches between visual features and semantic attributes.
  • The issues arise mainly from attribute diversity (differences in the specificity of attributes) and instance diversity (variations in visual examples that share the same attributes), leading to ambiguity in visual representation.
  • To address these challenges, a new network called PSVMA+ is introduced, which adapts visual and semantic elements at multiple levels of granularity and improves feature learning by integrating different levels effectively, resulting in better performance in identifying unseen categories.
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Cervical cancer (CC) remains one of the most common and deadly malignancies among women worldwide, with exceptionally high morbidity and mortality rates. The aberrant activation of the hedgehog pathway is intimately associated with tumor development and progression. Nevertheless, the potential therapeutic targets within the hedgehog pathway in CC have yet to be clearly identified.

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  • The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) in reducing recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injuries during thyroid reoperations, a serious complication in these surgeries.
  • A systematic review of 11 studies involving a total of 3,655 at-risk nerves found that the incidence of overall, temporary, and permanent RLN injury was lower in the IONM group compared to the Visualization Alone (VA) group.
  • Although the results indicated a significant reduction in permanent RLN injury with IONM usage, the reduction in temporary injury did not reach statistical significance.
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Cysteine (Cys), homocysteine (Hcy) and glutathione (GSH) act as significant roles in many physiological processes, and their abnormal proliferation will cause multiple diseases including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Cardiovascular disease, atherosclerosis, and soft tissue damage. However, It is challenging work to develop a efficient method for differentiating and detecting GSH, Cys and Hcy because of their significant similarity in structures and functions. In this work, a smart fluorescent probe FBCN based on curcumin was rationally devised and developed by etherifying the phenol hydroxyl group on FBC with NBD-Cl, which emitted strong green at 516 nm.

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serovar Typhimurium ( Typhimurium) is a common foodborne enteric pathogen that infects humans or mammals and colonizes the intestinal tract primarily by invading the host following ingestion. Meanwhile, ClpV is a core secreted protein of the bacterial type VI secretion system (T6SS). Because elucidating ClpV's role in the pathogenesis of T6SS is pivotal for revealing the virulence mechanism of , in our study, gene deletion mutants were constructed using a λ-red-based recombination system, and the effect of mutation on SL1344's pathogenicity was examined in terms of stress resistance, motility, cytokine secretion, gut microbiota, and a BALB/c mouse model.

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  • Temporal action localization (TAL) is gaining attention, but existing methods struggle due to limited annotated untrimmed video data.
  • The authors propose a feature augmentation approach using a learnable Mask-based Feature Augmentation Module (MFAM) that enhances video features while preserving essential action-related information.
  • Extensive testing shows that this framework improves the robustness and performance of TAL models across four benchmark datasets, achieving state-of-the-art results without added computational costs during testing.
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Acute liver injury (ALI) is a frequent and devastating liver disease that has been made more prevalent by the excessive use of chemicals, drugs, and alcohol in modern life. Hypochlorous acid (HClO), an important biomarker of oxidative stress originating mainly from the mitochondria, has been shown to be intimately connected to the development and course of ALI. Herein, a novel BODIPY-based NIR ratiometric fluorescent probe Mito-BS was constructed for the specific recognition of mitochondrial HClO.

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  • * A new biosensor utilizing the regulator FrmR was developed to help screen HdpA hypermutants, which showed that the system could significantly increase reporter activity when treated with methylglyoxal, a compound related to DHA.
  • * Using this biosensor, researchers identified two specific HdpA mutant strains that enhanced DHA production by 68% and 114%, demonstrating that the engineered enzyme can effectively boost DHA yield in bacterial
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease associated with long non-coding RNAs and DNA methylation; however, the mechanisms underlying the role of lncRNA small nucleolar RNA host gene 1 (lncRNA SNHG1) and subsequent involvement of DNA methylation in AD development are not known. The aim of this study was to examine the regulatory mechanisms attributed to lncRNA SNHG1 gene utilizing 2 strains of senescence-accelerated mouse prone 8 (SAMP8) model of AD and compared to senescence-accelerated mouse resistant (SAMR) considered a control. Both strains of the mouse were transfected with either blank virus, psLenti-U6-SNHG1(low gene expression) virus, and psLenti-pA-SNHG1(gene overexpression) virus via a single injection into the brains for 2 weeks.

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Zero-shot learning (ZSL) recognizes unseen images by sharing semantic knowledge transferred from seen images, encouraging the investigation of associations between semantic and visual information. Prior works have been devoted to the alignment of global visual features with semantic information, i.e.

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Aeromonas jandaei is a gram-negative bacterium commonly found in aquatic environments and can induce illnesses in amphibians, reptiles and aquatic animals. In this study, a strain of bacteria was isolated from the diseased Chinese soft-shell turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis), then named strain JDP-FX. This isolate was identified as A.

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  • The Chinese hold Pelodiscus sinensis, an aquatic reptile, in high regard for its edible and medicinal value, but high breeding density and water contamination have led to numerous deaths in farmed populations.
  • A specific gram-negative bacterium, identified as Chryseobacterium indologenes, was isolated from sick turtles to investigate the cause of these health issues, with a determined median lethal dose of 3.3 × 10 CFU/g in infected fish.
  • The study also found that this bacterium was effectively treated with antibiotics like doxycycline and ciprofloxacin, providing insights for better diagnosis and treatment options for farmed P. sinensis.
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Background: The objective of the present study was to assess the hard and soft tissue differences of skeletal Class III malocclusion patients treated with orthodontic-orthognathic surgery treatment between two decompensation approaches including extraction of maxillary premolars in preoperative orthodontics and clockwise rotation of the maxilla in orthognathic surgery.

Methods: 22 skeletal Class III patients with the crowding of maxillary dental arch less than 3mm were included in this study. These patients were divided into two groups: extraction group and non-extraction group.

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Magnetodielectric properties of prepared ordered microstructured polydimethylsiloxane-based magnetorheological elastomer with the FeO@rGO (FeO@rGO/PDMS-MRE) were investigated to expand the application of magnetorheological elastomer (MRE) in magnetic sensing fields by improving the magnetodielectric effect. Five types of FeO@rGO electromagnetic biphasic composite particles were synthesized by the solvothermal method, and their characterization and magnetic properties were also tested. Microstructurally ordered FeO@rGO/PDMS-MRE samples with different FeO@rGO concentrations were obtained through the magnetic field orientation technique, an experimental platform for magnetodielectric properties was built, and the relative permittivity of the samples was tested under magnetic flux density from 0 to 500 mT.

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has been shown to exhibit antitumor effects. However, the mechanism remains unclear. Autophagy is a cellular catabolic process that mediates the degradation of unfolded proteins and damaged organelles in the cytosol, which is a double-edged sword in tumorigenesis and treatment outcome.

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  • Integrating silicon (Si) and graphitic carbon into composites using spray-drying can advance the development of high-energy-density lithium-ion battery anodes.
  • The combination of nanosized silicon (NSi) and graphite nanosheets (GNs) creates porous microspheres that enhance electronic transfer and stabilize the structure during battery operation.
  • The resulting NSi-GN-C microspheres show impressive electrochemical performance, including high efficiency, excellent rate capability, and durability over extended cycling, indicating their potential for high-performance battery applications.
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Object detection is one of the most critical areas in computer vision, and it plays an essential role in a variety of practice scenarios. However, small object detection has always been a key and difficult problem in the field of object detection. Therefore, considering the balance between the effectiveness and efficiency of the small object detection algorithm, this study proposes an improved YOLOX detection algorithm (BGD-YOLOX) to improve the detection effect of small objects.

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Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) is a zoonotic pathogen that causes severe gastroenteritis. The 5'-nucleotidases of pathogens can dephosphorylate adenosine phosphates, boost adenosine levels and suppress the pro-inflammatory immune response.

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Background: Newcastle disease virus (NDV) strain ZM10, a typical enterotropic avirulent vaccine strain, has been widely used in China for chickens against Newcastle disease. To elucidate its enterotropic mechanism and develop recombiant multivalent vaccines based on it, the reverse genetics system for NDV ZM10 is an indispensable platform.

Results: A full-length cDNA clone of NDV ZM10 and three supporting plasmids were constructed using the ligation-independent cloning method.

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  • Red sea bream iridovirus (RSIV) is a significant pathogen belonging to the Iridoviridae family, affecting marine fish like mandarin fish and leading to substantial economic losses.
  • Research identified the spleen as the primary organ impacted by the infection and utilized transcriptomics to study the fish's immune response, extracting 53,040 unigenes with over 300 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) identified.
  • Analysis of the DEGs through databases like GO and KEGG revealed activated cytokine pathways after infection, with further validation of ten DEGs confirming the high-throughput sequencing results.
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