Combined Physiological and Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals Key Regulatory Networks and Potential Hub Genes Controlling Chilling Tolerance During Soybean Germination.

Chilling is an important limiting factor for seed germination of soybean ( [L.] Merr.).

Preparation of Thermal Conductivity-Enhanced, Microencapsulated Phase Change Materials Using Cellulose-Assisted Graphene Dispersion for Thermal Regulation in Textiles.

To improve the poor thermal conductivity of microencapsulated phase change materials (MPCMs), a strategy was designed with effective combinations between graphene nanosheets (GNs) and shells to prepare thermally conductive MPCMs-GNs by using cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) to assist GN dispersion. The experiments and theoretical calculations both illustrated that CNFs effectively prevented GNs from aggregating due to the strong Van der Walls interactions between CNFs and GNs. The morphologies and structures of MPCMs with and without GNs were characterized by SEM, FTIR and XRD.

Integrated examination of the transcriptome and metabolome of the gene expression response and metabolite accumulation in soybean seeds for seed storability under aging stress.

Soybean quality and production are determined by seed viability. A seed's capacity to sustain germination via dry storage is known as its seed life. Thus, one of the main objectives for breeders is to preserve genetic variety and gather germplasm resources.

Climate and Environmental Variables Drive Stream Biofilm Bacterial and Fungal Diversity on Tropical Mountainsides.

High mountain freshwater systems are particularly sensitive to the impacts of global warming and relevant environmental changes. Microorganisms contribute substantially to biogeochemical processes, yet their distribution patterns and driving mechanism in alpine streams remain understudied. Here, we examined the bacterial and fungal community compositions in stream biofilm along the elevational gradient of 745-1874 m on Mt.

Dark Matter Enhances Interactions within Both Microbes and Dissolved Organic Matter under Global Change.

There are vast but uncharacterized microbial taxa and chemical metabolites (that is, dark matter) across the Earth's ecosystems. A lack of knowledge about dark matter hinders a complete understanding of microbial ecology and biogeochemical cycles. Here, we examine sediment bacteria and dissolved organic matter (DOM) in 300 microcosms along experimental global change gradients in subtropical and subarctic climate zones of China and Norway, respectively.

A case report of pulmonary combined small cell carcinoma with enteric adenocarcinoma.

Background: Combined small cell lung cancer (CSCLC) is rarely reported, which accounting for only 2% to 5% of all lung cancers. And enteric adenocarcinoma is also a rare subtype of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose histomorphology is very similar to lung metastatic colorectal cancer.

Case Description: We report a case with both small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and enteric adenocarcinoma for the first time.

A recurrent inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor patient with two novel fusions: a case report.

Background: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a rare disease that mainly involves the lung and the abdomen. The gold standard of the IMT treatment is radical surgery, while chemotherapy and radiotherapy are represented usually for unresectable lesions. Anaplastic lymphoma kinase () rearrangements are present in approximately 50% of IMT patients, and several clinical trials of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) in the treatment of -positive IMT patients are underway.

Microbial and Environmental Processes Shape the Link between Organic Matter Functional Traits and Composition.

Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is a large and complex mixture of molecules that fuels microbial metabolism and regulates biogeochemical cycles. Individual DOM molecules have unique functional traits, but how their assemblages vary deterministically under global change remains poorly understood. Here, we examine DOM and associated bacteria in 300 aquatic microcosms deployed on mountainsides that span contrasting temperatures and nutrient gradients.

Embracing mountain microbiome and ecosystem functions under global change.

Mountains are pivotal to maintaining habitat heterogeneity, global biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services to humans. They have provided classic model natural systems for plant and animal diversity gradient studies for over 250 years. In the recent decade, the exploration of microorganisms on mountainsides has also achieved substantial progress.

Complex free-space magnetic field textures induced by three-dimensional magnetic nanostructures.

The design of complex, competing effects in magnetic systems-be it via the introduction of nonlinear interactions, or the patterning of three-dimensional geometries-is an emerging route to achieve new functionalities. In particular, through the design of three-dimensional geometries and curvature, intrastructure properties such as anisotropy and chirality, both geometry-induced and intrinsic, can be directly controlled, leading to a host of new physics and functionalities, such as three-dimensional chiral spin states, ultrafast chiral domain wall dynamics and spin textures with new spin topologies. Here, we advance beyond the control of intrastructure properties in three dimensions and tailor the magnetostatic coupling of neighbouring magnetic structures, an interstructure property that allows us to generate complex textures in the magnetic stray field.

Fabrication of a 3D Nanomagnetic Circuit with Multi-Layered Materials for Applications in Spintronics.

Three-dimensional (3D) spintronic devices are attracting significant research interest due to their potential for both fundamental studies and computing applications. However, their implementations face great challenges regarding not only the fabrication of 3D nanomagnets with high quality materials, but also their integration into 2D microelectronic circuits. In this study, we developed a new fabrication process to facilitate the efficient integration of both non-planar 3D geometries and high-quality multi-layered magnetic materials to prototype 3D spintronic devices, as a first step to investigate new physical effects in such systems.

Non-Planar Geometrical Effects on the Magnetoelectrical Signal in a Three-Dimensional Nanomagnetic Circuit.

Expanding nanomagnetism and spintronics into three dimensions (3D) offers great opportunities for both fundamental and technological studies. However, probing the influence of complex 3D geometries on magnetoelectrical phenomena poses important experimental and theoretical challenges. In this work, we investigate the magnetoelectrical signals of a ferromagnetic 3D nanodevice integrated into a microelectronic circuit using direct-write nanofabrication.

Cross-taxon congruence of aquatic microbial communities across geological ages in Iceland: Stochastic and deterministic processes.

Biotic groups usually have nonrandom cross-taxon relationships in their biodiversity or compositions across sites, but it is poorly known how such congruence varies across long-term ecosystem development, and what are the ecological processes underlying biodiversity patterns. Here, we examined the cross-taxon congruence in diversity and compositions of bacteria, fungi and diatoms in streams from four regions with different geological ages in Iceland, and further studied their community assembly processes. Bacteria and fungi showed contrasting trends in alpha and gamma diversities across geological ages, while their beta diversity patterns were consistent, being the lowest in the oldest region.

A universal 3D imaging sensor on a silicon photonics platform.

Accurate three-dimensional (3D) imaging is essential for machines to map and interact with the physical world. Although numerous 3D imaging technologies exist, each addressing niche applications with varying degrees of success, none has achieved the breadth of applicability and impact that digital image sensors have in the two-dimensional imaging world. A large-scale two-dimensional array of coherent detector pixels operating as a light detection and ranging system could serve as a universal 3D imaging platform.

Co-design of a differential transimpedance amplifier and balanced photodetector for a sub-pJ/bit silicon photonics receiver.

This paper presents the design and implementation of a fully differential optical receiver, which is aimed for short reach intensity modulation and direct detection (IMDD) transceiver links. A Si-Ge balanced photodetector (PD) has been co-designed and packaged with a novel differential transimpedance amplifier (TIA). The TIA design is realized with a standard 28 nm CMOS process and operates with a standard digital supply (1V).

Layer-by-Layer Growth of Complex-Shaped Three-Dimensional Nanostructures with Focused Electron Beams.

The fabrication of three-dimensional (3D) nanostructures is of great interest to many areas of nanotechnology currently challenged by fundamental limitations of conventional lithography. One of the most promising direct-write methods for 3D nanofabrication is focused electron beam-induced deposition (FEBID), owing to its high spatial resolution and versatility. Here we extend FEBID to the growth of complex-shaped 3D nanostructures by combining the layer-by-layer approach of conventional macroscopic 3D printers and the proximity effect correction of electron beam lithography.

[MarR family transcription regulator HpaR and XC0449 coordinately regulate the virulence of Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris].

MarR family transcription regulators are ubiquitous among bacteria and archaea. They extensively control multiple cellular processes and elaborately regulate the expression of genes involved in virulence, stress response and antibiotics at translational level. In Xanthomonas campestris pv.

Identification of Major Rhizobacterial Taxa Affected by a Glyphosate-Tolerant Soybean Line via Shotgun Metagenomic Approach.

The worldwide commercial cultivation of transgenic crops, including glyphosate-tolerant (GT) soybeans, has increased widely during the past 20 years. However, it is accompanied with a growing concern about potential effects of transgenic crops on the soil microbial communities, especially on rhizosphere bacterial communities. Our previous study found that the GT soybean line NZL06-698 (N698) significantly affected rhizosphere bacteria, including some unidentified taxa, through 16S rRNA gene (16S rDNA) V4 region amplicon deep sequencing via Illumina MiSeq.

Overexpression of β1 integrin contributes to polarity reversal and a poor prognosis of breast invasive micropapillary carcinoma.

Invasive micropapillary carcinoma (IMPC) of the breast is a highly aggressive breast cancer. Polarity reversal exemplified by cluster growth is hypothesized to contribute to the invasiveness and metastasis of IMPC. In this study, we demonstrate that levels of β1 integrin and Rac1 expression were greater in breast IMPC than in invasive breast carcinoma of no specific type and paraneoplastic benign breast tissue.

Soybean (Glycine max) WRINKLED1 transcription factor, GmWRI1a, positively regulates seed oil accumulation.

Soybean is the world's most important leguminous crop producing high-quality protein and oil. Elevating oil accumulation in soybean seed is always many researchers' goal. WRINKLED1 (WRI1) encodes a transcription factor of the APETALA2/ethylene responsive element-binding protein (AP2/EREBP) family that plays important roles during plant seed oil accumulation.

Experimental comparison of direct detection Nyquist SSB transmission based on silicon dual-drive and IQ Mach-Zehnder modulators with electrical packaging.

We have designed and fabricated a silicon photonic in-phase-quadrature (IQ) modulator based on a nested dual-drive Mach-Zehnder structure incorporating electrical packaging. We have assessed its use for generating Nyquist-shaped single sideband (SSB) signals by operating it either as an IQ Mach-Zehnder modulator (IQ-MZM) or using just a single branch of the dual-drive Mach-Zehnder modulator (DD-MZM). The impact of electrical packaging on the modulator bandwidth is also analyzed.

A Multiple-Stimulus-Responsive Biomimetic Assembly Based on a Polyisocyanopeptide and Conjugated Polymer.

An assembly was fabricated and was revealed to be a multiple-stimulus-responsive biomimetic hybrid polymer architecture. It was constructed by the hydrophobic interactions between a conjugated polyfluorene that contained 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole units (PFBT) and a tri(ethylene glycol)-functionalized polyisocyanopeptide (3OEG-PIC). The introduction of PFBT to the polyisocyanopeptide (PIC) network allowed for the incorporation of responsiveness to multiple stimuli including temperature, CO , carbonic anhydrase, and nonlinear mechanics, which mimics natural processes and interactions.

Amplification and overexpression of PSCA at 8q24 in invasive micropapillary carcinoma of breast.

Purpose: Invasive micropapillary carcinoma (IMPC) of the breast has distinct histological features and molecular genetic profiles. Gains/amplifications of 8q24 are found associated with IMPC. Although the prostate stem cell antigen (PSCA) gene is located at chromosome 8q24, and found over-expressed in prior studies, its prognostic values and biological significance in IMPC have not been well studied.

Impact of a Glyphosate-Tolerant Soybean Line on the Rhizobacteria, Revealed by Illumina MiSeq.

The global commercial cultivation of transgenic crops, including glyphosate-tolerant soybean, has increased widely in recent decades with potential impact on the environment. The bulk of previous studies showed different results on the effects of the release of transgenic plants on the soil microbial community, especially rhizosphere bacteria. In this study, comparative analyses of the bacterial communities in the rhizosphere soils and surrounding soils were performed between the glyphosate-tolerant soybean line NZL06-698 (or simply N698), containing a glyphosate-insensitive gene, and its control cultivar Mengdou12 (or simply MD12), by a 16S ribosomal RNA gene (16S rDNA) amplicon sequencing-based Illumina MiSeq platform.

[Gene mining of sulfur-containing amino acid metabolic enzymes in soybean].

The genes of sulfur-containing amino acid synthetases in soybean are essential for the synthesis of sulfur-containing amino acids. Gene mining of these enzymes is the basis for the molecular assistant breeding of high sulfur-containing amino acids in soybean. In this study, using software BioMercator2.