Mechanisms of U enrichment and helium generation potential in marine black shales following U isotope-constrained Neoproterozoic Oxidation Event.

Following the NOE, the early Cambrian witnessed the global deposition of marine black shales with high U concentrations. This study analyzes the Lower Cambrian Yuertusi Formation in the Tarim Basin, China, focusing on U isotopes to elucidate U enrichment mechanisms in black shales and their potential for helium generation. In wells XK-1, LT-1, and LT-3, the average U concentrations in the Yuertusi Formation black shale are 41.

Microplastics affect mosquito from aquatic to terrestrial lifestyles and are transferred to mammals through mosquito bites.

Microplastics (MPs) transfer from the environment to living organisms is a nonignorable global problem. As a complete metamorphosis insect, the larvae and adult Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito live in aquatic and terrestrial environments, respectively, where they easily access MPs. However, little is known about mosquitoes' potential role in MPs accumulation throughout ecosystems.

Microbe community composition differences of hand skin on similar lifestyle volunteers: a small-scale study.

Aims: Human skin is the first barrier against pathogens and environmental hazards and the highest contact frequency occurs with the hands. Environmental and personal metabolic factors may affect skin microbes. This study was conducted to clarify the diversity in the skin microbial community that was mainly due to individual skin metabolites rather than lifestyle and environmental factors.

A Swin Transformer-based model for mosquito species identification.

Mosquito transmit numbers of parasites and pathogens resulting in fatal diseases. Species identification is a prerequisite for effective mosquito control. Existing morphological and molecular classification methods have evitable disadvantages.

Identification of differentially expressed genes based on antennae RNA-seq analyses in Culex quinquefasciatus and Culex pipiens molestus.

Background: Both Culex quinquefasciatus and Cx. pipiens molestus are sibling species within Cx. pipiens complex.

Domain Generalization for Language-Independent Automatic Speech Recognition.

A language-independent automatic speech recognizer (ASR) is one that can be used for phonetic transcription in languages other than the languages in which it was trained. Language-independent ASR is difficult to train, because different languages implement phones differently: even when phonemes in two different languages are written using the same symbols in the international phonetic alphabet, they are differentiated by different distributions of language-dependent redundant articulatory features. This article demonstrates that the goal of language-independence may be approximated in different ways, depending on the size of the training set, the presence vs.

Metagenome Sequencing Reveals the Microbiome of and Its Possible Relationship With Dengue Virus Susceptibility.

Dengue fever virus (DENV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that poses a serious risk to human health. is a widely distributed vector of dengue fever in China. Based on the impact of physiological activity, the microbiome in will provide a novel environment-friendly approach to control DENV transmission.

Viral Metagenomics Analysis of Rodents From Two Border Provinces Located in Northeast and Southwest China.

Objective: Wild animal pathogen surveillance will help to understand the next possible pandemic in advance. Rodents, which have close contact with humans, are generally regarded as a key factor for zoonotic disease control. Given the variation in rodent virus composition in diverse ecologies, we conducted a study on the viral infection of rodents of diverse species in different typical environments of Heilongjiang and Yunnan Provinces, located in northeastern and southwestern China, respectively.

Screening of olfactory genes related to blood-feeding behaviors in Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus and Culex pipiens molestus by transcriptome analysis.

Background: Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus Say (Cx. quinquefasciatus) and Culex pipiens form molestus Forskal (Cx. molestus) in the Culex pipiens complex group show considerable differences in host seeking, blood feeding, mating behavior and in vector competence.

Metagenome Sequencing Reveals the Midgut Microbiota Makeup of and Its Possible Relationship With Insecticide Resistance.

Midgut microbiota can participate in the detoxification and metabolism processes in insects, but there are few reports on the relationship between midgut microbiota and insecticide resistance in mosquitoes. In this study, we performed metagenomic sequencing on a susceptible strain (SS), a field-collected Hainan strain (HN), and a deltamethrin-resistant strain (RR) of to understand the diversity and functions of their midgut microbiota. The results revealed differences in midgut microbiota among the three strains of .

Transcriptome Analysis of Responses to Dengue Virus 2 Infection in (Skuse) C6/36 Cells.

Dengue virus (DENV), a member of the genus of the Flaviviridae family, can cause dengue fever (DF) and more serious diseases and thus imposes a heavy burden worldwide. As the main vector of DENV, mosquitoes are a serious hazard. After infection, they induce a complex host-pathogen interaction mechanism.

Transcriptome analysis of Aedes aegypti Aag2 cells in response to dengue virus-2 infection.

Background: Dengue virus (DENV) is a flavivirus transmitted by mosquitoes that is prevalent in tropical and subtropical countries and has four serotypes (DENV1-4). Aedes aegypti, as the main transmission vector of DENV, exhibits strong infectivity and transmission. With the aim of obtaining a better understanding of the Ae.

Integrated in situ gas stripping-salting-out process for high-titer acetone-butanol-ethanol production from sweet sorghum bagasse.

Background: The production of biobutanol from renewable biomass resources is attractive. The energy-intensive separation process and low-titer solvents production are the key constraints on the economy-feasible acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) production by fermentation. To decrease energy consumption and increase the solvents concentration, a novel two-stage gas stripping-salting-out system was established for effective ABE separation from the fermentation broth using sweet sorghum bagasse as feedstock.