Environmental concentrations of 6PPD and 6PPD-Q cause oxidative damage and alter metabolism in Eichhornia crassipes.

N-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-N '-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine (6PPD) and N-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-N'-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine-quinone (6PPD-Q) are ubiquitous in the environment and can cause toxicity to aquatic animals. However, research on the toxicological effects of 6PPD and 6PPD-Q on aquatic plants remains limited. The present study investigated the physiological, biochemical, and metabolic responses of the floating aquatic plant Eichhornia crassipes (E.

Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Physical Disability Resiliency Scale in a Sample of Chinese With Physical Disability.

This study adapted the Physical Disability Resilience Scale (PDRS) to Chinese conditions and evaluated the psychometric characteristics of the Chinese version in individuals with physical disability. A total of 438 individuals with physical disability were included in this study. The PDRS was translated to Chinese using a backward translation method.

Robust water-fat separation based on deep learning model exploring multi-echo nature of mGRE.

Purpose: To design a new deep learning network for fast and accurate water-fat separation by exploring the correlations between multiple echoes in multi-echo gradient-recalled echo (mGRE) sequence and evaluate the generalization capabilities of the network for different echo times, field inhomogeneities, and imaging regions.

Methods: A new multi-echo bidirectional convolutional residual network (MEBCRN) was designed to separate water and fat images in a fast and accurate manner for the mGRE data. This new MEBCRN network contains 2 main modules, the first 1 is the feature extraction module, which learns the correlations between consecutive echoes, and the other one is the water-fat separation module that processes the feature information extracted from the feature extraction module.

Impact of polystyrene nanoplastics (PSNPs) on seed germination and seedling growth of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.).

Microplastics and nanoplastics are emerging pollutants of global concern. However, the understanding of their ecological effects on terrestrial plants is still limited. We conducted the systematic research to reveal the impact of polystyrene nanoplastics (PSNPs) (0.

Foliar spray of TiO nanoparticles prevails over root application in reducing Cd accumulation and mitigating Cd-induced phytotoxicity in maize (Zea mays L.).

Cadmium (Cd) pollution is considered one of the global environmental issues due to its adverse effects on plant and human health. With the rapid development of nanotechnology and the practical application of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) in agriculture, the mechanisms underlying the interactions between NPs and heavy metal on their uptake, accumulation, and phytotoxicity in crops are still not fully understood. Therefore, the impact of TiO NPs (0, 100, 250 mg/L) and Cd (0, 50 μM) co-exposure on hydroponic maize (Zea mays L.

Behavioral alteration and DNA damage of freshwater snail Bellamya aeruginosa stressed by ethylbenzene and its tissue residue.

To study the sublethal effects induced by ethylbenzene and the capability of a freshwater gastropod Bellamya aeruginosa to take up and depurate ethylbenzene, the snail was subjected to two treatments, a 23-day exposure period followed by a 17-day depuration period. Behavioral alteration, namely retraction response, was observed during the exposure period, and the proportion of retracted snails increased under each treatment as the exposure time prolonged but there was no linear relationship between the retracted proportion and the exposure dose. Such behavioral alteration was probably due to the disturbance of membrane permeability stressed by ethylbenzene.

Cellular and molecular damage of Phanerochaete chrysosporium by the oxidation hair dyes.

Introduction: The toxic effect of the oxidation hair dyes on Phanerochaete chrysosporium was investigated by exposure of this fungus in a nitrogen-limited culture medium to various concentrations of the oxidation hair dyes.

Results: The results showed that both the size and the dry weight of the mycelial pellets of P. chrysosporium could be reduced when the concentration of the oxidation hair dyes was higher than 300 mg/L.

Two new species of Hyphodontia from China.

Hyphodontia septocystidiata and Hyphodontia sinensis are reported as new to science. Hyphodontia septocystidiata has grandinioid to odontioid hymenophore, encrusted cystidia, septocystidia and capitate cystidia and broadly ellipsoid to subglobose thick-walled basidiospores. Hyphodontia sinensis has odontioid hymenophore, leptocystidia and capitate cystidioles and broadly ellipsoid, thin- to slightly thick-walled basidiospores.