Unlabelled: Citrus canker is a devastating disease caused by subsp. (), which secretes the effector PthA4 into host plants to trigger transcription of the susceptibility gene , resulting in pustule formation. However, the molecular mechanism underlying CsLOB1-mediated susceptibility to remains elusive.
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December 2024
Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) are playing an increasingly important role in the field of energy storage owing to their low cost, high safety, and environmental friendliness. However, their practical applications are still handicapped by severe dendrite formation and side reactions (e.g.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCrop resistance to herbicides is crucial for agricultural productivity and sustainability amidst escalating challenges of weed resistance. Uncovering herbicide resistant genes is particularly important for rice production. In this study, we tested the resistance to three commonly used herbicides: glufosinate, glyphosate and mesotrione of 421 diverse rice cultivars and employed genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to unravel the genetic underpinnings of resistance to these three herbicides in rice.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrevious studies have modified rice's resistant starch (RS) content by mutating single and double genes. These mutations include knocking out or reducing the expression of or genes, as well as overexpressing . However, the impact of triple mutant //OE- on RS contents remained unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Chinese Cymbidium orchids, cherished for their deep-rooted cultural significance and significant economic value in China, have spawned a rich tapestry of cultivars. However, these orchid cultivars are facing challenges from insufficient cultivation practices and antiquated techniques, including cultivar misclassification, complex identification, and the proliferation of counterfeit products. Current commercial techniques and academic research primarily emphasize species identification of orchids, rather than delving into that of orchid cultivars within species.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe optical analogs of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) have attracted vast attention recently. The generation and manipulation of EIT in microcavities have sparked research in both fundamental physics and photonic applications, including light storage, slow light propagation, and optical communication. In this Letter, the generation and tuning of an all-optically controlled mode-coupling induced transparency (MCIT) are proposed, experimentally demonstrated, and theoretically analyzed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: This study aimed to investigate risk factors for acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (AE-IPF) based on baseline high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT).
Methods: This prospective observational study enrolled patients with IPF treated at the General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University between January 2019 and January 2021. HRCT-derived quantitative parameters at baseline were analyzed.
Objective: Hysteroscopic surgery will stimulate the autonomic nerves innervating the uterus, causing intense discomfort and pain in the examined person, and in severe cases, it will cause blood pressure drop, heart rate slowing, arrhythmia and even cardiac arrest, so most patients need anesthetic intervention. This study to retrospectively compare the anesthetic effect of remimazolam and propofol in minimally invasive painless hysteroscopic surgery and to explore the safety and efficacy of remimazolam.
Methods: The clinical data of 110 female patients who underwent painless hysteroscopic minimally invasive surgery in our hospital from January 2023 to June 2023 were collected.
Unleashing the potential of lithium-metal anodes in practical applications is hindered by the inherent stress-related challenges arising from their limitless volume expansion, leading to mechanical failures such as electrode cracking, solid electrolyte interphase damage, and dendritic growth. Despite the various protective strategies to "combat" stress in lithium-metal anodes, they fail to address the intrinsic issue fundamentally. Here, a unique strategy is proposed that leverages the stress generated during the battery cycling via the piezoelectric effect, transforming to the adaptive built-in electric field to accelerate lithium-ion migration, homogenize the lithium deposition, and alleviate the stress concentration.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNonlinear epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) nanodevices featuring vanishing permittivity and CMOS-compatibility are attractive solutions for large-scale-integrated systems-on-chips. Such confined systems with unavoidable heat generation impose critical challenges for semiconductor-based ENZ performances. While their optical properties are temperature-sensitive, there is no systematic analysis on such crucial dependence.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA highly efficient second-harmonic source is integrated into a silicon nitride microring resonator, unlocking the potential for advanced chip-scale devices such as miniaturized atomic clocks and fully integrated self-referenced microcombs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn mode-locked fiber lasers, the formation of ultrashort pulses from noisy or unstable states is a crucial area of research. Investigating these complex nonlinear dynamics can lead to valuable insights and new practical engineering techniques, particularly for the design and optimization of optical systems. Time-stretch dispersive Fourier transform, utilized in our study to investigate dissipative solitons formation in a net-normal dispersion nonlinear polarization evolution mode-locked fiber laser, provides a window into the intricate dynamics of such systems.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEpsilon-near-zero (ENZ) materials have attracted great interest due to their exotic linear and nonlinear responses, which makes it significant to tune ENZ wavelengths for wavelength-dependent applications. However, studies to achieve tunability in a wide spectral range and link the fabrication parameters with linear and nonlinear ENZ properties have been uncovered. ENZ indium tin oxide (ITO) nanofilms are fabricated by magnetron sputtering, through which the control of ENZ properties is demonstrated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThrough symbiosis with plants, arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi effectively improve the availability of soil nitrogen (N). However, the mechanism through which AM and associated extraradical mycelium affect soil N mineralization remains unknow. We carried out an soil culture experiment by using in-growth cores in plantations of three subtropical tree species, , , and .
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a common extramuscular manifestation of the anti-synthetase syndrome (ASS). Patients with ASS-ILD are at risk in developing a progressive fibrosing phenotype despite appropriate treatments. This study investigated the risk factors and the predictive value of multiple risk factors for progressive pulmonary fibrosis (PPF) in patients with ASS-ILD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCoexisting anti-MDA5 and anti-PL-7 antibodies are extremely rare. Anti-MDA5 is associated with rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease (RP-ILD), while anti-PL-7 is often associated with chronic or subacute ILD and better outcomes than RP-ILD. We report a 41-year-old woman diagnosed with dermatomyositis (DM)-associated ILD positive for anti-MDA5 and anti-PL-7.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBased on the molecular energy transfer mechanism, relative gains at 1067 and 637 nm wavelengths are achieved in thermally activated delayed fluorescence molecule AQ(PhDPA) and Nd complex with chelating phosphine oxide as ligands codoped polymer waveguides, with the excitation of low-power UV light-emitting diodes (LEDs) instead of traditional semiconductor lasers as pump sources. For AQ(PhDPA) -Nd(DBTTA) (DBFDPO) (DBTTA = dibenzotetrathienoacene, DBFDPO = 4,6-bis (diphenylphosphoryl) dibenzofuran) -codoped polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), and AQ(PhDPA) -Nd(DBTTA) (FDPO) (FDPO = 9,9-bis (diphenylphosphorylphenyl) fluorene)-codoped PMMA polymers with a mass ratio of 1:4 respectively, when they are spin-coated as upper claddings, the relative gains of 2.2 and 1.
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March 2023
A series of complex physical and chemical processes, such as interception, migration, accumulation, and transformation, can occur when pollutants in stormwater runoff enter the growing media layer of bioretention facilities, affecting the purification of stormwater runoff by bioretention facilities. The migration and accumulation of pollutants in the growing media layer need long-term monitoring in traditional experimental studies. In this study, we established the Hydrus-1D model of water and solution transport for the bioretention facilities.
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October 2022
Modification of aluminosilicate minerals using a RN-bearing organic modifier, through the formation of covalent bonds, is an applicable way to eliminate the modifier release and to maintain the ability to remove cationic pollutants. In this study, trimethyl [3-(trimethoxysilyl) propyl] ammonium chloride (TM) and/or dimethyl octadecyl [3-(trimethoxysilyl) propyl] ammonium chloride (DMO) were used to graft three aluminosilicate minerals, including calcined kaolinite (Kaol), montmorillonite (Mt), and zeolite (Zeol), and the obtained composites were deployed to assess their performance in regard to ammonium (NH) and nitrate (NO) adsorption. Grafting of TM and/or DMO had little influence on the crystal structures of Kaol and Zeol, but it increased the interlayer distance of Mt due to the intercalation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSilicon photonics enables compact integrated photonic devices with versatile functionalities and mass manufacturing capability. However, the optimization of high-performance free-form optical devices is still challenging due to the complex light-matter interaction involved that requires time-consuming electromagnetic simulations. This problem becomes even more prominent when multiple devices are required, typically requiring separate iterative optimizations.
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June 2022
The digital economy plays a dual role in the process of global carbon emissions decoupling; for this reason, its overall impact direction and mechanism are worth discussing. This paper attempts to answer the question of the role of the digital economy, based on a review of the existing literature. By constructing a panel smooth transition regression (PSTR) model, this paper empirically tests the effect of the digital economy on carbon emissions decoupling, based on panel data from 30 provinces in China from 2010 to 2019.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSolution processable quasi-2D (Q-2D) perovskite materials are emerging as a promising candidate for blue light source in full-color display applications due to their good color saturation property, high brightness, and spectral tunability. Herein, an efficient energy cascade channel is developed by introducing sodium bromide (NaBr) in phenyl-butylammonium (PBA)-containing mixed-halide Q-2D perovskites for a blue perovskite light-emitting diode (PeLED). The incorporation of alkali metal contributes to the nucleation and growth of Q-2D perovskites into graded distribution of domains with different layer number
Soft interfaces with self-sensing capabilities play an essential role in environment awareness and reaction. The growing overlap between materials and sensory systems has created a myriad of challenges for sensor integration, including the design of a multimodal sensory, simplified system design capable of high spatiotemporal sensing resolution and efficient processing methods. Here we report a bioinspired soft sensor array (BOSSA) that integrates pressure and material sensing capabilities based on the triboelectric effect.
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