Pyrolysis temperature dependent effects of biochar on shifting fluorescence spectrum characteristics of soil dissolved organic matter under warming.

Biochar generally shift the content and molecular composition of soil dissolved organic matter (DOM) which represent the reactive components and have essential roles in coupling elemental cycling in soil. However, it is not clear how the effects of biochar on soil DOM composition is shifted under warming. This causes a knowledge gap to fully understand the fate of SOM affected by biochar application in a warming climate.

Direct reconstruction for simultaneous dual-tracer PET imaging based on multi-task learning.

Background: Simultaneous dual-tracer positron emission tomography (PET) imaging can observe two molecular targets in a single scan, which is conducive to disease diagnosis and tracking. Since the signals emitted by different tracers are the same, it is crucial to separate each single tracer from the mixed signals. The current study proposed a novel deep learning-based method to reconstruct single-tracer activity distributions from the dual-tracer sinogram.

Imaging mitochondrial complex I activation during a vibrotactile stimulation: A PET study using [F]BCPP-EF in the conscious monkey brain.

In order to evaluate the capability of 2--butyl-4-chloro-5-{6-[2-(2-[F]fluoroethoxy)-ethoxy]-pyridin-3-ylmethoxy}-2H-pyridazin-3-one ([F]BCPP-EF), a novel positron emission tomography (PET) probe for mitochondrial complex I (MC-I) activity, to assess neuronal activation, an activation PET study was conducted in the conscious monkey brain with a continuous unilateral vibrotactile stimulation. PET scans with [O]HO, [F]BCPP-EF, or 2-deoxy-2-[F]fluoroglucose ([F]FDG) were conducted under: (1) resting conditions; (2) a continuous vibration stimulation; (3) a continuous vibration stimulation after 15-min pre-vibration; and (4) a continuous vibration stimulation after 30-min pre-vibration. The contralateral/ipsilateral ratio (CIR) in the somatosensory cortex showed significant increases in the uptake of [O]HO, [F]BCPP-EF, and [F]FDG with the vibration stimulation.