Determination of the direct and indirect effects of bend on the urban river ecological heterogeneity.

The ecological heterogeneity created by river bends benefits the diversity of microorganisms, which is vital for the pollutant degradation and overall river health. However, quantitative tools capable of determining the interactions among different trophic levels and species are lacking, and research regarding ecological heterogeneity has been limited to a few species. By integrating the multi-species-based index of biotic integrity (Mt-IBI) and the structure equation model (SEM), an interactions-based prediction modeling framework was established.

Fabrication and characterization of stable oleofoam based on medium-long chain diacylglycerol and β-sitosterol.

Oleofoams have emerged as attractive low-calorie aeration systems, but saturated lipids or large amount of surfactants are commonly required. Herein, an innovative strategy was proposed to create oleofoams using medium-long chain diacylglycerol (MLCD) and β-sitosterol (St). The oleofoams prepared using MLCD and St in ratios of 15:5 and 12:8 exhibited smaller bubble size and much higher stability.

Cov_FB3D: A De Novo Covalent Drug Design Protocol Integrating the BA-SAMP Strategy and Machine-Learning-Based Synthetic Tractability Evaluation.

drug design actively seeks to use sets of chemical rules for the fast and efficient identification of structurally new chemotypes with the desired set of biological properties. Fragment-based design tools have been successfully applied in the discovery of noncovalent inhibitors. Nevertheless, these tools are rarely applied in the field of covalent inhibitor design.

Non-aqueous foams formed by whipping diacylglycerol stabilized oleogel.

Formation of foams is critical for tailoring the texture and mouthfeel of fat-based products. Diacylglycerol (DAG) is regarded as a preferable alternative structurant to hydrogenated lipid. Effect of DAG concentration (2-10 wt%) on the characteristics of oleogels and foams including crystal polymorphisms, size and distribution, rheological and thermodynamic properties was investigated.

Identifying ecological processes driving vertical and horizontal archaeal community assemblages in a contaminated urban river.

Understanding environmental factors driving ecological processes of archaeal communities in heavily contaminated rivers is crucial for improvements in river ecological monitoring and indication. However, succession mechanisms underlying vertical and horizontal archaeal community assemblages in contaminated rivers remains largely unstudied. Here, to investigate ecological processes controlling archaeal community succession in a contaminated urban river, multivariate statistics approaches were applied to fields samples collected from locations representing vertical and horizontal assemblages of archaeal community.

How did the bacterial community respond to the level of urbanization along the Yangtze River?

Bacterial communities in the sediment of the Yangtze River influenced by rapid urbanization have thus far been under-investigated despite the importance of microorganisms as mass transporters. Here, the response patterns of the bacterial community along the Yangtze River to different levels of urbanization were generated using 16S rRNA Miseq sequencing. The results reveal that economic aspects have made the largest contribution (41.

Determination of vertical and horizontal assemblage drivers of bacterial community in a heavily polluted urban river.

Identifying vertical and horizontal assemblage drivers of bacterial community is important for improving the efficacies of ecological evaluation and remediation for a huge contaminated river (e.g. black-odor urban river).