Optimizing the Quality of Machine Learning for Identifying the Share of Biogenic and Fossil Carbon in Solid Waste.

Insights into carbon sources (biogenic and fossil carbon) and contents in solid waste are vital for estimating the carbon emissions from incineration plants. However, the traditional methods are time-, labor-, and cost-intensive. Herein, high-quality data sets were established after analyzing the carbon contents and infrared spectra of substantial samples using elemental analysis and attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), respectively.

Transcriptome Analysis Provides a Preliminary Regulation Route of the Ethylene Signal Transduction Component, SlEIN2, during Tomato Ripening.

Ethylene is crucial in climacteric fruit ripening. The ethylene signal pathway regulates several physiological alterations such as softening, carotenoid accumulation and sugar level reduction, and production of volatile compounds. All these physiological processes are controlled by numerous genes and their expression simultaneously changes at the onset of ripening.

Role of the Tomato Non-Ripening Mutation in Regulating Fruit Quality Elucidated Using iTRAQ Protein Profile Analysis.

Natural mutants of the Non-ripening (Nor) gene repress the normal ripening of tomato fruit. The molecular mechanism of fruit ripening regulation by the Nor gene is unclear. To elucidate how the Nor gene can affect ripening and fruit quality at the protein level, we used the fruits of Nor mutants and wild-type Ailsa Craig (AC) to perform iTRAQ (isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation) analysis.

Efficient Virus-Induced Gene Silencing in Solanum rostratum.

Solanum rostratum is a "super weed" that grows fast, is widespread, and produces the toxin solanine, which is harmful to both humans and other animals. To our knowledge, no study has focused on its molecular biology owing to the lack of available transgenic methods and sequence information for S. rostratum.

Absence of nasal bone and brachydactyly: a probable new familial syndrome.

Brachydactyly is a relatively common congenital abnormality and can be associated with many other malformations. However, brachydactyly in association with absence of nasal bone is rare. Two Chinese siblings with a combination of nasal bone absence and brachydactyly are presented, apparently without other abnormalities.

[3-Dimensional model reconstruction of penis and surrounding tissue].

Objective: To evaluate the feasibility of 3-Dimensional (3-D) model reconstruction of penis and surrounding structures based on magnetic resonance images, which may provide the model building method for modeling surgery of individual penoplasty.

Methods: Magnetic resonance (MR) images of penis with different imaging parameters were evaluated. With the surface rendering construction, the 3D virtual model was established by Amira software.

[Study on genetic polymorphisms of 13 SNP loci in Guangxi Zhuang population of China].

Objective: The fluorescence labeled multi-PCR system was applied to investigate the allele frequency of the 13 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in 314 Guangxi Zhuang populations, and to evaluate their application value in forensic medicine.

Methods: Thirteen autosomal diallelic SNP loci were selected and the SNP genotyping system of fragment length discrepant allele specific fluorescence labeled multi-PCR technique was applied to investigate their allele frequency distribution in Guangxi Zhuang population.

Results: The allele frequencies of the 13 single nucleotide pdymorphism (SNP) in Guangxi Zhuang population were obtained, which shows that the allele frequency distribution is in accordance with Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.

[A comparative study on genetic polymorphism and genetic relationship of 13 SNPs in three Chinese populations].

Using the fluorescence labeled capillary electrophoresis of multi-PCR technique, the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) typing system of fragment length discrepant allele specific fluorescence labeled multi-PCR technique is established based on the principle of allele-specific PCR. The typing of the 13 SNP loci can be completed simultaneously according to the length of PCR products and the number of product peaks. It appears a single product peak when the SNP is homozygous, and two product peaks with 4 bp differences will appear when it is heterozygous.

[A new method for SNP typing based on allele specific PCR].

Objective: To establish a new method of SNP typing.

Methods: Based on the principle of allele specific PCR and capillary electrophoresis technique, 11 diallelic SNP loci were selected and two forward primers with different length were designed for each SNP, with their 3' ends matched to the two alleles, respectively. An artificially mismatched base was also introduced into the third or fourth base in the 3' end area of the two forward primers in order to enhance the specificity of amplification.

[Detecting ABO blood type of bloodstain with fluorescent antibody method].

Unlabelled: OBJECTIVE To explore the advantage and feasibility of fluorescent antibody method for detection of blood type in biological material.

Methods: According to theory of specific binding of antigen and antibody, at first the anti-A monoclonal antibody (MA) and anti-B MA were labeled with the fluorescent, then fluorescent-labeled antibodies (FLA) were bound with corresponding biological material (such as bloodstain) in the optimum condition, finally the ABO blood type of bloodstain was determined under microscope fluorescent.

Results: The fluorescent antibody method is highly sensitive, accurate and simple.