3D-printed sodium alginate/carbon nanotube/graphene porous scaffolds crosslinked with Ca for high-performance electromagnetic shielding and Joule heating.

High-performance green functional materials have garnered significant interest for electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding applications, but creating customized, low-density, high-strength and high-efficiency biomass-based shielding materials remains challenging. In this study, lightweight Ca doped sodium alginate (SA) porous scaffolds with a carbon nanotube (CNT)/graphene (Gr) hybrid conductive network were fabricated via direct ink writing (DIW) 3D printing. The SA/CNT/Gr inks with unique rheological properties were formulated and architectures with arbitrarily customized structures could be freely constructed based on the printable inks.

LncRNA SNHG14 Served as a Biomarker of Depression Disorder Patients and Regulated Depression-Like Behaviors via MiR-200a-3p.

Depression disorder has become a major mental disease and has attracted special attention globally. Identifying specific biomarkers for the diagnosis and severity of depression disorder would benefit its clinical management. This study focused on the significance of lncRNA SNHG14 in depression disorder and investigated its effect on depression-like behaviors, aiming to explore a potential biomarker for depression disorder occurrence and development.

3D-Printed Carbon-Based Conformal Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Module for Integrated Electronics.

Electromagnetic interference shielding (EMI SE) modules are the core component of modern electronics. However, the traditional metal-based SE modules always take up indispensable three-dimensional space inside electronics, posing a major obstacle to the integration of electronics. The innovation of integrating 3D-printed conformal shielding (c-SE) modules with packaging materials onto core electronics offers infinite possibilities to satisfy ideal SE function without occupying additional space.

3D printing of ultralight MWCNT@OCNF porous scaffolds for high-efficiency electromagnetic interference shielding.

Towards the difficulties of traditional processing technology in loading high-concentration functional fillers to realize the target electromagnetic interference shielding (EMI SE) performance, and constructing the arbitrary-designated architectures for serving advanced electronics, this work innovatively formulated a functional multi-walled carbon nanotubes@cellulose nanofibers (MWCNT@OCNF) ink for direct ink writing (DIW) 3D printing, which not only possessed high freedom on the proportion of functional particles, but also imparted to the ideal rheological performance for 3D printing. Based on the pre-programmed printing trajectories, a series of porous scaffolds featuring exceptional functionalities were architected. Particularly for the electromagnetic waves (EMWs) shielding behaviors, the optimized one with "full-mismatched" architecture posed the ultralight structure (0.

Plant Microbiome-Based Genome-Wide Association Studies.

Plants form intimate associations with microorganisms, and these associations are directly impacted by the host genotype. However, identifying specific host genetic pathways that influence these microbial interactions has proved challenging. Genome-wide association-based approaches that use features of microbiome composition as a quantitative trait represent a novel and underutilized strategy to identify such pathways.

Genome-resolved metagenomics reveals role of iron metabolism in drought-induced rhizosphere microbiome dynamics.

Recent studies have demonstrated that drought leads to dramatic, highly conserved shifts in the root microbiome. At present, the molecular mechanisms underlying these responses remain largely uncharacterized. Here we employ genome-resolved metagenomics and comparative genomics to demonstrate that carbohydrate and secondary metabolite transport functionalities are overrepresented within drought-enriched taxa.

Genome wide association study reveals plant loci controlling heritability of the rhizosphere microbiome.

Host genetics has recently been shown to be a driver of plant microbiome composition. However, identifying the underlying genetic loci controlling microbial selection remains challenging. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) represent a potentially powerful, unbiased method to identify microbes sensitive to the host genotype and to connect them with the genetic loci that influence their colonization.

A Plant Growth-Promoting Microbial Soil Amendment Dynamically Alters the Strawberry Root Bacterial Microbiome.

Despite growing interest in utilizing microbial-based methods for improving crop growth, much work still remains in elucidating how beneficial plant-microbe associations are established, and what role soil amendments play in shaping these interactions. Here, we describe a set of experiments that test the effect of a commercially available soil amendment, VESTA, on the soil and strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Monterey) root bacterial microbiome. The bacterial communities of the soil, rhizosphere, and root from amendment-treated and untreated fields were profiled at four time points across the strawberry growing season using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing on the Illumina MiSeq platform.

Exploring the Root Microbiome: Extracting Bacterial Community Data from the Soil, Rhizosphere, and Root Endosphere.

The intimate interaction between plant host and associated microorganisms is crucial in determining plant fitness, and can foster improved tolerance to abiotic stresses and diseases. As the plant microbiome can be highly complex, low-cost, high-throughput methods such as amplicon-based sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene are often preferred for characterizing its microbial composition and diversity. However, the selection of appropriate methodology when conducting such experiments is critical for reducing biases that can make analysis and comparisons between samples and studies difficult.

A fungal transcription factor essential for starch degradation affects integration of carbon and nitrogen metabolism.

In Neurospora crassa, the transcription factor COL-26 functions as a regulator of glucose signaling and metabolism. Its loss leads to resistance to carbon catabolite repression. Here, we report that COL-26 is necessary for the expression of amylolytic genes in N.

Evaluation of bladder clots using a nonsurgical treatment.

Objective: To introduce a novel method to successfully evacuate severe clot retention in the bladder.

Methods: A total of 22 male patients were treated using our method for severe clot retention. The bladder was irrigated with 40,000 U chymotrypsin in 50 mL of 5% sodium bicarbonate using a Foley catheter (20 F-24 F) for 30 minutes.