Effects of defoliation and nitrogen on carbon dioxide (CO) emissions and microbial communities in soils of cherry tree orchards.

Background: In farmland, microbes in soils are affected by exogenous carbon, nitrogen, and soil depth and are responsible for soil organic carbon (SOC) mineralization. The cherry industry has been evolving rapidly in northwest China and emerged as a new source of income for local farmers to overcome poverty. Accordingly, it is highly imperative to probe the effect of defoliation and nitrogen addition on carbon dioxide (CO) emissions and microbial communities in soils of dryland cherry orchards.

Procalcitonin and C-reactive protein predict infection in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients.

Introduction: Procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) are known inflammatory markers of severe infection; however, their ability to differentiate between infections of different origins is not clear yet. In this study, we evaluated PCT and CRP as markers of infection in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) patients.

Methods: Blood samples were collected to determine serum concentrations of PCT, CRP, d-Dimer, and to perform blood culture analysis.

Establishment of a Han Chinese-specific pharmacogenetic-guided warfarin dosing algorithm.

Warfarin is the most common oral anticoagulant. Because of a narrow therapeutic range, interindividual differences in drug responses, and the risk of bleeding, there are many challenges in using warfarin. We need to predict the warfarin maintenance dose.

[2,6-Bis(5-eth-oxy-1,3-oxazol-2-yl)-4-meth-oxy-phenyl-κ(3) N,C (1),N']bromidopalladium(II).

In the title compound, [PdBr(C17H17N2O5)], the Pd(II) atom is coordinated by an N,C(1),N'-tridentate pincer ligand and a Br atom in a distorted square-planar geometry. In the crystal, mol-ecules are connected by C-H⋯Br and C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, and π-π inter-actions between the oxazole and benzene rings [centroid-centroid distance = 3.7344 (19) Å], resulting in a three-dimensional supra-molecular structure.

Suzuki-Miyaura coupling of aryl iodides, bromides, and chlorides catalyzed by bis(thiazole) pincer palladium complexes.

Bis(thiazole) pincer palladium complexes showed efficient catalytic activity for the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling of aryl halides, allowing the synthesis of biaryls with very high turnover numbers and turnover frequencies. The complexes were successfully applied in the scalable and green synthesis of the key intermediates of bioactive LUF5771 and its analogues.