A new toad of Myers & Leviton, 1962 (Anura, Megophryidae) from Sichuan Province, southwest China.

A new species of the genus Myers & Leviton, 1962 is described from Sichuan Province, southwest China. Molecular phylogenetic analyses based on mitochondrial gene sequences clustered the new species as an independent clade nested with , , and . The new species could be distinguished from its congeners by a combination of the following characters: body size moderate (39.

BDE-209-induced genotoxicity, intestinal damage and intestinal microbiota dysbiosis in zebrafish (Danio Rerio).

The environmental presence of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) is ubiquitous due to their wide use as brominated flame retardants in industrial products. As a common congener of PBDEs, decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209) can pose a health risk to animals as well as humans. However, to date, few studies have explored BDE-209's toxic effects on the intestinal tract, and its relevant mechanism of toxicity has not been elucidated.

Freshwater environment risk assessment and derivation of human health ambient water quality criteria for SCCPs in China.

Short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs, CHCl, where x = 10 to 13 and y = 3 to x) are a complex family of emerging contaminants that have been identified as persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) substances. Because of their persistence, high toxicity, bioaccumulation and long-distance mobility, SCCPs were added to the list of controlled POPs in the Stockholm Convention in 2017. China is the largest producer and user of SCCPs all over the world, thus SCCPs have been widely distributed in the freshwater environment.

Acute Toxicity Assessment and Prediction Models of Four Heavy Metals.

Water quality criteria (WQC) are developed to protect aquatic organisms. Toxicity data of local fish are essential to improve the applicability of WQC derivatives. However, the paucity of local cold-water fish toxicity data limits the development of WQC in China.

Risk Assessment of Phthalate Esters in Baiyangdian Lake and Typical Rivers in China.

Phthalate esters (PAEs) are frequently tracked in water environments worldwide. As a typical class of endocrine disruptor chemicals (EDCs), PAEs posed adverse effects on aquatic organisms at low concentration. Thus, they have attracted wide attention in recent years.

Tracking Neural Markers of Template Formation and Implementation in Attentional Inhibition under Different Distractor Consistency.

Performing visual search tasks requires optimal attention deployment to promote targets and inhibit distractors. Rejection templates based on the feature of the distractor can be built to constrain the search process. We measured electroencephalography (EEG) of human participants of both sexes when they performed a visual search task in conditions where the distractor cues were constant within a block (fixed cueing) or changed on a trial-by-trial basis (varied cueing).

Research on freshwater water quality criteria, sediment quality criteria and ecological risk assessment of triclosan in China.

Triclosan (TCS) is a broad-spectrum antimicrobial agent commonly used in pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs). The widespread use of TCS makes it frequently detected in various environmental mediums. In view of the high detection frequency of TCS in the aquatic environment and sediments, and its toxic effects on aquatic species, it is critical and necessary to derive Chinese TCS water quality criteria (WQC) and sediment quality criteria (SQC) for protecting Chinese aquatic organisms, and perform the ecological risk assessment.

Targeted enrichment of novel chloroplast-based probes reveals a large-scale phylogeny of 412 bamboos.

Background: The subfamily Bambusoideae belongs to the grass family Poaceae and has significant roles in culture, economy, and ecology. However, the phylogenetic relationships based on large-scale chloroplast genomes (CpGenomes) were elusive. Moreover, most of the chloroplast DNA sequencing methods cannot meet the requirements of large-scale CpGenome sequencing, which greatly limits and impedes the in-depth research of plant genetics and evolution.

[Responses of main characters of root system to salt stress among cotton varieties with diffe-rent salt tolerance].

A pot experiment was carried out to test the effects of salt levels on root morphology as well as the relationship between root morphology and salt tolerance with four cotton cultivars (salt-sensitive cultivar CCRI45, weak salt-resistance cultivar XLZ17, moderate salt-resistance cultivar XLZ13 and salt-resistance cultivar CCRI35). Results showed that dry mass and K/Na ratio of cotton root and leaf were significantly reduced by salt stress. Dry mass of root and leaf and K/Na ratio of root of cultivars XLZ13 and CCRI35 were 69.

Memory guidance in distractor suppression is governed by the availability of cognitive control.

Information stored in the memory systems can affect visual search. Previous studies have shown that holding the to-be-ignored features of distractors in working memory (WM) could accelerate target selection. However, such facilitation effect was only observed when the cued to-be-ignored features remained unchanged within an experimental block (i.

Molecular estimation of alteration in intestinal microbial composition in Hashimoto's thyroiditis patients.

The gut microbiota has a crucial effect on human health and physiology. Hypothyroid Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) is an autoimmune disorder manifested with environmental and genetic factors. However, it is hypothesized that intestinal microbes might play a vital role in the pathogenesis of HT.

A novel method for identifying shahtoosh.

Shahtoosh, the down hair of the Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii), is the noblest and most expensive wool in the world. The population of the animal has declined dramatically due to commercial poaching for the fiber. Traditional inspection for detection of shahtoosh has been performed by microscopic analysis.