Investigation into the mechanisms of photosynthetic regulation and adaptation under salt stress in lavender.

Salinity stress is a major threat to agricultural productivity and sustainability, often causing irreversible damage to photosynthesis. Lavender, a valuable aromatic plant, experiences growth impacts under salt stress. However, the regulatory mechanisms of photosynthesis related to its adaptation to salt stress remain unclear.

Intergenerational crosstalk of brain-gut axis in parental NdO exposure-induced offspring neurotoxicity and cognitive dysfunction: a mechanistic study.

Introduction: Rare earth elements (REEs) are widely used in plenty of fields. REEs have significant neurotoxicity and it may adversely affect the development of cognitive. For example, neodymium will causing neurological damage through penetrate the blood-brain barrier (BBB).

Visible-light-driven photoreforming of poly(ethylene terephthalate) plastics carbon nitride porous microtubes.

It is highly desirable but challenging to realize efficient photoreforming of plastic waste over metal-free semiconductors. Here, we synthesized metal-free carbon nitride porous microtube (CNPM) photocatalysts by carrying out a pyrolysis of the supramolecular assembly formed by the self-assembly of L-arginine (L-Arg) and melamine, the modification of L-Arg rationally engineering the microstructure and electronic structure of the CNPM system for efficient visible-light-driven photoreforming of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) to hydrogen (H) and high-value chemicals. In particular, the amount of formate converted from PET substrate under visible light was highest in metal-free semiconductors without any co-catalyst reported so far, presenting the first example of visible-light-driven photoreforming of PET over a completely metal-free single-component semiconductor without any co-catalyst.

Pt Atoms/Clusters on Ni-phytate-sensitized Carbon Nitride for Enhanced NIR-light-driven Overall Water Splitting beyond 800 nm.

Near-infrared (NIR) light-driven overall water splitting beyond 800 nm remains a high-priority target yet great challenge. Here we report that efficient utilization of photogenerated electrons in a photosensitized system prepared by site-selective photodeposition of platinum single atoms/clusters (Pt-SACs) on Ni-phytate (PA-Ni)-sensitized polymeric carbon nitride (PCN). The optimal catalyst presents simultaneous hydrogen (H ) and oxygen (O ) evolution with an H evolution amount of 1.

The Application of Probe-Based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy as a Diagnostic Tool in Choledochoscopic Gallbladder-Preserving Surgery.

Background And Aims: Choledochoscopic gallbladder-preserving surgery (CGPS) has the advantage of treating benign gallbladder diseases on the premise of gallbladder preservation. However, it has no reliable preoperative diagnosis if the gallbladder is benign. Probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (pCLE) can obtain real-time and clear endoscopic images at the cell level in vivo.

Machine Learning Models for Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease Using Multiple Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging Features.

Purpose: This study aimed to develop machine learning models for the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (PD) using multiple structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features and validate their performance.

Methods: Brain structural MRI scans of 60 patients with PD and 56 normal controls (NCs) were enrolled as development dataset and 69 patients with PD and 71 NCs from Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI) dataset as independent test dataset. First, multiple structural MRI features were extracted from cerebellar, subcortical, and cortical regions of the brain.

Bacillus subtilis strain BS06 protects soybean roots from Fusarium oxysporum infection.

Soybean, as a major oil crop, is one of the most widely planted crops in the world. Fusarium oxysporum causes soybean root rot, leading to great economic losses to soybean planting every year globally. Chemical fungicide for controlling soybean F.

Patterns of Sulcal depth and cortical thickness in Parkinson's disease.

Previous voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and cortical thickness (CT) studies on Parkinson's disease (PD) have mainly reported the gray matter size reduction, whereas the shape of cortical surface can also change in PD patients. For the first time, we analyzed sulcal depth (SD) patterns in PD patients by using whole brain region of interest (ROI)-based approach. In a cross-sectional study, high-resolution brain structural MRI images were collected from 60 PD patients without dementia and 56 age-and sex-matched healthy controls (HC).

Abnormal Topological Organization of Sulcal Depth-Based Structural Covariance Networks in Parkinson's Disease.

Recent research on Parkinson's disease (PD) has demonstrated the topological abnormalities of structural covariance networks (SCNs) using various morphometric features from structural magnetic resonance images (sMRI). However, the sulcal depth (SD)-based SCNs have not been investigated. In this study, we used SD to investigate the topological alterations of SCNs in 60 PD patients and 56 age- and gender-matched healthy controls (HC).

Phosphorus is more effective than nitrogen in restoring plant communities of heavy metals polluted soils.

Heavy metal pollution is widespread, and has an increasing trend in some countries and regions. It can be easily accumulated in plants, leading to plant species loss and affecting plant community composition. Artificial restoration can conserve plant diversity in contaminated soils and accelerate the recovery of polluted ecosystems.

Cortical complexity and gyrification patterns in Parkinson's disease.

This study aimed to investigate the cortical complexity and gyrification patterns in Parkinson's disease (PD) using local fractional dimension (LFD) and local gyrification index (LGI), respectively. In a cross-sectional study, LFD and LGI in 60 PD patients without dementia and 56 healthy controls (HC) were investigated using brain structural MRI data. LFD and LGI were estimated using the Computational Anatomy Toolbox (CAT12) and statistically analyzed between groups on a vertex level using statistical parametric mapping 12 (SPM12).

Synthesis, radioprotective activity and pharmacokinetics characteristic of a new stable nitronyl nitroxyl radical-NIT2011.

A new stable nitronyl nitroxyl radical NIT2011 was synthesized and characterized. The radioprotective effect and pharmacokinetics profiles of NIT2011 were investigated. The results showed that when irradiation exposure dose was 6.

[Association of CCR5, CCR2 and SDF1 gene polymorphisms with HIV-1 infection in Chinese population: a meta-analysis].

Objective: To explore the association of CCR5δ32, CCR2-64I and SDFl-3 A gene polymorphisms with HIV-1-infection in Chinese population.

Methods: A meta-analysis was performed to identify case-control studies of CCR5δ32, CCR2-64I and SDFl-3 A polymorphisms from the literatures.

Results: Fourteen studies of CCR5δ32 were found, involving a total of 1607 cases and 1632 controls.

[Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of Laribacter hongkongensis and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli isolated from patients with diarrhea in Guangzhou].

Objective: To survey the prevalence of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) and Laribacter hongkongensis (LH) and their drug resistance in diarrhea patients in Guangzhou.

Methods: We detected 646 fecal cases collected between Sep 2008 and Oct 2009 from the out-patient and emergency departments in a hospital. EC enriched culture medium was used for enrichment.