Plastid phylogenomics and species discrimination in the "Chinese" clade of (Zingiberaceae).

is an alpine or subalpine genus from the pan-tropical family Zingiberaceae, which consists of two disjunct groups in geography, namely the "Chinese" clade and the "Himalayan" clade. Despite extensive research on the genus, species remain poorly defined and relationships between these species are not well resolved. In this study, we used plastid genomes of nine species and one variety to resolve phylogenetic relationships within the "Chinese" clade of and as DNA super barcodes for species discrimination.

Comparison of plastid genomes and ITS of two sister species in Gentiana and a discussion on potential threats for the endangered species from hybridization.

Background: Gentiana rigescens Franchet is an endangered medicinal herb from the family Gentianaceae with medicinal values. Gentiana cephalantha Franchet is a sister species to G. rigescens possessing similar morphology and wider distribution.

A Multiview Deep Learning Method for Brain Functional Connectivity Classification.

The brain functional connectivity classification based on deep learning is a research hotspot nowadays. However, the classification performance is far behind the demand of clinical applications. To alleviate the problem, this paper proposes a multiview deep learning method for brain functional connectivity classification.

Iron-montmorillonite treated corn straw biochar: Interfacial chemical behavior and stability.

In this study, corn straw biomass was co-pyrolyzed with a clay mineral (montmorillonite) in the presence of iron-bearing materials (FeCl, magnetite and iron acetylacetone) and the prepared iron-montmorillonite biochars were characterized for their interfacial behavior. The results showed that, by adding iron to the pyrolysis process, organometallic complexes such as Fe-O-C were generated on the surface of biochars. All the iron-montmorillonite biochars were also shown to enhance the oxidation resistance likely by the increased relative contents of CO and COOH from 0% and 3.