Towards organic collaborative governance for a more sustainable environment: Evolutionary game analysis within the policy implementation of China's net-zero emissions goals.

Many countries in the world have pledged to achieve net-zero emissions goals, implementing a range of relevant policies. As the key implementers in these initiatives, the collaboration between government and enterprise is crucial for the realization of net-zero emissions goals and better sustainable environment. However, the heterogeneous interests of these stakeholders often lead to a game.

A newly characterized CFSH gene in sex chromosomes is associated with growth instead of sexual development in the prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii.

Crustacean female sex hormone (CFSH) was first identified as a female eyestalk-specific factor involved in the female sexual development in blue crab. Whether CFSH has conserved role in other decapod species remains to be clarified. In this study, we identified a CFSH gene (MrCFSH) in the Z and W chromosomes from the prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii genome.

Extremely Large Anisotropy of Effective Gilbert Damping in Half-Metallic CrO.

Half-metals are a class of quantum materials with 100% spin polarization at the Fermi level and have attracted a lot of attention for future spintronic device applications. CrO is one of the most promising half-metal candidates for which the electrical and magnetic properties have been intensively studied in the last several decades. Here, we report the observation of a giant anisotropy (∼1600%) of effective Gilbert damping in the single-crystalline half-metallic (100)-CrO thin films, which is significantly larger than the values observed on conventional ferromagnetic Fe and CoFe thin films.

Overexpression of OsSTP1 increases grain yield via enhancing carbohydrate metabolism and transport in rice.

Overexpression of OsSTP1 enhances the non-structural carbohydrate remobilization in the source, starch accumulation in grains, and the transportation of carbohydrates from source to sink during the filling stage. The sugar transporter protein (STP) is the best-characterized subfamily of the monosaccharide transporter (MST) family and plays critical roles in regulating plant stress tolerance, growth, and development. However, the role of STPs in regulating rice yield is poorly understood.

Horizontal transposon transfer during plant terrestrialization.

During the move to land, plants acquired transposable elements by horizontal transfer from bacteria and fungi and land plants have many long non-coding RNAs derived from retrotransposons acquired by horizontal transposon transfer, including some that are highly expressed and involved in the response to drought stress and abscisic acid.

Phylogenetic and divergence analysis of Pentatomidae, with a comparison of the mitochondrial genomes of two related species (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae).

Pentatomidae, the most diverse family of Pentatomoidea, is found worldwide. Currently, the phylogenetic relationships among Pentatomidae tribes remain unstable, and subfamily divergence has not been estimated. Here, we sequenced and analyzed the complete mitochondrial genomes of two species of Lelia, and studied the phylogenetic relationships among Pentatominae tribes.

Regulation of plasma soluble receptors of TNF and IL-1 in patients with COVID-19 differs from that observed in sepsis.

Objectives: IL-1α/β and TNF are closely linked to the pathology of severe COVID-19 and sepsis. The soluble forms of their receptors, functioning as decoy receptors, exhibit inhibitory effects. However, little is known about their regulation in severe bacterial and viral infections, which we aimed to investigate in this study.

Interactions between Sugarcane Leaf Return and Fertilizer Reduction in Soil Bacterial Network in Southern China Red Soil.

Microbes may play an important role in the sugarcane leaf degradation and nutrient conversion process. Soil bacterial communities are more or less involved in material transformation and nutrient turnover. In order to make better use of the vast sugarcane leaf straw resources and reduce the overuse of chemical fertilizers in the subtropical red soil region of Guangxi, a pot experiment, with three sugarcane leaf return (SLR) amounts [full SLR (FS), 120 g/pot; half SLR (HS), 60 g/pot; and no SLR (NS)] and three fertilizer reduction (FR) levels [full fertilizer (FF), 4.

Suppression of Interferon Response and Antiviral Strategies of Bunyaviruses.

The order Bunyavirales belongs to the class of Ellioviricetes and is classified into fourteen families. Some species of the order Bunyavirales pose potential threats to human health. The continuously increasing research reveals that various viruses within this order achieve immune evasion in the host through suppressing interferon (IFN) response.

, a Quantitative Trait Locus for Rice Grain Shape, Encodes a RING-Type E3 Ubiquitin Ligase.

Grain weight and grain shape are important traits that determine rice grain yield and quality. Mining more quantitative trait loci (QTLs) that control grain weight and shape will help to further improve the molecular regulatory network of rice grain development and provide gene resources for high-yield and high-quality rice varieties. In the present study, a QTL for grain length (GL) and grain width (GW), , was firstly fine-mapped into a 21.

More sensitive microbial responses to the interactive effects of warming and altered precipitation in subsoil than topsoil of an alpine grassland ecosystem.

Subsoil is a large organic carbon reservoir, storing more than half of the total soil organic carbon (SOC) globally. Conventionally, subsoil is assumed to not be susceptible to climate change, but recent studies document that climate change could significantly alter subsoil carbon cycling. However, little is known about subsoil microbial responses to the interactive effects of climate warming and altered precipitation.

Effect of pH on growth and Cd accumulation in different rice varieties under hydroponics.

Currently, applying lime to cadmium (Cd)-contaminated paddy fields to increase pH and reduce Cd availability is an effective method to control excessive Cd levels in rice grain. However, under hydroponic conditions, the impact of increased pH on Cd accumulation in different rice varieties remains unclear. This study employed three rice varieties (Yuzhenxiang, Shaoxiang 100, Xiangwanxian 12) with different Cd accumulation characteristics under different pH and long-term treatment with 1 μM CdCl, to study the effect of pH on growth and Cd accumulation in different rice varieties.

[Comprehensive diagnosis and genetic analysis of two children with ring chromosome 18].

Objective: To clarify the genetic diagnosis of two children with ring chromosome 18 and explore their mechanisms and clinical phenotypes.

Methods: Two patients treated at the Children's Hospital of Henan Province respectively in June 2022 and March 2023 were selected as the study subjects. Genetic testing and diagnosis were carried out through copy number variation sequencing (CNV-seq), G-banded chromosomal karyotyping, and whole exome sequencing (WES).

Electrical contact property and control effects for stable T(H)-TaS/CB metal-semiconductor heterojunctions.

Metal-semiconductor heterojunctions are the basis for developing new electronic devices. Here, T(H)-TaS/CB metal-semiconductor heterostructures are constructed by different phase T- and H-TaS monolayers combined with the CB monolayer. The calculated corrected binding energies, phonon band structures, elastic constants, and molecular dynamics simulations indicated that both heterojunctions are highly stable, meaning that T(H)-TaS/CB heterojunctions possibly exist in experiments.

Exploring Uncharted Territory: Spectroscopic Evidence on a Novel Tetrel Bond with -C≡C- Triple Bond.

This study presents an investigation of the 2-butynyl alcohol···CO adduct, combining pulsed jet Fourier transform microwave spectroscopy with quantum chemical calculations. Two distinct isomers have been observed in the pulsed jet with a relative population ratio of 3/2. It marks the first instance of microwave spectroscopic evidence, to the best of our knowledge, suggesting the existence of a C···π tetrel bond (π···π* interaction) in both observed isomers.