Publications by authors named "Zhenbao Shi"

Greengage alcoholic beverage (GAB) is gaining popularity for its distinctive fruity aroma and nutritional benefits. The strain applied for fermentation significantly influences the metabolic production of aroma compounds, making the selection of strains to be critical for enhancing the unique flavor profile of the GAB in commercial production. In this study, the effects of two common commercial strains (SY, EC-1118) and two laboratory-derived strains (ET008-c54, NM-8) on the flavor profile of the GAB were investigated.

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Biogas slurry combined with chemical fertilizer (BCF) is widely used as a fertilizer in paddy fields and rhizosphere microorganisms are key players in plant growth and reproduction. However, the dynamic responses of rhizosphere microorganisms of field-grown rice to BCF application still remain largely unknown. In this study, a field experiment was conducted in two proximate paddy fields in Chongming Island to study the impacts of BCF on the changes in rhizosphere microorganisms during the whole rice growth, including seedling, tillering, booting, and grain-filling stages, with solely chemical fertilizer (CF) treatment as control.

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The purpose of this article was to study the effect of permeable pavements on runoff pollution control and its possible influence on groundwater quality in the area with high groundwater level. Three experimental permeable parking lots and one impermeable parking lot were built in urban Shanghai in order to monitor their quality of influent and effluent water under actual precipitation conditions, in order to investigate the performance of pollutant control effects and to evaluate the possibility of the pollution of groundwater. The results showed that all the three facilities could effectively remove TP, TSS, COD, Cr, Mn, Cu, Zn, Pb and O&G, but imposed poor removal efficiency on TN.

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Article Synopsis
  • Mental retardation (MR) is a common cognitive impairment in children, with diverse genetic factors contributing to its causes, including mutations in the FACL4 gene.
  • A study was conducted with 556 subjects from the Qin-Ba mountain region of China to investigate the link between FACL4 gene mutations and non-specific mental retardation, using five specific SNPs for analysis.
  • The results showed no significant differences in genotype or allele frequencies between children with non-specific mental retardation and the control group, indicating that FACL4 gene mutations do not increase susceptibility to MR in this population.
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