Halorubrum yunnanense sp. nov., isolated from a subterranean salt mine.

Two halophilic archaeal strains, Q85(T) and Q86, were isolated from a subterranean salt mine in Yunnan, China. Cells were rod-shaped, Gram-stain-negative and motile. Colonies were red, smooth, convex and round (1.

Natural hybridization and asymmetric introgression at the distribution margin of two Buddleja species with a large overlap.

Background: Natural hybridization in plants is universal and plays an important role in evolution. Based on morphology it has been presumed that hybridization occurred in the genus Buddleja, though genetic studies confirming this assumption have not been conducted to date. The two species B.

ZnCr layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanosheets assisted formation of hierarchical flower-like CdZnS@LDH microstructures with improved visible-light-driven H2 production.

The development of new semiconductor photocatalysts toward splitting water has supplied a promising way to obtain sustainable and clean hydrogen energy. Herein, CdZnS@layered double hydroxide (LDH) composites with a hierarchical flower-like microstructure have been fabricated with the aid of ZnCr-LDH nanosheets as templates. XRD, SEM and HRTEM show that the ZnCr-LDH nanosheets are uniformly dispersed within the composites.

Psychometric structure of the Chinese Multiethnic Adolescent Cultural Identity Questionnaire.

In this study, we used the Chinese Multiethnic Adolescent Cultural Identity Questionnaire (CMACIQ) and collected valid data from 1,036 participants to systematically examine the mental model of cultural identity in Chinese multiethnic adolescents. Exploratory factor analysis and structural equation modeling were performed on the data to discover the factor structure and dimensions of cultural identity. The psychometric properties of the scale were rigorously validated in 2,744 new multiethnic participants from 5 native ethnic groups in Yunnan province in China.

Treatment of oilfield fracturing wastewater by a sequential combination of flocculation, Fenton oxidation and SBR process.

In this study, a combined process was developed that included flocculation, Fenton oxidation and sequencing batch reactor (SBR) to treat oilfield fracturing wastewater (FW). Flocculation and Fenton oxidation were applied to reduce chemical oxygen demand (COD) organic load and to enhance biodegradability, respectively. For flocculation, the optimum conditions were: polymeric aluminium chloride dosage, 40 mg/L; polyacrylamide dosage, 4 mg/L; dilution ratio, 1:2 and stirring time, 30 min.

Association analysis of bovine Foxa2 gene single sequence variant and haplotype combinations with growth traits in Chinese cattle.

Forkhead box A2 (Foxa2) has been recognized as one of the most potent transcriptional activators that is implicated in the control of feeding behavior and energy homeostasis. However, similar researches about the effects of genetic variations of Foxa2 gene on growth traits are lacking. Therefore, this study detected Foxa2 gene polymorphisms by DNA pool sequencing, PCR-RFLP and PCR-ACRS methods in 822 individuals from three Chinese cattle breeds.

Electrochemical sensor for detection of hydrazine based on Au@Pd core-shell nanoparticles supported on amino-functionalized TiO2 nanotubes.

In this paper, we reported a simple strategy for synthesizing well-defined TiO2NTs-Au@Pd hybrid nanostructures with prior TiO2 nanotube functionalization (F-TiO2NTs). TiO2NTs with larger surface area (BET surface area is 184.9m(2)g(-1)) were synthesized by hydrothermal method, and the NTs are anatase phase with a range of 2-3μm in length and 30-50nm in diameter after calcined at 400°C for 3h.

N-(2-Bromo-phen-yl)-1,3-selenazolo[5,4-b]pyridin-2-amine.

The mol-ecular structure of the title mol-ecule, C12H8BrN3Se, is built up from fused selenazolo and pyridine rings, linked to a 2-bromo-aniline group. In the crystal, pairs of mol-ecules are linked by N-H⋯N hydrogen bonds into dimers, forming eight-membered ring motifs.

Protein-based alignment in 3D-QSAR of FBPase inhibitors.

Three-dimensional quantitative structure-activity relationship (3D-QSAR) studies were performed on Frusectose-1, 6-bisphosphatase (FBPase) inhibitors, based on molecular docking obtained by using GOLD and comparative molecular field analysis (CoMFA). Three random splits into training and test sets had been performed and the high leave-one-out (LOO) cross-validated correlation coefficients q(2) of 0.781, 0.

Adaptive lag synchronization for competitive neural networks with mixed delays and uncertain hybrid perturbations.

This paper investigates the problem of adaptive lag synchronization for a kind of competitive neural network with discrete and distributed delays (mixed delays), as well as uncertain nonlinear external and stochastic perturbations (hybrid perturbations). A simple but robust adaptive controller is designed such that the response system can lag-synchronize with a drive system. Based on the Lyapunov stability theory and some suitable Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals, several sufficient conditions ensuring the lag synchronization are developed.

[Diterpenoid alkaloids from Aconitum handelianum].

Objective: To investigate the alkaloids from Aconitum handelianum.

Method: The column chromatographic methods were employed for the isolation and purification of the chemical constituents. The structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods.

Efficient degradation of Rhodamine B by using ethylenediamine-CuCl2 complex under alkaline conditions.

In this work, we have developed a simple and efficient approach to the degradation of organic dyes using ethylenediamine-CuCl(2) complex as the catalyst under basic conditions. Rhodamine B has been used as model compound and all experiments were carried out at normal atmospheric pressure and temperature (25+/-1 degrees C) under open-wide system. The different pH values from 7.

Existence and global exponential stability of periodic solution of a cellular neural networks difference equation with delays and impulses.

A class of cellular neural networks difference equation with delays and impulses are considered. Sufficient conditions for the existence and global exponential stability of periodic solution are obtained by using contraction mapping theorem and inequality techniques. The results of this paper are completely new.

[Comparative study on trace elements in Elsholtzia bodineri Vaniot. from Honghe by FAAS].

In the present paper, the authors prepared all the samples by the same method, and optimized the work conditions for flame qtomic absorption spectrometry. FAAS was applied to determine the trace elements, such as Pb, Cr, Cd, Cu, Zn, Hg, Se etc, in Elsholtzia bodineri Vaniot. from Mengzi, Shiping, Mile and Jianshui located in Honghe state.

Differential degradation of extraplastidic and plastidic lipids during freezing and post-freezing recovery in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Changes in membrane lipid composition play important roles in plant adaptation to and survival after freezing. Plant response to cold and freezing involves three distinct phases: cold acclimation, freezing, and post-freezing recovery. Considerable progress has been made toward understanding lipid changes during cold acclimation and freezing, but little is known about lipid alteration during post-freezing recovery.

A new lignan from the seeds of Arctium lappa.

A new compound, neoarctin A (1), together with nine known compounds (2-10), were obtained from the ethanolic extract of the seeds of Arctium lappa. The structure of 1 was elucidated on the basis of spectral and chemical evidence.

Five novel species of the genus Nocardiopsis isolated from hypersaline soils and emended description of Nocardiopsis salina Li et al. 2004.

Five novel Nocardiopsis strains isolated from hypersaline soils in China were subjected to a polyphasic analysis to determine their taxonomic position. All of the novel isolates could grow on agar plates at NaCl concentrations of up to 18 % (w/v), with optimum growth at 5-8 %. The DNA G+C contents of the novel strains ranged from 67.