mlsa-iai-msu-lab/ru_sci_bench_zho_cite_reranking huggingface dataset:
Facile Mechanochemical Green Fabrication of CuBr(tu)3 Nanowires as Electrochemical Supercapacitor Electrodes

CuBr (tu)3 nanowires (tu: thiourea) was prepared by a facile mechanochemical green method for the first time and their application as electrode for supercapacitors is also studied. The as-prepared CuBr(tu)3 nanowires show length of around 4 μm and width of 50~60 nm. Those nanowires exhibited high specific capacitance of 1408 F·g~(-1) at a scan rate of 5 mV·s-1 and 1683 F·g~(-1) at current density of 10 A·g~(-1) in a 2 M KOH electrolyte. This study provides a simple, efficient, and environmental strategy to fabricate novel nanoscale electrode materials constructing metal-organic frameworks.
Morphological beak differences of loliginid squid, Uroteuthis chinensis and Uroteuthis edulis , in the northern South China Sea

The mitre squid (Uroteuthis chinensis) and the swordtip squid (U . edulis) are Indo-Pacific cephalopod species that are abundant in the western Pacific Ocean. They are currently exploited in the East and South China Seas and make up a significant portion of the Chinese neritic squid catch. Beaks, the feeding organs of squid, are important for individual size and biomass estimation because of their high resistance to degradation in predator stomachs and consistent dimensions. In this study, 104 U . chinensis and 143 U . edulis individuals were sampled from northern South China Sea with mantle length from 70 to 260 mm and 96 to 284 mm, respectively. The results indicated that morphological beak values were greater for U . edulis , compared to U . chinensis , for upper hood length (UHL), upper crest length (UCL), upper lateral wall length (ULWL), lower crest length (LCL), and lower lateral wall length (LLWL). According to principal component analysis, UHL/ML, UCL/ML, ULWL/ML, LCL/ML, LLWL/ML and LWL/ML could represent the characteristics of beaks for U . chinensis , while UHL/ML, UCL/ML, ULWL/ML, LHL/ML, LCL/ML and LLWL/ML could represent it for U . edulis . According to Akaike's information criterion (AIC) values, a power function was the most suitable model for U . chinensis , while a linear function was the most suitable model for U . edulis . The beak variable-mantle length ratio (beak variable/mantle length) declined with the increasing of mantle length and declined sharply at the early stage of growth in both beaks and species. The ratio changed quickly after achieving the mantle length of 140 mm for U . chinensis , while the ratio changed quickly after 170 mm for U . edulis . Beaks in both species experienced sharper changes through maturity stage I to II than other maturity stages. This study gives us basic beak morphology information for U . chinensis and U . edulis in the East and South China Seas. Geometric morphological methods combined with dietary analysis should be used in the future.
Molecular characterization and expression analysis of Lilytype lectin (Sm LTL) in turbot Scophthalmus maximus , and its response to Vibrio anguillarum

A full-length lily-type lectin (Sm LTL) was identified from turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) in this study. By searching database for protein identification and function prediction, Sm LTL were confirmed. The full-length cDNA of Sm LTL is composed of 569 bp and contains a 339 bp ORF that encodes 112 amino acid residues. The Sm LTL peptide is characterized by a specific β-prism architecture and contains three mannose binding sites in a three-fold internal repeat between amino acids 30–99; two of the repeats share the classical mannose binding domain (QxDxNxVxY) while the third binding site was similar to other fish-specific binding motifs (TxTxGxRxV). The primary, secondary, and tertiary structures of Sm LTL were predicted and analyzed, indicating that the Sm LTL protein was hydrophilic, contained 5.36% α-helices, 39.29% extended strands, 16.07% β-folds, and 39.29% random coils, and three β-folds. Quantitative realtime polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) analysis revealed that the Sm LTL mRNA was abundantly expressed in skin, gill, and intestine. Low levels of Sm LTL expression were observed in other tissues. The expression of Sm LTL in gill, skin and intestine increased at mRNA level after stimulation of Vibrio anguillarum , our results suggest that Sm LTL serve as the first line of defence against microbial infections and play a pivotal role in the innate mucosal immune system. The current study indicates that Sm LTL is a member of the lilytype lectin family and the information reported here will provide an important foundation for future research on the role of this protein.
Effect of decreasing temperature on the strobilation of Aurelia sp.1

The worldwide proliferation of marine jellyfish has become a crucial ecological and social issue, and as a cosmopolitan species, Aurelia spp. have received increasing scientific attentions. In the present study, the responses of strobilation in Aurelia sp.1 to decreasing temperature were illuminated through the expression levels of the retinoid x receptor (RxR) gene and the gene encoding a secreted protein, CL390. We observed that a higher final temperature decreased the strobilation prophase and strobilation interphase periods, and the growth rate of the strobilae ratio increased with increasing CL390 gene expression. The ratio of strobilae at 12°C was highest, and the strobilae showed the higher releasing ratios at both 12°C and 16°C compared with those at 4°C and 8°C. Furthermore, more ephyrae were released at the higher final temperature. Additionally, up-regulation and down-regulation of the CL390 gene were observed in response to the four decreasing temperatures. Although the four CL390 gene transcript levels increased more significantly than the transcript levels of the RxR gene, similar trends were observed in both genes.
Fish-mediated changes in bacterioplankton community composition: an in situ mesocosm experiment

We characterized variations in bacterioplankton community composition (BCC) in mesocosms subject to three different treatments. Two groups contained fish (group one: Cyprinus carpio ; group two: Hypophthalmichthys molitrix); and group three, the untreated mesocosm, was the control. Samples were taken seven times over a 49-d period, and BCC was analyzed by PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) and real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR). Results revealed that introduction of C . carpio and H . molitrix had a remarkable impact on the composition of bacterioplankton communities, and the BCC was significantly different between each treatment. Sequencing of DGGE bands revealed that the bacterioplankton community in the different treatment groups was consistent at a taxonomic level, but differed in its abundance. H . molitrix promoted the richness of Alphaproteobacteria and Actinobacteria, while more bands affiliated to Cyanobacteria were detected in C . carpio mesocosms. The redundancy analysis (RDA) result demonstrated that the BCC was closely related to the bottom-up (total phosphorus, chlorophyll a, phytoplankton biomass) and top-down forces (biomass of copepods and cladocera) in C . carpio and control mesocosms, respectively. We found no evidence for top-down regulation of BCC by zooplankton in H . molitrix mesocosms, while grazing by protozoa (heterotrophic nanoflagellates, ciliates) became the major way to regulate BCC. Total bacterioplankton abundances were significantly higher in C . carpio mesocosms because of high nutrient concentration and suspended solids. Our study provided insights into the relationship between fish and bacterioplankton at species level, leading to a deep understanding of the function of the microbial loop and the aquatic ecosystem.
Response of ammonia-oxidizing betaproteobacteria to shortterm fertilization in a salt marsh in China

This study examines the impacts of short-term (6 months) fertilization on the community structure and abundance of ammonia-oxidizing betaproteobacteria (β-AOB) and the potential nitrification rate in sediment colonized by Suaeda heteroptera in a saltmarsh located in Shuangtai estuary, China. The sediment samples were collected from plots treated with different amounts of an N fertilizer (urea supplied at 0.1, 0.2, 0.4, and 0.8 g/kg (nitrogen content in dry sediment)), and with different forms of N fertilizers (urea, (NH_4) _2 SO_4 , and NH_4 NO_3 , each supplied at 0.2 g/kg). The fertilizers were applied 1–4 times during the plant-growing season in May, July, August and September of 2013. Untreated plots were included as a control. As revealed in denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of the 16S rRNA gene, the β-AOB community responded to both the amount and form of N. Real-time quantitative PCR indicated that both abundance and potential nitrification rate of β-AOB increased after N addition, regardless of concentration and form (except NH_4 NO_3). These results provide evidence that short-term N application influences the sediment β-AOB community, β-AOB abundance and potential nitrification rate in a saltmarsh ecosystem.
Rates and fluxes of centennial-scale carbon storage in the fine-grained sediments from the central South Yellow Sea and Min-Zhe belt, East China Sea

The global carbon cycle has played a key role in mitigating global warming and climate change. Long-term natural and anthropogenic processes influence the composition, sources, burial rates, and fluxes of carbon in sediments on the continental shelf of China. In this study, the rates, fluxes, and amounts of carbon storage at the centennial scale were estimated and demonstrated using the case study of three fine-grained sediment cores from the central South Yellow Sea area(SYSA) and Min-Zhe belt(MZB), East China Sea. Based on the high-resolution temporal sequences of total carbon(TC) and total organic carbon(TOC) contents, we reconstructed the annual variations of historical marine carbon storage, and explored the influence of terrestrial and marine sources on carbon burial at the centennial scale. The estimated TC storage over 100 years was 1.18×10~8 t in the SYSA and 1.45×10~9 t in the MZB. The corrected TOC storage fluxes at the centennial scale ranged from 17 to 28 t/(km~2 ·a)in the SYSA and from 56 to 148 t/(km~2 ·a) in the MZB. The decrease of terrestrial materials and the increase of marine primary production suggest that the TOC buried in the sediments in the SYSA and MZB was mainly derived from the marine autogenetic source. In the MZB, two depletion events occurred in TC and TOC storage from 1985 to 1987 and 2003 to 2006, which were coeval with the water impoundment in the Gezhouba and Three Gorges dams, respectively. The high-resolution records of the carbon storage rates and fluxes in the SYSA and MZB reflect the synchronous responses to human activities and provide an important reference for assessing the carbon sequestration capacity of the marginal seas of China.
The IOD-ENSO precursory teleconnection over the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean: dynamics and long-term trends under global warming

The dynamics of the teleconnection between the Indian Ocean Dipole(IOD) in the tropical Indian Ocean and El Nino-Southern Oscillation(ENSO) in the tropical Pacific Ocean at the time lag of one year are investigated using lag correlations between the oceanic anomalies in the southeastern tropical Indian Ocean in fall and those in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean in the following winter-fall seasons in the observations and in high-resolution global ocean model simulations. The lag correlations suggest that the IOD-forced interannual transport anomalies of the Indonesian Throughflow generate thermocline anomalies in the western equatorial Pacific Ocean, which propagate to the east to induce ocean-atmosphere coupled evolution leading to ENSO. In comparison, lag correlations between the surface zonal wind anomalies over the western equatorial Pacific in fall and the Indo-Pacific oceanic anomalies at time lags longer than a season are all insignificant, suggesting the short memory of the atmospheric bridge. A linear continuously stratified model is used to investigate the dynamics of the oceanic connection between the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans. The experiments suggest that interannual equatorial Kelvin waves from the Indian Ocean propagate into the equatorial Pacific Ocean through the Makassar Strait and the eastern Indonesian seas with a penetration rate of about 10%–15% depending on the baroclinic modes. The IOD-ENSO teleconnection is found to get stronger in the past century or so. Diagnoses of the CMIP5 model simulations suggest that the increased teleconnection is associated with decreased Indonesian Throughflow transports in the recent century, which is found sensitive to the global warming forcing.
Sedimentary architecture of the Holocene mud deposit off the southern Shandong Peninsula in the Yellow Sea

Newly acquired high-resolution seismic profiles reveal a nearshore and an off shore mud depocenter off the southern Shandong Peninsula in the Yellow Sea. The nearshore depocenter is distributed in bands along the south coast of Shandong Peninsula. The off shore depocenter is part of the distal subaqueous deltaic lobe, which deposited around the southeastern tip of the Shandong Peninsula. Between the two depocenters is a linear depression. The mud deposits directly overlie the postglacial transgressive surface and can be divided into lower and upper units by the Holocene maximum flooding surface. The nearshore and off shore units display different seismic structures. The lower unit of the nearshore deposit exhibits basal onlap, whereas the upper unit is characterized by progradation. The lower and upper units of the off shore deposit display distinct acoustic features. The lower unit has low-angle aggradation with internal reflectors generally dipping seaward and truncated by the Holocene maximum flooding surface, whereas the upper unit is characterized by aggradation and progradation landward rather than seaward. Results of geochemistry analysis of QDZ03 sediments and mineral analysis of WHZK01 sediments suggest that the nearshore deposit and the lower unit of the off shore deposit are derived from the proximal coastal sediments of the Shandong Peninsula and the Huanghe(Yellow) River sediments. The upper unit of the off shore deposit is mainly Huanghe River-derived. The lower unit of the mud deposit represents a post-glacial transgressive system tract according to dates of core QDZ03, and the upper unit represents a highstand system tract from middle Holocene to the present. These results will be of great significance to further understanding of the transportation of the Huanghe River sediments into the Yellow Sea and the spatial distribution of the subaqueous delta.
An embedded lightweight GUI component library and ergonomics optimization method for industry process monitoring

Developing an efficient and robust lightweight graphic user interface (GUI) for industry process monitoring is always a challenging task. Current implementation methods for embedded GUI are with the matters of real-time processing and ergonomics performance. To address the issue, an embedded lightweight GUI component library design method based on quasar technology embedded (Qt/E) is proposed. First, an entity-relationship (E-R) model for the GUI library is developed to define the functional framework and data coupling relations. Second, a cross-compilation environment is constructed, and the Qt/E shared library files are tailored to satisfy the requirements of embedded target systems. Third, by using the signal-slot communication interfaces, a message mapping mechanism that does not require a call-back pointer is developed, and the context switching performance is improved. According to the multi-thread method, the parallel task processing capabilities for data collection, calculation, and display are enhanced, and the real-time performance and robustness are guaranteed. Finally, the human-computer interaction process is optimized by a scrolling page method, and the ergonomics performance is verified by the industrial psychology methods. Two numerical cases and five industrial experiments show that the proposed method can increase real-time read-write correction ratios by more than 26% and 29%, compared with Windows-CE-GUI and Android-GUI, respectively. The component library can be tailored to 900 KB and supports 12 hardware platforms. The average session switch time can be controlled within 0.6 s and six key indexes for ergonomics are verified by different industrial applications.
MFSR: Maximum Feature Score Region-based Captions Locating in News Video Images

For news video images, caption recognizing is a useful and important step for content understanding. Caption locating is usually the first step of caption recognizing and this paper proposes a simple but effective caption locating algorithm called maximum feature score region (MFSR) based method, which mainly consists of two stages: In the first stage, up/down boundaries are attained by turning to edge map projection. Then, maximum feature score region is defined and left/right boundaries are achieved by utilizing MFSR. Experiments show that the proposed MFSR based method has superior and robust performance on news video images of different types.
Elaborate Scene Reconstruction with a Consumer Depth Camera

A robust approach to elaborately reconstruct the indoor scene with a consumer depth camera is proposed in this paper. In order to ensure the accuracy and completeness of 3D scene model reconstructed from a freely moving camera, this paper proposes new 3D reconstruction methods, as follows: 1) Depth images are processed with a depth adaptive bilateral filter to effectively improve the image quality; 2) A local-to-global registration with the content-based segmentation is performed, which is more reliable and robust to reduce the visual odometry drifts and registration errors; 3) An adaptive weighted volumetric method is used to fuse the registered data into a global model with sufficient geometrical details. Experimental results demonstrate that our approach increases the robustness and accuracy of the geometric models which were reconstructed from a consumer-grade depth camera.
间充质干细胞源性外泌体参与修复骨关节炎退变软骨的研究进展

OA是最常见的慢性关节病,随着人口老龄化和肥胖率的上升,预计到2020年,OA将成为人类的第四大致残因素。OA的病理学机制比较复杂,其主要特征为关节软骨退变,并伴有不同程度的滑膜炎。关节软骨是滑膜关节的重要组成部分,其主要功能为缓冲和承受人体压力,减少关节运动时的摩擦阻力,对维持正常关节功能具有重要意义。若关节软骨发生病变常会导致关节疼痛、肿胀和功能障碍等。MSCs在OA软骨修复中的治疗功效已经在动物和临床研究中得到证实。MSCs的分化替代功能一直被认为是其参与损伤组织修复的主要方式,然而,近年来的研究发现MSCs的旁分泌效应同样发挥了重要治疗作用,尤其是MSCs源性外泌体作为细胞间媒介,通过转移细胞之间的生物活性脂质、核酸(包括mRNA和miRNA)和蛋白质,在受体细胞中引发系列的生物反应,从而实现病损组织的再生。本文就MSCs源性外泌体参与修复OA退变软骨的研究进展进行综述。
前庭性偏头痛诊治专家共识(2018)

偏头痛和眩晕是临床常见的两种疾患。早在公元前131年,Cappadocia的学者Aretaeus第一次将偏头痛及眩晕联系起来,Liveing在1873年注意到了头痛与头晕的关联性,但直到20世纪80年代,人们才开始系统性地研究两者关系。1984年Kayan等最先对偏头痛和眩晕的联系做了系统性的描述。随着研究的深入,这些反复眩晕伴偏头痛的病人曾被诊断为偏头痛相关性眩晕/头晕、偏头痛相关性前庭功能障碍、偏头痛性眩晕等。1999年,Dieterich和Brandt首次倡导使用“前庭性偏头痛(vestibular migraine,VM)”这一术语作为此类病人的诊断,从而取代了所有之前对于此类疾病的诊断。尽管对VM究竟是否为一个疾病实体还存在争议,但全球的多数专家依然认可VM的存在。2012年国际头痛学会和国际Barany学会共同制定并发表了统一的概念“前庭性偏头痛“及其诊断标准,被纳入2018年第3版国际头痛疾病分类诊断标准(ICHD-3)的附录中,成为国内外头痛和眩晕领域的研究热点。目前国内外尚没有统一的VM诊疗指南或专家共识,随着对其研究的不断深入,新的临床证据、检查技术和治疗方法的不断涌现,有必要制定我国VM的诊疗专家共识。通过中国医师协会神经内科医师分会疼痛与感觉障碍学组和中国医药教育协会眩晕专业委员会组织国内专家多次研讨,在参考借鉴国外最新诊断标准的同时,结合自身的临床经验和中国国情,制定出台了《前庭性偏头痛诊治专家共识(2018)》,以期规范和促进国内VM的诊疗工作。
子宫动脉栓塞对卵巢功能及生育力影响的研究进展

子宫动脉栓塞(UAE)是一种安全有效的治疗症状性子宫肌瘤的一线疗法,但其可能对术后卵巢功能及生育力有不利影响。现结合相关文献及指南建议,探讨UEA对子宫肌瘤患者术后卵巢功能及生育力的影响,为有生育要求子宫肌瘤患者的规范化诊治提供参考。
Prof. Yakov Kuzyakov Appointed an Associate Editor

Prof. Yakov Kuzyakov, Head of Department of Soil Science, University of Gottingen, Germany, has been appointed an Associate Editor of Pedosphere. Prof. Kuzyakov has authored more than 350 ISI publications, with 25 of them being ranked as highly cited papers (top 1% citations) and 5 as hot papers (top 0.1% citations). His recent research directions focus on soil ecology, biogeochemistry, rhizosphere ecology, C and N cycles, C sequestration, priming effects, and biochar stability. The studies of his group are based on applications of stable and radioactive isotopes, biomarkers, and imaging techniques. He recently published two articles in Pedosphere (Jia et al., 2017; Li et al., 2018). Prof. Kuzyakov has very intensive and successful collaboration with various universities and research institutes in China. Together with Chinese colleagues, he investigates effects of land use change and global warming, belowground C input by plants, root-microbial interactions, competition of plants and microorganisms for N, enzyme activities and distribution, and soil degradation and restoration.
Responses of Saline Soil Properties and Cotton Growth to Different Organic Amendments

Application of organic waste to saline alkaline soils is considered to be a good practice for soil remediation. The effects of applying different organic amendments (e.g., cattle dung, vermicompost, biofertilizer) and earthworm inoculations (Eisenia fetida) on saline soils and cotton growth were investigated during 1 year of cotton cultivation. Compared to the control (applied with inorganic NPK fertilizer), applying organic amendments improved soil physicochemical properties. Biofertilizer application improved available nutrient content, reduced short-term soil electrical conductivity, and produced the highest cotton yield, whereas cattle dung and vermicompost applications resulted in higher soil organic matter content. Application of organic amendments significantly increased soil microbial biomass carbon during the flowering period, which sharply declined at harvest. This was especially true for the biofertilizer treatment, which also exhibited lower nematode abundance compared with the other organic materials. Earthworm inoculation following cattle dung application failed to significantly change soil physicochemical properties when compared to the treatments without earthworm inoculation. Results suggest that biofertilizer application to saline soil would improve soil nutrient status in the short-term, whereas cattle dung application would improve soil organic matter content and increase soil organism abundance to a greater extent. However, different strategies might be required for long-term saline soil remediation.
Impact of Lower Boundary Condition of Richards' Equation on Water, Energy, and Soil Carbon Based on Coupling Land Surface and Biogeochemical Models

Soil moisture has a significant influence on water, energy, and carbon biogeochemical cycles. A numerical method for solving Richards' equation is usually used for simulating soil moisture. Selection of a lower boundary condition for Richards' equation will further affect the simulation results for soil moisture, water cycle, energy balance, and carbon biogeochemical processes. In this study, the soil water movement dynamic sub-model of a hydrologically based land surface model, the variable infiltration capacity (VIC) model, was modified using the finite difference method (FDM) to solve a mixed form of Richards' equation. In addition, the VIC model was coupled with a terrestrial biogeochemical model, the Carnegie Ames Stanford Approach model of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus (CASACNP model). The no-flux boundary (NB) and free-drainage boundary (FB) were selected to investigate their impacts on simulations of the water, energy, and soil carbon cycles based on the coupling model. The NB and FB had different influences on the water, energy, and soil carbon simulations. The water and energy simulations were more sensitive, while the soil carbon simulation was less sensitive to FB than to NB. Free-drainage boundary could result in lower soil moisture, evaporation, runoff, and heterotrophic respiration and higher surface soil temperature, sensible heat flux, and soil carbon content. The impact of the lower boundary condition on simulation would be greater with an increase in soil permeability. In the silt loam soil case, evaporation, runoff, and soil respiration of FB were nearly 16%, 13%, and 1% smaller, respectively, compared to those of NB.