Light plays an important role in the photosynthesis and metabolic process of microalgae.However,how different light conditions regulate the biomass production and protein accumulation of microalgae is mostly unknown.I...Light plays an important role in the photosynthesis and metabolic process of microalgae.However,how different light conditions regulate the biomass production and protein accumulation of microalgae is mostly unknown.In this study,the influence of different light conditions,including light colors,densities,and light:dark cycles on the cell growth and biochemical composition of Spirulina platensis was symmetrically characterized.Under different colored lights,S.platensis all shows an increase trend within the increased light intensity ranges;however,each showing different optimal light intensities.At the same light intensity,different colored lights show different growth rate of S.platensis following the sequence of red>white>green>yellow>blue.The maximum growth rate and protein accumulation were determined as 21.88 and 5.10 mg/(L·d)when illuminated under red LED.The energy efficiency of different light sources was calculated and ranked as red>white>blue≈green>yellow.Transcriptomic analysis suggests that red light can promote cell growth and protein accumulation by upregulating genes related to photosynthesis,carbon fixation,and C-N metabolism pathways.This study provides a conducive and efficient way to promote biomass production and protein accumulation of S.platensis by regulating light conditions.展开更多
In this article,the legend for Fig.3 f&g was inadvertently mislabeled.The figure below shows the wrong one.The figure should have appeared as shown below.
Studying petty loan forestry property mortgage mode has significant practical meaning in fund-raising and income-increasing in the forest- agriculture industry,restructuring and expanding the industry as well as setti...Studying petty loan forestry property mortgage mode has significant practical meaning in fund-raising and income-increasing in the forest- agriculture industry,restructuring and expanding the industry as well as setting up scientific industrial public policies. On the basis of literature analysis and field research data,this paper will classify and analyze research papers studying in forestry,property mortgage,and therefore draws conclusions on relevant concepts of petty loan forestry property mortgage,economics and property rights theory as well. At present,the studies of petty loan forestry property mortgage are more practical that are lack of an overall theoretical framework. Considering China's real situation of petty loan forestry property mortgage mode,we have investigated some foreign cases in operating forestry property mortgage systemically and some challenges and difficulties confronted by stakeholders in real cases. Therefore,we put forward that in the current period the fund-raising in forestry industry should focus on establishing and improving an overall rural petty loan forestry property mortgage mode.展开更多
Skeletal muscle accounts for 40%~45%of the body weight and is composed of a large number of parallel arrangement of muscle fiber bundles through attaching to the skeleton by the tendon.And robust skeletal muscles prov...Skeletal muscle accounts for 40%~45%of the body weight and is composed of a large number of parallel arrangement of muscle fiber bundles through attaching to the skeleton by the tendon.And robust skeletal muscles provide people the ability of daily activities such as walk,lift and so on.Muscle fibers are generated by multinucleated myotubes which form from the fusion of myoblasts with polarity development,and the synergistic effect between muscle fibers and spontaneous contraction provides support for the movement of the bodies and limbs.However,because of common clinical genetic defect,trauma,tumor,primary myopathy there are so many people cannot exercise like normal people.So it is an urgent task to treat these diseases.Traditional treatment methods are mainly through acupuncture,rehabilitation,drug treatment,etc.But these methods have long treatment times,poor efficacy,and high costs.Recently,the clinical researchers find that these diseases have similar pathological characteristics including structural damage,loss of skeletal muscle function,apoptosis and degradation of muscle fibers Therefore,there is academic and clinical value to study the repair and regeneration of skeletal muscle.Nowadays,tissue engineering provides a new idea for repairing damaged muscle tissue.Tissue engineering uses biological materials as a carrier to regulate the structural properties of materials.By applying biological/chemical/physical stimuli to mimic the microenvironment of the living body.And then construct a living tissue and transplant it into the body for wound repair.With the development of tissue engineering,we regulate the micro-structure of the cell matrix and applying mechanical stimulation to reconstruct a functional muscle microtissue in vitro.Such fabrication and mechanical loading strategy provide an easily adaptable platform to create functional muscle tissue constructs.And the mature muscle microtissues provide a useful tool for the clinical application to treat muscle injury.In this work,we regulate ECM microstructure and apply mechanical stimulation to construct three-dimensional muscle cell mechanical microenvironment.We first regulate the collagen fiber orientation by utilizing the characteristics of collagen gelation,which is a slow process and often need half an hour even more.Before gelation,we fabricate a PDMS mould with rectangle chamber and apply a strain along the long axis to a certain extent utilizing its elasticity.Then we pour collagen solution into the chamber and release the force a few minutes later and gelatinize.After gelation,we apply stretching on the end of the rectangle collagen hydrogel to promote further alignment.We adjust the strain loading time and the strain level to form different groups.Determining the optimal experimental conditions for myotube formation by counting the length and area ofthe myotube and immunofluorescence about relevant proteins.Later,we use western blot and RT-PCR to prove our result.It was found that the application of pre-strain and tensile stimulation can promote the alignment of collagen fibers.Results show that strain loading time and strain extent can regulate the morphology and function of myotubes.The muscle mechanical microenvironment we constructed promotes the formation and activity of polar multinuclear myotubes and builds mature muscle tissue,and determines the related molecular pathways and their transmission mechanisms during the mechanical conduction process.展开更多
Many structures and materials in nature and physiology have important "meso-scale" structures at the micron lengthscale whose tensile responses have proven difficult to characterize mechanically. Although techniques...Many structures and materials in nature and physiology have important "meso-scale" structures at the micron lengthscale whose tensile responses have proven difficult to characterize mechanically. Although techniques such as atomic force microscopy and micro- and nano-identation are mature for compression and indentation testing at the nano-scale, and standard uniaxial and shear rheometry techniques exist for the macroscale, few techniques are applicable for tensile-testing at the micrometre-scale, leaving a gap in our understanding of hierarchical biomaterials. Here, we present a novel magnetic mechanical testing (MMT) system that enables viscoelastic tensile testing at this critical length scale. The MMT system applies non-contact loading, avoiding gripping and surface interaction effects. We demonstrate application of the MMT system to the first analyses of the pure tensile responses of several native and engineered tissue systems at the mesoscale, showing the broad potential of the system for exploring micro- and meso-scale analysis of structured and hierarchical biological systems.展开更多
Among new low-melting-point glasses, bismuth ate glass is deemed to have the most potential as an environmentally friendly replacement for polluting Pb-containing glasses. Current studies of boro-bismuthate glasses fo...Among new low-melting-point glasses, bismuth ate glass is deemed to have the most potential as an environmentally friendly replacement for polluting Pb-containing glasses. Current studies of boro-bismuthate glasses focus on the structural influence of the additional oxide in the context of low-melting-point electronic sealing applications. In this study, the structure of quaternary Bi2O3- ZnO-B2O3-BaO glasses was investigated spectroscopic ally, with Fourier-transform-infrared (FT-IR) and Raman spectra recorded for glasses with different main oxide contents. Signals in the FT-IR are mainly observed around 500 cm﹣1, 720 cm﹣1, 840 cm﹣1, 980 - 1080 cm﹣1, and 1200 - 1500 cm﹣1, while the Raman scattering peaks are located at 130 cm﹣1, 390 cm﹣1, 575 cm﹣1, 920 cm﹣1, and 1250 cm﹣1. The glasses are mainly structured around [BO3] units and the numbers of [BiO6] and [BiO3] units increase with the Bi2O3 content increasing. Concurrently, the FT-IR absorption peaks associated with [BO4] units shift to lower wave numbers, indicating a loosening of the glass structure. However, as the B2O3 content is increased, the numbers of [BO3] and [BO4] units increase, while those of [BiO3] and [BiO6] units decrease, highlighting a densification of the glass structure. ZnO acts as a network modifier in these glasses.展开更多
Cells in vivo reside within a complex microenvironment that is rich in biological,chemical and mechanical cues,playing critical roles in regulating cellular activities(e.g.,proliferation,migration,differentiation)both...Cells in vivo reside within a complex microenvironment that is rich in biological,chemical and mechanical cues,playing critical roles in regulating cellular activities(e.g.,proliferation,migration,differentiation)both spatially and temporally.Although it is well accepted that biochemical cues can significantly influence cell functions,accumulating evidence has also shown that mechanical feedback from the cell microenvironment(e.g.,stiffness of ECM,morphology,and tension force)also plays an important role in controlling cell fate.Disequilibrium of the mechanical microenvironment is associated with a series of diseases,such as cancer migration and tissue fibrosis.Thus,there is a pressing need to understand how cells transduce these mechanobiological cues.The cell cytoskeleton is linked to both the nuclear lamina via LINC complexes and to focal adhesions.This enables the intriguing possibility that forces directly transduced by the nucleus might in fact affect gene expression.Can force transmitted to nucleus and associated alterations to the special organization of genome inside the nucleus modulate gene expression programmes and change cell behaviors? This kind of putative mechanotransduction dominated by the nucleus is termed as nuclear mechanotransduction.Evidence shows that isolated nuclei regulate their stiffness to in response to force applied on nesprin with integrated nuclear lamina and emerin required.Another example is that the force applied on integrins in focal adhesions can be transmitted through actin filaments to the LINC complex and then stretch the chromatin directly through lamina-chromatin interactions.However,the mechanism of nuclear mechanotransduction is still unclear.Three hypotheses have been proposed.The first proposed mechanism is that the proteins on the nuclear lamina are phosphorylated induced by force and their special organization is changed to regulate downstream signal transduction.Transcription factors like YAP and calcium ions would enter the nucleus in the context of force stretching the nuclear lamina and opening nuclear pore complexes(NPC)and calcium channels.Another proposed hypothesis in this case is that force propagated through the cytoskeleton stretches,opens or condenses chromatin directly,leading to an entirely different genome organization.Nevertheless,due to the lack of research methods and instruments,researchers have not reached a consensus on how cells sense external forces and react specifically through nucleus.In this study,we used micropatterned techniques to modify poly(N-isopropyl-acrylamide)(PA)hydrogel surface with fibronectin(FN)which promote cell adhesion to shape-engineer the cells to investigate the effects of matrix stiffness on nuclear mechanotransduction.To illustrate the impact on nuclear shape induced by matrix stiffness,the nuclei were stained byDAPI and observed by a laser confocal microscopy with small step sizes.The nuclear shape index(NSI),which indicate the variation of projected nuclear shape was firstly researched thoroughly.Meanwhile,the nuclear height,width and volume were characterized in this study.To investigate the force transmitted to the nuclei in cells cultured on hydrogels with multiple stiffness,the cell traction force was measured and the cytoskeleton like actin cap was studied by pharmacological treatments.We also found that the impacts of matrix stiffness on nuclear mechanics,which indicated by the condensation of chromatin and the overexpression of Lamin A/C.展开更多
With a "two-way pseudo-testcross" mapping strategy, we applied the amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers to construct two moderate density genetic linkage maps for Laminaria. The linkage maps were ...With a "two-way pseudo-testcross" mapping strategy, we applied the amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers to construct two moderate density genetic linkage maps for Laminaria. The linkage maps were generated from the 60 progenies of the F1 cross family (Laminaria iongissima Aresch. × L. Japonica Miyabe) with twenty pairs of primer combinations. Of the 333 polymorphic loci scored in 60 progenies, 173 segregated in a 1:1 ratio, corresponding to DNA polymorphisms heterozygous in a single parent, and the other 58 loci existing in both parents followed a 3:1 Mendelian segregation ratio. Among the loci with 1:1 segregating ratios, 79 loci were ordered in 14 linkage groups (648.6 cM) of the paternal map, and 72 loci were ordered in 14 linkage groups (601.9 cM) of the maternal map. The average density of loci was approximately 1 per 8 cM. To Investigate the homologies between two parental maps, we used 58 loci segregated 3:1 for further analysis, and deduced one homologous linkage group. The linkage data developed in these maps will be useful for detecting loci-controlling commercially important traits for Laminaria.展开更多
Hollow TiO2-x porous microspheres consisted of numerous well-crystalline nanocrystals with superior structural integrity and robust hollow interior were synthesized by a facile sol-gel template-assisted approach and t...Hollow TiO2-x porous microspheres consisted of numerous well-crystalline nanocrystals with superior structural integrity and robust hollow interior were synthesized by a facile sol-gel template-assisted approach and two-step carbonprotected calcination method, together with hydrogenation treatment. They exhibit a uniform diameter of -470 nm with a thin porous wall shell of -50 nm in thickness. The Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area and pore volume are -19 m2/g and 0.07 crnB/g, respectively. These hollow TiOR_x porous microspheres demonstrated excellent lithium storage performance with stable capacity retention for over 300 cycles (a high capacity of 151 mAh/g can be obtained up to 300 cycles at I C, retaining 81.6% of the initial capacity of 185 mAh/g) and enhanced rate capability even up to 10 C (222, 192, 121, and 92.1 mAh/g at current rates of 0.5, 1, 5, and 10 C, respectively). The intrinsic increased conductivity of the hydrogenated TiO2 microspheres and their robust hollow structure benefidal for lithium ion-electron diffusion and mitigating the structural strain synergistically contribute to the remarkable improvements in their cycling stability and rate performance.展开更多
Rheumatoid arthritis(RA)is an aggressive autoimmune arthritis,and current therapies remain unsatisfactory due to low remission rate and substantially adverse effects.Low-dose interleukin-2(Ld-IL2)is potentially a ther...Rheumatoid arthritis(RA)is an aggressive autoimmune arthritis,and current therapies remain unsatisfactory due to low remission rate and substantially adverse effects.Low-dose interleukin-2(Ld-IL2)is potentially a therapeutic approach to further improve the disease.This randomized,double-blind,placebo-controlled trial was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Ld-IL2 in patients with active RA.Patients were randomly assigned(1:1)to receive Ld-IL2,defined as a dose of 1 million IU,or placebo in a 12-week trial with a 12-week follow-up.Three cycles of Ld-IL2 or placebo were administered subcutaneously every other day for 2 weeks(a total of 7 doses),followed by a 2-week break.All patients received a stable dose of methotrexate(MTX).The primary outcomes were the proportion of patients achieving the ACR20,DAS28-ESR<2.6,and the change from baseline in CDAI or SDAI at week 24.Secondary endpoints included other clinical responses and safety.The primary outcomes were achieved in the perprotocol population.The improvements from baseline in CDAI and SDAI were significantly greater across time points for the LdIL2+MTX group(n=17)than for the placebo+MTX group(n=23)(P=0.018 and P=0.015,respectively).More patients achieved ACR20 response in the Ld-IL2+MTX group than those in the placebo+MTX group at week 12(70.6%vs 43.5%)and at week 24(76.5%vs 56.5%)(P=0.014).In addition,low Treg and high IL-21 were associated with good responses to Ld-IL2.Ld-IL-2 treatment was well-tolerated in this study.These results suggested that Ld-IL2 was effective and safe in RA.ClinicalTrials.gov number:NCT 02467504.展开更多
Mesoporous semiconducting metal oxides(SMOs)heterojunctions are appealing sensors for gas detecting.However,due to the different hydrolysis and condensation mechanism of every metal precursor and the contradiction bet...Mesoporous semiconducting metal oxides(SMOs)heterojunctions are appealing sensors for gas detecting.However,due to the different hydrolysis and condensation mechanism of every metal precursor and the contradiction between high crystallinity and high surface area,the synthesis of mesoporous SMOs heterojunctions with highly o rdered mesostructures,highly crystallized frameworks,and high surface area remains a huge challenge.In this work,we develop a novel"acid-base pair"adjusted solvent evaporation induced self-assembly(EISA)strategy to prepare highly crystallized ordered mesoporous TiO2/WO3(OM-TiO2/WO3)heterojunctions.The WCl6 and titanium isopropoxide(TIPO)are used as the precursors,respectively,which function as the"acid-base pair",enabling the coassembly with the structure directing agent(PEO-b-PS)into highly ordered meso structures.In addition,PEO-b-PS can be converted to rigid carbon which can protect the meso structures from collapse during the crystallization process.The resultant OM-TiO2/WO3 heterojunctions possess primitive cubic mesostructures,large pore size(~21.1 nm),highly crystalline frameworks and surface area(~98 m2/g).As a sensor for acetone,the obtained OM-TiO2/WO3 show excellent re sponse/recovery perfo rmance(3 s/5 s),good linear dependence,repeatability,selectivity,and long-term stability(35 days).展开更多
Grasslands provide a number of ecosystem services for human society.Degradation of grasslands results in the loss of biodiversity and leads to the deterioration of ecosystem functions.In order to accurately assess the...Grasslands provide a number of ecosystem services for human society.Degradation of grasslands results in the loss of biodiversity and leads to the deterioration of ecosystem functions.In order to accurately assess the influence of grassland degradation on belowground ecosystems,we conducted experiments on a temperate steppe with different levels of degradation and investigated the influence of degradation on soil quality and soil biotic communities.Our results showed that grassland degradation significantly decreased soil quality,with lower values of soil quality index(SQI)observed in the degraded grassland than the meadow steppe and the grassland from the forest-steppe ecotone.Changes in the SQI along the grassland degradation gradient were positively correlated with soil carbon stock and the aboveground biomass,and negatively correlated with the root shoot ratio.Nematode trophic diversity and the ratio of fungal to bacterial PLFA were lower in the degraded grassland than the grassland from the forest-steppe ecotone.The dissimilarities in soil microbial and nematode community composition increased with the changes in soil quality index.Our results indicate that soil quality index based on the minimum data sets could effectively assess the influence of grassland degradation on soil biodiversity and ecosystem function.In order to effectively restore degraded grasslands,the key contributors to the soil quality,such as soil carbon,should be taken on priority basis for revitalizing the soil biodiversity and ecosystem function.展开更多
A patterned monolayer graphene metamaterial structure consisting of six graphene blocks and two graphene strips is proposed to generate triple plasmon-induced transparency(PIT).TriplePIT can be effectively modulated b...A patterned monolayer graphene metamaterial structure consisting of six graphene blocks and two graphene strips is proposed to generate triple plasmon-induced transparency(PIT).TriplePIT can be effectively modulated by Fermi levels of graphene.The theoretically calculated results by coupled mode theory show a high matching degree with the numerically simulated results by finite-difference time-domain.Intriguingly,the high-sensitive refractive index sensing and excellent slow-light performance can be realized in the proposed graphene metamaterial structure.The sensitivity(S)and figure of merit can reach up to 5.7115 THz RIU^(-1)and 116.32,respectively.Moreover,the maximum group refractive index is 1036.Hence,these results may provide a new idea for designing graphene-based sensors and slow light devices.展开更多
We propose a novel bilayer graphene terahertz metamaterial composed of double graphene ribbons and double graphene rings to excite a dynamically adjustable triple plasma-induced transparency(PIT)effect.The coupled mod...We propose a novel bilayer graphene terahertz metamaterial composed of double graphene ribbons and double graphene rings to excite a dynamically adjustable triple plasma-induced transparency(PIT)effect.The coupled mode theory(CMT)is used to explain the PIT phenomenon,and the results of the CMT and the finite-difference time-domain simulation show high matching degree.By adjusting the Fermi levels of graphene,we have realized a pentafrequency asynchronous optical switch.The performance of this switch,which is mainly manifested in the maximum modulation depth(MD=99.97%)and the minimum insertion loss(IL=0.33 dB),is excellent.In addition,we have studied the slow-light effect of this triple-PIT and found that when the Fermi level of graphene reaches 1.2 eV,the time delay can reach 0.848ps.Therefore,this metamaterial provides a foundation for the research of multi-frequency optical switches and excellent slow-light devices in the terahertz band.展开更多
Drawing from a social capital perspective, this study examines the psychological mechanism and boundary conditions of the relationship between individuals' childhood economic status (CES) and later income. Specific...Drawing from a social capital perspective, this study examines the psychological mechanism and boundary conditions of the relationship between individuals' childhood economic status (CES) and later income. Specifically, we tested the mediating role of networking ability and the moderating role of encouragement of participation in this relationship. With a sample of 3635 employees in China and the use of multistage stratified sampling, the results indicate that networking ability mediates the CES and later income relationship. Moreover, encouragement of participation acts as a necessary condition in the relationship between networking ability and later income. Specifically, when encouragement of participation was high, increased networking ability was associated with increased later income. When encouragement of participation was low, the positive relationship between employees' networking ability and later income was no longer significant. Finally, the indirect effect of CES on later income mediated by networking ability was stronger for organizations with a higher level of encouragement of participation. Findings and future directions in the theory and practice of career development are discussed.展开更多
Background:A specific feature of the autoimmune response in rheumatoid arthritis(RA)is the presence of anti-citrullinated protein antibodies(ACPAs)in patient sera.These antibodies can appear several years before disea...Background:A specific feature of the autoimmune response in rheumatoid arthritis(RA)is the presence of anti-citrullinated protein antibodies(ACPAs)in patient sera.These antibodies can appear several years before disease onset and are involved in the development of RA.Objective:We performed proteomic analysis by mass spectroscopy to identify novel citrullinated antigens and autoantibodies in RA patients.Methods:Polypeptides isolated from the sera of RA patients were identified by Orbitrap high-precision mass spectrometry and then citrulline-containing proteins were selected.The levels of ACPAs against these newly identified citrullinated autoantigens in sera of 100 RA patients and 50 healthy controls were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays.Results:A total of 135 proteins were identified in RA patients and the protein profile included 11 citrulline-containing antigens.Three of the 11 citrullinated proteins had been reported in previous studies.ACPAs against the novel citrullinated epitopes from these proteins were increased in sera from the RA patients compared with those from healthy controls.Autoantibodies against one of the citrullinated antigens,lipopolysaccharide-binding protein(LBP),was significantly increased in RA patients and associated with disease activities.The titer of anti-citrullinated LBP antibodies(anti-cLBP)was closely related to the infection incidence in RA patients.Conclusion:Serum protein analysis by high-precision proteomic technology is a feasible method to identify novel citrullinated epitopes in RA patients.Anti-cLBP antibodies are associated with disease severity and infection in RA patients.展开更多
The Circular Electron Positron Collider(CEPC)is a large scientific project initiated and hosted by China,fostered through extensive collaboration with international partners.The complex comprises four accelerators:a 3...The Circular Electron Positron Collider(CEPC)is a large scientific project initiated and hosted by China,fostered through extensive collaboration with international partners.The complex comprises four accelerators:a 30 GeV Linac,a 1.1 GeV Damping Ring,a Booster capable of achieving energies up to 180 GeV,and a Collider operating at varying energy modes(Z,W,H,and tt).The Linac and Damping Ring are situated on the surface,while the subterranean Booster and Collider are housed in a 100 km circumference underground tunnel,strategically accommodating future expansion with provisions for a potential Super Proton Proton Collider(SPPC).The CEPC primarily serves as a Higgs factory.In its baseline design with synchrotron radiation(SR)power of 30 MW per beam,it can achieve a luminosity of 5×10^(34)cm^(-2)s^(-1)per interaction point(IP),resulting in an integrated luminosity of 13 ab^(-1)for two IPs over a decade,producing 2.6 million Higgs bosons.Increasing the SR power to 50 MW per beam expands the CEPC's capability to generate 4.3 million Higgs bosons,facilitating precise measurements of Higgs coupling at sub-percent levels,exceeding the precision expected from the HL-LHC by an order of magnitude.This Technical Design Report(TDR)follows the Preliminary Conceptual Design Report(Pre-CDR,2015)and the Conceptual Design Report(CDR,2018),comprehensively detailing the machine's layout,performance metrics,physical design and analysis,technical systems design,R&D and prototyping efforts,and associated civil engineering aspects.Additionally,it includes a cost estimate and a preliminary construction timeline,establishing a framework for forthcoming engineering design phase and site selection procedures.Construction is anticipated to begin around 2027-2028,pending government approval,with an estimated duration of 8 years.The commencement of experiments and data collection could potentially be initiated in the mid-2030s.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.42061134020,32070380)the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(No.ZR2019ZD17)。
文摘Light plays an important role in the photosynthesis and metabolic process of microalgae.However,how different light conditions regulate the biomass production and protein accumulation of microalgae is mostly unknown.In this study,the influence of different light conditions,including light colors,densities,and light:dark cycles on the cell growth and biochemical composition of Spirulina platensis was symmetrically characterized.Under different colored lights,S.platensis all shows an increase trend within the increased light intensity ranges;however,each showing different optimal light intensities.At the same light intensity,different colored lights show different growth rate of S.platensis following the sequence of red>white>green>yellow>blue.The maximum growth rate and protein accumulation were determined as 21.88 and 5.10 mg/(L·d)when illuminated under red LED.The energy efficiency of different light sources was calculated and ranked as red>white>blue≈green>yellow.Transcriptomic analysis suggests that red light can promote cell growth and protein accumulation by upregulating genes related to photosynthesis,carbon fixation,and C-N metabolism pathways.This study provides a conducive and efficient way to promote biomass production and protein accumulation of S.platensis by regulating light conditions.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 42061134020, 32070380)the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (No. ZR2019ZD17)
文摘In this article,the legend for Fig.3 f&g was inadvertently mislabeled.The figure below shows the wrong one.The figure should have appeared as shown below.
基金Supported by Studies of Rural Policy-favored Petty Loan Forest Property Mortgage Mode,the Youth Fund of MOE(Ministry of Education in China)Project on Humanities and Social Sciences(11YJCZH258)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(RW2011-36)
文摘Studying petty loan forestry property mortgage mode has significant practical meaning in fund-raising and income-increasing in the forest- agriculture industry,restructuring and expanding the industry as well as setting up scientific industrial public policies. On the basis of literature analysis and field research data,this paper will classify and analyze research papers studying in forestry,property mortgage,and therefore draws conclusions on relevant concepts of petty loan forestry property mortgage,economics and property rights theory as well. At present,the studies of petty loan forestry property mortgage are more practical that are lack of an overall theoretical framework. Considering China's real situation of petty loan forestry property mortgage mode,we have investigated some foreign cases in operating forestry property mortgage systemically and some challenges and difficulties confronted by stakeholders in real cases. Therefore,we put forward that in the current period the fund-raising in forestry industry should focus on establishing and improving an overall rural petty loan forestry property mortgage mode.
文摘Skeletal muscle accounts for 40%~45%of the body weight and is composed of a large number of parallel arrangement of muscle fiber bundles through attaching to the skeleton by the tendon.And robust skeletal muscles provide people the ability of daily activities such as walk,lift and so on.Muscle fibers are generated by multinucleated myotubes which form from the fusion of myoblasts with polarity development,and the synergistic effect between muscle fibers and spontaneous contraction provides support for the movement of the bodies and limbs.However,because of common clinical genetic defect,trauma,tumor,primary myopathy there are so many people cannot exercise like normal people.So it is an urgent task to treat these diseases.Traditional treatment methods are mainly through acupuncture,rehabilitation,drug treatment,etc.But these methods have long treatment times,poor efficacy,and high costs.Recently,the clinical researchers find that these diseases have similar pathological characteristics including structural damage,loss of skeletal muscle function,apoptosis and degradation of muscle fibers Therefore,there is academic and clinical value to study the repair and regeneration of skeletal muscle.Nowadays,tissue engineering provides a new idea for repairing damaged muscle tissue.Tissue engineering uses biological materials as a carrier to regulate the structural properties of materials.By applying biological/chemical/physical stimuli to mimic the microenvironment of the living body.And then construct a living tissue and transplant it into the body for wound repair.With the development of tissue engineering,we regulate the micro-structure of the cell matrix and applying mechanical stimulation to reconstruct a functional muscle microtissue in vitro.Such fabrication and mechanical loading strategy provide an easily adaptable platform to create functional muscle tissue constructs.And the mature muscle microtissues provide a useful tool for the clinical application to treat muscle injury.In this work,we regulate ECM microstructure and apply mechanical stimulation to construct three-dimensional muscle cell mechanical microenvironment.We first regulate the collagen fiber orientation by utilizing the characteristics of collagen gelation,which is a slow process and often need half an hour even more.Before gelation,we fabricate a PDMS mould with rectangle chamber and apply a strain along the long axis to a certain extent utilizing its elasticity.Then we pour collagen solution into the chamber and release the force a few minutes later and gelatinize.After gelation,we apply stretching on the end of the rectangle collagen hydrogel to promote further alignment.We adjust the strain loading time and the strain level to form different groups.Determining the optimal experimental conditions for myotube formation by counting the length and area ofthe myotube and immunofluorescence about relevant proteins.Later,we use western blot and RT-PCR to prove our result.It was found that the application of pre-strain and tensile stimulation can promote the alignment of collagen fibers.Results show that strain loading time and strain extent can regulate the morphology and function of myotubes.The muscle mechanical microenvironment we constructed promotes the formation and activity of polar multinuclear myotubes and builds mature muscle tissue,and determines the related molecular pathways and their transmission mechanisms during the mechanical conduction process.
基金partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grants 11532009,11372243,and 11522219)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant 2016M602810)This project was also supported by the Initiative Postdocs Supporting Program(Grant BX201600121)
文摘Many structures and materials in nature and physiology have important "meso-scale" structures at the micron lengthscale whose tensile responses have proven difficult to characterize mechanically. Although techniques such as atomic force microscopy and micro- and nano-identation are mature for compression and indentation testing at the nano-scale, and standard uniaxial and shear rheometry techniques exist for the macroscale, few techniques are applicable for tensile-testing at the micrometre-scale, leaving a gap in our understanding of hierarchical biomaterials. Here, we present a novel magnetic mechanical testing (MMT) system that enables viscoelastic tensile testing at this critical length scale. The MMT system applies non-contact loading, avoiding gripping and surface interaction effects. We demonstrate application of the MMT system to the first analyses of the pure tensile responses of several native and engineered tissue systems at the mesoscale, showing the broad potential of the system for exploring micro- and meso-scale analysis of structured and hierarchical biological systems.
文摘Among new low-melting-point glasses, bismuth ate glass is deemed to have the most potential as an environmentally friendly replacement for polluting Pb-containing glasses. Current studies of boro-bismuthate glasses focus on the structural influence of the additional oxide in the context of low-melting-point electronic sealing applications. In this study, the structure of quaternary Bi2O3- ZnO-B2O3-BaO glasses was investigated spectroscopic ally, with Fourier-transform-infrared (FT-IR) and Raman spectra recorded for glasses with different main oxide contents. Signals in the FT-IR are mainly observed around 500 cm﹣1, 720 cm﹣1, 840 cm﹣1, 980 - 1080 cm﹣1, and 1200 - 1500 cm﹣1, while the Raman scattering peaks are located at 130 cm﹣1, 390 cm﹣1, 575 cm﹣1, 920 cm﹣1, and 1250 cm﹣1. The glasses are mainly structured around [BO3] units and the numbers of [BiO6] and [BiO3] units increase with the Bi2O3 content increasing. Concurrently, the FT-IR absorption peaks associated with [BO4] units shift to lower wave numbers, indicating a loosening of the glass structure. However, as the B2O3 content is increased, the numbers of [BO3] and [BO4] units increase, while those of [BiO3] and [BiO6] units decrease, highlighting a densification of the glass structure. ZnO acts as a network modifier in these glasses.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China ( 11522219,11532009)
文摘Cells in vivo reside within a complex microenvironment that is rich in biological,chemical and mechanical cues,playing critical roles in regulating cellular activities(e.g.,proliferation,migration,differentiation)both spatially and temporally.Although it is well accepted that biochemical cues can significantly influence cell functions,accumulating evidence has also shown that mechanical feedback from the cell microenvironment(e.g.,stiffness of ECM,morphology,and tension force)also plays an important role in controlling cell fate.Disequilibrium of the mechanical microenvironment is associated with a series of diseases,such as cancer migration and tissue fibrosis.Thus,there is a pressing need to understand how cells transduce these mechanobiological cues.The cell cytoskeleton is linked to both the nuclear lamina via LINC complexes and to focal adhesions.This enables the intriguing possibility that forces directly transduced by the nucleus might in fact affect gene expression.Can force transmitted to nucleus and associated alterations to the special organization of genome inside the nucleus modulate gene expression programmes and change cell behaviors? This kind of putative mechanotransduction dominated by the nucleus is termed as nuclear mechanotransduction.Evidence shows that isolated nuclei regulate their stiffness to in response to force applied on nesprin with integrated nuclear lamina and emerin required.Another example is that the force applied on integrins in focal adhesions can be transmitted through actin filaments to the LINC complex and then stretch the chromatin directly through lamina-chromatin interactions.However,the mechanism of nuclear mechanotransduction is still unclear.Three hypotheses have been proposed.The first proposed mechanism is that the proteins on the nuclear lamina are phosphorylated induced by force and their special organization is changed to regulate downstream signal transduction.Transcription factors like YAP and calcium ions would enter the nucleus in the context of force stretching the nuclear lamina and opening nuclear pore complexes(NPC)and calcium channels.Another proposed hypothesis in this case is that force propagated through the cytoskeleton stretches,opens or condenses chromatin directly,leading to an entirely different genome organization.Nevertheless,due to the lack of research methods and instruments,researchers have not reached a consensus on how cells sense external forces and react specifically through nucleus.In this study,we used micropatterned techniques to modify poly(N-isopropyl-acrylamide)(PA)hydrogel surface with fibronectin(FN)which promote cell adhesion to shape-engineer the cells to investigate the effects of matrix stiffness on nuclear mechanotransduction.To illustrate the impact on nuclear shape induced by matrix stiffness,the nuclei were stained byDAPI and observed by a laser confocal microscopy with small step sizes.The nuclear shape index(NSI),which indicate the variation of projected nuclear shape was firstly researched thoroughly.Meanwhile,the nuclear height,width and volume were characterized in this study.To investigate the force transmitted to the nuclei in cells cultured on hydrogels with multiple stiffness,the cell traction force was measured and the cytoskeleton like actin cap was studied by pharmacological treatments.We also found that the impacts of matrix stiffness on nuclear mechanics,which indicated by the condensation of chromatin and the overexpression of Lamin A/C.
文摘With a "two-way pseudo-testcross" mapping strategy, we applied the amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers to construct two moderate density genetic linkage maps for Laminaria. The linkage maps were generated from the 60 progenies of the F1 cross family (Laminaria iongissima Aresch. × L. Japonica Miyabe) with twenty pairs of primer combinations. Of the 333 polymorphic loci scored in 60 progenies, 173 segregated in a 1:1 ratio, corresponding to DNA polymorphisms heterozygous in a single parent, and the other 58 loci existing in both parents followed a 3:1 Mendelian segregation ratio. Among the loci with 1:1 segregating ratios, 79 loci were ordered in 14 linkage groups (648.6 cM) of the paternal map, and 72 loci were ordered in 14 linkage groups (601.9 cM) of the maternal map. The average density of loci was approximately 1 per 8 cM. To Investigate the homologies between two parental maps, we used 58 loci segregated 3:1 for further analysis, and deduced one homologous linkage group. The linkage data developed in these maps will be useful for detecting loci-controlling commercially important traits for Laminaria.
基金This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Nos. 2012CB224805 and 2013CB934104), Shanghai Sci. & Tech. Committee (No. 14JC1400700), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21210004, 51372041, 51422202 and U1463206), the innovation program (No. 13ZZ004), the "Shu Guang" Project (No. 13SG02) supported by Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, Qatar University startup grant # QUSG-CAS-MST-14/15-1, and National Youth Top Talent Support Program of National High-level Personnel of Special Support Program. We extend our appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Saud University for funding the work through the research group project No RGP-227.
文摘Hollow TiO2-x porous microspheres consisted of numerous well-crystalline nanocrystals with superior structural integrity and robust hollow interior were synthesized by a facile sol-gel template-assisted approach and two-step carbonprotected calcination method, together with hydrogenation treatment. They exhibit a uniform diameter of -470 nm with a thin porous wall shell of -50 nm in thickness. The Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area and pore volume are -19 m2/g and 0.07 crnB/g, respectively. These hollow TiOR_x porous microspheres demonstrated excellent lithium storage performance with stable capacity retention for over 300 cycles (a high capacity of 151 mAh/g can be obtained up to 300 cycles at I C, retaining 81.6% of the initial capacity of 185 mAh/g) and enhanced rate capability even up to 10 C (222, 192, 121, and 92.1 mAh/g at current rates of 0.5, 1, 5, and 10 C, respectively). The intrinsic increased conductivity of the hydrogenated TiO2 microspheres and their robust hollow structure benefidal for lithium ion-electron diffusion and mitigating the structural strain synergistically contribute to the remarkable improvements in their cycling stability and rate performance.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(U1903210,31530020,81701598,31570880,81471601,81801617)Beijing SciTech Program(Z171100000417007,Z191100006619114)Macao Science and Technology Fund(0094/2018/A3).
文摘Rheumatoid arthritis(RA)is an aggressive autoimmune arthritis,and current therapies remain unsatisfactory due to low remission rate and substantially adverse effects.Low-dose interleukin-2(Ld-IL2)is potentially a therapeutic approach to further improve the disease.This randomized,double-blind,placebo-controlled trial was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Ld-IL2 in patients with active RA.Patients were randomly assigned(1:1)to receive Ld-IL2,defined as a dose of 1 million IU,or placebo in a 12-week trial with a 12-week follow-up.Three cycles of Ld-IL2 or placebo were administered subcutaneously every other day for 2 weeks(a total of 7 doses),followed by a 2-week break.All patients received a stable dose of methotrexate(MTX).The primary outcomes were the proportion of patients achieving the ACR20,DAS28-ESR<2.6,and the change from baseline in CDAI or SDAI at week 24.Secondary endpoints included other clinical responses and safety.The primary outcomes were achieved in the perprotocol population.The improvements from baseline in CDAI and SDAI were significantly greater across time points for the LdIL2+MTX group(n=17)than for the placebo+MTX group(n=23)(P=0.018 and P=0.015,respectively).More patients achieved ACR20 response in the Ld-IL2+MTX group than those in the placebo+MTX group at week 12(70.6%vs 43.5%)and at week 24(76.5%vs 56.5%)(P=0.014).In addition,low Treg and high IL-21 were associated with good responses to Ld-IL2.Ld-IL-2 treatment was well-tolerated in this study.These results suggested that Ld-IL2 was effective and safe in RA.ClinicalTrials.gov number:NCT 02467504.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51822202 and 51772050)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2019M651342)+2 种基金Shanghai Rising-Star Program(No.18QA1400100)Youth Top-notch Talent Support Program of Shanghai,the Shanghai Committee of Science and Technology,China(No.19520713200)DHU Distinguished Young Professor Program and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities。
文摘Mesoporous semiconducting metal oxides(SMOs)heterojunctions are appealing sensors for gas detecting.However,due to the different hydrolysis and condensation mechanism of every metal precursor and the contradiction between high crystallinity and high surface area,the synthesis of mesoporous SMOs heterojunctions with highly o rdered mesostructures,highly crystallized frameworks,and high surface area remains a huge challenge.In this work,we develop a novel"acid-base pair"adjusted solvent evaporation induced self-assembly(EISA)strategy to prepare highly crystallized ordered mesoporous TiO2/WO3(OM-TiO2/WO3)heterojunctions.The WCl6 and titanium isopropoxide(TIPO)are used as the precursors,respectively,which function as the"acid-base pair",enabling the coassembly with the structure directing agent(PEO-b-PS)into highly ordered meso structures.In addition,PEO-b-PS can be converted to rigid carbon which can protect the meso structures from collapse during the crystallization process.The resultant OM-TiO2/WO3 heterojunctions possess primitive cubic mesostructures,large pore size(~21.1 nm),highly crystalline frameworks and surface area(~98 m2/g).As a sensor for acetone,the obtained OM-TiO2/WO3 show excellent re sponse/recovery perfo rmance(3 s/5 s),good linear dependence,repeatability,selectivity,and long-term stability(35 days).
基金This study was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2016YFC0500602)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41877047).
文摘Grasslands provide a number of ecosystem services for human society.Degradation of grasslands results in the loss of biodiversity and leads to the deterioration of ecosystem functions.In order to accurately assess the influence of grassland degradation on belowground ecosystems,we conducted experiments on a temperate steppe with different levels of degradation and investigated the influence of degradation on soil quality and soil biotic communities.Our results showed that grassland degradation significantly decreased soil quality,with lower values of soil quality index(SQI)observed in the degraded grassland than the meadow steppe and the grassland from the forest-steppe ecotone.Changes in the SQI along the grassland degradation gradient were positively correlated with soil carbon stock and the aboveground biomass,and negatively correlated with the root shoot ratio.Nematode trophic diversity and the ratio of fungal to bacterial PLFA were lower in the degraded grassland than the grassland from the forest-steppe ecotone.The dissimilarities in soil microbial and nematode community composition increased with the changes in soil quality index.Our results indicate that soil quality index based on the minimum data sets could effectively assess the influence of grassland degradation on soil biodiversity and ecosystem function.In order to effectively restore degraded grasslands,the key contributors to the soil quality,such as soil carbon,should be taken on priority basis for revitalizing the soil biodiversity and ecosystem function.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China:61605018,11904032,61841503Science and Technology Project Foundation of the Education Department of Jiangxi Province:GJJ150815
文摘A patterned monolayer graphene metamaterial structure consisting of six graphene blocks and two graphene strips is proposed to generate triple plasmon-induced transparency(PIT).TriplePIT can be effectively modulated by Fermi levels of graphene.The theoretically calculated results by coupled mode theory show a high matching degree with the numerically simulated results by finite-difference time-domain.Intriguingly,the high-sensitive refractive index sensing and excellent slow-light performance can be realized in the proposed graphene metamaterial structure.The sensitivity(S)and figure of merit can reach up to 5.7115 THz RIU^(-1)and 116.32,respectively.Moreover,the maximum group refractive index is 1036.Hence,these results may provide a new idea for designing graphene-based sensors and slow light devices.
基金Project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(61605018,11904032,61841503)。
文摘We propose a novel bilayer graphene terahertz metamaterial composed of double graphene ribbons and double graphene rings to excite a dynamically adjustable triple plasma-induced transparency(PIT)effect.The coupled mode theory(CMT)is used to explain the PIT phenomenon,and the results of the CMT and the finite-difference time-domain simulation show high matching degree.By adjusting the Fermi levels of graphene,we have realized a pentafrequency asynchronous optical switch.The performance of this switch,which is mainly manifested in the maximum modulation depth(MD=99.97%)and the minimum insertion loss(IL=0.33 dB),is excellent.In addition,we have studied the slow-light effect of this triple-PIT and found that when the Fermi level of graphene reaches 1.2 eV,the time delay can reach 0.848ps.Therefore,this metamaterial provides a foundation for the research of multi-frequency optical switches and excellent slow-light devices in the terahertz band.
文摘Drawing from a social capital perspective, this study examines the psychological mechanism and boundary conditions of the relationship between individuals' childhood economic status (CES) and later income. Specifically, we tested the mediating role of networking ability and the moderating role of encouragement of participation in this relationship. With a sample of 3635 employees in China and the use of multistage stratified sampling, the results indicate that networking ability mediates the CES and later income relationship. Moreover, encouragement of participation acts as a necessary condition in the relationship between networking ability and later income. Specifically, when encouragement of participation was high, increased networking ability was associated with increased later income. When encouragement of participation was low, the positive relationship between employees' networking ability and later income was no longer significant. Finally, the indirect effect of CES on later income mediated by networking ability was stronger for organizations with a higher level of encouragement of participation. Findings and future directions in the theory and practice of career development are discussed.
基金Peking University People's Hospital Research and Development Funds,Grant/Award Number:RDX2019-03National Natural Science Foundation of China,Grant/Award Numbers:81971520,U1903210,81671602Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Project,Grant/Award Numbers:Z191100006619112,Z191100006619110。
文摘Background:A specific feature of the autoimmune response in rheumatoid arthritis(RA)is the presence of anti-citrullinated protein antibodies(ACPAs)in patient sera.These antibodies can appear several years before disease onset and are involved in the development of RA.Objective:We performed proteomic analysis by mass spectroscopy to identify novel citrullinated antigens and autoantibodies in RA patients.Methods:Polypeptides isolated from the sera of RA patients were identified by Orbitrap high-precision mass spectrometry and then citrulline-containing proteins were selected.The levels of ACPAs against these newly identified citrullinated autoantigens in sera of 100 RA patients and 50 healthy controls were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays.Results:A total of 135 proteins were identified in RA patients and the protein profile included 11 citrulline-containing antigens.Three of the 11 citrullinated proteins had been reported in previous studies.ACPAs against the novel citrullinated epitopes from these proteins were increased in sera from the RA patients compared with those from healthy controls.Autoantibodies against one of the citrullinated antigens,lipopolysaccharide-binding protein(LBP),was significantly increased in RA patients and associated with disease activities.The titer of anti-citrullinated LBP antibodies(anti-cLBP)was closely related to the infection incidence in RA patients.Conclusion:Serum protein analysis by high-precision proteomic technology is a feasible method to identify novel citrullinated epitopes in RA patients.Anti-cLBP antibodies are associated with disease severity and infection in RA patients.
基金support from diverse funding sources,including the National Key Program for S&T Research and Development of the Ministry of Science and Technology(MOST),Yifang Wang's Science Studio of the Ten Thousand Talents Project,the CAS Key Foreign Cooperation Grant,the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)Beijing Municipal Science&Technology Commission,the CAS Focused Science Grant,the IHEP Innovation Grant,the CAS Lead Special Training Programthe CAS Center for Excellence in Particle Physics,the CAS International Partnership Program,and the CAS/SAFEA International Partnership Program for Creative Research Teams.
文摘The Circular Electron Positron Collider(CEPC)is a large scientific project initiated and hosted by China,fostered through extensive collaboration with international partners.The complex comprises four accelerators:a 30 GeV Linac,a 1.1 GeV Damping Ring,a Booster capable of achieving energies up to 180 GeV,and a Collider operating at varying energy modes(Z,W,H,and tt).The Linac and Damping Ring are situated on the surface,while the subterranean Booster and Collider are housed in a 100 km circumference underground tunnel,strategically accommodating future expansion with provisions for a potential Super Proton Proton Collider(SPPC).The CEPC primarily serves as a Higgs factory.In its baseline design with synchrotron radiation(SR)power of 30 MW per beam,it can achieve a luminosity of 5×10^(34)cm^(-2)s^(-1)per interaction point(IP),resulting in an integrated luminosity of 13 ab^(-1)for two IPs over a decade,producing 2.6 million Higgs bosons.Increasing the SR power to 50 MW per beam expands the CEPC's capability to generate 4.3 million Higgs bosons,facilitating precise measurements of Higgs coupling at sub-percent levels,exceeding the precision expected from the HL-LHC by an order of magnitude.This Technical Design Report(TDR)follows the Preliminary Conceptual Design Report(Pre-CDR,2015)and the Conceptual Design Report(CDR,2018),comprehensively detailing the machine's layout,performance metrics,physical design and analysis,technical systems design,R&D and prototyping efforts,and associated civil engineering aspects.Additionally,it includes a cost estimate and a preliminary construction timeline,establishing a framework for forthcoming engineering design phase and site selection procedures.Construction is anticipated to begin around 2027-2028,pending government approval,with an estimated duration of 8 years.The commencement of experiments and data collection could potentially be initiated in the mid-2030s.