The South China Sea（SCS） is an eddy-active area. Composite analyses based on 438 mesoscale ocean eddies during 2000–2012 revealed the status of the atmospheric boundary layer is influenced remarkably by such eddies...The South China Sea（SCS） is an eddy-active area. Composite analyses based on 438 mesoscale ocean eddies during 2000–2012 revealed the status of the atmospheric boundary layer is influenced remarkably by such eddies. The results showed cold-core cyclonic（warm-core anticyclonic） eddies tend to cool（warm） the overlying atmosphere and cause surface winds to decelerate（accelerate）. More than 5% of the total variance of turbulent heat fluxes, surface wind speed and evaporation rate are induced by mesoscale eddies. Furthermore, mesoscale eddies locally affect the columnar water vapor, cloud liquid water, and rain rate. Dynamical analyses indicated that both variations of atmospheric boundary layer stability and sea level pressure are responsible for atmospheric anomalies over mesoscale eddies. To reveal further details about the mechanisms of atmospheric responses to mesoscale eddies, atmospheric manifestations over a pair of cold and warm eddies in the southwestern SCS were simulated. Eddy-induced heat flux anomalies lead to changes in atmospheric stability. Thus, anomalous turbulence kinetic energy and friction velocity arise over the eddy dipole, which reduce（enhance） the vertical momentum transport over the cold（warm） eddy, resulting in the decrease（increase） of sea surface wind. Diagnoses of the model＇s momentum balance suggested that wind speed anomalies directly over the eddy dipole are dominated by vertical mixing terms within the atmospheric boundary layer, while wind anomalies on the edges of eddies are produced by atmospheric pressure gradient forces and atmospheric horizontal advection terms.展开更多
Variations in the high-frequency oscillations of tropical cyclones （TCs） over the western North Pacific （WNP） are studied in numerical model simulations. Power spectrum analysis of maximum wind speeds at 10 m （MW...Variations in the high-frequency oscillations of tropical cyclones （TCs） over the western North Pacific （WNP） are studied in numerical model simulations. Power spectrum analysis of maximum wind speeds at 10 m （MWS10） from an ensemble of 15 simulated TCs shows that oscillations are significant for all TCs. The magnitudes of oscillations in MWS10 are similar in the WNP and South China Sea （SCS）; however, the mean of the averaged significant periods in the SCS （1.93 h） is shorter than that in the open water of the WNP （2.83 h）. The shorter period in the SCS is examined through an ensemble of simulations, and a case simulation as well as a sensitivity experiment in which the continent is replaced by ocean for Typhoon Hagupit （2008）. The analysis of the convergence efficiency within the boundary layer suggests that the shorter periods in the SCS are possibly due to the stronger terrain effect, which intensifies convergence through greater friction. The enhanced convergence strengthens the disturbance of the gradient and thermal wind balances, and then contributes to the shorter oscillation periods in the SCS.展开更多
BACKGROUND Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation(CCAM)and bronchopulmonary sequestration(BPS)are the most common lung diseases in fetuses.There are differences in the prognosis and treatment of CCAM and BPS,and t...BACKGROUND Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation(CCAM)and bronchopulmonary sequestration(BPS)are the most common lung diseases in fetuses.There are differences in the prognosis and treatment of CCAM and BPS,and the clinical diagnosis and treatment plan is usually prepared prior to birth.Therefore,it is quite necessary to make a clear diagnosis before delivery.CCAM and BPS have similar imaging features,and the differentiation mainly relies on the difference in supply vessels.However,it is hard to distinguish them due to invisible supplying vessels on some images.AIM To explore the application value of magnetic resonance imaging(MRI)in the differential diagnosis of fetal CCAM and BPS.METHODS Data analysis for 32 fetuses with CCAM and 14 with BPS diagnosed by prenatal MRI at Huzhou Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital and Anhui Provincial Children’s Hospital from January 2017 to January 2020 was performed to observe the source blood vessels of lesions and their direction.Pathological confirmation was completed through CT examination and/or operations after birth.RESULTS After birth,31 cases after birth were confirmed to be CCAM,and 15 were confirmed to be BPS.The CCAM group consisted of 21 macrocystic cases and 10 microcystic cases.In 18 cases,blood vessels were visible in lesions.Blood supply of the pulmonary artery could be traced in eight cases,and in 10 cases,only vessels running from the midline to the lateral down direction were observed.No lesions were found in four macrocystic cases and one microcystic case with CCAM through CT after birth;two were misdiagnosed by MRI,and three were misdiagnosed by prenatal ultrasonography.The BPS group consisted of 12 intralobar cases and three extralobar cases.Blood vessels were visible in lesions of nine cases,in four of which,the systemic circulation blood supply could be traced,and in five of which,only vessels running from the midline to the lateral up direction were observed.Three were misdiagnosed by MRI,and four were misdiagnosed by prenatal ultrasonography.CONCLUSION CCAM and BPS can be clearly diagnosed based on the origin of blood vessels,and correct diagnosis can be made according to the difference in the direction of the blood vessels,but it is hard distinguish microcystic CCAM and BPS without supplying vessels.In some CCAM cases,mainly the macrocystic ones,the lesions may disappear after birth.展开更多
Flowering time is an important agronomic trait that contributes to fitness in plants.However,the genetic basis of flowering time has not been extensively studied in pepper.To understand the genetics underlying floweri...Flowering time is an important agronomic trait that contributes to fitness in plants.However,the genetic basis of flowering time has not been extensively studied in pepper.To understand the genetics underlying flowering time,we constructed an F 2 population by crossing a spontaneous early flowering mutant and a late-flowering pepper line.Using bulked segregant RNA-seq,a major locus controlling flowering time in this population was mapped to the end of chromosome 2.An APETALA2(AP2)homolog(CaFFN)cosegregated with flowering time in 297 individuals of the F 2 population.A comparison between the parents revealed a naturally occurring rare SNP(SNP2T>C)that resulted in the loss of a start codon in CaFFN in the early flowering mutant.Transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana plants with high CaFFN expression exhibited a delay in flowering time and floral patterning defects.On the other hand,pepper plants with CaFFN silencing flowered early.Therefore,the CaFFN gene acts as a flowering repressor in pepper.CaFFN may function as a transcriptional activator to activate the expression of CaAGL15 and miR156e and as a transcriptional repressor to repress the expression of CaAG,CaAP1,CaSEP3,CaSOC1,and miR172b based on a qRT-PCR assay.Direct activation of CaAGL15 by CaFFN was detected using yeast one-hybrid and dual-luciferase reporter assays,consistent with the hypothesis that CaFFN regulates flowering time.Moreover,the CaFFN gene association analysis revealed a significant association with flowering time in a natural pepper population,indicating that the CaFFN gene has a broad effect on flowering time in pepper.Finally,the phylogeny,evolutionary expansion and expression patterns of CaFFN/AP2 homologs were analyzed to provide valuable insight into CaFFN.This study increases our understanding of the involvement of CaFFN in controlling flowering time in pepper,thus making CaFFN a target gene for breeding early maturing pepper.展开更多
China is now facing huge pressure from both the domestic concern of energy security and the global community's call for emission reduction commitment.As one of the major energy consumers and greenhouse gas emitter...China is now facing huge pressure from both the domestic concern of energy security and the global community's call for emission reduction commitment.As one of the major energy consumers and greenhouse gas emitters,China's iron and steel industry has a huge clean development mechanism(CDM) potential.This article both quantitatively and qualitatively analyzes the current status of CDM project activities in the iron and steel industry in China,including characteristics of approved project types,applicable methodologies,and potential technology fields.From the perspective of project implementation,the article summarizes development barriers such as high investment risk,difficulty in project identification,strict requirements on PPDs,long registration waiting time,and etc.Policy suggestions are also put forwarded to help better promote the development of CDM projects in the iron and steel industry.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 41675043 and 41375050)
文摘The South China Sea（SCS） is an eddy-active area. Composite analyses based on 438 mesoscale ocean eddies during 2000–2012 revealed the status of the atmospheric boundary layer is influenced remarkably by such eddies. The results showed cold-core cyclonic（warm-core anticyclonic） eddies tend to cool（warm） the overlying atmosphere and cause surface winds to decelerate（accelerate）. More than 5% of the total variance of turbulent heat fluxes, surface wind speed and evaporation rate are induced by mesoscale eddies. Furthermore, mesoscale eddies locally affect the columnar water vapor, cloud liquid water, and rain rate. Dynamical analyses indicated that both variations of atmospheric boundary layer stability and sea level pressure are responsible for atmospheric anomalies over mesoscale eddies. To reveal further details about the mechanisms of atmospheric responses to mesoscale eddies, atmospheric manifestations over a pair of cold and warm eddies in the southwestern SCS were simulated. Eddy-induced heat flux anomalies lead to changes in atmospheric stability. Thus, anomalous turbulence kinetic energy and friction velocity arise over the eddy dipole, which reduce（enhance） the vertical momentum transport over the cold（warm） eddy, resulting in the decrease（increase） of sea surface wind. Diagnoses of the model＇s momentum balance suggested that wind speed anomalies directly over the eddy dipole are dominated by vertical mixing terms within the atmospheric boundary layer, while wind anomalies on the edges of eddies are produced by atmospheric pressure gradient forces and atmospheric horizontal advection terms.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 41405048, 41675043, 41375050, 41205032 and 41775094)Independent Research Project Program of State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography (Grant No. LTOZZ1603)
文摘Variations in the high-frequency oscillations of tropical cyclones （TCs） over the western North Pacific （WNP） are studied in numerical model simulations. Power spectrum analysis of maximum wind speeds at 10 m （MWS10） from an ensemble of 15 simulated TCs shows that oscillations are significant for all TCs. The magnitudes of oscillations in MWS10 are similar in the WNP and South China Sea （SCS）; however, the mean of the averaged significant periods in the SCS （1.93 h） is shorter than that in the open water of the WNP （2.83 h）. The shorter period in the SCS is examined through an ensemble of simulations, and a case simulation as well as a sensitivity experiment in which the continent is replaced by ocean for Typhoon Hagupit （2008）. The analysis of the convergence efficiency within the boundary layer suggests that the shorter periods in the SCS are possibly due to the stronger terrain effect, which intensifies convergence through greater friction. The enhanced convergence strengthens the disturbance of the gradient and thermal wind balances, and then contributes to the shorter oscillation periods in the SCS.
基金Supported by Huzhou Science and Technology Plan of Zhejiang Province,No.2018GYB75.
文摘BACKGROUND Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation(CCAM)and bronchopulmonary sequestration(BPS)are the most common lung diseases in fetuses.There are differences in the prognosis and treatment of CCAM and BPS,and the clinical diagnosis and treatment plan is usually prepared prior to birth.Therefore,it is quite necessary to make a clear diagnosis before delivery.CCAM and BPS have similar imaging features,and the differentiation mainly relies on the difference in supply vessels.However,it is hard to distinguish them due to invisible supplying vessels on some images.AIM To explore the application value of magnetic resonance imaging(MRI)in the differential diagnosis of fetal CCAM and BPS.METHODS Data analysis for 32 fetuses with CCAM and 14 with BPS diagnosed by prenatal MRI at Huzhou Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital and Anhui Provincial Children’s Hospital from January 2017 to January 2020 was performed to observe the source blood vessels of lesions and their direction.Pathological confirmation was completed through CT examination and/or operations after birth.RESULTS After birth,31 cases after birth were confirmed to be CCAM,and 15 were confirmed to be BPS.The CCAM group consisted of 21 macrocystic cases and 10 microcystic cases.In 18 cases,blood vessels were visible in lesions.Blood supply of the pulmonary artery could be traced in eight cases,and in 10 cases,only vessels running from the midline to the lateral down direction were observed.No lesions were found in four macrocystic cases and one microcystic case with CCAM through CT after birth;two were misdiagnosed by MRI,and three were misdiagnosed by prenatal ultrasonography.The BPS group consisted of 12 intralobar cases and three extralobar cases.Blood vessels were visible in lesions of nine cases,in four of which,the systemic circulation blood supply could be traced,and in five of which,only vessels running from the midline to the lateral up direction were observed.Three were misdiagnosed by MRI,and four were misdiagnosed by prenatal ultrasonography.CONCLUSION CCAM and BPS can be clearly diagnosed based on the origin of blood vessels,and correct diagnosis can be made according to the difference in the direction of the blood vessels,but it is hard distinguish microcystic CCAM and BPS without supplying vessels.In some CCAM cases,mainly the macrocystic ones,the lesions may disappear after birth.
基金This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31660574)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2020M671969)+2 种基金Agricultural Collaborative Innovation Project of Jiangxi Province of China(JXXTCXQN202001)China Agriculture Research System(CARS-24-G-08)Key Research and Development Program of Jiangxi Province of China(20202BBF62002).
文摘Flowering time is an important agronomic trait that contributes to fitness in plants.However,the genetic basis of flowering time has not been extensively studied in pepper.To understand the genetics underlying flowering time,we constructed an F 2 population by crossing a spontaneous early flowering mutant and a late-flowering pepper line.Using bulked segregant RNA-seq,a major locus controlling flowering time in this population was mapped to the end of chromosome 2.An APETALA2(AP2)homolog(CaFFN)cosegregated with flowering time in 297 individuals of the F 2 population.A comparison between the parents revealed a naturally occurring rare SNP(SNP2T>C)that resulted in the loss of a start codon in CaFFN in the early flowering mutant.Transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana plants with high CaFFN expression exhibited a delay in flowering time and floral patterning defects.On the other hand,pepper plants with CaFFN silencing flowered early.Therefore,the CaFFN gene acts as a flowering repressor in pepper.CaFFN may function as a transcriptional activator to activate the expression of CaAGL15 and miR156e and as a transcriptional repressor to repress the expression of CaAG,CaAP1,CaSEP3,CaSOC1,and miR172b based on a qRT-PCR assay.Direct activation of CaAGL15 by CaFFN was detected using yeast one-hybrid and dual-luciferase reporter assays,consistent with the hypothesis that CaFFN regulates flowering time.Moreover,the CaFFN gene association analysis revealed a significant association with flowering time in a natural pepper population,indicating that the CaFFN gene has a broad effect on flowering time in pepper.Finally,the phylogeny,evolutionary expansion and expression patterns of CaFFN/AP2 homologs were analyzed to provide valuable insight into CaFFN.This study increases our understanding of the involvement of CaFFN in controlling flowering time in pepper,thus making CaFFN a target gene for breeding early maturing pepper.
文摘China is now facing huge pressure from both the domestic concern of energy security and the global community's call for emission reduction commitment.As one of the major energy consumers and greenhouse gas emitters,China's iron and steel industry has a huge clean development mechanism(CDM) potential.This article both quantitatively and qualitatively analyzes the current status of CDM project activities in the iron and steel industry in China,including characteristics of approved project types,applicable methodologies,and potential technology fields.From the perspective of project implementation,the article summarizes development barriers such as high investment risk,difficulty in project identification,strict requirements on PPDs,long registration waiting time,and etc.Policy suggestions are also put forwarded to help better promote the development of CDM projects in the iron and steel industry.
