Preliminary geological interpretation of long-wavelength magnetic anomalies over China and surrounding regions

Long-wavelength(>500 km)magnetic anomalies originating in the lithosphere were first found in satellite magnetic surveys.Compared to the striking magnetic anomalies around the world,the long-wavelength magnetic anomalies in China and surrounding regions are relatively weak.Specialized research on each of these anomalies has been quite inadequate;their geological origins remain unclear,in particular their connection to tectonic activity in the Chinese and surrounding regions.We focus on six magnetic high anomalies over the(1)Tarim Basin,(2)Sichuan Basin(3)Great Xing’an Range,(4)Barmer Basin,(5)Central Myanmar Basin,and(6)Sunda and Banda Arcs,and a striking magnetic low anomaly along the southern part of the Himalayan-Tibetan Plateau.We have analyzed their geological origins by reviewing related research and by detailed comparison with geological results.The tectonic backgrounds for these anomalies belong to two cases:either ancient basin basement,or subduction-collision zone.However,the geological origins of large-scale regional magnetic anomalies are always subject to dispute,mainly because of limited surface exposure of sources,later tectonic destruction,and superposition of multi-phase events.

Early hyperbaric oxygen therapy inhibits aquaporin 4 and adrenocorticotropic hormone expression in the pituitary gland of rabbits with blast-induced craniocerebral injury

In the present study, rabbits were treated with hyperbaric oxygen for 1 hour after detonator-blastinduced craniocerebral injury. Immunohistochemistry showed significantly reduced aquaporin 4 expression and adrenocorticotropic hormone expression in the pituitary gland of rabbits with craniocerebral injury. Aquaporin 4 expression was positively correlated with adrenocorticotropic hormone expression. These findings indicate that early hyperbaric oxygen therapy may suppress adrenocorticotropic hormone secretion by inhibiting aquaporin 4 expression.

Magnetic field data processing methods of the China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite

The High Precision Magnetometer(HPM) on board the China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite(CSES) allows highly accurate measurement of the geomagnetic field; it includes FGM(Fluxgate Magnetometer) and CDSM(Coupled Dark State Magnetometer)probes. This article introduces the main processing method, algorithm, and processing procedure of the HPM data. First, the FGM and CDSM probes are calibrated according to ground sensor data. Then the FGM linear parameters can be corrected in orbit, by applying the absolute vector magnetic field correction algorithm from CDSM data. At the same time, the magnetic interference of the satellite is eliminated according to ground-satellite magnetic test results. Finally, according to the characteristics of the magnetic field direction in the low latitude region, the transformation matrix between FGM probe and star sensor is calibrated in orbit to determine the correct direction of the magnetic field. Comparing the magnetic field data of CSES and SWARM satellites in five continuous geomagnetic quiet days, the difference in measurements of the vector magnetic field is about 10 nT, which is within the uncertainty interval of geomagnetic disturbance.

Application system and data description of the China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite

The China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite, launched into orbit from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre on February 2 nd, 2018, is China's first space satellite dedicated to geophysical exporation. The satellite carries eight scientific payloads including high-precision magnetometers to detect electromagnetic changes in space, in particular changes associated with global earthquake disasters. In order to encourage and facilitate use by geophysical scientists of data from the satellite's payloads, this paper introduces the application systems developed for the China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite by the Institute of Crustal Dynamics, China Earthquake Administration;these include platform construction, data classification, data storage, data format, and data access and acquisition.

Examples of unusual ionospheric observations by the CSES prior to earthquakes

The CSES(China seismic electromagnetic satellite) was launched on February 2, 2018 in a circular polar orbit at an altitude of～507 km. One of the main objectives of CSES is to search for and characterize ionospheric perturbations that can be associated with seismic activities, to better understand the generation mechanism of such perturbations. Its scientific payload can measure a broad frequency range of electromagnetic waves and some important plasma parameters. This paper is a first-hand study of unusual observations recorded by the CSES over seismic regions prior to four earthquakes with M >7.0 since the satellite's launch. CSES detectors measured irregularities near the epicenter of these four earthquakes. It is already clear that data from instruments onboard the CSES will be of significant help in studies of characteristics of ionospheric perturbations related to earthquakes and their generation mechanisms.

Apoptosis-related protein expression in rabbits with blast brain injury following early hyperbaric oxygen therapy

We treated detonator-explosion-induced craniocerebral injury in rabbits with hyperbaric oxygen 1 24 hours post-injury. Expression of the apoptosis-regulating protein cytochrome c, the pro-apoptotic protein Bax and the apoptosis marker caspase-3 in the tissues surrounding the area of injury was significantly reduced, while that of the anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2 was significantly increased. Our findings indicate that the curative effects of early hyperbaric oxygen on cortical cell apoptosis is associated with suppression of cytochrome c release from mitochondria. This mechanism underlies the observed reduction in Bax expression and upregulation of Bcl-2 expression.

Desertification and Blown Sand Disaster in China

Approximately 331 million ha, one-third of China＇s total land, is prone to desertification processes, leading to natural disasters and economic losses. In this study, the situation, tendency, their influences and their risk governance of desertification and blown sand disaster in China were examined using satellite images, field photographs, field data and a literature review. The desiccated areas in Lop Nor and the lower Heihe River fluvial plain covered about 50,000 km2 and 40,000 km2, respectively. In Ejina, about 100 species of vegetation became extinct. The rate of wind erosion in China was between 1,000 tons/km2/year and 2,000 tons/km2/year. There were 12 sand deserts and sandy lands, occupying a total of 710,000 km2. Salinized soils occurred across 99.1 million ha. The two main sand and dust storm-prone areas in China were the Tarim Basin and its surroundings, and the Alxa Plateau and its surroundings. From 1981 to 2007, the annual average frequency of sand and dust storms varied from 1 d to 37 d with a general increase from southeast to northwest. Since 1978, China has implemented a number of ecological construction projects that have reduced desertification from 1999 to 2004 and from 2005 to 2009, and the number of dust and sand storm days from 9.3 d between 1954 and 1959 to 4.4 d between 2000 and 2007. The results could improve understanding of desertification and blown sand disasters in China and provide valuable experiences for global desertification control.

Two new species of medusae(Cnidaria) from the coastal waters of the northern Beibu Gulf

Medusae in 116 samples collected from the coastal waters of the northern Beibu Gulf during four seasonal oceanographic cruises from October 2017 to August 2018 were analyzed.In total,34 species were identified.Two of the species are new to science,Proboscidactyla pentacanalis Xu,Chen&Yang sp.nov.and Helgicirrha apapillata Xu,Chen&Wang sp.nov.,and three species are newly recorded in the Beibu Gulf,i.e.,Hydractinia vacuolata Xu&Huang,2006,Proboscidactyla flavicirrata Brandnt,1834 and Phialella macrogona Xu,Huang&Wang,1985.Collections of the species were deposited at the Third Institute of Oceanography,Ministry of Natural Resources.

CSRecommender: A Cloud Service Searching and Recommendation System

Cloud Computing and in particular cloud services have become widely used in both the technology and business industries. Despite this significant use, very little research or commercial solutions exist that focus on the discovery of cloud services. This paper introduces CSRecommender—a search engine and recommender system specifically designed for the discovery of these services. To engineer the system to scale, we also describe the implementation of a Cloud Service Identifier which enables the system to crawl the Internet without human involvement. Finally, we examine the effectiveness and usefulness of the system using real-world use cases and users.

Classifying Unstructured Text Using Structured Training Instances and an Ensemble of Classifiers

Typical supervised classification techniques require training instances similar to the values that need to be classified. This research proposes a methodology that can utilize training instances found in a different format. The benefit of this approach is that it allows the use of traditional classification techniques, without the need to hand-tag training instances if the information exists in other data sources. The proposed approach is presented through a practical classification application. The evaluation results show that the approach is viable, and that the segmentation of classifiers can greatly improve accuracy.

Evaluation of seed vigor in soybean germplasms from different eco-regions

Seed vigor plays an essential role in soybean production.Soybean seed is sensitive to environment and easy to get seed deterioration.Generally soybean seed vigor can be maintained for less than one year and have to be multiplied every year.Varieties with good seed vigor are essential for maintaining planting population and stable yield.In this research,419 germplasms from three eco-regions,South China,Huanghuai region and Northeast China,were evaluated for seed vigor by assessing germination ratio,germination potential and germination index.About 34.8%of tested germplasm had germination ratio equal or more than 85%,suggested by the national soybean seed quality standard of China.Only 9 from 82 tested cultivars met the seed standard.Seed germination ratio distribution had obvious regional feature.Landraces performed better seed vigor than cultivars.Germplasms from South China had stronger seed vigor compared to those from Huanghuai and Northeast regions.Seed vigor has no significant relationship with maturity and 100-seed weight.Totally 21 germplasms with strong seed vigor,favor maturation and seed size were identified and can be used in future breeding program.

Application of soybean shoot-cutting in SMV-resistance genetic analysis

Soybean mosaic virus （SMV） is one of the most serious diseases affecting soy-bean yield. Recombination inbred lines （RILs） are common materials for resistance genetic research. However, the population construction always takes quite a long time which pro-long the breading process. Shoot-cutting is a well-established technique for plant multipli-cation. It has high successful ratio in soybean. In this study, we use shoot-cutting to multiply two F2 populations from the crosses of susceptible and resistant varieties. Soybean plants can be multiplied from 1 into 3 homogenous ones within 30 days, bringing on well-grown plants with normal seeds. The SMV resistance from cutting-shoot plants was consistent with that from original plants. When shoot-cutting is applied in a F2 population, the pheno-typic and genotypic data can be simultaneously collected and corresponding saved during population development. The genetic research and resistant breeding can be effectively promoted by this technology.

Screening and evaluation for soybean resistance to Phakopsora pachyrhyzi in Glycine soja

Soybean rust caused by Phakopsora pachyrhizy is an important disease of soybean, and yield losses are very common in humid growing regions. Most commercial cultivars are susceptible and the disease is usually managed with fungicides. Resistance breeding is the most effective in controlling the disease. In this study, detached - leaf assay and greenhouse inoculation were used to screen 200 Glycine soja accessions for resistance to Phakopsora pachyrhizi in China. Most of the accessions were susceptible, and W8214 was the only accession that demonstrated RB resistance to Phakopsora pachyrhizy. The further repeated tests confirmed the resistance in W8214.

Rh(Ⅲ)-Catalyzed sequential ring-retentive/-opening [4+2]annulations of 2H-imidazoles towards full-color emissive imidazo[5,1-a]isoquinolinium salts and AIE-active non-symmetric 1,1-biisoquinolines

Rhodium-catalyzed C4aryl-H activation and ring-retentive annulation of 2H-imidazoles with internal alkynes to build imidazo[5,1-a]isoquinolinium salts with high yields and broad scope has been disclosed.These novel salts serve as new full-color emissive fluorophores(433-633 nm),just by simply modifying the substituents on C3 and C4 positions of isoquinoline ring.Furthermore,these salts can undergo ring-opening C5_(aryl)-H activation/annulation with a different alkyne to form non-symmetric and AIE-active1,1-biisoquinolines,where NH_(4)OAc plays an indispensable role that accounts for Hofmann elimination and imine formation,leading to an unprecedented imine dance:cyclic imine→N-alkenyl imine→NH imine.The15N labelling experiments indicate that the 2ndannulation includes two pathways:N-exchange(major)and N-retention(minor).

Efficient hydrogen production from high-concentration aqueous formic acid over bio-basedγ-Mo_(2)N catalysts

Formic acid is regarded to be one of the most prospective hydrogen carriers.Effective screening of the fitting non-noble-metal-based heterogeneous catalysts to substitute the expensive noble-metal-based ones for FA dehydrogenation is considered as a key to the commercial application for hydrogen economics.Herein,dehydrogenation of liquid neat FA achieved a gas production value of 1753.5 mL/gcat./h at 94℃by using a biomass-derivedγ-Mo_(2)N based catalyst synthesized from the earth-abundant molybdenum and soybean with a facile pyrolysis process.The effect of material ratio,pyrolysis temperature on the catalytic performance of FA dehydrogenation were studied in details.In particular,the catalyst obtained at a pyrolysis temperature of 700℃,weight ratios of ammonium molybdate to soybean of 0.2/1 exhibited the highest activity.In addition,the catalytic activity increased with the increase of FA concentration,but conversely,the dehydrogenation selectivity decreased with the increasing FA concentration.Moreover,it was found that the Bio-Mo_(2)N catalyst was rather stable over the 40 h continuous reaction period.

CRISPR/Cas9 therapeutics:progress and prospects

Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats(CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein 9(Cas9)gene-editing technology is the ideal tool of the future for treating diseases by permanently correcting deleterious base mutations or disrupting disease-causing genes with great precision and efficiency.A variety of efficient Cas9 variants and derivatives have been developed to cope with the complex genomic changes that occur during diseases.However,strategies to effectively deliver the CRISPR system to diseased cells in vivo are currently lacking,and nonviral vectors with target recognition functions may be the focus of future research.Pathological and physiological changes resulting from disease onset are expected to serve as identifying factors for targeted delivery or targets for gene editing.Diseases are both varied and complex,and the choice of appropriate gene-editing methods and delivery vectors for different diseases is important.Meanwhile,there are still many potential challenges identified when targeting delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 technology for disease treatment.This paper reviews the current developments in three aspects,namely,gene-editing type,delivery vector,and disease characteristics.Additionally,this paper summarizes successful examples of clinical trials and finally describes possible problems associated with current CRISPR applications.

Functions and mechanisms of protein lysine butyrylation(Kbu):Therapeutic implications in human diseases

Post-translational modifications(PTM)are covalent modifications of proteins or peptides caused by proteolytic cleavage or the attachment of moieties to one or more amino acids.PTMs play essential roles in biological function and regulation and have been linked with several diseases.Modifications of protein acylation(Kac),a type of PTM,are known to induce epigenetic regulatory processes that promote various diseases.Thus,an increasing number of studies focusing on acylation modifications are being undertaken.Butyrylation(Kbu)is a new acylation process found in animals and plants.Kbu has been recently linked to the onset and progression of several diseases,such as cancer,cardiovascular diseases,diabetes,and vascular dementia.Moreover,the mode of action of certain drugs used in the treatment of lymphoma and colon cancer is based on the regulation of butyrylation levels,suggesting that butyrylation may play a therapeutic role in these diseases.In addition,butyrylation is also commonly involved in rice gene expression and thus plays an important role in the growth,development,and metabolism of rice.The tools and analytical methods that could be utilized for the prediction and detection of lysine butyrylation have also been investigated.This study reviews the potential role of histone Kbu,as well as the mechanisms underlying this process.It also summarizes various enzymes and analytical methods associated with Kbu,with the goal of providing new insights into the role of Kbu in gene regulation and diseases.

Lipid droplet accumulation mediates macrophage survival and Treg recruitment via the CCL20/CCR6 axis in human hepatocellular carcinoma

Metabolic changes play a crucial role in determining the status and function of macrophages,but how lipid reprogramming in macrophages contributes to tumor progression is not yet fully understood.Here,we investigated the phenotype,contribution,and regulatory mechanisms of lipid droplet(LD)-laden macrophages(LLMs)in hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC).Enriched LLMs were found in tumor tissues and were associated with disease progression in HCC patients.The LLMs displayed immunosuppressive phenotypes(with extensive expression of TREM2,PD-L1,CD206,and CD163)and attenuated the antitumor activities of CD8^(+)T cells.Mechanistically,tumor-induced reshuffling of cellular lipids and TNFα-mediated uptake of tumoral fatty acids contribute to the generation of triglycerides and LDs in macrophages.LDs prolong LLM survival and promote CCL20 secretion,which further recruits CCR6^(+)Tregs to HCC tissue.Inhibiting LLM formation by targeting DGAT1 and DGAT2,which catalyze the synthesis of triglycerides,significantly reduced Treg recruitment,and delayed tumor growth in a mouse hepatic tumor model.Our results reveal the suppressive phenotypes and mechanisms of LLM enrichment in HCC and suggest the therapeutic potential of targeting LLMs for HCC patients.

电控离子(交换)膜分离技术——从ESIX到ESIPM

电控离子膜(Electrically Switched Ion Membrane,ESIM)分离是近年来发展起来的一种新型离子选择性高效分离技术,已被用于多种金属阳离子及阴离子的选择性分离与回收。电控膜分离源于电控离子交换(Electrically Switched Ion Exchange,ESIX)技术,其高效运行依赖于具有离子交换功能的电活性材料(Electroactive Ion Exchange Material,EIXM)。EIXM既能传递电子又能传递离子,通过调节其氧化/还原电位可以控制离子的可逆置入/释放,同时实现目标离子的高效分离和EIXM的再生,因而不产生二次污染。本文从EIXM简介、结构设计与可控合成、各种电控离子选择性分离机制的研究进展以及新型ESIX-ESIM膜组件开发和应用几个方面,分析总结了从最初的ESIX技术到基于ESIX原理的电控离子选择渗透膜(Electrically Switched Ion Permselective Membrane,ESIPM)分离的发展历程。展望未来ESIM分离技术,应针对目标离子的选择性分离要求,设计合成新型结构ESIM材料和研发相关膜组件系统,可望最终实现ESIM技术的工业应用。

Lactate metabolism in human health and disease

The current understanding of lactate extends from its origins as a byproduct of glycolysis to its role in tumor metabolism,as identified by studies on the Warburg effect.The lactate shuttle hypothesis suggests that lactate plays an important role as a bridging signaling molecule that coordinates signaling among different cells,organs and tissues.Lactylation is a posttranslational modification initially reported by Professor Yingming Zhao’s research group in 2019.Subsequent studies confirmed that lactylation is a vital component of lactate function and is involved in tumor proliferation,neural excitation,inflammation and other biological processes.An indispensable substance for various physiological cellular functions,lactate plays a regulatory role in different aspects of energy metabolism and signal transduction.Therefore,a comprehensive review and summary of lactate is presented to clarify the role of lactate in disease and to provide a reference and direction for future research.This review offers a systematic overview of lactate homeostasis and its roles in physiological and pathological processes,as well as a comprehensive overview of the effects of lactylation in various diseases,particularly inflammation and cancer.