Allelopathy is an important mechanism in Eucalyptus plantations that causes detrimental impacts on understory diversity.Phenolic compounds are the main allelochemicals suppressing understory plants.However,the dynamic...Allelopathy is an important mechanism in Eucalyptus plantations that causes detrimental impacts on understory diversity.Phenolic compounds are the main allelochemicals suppressing understory plants.However,the dynamic changes in phenolic allelochemicals and their relationship with understory diversity with increasing age of Eucalyptus plantations remain largely unclear.In this study,the understory plant diversity was assessed and phenolic compounds identified from leaf litter,roots,and rhizosphere soil samples in a Eucalyptus grandis plantation at two-year intervals for ten years using ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry(UPLC-MS/MS).The abundance and diversity of under story plant species were lowest in 4-year-old plantations and increased significantly with age.Seven phenolic acids and 10 flavonoids were identified from leaf litter,roots,and rhizosphere soils.Most of the potential phenolic allelochemicals,such as salicylic acid,gallic acid,4-hydroxybenzoic acid,and epicatechin,were more abundant in younger plantations,especially at4 years old.The concentrations of phenolic compounds in the rhizosphere zone were significantly lower than in litter and root samples and did not change significantly with an increase in age.Notably,phenolic compounds contributed more to the variation in the understory plants than soil factors.Hydroxyphenyllactic acid,ellagic acid,quercetin,salicylic acid,and 4-hydroxybenzoic acid were the main phenolic compounds explaining the variation in plant diversity with plantation age.These findings indicate that young E.grandis plantations,especially at four years of age,merit a greater focus because of their lower understory plant diversity and higher allelopathic potential.展开更多
Quorum sensing refers to the phenomenon that bacteria sense signal molecules in the environment and regulate a series of genes.At present,the known quorum sensing systems in Staphylococcus aureus are the Agr system an...Quorum sensing refers to the phenomenon that bacteria sense signal molecules in the environment and regulate a series of genes.At present,the known quorum sensing systems in Staphylococcus aureus are the Agr system and the LuxS/AI-2 system.They will be activated when the bacterial concentration is equal to or greater than 107/ml,and by regulating the corresponding genes,bacteria can indirectly or directly regulate the production and degradation of biofilms,the secretion of bacterial toxins and the growth of bacteria.In this paper,we summarized the research progress of quorum sensing in S.aureus by consulting relevant literatures at home and abroad on quorum sensing in S.aureus,so as to find a new direction for the future research on S.aureus.展开更多
Multivariate time series segmentation is an important problem in data mining and it has arisen in more and more practical applications in recent years.The task of time series segmentation is to partition a time series...Multivariate time series segmentation is an important problem in data mining and it has arisen in more and more practical applications in recent years.The task of time series segmentation is to partition a time series into segments by detecting the abrupt changes or anomalies in the time series.Multivariate time series segmentation can provide meaningful information for further data analysis,prediction and policy decision.A time series can be considered as a piecewise continuous function,it is natural to take its total variation norm as a prior information of this time series.In this paper,by minimizing the negative log-likelihood function of a time series,we propose a total variation based model for multivariate time series segmentation.An iterative process is applied to solve the proposed model and a search combined the dynamic programming method is designed to determine the breakpoints.The experimental results show that the proposed method is efficient for multivariate time series segmentation and it is competitive to the existing methods for multivariate time series segmentation.展开更多
In this paper,we consider variational approaches to handle the multiplicative noise removal and deblurring problem.Based on rather reasonable physical blurring-noisy assumptions,we derive a new variational model for t...In this paper,we consider variational approaches to handle the multiplicative noise removal and deblurring problem.Based on rather reasonable physical blurring-noisy assumptions,we derive a new variational model for this issue.After the study of the basic properties,we propose to approximate it by a convex relaxation model which is a balance between the previous non-convex model and a convex model.The relaxed model is solved by an alternating minimization approach.Numerical examples are presented to illustrate the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed method.展开更多
With the usual definitions for the entropy and the temperature associated with the apparent horizon, we discuss the first law of the thermodynamics on the apparent in the general scalar-tensor theory of gravity with t...With the usual definitions for the entropy and the temperature associated with the apparent horizon, we discuss the first law of the thermodynamics on the apparent in the general scalar-tensor theory of gravity with the kinetic term of the scalar field nonminimally coupling to Einstein tensor. We show the equivalence between the first law of thermodynamics on the apparent horizon and Friedmann equation for the general models, by using a mass-like function which is equal to the Misner-Sharp mass on the apparent horizon. The results further support the universal relationship between the first law of thermodynamics and Friedmann equation.展开更多
基金funded by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (No.32171775,31770671)。
文摘Allelopathy is an important mechanism in Eucalyptus plantations that causes detrimental impacts on understory diversity.Phenolic compounds are the main allelochemicals suppressing understory plants.However,the dynamic changes in phenolic allelochemicals and their relationship with understory diversity with increasing age of Eucalyptus plantations remain largely unclear.In this study,the understory plant diversity was assessed and phenolic compounds identified from leaf litter,roots,and rhizosphere soil samples in a Eucalyptus grandis plantation at two-year intervals for ten years using ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry(UPLC-MS/MS).The abundance and diversity of under story plant species were lowest in 4-year-old plantations and increased significantly with age.Seven phenolic acids and 10 flavonoids were identified from leaf litter,roots,and rhizosphere soils.Most of the potential phenolic allelochemicals,such as salicylic acid,gallic acid,4-hydroxybenzoic acid,and epicatechin,were more abundant in younger plantations,especially at4 years old.The concentrations of phenolic compounds in the rhizosphere zone were significantly lower than in litter and root samples and did not change significantly with an increase in age.Notably,phenolic compounds contributed more to the variation in the understory plants than soil factors.Hydroxyphenyllactic acid,ellagic acid,quercetin,salicylic acid,and 4-hydroxybenzoic acid were the main phenolic compounds explaining the variation in plant diversity with plantation age.These findings indicate that young E.grandis plantations,especially at four years of age,merit a greater focus because of their lower understory plant diversity and higher allelopathic potential.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation(No.81460626No.81060357)Guangxi Graduate Education Innovation Program Degree and Graduate Education Reform Research Project(No.JGY2014086).
文摘Quorum sensing refers to the phenomenon that bacteria sense signal molecules in the environment and regulate a series of genes.At present,the known quorum sensing systems in Staphylococcus aureus are the Agr system and the LuxS/AI-2 system.They will be activated when the bacterial concentration is equal to or greater than 107/ml,and by regulating the corresponding genes,bacteria can indirectly or directly regulate the production and degradation of biofilms,the secretion of bacterial toxins and the growth of bacteria.In this paper,we summarized the research progress of quorum sensing in S.aureus by consulting relevant literatures at home and abroad on quorum sensing in S.aureus,so as to find a new direction for the future research on S.aureus.
基金This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China Nos.11971215,11871210,and 11971214the Key Laboratory of Applied Mathematics and Complex Systems of Lanzhou University.
文摘Multivariate time series segmentation is an important problem in data mining and it has arisen in more and more practical applications in recent years.The task of time series segmentation is to partition a time series into segments by detecting the abrupt changes or anomalies in the time series.Multivariate time series segmentation can provide meaningful information for further data analysis,prediction and policy decision.A time series can be considered as a piecewise continuous function,it is natural to take its total variation norm as a prior information of this time series.In this paper,by minimizing the negative log-likelihood function of a time series,we propose a total variation based model for multivariate time series segmentation.An iterative process is applied to solve the proposed model and a search combined the dynamic programming method is designed to determine the breakpoints.The experimental results show that the proposed method is efficient for multivariate time series segmentation and it is competitive to the existing methods for multivariate time series segmentation.
基金supported in part by:Hong Kong RGC 203109,211710,RGC 211911the FRGs of Hong Kong Baptist University+2 种基金NSFC Grant No.11101195 and No.11171371Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China No.20090211120011China Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded project No.2011M501488.
文摘In this paper,we consider variational approaches to handle the multiplicative noise removal and deblurring problem.Based on rather reasonable physical blurring-noisy assumptions,we derive a new variational model for this issue.After the study of the basic properties,we propose to approximate it by a convex relaxation model which is a balance between the previous non-convex model and a convex model.The relaxed model is solved by an alternating minimization approach.Numerical examples are presented to illustrate the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed method.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11175270 and 11475065)the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University(Grant No.NCET-12-0205)
文摘With the usual definitions for the entropy and the temperature associated with the apparent horizon, we discuss the first law of the thermodynamics on the apparent in the general scalar-tensor theory of gravity with the kinetic term of the scalar field nonminimally coupling to Einstein tensor. We show the equivalence between the first law of thermodynamics on the apparent horizon and Friedmann equation for the general models, by using a mass-like function which is equal to the Misner-Sharp mass on the apparent horizon. The results further support the universal relationship between the first law of thermodynamics and Friedmann equation.