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Open AccessEffects of long-term integrated agri-aquaculture on the soil fungal community structure and function in vegetable fields
The diversity and community structure of soil fungi play an important role in crop production and ecosystem balance, especially in paddy-upland vegetable field systems. High-throughput sequencing was used to s...
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Open AccessPterostilbene promotes mitochondrial apoptosis and inhibits proliferation in glioma cells
Glioma is the most general primary and lethal intracranial malignant tumor. Pterostilbene (PTE), an analog of stilbene and resveratrol, has attracted attention in recent years due to its significant antitumor ...
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Open AccessPterostilbene inhibits gallbladder cancer progression by suppressing the PI3K/Akt pathway
Gallbladder cancer is the most common malignant tumor of the biliary system and is characterized by difficulty to diagnose in early stages, a high degree of malignancy, and poor prognosis. Finding new drugs ma...
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Operation Scheme of SWIPT Relay System Based on Interference Energy Harvesting
In wireless relay systems, interference often leads to system rate loss. Recently, the research on radio-frequency signal energy harvesting makes it possible to use interference energy. In this paper, based on...
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Open AccessImproving sewage sludge compost process and quality by carbon sources addition
In present study, the effects of carbon sources on compost process and quality were evaluated in the lab-scale sewage sludge (SS) composting. The composting experiments were performed for 32 days in 5 L reacto...
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Open AccessInvestigation of membrane fouling mechanism of intracellular organic matter during ultrafiltration
This study investigated the ultrafiltration (UF) membrane fouling mechanism of intracellular organic matter (IOM) from Chlorella vulgaris (CV) and Microcystis aeruginosa (MA). Both CV- and MA-IOM caused severe me...
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Open AccessBismuth atom tailoring of indium oxide surface frustrated Lewis pairs boosts heterogeneous CO2 photocatalytic hydrogenation
The surface frustrated Lewis pairs (SFLPs) on defect-laden metal oxides provide catalytic sites to activate H2 and CO2 molecules and enable efficient gas-phase CO2 photocatalysis. Lattice engineering of metal oxi...
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Open AccessEffects of introducing eels on the yields and availability of fertilizer nitrogen in an integrated rice–crayfish system
Recently, many new rice–fish co-culture models have been developed to increase economic and ecological benefits. In this study, we added eels (Monopterus albus) to a rice–crayfish system and conducted a 3-year fi...
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Open AccessLong-term effects of straw return and straw-derived biochar amendment on bacterial communities in soil aggregates
Improving soil structure, fertility, and production is of major concern for establishing sustainable agroecosystems. Further research is needed to evaluate whether different methods of straw returning determin...
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Open AccessVegetation response to precipitation anomalies under different climatic and biogeographical conditions in China
Understanding precipitation-vegetation interaction is of great importance to implementing adaptation and mitigation measures for terrestrial ecosystems. Many studies have explored the spatial pattern of precip...
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Open AccessEffect of nitrogen application rate on soil fungi community structure in a rice-fish mutualistic system
Rice-fish mutualistic production systems rationalise the use of water and soil resources in an improved approach to sustainable food production. However, drivers of fungi community structure in paddy soil, inc...
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Open AccessDilution effect of the building area on energy intensity in urban residential buildings
Urban residential buildings make large contributions to energy consumption. Energy consumption per square meter is most widely used to measure energy efficiency in urban residential buildings. This study aims ...
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Open AccessEffect of Straw and Straw Biochar on the Community Structure and Diversity of Ammonia-oxidizing Bacteria and Archaea in Rice-wheat Rotation Ecosystems
Ammonia oxidation is the first and rate-limiting step of nitrification, driven by ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA). Straw and straw biochar retention are the popular ways to...
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Open AccessEffects of tillage and straw return on water-stable aggregates, carbon stabilization and crop yield in an estuarine alluvial soil
In China, the average soil organic carbon (SOC) content of cultivated land is 30% less than the world average. Therefore, cultivation management-induced changes in SOC dynamics are necessary, especially in est...
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LILRB4 signalling in leukaemia cells mediates T cell suppression and tumour infiltration
Immune checkpoint blockade therapy has been successful in treating some types of cancer but has not shown clinical benefits for treating leukaemia1. This result suggests that leukaemia uses unique mechanisms to e...
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Open AccessEffects of a vegetable-eel-earthworm integrated planting and breeding system on bacterial community structure in vegetable fields
Agricultural production combined with planting and breeding, which can reduce chemical fertilizer and pesticide applications, reduce losses due to natural disasters, and improve the output and quality of agric...
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Open AccessBreak the Interacting Bridge between Eu3+ Ions in the 3D Network Structure of CdMoO4: Eu3+ Bright Red Emission Phosphor
Eu3+ doped CdMoO4 super red emission phosphors with charge compensation were prepared by the traditional high temperature solid-state reaction method in air atmosphere. The interrelationships between photolumines...
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Open AccessMultimodal and Multiscale Deep Neural Networks for the Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease using structural MR and FDG-PET images
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease where biomarkers for disease based on pathophysiology may be able to provide objective measures for disease diagnosis and staging. Neuroimagi...
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Open AccessAspermerodione, a novel fungal metabolite with an unusual 2,6-dioxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane skeleton, as an inhibitor of penicillin-binding protein 2a
Rising drug resistance limits the treatment options infected by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). A promising solution for overcoming the resistance of MRSA is to inhibit the penicillin-binding ...
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Open AccessEngineering the conserved and noncatalytic residues of a thermostable β-1,4-endoglucanase to improve specific activity and thermostability
Endoglucanases are increasingly applied in agricultural and industrial applications as a key biocatalyst for cellulose biodegradation. However, the low performance in extreme conditions seriously challenges th...