Article
Genetics & Heredity
Yu Xu, Zhen Miao, Xuguang Li, Hai Lin, Yu Cheng, Jianlin Pan, Zhiqiang Xu
Summary: Hypoxia is a common yet overlooked issue in Chinese mitten crab rearing. This study found that the hepatopancreas transcriptome of crabs is severely affected under hypoxia, with significant changes in gene expression related to cellular adaptive responses to hypoxia. The results suggest that even after 12 hours of reoxygenation, the adverse effects of hypoxia on growth, development, and disease susceptibility in the crabs persist.
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Hongli Liu, Yang Feng, Ma Yang, Ya Huang, Minghao Li, Yi Geng, Ping Ouyang, Defang Chen, Shiyong Yang, Lizi Yin, Liangyu Li, Xiaoli Huang
Summary: Research reveals that starvation leads to a decrease in the hepatopancreas index of Chinese mitten crab, affecting tissue structure, metabolism, and angiogenesis. The AKT signaling pathway plays a crucial role in this process, regulating gene expression related to angiogenesis and apoptosis, ultimately causing hepatopancreas atrophy.
Article
Fisheries
Baoli Zhang, Changyue Yu, Yingkai Xu, Ziwei Huang, Yuqiao Cai, Yingdong Li
Summary: Photoperiod plays a vital role in the growth, development, and metabolism of crustaceans. The study revealed that the photoperiod affects the gene expression in the hepatopancreas of Chinese mitten crab, leading to changes in immune mechanisms. High-throughput Illumina sequencing was used to explore the genes associated with immune function, and the results demonstrated the impact of photoperiod on gene expression patterns.
FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Toxicology
Cheng Chi, Xia-Wei Yu, Cai-Yan Zhang, Jia-Dai Liu, Ming-Wen Ye, Ding-Dong Zhang, Wen-Bin Liu
Summary: Chinese mitten crab is economically important in aquaculture, but hepatopancreatic necrosis syndrome caused by cyanobacteria bloom outbreaks and MC-LR toxicity can affect its quality and breeding industry.
ARCHIVES OF TOXICOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Qiu-Ju Wang, Bao-Yuan Zhang, Xiao-Dong Jiang, Xiao-Wen Long, Wang-Ling Zhu, Yong-Ping Xu, Min Wu, Dong-Ming Zhang
Summary: The study found that adult female Chinese mitten crabs with white hepatopancreas syndrome had significantly higher moisture content in their hepatopancreas and ovaries compared to the control group, while hepatopancreas crude fat and ovary crude protein levels were significantly lower. The yellow-white hepatopancreas group had significantly higher total carbohydrate levels and significantly lower crude protein content in ovaries. Additionally, levels of certain amino acids and fatty acids were significantly altered in diseased crabs, with the white hepatopancreas group showing poor nutritional quality.
JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Fisheries
Huan Liu, Lei Guo, Weiwei Zhang, Jiahui Peng, Qinna Chen, Fang Cao, Zhaohui Zhang, Mingshen Guo, Han Zhang, Shumei Mu, Xianjiang Kang
Summary: Differential gene and protein expression in spermatozoa of precocious E. sinensis suggest metabolic disorders as main reason for miniaturization of spermatogenic cells, shedding light on hidden biological irregularities associated with precocious phenotypes.
AQUACULTURE REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yuhang Hong, Yi Huang, Yanzhen Dong, Dayong Xu, Qiang Huang, Zhiqiu Huang
Summary: This study investigated the cytotoxic effects of abamectin on hepatopancreas cells of Chinese mitten crab. The results showed that abamectin inhibited cell viability and caused oxidative stress, DNA damage, and apoptosis. It also induced changes in antioxidant response and immune status.
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Lin Zhou, Lanlu Chu, Jinliang Du, Zhijuan Nie, Liping Cao, Jiancao Gao, Gangchun Xu
Summary: Chinese mitten crab (E. sinensis) is an important farmed crustacean in China, but farming process may lead to the occurrence of harmful factor, lipopolysaccharide (LPS). This study investigated the correlation between LPS concentrations and hepatopancreas damage in E. sinensis. Results showed that LPS significantly affected immune-related genes and antioxidant enzyme activity, resulting in hepatopancreas damage. These findings provide valuable insights into the mechanism of hepatopancreas injury induced by LPS infection in E. sinensis.
COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY C-TOXICOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yue Sun, Chunying Yuan, Qingman Cui
Summary: The study found that thiamethoxam has acute toxic effects on Eriocheir sinensis, reducing their survival rate and impairing their immune and metabolic systems. Higher concentrations of thiamethoxam resulted in a decrease in immune cells and affected enzyme activity and antioxidant capacity in crabs.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Long Zhang, Ning-Ping Tao, Xugan Wu, Xichang Wang
Summary: Chinese mitten crab, as an important seafood in China, is affected by the color and bitterness of its hepatopancreas, which can significantly impact consumer acceptance. This study investigated the metabolic relationship between key metabolites and the color and bitterness in the hepatopancreas of the crab. The results suggest that bile acids and bitter free amino acids may contribute to the bitterness of the hepatopancreas.
FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
Article
Fisheries
Xuran Liu, Wenlong Wan, Mengge Li, Jiayuan Shi, Jie Xu, Zihan Zhou, Anran Wang, Shuyan Miao
Summary: This study investigated the effects of dietary niacin on the growth performance, intestinal histomorphology, body composition, and antioxidant capacity of juvenile Eriocheir sinensis. The results showed that appropriate dietary niacin improved the growth performance and intestinal histomorphology of the crabs, and enhanced their antioxidant capacity.
AQUACULTURE NUTRITION
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Jiada Lu, Hongwei Luan, Change Wang, Lili Zhang, Wenzheng Shi, Shuang Xu, Yinzhe Jin, Ying Lu
Summary: This study discovered that hemocyanin in crustaceans is allergenic to humans, but there is limited information about its molecular, structural, and allergenic properties. The purified natural protein was identified as Eriocheir sinensis HC by LC-MS/MS, and it showed allergenicity by reacting with serum IgE from crustacean patients. Molecular property analysis revealed that HC is resistant to trypsin digestion, but not heat-stable. Boiling (55.05 ± 3.50%) and steaming (66.84 ± 1.65%) increased β-sheet content and decreased the allergenicity of HC. By comparing the amino acid sequences of eight crustaceans, HC was found to be highly conserved. Five epitopes of HC were identified and validated using a murine sensitization model, with two of them (P3 and P10) matching the predictions from six types of bioinformatics analysis. Combining multiple bioinformatics analyses with a murine sensitization model appears to be an effective method for identifying allergenic epitopes.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xiawei Yu, Caiyan Zhang, Keke Chen, Yuan Liu, Ying Deng, Wenbin Liu, Dingdong Zhang, Guangzhen Jiang, Xiangfei Li, Sib Sankar Giri, Se Chang Park, Cheng Chi
Summary: This study used RNA sequencing technology to investigate the changes in the hepatopancreas transcriptome of Eriocheir sinensis after long-term exposure to T-2 toxin, revealing the effects of T-2 toxin on oxidative stress, apoptosis, autophagy, glucolipid metabolism, and protein synthesis. This provides a foundation for further research on the molecular toxicity mechanism of T-2 toxin in aquatic crustaceans.
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Xiaochuan Zheng, Weibo Jiang, Ling Zhang, Kenneth P. Abasubong, Dingdong Zhang, Xiangfei Li, Guangzhen Jiang, Cheng Chi, Wenbin Liu
Summary: This study found that dietary supplementation of 100 mg/kg of ICA enhanced the resistance of Eriocheir sinensis to oxidative damage and apoptosis induced by LPS challenge. It increased antioxidant capacity, reduced stress-related indicators, and alleviated cell apoptosis, along with regulating the expression of apoptosis-related genes and proteins.
COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY C-TOXICOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Qiangmei Feng, Meimei Liu, Yongxu Cheng, Xugan Wu
Summary: By transcriptome analysis, we revealed the molecular mechanisms of ovarian development and genes involved in nutritional deposition in Eriocheir sinensis. These results enhance our understanding of the regulatory pathways and physiological processes of crustacean ovarian development.
FRONTIERS IN GENETICS
(2022)
Review
Transportation
Yi-Chen Zhang
Summary: This paper proposes an algorithm for estimating the shape of the road using trails of leading vehicles. The algorithm utilizes a linear mixed model approach and a polynomial-based road model. The proposed method successfully captures the shape of the road with high accuracy, as demonstrated by the evaluation using NGSIM datasets.
JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Shuyang Ma, Yan Li, Liang Du, Jianzhong Wu, Yue Zhou, Yichen Zhang, Tao Xu
Summary: A programmable intrusion detection method is proposed to identify malicious attacks on distributed energy resources in networked microgrids. Due to limited resilience, microgrids are sensitive to attacks which can lead to catastrophic electricity supply failures. The method effectively detects, locates, and defends against malicious intrusions, providing a flexible and difficult-to-detect detection rule mechanism.
Article
Automation & Control Systems
Yichen Zhang, Feng Qiu, Tianqi Hong, Zhaoyu Wang, Fangxing Li
Summary: This article proposes an intelligent agent training framework for self-healing distribution systems. The agent interacts with an expert to learn optimal strategies and uses a hybrid policy network to improve restoration performance. Experimental results show that this method outperforms traditional reinforcement learning algorithms.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Tianqi Hong, Yichen Zhang
Summary: This study proposes a data-driven optimization framework to address the challenges of model inaccuracy and parameter varying in voltage regulation problems. The integration of recursive kernel regression and interior point methods enables online voltage optimization. The effectiveness of the proposed method is validated through comparison with a linear function based method.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER DELIVERY
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Tianqi Hong, Dongbo Zhao, Yichen Zhang, Zhaoyu Wang
Summary: This paper proposes a bilevel formulation to model the operation of microgrids in distribution systems considering the interaction between different systems. To simplify the solution time, lower-level problems are modeled using deep neural networks and converted into a set of constraints. The proposed solution is validated and shown to be much faster than other methods in solving voltage regulation problems.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SMART GRID
(2022)
Article
Thermodynamics
Yu-Peng Hu, Feng-Jun Wang, Yi-Chen Zhang, You -Rong Li, Ming-Hai Li
Summary: This paper presents a comprehensive numerical study on the oscillatory natural convection of Al2O3-water nanofluid near its density maximum. The influences of nanoparticle volume fraction, Rayleigh number and density inversion parameter on flow pattern evolution and heat transfer ability are analyzed. Results show that adding nanoparticles stabilizes the flow and enhances convective heat transfer. The flow regime evolves with increasing Rayleigh number at different nanoparticle volume fractions.
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS IN HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER
(2022)
Review
Energy & Fuels
Hantao Cui, Yichen Zhang, Kevin L. Tomsovic, Fangxing (Fran) Li
Summary: This article presents a review of two interlinked challenges in modern electric power systems: the transformation to a cyber-physical system and the integration of power electronics-interfaced renewables. It discusses the concepts, studies, and testbeds for cyber-physical power systems (CPPS) and the modeling of power electronics-based devices for physical power system stability simulations. The article also highlights the cybersecurity research objectives, categorizes CPPS studies, reviews testbed techniques for integrating communication networks with power system simulation, and discusses challenges and future directions in the area of CPPS.
WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Shuang Zhang, Yichen Zhang, Lihong Wu, Lili Zhang, Song Wang
Summary: Sauerkraut is a traditionally fermented cabbage in northeast China, with diverse microbial composition and potential probiotic properties. Illumina MiSeq sequencing revealed that Lactobacillus was widely present in sauerkraut, with certain species more abundant in leaves than in broth. Additionally, beneficial lactic acid bacteria genera such as Pediococcus and Leuconostoc were detected, but harmful bacteria like Arcobacter and Acinetobacter were also found.
FOOD SCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Jianzhe Liu, Yichen Zhang, Antonio J. Conejo, Feng Qiu
Summary: DC microgrids have potential applications in renewable integration, but the negative impedance effect of constant power loads (CPLs) can lead to instability. This paper proposes an innovative control synthesis algorithm to guarantee a theoretically guaranteed region of attraction (ROA) for a general DC microgrid, covering its entire operating range.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER SYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Shuang Zhang, Lihong Wu, Yichen Zhang, Jie Zhang, Hong Cheng, Jingjing Zhang, Yuexin Liu, Zimeng Kang, Lili Zhang
Summary: The purified cell-envelope proteinase (CEP) from L. bulgaricus has significant effects on the quality of fermented milk, increasing gel hardness and consistency while altering the particle size and surface charge of milk protein. CEP treatment also leads to changes in Ca2+ levels and produces fermented milk with a uniform and connected structure.
INTERNATIONAL DAIRY JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Yichen Zhang, Chen Chen, Tianqi Hong, Bai Cui, Zhe Xu, Bo Chen, Feng Qiu
Summary: Integration of grid supportive modes in inverter-based resources can enhance the frequency response of renewable-rich microgrids. To ensure frequency trajectory constraints under predefined disturbances, synthesis of grid supportive modes is challenging yet crucial. A numerical optimal control (NOC)-based control synthesis methodology is proposed to address this challenge. Linearized models are employed in control design, with linearization-induced errors analyzed and represented as interval uncertainties. The proposed control is validated on a modified 33-node microgrid, demonstrating its effectiveness and the significance of considering linearization-induced uncertainty.
Article
Thermodynamics
Chengxu Chen, Yichen Zhang, Zhihua Ge, Xiaoze Du, ELSaeed Saad ELsihy
Summary: This study proposed a novel combined heat and power system integrated with various flexible technologies to enhance the flexibility of coal-fired combined heat and power units. The EBSILON software was used to model the systems and analyze their thermal performance under different operating conditions. The results revealed that the thermal energy storage system had the best performance in balancing peak shaving demand and techno-economic performance.
APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Feng Qiu, Yichen Zhang, Rui Yao, Pengwei Du
Summary: Power system restoration requires sufficient initial power capacity for successful restoration. Black-start resources, which are scarce and expensive in areas without hydro power, are traditionally excluded from system restoration due to their uncertainty and variability. However, renewable energy, specifically variable renewable energy (VRE), is becoming a potential participant in system restoration as auxiliary black-start resources. This study explores the potential benefits of renewable energy in restoration and proposes dispatch models for wind participation to handle the uncertainty of wind generation.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Yichen Zhang, Jianzhe Liu, Feng Qiu, Tianqi Hong, Rui Yao
Summary: In this paper, a deep active learning framework is proposed for solvability prediction in power systems. Different sampling strategies are used to select informative instances to be labeled. Experimental results validate the effectiveness of the framework in power systems of different scales.
JOURNAL OF MODERN POWER SYSTEMS AND CLEAN ENERGY
(2022)
Proceedings Paper
Engineering, Mechanical
Yichen Zhang, Jianjun Yao, Gang Zhao, Zhijie Wang
Summary: Bio gel electric actuator, as a smart material, has wide application prospects and high academic value. By improving the preparation process and studying the effect of the electrically actuated film, the output performance of the electric actuator can be improved.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MECHANICAL DESIGN AND SIMULATION (MDS 2022)
(2022)
