Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Tao Ruan, Han Han, Wei Wei, Lan Qiu, Mingshen Hong, Junfeng Tang, Hong Zhou, Zejun Zhang
Summary: The Liziping National Nature Reserve in the Xiaoxiangling Mountain of Sichuan Province is a critical habitat for giant pandas, with the suitable habitat mainly concentrated in the east of the reserve. Factors such as road interference, temperature, altitude, and slope gradient greatly influence the distribution of giant pandas, with wild pandas preferring areas far from human interference, high altitude, moderate temperature, and gentle slopes. These findings provide valuable insights for scientists to formulate habitat conservation and management measures for giant pandas in the reserve.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2021)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Xiaoyu Chen, Xiaorong Wang, Junqing Li, Dongwei Kang
Summary: The study evaluated the habitat suitability of giant pandas in Wanglang Nature Reserve, finding that only 16.33% of the area was suitable for giant pandas, with extensive overlap between the suitable habitats of livestock and takin having a significant impact on pandas.
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Environmental Sciences
Guozhen Shen, Tianyuan Lan, Shuyu Deng, Yue Wang, Wenting Xu, Zongqiang Xie
Summary: Biodiversity and climate are interconnected through carbon, and the loss of biodiversity and climate change reinforce each other. Efforts to conserve flagship and umbrella species, such as the giant panda, have effectively prevented their extinction but have been less effective in maintaining biodiversity and high-carbon ecosystems. Habitat fragmentation, which is negatively correlated with giant panda density, species richness, and total carbon density, poses a threat to giant panda habitats and could lead to additional carbon emissions. It is urgent for China to develop an effective national park system that integrates climate change issues into biodiversity strategies to address the dual environmental challenges of biodiversity loss and climate change.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Juan Wang, Dan Zhao, Xian'an Liu, Qiufang Shao, Danli Yang, Fanru Zeng, Yu Feng, Shiqi Zhang, Peihao Peng, Jinping Liu
Summary: Since 1999, the Chinese government has continuously banned commercial logging and intensified conservation efforts through programs such as the Natural Forest Conservation Program (NFCP) and the Grain-to-Green Program (GTGP). However, the effectiveness of the logging ban and its impact on deforestation remain uncertain. It is crucial to comprehensively monitor the changes in forest habitat and assess the ecological status over the past two decades.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yu Xu, Biao Yang, Qiang Dai, Han Pan, Xue Zhong, Jianghong Ran, Xuyu Yang, Xiaodong Gu, Zhisong Yang, Dunwu Qi, Rong Hou, Zejun Zhang
Summary: This study evaluates the management of giant panda populations in China and proposes suggestions for landscape-scale conservation in the national park system.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Jingyi Dai, Jinzhi Chen, Zhongjie Luo, Wei Zhou
Summary: Understanding the role of social capital is crucial for addressing the cooperation dilemma in forest conservation. This study analyzed the impact of rural households' social capital on forest conservation behaviors in 17 giant panda nature reserves in China. The findings suggest that social capital plays a critical role in promoting forest conservation activities, filling in gaps left by formal institutions. Social trust, in particular, was found to influence rural households' participation in forest conservation, regardless of the cost involved. Moreover, social capital was found to enhance understanding of nature reserve policies and foster environmental awareness, leading to increased participation in forest conservation efforts.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Xiaoyu Chen, Xiaorong Wang, Dongwei Kang, Junqing Li
Summary: Habitat fragmentation poses a threat to the survival of giant pandas. This study investigates the relationship between different functional habitats by examining resting and path sites. The results show that suitable resting and path habitats are fragmented due to road presence. Restoration of unsuitable habitats in roadside areas and connecting fragmented patches is necessary.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zhixin Wen, Tianlong Cai, Yongjie Wu, Anderson Fejio, Lin Xia, Jilong Cheng, Xingwen Peng, Qian Zhang, Zejun Zhang, Jianghong Ran, Deyan Ge, Qisen Yang
Summary: The study investigated the zeta diversity patterns of medium- and large-bodied mammals across 40 giant panda nature reserves (GPNRs), finding a core set of sympatric species and the influence of body mass on diversity patterns. The multi-site generalized dissimilarity modelling (MS-GDM) revealed the importance of habitat heterogeneity and spatial distance in driving mammal turnover within GPNRs. The results suggest the need to maintain and increase habitat diversity in GPNRs to protect the diversity of sympatric mammals and optimize the reserve network for maximum turnover.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Review
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Yue Wang, Wei Wei, Feiyun Yuan, Dandan Cao, Zejun Zhang
Summary: This paper reviews the scientific progress in conservation translocation of pandas, emphasizing the importance of selecting suitable release sites and individuals, conducting pre-release training and post-release monitoring, and utilizing adaptive management to improve the success rate of panda conservation translocation programs.
Article
Biology
Wei Jia, Shasha Yan, Qingqing He, Ping Li, Mingxia Fu, Jiang Zhou
Summary: The recovery of vegetation within the Niba Mountain giant panda corridor has led to the emergence of giant panda activity in the area, which may have spread to the central part of the reserve through the corridor. The study clarified the habitat selection characteristics of giant pandas in the corridor by investigating the microhabitats of the giant panda corridor in Niba Mountain. These findings can provide a reference for scientists to formulate practical habitat conservation and management measures for giant pandas in the study area.
Article
Plant Sciences
Mirjana Sipek, Lado Kutnar, Aleksander Marinsek, Nina Sajna
Summary: Fragmentation poses a major threat to biodiversity, as forest specialists lose suitable habitats while alien species find opportunities in open forest areas. Fragmentation negatively affects overall plant richness and diversity of native and ancient forest indicator plants, but has a positive effect on alien plants. Large and diverse forest ecosystems are susceptible to biological invasions.
Article
Ecology
Dong Chen, Xuelin Jin, Ximing Zhang, Qifeng Zhu, Zhifeng Zhang, Simin Hu, Yongxin Chen, Qingxia Zhao
Summary: Simply planting bamboo and trees is not enough for giant panda habitat restoration. Planting should be done on suitable open forest lands, but the area available for afforestation is limited. Natural regrowth on cut-over lands needs management, not replanting. Nonnative larch plantations should be replaced with native trees and bamboos, and bamboo forests in the mid-high mountain zones need assessment and restoration. New policies are needed to allow thinning or cutting of these plantations.
RESTORATION ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Wei Zhou, Bin Zheng, Zi-qiang Zhang, Zhen-jiang Song, Wei Duan
Summary: The study found that income from community-based ecotourism can significantly promote the conservation behavior of local households, especially in forest maintenance and protection activities. However, there is no significant impact on reforestation activities.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Economics
Jinyu Shen, Yijing Zhang, Wei Zhou, Zhenjiang Song, Wei Duan
Summary: Although the contributions of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) to poverty alleviation and resource conservation are widely acknowledged, NTFP collection is still one of the leading human activities threatening the habitats of giant pandas. This study explores the dynamics and determinants of household's participation in, income from, and reliance on NTFP collection in the panda reserves. The findings highlight the importance of NTFP collection as a livelihood strategy for many households and provide insights for improving its linkage with poverty reduction and wildlife conservation.
FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Zhenjiang Song, Yi Li
Summary: The study found that the area of non-forested land in giant panda habitats decreased, with high-quality land-use types decreasing while low/middle-quality types increased. Chinese giant panda conservation projects have not only promoted changes in conservation thought and management, but also emphasize the balance between conservation and development, aiming to promote the coexistence of humans and giant pandas.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Qiao-Ling He, Ke Deng, Xiao-Ping Wang, Qing-Hua Chen, Tong-Liang Wang, Ji-Chao Wang, Jian-Guo Cui
Summary: Alarm signals and cues are crucial for animal survival and vary among species. This study found that disturbance odors did not significantly trigger avoidance behavior in red webbed treefrogs. However, the sympatric predator, Chinese green tree vipers, showed a significant response to disturbance odors and exhibited a higher tongue-flick rate. These findings suggest that eavesdropping predators can exploit disturbance odor cues to detect prey.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Xiao-Hong Wang, Yu Liu, Bin Kang, Jing-Juan Xu, Hong-Yuan Chen
Summary: This study investigates the intercellular mechanical properties and energetic costs during cell-cell collective migration in confined microchannels. The research reveals that cells adapt to different confinement environments by regulating intercellular force, which confirms the relationship between collective cell migration and cell-cell junctions. The observations of cell orientation, actomyosin contractility, energetic costs, and glucose uptake provide a reasonable explanation for cell-force driven migration in various confined environments. The study also finds that under highly confined conditions, the intercellular force and energetic costs are greater, leading to a more orderly cell orientation during collective migration.
CHINESE CHEMICAL LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Family Studies
Yashuang Bai, Mingqi Fu, Xiaohua Wang, Danxia Liu, Yanjun Zhang, Chengbin Liu, Bo Zhang, Jing Guo
Summary: Children are more vulnerable to psychological disorders due to increased maltreatment and parental conflict during the COVID-19 pandemic. Child maltreatment has a stronger impact on mental health than parental conflict. Children who experience more maltreatment and pandemic exposure show higher levels of mental health symptoms.
JOURNAL OF CHILD & ADOLESCENT TRAUMA
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Xiaolei Wang, Xiaoli Zhao, Di Shi, Zhaomin Dong, Xiao Zhang, Weigang Liang, Lingling Liu, Xia Wang, Fengchang Wu
Summary: This study attempted to assess the likelihood of organophosphate esters (OPEs) inducing biological effects in humans by integrating physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) models and in vitro bioassays. The total exposure level of OPEs for Chinese residents was determined, and human PBPK models were developed to predict their concentrations in human tissues. The study proposes a new framework to improve health risk assessment of contaminants without sufficient toxicity data and decrease the need for animal experimentation.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Yuandong Xu, Binyang Liu, Chaoyang Dong, Haoyang Feng, Yajun Wei, Xia Zhang
Summary: In this study, 3D heterostructured molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) was used as a base material for in situ polymerization of aniline monomer on its surface, resulting in high-performance capacitors. The addition of aniline significantly improved the conductivity and structure stability of the compounds, leading to excellent capacitance retention and energy density. Furthermore, a flexible supercapacitor based on the synthesized compound exhibited remarkable flexibility.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Review
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Zongyu Yang, Yuhang Liu, Xiaobo Zhu, Zhengwei Chen, Fan Xia, Wulyu Zhong, Zhe Gao, Yipo Zhang, Yi Liu
Summary: Disruption prediction and mitigation is crucial for future large-scale tokamaks. The deep learning-based algorithm developed in HL-2A tokamak achieves high accuracy and further research addresses interpretability, real-time capability, and transferability.
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Lina Jin, Guoyou Shi, Shuanghe Yu, Xiaohong Wang
Summary: The fast finite-time consensus problem of multi-agent systems under diverse topologies is investigated using a hybrid linear and fractional power protocol. The protocol improves convergence performance when the state is far from the equilibrium and accelerates convergence process when the state is close to the equilibrium. It achieves a faster convergent rate compared to individual asymptotic or finite-time consensus protocols. The leaderless multi-agent systems are studied under undirected topology, and then extended to the leader-following case under directed networks. The protocols are validated through numerical simulations.
CIRCUITS SYSTEMS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING
(2023)
Article
Medical Laboratory Technology
Jiale Xiang, Jiguang Peng, Xiangzhong Sun, Zibin Lin, Dongdong Li, Haodong Ye, Sibao Wang, Yushi Bai, Xiaohong Wang, Peina Du, Ya Gao, Jun Sun, Silin Pan, Zhiyu Peng
Summary: In this study, we developed a reliable method to accurately determine the copy number of STRC based on standard short-read genome sequencing data, which has clinical significance in the screening and diagnosis of genetic hearing loss. Our population analysis revealed that 5.22% of the general population has copy number changes in STRC, almost half of which are clinically significant, including heterozygous and homozygous deletions of STRC. Additionally, we provided population-based evidence of pseudogene-mediated gene conversions between STRC and STRCP1.
CLINICAL CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Yujing Xiong, Zheng Fang, Jie Dong, Shuqiang Chen, Jiaqin Mao, Wanlin Zhang, Li Hai, Jing Zhou, Xiaohong Wang
Summary: The aim of this study was to explore the predictive role of microRNAs (miRNAs) from maternal serum exosomes in early recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) and the related mechanism in early pregnancy. Differential expression of miRNAs was identified through RNA sequencing and qRT-PCR, and miR-185-5p was found to be increased in RPL patients and could serve as a biomarker for subsequent miscarriage. Moreover, miR-185-5p in exosomes reduced VEGF expression of dNK cells.
JOURNAL OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION AND GENETICS
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Xingli Zhang, Xiaohong Wang, Zihan Zhang, Zhihui Wang
Summary: This paper proposes a lightweight network model called CCViT, which combines a convolutional neural network (CNN) and transformer, to quickly and accurately identify microseismic signals of coal and rock fractures caused by coal mine blasting. Experimental results show that the CCViT model has significant advantages in terms of floating point operations (FLOPs), parameter quantity, and accuracy compared to many advanced network models.
Article
Agronomy
Fen Xiao, Xiaohong Wang, Yun Jiang, Chulin Chen, Jiajia Chen, Jingwen Zhang, Yafeng Wen
Summary: This study successfully classified 24 cultivars of H. syriacus into 2-6 clusters based on morphological and palynological indicators. Eight quantitative and eight qualitative traits were identified as defining traits for H. syriacus cultivars. The study also revealed correlations between indicators for flowers, leaves, and pollen grains, and suggested that pollen surface features and certain morphological traits could influence fruiting rates and breeding outcomes.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Yunping Tong, Xiaolei Wang, Xinghao Wang, Zhaoyue Sun, Guodong Fang, Juan Gao
Summary: The concomitant pollution of arsenic and antibiotics has been commonly observed in recent environments, and their behavior may differ from when they exist individually. Colloidal ferric hydroxide (CFH) is found ubiquitously in various environments and in this study, it was shown to facilitate the degradation of oxytetracycline (OTC) and the reduction of Fe(III) to Fe(II). Under oxygen-rich conditions, reactive oxygen species (ROS) such as (OH)-O• and O2•- were generated through the reactions between dissolved oxygen (DO) and Fe(II). It was found that (OH)-O• played a dominant role in the oxidation of As(III). Furthermore, the oxidation of As(III) to As(V) resulted in the formation of ferric arsenate, which significantly reduced the risks of As(III) in the environment. Similar transformations were also observed with other iron oxides and different antibiotics. These findings contribute to our understanding of the role of organic pollutants in combined contamination.
ACS ES&T ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Immunology
Wenjuan Liu, Jilv Ma, Jiwen Chen, Baoyu Huang, Fengchen Liu, Lingling Li, Nini Fan, Fangshu Li, Yanxin Zheng, Xuekai Zhang, Xiaona Wang, Xiaomei Wang, Lei Wei, Yaqiong Liu, Meiwei Zhang, Yijing Han, Xiaotong Wang
Summary: In this study, the IKK gene, CfIKK3, was cloned and characterized in the Zhikong scallop Chlamys farreri. The expression of CfIKK3 was found to be ubiquitous in all tested scallop tissues and significantly induced after challenge with various pathogen-associated molecular patterns. Co-immunoprecipitation assays confirmed the interaction between CfIKK3 and key adaptors in the TLR and RLR pathways, indicating its crucial role in the scallop innate immune signal transduction. Moreover, overexpression of CfIKK3 activated the NF-kappa B reporter gene in a dose-dependent manner.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Zhiyuan Kong, Xiaohong Wang
Summary: Large diameter artery defects can be substituted by unbiodegradable polymers, while small diameter blood vessels and microvessels pose challenges in constructing complex vascular models. Vascularization strategies can be categorized into self-generated capillaries from implantation, pre-constructed vascular channels, and 3D printed cell-laden hydrogels. This review discusses the latest advances in 3D bioprinting of vascularized tissues/organs, including new printing techniques and bioinks for promoting angiogenesis.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Xiaolei Wang, Wenbiao Ma, Shengxian Guo, Yajun Xi
Summary: This paper introduces the theory of foundation balance axis correction and the corresponding determination method in the method of rectifying the inclination of inclined buildings. The analysis of the correction effect is conducted using software, providing technical support.
ARABIAN JOURNAL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2023)