Article
Agronomy
Tianyu Wang, Zhenhua Wang, Jinzhu Zhang, Kai Ma
Summary: This study investigated the actual effect of oxygenation irrigation in field planting through a field experiment. The results showed that mechanical oxygenation achieved saturated dissolved oxygen faster and had higher stability compared to venturi oxygenation. Chemical oxygenation was not limited by saturated dissolved oxygen but required more reaction time to reach a stable state. Increasing the dissolved oxygen concentration in irrigation water improved the soil oxygen condition of mulched drip irrigation.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Jingya Wang, Haiqiang Li, Zhibo Cheng, Fating Yin, Lei Yang, Zhenhua Wang
Summary: The application of mulched drip irrigation in cotton fields for multiple years led to significant changes in soil microbial communities and properties. Mulched drip irrigation reduced soil salinity and increased organic carbon, available nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. The years of mulched drip irrigation affected the diversity and interactions of microbial communities, with the 13-year treatment enhancing microbial diversity.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Lijing Han, Jianli Ding, Jinjie Wang, Junyong Zhang, Boqiang Xie, Jianping Hao
Summary: In this study, the spatial distribution of cotton fields in the Ogan-Kucha River oasis in Xinjiang was classified using a random forest machine-learning algorithm on the Google Earth Engine platform. The mulching process was considered for accurate classification. The results show that Sentinel 2 satellite images have the best classification accuracy and can successfully distinguish cotton fields from roads. Spectral reflectance of the cotton fields changed significantly after mulching, and mulched drip irrigation may lead to a decrease in groundwater levels in oases.
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Xiaodi Wu, Zhenhua Wang, Li Guo, Jian Liu, Yam Prasad Dhital, Yan Zhu, Libing Song, Yue Wen
Summary: This study investigates the effects of irrigation timing and water temperature on cotton yield and determines the optimal combination of irrigation timing and water temperature. The results show that increasing water temperature and nighttime irrigation improve photosynthesis, biomass, and yield. Nighttime irrigation also increases the number of bolls per plant and single boll weight, further enhancing the yield.
JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Wenliang Wan, Liulong Li, Jianguo Jing, Ming Diao, Zhaoyan Lv, Weihua Li, Jiangli Wang, Zhaofeng Li, Xiao Wang, Dong Jiang
Summary: The study suggests that narrowing row space in combination with shortening inter-block space can enhance yield, water use efficiency, and profit in an enlarged lateral space drip irrigated wheat system.
FIELD CROPS RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Chilin Wei, Yan Zhu, Jinzhu Zhang, Zhenhua Wang
Summary: The study found that aerated irrigation can significantly improve the growth and yield of tomatoes under mulched drip irrigation in Xinjiang, China, while also enhancing fruit quality. Among all treatments, the W2A2 treatment showed the best results.
Article
Plant Sciences
Jianshu Dong, Zhu Xue, Xiaojun Shen, Ruochen Yi, Junwei Chen, Qiang Li, Xianfei Hou, Haocui Miao
Summary: The study found that combining an irrigation water quota of 37.5 mm with a nitrogen application rate of 110 kg center dot ha-1 can lead to higher yield and water use efficiency in drip-irrigated peanuts in Xinjiang.
Article
Soil Science
Xianghao Hou, Youzhen Xiang, Junliang Fan, Fucang Zhang, Wenhui Hu, Fulai Yan, Chao Xiao, Yuepeng Li, Houliang Cheng, Zhijun Li
Summary: In addition to water scarcity, the sustainable development of agriculture in arid and semi-arid regions of China is also constrained by soil salinization. This study aimed to investigate the spatial distribution and variability of soil salinity in drip-irrigated cotton fields under different irrigation levels in northwest China. The results showed that irrigation amount significantly influenced the distribution of soil salinity, with increased irrigation reducing total dissolved solids (TDS) in the soil but increasing the area of the desalination zone and the depth of salt accumulation. The variability of soil salinity was affected by irrigation amount, growth stage, and soil depth, with the largest spatial variability occurring in the middle growth stage of cotton.
SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Friday Uchenna Ochege, Geping Luo, Xiuliang Yuan, George Owusu, Chaofan Li, Francis Meta Justine
Summary: The value-added by plastic film mulches in agricultural productivity is significant, but its impact on water cycling and energy fluxes are often neglected. This study optimized a model to simulate the effects of plastic film mulches on surface energy fluxes, showing improved accuracy compared to the original model. The study also revealed the contribution of evaporation and transpiration in cotton water use at different growth stages.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Leilei Guo, Zaimin Wang, Jirka Simunek, Yujiang He, Rizwan Muhamma
Summary: Optimizing mulched drip irrigation with brackish water is crucial for arid areas lacking fresh water resources. The HYDRUS-3D model was used to understand its effects on soil environment with shallow groundwater and optimize its operations.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Agricultural Engineering
Xianghao Hou, Junliang Fan, Fucang Zhang, Wenhui Hu, Fulai Yan, Chao Xiao, Yuepeng Li, Houliang Cheng
Summary: Crop evapotranspiration and crop coefficient can vary depending on geography and species. By conducting a two-year field study in south Xinjiang, it was found that increasing irrigation amounts can improve seed cotton yields but reduce water productivity. Seasonal water use of cotton is mainly concentrated in the flowering and boll setting stages, accounting for about 60% of the total water consumption.
INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
(2022)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Kishan Mahmud, Dinesh Panday, Anaas Mergoum, Ali Missaoui
Summary: Nitrogen plays a crucial role in agricultural ecosystems, but its loss can have significant impacts on crop production, soil sustainability, and environmental protection. Mitigation strategies are needed to reduce global nitrogen pollution and promote regenerative and sustainable agriculture.
Article
Agricultural Engineering
Zhipeng Li, Sumei Wan, Guodong Chen, Yingchun Han, Yaping Lei, Yunzhen Ma, Shiwu Xiong, Tingyong Mao, Lu Feng, Guoping Wang, Xiaofei Li, Zhanbiao Wang, Xiaoyu Zhi, Yahui Jiao, Minghua Xin, Yabing Li, Beifang Yang
Summary: Non-film drip irrigation cotton planting can effectively address film pollution in arid areas and promote sustainable agriculture, but research on appropriate irrigation regimes and soil hydrothermal microenvironment is lacking. Using IoT sensors, we conducted a study with three different irrigation treatments. Results showed that increasing irrigation amounts significantly increased soil water content in the 50-110 cm soil layer. The W6 treatment had the highest soil temperature and effective accumulated temperature, leading to higher reproductive organ allocation rates. However, as irrigation amounts increased, water use efficiency decreased.
INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
(2023)
Article
Economics
Fangping Rao, Abudureheman Abudikeranmu, Xiaoping Shi, Nico Heerink, Xianlei Ma
Summary: Reforms in irrigation management, specifically through participatory approaches, can influence farmers' adoption decisions of different irrigation technologies. While participatory irrigation management induces farmers to switch to government-promoted technology, it does not necessarily drive the adoption of localized self-governed technology. The promotion of participatory irrigation management can contribute to more sustainable water use in drought-prone areas, but the autonomy of localized irrigation systems needs more attention from local governments.
WATER RESOURCES AND ECONOMICS
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Songrui Ning, Beibei Zhou, Jianchu Shi, Quanjiu Wang
Summary: By utilizing the HYDRUS-2D model and a validated crop water production function, the study examined the effects of typical irrigation schedules under FMDI, revealing significant impacts of different antecedent soil salinity distributions on cotton yield and water productivity.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Business
Qiqi Wang, Xueling Fan, Jun Liu, Wenjing Cai
Summary: This study explores the shift of roles from help giver to help seeker among employees by investigating their help-giving and following help-seeking behavior. The study proposes two contradictory psychological processes, consistency and licensing, for employees to determine whether to seek help after giving help. The study differentiates between autonomous help-seeking and dependent help-seeking and suggests that help-giving has a stronger effect on dependent help-seeking. Leader respect is identified as a moderator to solve the opposite effects of help-giving on subsequent help-seeking. The results show that the negative (positive) relationship between help-giving and dependent help-seeking is mediated by personal reputation and reputation maintenance concerns, while the results regarding autonomous help-seeking are inconsistent. Leader respect weakens the positive relationship between help-giving and autonomous help-seeking in one study and strengthens the negative relationship in two studies. The study discusses theoretical implications for helping literature, self-regulation theory, and moral behavior research.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Wei Liu, Shi-ou Zhu, Yu-lin Guo, Long-fang Tu, Yong-qi Zhen, Rong-yan Zhao, Liang Ou-Yang, Hiroshi Kurihara, Rong-Rong He, Bo Liu
Summary: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a common fatal neurodegenerative disease. The ULK1 activator BL-918 has shown therapeutic potential in treating ALS by inducing cytoprotective autophagy. This study provides further evidence of autophagic dysfunction in ALS pathogenesis.
ACTA PHARMACOLOGICA SINICA
(2023)
Article
Mathematics, Applied
Ting Li, Changying Liu, Bin Wang
Summary: In this paper, one-stage explicit trigonometric integrators for solving quasilinear wave equations are formulated and studied. The trigonometric integrators are used as the semidiscretization in time, while a spectral Galerkin method is employed for the discretization in space. It is shown that these integrators have second-order convergence in time and the result holds for the fully discrete scheme without requiring any CFL-type coupling.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Jian Li, Jina Sun, Xianglei Zhang, Ruxue Zhang, Qian Wang, Lin Wang, Leike Zhang, Xiong Xie, Chunpu Li, Yu Zhou, Jiang Wang, Gengfu Xiao, Fang Bai, Hong Liu
Summary: This study reports a highly efficient and practical method for the functionalization and macrocyclization of Trp and Trp-containing peptides. The resulting macrocycles showed promising anti-SARS-CoV-2 activities through binding with the N protein of the virus, indicating their potential as antiviral agents.
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Software Engineering
Xiaoxiao Liu, Mohammad S. Alharbi, Jian Chen, Alexandra Diehl, Dylan Rees, Elif E. Firat, Qiru Wang, Robert S. Laramee
Summary: Visualization is a rapidly growing field that is important for researchers, practitioners, and higher educational institutions. This paper presents a survey of open visualization resources for those interested in interactive data visualization and visual analytics. The paper provides a classification of resource collections, allowing individuals from different backgrounds to find useful and detailed information.
INFORMATION VISUALIZATION
(2023)
Article
Thermodynamics
Dong Zhang, Haochun Zhang, Qi Wang, Wenbo Sun
Summary: This study investigates the entropy generation and thermal irreversibility analysis of liquid lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE) in an annular pipe. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technique is used to study the convective heat transfer performance. The results indicate that the best thermodynamic performance occurs under parabolic distributed heat flux.
JOURNAL OF THERMAL SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
De-Zhi Chen, Qi Wang, Rui-Run Chen, Shu Wang, Yan-Qing Su, Heng-Zhi Fu
Summary: Five Nb-16Si-20Ti-xMgO alloys were prepared, and the effect of MgO addition on their phase composition, microstructure evolution, and mechanical properties was examined. The results showed that MgO reacted with the Nb-Si-Ti alloy, leading to the substitution of Nb atoms by Mg atoms in the Nbss phase. The addition of 3.0 at% MgO transformed the hypoeutectic alloy into a hypereutectic alloy and resulted in a fine Nbss/alpha-Nb5Si3 eutectic structure. The Nb-16Si-20Ti-3MgO alloy exhibited the highest fracture toughness and compressive strength due to its Nbss phase content and Nbss/alpha-Nb5Si3 eutectic structure.
Article
Engineering, Aerospace
Hongfu Wang, Qinghua Zeng, An Wang, Zongyu Zhang, Weide Liu
Summary: This paper investigates the fault detection and isolation of pressure sensors in gas generators with double pressure feedback. Firstly, a Consistency Index is constructed based on the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) algorithm to evaluate the consistency of measured values. Secondly, the redundancy information of the system is used to estimate the pressure in the gas generator using Kalman's principle. Finally, the gap metric between measured pressure and estimated pressure is employed to characterize the health of the sensors.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Xuran Zhang, Mingjin Dai, Wenjie Deng, Yongzhe Zhang, Qi Jie Wang
Summary: A PdSe2 photodetector with asymmetric van der Waals contacts is reported, achieving a high responsivity, fast rise/decay times, and a high detectivity in the visible-near infrared range. The device also shows linear polarization-sensitive response and outstanding polarization imaging capabilities. This PdSe2-based photodetector has great potential for high-performance applications without external bias.
Article
Engineering, Mechanical
Changlin Liu, Suet To, Xuexiang Sheng, Jianfeng Xu
Summary: This paper explores the formation mechanism of crystal defects in single-crystal silicon during elliptical vibration cutting (EVC) using molecular dynamics simulation. The study finds that the cutting stage in EVC greatly influences the surface morphology, including elastic recovery and side flow. The preferred slip motion during subsurface damage formation is distinct in the extrusion and shear stage. The influence of cutting temperature and speed on crystal defects formation is also investigated, revealing the increase in proportion of Shockley partial dislocations at elevated temperature and the suppression of crystal defects generation with higher speed ratio.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Qibin Wang, Qi Wang, Ruirun Chen, Xiaowei Wang, Yanqing Su, Hengzhi Fu
Summary: The effects of Fe and C on the microstructural evolution, properties, and hot deformation behavior of Nb-24Ti-16Si-2Al-3V-xFe-yC alloys were investigated. The results show that the microstructure of the alloys changes with the Fe and C content, and Fe and C have synergistic effects on the properties and hot deformation behavior of the alloys.
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
(2023)
Article
Integrative & Complementary Medicine
ShiJie Su, Gongcan Chen, Minghuang Gao, Guangcheng Zhong, Zerong Zhang, Dongyun Wei, Xue Luo, Qi Wang
Summary: The study aimed to investigate the effects of Kai-Xin-San (KXS) on cognitive deficits in APP/PS1 mice and its neuroprotective mechanism. The results showed that KXS protected APP/PS1 mice from cognitive impairments, suppressed neuronal apoptosis and oxidative stress, and improved mitochondrial dysfunction and synaptic and neurotrophic factors. Additionally, KXS enhanced mitochondrial SIRT3 expression and reduced NLRP3 inflammasome expression in APP/PS1 mice. These findings suggest that KXS could be a potential neuroprotective agent for Alzheimer's disease progression.
Article
Oncology
Qijun Wang, Zhewei Shen, Mengxi Ge, Jie Xu, Xin Zhang, Wei Zhu, Jie Liu, Wei Hua, Ying Mao
Summary: This case report describes a 46-year-old male patient with PD-L1 negative brain metastases (BrMs) 12 years after gastric cancer resection and chemotherapy. Treatment with the immune checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab resulted in a complete response of all metastatic tumors. A durable remission of the tumors was observed after 4 years of follow-up. The need for a therapeutic protocol for late-stage gastric cancer with BrMs and the exploration of biomarkers other than PD-L1 expression to predict the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors were emphasized.
FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zihua Yin, Xi Lu, Shi Chen, Jiaxing Wang, Jie Wang, Johannes Urpelainen, Rachael Marie Fleming, Ye Wu, Kebin He
Summary: Electrification and power decarbonization are important for low-carbon energy transition, but their combined effects on CO2 emissions have not been fully understood. This study uses the LMDI model to analyze the effects of electrification and power decarbonization on CO2 emissions in China, the U.S., and the EU between 1997 and 2020. The results show that electrification and power decarbonization played a significant role in reducing CO2 emissions in these regions. However, there are differences in the driving factors of electrification and power decarbonization across the three regions. The study also suggests measures to accelerate electrification in the U.S. and the EU to achieve their 2030 climate targets.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Ziqiang Wang, Guanghui Yang, Pengjun Tian, Kai Deng, Hongjie Yu, You Xu, Xiaonian Li, Hongjing Wang, Liang Wang
Summary: In this study, we propose a method to encapsulate rhodium nanoparticles (NPs) on a palladium metallene film using a bromine initiator for catalyzing both the oxidation and reduction reactions. The Rh/Pd film exhibits excellent hydrogen evolution and hydrazine catalytic activities due to its abundant active sites and rapid charge transfer rate. In the hydrazine-assisted water splitting system, the Rh/Pd film only requires a low overpotential to produce hydrogen.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
(2023)
