Genome assembly at the chromosome level of Clinopodium barosmum.

Clinopodium barosmum (C. barosmum), a rare species within the genus Clinopodium of the Lamiaceae family in northwestern Yunnan, is highly valued for its exceptional ecological and medicinal properties. This study presents the successful assembly of the chromosome-level genome of C.

Finite element analysis of the seismic performance of wind and rain bridge.

The traditional architecture of the Dong and other ethnic minorities show cases unique architectural skills. Its conservation is significant for maintaining the diversity of national culture and transmitting traditional craftsmanship. This study used ABAQUS software to analyse the mechanical properties of two typical wind and rain bridge structures.

Niche Shifts Induce Major Changes in the Ranges of the World's Worst Invasive Ant Species.

Invasive ants have exerted major effects on global ecosystems and economic systems. Therefore, their future niche and range shifts have received more research attention; however, the shifts between their native and introduced populations have not been widely investigated. Here, we examined niche and range shifts between native and introduced populations of 18 IUCN-recognized invasive ant species based on 133,786 global occurrence records.

Future Climate Predicts Range Shifts and Increased Global Habitat Suitability for 29 Mosquito Species.

mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) are the major vectors for many mosquito-borne diseases. Here, we retrieved 878,954 global occurrences of 29 mosquito species and 30 candidate predictors at a global scale. We created a unified frame and built 29 multi-algorithm species distribution models to project the ranges and overlapped them to examine the range-overlap hotspots under future scenarios.

Spongy moths from Europe and Asia: Who could have higher invasion risk in North American?

North American forest systems are significantly impacted by spongy moths (Lymantria dispar Linnaeus). It is unclear, nevertheless, how are the invasion risks of spongy moths from Asia and Europe in North American relative to each other. In this study, we compared the potential ranges of spongy moths from Asia (ASM) and those from Europe (ESM) in North America, and investigated the range shifts between spongy moths in North America (NASM) and ASM and ESM.

Earthquakes Have Accelerated the Carbon Dioxide Emission Rate of Soils on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) has an extensive frozen soil distribution and intense geological tectonic activity. Our surveys reveal that Qinghai-Tibet Plateau earthquakes can not only damage infrastructure but also significantly impact carbon dioxide emissions. Fissures created by earthquakes expose deep, frozen soils to the air and, in turn, accelerate soil carbon emissions.

Soil microbial community composition by crop type under rotation diversification.

Background: Crop rotation is an important agricultural practice that often affects the metabolic processes of soil microorganisms through the composition and combination of crops, thereby altering nutrient cycling and supply to the soil. Although the benefits of crop rotation have been extensively discussed, the effects and mechanisms of different crop combinations on the soil microbial community structure in specific environments still need to be analyzed in detail.

Materials And Methods: In this study, six crop rotation systems were selected, for which the spring crops were mainly tobacco or gramineous crops: AT (asparagus lettuce and tobacco rotation), BT (broad bean and tobacco rotation), OT (oilseed rape and tobacco rotation), AM (asparagus lettuce and maize rotation), BM (broad bean and maize rotation), and OR (oilseed rape and rice rotation).

A Host Tree and Its Specialist Insects: Black Locust () Availability Largely Determines the Future Range Dynamics of Its Specialist Insects in Europe.

Black locust is the only host of -specialist insects in Europe. However, no study to date has examined future range shifts of specialist insects, and the relative effects of host plant availability and other factors on their range shifts. Here, we characterized the future range shifts in the host and its four specialist insects and the factors contributing to changes in their ranges.

Future Range Expansions of Invasive Wasps Suggest Their Increasing Impacts on Global Apiculture.

Until now, no study has examined the future range dynamics of major invasive wasp species to assess their future impacts on global apiculture. Here, we developed 12 species distribution models to calibrate the future range dynamics of 12 major invasive Vespidae wasp species under a unified framework. An increase in their habitat suitability was identified in more than 75% of global land.

Surface oxygen concentration on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (2017-2022).

For the ecologically vulnerable Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP), hypoxia is increasingly becoming an extremely important environmental risk factor that significantly affects the health of both humans and livestock in the plateau region, as well as hindering high-quality development. To focus on the problem of hypoxia, it is especially urgent to study the surface oxygen concentration (i.e.

Nonlinear generation of an optical bottle beam in domain-engineered ferroelectric crystals.

Nonlinear wavefront shaping in periodically poled ferroelectric crystals has received great attention because it offers a convenient way to generate a structured light beam at new frequencies. In contrast to structurally uniform beams like Laguerre-Gaussian or Hermite-Gaussian modes, here we demonstrate the possibility to generate a spatially varied optical bottle beam via a frequency doubling process in a domain-engineered SrBaNbO (SBN) crystal. The nonlinear holography method was employed to design the modulation pattern of the second-order nonlinear coefficient χ, and the femtosecond laser poling was used to imprint the χ pattern into the SBN crystal via ferroelectric domain inversion.

Climatic niche and range shifts of grey squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin) in Europe: An invasive pest displacing native squirrels.

Background: As an invasive pest from North America, grey squirrels (GSs; Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin) are displacing native squirrels in Europe. However, the climatic niche and range dynamics of GSs in Europe remain largely unknown. Through niche and range dynamic models, we investigated climatic niche and range shifts between introduced GSs in Europe and native GSs in North America.

A wearable electrochemical fabric for cytokine monitoring.

Wearable biosensors monitoring various biomarkers in sweat provide comprehensive and prompt profiling of health states at molecular levels. Cytokines existed in sweat with trace amounts play an important role in cellular activity modulation. Unfortunately, flexible and wearable biosensors for cytokine monitoring have not yet been achieved due to the limitation of membrane-based structure and sensing strategy.

Internal nitrogen and phosphorus loading in a seasonally stratified reservoir: Implications for eutrophication management of deep-water ecosystems.

Water eutrophication is a serious global issue because of excess external and internal nutrient inputs. Understanding the intensity and contribution of internal nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) loading in deep-water ecosystems is of great significance for water body eutrophication management. In this study, we combined intact sediment core incubation, high-resolution peeper (HR-Peeper) sampling, and analysis of N and P forms and other environmental factors in the water column and sediments to evaluate the contributions of internal N and P loading to water eutrophication by N and P fluxes across the sediment-water interface (SWI) of the Panjiakou Reservoir (PJKR), a deep-water ecosystem where eutrophication threatens the security of the local drinking water supply in North China.

[Diffusive Fluxes and Controls of NO from Coastal Rivers in Tianjin City].

Rivers are an important emission source of greenhouse gases. To explore the spatial characteristics and influencing factors of NO emission from the coastal rivers in Tianjin City, six rivers into the Bohai Sea from different land-use types were selected, and the NO concentrations, saturation, and diffusive fluxes were measured using the headspace-gas chromatography method. The NO concentration was in supersaturation, and the rivers were the source of atmospheric NO.

Patterns and drivers of CH concentration and diffusive flux from a temperate river-reservoir system in North China.

Freshwater reservoirs are regarded as an important anthropogenic source of methane (CH) emissions. The temporal and spatial variability of CH emissions from different reservoirs results in uncertainty in the estimation of the global CH budget. In this study, surface water CH concentrations were measured and diffusive CH fluxes were estimated via a thin boundary layer model in a temperate river-reservoir system in North China, using spatial (33 sites) and temporal (four seasons) monitoring; the system has experienced intensive aquaculture disturbance.

Increased probability and severity of compound dry and hot growing seasons over world's major croplands.

Dry and hot extremes are major sources of risk to crop yields, and their impacts are expected to increase under future global warming. The co-occurring dry and hot conditions during crop growing seasons have amplified impacts on crop health that are even larger than the sum of their individual impacts, which may cause crop failure. In this study, we focus on the compound dry and hot growing seasons (hereafter CDHGS) for global wheat, rice, maize and soybean in the period 1951-2020.

Distribution of Suitable Environments for as the Vector for Mountain-Type Zoonotic Visceral Leishmaniasis - Six Provinces, China.

() is a sandfly and the main vector of mountain-type zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (MT-ZVL) in China. However, the distribution of suitable environments for the vector has not been studied yet. This study found that temperate hilly zones in midwestern China are suitable for survival with appropriate environmental factors such as moderate normalized difference vegetation value (NDVI), land use type, landform, temperature, and vegetation.

Complete chloroplast genome sequences of the medicinal plant .

Chloroplast genome sequences have been used in phylogenetic and population genetics studies. Here, we assembled the chloroplast genome of Maxim. that is a traditional Chinese medicine.

Spatio-temporal clustering of Mountain-type Zoonotic Visceral Leishmaniasis in China between 2015 and 2019.

With several decades of concerted control efforts, visceral leishmaniasis(VL) eradication had almost been achieved in China. However, VL cases continue to be detected in parts of western China recent years. Using data of reported cases, this study aimed to investigate the epidemiology and spatio⁃temporal distribution, of mountain-type zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (MT-ZVL) in China between the years 2015 and 2019.