Overexpression of the ABA-responsive transcription factor PtrMYBH alters shoot apical meristem, xylem, root, and leaf development in Populus.

Abscisic acid (ABA) mediates stress responses and growth regulation in plants, but the roles of ABA-responsive transcription factors (TFs) in Populus development remain poorly characterized. Here, we identified an ABA-upregulated TF and investigated its function through overexpression in transgenic poplar. The PtrMYBH is upregulated during ABA treatment, and its overexpression in transgenic poplar leads to leaf malformations, including reduced size and curling, with severity correlating with PtrMYBH-overexpression levels in three independent transgenic lines.

Regulating Incompatible Interfaces and Electron/Ion Transport in Lithium Metal Solid State Batteries.

Large interfacial impedance, severe spontaneous reaction and poor ion transport efficiency between LiAlTi(PO) (LATP) and Li metal interface are the main bottlenecks restricting the development of LATP-based solid-state batteries. Herein, a fast Li transfer and electron-blocking interface composed of LiO/LiIn is constructed on LATP through an in situ electrochemical reaction of InO with Li metal. LiO with low Li migration energy barrier and electron-blocking injection can accelerates Li diffusion and suppresses dendrite growth at the interface.

Clinical characteristics of patients with pulsatile tinnitus accompanied by ethmoid sinus lesions and high jugular bulb.

Objective: Exploring the temporal bone Computed Tomography (CT) features and clinical characteristics of patients with ethmoid sinus lesions (ESL) combined with high jugular bulb (HJB) and pulsatile tinnitus symptoms.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data of pulsatile tinnitus (PT) patients. Patients with both ESL and HJB were classified into the combined group, while others were assigned to the non-combined group.

Synergistic effect of sulfolane-based composite polymer electrolyte and vinylidene carbonate/lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate interface modification on LiCoO cathode.

LiCoO (LCO) is a prominent high-voltage cathode material due to its exceptional energy density and impressive theoretical specific capacity of 274 mAh g. However, challenges such as irreversible structural phase transitions, loss of reactive oxygen, and cobalt dissolution can lead to unstable interfaces between the electrolyte and the LCO cathode. In this study, sulfolane (SUL)-based composite polymer electrolytes (CPEs) were synthesized through in-situ polymerization, and the LCO cathode was modified using vinylidene carbonate (VC) and lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate (LiDFOB).

Highly Mixed Index Facet Engineering Induces Defect Formation and Converts the Wave-Transmissive Mott Insulator NiO into Electromagnetic Wave Absorbent.

Mott insulator possesses the property of converting into semiconductor under supernormal conditions and achieving the Mott insulator-semiconductor transition (IST) holds great scientific value. Nevertheless, current IST methodologies possess certain limitations because they are not capable of being implemented under conventional conditions, thereby limiting their practical applications. Herein, a highly mixed index facets (HMIF) strategy is proposed to construct homogeneous interfaces with gradient work function (WF) in Mott insulator NiO, accompanied by numerous oxygen vacancies.

Facilitative preparation of graphene/cellulose aerogels with tunable microwave absorption properties for ultra-lightweight applications.

Graphene aerogels, as a novel type of carbon-based composite material, have shown great potential in the field of wave absorption due to its characteristics of high conductivity, adjustable structure and good corrosion resistance. It is of great significance to precisely control the dielectric properties of graphene aerogel composites by effectively adjusting their microstructures through the preparing process design, ultimately leading to improve their wave-absorbing performances. In this study, two kinds of graphene/cellulose aerogel composites with three-dimensional porous structures, were successfully prepared using graphene and short staple cellulose as raw materials via the freeze-drying method based on the dissolution-regeneration strategy.

Alkaline Modified Mesoporous Silica Supported Ruthenium Catalyst for Improved α-Amino Acid Synthesis.

Amino acids are a class of compounds with wide-ranging applications. The synthesis of amino acids from biomass-derived α-keto acids and ammonia is a sustainable way but the unstable primary imine intermediates (R-C=NH) easily form oligomers. Herein, targeting this problem, alkaline modified mesoporous silica was employed as a support for ruthenium (Ru/M-MCM-41), which could be used as a bifunctional catalyst in the reductive amination of α-keto acids to synthesize α-amino acids.

Simultaneously Tailoring Zinc Deposition and Solvation Structure by Electrolyte Additive.

Aqueous zinc ion batteries (AZIBs) have attracted intense attention due to their high safety and low cost. Unfortunately, the serious dendrite growth and side reactions of the Zn metal anode in an aqueous electrolyte result in rapid battery failure, hindering the practical application of AZIBs. Herein, sodium gluconate as a dual-functional electrolyte additive has been employed to enhance the electrochemical performance of AZIBs.

Robust TiCT MXene foam modified with natural antioxidants for long-term effective electromagnetic interference shielding.

MXenes have been proven to be outstanding lossy phase of advanced electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding materials. However, their poor tolerance to oxygen and water results in fast degradation of the pristine two-dimensional (2D) nanostructure and fading of the functional performance. Herein, in this research, natural antioxidants (e.

LiveRetro: Visual Analytics for Strategic Retrospect in Livestream E-Commerce.

Livestream e-commerce integrates live streaming and online shopping, allowing viewers to make purchases while watching. However, effective marketing strategies remain a challenge due to limited empirical research and subjective biases from the absence of quantitative data. Current tools fail to capture the interdependence between live performances and feedback.

Advancements in Microwave Absorption Motivated by Interdisciplinary Research.

Microwave absorption materials (MAMs) are originally developed for military purposes, but have since evolved into versatile materials with promising applications in modern technologies, including household use. Despite significant progress in bench-side research over the past decade, MAMs remain limited in their scope and have yet to be widely adopted. This review explores the history of MAMs from first-generation coatings to second-generation functional absorbers, identifies bottlenecks hindering their maturation.

Construction of Hollow Carbon Nanofibers with Graphene Nanorods as Nano-Antennas for Lower-Frequency Microwave Absorption.

Electromagnetic (EM) wave absorbers at a lower-frequency region (2-8 GHz) require higher attenuation ability to achieve efficient absorption. However, the impedance match condition and attenuation ability are usually inversely related. Herein, one-dimensional hollow carbon nanofibers with graphene nanorods are prepared based on coaxial electrospinning technology.

Learning to Optimize on Riemannian Manifolds.

Many learning tasks are modeled as optimization problems with nonlinear constraints, such as principal component analysis and fitting a Gaussian mixture model. A popular way to solve such problems is resorting to Riemannian optimization algorithms, which yet heavily rely on both human involvement and expert knowledge about Riemannian manifolds. In this paper, we propose a Riemannian meta-optimization method to automatically learn a Riemannian optimizer.

PromotionLens: Inspecting Promotion Strategies of Online E-commerce via Visual Analytics.

Promotions are commonly used by e-commerce merchants to boost sales. The efficacy of different promotion strategies can help sellers adapt their offering to customer demand in order to survive and thrive. Current approaches to designing promotion strategies are either based on econometrics, which may not scale to large amounts of sales data, or are spontaneous and provide little explanation of sales volume.

Low Infrared Emissivity and Strong Stealth of Ti-Based MXenes.

Advanced scenario-adaptable infrared (IR) stealth materials are crucial for creating localized closed thermal environments. Low emissivity over the broadest possible band is expected, as is superior mechanical deformability. Herein, we report a series of Ti-based MXenes with naturally low emissivity as ideal IR shielding materials.

Ti C T /MoS Self-Rolling Rod-Based Foam Boosts Interfacial Polarization for Electromagnetic Wave Absorption.

Heterogeneous interface design to boost interfacial polarization has become a feasible way to realize high electromagnetic wave absorbing (EMA) performance of dielectric materials. However, interfacial polarization in simple structures such as particles, rods, and flakes is weak and usually plays a secondary role. In order to enhance the interfacial polarization and simultaneously reduce the electronic conductivity to avoid reflection of electromagnetic wave, a more rational geometric structure for dielectric materials is desired.

The boomerang effect of zero pricing: when and why a zero price is less effective than a low price for enhancing consumer demand.

Unlabelled: Prior literature has demonstrated the power of zero pricing to boost consumer demand, but the current research shows a novel "boomerang effect": a zero (vs. low, nonzero) price can lower demand when the offer comes with high incidental costs (e.g.

Accelerating Selective Oxidation of Biomass-Based Hydroxyl Compounds with Hydrogen Bond Acceptors.

Hydrogen-bonding-initiated self-association makes the valorization of biomass-based hydroxyl compounds a formidable challenge at high concentration. Apart from enhancing the dehydration reaction of hydroxyl compounds with the noncovalent medium effects, insights into how these effects can be exploited to optimize the oxidative reactivity of concentrated hydroxyl compounds remain unclear. Herein, we elucidate that deaggregation of hydroxyl groups with a catalytic number of hydrogen bond acceptors is essential in improving the reactivity of the aerobic oxidation of biomass-based neat aromatic alcohols over the vanadium-based catalyst.

Aprotic Amine-modified Manganese Dioxide Catalysts for Selectivity-tunable Oxidation of Amines.

Organic modifiers have shown promising potential for regulating the activity and selectivity of heterogeneous catalysts via tuning their surface properties. Despite the increasing application of organic modification technique in regulating the redox-acid catalysis of metal oxides, control of the acidity of metal oxide catalysts for enhanced reaction selectivity without sacrificing their redox activity remains a substantial challenge. Herein, we show the successful control of redox-acid catalysis of metal oxides with aprotic tertiary amine modifiers.

Enhanced P-Type GaN Conductivity by Mg Delta Doped AlGaN/GaN Superlattice Structure.

A method of combining the AlGaN/GaN superlattices and Mg delta doping was proposed to achieve a high conductivity p-type GaN layer. The experimental results provided the evidence that the novel doping technique achieves superior p-conductivity. The Hall-effect measurement indicated that the hole concentration was increased by 2.

Interfacial and defect polarization in MXene-like laminated spinel for electromagnetic wave absorption application.

Manufacturing advanced absorbers is an effective way to deal with the greater electromagnetic pollution challenges associated with the application of 5G technology. While reasonable morphology design is an efficacious method to improve the absorption performance of the absorber. Herein, a series of Co-based spinel CoO/ACoO (A = Ni, Cu, Zn) were successfully synthesized via a facile PVP-assisted hydrothermal method.

Synthesis and Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Performance of TiSiC-Based Ceramics Fabricated by Liquid Silicon Infiltration.

In this work, TiSiC-based ceramics were fabricated by the infiltration of liquid silicon into TiC preform by incorporating a small amount of Al. Al can play a catalytic role to promote the formation of TiC twins before liquid silicon infiltration (LSI), which leads to the increase of transformation efficiency from TiC to TiSiC in the LSI process. When the Al content in the TiC preform increases to 9 wt.

Alkali counterions tune diruthenium(iii,iii)-based ferrimagnetic chain structured antiferromagnets exhibiting step-like hysteresis loops.

The synthesis of antiferromagnets (AFMs) has attracted extensive attention in the area of magnetic devices, such as spintronics and memory devices. Following our initial work on the employment of the homo-valent diruthenium(iii,iii) paddle wheel species with high spin states (S = 2) as building blocks and active components for the construction of molecule-based magnetic materials, the reaction of mixed-valent diruthenium(ii,iii) phosphates Ru(HPO)(HPO)(HO)·2HO (1) with HO, Cu and ACl (A = K, Rb and Cs) in aqueous solution led to the formation of heterometallic copper diruthenium(iii,iii) phosphates A[Cu(HO)Ru(HPO)(PO)(HO)]·nHO [A = K (2); A = Rb and n = 2 (3); A = Cs and n = 3 (4)]. The compounds consist of chain structures in which each octahedral environment of Cu(HO) bonds to two [Ru(HPO)(PO)] units in a trans manner, forming a ferrimagnetic negative chain {Cu(HO)Ru(HPO)(PO)(HO)}, exhibiting anomalous magnetic properties.

Oxidation Behavior of Tyranno ZMI-SiC Fiber/SiC-SiBC Matrix Composite from 800 to 1200 °C.

In this work, the self-healing Si-B-C matrix-modified ZMI-SiC fiber/SiC (SiC/SiC-SiBC) composite was prepared by a combined process of chemical vapor infiltration, slurry infiltration, and liquid silicon infiltration. The weight changes of the as-fabricate composite after oxidation at 800, 1000, and 1200 °C for 100 h were -0.41%, -0.

A facile "air-molding" method for nanofabrication.

In this letter, we demonstrate a spherical nanocavities fabrication using an "air-molding" method, which is implemented by modulating the pressure difference across air-liquid interfaces in nanoholes on the mold. The cavities formation is theoretically considered and experimentally verified at macroscale first, and then a series of experiments are performed over a patterned surface with sub-300 nm holes by varying the pressure difference by sending a PDMS prepolymer coated mold into a vacuum chamber with changeable pressure. Results show that the air-molding method for spherical cavities fabrication is feasible not only at macroscale, but also at the nanoscale when introducing a pressure difference across the air-liquid interface.