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Summary: Fiber‐reinforced concrete‐filled steel tube (CFST) adopts the microskeleton and bridging effect of fibers, thereby optimizing the confinement effect between the steel tube and concrete core while reducing the concrete core friability. This structure offers a viable solution for solving the interface disengagement and insufficient ductility problems of conventional CFSTs. For further theoretical research and engineering application, the mechanical properties of fiber‐reinforced CFSTs under different loading conditions are reviewed. The research results are summarized, and future research scopes are suggested. The literature review shows that adding fibers improves the ductility of CFSTs significantly but the bearing capacity only slightly. The bond strength between steel tube and concrete core is enhanced by fibers, and the degradation in the bond strength is simultaneously delayed. However, in existing research, the mechanical properties and design method are still inadequate. More experimental works, further theoretical analyses, and numerical simulation should be undertaken to establish the quantitative relations between the generalized fiber parameters and structural performance of CFSTs. Future research should propose a unified design theory of fiber‐reinforced CFST structures based on service performance requirements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The development of China􀆳s conventional oil reservoirs has gradually entered the late stage, with a slow decline in crude oil production. Consequently, the exploration and development of unconventional oil reservoirs such as shale oil, heavy oil, high-temperature, and high-salinity reservoirs have gained increasing attention. Thus, optimizing petroleum extraction techniques and enhancing the crude oil recovery rate remain research focal points. Chemical flooding is a significant method for the tertiary oil recovery, specifically for the extraction of residual and remaining oil in reservoirs that remains unrecovered after water flooding. In the context of enhanced oil recovery through chemical flooding, polymers have the advantages of low cost, multiple types, and are widely used. This article provides an overview of the fundamental theory of polymer flooding and the latest research achievements. It also summarizes the development trends of various high-temperature and high-salinity resistant polymers. Furthermore, it concludes their application effectiveness in the field and anticipates future research directions for polymer flooding in complex oil and gas reservoir conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), a process by which epithelial cells acquire mesenchymal cell characteristics, is well recognized for its critical role in development, wound healing, tissue fibrosis, and cancer progression. During wound healing, keratinocytes undergo a partially reversible EMT process to promote migration and re-epithelialization. In this paper, we review the regulatory roles of key signaling pathways (TGF-β, Wnt/β-catenin, Notch) and core transcription factors (Snail, Slug, Twist) in EMT, explore the parallels between re-epithelialization and EMT, and outline recent therapeutic advances and future developments targeting EMT in wound healing. In addition, we call for the adoption of the term “epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity” (EMP) to more accurately describe the dynamic processes that occur during keratinocyte migration and re-epithelialization.

Root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) are important pathogens that seriously harm agricultural production and negatively affect almost every crop in the world. In China, root-knot nematodes are becoming more and more serious with the expansion of protected cultivation and the continuous increase of crop multiple cropping index. Current management practices are not enough to completely control root-knot nematodes. Chemical nematicides are still the most common short-term management strategy for root knot nematodes. In this review, the recent research progresses of the current occurrence of root-knot nematodes and control agents were summarized, including the main problems in the chemical control and the optimization of chemical agents and application technology. The outlook for the development of chemical control methods against root knot nematodes was envisaged: chemical control of root-knot nematodes should be combined with other management strategies to achieve efficient, safe and sustainable integrated management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Immunotherapy has changed the treatment strategy of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in recent years, among which anti-PD-1/PD-L1 antibodies are the most used. However, the majority of patients with NSCLC do not derive benefit from immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). Vascular abnormalities are a hallmark of most solid tumors and facilitate immune evasion. Thus, combining antiangiogenic therapies might increase the effectiveness of anti-PD-1/PD-L1 antibodies. In this paper, the mechanisms of anti-angiogenic agents combined with anti-PD-1/PD-L1 antibodies are illustrated, moreover, relevant clinical studies and predictive immunotherapeutic biomarkers are summarized and analyzed, in order to provide more treatment options for NSCLC patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cardiac lymphoma is a rare form of extranodal lymphoma with an extremely poor prognosis. Secondary cardiac lymphoma（SCL）is more common than primary cardiac lymphoma and is usually found in patients with disseminated lymphoma or advanced lymphoma. Patients with SCL often experience non-specific symptoms, which lead to a delay in diagnosis and treatment, and in some cases, SCL cannot be detected until a postmortem. There are no systematic guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of SCL. The value of early diagnosis and therapy in enhancing survival rates cannot be underestimated. This article outlines the most recent developments in the diagnosis and treatment of SCL. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The development of rare earth catalysts is expected to reduce the dependence on noble metal catalysts in mobile and stationary sources. The AMn 2 O 5 mullite oxide is a category of rare earth metal oxides for the catalytic oxidation of environmental pollutants, in which the A-site cations are the rare earth cations. The coexistence of the diverse Mn ions and the exposed Mn-Mn dimers in AMn 2 O 5 mullite oxides contribute to the excellent catalytic performance for various catalytic reactions. Herein, the crystal structure and the identification of lattice oxygen of AMn 2 O 5 mullite oxides have been discussed. Meanwhile, a comprehensive understanding of the activity and the thermal stability of AMn 2 O 5 mullite oxides has been investigated. As a group of rare earth catalysts, the representing modification strategies with their advantages have been summarized to guide the rational design of next-generation mullite oxide catalysts. To gain a deeper understanding of AMn 2 O 5 mullite oxides as heterogeneous catalysts, we have reviewed the publications in catalytic purification of vehicle exhaust and catalytic oxidation of volatile organic compounds, accompanied by the exploration of corresponding reaction mechanisms and the analysis of applied modification strategies. Furthermore, the perspective research direction of AMn 2 O 5 mullite oxide catalysts has been outlined to inspire more valuable research work. [Display omitted] • Identification of crystal structure of mullite oxides. • Discussion on origin of catalytic performance of mullite oxides. • Analysis of modification strategies in design of mullite oxides. • Recent Advances of mullite oxides in catalytic treatment of pollutants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mycotoxin contamination is one of the key elements arousing grain safety problems and challenges, which are thus the increasingly focus- and hot-spot research area at global level. Hence, the development of fast-time, high-accuracy, low-cost, and simple-operation detection methods for monitoring mycotoxin is critical to the guarantee of grains afety and quality. During the whole process of biosensor, specificity and selectivity of recognition elements is prerequisite for the excellent analytical performance. This paper summarized the forms of major recognition elements reported in previous publications in the last few years, and reviewed the application of biosensors based on recognition elements in monitoring mycotoxins, and the main problems existing in this researching stage were also proposed, which could provide novel ideas and new sights into the development of related studies.

Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), a process by which epithelial cells acquire mesenchymal cell characteristics, is well recognized for its critical role in development, wound healing, tissue fibrosis, and cancer progression. During wound healing, keratinocytes undergo a partially reversible EMT process to promote migration and re-epithelialization. In this paper, we review the regulatory roles of key signaling pathways (TGF-β, Wnt/β-catenin, Notch) and core transcription factors (Snail, Slug, Twist) in EMT, explore the parallels between re-epithelialization and EMT, and outline recent therapeutic advances and future developments targeting EMT in wound healing. In addition, we call for the adoption of the term "epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity" (EMP) to more accurately describe the dynamic processes that occur during keratinocyte migration and re-epithelialization., Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper., (© 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.)

Alachlor, a selective pre-emergent herbicide, was widely used to control annual gramineae and broad-leaved weeds in soybean, peanut and rice fields in the late 20th century. At present, alachlor has been banned in many countries because of its teratogenicity and endocrine disrupting activity. In order to provide the data for the ecological and environmental risk assessment of alachlor, this paper reviews research advance on the toxicological of alachlor to non-target organisms after alachlor enters the environment, mainly including acute toxicity, chronic toxicity and oxidative stress effect. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a pervasive neurodevelopmental disorder with onset in infancy or early childhood. Mendelian randomization (MR) is a statistical method used to infer causal relationships between exposures and outcomes. This article summarizes MR studies related to ASD. Existing research supports a causal relationship between maternal inflammatory bowel disease in children with ASD, parental education levels, screen time exposure, obesity, insomnia, serum transferrin, decreased blood selenium, abnormal signals in brain functional MRI, interleukin-6, phosphodiesterase 2A, mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 3, mitochondrial ribosomal protein L33, serotonin, and ASD. However, it does not support a causal relationship between parental rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, neonatal jaundice in children with ASD, cytomegalovirus infection, asthma, oral ulcers, vitamin D levels, and ASD. This article reviews the etiological factors related to ASD and MR studies, aiming to explore and deepen the understanding of the pathophysiology of ASD. It provides strong statistical support for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of ASD, and offers new methods and strategies for the etiological analysis of complex traits.

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Pediatric palliative care refers to the comprehensive physical, mental, and psychological care provided to the children with life-threatening diseases, as well as support for their families, aiming to provide the best quality of life for children and their families. In the face of the large population of children in China, the increasing demand for palliative care services and the insufficient development of related service resources are existential problems in the field of palliative care for children in China. This article reviews the implementation and current development status of pediatric palliative care in China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Recent advances on pesticide spray adjuvants from CNKI and Web of ScienceTM data bases were reviewed and analyzed by bibliometric approach. The authors, countries, institutions, journals, the numbers and citation of published articles about spray adjuvants were evaluated. 369 articles published in Chinese journals were found from CNKI. Among them, 272 articles were published on 100 journals in CNKI, and 85 of the 272 articles were published on core journals. 304 articles published on 117 journals and 62 proceeding papers by 1 369 authors from 42 countries, including USA, Brazil, Germany etc. were found from Web of ScienceTM. The research topics of this field have involve the selection of sprayer, and the function of spray adjuvants, including reducing droplet drift, improving the wetability, adhesion, uniformity of droplets on the targeted crop surface. Spray adjuvants have reduced the dosage of pesticides and improved the efficiency. The outlook of this research field in both China and abroad was also discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ecological risk assessment is the foundation of prevention and control of ecological risks. Its development has experienced a process from environmental impact assessment to environmental risk assessment and then to ecological risk assessment gradually. With the further research on global change and ecological risk, more and more attention has been paid to the ecosystem risk caused by the change of land use. Therefore, ecological risk assessment of land use is also an important part of ecological risk research, which is the assessment of the possible adverse effects of the ecosystem under the direct or indirect impacts of land use. Through reviewing the existing researches, in this paper we summarize the progresses in methodology of ecological risk assessment of land use from three aspects: assessment model, spatial expression of ecological risk and uncertainty analysis. And we also expound the status and function of land use ecological risk management in land use ecological risk assessment. There exist three main problems in this field: (1) The evaluation index and standard of ecological risk assessment of land use are not unified; (2) There is great uncertainty with evaluation process and relevant result; (3) The research on ecological risk management is rather limited. The future trends of the study in this field include: (1) More attention should be paid to the ecological risk of land use under the background of global change, which needs to be more integrated with other fields of research and deal with the effect of ecological environment on global change; (2) The role of land use ecological risk assessment in land space planning and ecological restoration should be emphasized, which will give us a deep understanding of the current condition of the ecosystem and in an effort to maintain the sustainable development of the ecological environment; (3) The study of ecological risk management of land use is supposed to be strengthened, especially the link between risk management and assessment; (4) Ecological risk assessment and data management platform ought to be established and improved. It will standardize the risk index system, evaluation method and data acquisition, and reduce the uncertainty in the evaluation process effectively. What's more, our essay will enrich the theoretical system and provide related reference materials in this field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Chinese herbal medicine is the strategic resource and the basis for the development of traditional Chinese medicine. Dendrobium officinale, “8 famous Chinese herbal medicine” and other Chinese herbal medicinal materials production in Zhejiang play an important position in China. With the rapid development in recent years, the pest damage, the pesticide pollution and residue due to improper use have become risks to the quality and safety of Chinese herbal medicines. Since the relative researches focused on the description of pest’s symptoms and field trails of control were a little later and fewer. And the basic researches were very weak. There was few registered pesticides for the farmers. And nearly no standards of pesticide residues and the safe usage procedures of pesticides were provided. The corresponding resistance research was rare. Therefore, that there were many works need to be done for the scientific application of pesticides. This review summarized the status of chemical control on the pests of characteristic Chinese herbal medicines in Zhejiang Province in the past 20 years, including aspects such as systematical identification of the pests, assay pesticides in laboratory and fields, residues and resistance. According to the weaknesses and major problems, we proposed that the basic researches of pests control and quality safety, the screening of new pesticides, pesticides registration and relative standards, pesticides resistance monitoring and management, the research and promotion of comprehensive management technology, safe application of pesticides should be strengthened and accelerated in order to supply theoretical basis and technological supports for the pests control of Chinese herb and to provide references for chemical control of pests on other small crops. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Coumarin derivatives are a class of natural compounds with phenylhydrazine α-pyrone structure. They exhibit a broad scope of medical (e.g., anticancer, antibacterial, antiinflammatory and antioxidant activities) and pesticidal activities (e.g., insecticidal and antifungal activities). Recent studies have shown that coumarin compounds have the potential to become novel acaricides because of their prominent acaricidal activities and unique target. In this review, the advances on insecticidal, acaricidal, antibacterial activities of coumarin derivatives have been summarized. The structural modification and structure-activity relationship of coumarin derivatives and the acaricidal mechanism of scopoletin against Tetranychus cinnabarinus have also been reviewed. The main target has been identified as the calcium channel-associated G-protein coupled neuropeptide receptor (TcGPCR). These advances provide an important basis for the development of new phytochemical insecticidal and acaricidal agents derived from coumarin and targeting calcium ion channels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The natural environment is essential for human survival and development since it provides water resources, land resources, biological resources and climate resources etc. As a developing country, China has witnessed a significant change in the natural environment in recent decades; and therefore, monitoring and mastering the status of the environment is of great significance. Due to the characteristics of large-scale and dynamic observation, remote sensing technology has been an indispensable approach for environmental monitoring. This paper reviews the satellite resources, institutions and policies for environmental monitoring in China, and the advances in research and application of remote sensing from five aspects: ecological index retrieval, environmental monitoring in protected areas, rural areas, urban areas and mining areas. The remote sensing models and methods for various types of environmental monitoring, and the specific applications in China are comprehensively summarized. This paper also points out major challenges existing at the current stage: satellite sensor problems, integrated use challenges of datasets, uncertainty in the retrieval process of ecological variables, scaling effect problems, a low degree of automation, the weak ability of forecasting and comprehensive analysis, and a lack of computational power for massive datasets. Finally, the development trend and future directions are put forward to direct the research and application of environmental monitoring and protection in the new era.

Immunotherapy has changed the treatment strategy of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in recent years, among which anti-PD-1/PD-L1 antibodies are the most used. However, the majority of patients with NSCLC do not derive benefit from immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). Vascular abnormalities are a hallmark of most solid tumors and facilitate immune evasion. Thus, combining antiangiogenic therapies might increase the effectiveness of anti-PD-1/PD-L1 antibodies. In this paper, the mechanisms of anti-angiogenic agents combined with anti-PD-1/PD-L1 antibodies are illustrated, moreover, relevant clinical studies and predictive immunotherapeutic biomarkers are summarized and analyzed, in order to provide more treatment options for NSCLC patients., Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2023 He, Wang, Xu, Zhao, Bai and Wang.)

Amine solution reactivation is of great significance for maintaining the cleaning of amine solution and the steady operation of natural gas desulphurization unit. At present, amine solution reactivation technologies at home and abroad have low removal rate of vesicant impurities in amine solution, so amine solution foaming which is the most intractable problem for natural gas purification plant is not solved yet. In addition, it is also intractable that the H2S absorption performance of the amine solution declines after it being reactivated by the imported equipment. For resolving these two problems, a new amine solution reactivation technology by which more than 50 kinds of vesicant impurities and seven kinds of heat stable salts can be deeply removed simultaneously has been successfully developed by Natural Gas Research Institute of Southwest Oil & Gasfield Company, PetroChina. The amplification test results of the new technology are presented. (1) It has successfully solved the problem of contaminated amine solution foaming. (2) It has alse solved the problem that the H2S absorption performance of the amine solution declines after inorganic heat stable salts being removed. (3) the performances of contaminated amine solution after being reactivated by it are recovered as the fresh amine solution. (4) In addition, it has the characteristics of mild operating conditions, low energy consumption and small amine loss. (5) Its technical level is superior to the same technology at home and abroad, and is in the lead in the world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Adhesives play a crucial role in connecting various materials through interface adhesion and cohesion. They find wide applications in industries, such as wood processing, furniture, construction, aerospace, automotive, ship building, electronics, and electrical appliances. Traditionally, adhesives have been synthesized using petroleum-based resources. However, the use of petroleum-based adhesives often leads to the release of harmful substances, such as volatile organic compounds, benzene, toluene, xylene, and formaldehyde, causing remarkable environmental pollution and posing risks to human health. Bio-based adhesives have emerged as a prominent area of research in recent decades due to these reasons. This article provides an overview of the latest advancements in the study of bio-based adhesives, including their research progress, development, and applications. The review encompasses various types of bio-based adhesives, such as protein-based adhesives, lignin-based adhesives, starch-based adhesives, tannin-based adhesives, and other bio-based adhesives. The article outlines the development trends and future research directions in the field of bio-based adhesives. [Display omitted] [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ca2+ is one of the necessary elements for the plants, and plays the role of the second messenger in plant signal transduction. As the calcium ion sensor, the calcium-dependent protein kinase(CDPK)in plant has important effects. CDPKs have been identified throughout the plants and some protozoans. They can be classified into one kind of Ser/Thr kinases in plants. CDPK plays an important role in mediating the signal transductions of growth and stresses. This review highlights recent advances on the distribution, structure, substrate and function of CDPK in plant, as well as the research progress of GmCDPK[Glycine max(L.)Merr.]. The purpose of this study is to provide reference for the future breeding and selection of plant varieties with resistance to different kinds of stresses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Effects of breeding mode, feeding mode, feed and nutritional level on futtening performance of guilt are summarized. Moreover, several Suggestions are put forward for research direction of goat fattening technology in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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