A Degeneration Gradient of Poplar Trees Contributes to the Taxonomic,Functional, and Resistome Diversity of Bacterial Communities in Rhizosphere Soils

Bacterial communities associated with roots influence the health and nutrition of the host plant. However, the microbiome discrepancy are not well understood under different healthy conditions. Here, we tested the hypothesis that rhizosphere soil microbial diversity and function varies along a degeneration gradient of poplar, with a focus on plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB) and antibiotic resistance genes. Comprehensive metagenomic analysis including taxonomic investigation, functional detection, and ARG (antibiotics resistance genes) annotation revealed that available potassium (AK) was correlated with microbial diversity and function. We proposed several microbes, Bradyrhizobium, Sphingomonas, Mesorhizobium, Nocardioides, Variovorax, Gemmatimonadetes, Rhizobacter, Pedosphaera, Candidatus Solibacter, Acidobacterium, and Phenylobacterium, as candidates to reflect the soil fertility and the plant health. The highest abundance of multidrug resistance genes and the four mainly microbial resistance mechanisms (antibiotic efflux, antibiotic target protection, antibiotic target alteration, and antibiotic target replacement) in healthy poplar rhizosphere, corroborated the relationship between soil fertility and microbial activity. This result suggested that healthy rhizosphere soil harbored microbes with a higher capacity and had more complex microbial interaction network to promote plant growing and reduce intracellular levels of antibiotics. Our findings suggested a correlation between the plant degeneration gradient and bacterial communities, and provided insight into the role of high-turnover microbial communities as well as potential PGPB as real-time indicators of forestry soil quality, and demonstrated the inner interaction contributed by the bacterial communities.     

Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: A Promising Treatment Option for Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer?

Since 2010, several treatment options have been available for men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), including immunotherapeutic agents, although the clinical benefit of these agents remains inconclusive in unselected mCRPC patients. In recent years, however, immunotherapy has re-emerged as a promising therapeutic option to stimulate antitumor immunity, particularly with the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), such as PD-1/PD-L1 and CTLA-4 inhibitors. There is increasing evidence that ICIs may be especially beneficial in specific subgroups of patients with high PD-L1 tumor expression, high tumor mutational burden, or tumors with high microsatellite instability/mismatch repair deficiency. If we are to improve the efficacy of ICIs, it is crucial to have a better understanding of the mechanisms of resistance to ICIs and to identify predictive biomarkers to determine which patients are most likely to benefit. This review focuses on the current status of ICIs for the treatment of mCRPC (either as monotherapy or in combination with other drugs), mechanisms of resistance, potential predictive biomarkers, and future challenges in the management of mCRPC.     

陶瓷/金属钎焊与扩散连接的研究现状

工程陶瓷由于具有优异的综合性能,在许多领域得到广泛应用,但其加工性能差,通常需要与金属组成复合结构.实现陶瓷与金属之间的可靠连接是推进陶瓷材料应用的关键,钎焊和扩散连接被认为是陶瓷/金属连接中较为适合的方法.文中对近年来国内外陶瓷/金属钎焊和扩散连接技术领域的研究现状进行了综述,认为活性金属钎焊和部分瞬间液相连接发展比较成熟,部分瞬间液相连接充分结合了活性钎焊和固相扩散连接两者的优点,将成为未来陶瓷/金属连接的发展方向.     

等误差直线逼近非圆曲线节点计算新方法

传统的等误差直线逼近法从被逼曲线的端点开始计算节点.文章在此基础上提出一种非圆曲线节点计算新方法,以被逼曲线曲率半径最小点开始,按等误差法求取节点,再根据曲线规律对节点重新进行排序,输出节点坐标值.用该种方法逼近曲线,在逼近误差等于等误差法逼近误差的条件下,节点数少于等误差法求得的节点数,文中用C语言编写新方法求取节点程序,并与传统方法进行比较,最后用曲线方程进行验证,结论正确,具有实际意义.     

负热膨胀材料立方ZrMo2O8的制备研究

以ZrO(NO3)2和N6H24Mo7O24·4H2O等为原料,采用湿化学法制备出立方相ZrMo2O8粉体.对前驱体在室温～800℃进行了TG-DSC测试,采用XRD、SEM对立方相ZrMo2O8粉体进行了分析观测.结果表明亚稳相立方ZrMo2O8的制备对热处理工艺十分敏感,采用湿化学法在450℃制各出单一立方相ZrMo2O8粉体,在室温～400℃热膨胀系数为-4.337×10-6K-1.     

Isobaric vapor—liquid equilibria for binary systems composed of methyl butanoate with ethanol and with propan-1-ol at 114.66 and 127.99 kpa

Vapor-liquid equilibrium data for the binary systems methyl butanoate/ethanol and methyl butanoate/propan-l-ol at pressures of 114.66 and 127.99 kPa are presented. Both mixtures yield an azeotrope, the compositions (ester) of which decrease quasi-linearly as the pressure increases. The experimental data for all the binary mixtures were fitted to a suitable equation and then used for comparison with predictions by ASOG and UNIFAC methods. These group contribution models give a good estimation of activity coefficients with an overall mean error less than 5% for all cases.     

Ethylene-propylene copolymers by a supported Ziegler-Natta catalyst based on TiCl4/MgCl2

Ethylene-propylene copolymers have been prepared by using Ziegler-Natta catalysts based on TiCl₄, MgCl₂, PCl₃ and (n-Bu)₃PO₄. The catalysts TiCl₄/MgCl₂/PCl₃ and TiCl₄/MgCl₂/(n-Bu)₃PO₄ were prepared by reacting TiCl₄ with pretreated MgCl₂. The support was prepared by ball milling of MgCl₂ with varied amounts of PCl₃ or (n-Bu)₃PO₄. The addition of PCl₃ has remarkably increased the MgCl₂ surface area in comparison with (n-Bu)₃PO₄. The effects of PCl₃ and (n-Bu)₃PO₄ on ethylene homopolymerization, ethylene-propylene copolymerization and on copolymer properties were evaluated. The catalyst system containing PCl₃ permitted to synthesize propylene-ethylene copolymers with up to 75% (w/w) of propylene and provided control of copolymer crystallinity. The reduction of the copolymer molecular weight distribution suggested that PCl₃ acted as an internal donor, poisoning some active catalytic sites. Received: 2 April 1997/Revised: 6 June 1997/Accepted: 18 June 1997     

含水量对渠道保温板保温耐久性的影响及保温板厚度设计

北方渠道大多使用保温板防止混凝土衬砌受冻胀破坏。在计算保温板厚度时为了降低成本,容易忽略保温板使用过程中受各种因素的影响导致保温效果变差的情况,使混凝土衬砌达不到设计使用年限便提前被破坏。内蒙古河套灌区试验结果表明,由于受酸雨、冻融作用、含水量等因素的影响,保温板保温效果平均每年降低0.9℃,其中受含水量变化的影响最大。经试验测得:聚苯乙烯保温板(EPS)含水量每增加1%,会导致导热系数增大5%。基于多层材料串联热阻叠加原理和热阻等效原理,对保温板厚度计算公式进行完善,并提出相应的铺设方法和施工技术要求。该设计对保温板在季节性冻土区的推广应用具有一定参考价值。     

非水溶剂回滴法测定低镍甲烷化催化剂的表面酸性

本文采用非水溶剂回滴法测定了低镍甲烷化催化剂和载体γ—Al2O3的表面酸性，并与催化剂的活性、组成、比表面积关联。实验结果说明，助剂的种类、含量对表面酸性有明显影响，催化剂催化活性与表面酸性关系不大。     

Gaussian,Lobatto and Radau positive quadrature rules with a prescribed abscissa

For a given $\theta \in (a,b)$ , we investigate the question whether there exists a positive quadrature formula with maximal degree of precision which has the prescribed abscissa $\theta $ plus possibly $a$ and/or $b$ , the endpoints of the interval of integration. This study relies on recent results on the location of roots of quasi-orthogonal polynomials. The above positive quadrature formulae are useful in studying problems in one-sided polynomial $L_1$ approximation.