Background Mobile element variants(MEVs)have a significant and complex impact on genomic diversity and phe-notypic traits.However,the quantity,distribution,and relationship with gene expression and complex traits of M...Background Mobile element variants(MEVs)have a significant and complex impact on genomic diversity and phe-notypic traits.However,the quantity,distribution,and relationship with gene expression and complex traits of MEVs in the pig genome remain poorly understood.Results We constructed the most comprehensive porcine MEV library based on high-depth whole genome sequencing(WGS)data from 747 pigs across 59 breeds worldwide.This database identified a total of 147,993 poly-morphic MEVs,including 121,099 short interspersed nuclear elements(SINEs),26,053 long interspersed nuclear elements(LINEs),802 long terminal repeats(LTRs),and 39 other transposons,among which 54%are newly discovered.We found that MEVs are unevenly distributed across the genome and are strongly influenced by negative selec-tion effects.Importantly,we identified 514,530,and 584 candidate MEVs associated with population differentiation,domestication,and breed formation,respectively.For example,a significantly differentiated MEV is located in the ATRX intron between Asian and European pigs,whereas ATRX is also differentially expressed between Asian and European pigs in muscle tissue.In addition,we identified 4,169 expressed MEVs(eMEVs)significantly associated with gene expression and 6,914 splicing MEVs(sMEVs)associated with gene splicing based on RNA-seq data from 266 porcine liver tissues.These eMEVs and sMEVs explain 6.24%and 9.47%,respectively,of the observed cis-heritability and high-light the important role of MEVs in the regulation of gene expression.Finally,we provide a high-quality SNP–MEV reference haplotype panel to impute MEV genotypes from genome-wide SNPs.Notably,we identified a candidate MEV significantly associated with total teat number,demonstrating the functionality of this reference panel.Conclusions The present investigation demonstrated the importance of MEVs in pigs in terms of population diversity,gene expression and phenotypic traits,which may provide useful resources and theoretical support for pig genetics and breeding.展开更多
目的探讨微创开颅四脑室血肿清除联合脑室外引流治疗重型脑室出血的临床疗效。方法筛选2016-01—2018-01新乡市中心医院收治的58例自发性重型脑室出血患者,随机分为开颅组(行微创开颅四脑室血肿清除联合脑室外引流术)和对照组(单纯行双...目的探讨微创开颅四脑室血肿清除联合脑室外引流治疗重型脑室出血的临床疗效。方法筛选2016-01—2018-01新乡市中心医院收治的58例自发性重型脑室出血患者,随机分为开颅组(行微创开颅四脑室血肿清除联合脑室外引流术)和对照组(单纯行双侧脑室外引流术)各29例。比较2组患者术前与术后24 h GCS评分、术后3 d脑室内血肿清除率、脑室引流管带管时间、术后并发症(再出血、颅内感染、脑积水)发生率、术后6个月存活患者日常生活能力(ADL)评分。结果开颅组患者术前与术后24 h GCS评分比较,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05);开颅组术后3 d脑室内血肿清除率、脑室引流管带管时间、术后并发症发生率及术后6个月存活患者ADL评分与对照组比较,差异均有统计学意义(P<0.05),开颅组治疗效果优于对照组。结论采用微创开颅四脑室血肿清除联合脑室外引流术治疗重型脑室出血,能明显改善患者预后。展开更多
A detailed thermal power plant model was developed to evaluate power plant waste heat usage in terms of the operating parameters,energy consumption,water consumption,and pollutant emissions.This model was used to anal...A detailed thermal power plant model was developed to evaluate power plant waste heat usage in terms of the operating parameters,energy consumption,water consumption,and pollutant emissions.This model was used to analyze the bypass flue gas energy cascade utilization design which provides excellent energy savings and emission reductions.This paper then presents a design to use the low-temperature waste heat and to extract water from the flue gas.The low-grade heat can be recovered from a coal-fired unit using absorption heat pumps to increase the air preheating.This method significantly reduces the turbine steam extraction in the low pressure stages which increases the turbine power and reduces the coal consumption.This design has a small heat transfer temperature difference between the air preheater and the air warmer,resulting in a smaller exergy loss.The power output of the present design was 1024.28 MW with a coal consumption savings of 3.69 g·(kWh)^(−1).In addition,the present design extracts moisture out of the flue gas to produce 46.48 t·h^(−1)of water.The main goal of this work is to provide a theoretical analysis for studying complex thermal power plant systems and various energy conservation and CO_(2)reduction options for conventional power plants.展开更多
Saturable reactor insulation is currently stressed by an exponential decay pulse voltage under normal operating conditions.The partial discharge(PD)characteristics of epoxy resin under an exponential decay pulse volta...Saturable reactor insulation is currently stressed by an exponential decay pulse voltage under normal operating conditions.The partial discharge(PD)characteristics of epoxy resin under an exponential decay pulse voltage were studied here and were compared at 25 and 110℃.In addition,this study compares these PD characteristics with those under a sinusoidal voltage to better measure the insulation design margin of the saturable reactor under an exponential decay pulse voltage.Finally,this study explains the PD mechanism based on the three-capacitor circuit model and space charge accumulation.Compared with the sinusoidal voltage,a higher amplitude,a higher inception voltage and fewer PDs are obtained under the pulse voltage.The reason may be related to the accumulation of space charge.Due to the duality of the space charge effect,the promotion effect of space charge accumulation on the PD under the pulse voltage is dominant,and an increase in temperature will weaken the promotion effect.In contrast,the inhibitory effect of space charge accumulation on the PD under the sinusoidal voltage is dominant.The experimental results can provide a basis for the optimal design of saturable reactor insulation under an exponential decay pulse voltage.展开更多
Chemomics is an interdisciplinary study using approaches from chemoinformatics,bioinformatics,synthetic chemistry,and other related disciplines.Biological systems make natural products from endogenous small molecules ...Chemomics is an interdisciplinary study using approaches from chemoinformatics,bioinformatics,synthetic chemistry,and other related disciplines.Biological systems make natural products from endogenous small molecules (natural product building blocks) through a sequence of enzyme catalytic reactions.For each reaction,the natural product building blocks may contribute a group of atoms to the target natural product.We describe this group of atoms as a chemoyl.A chemome is the complete set of chemoyls in an organism.Chemomics studies chemomes and the principles of natural product syntheses and evolutions.Driven by survival and reproductive demands,biological systems have developed effective protocols to synthesize natural products in order to respond to environmental changes;this results in biological and chemical diversity.In recent years,it has been realized that one of the bottlenecks in drug discovery is the lack of chemical resources for drug screening.Chemomics may solve this problem by revealing the rules governing the creation of chemical diversity in biological systems,and by developing biomimetic synthesis approaches to make quasi natural product libraries for drug screening.This treatise introduces chemomics and outlines its contents and potential applications in the fields of drug innovation.展开更多
基金National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFF1000103)Postdoctoral Fellowship Program of CPSF under Grant Number GZC20240620.
文摘Background Mobile element variants(MEVs)have a significant and complex impact on genomic diversity and phe-notypic traits.However,the quantity,distribution,and relationship with gene expression and complex traits of MEVs in the pig genome remain poorly understood.Results We constructed the most comprehensive porcine MEV library based on high-depth whole genome sequencing(WGS)data from 747 pigs across 59 breeds worldwide.This database identified a total of 147,993 poly-morphic MEVs,including 121,099 short interspersed nuclear elements(SINEs),26,053 long interspersed nuclear elements(LINEs),802 long terminal repeats(LTRs),and 39 other transposons,among which 54%are newly discovered.We found that MEVs are unevenly distributed across the genome and are strongly influenced by negative selec-tion effects.Importantly,we identified 514,530,and 584 candidate MEVs associated with population differentiation,domestication,and breed formation,respectively.For example,a significantly differentiated MEV is located in the ATRX intron between Asian and European pigs,whereas ATRX is also differentially expressed between Asian and European pigs in muscle tissue.In addition,we identified 4,169 expressed MEVs(eMEVs)significantly associated with gene expression and 6,914 splicing MEVs(sMEVs)associated with gene splicing based on RNA-seq data from 266 porcine liver tissues.These eMEVs and sMEVs explain 6.24%and 9.47%,respectively,of the observed cis-heritability and high-light the important role of MEVs in the regulation of gene expression.Finally,we provide a high-quality SNP–MEV reference haplotype panel to impute MEV genotypes from genome-wide SNPs.Notably,we identified a candidate MEV significantly associated with total teat number,demonstrating the functionality of this reference panel.Conclusions The present investigation demonstrated the importance of MEVs in pigs in terms of population diversity,gene expression and phenotypic traits,which may provide useful resources and theoretical support for pig genetics and breeding.
文摘目的探讨微创开颅四脑室血肿清除联合脑室外引流治疗重型脑室出血的临床疗效。方法筛选2016-01—2018-01新乡市中心医院收治的58例自发性重型脑室出血患者,随机分为开颅组(行微创开颅四脑室血肿清除联合脑室外引流术)和对照组(单纯行双侧脑室外引流术)各29例。比较2组患者术前与术后24 h GCS评分、术后3 d脑室内血肿清除率、脑室引流管带管时间、术后并发症(再出血、颅内感染、脑积水)发生率、术后6个月存活患者日常生活能力(ADL)评分。结果开颅组患者术前与术后24 h GCS评分比较,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05);开颅组术后3 d脑室内血肿清除率、脑室引流管带管时间、术后并发症发生率及术后6个月存活患者ADL评分与对照组比较,差异均有统计学意义(P<0.05),开颅组治疗效果优于对照组。结论采用微创开颅四脑室血肿清除联合脑室外引流术治疗重型脑室出血,能明显改善患者预后。
基金The authors acknowledge financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51876057)the NSFC Projects of International Cooperation and Exchanges(No.52061125101)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.2022JG006).
文摘A detailed thermal power plant model was developed to evaluate power plant waste heat usage in terms of the operating parameters,energy consumption,water consumption,and pollutant emissions.This model was used to analyze the bypass flue gas energy cascade utilization design which provides excellent energy savings and emission reductions.This paper then presents a design to use the low-temperature waste heat and to extract water from the flue gas.The low-grade heat can be recovered from a coal-fired unit using absorption heat pumps to increase the air preheating.This method significantly reduces the turbine steam extraction in the low pressure stages which increases the turbine power and reduces the coal consumption.This design has a small heat transfer temperature difference between the air preheater and the air warmer,resulting in a smaller exergy loss.The power output of the present design was 1024.28 MW with a coal consumption savings of 3.69 g·(kWh)^(−1).In addition,the present design extracts moisture out of the flue gas to produce 46.48 t·h^(−1)of water.The main goal of this work is to provide a theoretical analysis for studying complex thermal power plant systems and various energy conservation and CO_(2)reduction options for conventional power plants.
基金The authors thank the Funds for the Innovative Research Groups of China(51321063)the State Key Laboratory of Advanced Power Transmission Technology Open Fund Project(GEIRI-SKL-2017-006)for the financial support provided.
文摘Saturable reactor insulation is currently stressed by an exponential decay pulse voltage under normal operating conditions.The partial discharge(PD)characteristics of epoxy resin under an exponential decay pulse voltage were studied here and were compared at 25 and 110℃.In addition,this study compares these PD characteristics with those under a sinusoidal voltage to better measure the insulation design margin of the saturable reactor under an exponential decay pulse voltage.Finally,this study explains the PD mechanism based on the three-capacitor circuit model and space charge accumulation.Compared with the sinusoidal voltage,a higher amplitude,a higher inception voltage and fewer PDs are obtained under the pulse voltage.The reason may be related to the accumulation of space charge.Due to the duality of the space charge effect,the promotion effect of space charge accumulation on the PD under the pulse voltage is dominant,and an increase in temperature will weaken the promotion effect.In contrast,the inhibitory effect of space charge accumulation on the PD under the sinusoidal voltage is dominant.The experimental results can provide a basis for the optimal design of saturable reactor insulation under an exponential decay pulse voltage.
基金supported by the National Science and Technology Major Project of China (2010ZX09102-305)the National High-tech R&D Program of China (863 Program,2012AA020307)+1 种基金the Introduction of Innovative R&D Team Program of Guangdong Province (2009010058)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81173470)
文摘Chemomics is an interdisciplinary study using approaches from chemoinformatics,bioinformatics,synthetic chemistry,and other related disciplines.Biological systems make natural products from endogenous small molecules (natural product building blocks) through a sequence of enzyme catalytic reactions.For each reaction,the natural product building blocks may contribute a group of atoms to the target natural product.We describe this group of atoms as a chemoyl.A chemome is the complete set of chemoyls in an organism.Chemomics studies chemomes and the principles of natural product syntheses and evolutions.Driven by survival and reproductive demands,biological systems have developed effective protocols to synthesize natural products in order to respond to environmental changes;this results in biological and chemical diversity.In recent years,it has been realized that one of the bottlenecks in drug discovery is the lack of chemical resources for drug screening.Chemomics may solve this problem by revealing the rules governing the creation of chemical diversity in biological systems,and by developing biomimetic synthesis approaches to make quasi natural product libraries for drug screening.This treatise introduces chemomics and outlines its contents and potential applications in the fields of drug innovation.
