Bacterial Community Structure and Function Shift in Rhizosphere Soil of Tobacco Plants Infected by Meloidogyne incognita

Wenjie Tong(Wenjie Tong),Junying Li(Junying Li),Wenfeng Cong(Wenfeng Cong),Cuiping Zhang(Cuiping Zhang),Zhaoli Xu(Zhaoli Xu),Xiaolong Chen(Xiaolong Chen),Min Yang(Min Yang),Jiani Liu(Jiani Liu),Lei Yu 한국식물병리학회 2022 Plant Pathology Journal Vol.38 No.6

Root-knot nematode disease is a widespread and catastrophic disease of tobacco. However, little is known about the relationship between rhizosphere bacterial community and root-knot nematode disease. This study used 16S rRNA gene sequencing and PICRUSt to assess bacterial community structure and function changes in rhizosphere soil from Meloidogyne incognita-infected tobacco plants. We studied the rhizosphere bacterial community structure of M. incognita-infected and uninfected tobacco plants through a paired comparison design in two regions of tobacco planting area, Yuxi and Jiuxiang of Yunnan Province, southwest China. According to the findings, M. incognita infection can alter the bacterial population in the soil. Uninfested soil has more operational taxonomic unit numbers and richness than infested soil. Principal Coordinate Analysis revealed clear separations between bacterial communities from infested and uninfested soil, indicating that different infection conditions resulted in significantly different bacterial community structures in soils. Firmicutes was prevalent in infested soil, but Chloroflexi and Acidobacteria were prevalent in uninfested soil. Sphingomonas, Streptomyces, and Bradyrhizobium were the dominant bacteria genera, and their abundance were higher in infested soil. By PICRUSt analysis, some metabolism-related functions and signal transduction functions of the rhizosphere bacterial community in the M. incognita infection-tobacco plants had a higher relative abundance than those uninfected. As a result, rhizosphere soils from tobacco plants infected with M. incognita showed considerable bacterial community structure and function alterations.

Constrained Relay Node Deployment using an improved multi-objective Artificial Bee Colony in Wireless Sensor Networks

( Wenjie Yu ),( Xunbo Li ),( Xiang Li ),( Zhi Zeng ) 한국인터넷정보학회 2017 KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Syst Vol.11 No.6

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have attracted lots of attention in recent years due to their potential for various applications. In this paper, we seek how to efficiently deploy relay nodes into traditional static WSNs with constrained locations, aiming to satisfy specific requirements of the industry, such as average energy consumption and average network reliability. This constrained relay node deployment problem (CRNDP) is known as NP-hard optimization problem in the literature. We consider addressing this multi-objective (MO) optimization problem with an improved Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) algorithm with a linear local search (MOABCLLS), which is an extension of an improved ABC and applies two strategies of MO optimization. In order to verify the effectiveness of the MOABCLLS, two versions of MO ABC, two additional standard genetic algorithms, NSGA-II and SPEA2, and two different MO trajectory algorithms are included for comparison. We employ these metaheuristics on a test data set obtained from the literature. For an in-depth analysis of the behavior of the MOABCLLS compared to traditional methodologies, a statistical procedure is utilized to analyze the results. After studying the results, it is concluded that constrained relay node deployment using the MOABCLLS outperforms the performance of the other algorithms, based on two MO quality metrics: hypervolume and coverage of two sets.

Research on Development Strategy of China Ice-Snow Sports Tourism Industry Based on SWOT-AHP Model- Case Study on Zhangjiakou

Wenjie Chen,Pan Zhou,Kihyung Bae 한국콘텐츠학회 2020 International Journal of Contents Vol.16 No.2

Industrial integration is the innovative embodiment of regional economic theory. The promotion of industrial integration is conducive to improving the scale effect and spillover effect of the industry. Also, it has the power to radiate, drive, and lead the innovation and development of the whole industrial cluster. The purpose of this paper was to identify the most suitable development pattern of the ice-snow sports tourism industry in Zhangjiakou, one of the host cities of the 2022 Winter Olympics. This study combs the characteristics of the development of the ice-snow sports industry, and analyzes the current situation of the industry in Zhangjiakou based on the SWOT-AHP method. This paper argues that the integrated industry is the most suitable development pattern for the promotion of the ice-snow culture industry in Zhangjiakou. The following content will present effective countermeasures to accelerate the development of the ice-snow culture industry integration in Zhangjiakou from three aspects: industrial resource integration, industrial chain layout, and scientific and technological innovation. The IT live simulation technique facilitates identifying some vital elements during the data collection.

Flexural Performance of Steel Reinforced ECC-Concrete Composite Beams Subjected to Freeze-Thaw Cycles

Wenjie Ge,Ashraf F. Ashour,Weigang Lu,Dafu Cao 한국콘크리트학회 2020 International Journal of Concrete Structures and M Vol.14 No.2

Experimental and theoretical investigations on the flexural performance of steel reinforced ECC-concrete composite beams subjected to freeze-thaw cycles are presented in this paper. Four groups of reinforced composite beams with different ECC height replacement ratios subject to 0, 50, 100 and 150 cycles of freeze-thaw were physically tested to failure. Experimental results show that the bending capacity decreases with the increase of freeze-thaw cycles regardless of ECC height replacement ratios. However, the ultimate moment, stiffness and durability of ECC specimens and ECC-concrete composite specimens are greater than those of traditional concrete specimens, owing to the excellent tensile performance of ECC materials. With the increase of ECC height, the crack width and average crack spacing gradually decrease. According to materials’ constitutive models, compatibility and equilibrium conditions, three failure modes with two boundary failure conditions are proposed. Simplified formulas for the moment capacity are also developed. The results predicted by the simplified formulas show good agreement with the experimental moment capacity and failure modes. A parametric analysis is conducted to study the influence of strength and height of ECC, amount of reinforcement, concrete strength and cycles of freeze-thaw on moment capacity and curvature ductility of ECC-concrete composite beams.

Future Earth Global Secretariat Hub China: Vision, mission, and recent progresses

Wenjie Dong 한국기상학회 2023 한국기상학회 학술대회 논문집 Vol.2023 No.4

Generative Artificial Intelligence for Structural Design of Tall Buildings

Wenjie Liao,Xinzheng Lu,Yifan Fei Council on Tall Building and Urban Habitat Korea 2023 International journal of high-rise buildings Vol.12 No.3

The implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) design for tall building structures is an essential solution for addressing critical challenges in the current structural design industry. Generative AI technology is a crucial technical aid because it can acquire knowledge of design principles from multiple sources, such as architectural and structural design data, empirical knowledge, and mechanical principles. This paper presents a set of AI design techniques for building structures based on two types of generative AI: generative adversarial networks and graph neural networks. Specifically, these techniques effectively master the design of vertical and horizontal component layouts as well as the cross-sectional size of components in reinforced concrete shear walls and frame structures of tall buildings. Consequently, these approaches enable the development of high-quality and high-efficiency AI designs for building structures.

Promotional effect of Ce in NH3-SCO and NH3-SCR reactions over Cu-Ce/ SCR catalysts

Wenjie Liu,Yifei Long,Shinian Liu,Yongyan Zhou,XinTong,Yajie Yin,Xiaoyi Li,Kang Hu,Jiangjun Hu 한국공업화학회 2022 Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Vol.107 No.-

Commercial V-W-Ti catalysts were modified with Cu and different contents of Ce to remove slip ammoniaand remaining nitrogen oxide from the end stage of SCR technology. The activities of NH3 oxidation byO2 (NH3-SCO) and NO reduction by NH3 (NH3-SCR) of these catalysts were examined from 150 to 400 ℃. The consequences indicated that the addition of Ce and Cu could considerably enhance NH3 oxidation andNO reduction capacity of the catalysts and Ce was conducive to reduce the detrimental effects of H2O andSO2. The characterization tests indicated that the surface active oxygen increased because of the interactionbetween V, Cu and Ce. Moreover, the loaded Ce and Cu contributed to enhance the surface acidityand redox property of SCR catalysts.

Identification of novel alleles induced by EMS-mutagenesis in key genes of kernel hardness and starch biosynthesis in wheat by TILLING

Wenjie Li,Huijun Guo,Yongbin Wang,Yongdun Xie,Linshu Zhao,Jiayu Gu,Shirong Zhao,Baocun Zhao,Guangjin Wang,Luxiang Liu 한국유전학회 2017 Genes & Genomics Vol.39 No.4

To identify novel allelic variations in key genes of wheat quality, the present study used the targeting induced local lesions in genomes platform to detect point mutations in target genes. The wheat variety Longfumai 17 was treated by the mutagen ethyl methanesulfonate to produce a bulk M2 generation, and the population included 1122 plants. A total length of 3906.80 kb nucleotides was analyzed, and the average mutation density was 1/244.17 kb. The identified mutations included G>A substitutions (43.75%), C>T substitutions (31.25%), A insertions (12.50%), T insertions (6.25%), and deletions (6.25%). These point mutations led to changes in amino acids and thus the encoded protein sequences, ultimately producing 18.75% of missense mutations, 12.50% of frame shift mutations, 6.25% of nonsense mutations, 25.00% of silent mutations and 37.50% of non-coding region mutations. In the kernel hardness gene Pinb and 3 starch synthesis genes waxy, Agp2 and SSIIa-A, we detected 16 different point mutations in 25 mutant lines. The Pinb gene harbored two missense mutations and a nonsense mutation; the C>T missense mutation resulted in a novel allele, this novel allele and the nonsense mutation alerted protein 3D structure; the waxy gene presented missense and frame shift mutations; the Agp2 gene carried a missense mutation; the SSIIa-A incurred a missense mutation and a frame shift mutation that resulted in premature protein termination. All the frame shift mutations, nonsense mutations and the Pinb novel allele resulted in allelic variation of their corresponding genes, which in turn affected their gene functions. The identified mutant lines can be used as intermediate materials in wheat quality improvement schemes.

An Adaptive Fault-tolerant Control Method for Robot Manipulators

Wenjie Zhang,Xiaohui Yang,Zhenghong Xu,Wei Zhang,Li Yang,Xiaoping Liu 제어·로봇·시스템학회 2021 International Journal of Control, Automation, and Vol.19 No.12

This paper presents a new method for adaptive continuous nonsingular fast terminal sliding mode control (ACNFTSMC) based on a novel structure-improved extended state observer (SIESO) for fault-tolerant control (FTC). In response to the initial peaking phenomenon in traditional ESO (TESO), which can severely degrade the accuracy and stability of the control system, The SIESO is designed to replace TESO to estimate the lump disturbances/faults. Besides, to address the problem of the unknown estimation error of ESO, an adaptive technique is applied to compensate for the observation error in real-time. To guarantee fast convergence and chattering-free, the CNFTSMC method is employed. Afterward, the stability and rapid convergence of the control system is demonstrated using Lyapunov theory. Finally, the simulation results verify the superiority of the proposed control strategy compared to the other existing advanced control techniques.

Modified Quasi-Z-Source Inverter with Model Predictive Control for Constant Common-Mode Voltage

Wenjie Liu,Yongheng Yang,Tamas Kerekes 전력전자학회 2019 ICPE(ISPE)논문집 Vol.2019 No.5

The common-mode voltage (CMV) of transformerless inverters in photovoltaic system should be properly addressed. The conventional CMV reduction methods for voltage source inverters should be modified when applied to the quasi-Z-source inverters with shoot-through states. The shoot-through states in a quasi-Z-source inverter may lead to high-frequency harmonics in the CMV, thus inducing severe leakage currents. Hence, this paper analyzes the CMV in the quasi-Z-source inverter. More importantly, a modified quasi-Z-source inverter that can achieve a constant CMV through model predictive control is discussed. Furthermore, redundant switching vectors are added to reduce the computation burden when the model predictive control is adopted. Simulations are presented to validate the CMV reduction methods.