Molecular characterization of chemosensory protein genes in Bactrocera minax (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Wang Zhao‐Xiang,Qi Zhen‐hua,Chen Jian,Wang Fu‐Lian,Gui Lian‐You,Zhang Guo‐Hui 한국곤충학회 2021 Entomological Research Vol.51 No.7

Chemoreception is of great importance for survival of insects. Chemosensory proteins (CSPs) are believed to be involved in the perireceptor events of chemosensory system in many insect species, but this has not been clarified in the citrus fruit fly, Bactrocera minax, a serious dipteran pest of citrus crops. Previous studies indicated that four CSP genes were identified in many fly speices in Diptera. In the present study, we also identified four CSP genes in B. minax,namely BminCSP1–4, from a transcriptome database. All CSP proteins encoded by these genes bear the typical hallmarks of the CSP family: an N-terminal signal peptide and the four highly conserved cysteine residues. Phylogenetic analysis comparing with other dipteran CSPs indicated that dipteran CSPs may evolved from three ancestral CSP genes, and revealed the sequence diversities of BminCSPs and showed that BminCSP1–4 are clustered in separate groups, indicating the possibility of their contrasting function in B. minax. Furthermore, the tissue distribution of the four CSP genes in adult B. minax was analyzed by real-time quantitiative PCR. The results demonstrated that BminCSP3 are significantly transcriptionally enriched in antennae; BminCSP4 expressed primarily in heads; BminCSP1 and BminCSP2 showed high expressions in different tissues, such as antennae, abdomens and wings. Based on these findings, the different implications for the functions of BminCSPs are discussed. This study will offer a significant indication for further functional studies of the CSPs in B. minax

Three new constituents from the aerial parts of Tetrastigma hemsleyanum

Wang, Cai Yi,Lee, Ji Sun,Su, Xiang Dong,Li, Hong Xu,Lee, Sang Kook,Wang, Heng-Shan,Kim, Young Ho,Yang, Seo Young ELSEVIER SCIENCE B.V., AMSTERDAM 2018 Phytochemistry letters Vol.2018 No.27

Effect of social order, perch, and dust-bath allocation on behavior in laying hens

Wang Yanan,Zhang Runxiang,Wang Lisha,Li Jianhong,Su Yingying,Li Xiang,Bao Jun 아세아·태평양축산학회 2022 Animal Bioscience Vol.35 No.2

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the effects of different social ranking order (SRO) and the enrichments (perch and dust-bath) allocation (EA) on behavior of laying hens in furnished cages. Methods: Total experimental period was 4 weeks. There were 216 Hy-line brown layers beak-trimmed at 1 d of age and selected randomly at 14 weeks of age from a commercial farm, and randomly divided into 36 cages with 6 hens in each cage. High enrichments (perch and dust-bath) allocation (HEA) and low enrichments (perch and dust-bath) allocation (LEA) were provided. Video observations of behavior were obtained from the focal hens between 14 and 18 weeks of age and perching, dust-bathing and other general behaviors of the hens with different social orders were measured. Results: Perching behavior of high SRO hens (HSR) were significantly higher than that of medium SRO hens (MSR), and that of the MSR were significantly higher than that of low SRO hens (LSR) (p<0.01), except for lying on perch (p>0.05). The hens in the high EA cage (HEAC) showed more lying behavior on perch than those in the low EA cage (LEAC) (p< 0.01). The different SRO and EA did not affect dust-bathing behavior except vertical wingshaking behavior (p<0.05). The LEA did not affect general behaviors (p>0.05), except standing and preening behaviors (p<0.01 and p<0.05), of which the hens in the HEAC showed less standing (p<0.01) and more preening behavior than the hens in the LEAC. Conclusion: The SRO of laying hens has a significant effect on the perching behaviors, but SRO and EA have little effect on dust-bathing and general behaviors. Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the effects of different social ranking order (SRO) and the enrichments (perch and dust-bath) allocation (EA) on behavior of laying hens in furnished cages.Methods: Total experimental period was 4 weeks. There were 216 Hy-line brown layers beak-trimmed at 1 d of age and selected randomly at 14 weeks of age from a commercial farm, and randomly divided into 36 cages with 6 hens in each cage. High enrichments (perch and dust-bath) allocation (HEA) and low enrichments (perch and dust-bath) allocation (LEA) were provided. Video observations of behavior were obtained from the focal hens between 14 and 18 weeks of age and perching, dust-bathing and other general behaviors of the hens with different social orders were measured.Results: Perching behavior of high SRO hens (HSR) were significantly higher than that of medium SRO hens (MSR), and that of the MSR were significantly higher than that of low SRO hens (LSR) (p<0.01), except for lying on perch (p>0.05). The hens in the high EA cage (HEAC) showed more lying behavior on perch than those in the low EA cage (LEAC) (p<0.01). The different SRO and EA did not affect dust-bathing behavior except vertical wing-shaking behavior (p<0.05). The LEA did not affect general behaviors (p>0.05), except standing and preening behaviors (p<0.01 and p<0.05), of which the hens in the HEAC showed less standing (p<0.01) and more preening behavior than the hens in the LEAC.Conclusion: The SRO of laying hens has a significant effect on the perching behaviors, but SRO and EA have little effect on dust-bathing and general behaviors.

Pneumatic Measuring Method for Inclination Angle of the Edge of Inner Ring Groove

Xiang Zhang,Yang Wang,Guanglin Wang 한국정밀공학회 2023 International Journal of Precision Engineering and Vol.24 No.10

The machining quality of the functional edges of inner ring groove have great influence on the performance of electro-hydraulic servo valve. The inclination angle of the functional edge is one of the most important indicators to evaluate the processing quality of functional edges. Therefore, a pneumatic measuring method based on pneumatic measuring theory for measuring the inclination angle of the edge of inner ring groove is proposed. The principle of measuring method and calculation method are analyzed. The measuring system parameters such as air source pressure, inlet nozzle diameter and slit width, which influence the measurement results are compared and analyzed, respectively. The results showed that those three measurement parameters significantly affect the slope of the measuring pressure curve. When the air source pressure, the inlet nozzle diameter and slit width are chosen as 90 kPa, 0.3 mm and 3 mm, respectively, the measurement system can be kept in a "subsonic-subsonic" state and good curve slope can be obtained. Based on the analysis, the measuring air path and other mechanical structure are designed. The experimental results indicate that the inclination angle relative to the central axis is 0.0387°. The proposed pneumatic measuring method can effectively measure the inclination angle of edge of the inner ring groove, which provides a method for evaluating the performance of the valve sleeve.

Decoration of Chinese Traditional Furniture

Wang Xiang 한국디자인지식학회 2006 한국디자인지식학회 Conference Vol.2006 No.2

Degree of oxidation depending on the positional distribution of linolenic acid in perilla oil and interesterified products

Wang, Xiang-Yu,Yang, Dan,Gan, Lu-Jing,Zhang, Hua,Shin, Jung-Ah,Park, Sang Hyun,Lee, Ki-Teak Springer-Verlag 2014 Food Science and Biotechnology Vol.23 No.6

Compression-Friendly Low Power Test Application Based on Scan Slices Reusing

Wang Weizheng,Wang JinCheng,Cai Shuo,Su Wei,Xiang Lingyun 대한전자공학회 2016 Journal of semiconductor technology and science Vol.16 No.4

This paper presents a compression-friendly low power test scheme in EDT environment. The proposed approach exploits scan slices reusing to reduce the switching activity during shifting for test scheme based on linear decompressor. To avoid the impact on encoding efficiency from resulting control data, a counter is utilized to generate control signals. Experimental results obtained for some larger ISCAS’89 and ITC’99 benchmark circuits illustrate that the proposed test application scheme can improve significantly the encoding efficiency of linear decompressor.

Effect of P3HT passivation layer on triple cation organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite memristor

Wang Yucheng,Xiong Yuxuan,Wang Hongsu,Wu Xiang,Sha Jian,Shang Yueyang,Zhang Yongqi,Li Wei,Wang Shaoxi 한국물리학회 2023 Current Applied Physics Vol.47 No.-

Triple cation organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite (TCP) memristor is a novel candidate for artificial visual applications due to the integrating of recognition, storage, and computing. However, concerns remain regarding the moisture-induced degradation and thermal stability. Here, P3HT was deposited on the TCP film to optimize the memristor performance which showed better film surface quality and lower power consumption. When the thickness of the P3HT layer increases, the grain boundary of the TCP film was gradually filled, leading to the inhibition of the ions/vacancies drifting, and thus the device type was changed from digital to analog. Besides, various functions are demonstrated in TCP photoelectric memristor including excitatory postsynaptic current under optic and electric stimulations and spike rate-dependent plasticity, proving the great application prospects in numerical calculation and information perception.

Investigation on MRR and Machining Gap of Micro Reciprocated Wire-EDM for SKD11

Xiang Chen,Zhen-long Wang,Yukui Wang,Guanxin Chi 한국정밀공학회 2020 International Journal of Precision Engineering and Vol.21 No.1

In this paper, the investigational work is carried out on the micro reciprocated wire electrical discharge machining (wire-EDM) of SKD11 using circularly travelled wire with Φ30 μm as tool electrode, aiming to achieve the fabrication of micro parts with high cost-effect, efficiency and precision. The experiments are systematically performed using central composite design approach of response surface methodology to study the effect of open voltage, discharge capacitance, pulse duration and feed rate on material removal rate (MRR) and machining gap. The mathematical models of MRR and machining gap are developed by analysis of variance, and whilst verified by confirmation experiments with ≤ 8.38% and 6.70% prediction errors for MRR and machining gap, respectively. Besides, multi-objective optimization of parameter combinations is attempted by non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-II. Finally, a typical experimental sample, micro gear is successfully machined with 1194.38 μm tip diameter under the condition of No. 14 optimal solution.

An Updated Meta-analysis on the Association of X-Ray Repair Cross Complementing Group 1 Codon 399 Polymorphism with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Risk

Wang, Ya-Dong,Zhai, Wen-Long,Wang, Hai-Yu,Xia, Xiang-Qun Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2014 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.15 No.11

Background: A number of studies have reported the association of X-ray repair cross-complementing group 1 (XRCC1) Arg399Gln polymorphism with susceptibility to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the results were inconsistent and inconclusive. The aim of this study was to comprehensively explore the association of XRCC1 Arg399Gln variant with HCC risk. Materials and Methods: Systematic searches of PubMed, Elsevier, Science Direct, CNKI and Chinese Biomedical Literature Database were performed. Pooled odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) was calculated to estimate the strength of association. Results: Overall, we observed an increased HCC risk among subjects carrying XRCC1 codon 399 Gln/Gln, Arg/Gln and Gln/Gln+Arg/Gln genotypes (OR=1.20, 95%CI: 1.05-1.38, OR=1.16, 95%CI: 1.05-1.28, and OR=1.14, 95%CI: 1.04-1.24, respectively) based on 20 studies including 3374 cases and 4633 controls. In subgroup analysis, we observed an increased risk of XRCC1 codon 399 Gln/Gln, Arg/Gln and Gln/Gln+Arg/Gln polymorphisms for HCC in hospital-based study (OR=1.25, 95%CI: 1.03-1.51, OR=1.21, 95%CI: 1.07-1.36 and OR=1.18, 95%CI: 1.06-1.31, respectively) and in Asian population (OR=1.19, 95%CI: 1.03-1.38, OR=1.17, 95%CI: 1.04-1.30 and OR=1.14, 95%CI: 1.04-1.25, respectively). Limiting the analysis to the studies with controls in agreement with Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (HWE), we observed an increased HCC risk among Gln/Gln, Arg/Gln and Gln/ Gln+Arg/Gln genotype carriers (OR=1.17, 95%CI: 1.05-1.29, OR=1.12, 95%CI: 1.00-1.25 and OR=1.11, 95%CI: 1.02-1.21, respectively). Conclusions: This updated meta-analysis results suggest that XRCC1 Arg399Gln variants may contribute to HCC risk. Well-designed studies with larger sample size were required to further verify our findings.