Functional analysis of the HD-Zip I gene ZmHDZ1 in ABA-mediated salt tolerance in rice

Qianqian Wang,Kangyong Zha,Wenbo Chai, Yu Wang,Bin Liu,Haiyang Jiang,Beijiu Cheng,Yang Zhao 한국식물학회 2017 Journal of Plant Biology Vol.60 No.2

The homeodomain-leucine zipper I (HD-Zip I) transcription factors play crucial roles in the regulation of abiotic stress responses, whereas, up to now, most of them are still functionally unknown. In present study, we identified a maize HD-Zip I gene, designing as ZmHDZ1, and investigated its potential roles in salt stress response. The qRT-PCR results showed that expression of ZmHDZ1 was induced by ABA and salt stress. Transactivation assay and transient expression analyses indicated that ZmHDZ1 protein was located in the nucleus in tobacco leaf cells and had the transactivation activity in yeast. Over-expression of ZmHDZ1 in rice reduced tolerance to salt stress, thus, led to greater accumulation of malondialdehyde (MDA) as well as higher level of relative electrolyte leakage (REL) compared to WT plants. In addition, the transgenic seedlings also increased sensitivity to exogenous ABA. Furthermore, the expression levels of four salt responsive genes were different between transgenic and WT rice under normal or NaCl treatment. These results suggested that ZmHDZ1 function as a negative regulator in response to salt stress through the ABAmediated signal transduction pathways.

Promoting role of sulfur groups in selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH3 over H2SO4 modified activated carbons

Qianqian Guo,Wen Jing,Shangzeng Cheng,Zhanggen Huang,Dekui Sun,Yaqin Hou,Xiaojin Han 한국화학공학회 2015 Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering Vol.32 No.11

To determine the role of sulfur groups formed on activated carbon (AC) in the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO with NH3, coal-based AC was modified by H2SO4 under various conditions and then treated in N2 atmosphere at 400 oC. The resulting carbons were characterized by N2 adsorption, elemental analysis, temperature programmed desorption and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and tested for the SCR of NO with NH3 in the temperature range of 30-250 oC. Results reveal that H2SO4 modification has little effect on the textural properties, but promotes the formation of sulfur and oxygen groups. The sulfur groups incorporated by H2SO4 modification are mainly sulfonic groups and then sulfates. In particular, these sulfur groups play a predominant role in improving NH3 adsorption and then enhancing the SCR activity of modified carbons above 150 oC. However, the contribution of oxygen groups to NO reduction is very limited under the conditions employed in this work.

Cellular U-Shaped Steel Combination Column Seismic Performance Analysis

Yunfeng Li,Cheng Zhao,Qianqian Lu 한국강구조학회 2021 International Journal of Steel Structures Vol.21 No.5

In this paper, a new form of structural design of the combination column—Cellular U-shaped steel combination column, as vertical force components applied to steel structure buildings. By changing the diameter size of honeycomb holes, the thickness of U-shaped steel and embellished plates, and the steel strength, the seismic properties of this new combination steel column are studied by using ABAQUS fi nite element software. Results the setting of honeycomb hole is reduced by part, the delay of the test piece and its energy consumption capacity are improved to varying degrees, the stiff ness degradation rate is improved, and the setting of honeycomb steel plays a certain role in the seismic performance of the steel column. The experiment is used as a reference, and the destruction form and carrying capacity are compared, so that the numerical model has some credibility. Results the strength and stiff ness of the cell U-shaped steel grid composition column are analyzed to meet the standards, the seismic performance is good, and can be applied to engineering practice.

Seismic performance of high-strength steel framed-tube structures with bolted web-connected replaceable shear links

Ming Lian,Qianqian Cheng,Binlin Guan,Hao Zhang,Mingzhou Su 국제구조공학회 2020 Steel and Composite Structures, An International J Vol.37 No.3

In steel framed-tube structures (SFTSs), the plastic hinges at beam-ends cannot be adequately improved because of the large cross sections of spandrel beams, which results in the lower ductility and energy dissipation capacities of traditional SFTSs. To address this drawback, high-strength steel fabricated SFTSs with bolted web-connected replaceable shear links (HSFTS-SLs) have been proposed. In this system, shear links use conventional steel and are placed in the middle of the deep spandrel beams to act as energy dissipative components. In this study, 2/3-scaled HSFTS-SL specimens were fabricated, and cyclic loading tests were carried out to study the seismic performance of both specimens. The finite element models (FEMs) of the two specimens were established and the numerical results were compared with the test results. The results showed that the specimens had good ductility and energy dissipation capacities due to the reliable deformation capacities. The specimens presented the expected failure modes. Using a shorter shear link can provide a higher load-carrying capacity and initial elastic lateral stiffness but induces lower ductility and energy dissipation capacity in HSFTS-SLs. The performance of the specimens was comparable to that of the original sub-structure specimens after replacing shear links. Additionally, the expected post-earthquake recoverability and resilience of the structures could be achieved by replacing shear links. The acceptable residual interstory drift that allows for easy replacement of the bolted web-connected shear link was 0.23%. The bolted web-connected shear links had reliable hysteretic responses and deformation capacities. The connection rotation had a notable contribution to total link rotation. The results of the numerical analysis run for the proposed FEMs were consistent with the test results. It showed that the proposed FEMs could be used to investigate the seismic performance of the HSFTS-SL.

Fabrication of dual-coated graphene oxide nanosheets by polypyrrole and poly(ionic liquid) and their enhanced electrorheological responses

Panpan Chen,Qianqian Cheng,Li-Min Wang,Ying Dan Liu,최형진 한국공업화학회 2019 Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Vol.69 No.-

A two-dimensional composite material, poly(ionic liquid)-modified graphene oxide/polypyrrole (GO/PPy/PIL) multilayered nanosheets, was fabricated and applied as a new electrorheological (ER) material. The morphological differences between the single- and dual-coated nanosheets were confirmed using scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. Rheological properties measured using a rotational rheometer indicated that the GO/PPy/PIL composite nanosheets exhibited relatively high ER effect under a certain electric field strength than the GO/PPy nanosheets because of the universal PIL second coating. The dual-coated nanosheets also showed a higher applicable electric field strength due to the semiconductive properties of the thick PIL layer.

Floop: An efficient video coding flow for unmanned aerial vehicles

Yu Su,Qianqian Cheng,Shuijie Wang,Jian Zhou,Yuhe Qiu Electronics and Telecommunications Research Instit 2023 ETRI Journal Vol.45 No.4

Under limited transmission conditions, many factors affect the efficiency of video transmission. During the flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), frequent network switching often occurs, and the channel transmission condition changes rapidly, resulting in low-video transmission efficiency. This paper presents an efficient video coding flow for UAVs working in the 5G nonstandalone network and proposes two bit controllers, including time and spatial bit controllers, in the flow. When the environment fluctuates significantly, the time bit controller adjusts the depth of the recursive codec to reduce the error propagation caused by excessive network inference. The spatial bit controller combines the spatial bit mask with the channel quality multiplier to adjust the bit allocation in space to allocate resources better and improve the efficiency of information carrying. In the spatial bit controller, a flexible mini graph is proposed to compute the channel quality multiplier. In this study, two bit controllers with end-to-end codec were combined, thereby constructing an efficient video coding flow. Many experiments have been performed in various environments. Concerning the multi-scale structural similarity index and peak signal-to-noise ratio, the performance of the coding flow is close to that of H.265 in the low bits per pixel area. With an increase in bits per pixel, the saturation bottleneck of the coding flow is at the same level as that of H.264.

Facile and controllable synthesis of nitrogen self-doped chitosan-derived carbon for high-performance Li-ion batteries

Xia Wentao,Cheng Miao,Hu Jing,Liu Qianqian,Wei Tao,Wang Ruirui,Li Wanfei,Liu Bo 한국탄소학회 2024 Carbon Letters Vol.34 No.1

N-doping content and configurations have a significant effect on the electrochemical performance of carbon anodes. Herein, we proposed a simple method to synthesize highly N self-doped chitosan-derived carbon with controllable N-doping types by introducing 2ZnCO3·3Zn(OH)2 into the precursor. The as-synthesized NC-CS/2ZnCO3·3Zn(OH)2 electrode exhibited more than twice the reversible capacity (518 mAh g−1 after 100 cycles at 200 mA g−1) compared to the NC-CS electrode, superior rate performance and outstanding cycling stability. The remarkable improvement should be mainly attributed to the increase of N-doping content (particularly the pyrrolic-N content), which provided more active sites and favored Li+ diffusion kinetics. This study develops a cost-effective and facile synthesis route to fabricate high-performance N self-doped carbon with tunable doping sites for rechargeable battery applications.

Fabrication of dual-coated graphene oxide nanosheets by polypyrrole and poly(ionic liquid) and their enhanced electrorheological responses

Chen, Panpan,Cheng, Qianqian,Wang, Li-Min,Liu, Ying Dan,Choi, Hyoung Jin Elsevier 2019 Journal of industrial and engineering chemistry Vol.69 No.-

<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P>A two-dimensional composite material, poly(ionic liquid)-modified graphene oxide/polypyrrole (GO/PPy/PIL) multilayered nanosheets, was fabricated and applied as a new electrorheological (ER) material. The morphological differences between the single- and dual-coated nanosheets were confirmed using scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. Rheological properties measured using a rotational rheometer indicated that the GO/PPy/PIL composite nanosheets exhibited relatively high ER effect under a certain electric field strength than the GO/PPy nanosheets because of the universal PIL second coating. The dual-coated nanosheets also showed a higher applicable electric field strength due to the semiconductive properties of the thick PIL layer.</P> <P><B>Highlights</B></P> <P> <UL> <LI> Dual-coated composite GO/PPy/PIL nanosheets were fabricated. </LI> <LI> The PIL second coating significantly enhanced the ER effect of the nanosheets. </LI> <LI> GO/PPy/PIL exhibited higher available electric field strength than GO/PPy. </LI> </UL> </P> <P><B>Graphical abstract</B></P> <P>[DISPLAY OMISSION]</P>

Numerical study of the seismic behavior of steel frame-tube structures with bolted web-connected replaceable shear links

Ming Lian,Qianqian Cheng,Hao Zhang,Mingzhou Su 국제구조공학회 2020 Steel and Composite Structures, An International J Vol.35 No.3

Beams of steel frame-tube structures (SFTSs) typically have span-to-depth ratios of less than five. This makes a flexural beam unsuitable for such an application because the plastic hinges at the beam-ends cannot be adequately developed. This leads to lower ductility and energy dissipation capacities of SFTSs. To address this, SFTSs with bolted web-connected replaceable shear links (SFTS-BWSLs) are proposed. In this structural system, a web-connected replaceable shear link with a back-to-back double channel section is placed at the mid-length of the deep beam to act as a ductile fuse. This allows energy from earthquakes to be dissipated through link shear deformation. SFTS and SFTS-BWSL buildings were examined in this study. Several sub-structures were selected from each designed building and finite element models were established to study their respective hysteretic performance. The seismic behavior of each designed building was observed through static and dynamic analyses. The results indicate that the SFTS-BWSL and SFTS have similar initial lateral stiffness and shear leg properties. The SFTS-BWSL had lower strength, but higher ductility and energy dissipation capacities. Compared to the SFTS, the SFTS-BWSL had lower interstory drift, base shear force, and story shear force during earthquakes. This design approach could concentrate plasticity on the shear link while maintaining the residual interstory drift at less than 0.5%. The SFTS-BWSL is a reliable resistant system that can be repaired by replacing shear links damaged due to earthquakes.

Overexpression of a maize MYB48 gene confers drought tolerance in transgenic arabidopsis plants

Yan Wang,Qianqian Wang,MingLi Liu,Chen Bo, Xi Wang,Qing Ma,Beijiu Cheng,Ronghao Cai 한국식물학회 2017 Journal of Plant Biology Vol.60 No.6

MYBs are a vital family of transcription factorsthat play critical roles in plant development and stressresponse. However, knowledge concerning the functions ofMYBs in the non-model plants is still limited. In this study,we isolated a R1-type MYB gene from maize (Zea mays L.),designated as ZmMYB48. Quantitative RT-PCR analysisdemonstrated that ZmMYB48 expression was induced bydrought and ABA treatments. Subcellular localization analysisrevealed that ZmMYB48 protein was targeted to the nucleusin tobacco leaf epidermal cells. Transactivation assay in yeastdemonstrated that ZmMYB48 had transcriptional activationability. Heterologous overexpression of ZmMYB48 inArabidopsis remarkably improved plant tolerance to droughtstress, as determined through physiological analyses ofsurvival rate, relative water content, malonaldehyde content,relative electrolyte leakage and proline content. Moreover,overexpression of ZmMYB48 enhanced the expression ofstress/ABA-responsive genes such as P5CS1, RD22, RD29Band ABI1. In addition, ZmMYB48-overexpressing plantsaccumulated higher content of ABA than WT plants underdrought stress. These results demonstrate that ZmMYB48might act as a positive regulator that participates in thedrought stress response through ABA signalling.