Fabrication of the Pesticide-Attapulgite composites regulated by mixed-surfactants

Jiexiang Liu,Ruili Bai,Xiaoguang Zhang 한국공업화학회 2023 Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Vol.119 No.-

The SB (DTAB, TTAB, CTAB, OTAB)-AP complex was obtained by modifying attapulgite (AP) with surfactantof SB (DTAB, TTAB, CTAB, OTAB). The structures were characterized by XRD, FT-IR, TGA/DTA and SEM. A new lamellar structure is formed by introducing surfactant. The basal spacing increases with theincrease of alkyl chain length of cationic surfactants. Then, the beta-cypermethrin (BCT) composites ofBCT/SB-AP, BCT/DTAB (TTAB, CTAB, OTAB)-SB-AP were prepared and investigated. The basal spacingsof BCT composites were larger than those of SB-AP and the corresponding DTAB (TTAB, CTAB, OTAB)-AP. The existence of BCT and surfactants molecules into BCT composites was further confirmed. TheBCT/DTAB (TTAB, CTAB, OTAB)-SB-AP have the smaller specific surface areas than DTAB (TTAB, CTAB,OTAB)-AP due to the increase of AP exfoliation in the presence of SB. Fabrication mechanism of BCT compositeswas put forward. Release behaviors of BCT were investigated and analyzed in different buffersolutions. The existence of mixed-surfactants influenced distinctly the release rates. BCT compositeshad the slow release property. The release behaviors were well fitted by pseudo second-order and parabolicdiffusion models. This study provided a new approach to improve the utilization efficiency of pesticideand could be applied as a pesticide delivery system.

Imprinted gene expression in maize starchy endosperm and aleurone tissues of reciprocal F1 hybrids at a defined developmental stage

Meishan Zhang,Ruili Lv,Wei Yang,Tiansi Fu,Bao Liu 한국유전학회 2018 Genes & Genomics Vol.40 No.1

Imprinted gene expression in flowering plants predominantly occurs in the triploid endosperm of developing seed. However, endosperm is composed of distinct tissue types. For example, the maize (Zea mays) endosperm is constituted by two major tissues, starchy endosperm and aleurone. Previous studies in imprinted gene expression have generally assumed that the different tissues constituting endosperm would behavior the same, and hence have not examined them separately. Here, to examine parentalspecific expression of imprinted genes in different parts of the seed, eight previously reported maize protein-coding imprinted genes were selected, and analyzed by cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence (CAPS) coupled with Sanger sequencing for transcripts from the various seed tissues collected at 18 days after pollination (DAP). The studied tissues included seed coat, embryo, starchy endosperm and aleurone, which were collected from a pair of reciprocal F1 hybrids produced by crossing inbred lines B73 and Mo17. Six of these eight analyzed imprinted genes showed the same imprinted expression pattern between the starchy endosperm and aleurone, but two showed imprinted expression only in the starchy endosperm. Comparison of the expression pattern of 20 selected imprinted genes in multiple seed tissues and vegetative tissues indicated that the majority (~ 75%) of these imprinted genes exhibited seedspecific or endosperm-specific expression. Our results also uncovered that imprinted genes have a high propensity to be alternatively spliced via intron retention in the developing embryo compared with the other tissues.

Efficient buffeting analysis under non-stationary winds and application to a mountain bridge

Yanwen Su,Guoqing Huang,Ruili Liu,Yongping Zeng 한국풍공학회 2021 Wind and Structures, An International Journal (WAS Vol.32 No.2

Non-synoptic winds generated by tornadoes, downbursts or gust fronts exhibit significant non-stationarity and can cause significant wind load effect on flexible structures such as long-span bridges. However, conventional assumptions on stationarity used to evaluate the structural wind-induced vibration are inadequate. In this paper, an efficient frequency domain scheme based on fast CQC method, which can predict non-stationary buffeting random responses of long-span bridges, is presented, and then this approach is applied to evaluate the buffeting response of a long-span suspension bridge located in a complex mountainous wind environment as an example. In this study, the data-driven method based on one available measured wind speed sample is firstly presented to establish non-stationary wind models, including time-varying mean wind speed, time-varying intensity envelope function and uniformly modulated fluctuating spectrum. Then, a linear time-variant (LTV) system based on the proposed scheme can be generally applied to calculate the non-stationary buffeting responses. The effectiveness and accuracy of the proposed scheme are verified through Monte Carlo time domain simulation implemented in ANSYS platform. Also, the transient effect nature of the bridge responses is further illustrated by comparison of the non-stationary, quasi-stationary and steady-state cases. Finally, buffeting response analysis with traditional stationary treatment (10 min constant mean plus stationary wind fluctuation) is performed to illustrate the importance of the non-stationary characteristics embedded in original wind speed samples.

A remote long-term and high-frequency wind measurement system: design, comparison and field testing

Ning Zhao,Guoqing Huang,Ruili Liu,Liuliu Peng 한국풍공학회 2020 Wind and Structures, An International Journal (WAS Vol.31 No.1

The wind field measurement of severe winds such as hurricanes (or typhoons), thunderstorm downbursts and other gales is important issue in wind engineering community, both for the construction and health monitoring of the wind-sensitive structures. Although several wireless data transmission systems have been available for the wind field measurement, most of them are not specially designed for the wind data measurement in structural wind engineering. Therefore, the field collection is still dominant in the field of structural wind engineering at present, especially for the measurement of the long-term and high-frequency wind speed data. In this study, for remote wind field measurement, a novel wireless long-term and high-frequency wind data acquisition system with the functions such as remote control and data compression is developed. The system structure and the collector are firstly presented. Subsequently, main functions of the collector are introduced. Also novel functions of the system and the comparison with existing systems are presented. Furthermore, the performance of this system is evaluated. In addition to as the wireless transmission for wind data and hardware integration for the collector, the developed system possesses a few novel features, such as the modification of wind data collection parameters by the remote control, the remarkable data compression before the data wireless transmission and monitoring the data collection by the cell phone application. It can be expected that this system would have wide applications in wind, meteorological and other communities.

Germplasm Resources and Breeding of Primula in China

Zhang Qixiang,Liang Shule,Liu Qingchao,Pan Huitang,Jin Xiaoxia,Zhang Yanli,Zhang Ruili 한국원예학회 2006 한국원예학회 기타간행물 Vol.- No.-

Study on the role of gga-miRNA-200a in regulating cell differentiation and proliferation of chicken breast muscle by targeting Grb2

Keren Jiang,Fengbin Yan,Meng Zhang,Fang Li,Donghua Li,Guirong Sun,Xiaojun Liu,Hong Li,Ruili Han,Ruirui Jiang,Zhuanjian Li,Xiangtao Kang 한국통합생물학회 2017 Animal cells and systems Vol.21 No.6

Growth factor receptor-bound protein 2 (Grb2) have been proved by a lot of studies playing a major role in cell proliferation and cell differentiation. However, the regulation of Grb2 expression by microRNAs (miRNAs) in chicken breast muscle still remains unknown. The expression profile of Grb2 was checked based on our previous RNA sequencing data and the Grb2 relative expression level in breast muscle of aged hens (55-week-old) was validated significantly higher than juvenile hens (20-week-old) using qRT-PCR. miRNAs that interact with Grb2 have been predicted in chicken and the relationship between the potential miRNA and Grb2 was verified using dual luciferase reporter assay in chicken DF1 cells. Dual-luciferase reporter assays results demonstrated that the expression of luciferase reporter gene linked with part sequence of the 3′UTR of chicken Grb2 gene was down-regulated by the overexpression of gga (Gallus Gallus)- miR-200a-3p in the DF1 cells, and the down-regulation behavior was abolished when the ggamiR- 200a-3p binding site in 3′UTR of Grb2 was mutated, indicating that gga-miR-200a can suppress the expression level of its target gene Grb2. Therefore, we concluded that the significantly increased expression level of Grb2 in the breast muscle of aged chicken can (at least partly can) be explained by the decreased expression of miR-200a, which reduced the inhibitory effect on Grb2. Taken together, these findings suggest that gga-miR-200a can suppress the expression level of its target gene Grb2 and might be involved in the cell differentiation and proliferation of chicken breast muscle through binding with the 3’UTR of Grb2.

Study on Oxygen Content Control of Municipal Solid Waste Aerobic Landfill

( Rui Li ),( Jian-guo Liu ),( Yu-wei Xue ),( Yuan-yuan Zhang ),( Dong-bei Yue ),( Yong-feng Nie ) 한국폐기물자원순환학회 2011 ISWA Vol.2011 No.0

Ab initio MRCI+Q Investigations of Spectroscopic Properties of Several Low-lying Electronic States of S2+ Cation

Rui Li,Zhen Zhai,Xiaomei Zhang,Tao Liu,Mingxing Jin,Haifeng Xu,Bing Yan 대한화학회 2014 Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society Vol.35 No.5

The complete active space self-consist field method followed by the internally contracted multireference configuration interaction method has been used to compute the potential energy curves of X2Πg, a4Πu, A2Πu, b4Σ− g, and B2Σ− g states of S2 + cation with large correlation-consistent basis sets. Utilizing the potential energy curves computed with different basis sets, the spectroscopic parameters of these states were evaluated. Finally, the transition dipole moment and the Franck-Condon factors of the transition from A2Πu to X2Πg were evaluated. The radiative lifetime of A2Πu is calculated to be 887 ns, which is in good agreement with experimental value of 805 ± 10 ns.