The genome of the cucumber, Cucumis sativus L.

Huang, Sanwen,Li, Ruiqiang,Zhang, Zhonghua,Li, Li,Gu, Xingfang,Fan, Wei,Lucas, William J,Wang, Xiaowu,Xie, Bingyan,Ni, Peixiang,Ren, Yuanyuan,Zhu, Hongmei,Li, Jun,Lin, Kui,Jin, Weiwei,Fei, Zhangjun,Li Nature Publishing Group 2009 Nature genetics Vol.41 No.12

Cucumber is an economically important crop as well as a model system for sex determination studies and plant vascular biology. Here we report the draft genome sequence of Cucumis sativus var. sativus L., assembled using a novel combination of traditional Sanger and next-generation Illumina GA sequencing technologies to obtain 72.2-fold genome coverage. The absence of recent whole-genome duplication, along with the presence of few tandem duplications, explains the small number of genes in the cucumber. Our study establishes that five of the cucumber's seven chromosomes arose from fusions of ten ancestral chromosomes after divergence from Cucumis melo. The sequenced cucumber genome affords insight into traits such as its sex expression, disease resistance, biosynthesis of cucurbitacin and 'fresh green' odor. We also identify 686 gene clusters related to phloem function. The cucumber genome provides a valuable resource for developing elite cultivars and for studying the evolution and function of the plant vascular system.

Antecedents of Group Identification and Its Effects on Within-Domain Consumption

Zhonghua LI,Mingyue LI,Nak-Hwan CHOI 한국유통과학회 2021 Asian Journal of Business Environment (AJBE) Vol.11 No.2

Purpose: Current research aimed at exploring whether group entitativity and satisfaction to becoming the member of group have positive effects on group identification, and whether group identification has positive effects on within-in-group domain consumption. This research focused on the mediation role of group identification in the effects of the group entitativity and the satisfaction to becoming the member of group on the within-in-group domain consumption. Research design, data, and methodology: We selected Shandong Province as our experimental target group and people living in Shandong province as our respondents. 316 questionnaire data were collected. The structural equation model in AMOS 26 were used to verify hypotheses. Results: First, group entitativity affected group identification positively. Second, satisfaction to becoming the member of group affected group identification positively. Third, group identification positively influenced on the within-in-group domain consumption. Fourth, the group identification played the full mediation roles in the effects of both the group entitativity and the satisfaction on the within-in-group domain consumption. Conclusions: marketers should highlight the group identification with their target group by stimulating the perception of the consumer's group entitativity and satisfied feelings about the group to induce the intent to purchase their brand as within-in-group domain consumption object.

The Implementation of STCW78/95 in China and its Effect on the Chinese seafarers' Education and Training

Li Zhonghua 한국항해항만학회 2000 한국항해항만학회 학술대회논문집 Vol.5 No.2

Key Technology for Food-Safety Traceability Based on a Combined Two-Dimensional Code

Zhonghua Li,Xinghua Sun,Ting Yan,Dong Yang,Guiliang Feng 한국정보처리학회 2023 Journal of information processing systems Vol.19 No.2

Current food-traceability platforms suffer from problems such as inconsistent traceability standards, a lack ofpublic credibility, and slow access to data. In this work, a combined code and identification method wasdesigned that can achieve more secure product traceability using the dual anti-counterfeiting technology of aQR code and a hidden code. When the QR code is blurry, the hidden code can still be used to effectively identifyfood information. Based on this combined code, a food-safety traceability platform was developed. Theplatform follows unified encoding standards and provides standardized interfaces. Based on this innovation,the platform not only can serve individual food-traceability systems development, but also connect existingtraceability systems. These will help to solve the problems such as non-standard traceability content,inconsistent processes, and incompatible system software. The experimental results show that the combinedcode has higher accuracy. The food-safety traceability platform based on the combined code improves thesafety of the traceability process and the integrity of the traceability information. The innovation of this paperis invoking the combined code united the QR code‘s rapidity and the hidden code‘s reliability, developing aplatform that uses a unified coding standard and provides a standardized interface to resolve the differencesbetween multi-food-traceability systems. Among similar systems, it is the only one that has been connected tothe national QR code identification platform. The project has made profits and has significant economic andsocial benefits.

Researches on the Prototype Implementation of Visual Data Mining Techniques

Guiliang Feng,Zhonghua Li,LianChun Zhang 보안공학연구지원센터 2014 International Journal of Database Theory and Appli Vol.7 No.6

This paper describes the core functional components and a visualization module implementation process of visual data mining technology prototype system. The first part introduces the implementation technology of visual data mining technology prototype system and then describes the overall design of the architecture and features of visual data mining technology prototype system; Then paper describes the common components in the visualization of data mining technology prototype system. Research achievements of this article provides a useful reference to optimize visual data mining techniques.

Mapping the Mangrove Forest Restoration Potential and Conservation Gaps in China Based on Random Forest Model

Zhonghua Yu,Wei Li,Shaowei Zhang,Buqing Zhong,Jun Wang,이시영,최재혁,Shulin Deng 인간식물환경학회 2022 인간식물환경학회지 Vol.25 No.4

Background and objective: The area of mangroves is gradually decreasing globally, and mangroves are already one of the most threatened ecosystems. Despite net growth in the mangrove areas in China, the restoration potential of mangroves is still insufficient. This study proposed the Random forest model as an excellent data mining method to map the restoration potential based on the predicted probability of mangrove habitat suitability. Methods: We demonstrated the vital environmental variables influencing habitat suitability. The de-cisive advantages of RFM were parsimonious (variables selection), cost-effective (us-ing existing open-source data), accurate (training AUC was 0.89, testing AUC was 0.91), highly efficient (fast-training speed); and its results had high explanatory power. Here, we first mapped the conservation gaps using the RFM. Results: The results showed that temperature was the most important environmental factor influencing the habitat suit-ability of mangroves. The northern limit of suitable areas was around 24°44' N. The theoretical suitable habitat area for mangrove was 196,566.6 ha (the highly suitable area was 32,551.4 ha, the medium suitable area was 164,015.2 ha). The potential area for mangrove restoration was 176,264 ha (Guangdong with 104215.4 ha, Guangxi with 65957.5 ha). Conclusion: We proposed 24 sites with conservation gaps for mangrove forests restoration and nine potential sites as examples for the further restoration plan. We took one example site with high restoration potential for further explanation: how the key environmental factors influence the habitat suitability and how to use the infor-mation to guide the restoration strategies. RFM can be used as a data mining algo-rithm for the utmost use of the presence-only ecological data, objectively evaluating the suitability of species distribution, and providing scientifically technical data for species restoration planning.

Effect of ZnO on the microstructures and piezoelectric properties of K0.5Na0.5NbO3 ceramics

Zhuo Li,Xiangbang Cheng,Zhonghua Yao,Yang Liu,Hanxin Liu,Minghe Cao 한양대학교 세라믹연구소 2009 Journal of Ceramic Processing Research Vol.10 No.5

Lead-free ZnO added K0.5Na0.5NbO3 piezoelectric ceramics have been prepared by a conventional solid state process. The XRD results show that all the K0.5Na0.5NbO3 ceramics with various ZnO contents are single phase with an orthorhombic perovskite structure. The bulk density obtained by the Archimedes method indicates that the addition of ZnO improves the density of K0.5Na0.5NbO3 ceramics under the same sintering conditions. Especially, at a level of 1 mol% ZnO, the sample sintered at 1100 oC for 1h exhibits the highest bulk density (ρ = 4.28 g/㎤) and shows optimal piezoelectric properties, d33 = 135 pC/N and kp = 0.40. Lead-free ZnO added K0.5Na0.5NbO3 piezoelectric ceramics have been prepared by a conventional solid state process. The XRD results show that all the K0.5Na0.5NbO3 ceramics with various ZnO contents are single phase with an orthorhombic perovskite structure. The bulk density obtained by the Archimedes method indicates that the addition of ZnO improves the density of K0.5Na0.5NbO3 ceramics under the same sintering conditions. Especially, at a level of 1 mol% ZnO, the sample sintered at 1100 oC for 1h exhibits the highest bulk density (ρ = 4.28 g/㎤) and shows optimal piezoelectric properties, d33 = 135 pC/N and kp = 0.40.

Tuning the physicochemical properties of axitinib by crystallization: Preparation, calculation and Structure-property relationship

Haibin Qu,Zhonghua Li,Guimin Zhang,Zongyi Zhou,Songgu Wu 한국공업화학회 2023 Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Vol.124 No.-

Crystal engineering is a radical method to modulate the physicochemical properties of the drugs to meetthe needs of the pharmaceutical industry. Examined herein are six axitinib solid-state forms, includinganhydrous forms (Ⅳand XLI), solvates (acetic acid, nitromethane and n-propanol), and cocrystal (nicotinamide). Comprehensive characterization containing morphology, hygroscopicity, solubility, fluorescenceand powder tabletability were performed. Calculations of lattice energy, packing coefficient andenergy framework rationalized the structure–property relationship of these six forms from the packinglandscape. This system illustrates that form IV and cocrystal improve the solubility of axitinib, but thehumidity stability is also decreased. Six crystal forms show polychromatic solid-state luminescence rangingfrom violet to indigo to green. Form IV and cocrystal with slip plane structures exhibited superior tensilestrength and compactibility than isotropic form XLI. Elusive form VI can be obtained by controllingthe humidity levels during desolvation of the solvate. This work not only realizes the regulation of betterphysicochemical properties of axtinnib for industrial manufacturing, but also provides a detailed understandingof the structure–property relationship of drugs in complex polymorphic systems.

A 2 GS/s, 6-bit DAC for UWB Applications In 0.18 ㎛ CMOS Technology

Yi Zhang,Zhonghua Liu,Changchun Zhang,Yufeng Guo,Ying Zhang,Xiaopeng Li,Youtao Zhang,Hao Gao 대한전자공학회 2019 Journal of semiconductor technology and science Vol.19 No.6

To satisfy higher and higher transmission rate and broadband requirement of modern communication, high-speed, low-resolution Digital-to-Analog Converters (DACs) becomes the key element. In this paper, the design of a 2 GS/s, 6 bit DAC without calibration for Ultra-wideband (UWB) applications, is presented. The DAC is based on current steering architecture and is segmented with 4 bit unary and 2 bit binary. To realize larger linear range and fast switching, the source degeneration switch is designed instead of the traditional differential switch. The DAC is designed and taped-out in SMIC 0.18 ㎜ CMOS technology and the area is 975 ㎛´ 775 ㎛. The wafer bonding measurement results shows that the DNL is 0.11 LSB, INL is 0.25 LSB. Under a clock frequency of 2 ㎓, the DAC can achieve a SFDR of 51 ㏈ for input signal of 6㎒, and a SFDR of 32.4 ㏈ for Nyquist input while the power consumption is 79 ㎽.

New insight into the microstructure–thermal stability relationships in ceria-zirconia solid solution and the application in Pd-only three-way catalyst

Yajuan Cui,Li Lan,Zhonghua Shi,Shandong Yuan,Yaoqiang Chen,Yi Dan 한국공업화학회 2018 Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Vol.60 No.-

Three ceria-zirconia solid solutions were prepared by different synthesis routes. The results showed that CZ3 exhibited incompact structure with heterogeneous particle size distribution, accompanied by a bimodal pore size distribution. After aging treatment, the specific surface area and cumulative pore volume of CZ3-a were 37 m2/g and 0.22 cm3/g, which decreased by only 51% and 4% respectively from the fresh state. And the particle volume increased by only 4 times. Among the three samples, the textural/structural properties of CZ3 showed the smallest degradation, indicating the highest thermal stability, which was attributed to the incompact structure and special texture.