Central South University of Forestry and Technology

Sustainable solar water purification: Exploring the structural advantages of higher plants

Solar vapor generation is a promising technique for water purification, although the development of efficient and sustainable systems for practical use remains challenging. Here, we introduce a higher plant–derived evaporator, leveraging the structural advantages of plants and th...

Promoting subjective well-being through pet leisure: motivation, participation, and place attachment in urban spaces

While pet ownership is increasingly recognized as a vital contributor to human well-being, the specific behavioral and psychological mechanisms linking pet-related activities to owner happiness remain underexplored. This study establishes an empirical framework to investigate how...

Confronting Biodiversity Risk: Its Role in Shaping Corporate External Financing Choice

ABSTRACT This paper investigates how biodiversity risk shapes corporate financing decisions. We propose a Financing Hierarchy Distortion framework, arguing that biodiversity risk amplifies information asymmetry and legitimacy costs, thereby pushing firms toward debt‐heavy adjustm...

Tailoring Wood Shrinkage via Solvent-Driven Interfacial Engineering for On-Demand Applications

Abstract Modulating wood cell shrinkage offers a promising yet underexplored route to advanced timber-based materials. Here, we combine chemical softening with solvent evaporation-induced assembly for programmable shrinkage control. Solvent prewetting facilitates penetration of a...

Lactarius hatsudake Tanaka Polysaccharides Inhibit Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Modulating the Gut Microbiota and Its Metabolites

Abstract We previously reported that Lactarius hatsudake Tanaka polysaccharide (LHP) can inhibit hepatocellular carcinoma, but the mechanism remains unclear especially gut microbe-mediated antitumor immunity. This research found that LHP and fecal microbiota transplantation were...

Microbial Network Complexity Emerges as a Key Predictor of Soil Multifunctionality Across Alfalfa Fields of Different Planting Years

Long-term alfalfa monoculture can lead to soil degradation, yet how microbial community attributes drive changes in soil multifunctionality (SMF) remains poorly understood. Here, we examined SMF and microbial community attributes across alfalfa fields over three planting year per...

Bridging the credibility gap: sustainability assurance, corporate transparency and debt costs in China

Voluntary sustainability assurance may enhance disclosure credibility, yet its financing relevance in emerging markets remains uncertain. Drawing on signalling, agency, and legitimacy theories, this study examines whether corporate transparency helps explain the association betwe...

Label-Free Electrochemical Aptasensor Based Upon Thionine-Modified Molybdenum(IV) Sulfide Nanosheets for the Sensitive Determination of Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA)

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is an important biomarker for the early diagnosis and monitoring of prostate cancer. To address the limitations of conventional diagnostic approaches and facilitate PSA analysis, a label-free electrochemical aptasensor based on thionine-modified mo...

Review on anti-tumor activity and underlying mechanism of polysaccharide from Trametes robiniophila Murr.

Abstract Trametes robiniophila Murr., an important medicinal fungus in China, pertaining to Hymenomycetes, Basidiomycotina, is well-known for its therapeutic properties, which has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years. Many biological activities, includ...

Leaf–Litter–Soil C:N:P Stoichiometry Varies with Stand Age in Three Subtropical Plantation Types

Stoichiometry provides an integrative framework for evaluating nutrient dynamics in plantation ecosystems. However, whether stand-age-related changes in leaf–litter–soil carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) stoichiometry are consistent among plantation types remains uncle...

Iron-Enriched Carbonized Straw Reduces Rice Antimony Accumulation by Shifting the Dominant Antimony Sink from Soil Adsorption to Root-Surface Iron Plaque Sequestration

Abstract Straw return is widely practiced in paddies, yet its role in antimony (Sb) transfer from soil-to-rice remains unclear. This study compared raw straw, carbonized straw (CR), and iron–manganese-enriched carbonized straw (FMCR) to resolve dynamic coupling among rhizosphere...

Parent Material, Water Regime Shifts, and Fertilization Regulate Aggregate Stability and Cadmium Adsorption in Typical Subtropical Paddy Soils

Cadmium (Cd) contamination in paddy soils poses health risks, yet the role of aggregate-scale Cd binding remains poorly understood under interactive agricultural management. Unlike primary textural separates that are fixed by parent material, aggregates are dynamic and manageable...

ContextFireAgent: A Multi-Role Consensus Agent for RGB Wildfire Monitoring

In real-world wildfire monitoring, haze, glare, refraction artifacts, and related visual effects can cause false alarms and missed detections. This study explores two implementations: ContextFireVLM and ContextFireAgent. ContextFireVLM fine-tunes Llama-3.2 Vision with LoRA to imp...

Experimental and numerical investigation of the effects of engine oil on combustion and particulate formation in a renewable bioethanol-gasoline engine

Ethanol is a promising biomass-derived renewable biofuel for internal combustion engines, offering substantial potential for carbon-emission reduction and knock suppression. This study combines experiments and numerical simulations to investigate the effects of engine oil on etha...

Gut Microbiomes of Two Bamboo Locusts Reveal Divergent Metabolic Potentials

ABSTRACT The yellow‐spined bamboo locust ( Ceracris kiangsu ) and the green‐spined bamboo locust ( Ceracris nigricornis ) are two common bamboo‐feeding forestry pests in China. C. kiangsu has stronger migratory capacity and causes greater damage, yet comparative studies of their...

Synergistic Heterointerface Engineering and Light‐Assisted Enhancement in NiSe/SnSe Anodes for Ultra‐Stable and High‐Rate Sodium‐Ion Batteries

ABSTRACT Sodium‐ion batteries (SIBs) face challenges from sluggish kinetics and volume expansion due to the large Na + radius. Herein, we design a carbon‐coated porous NiSe/SnSe@NC Schottky heterojunction via in‐situ synthesis. The epitaxial growth ensures lattice matching, estab...

Integrated GWAS Candidate Prioritization, Moso Bamboo Transcriptome Screening and Diverse Bamboo Shoot Multi-Omics Reveal a Multi-Layer Framework for Bamboo Property Formation

Bamboo shoot development influences subsequent culm architecture and material properties, but the biological relevance of GWAS-derived candidates remains unclear. A stepwise candidate-prioritization strategy integrated 99 previously reported property-associated candidates with la...

BFMambaNet: Boundary-Frequency-Guided Global Semantic Mamba Network for Fine-Grained Camellia oleifera Leaf Disease Segmentation

Camellia oleifera leaf disease segmentation under natural field conditions is important for precision plant protection but remains challenging because lesions often show small target areas, blurred boundaries, uneven illumination, complex backgrounds, and coexisting symptoms. To...

PineSegNet: A Deep Learning Method for Fine-Grained Wood-Leaf Segmentation of Masson Pine Point Clouds

Masson pine (Pinus massoniana) is a core timber species in the subtropical regions of Southern China, and the precise monitoring of its growth status and phenotypic characteristics is crucial for forest resource management. To address the segmentation challenges caused by intertw...

Lignin migration-driven construction of reed fibers with phosphate-rich interphases and their application in flame-retardant PLA composites

Natural fiber reinforced polylactic acid (NF/PLA) composites are attractive sustainable materials, yet their broader engineering use is limited by weak interphase load transfer and rapid, dripping combustion. A lignin migration driven interphase phosphorylation strategy was propo...