Jiangsu University

Plant Wearable Sensors: A Comparative Review of Invasive and Non-Invasive Approaches for Real-Time Plant Health Monitoring

Plant wearable sensors have emerged as a transformative technology for precision agriculture and plant phenotyping, enabling in situ, real-time, and continuous acquisition of physiological signals from plant surfaces or internal tissues. However, existing reviews have organized t...

PdCP1 from Penicillium digitatum Acts as a Protein Elicitor to Control Postharvest Decay and Preserve Quality in Citrus Fruit

Abstract Citrus fruits are susceptible to infection by Penicillium digitatum, causing significant economic loss. Exploring eco-friendly control strategies is therefore critical. Here, we identified and heterologously expressed a novel secreted protein, PdCP1, from P. digitatum an...

Eco‐Friendly, Multifunctional Antibacterial Chitosan/Covalent Organic Framework Composite Films via Molecular Weaving for Fruit Preservation

ABSTRACT Chitosan‐based eco‐friendly packaging materials present a promising route to alleviate mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and global climate change by replacing traditional petroleum‐based packaging materials used for food preservation. Nevertheless, the practical appli...

Capacitance Boosting via Equalization of Space and Ionic Charge Asymmetries

Abstract Carbon-based supercapacitors often suffer from limited capacitance, typically below 120 F g–1, even with structural modifications. This study achieves a significant capacitance boost, exceeding 200 F g–1, by ingeniously mitigating carrier asymmetry within both electrodes...

Synergistic Thermal Energy and Charge Carriers in an Fe‐MOF for Solar‐Driven Scalable and Selective Aniline Production

ABSTRACT Aniline is a critical chemical feedstock for dyes, pharmaceuticals, and polymers, but its synthesis via nitroarene hydrogenation demands harsh conditions, precious metal catalysts, and incurs a substantial environmental footprint. Solar‐driven catalysis offers a sustaina...

Nanomaterials in food: From functional applications to toxicological outcomes–A review

Nanotechnology is a game-changing technology for food processing, preserving, packaging, and food fortification. Utilization of nanomaterials like organic, inorganic and hybrid composites has emerged as a promising method to improve nutritional bioavailability, shelf life, sensor...

Pharmacological inhibition of Alistipes putredinis-derived indole-3-acetic acid by baicalin suppresses stress-driven breast cancer metastasis

Breast cancer patients often experience chronic stress disorders and gut dysbiosis. Baicalin has been demonstrated to have antitumor, antibacterial and microbiota regulatory functions and can be used for treating breast cancer and preventing metastasis; however, how baicalin regu...

Asymmetric Duct Design for Directional Airflow Delivery in UAV-Assisted Greenhouse Tomato Pollination

UAV-assisted greenhouse tomato pollination requires lateral airflow delivery toward flower clusters distributed along the crop canopy. To address this, an asymmetric duct was designed to passively redirect the rotor wake through geometric modification of three inner-wall curvatur...

Polygenic risk score analysis for major depressive disorder in a Chinese cohort: single-phenotype and pathway-based approaches

Abstract Background Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a global mental health challenge characterized by high prevalence, disability, and recurrence, with its susceptibility showing substantial polygenic inheritance. Polygenic risk scores (PRS) provide a novel method to explore c...

Machine learning identifies ac4C-related prognostic signature and TUBA1C as therapeutic target in COAD

To explore the role of N4-acetylcytidine (ac4C)-related genes (acRGs) in colon adenocarcinoma (COAD) and identify reliable prognostic biomarkers and potential therapeutic targets. Multi-source transcriptomic datasets (TCGA-COAD, GSE39582, GSE17536) and single-cell RNA-seq data we...

Climate Risk, Digital Intelligence Transformation and Supply Chain Resilience

Climate risk poses growing threats to corporate supply chain resilience (SCR). Reducing the negative impact of climate risk on SCR has become an important and urgent issue that needs to be addressed. This study measures supply chain resilience from diversification and stability a...

Design and Testing of a Gravity-Constrained Fertilizer Guide Tube for Stable Fertilizer Cluster Movement

Fertilizer clusters tend to lose their agglomerated state upon ground contact, which reduces fertilizer use efficiency. To address this, we designed a gravity-constrained fertilizer guide tube. Based on the principle of minimum friction, we designed a trapezoidal groove. By analy...

Pareto-front-based optimization of irrigation and nitrogen application schedule in Sandy-soil maize: Trade-offs among yield, water productivity, nitrogen physiological efficiency, and grain nitrogen concentration

Context Developing appropriate irrigation and nitrogen application schedules (INASs) is essential for maize production on sandy soils, where low water-retention and nutrient-holding capacities make crop performance highly sensitive to within-season water and nitrogen management....

Association of systemic inflammatory indices NLR, SIRI, and MHR with carotid plaque in middle-aged and older adults: a retrospective cross-sectional study

To examine the associations of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), systemic inflammation response index (SIRI), and monocyte-to-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (MHR) with carotid plaque in middle-aged and older adults. This retrospective cross-sectional study inc...

C5aR1-positive PMN-MDSC-induced angiogenesis limits the efficacy of radiotherapy combined with Anti-PD-1 immunotherapy

Radiotherapy (RT) combined with Anti–PD-1 immunotherapy (RT + Anti-PD-1) offers synergistic potential in the treatment of colorectal cancer (CRC). However, RT + Anti-PD-1 often fails to be effective in some patients with CRC, because a subset of tumors exhibits limited responsive...

Batatasin III alleviates inflammatory bowel disease by suppressing MMP7 and NFκB signaling in macrophages and restoring gut microbial balance

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), comprising Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, is characterized by chronic intestinal inflammation, disruption of the mucosal barrier, and immune dysregulation. Recent evidence underscores the role of gut macrophages, microbiota, and proinfla...

DeepPoseCare: a privacy-preserving pose-based temporal convolutional framework for real-time patient action recognition in healthcare environments

Continuous and automated surveillance of patient activities in clinical environments holds great promise for the early identification of falls and distress in patients. However, current vision-based systems face obstacles such as privacy issues, the need for real-time processing,...

Quo vadis? – Visualizing the tropism of tumor-derived cellular nanovesicles

Small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) and nanovesicles (NVs) derived from tumor cells hold great potential for targeted drug delivery due to their inherent tumor-homing properties. This study aimed to comparatively evaluate the physicochemical characteristics, cellular uptake, phar...

Digitalization and Ecological Footprint: Insights From Renewable Energy Transition and Environmental Governance

ABSTRACT This study explores the dynamic relationship between digital development and ecological sustainability across 37 Organization for Economic Co‐operation and Development countries from 2007 to 2022. Applying the two‐step system Generalized Method of Moments (SYS‐GMM), the...

Policy and temperature associations with gas-specific G7 transport emissions: Temporal predictability and geographic transportability

This repository contains the processed datasets, metadata, analysis code, and replication materials for the study “Policy and temperature associations with gas-specific G7 transport emissions: Temporal predictability and geographic transportability.” The study examines annual tra...