Northwest A&F University

Estimation of field-scale crop evapotranspiration from the mechanistic SIF-ET model using the UAV hyperspectral imagery

Accurate estimation of evapotranspiration (ET) is critical for agricultural water management and understanding land-atmosphere interactions. Conventional thermal and optical remote sensing is a powerful tool for ET estimation, but existing methods remain constrained by empirical...

Bidirectional Associations Between Steak Doneness and Wine Co-Digestion: Protein Oxidation, Digestibility, and Phenolic Bioaccessibility During In Vitro Gastrointestinal Digestion

Research on mixed meals using the INFOGEST protocol has often focused on individual foods, leaving co-ingested matrix associations less well characterized. To address this gap, this study investigated bidirectional associations between steaks cooked to three doneness levels (medi...

Digital Economy Participation and Farm Expansion: Evidence from Farmland Rental Market Entry and Operated Farmland Area in China’s Major Grain-Producing Areas

Using survey data from 1025 farm households in Anhui, Henan, Hebei, and Shandong Provinces, this study examines whether farmers’ participation in digitally enabled agricultural activities is associated with farm expansion in China’s major grain-producing areas. Digital economy pa...

MdKIM1-MdMYB306 enhances apple resistance to Cytospora mali via brassinosteroid biosynthesis under sufficient potassium status

Potassium (K) supplementation enhances apple (Malus ×domestica) resistance to Cytospora mali, thereby reducing apple Cytospora canker occurrence in the field. Nevertheless, the molecular mechanisms underlying this K-enhanced resistance remain largely unelucidated. Here, we found...

Effect of Construction Restrictions on Future Landslide Exposure Under Land-Use Simulation in Southwest China

Natural hazards significantly influence landscape patterns and ecological processes, yet their integration into land-use simulation remains limited. This study incorporates landslide susceptibility into the Patch-generating Land Use Simulation (PLUS) model to evaluate the effect...

Advanced Design Strategies for Stable Sodium Metal Anodes: A Review

Sodium metal anodes (SMAs) are regarded as the most promising anode materials for next-generation high-energy-density sodium metal batteries, owing to their ultrahigh theoretical specific capacity (1166 mAh g−1) and low electrochemical potential (−2.71 V vs. SHEs). However, their...

Study on Echinacoside-Copper Metal–Phenolic Networks Hydrogel System Loaded with Diallyl Trisulfide for Local Treatment of Cervical Cancer

Background/Objectives: Cervical cancer cells evade chemotherapy by upregulating antioxidant defenses (e.g., glutathione (GSH)). A platform that simultaneously amplifies ROS and suppresses antioxidant defense is a low toxicity strategy. This study presents a local nanoplatform tha...

Spatial Configuration and Cultural Logic: A Space Syntax Analysis of Wu Family Manor, a Late Qing Merchant’s Garden Residence in Northern China

Traditional Chinese gardens are not only aesthetic representations but also spatial expressions of diverse aspects of social life. Compared with the extensive studies on Jiangnan gardens, the spatial organization and cultural meanings of private gardens in northern China remain r...

Integrated crop residue return, film mulching, and irrigation enhance climate resilience of maize production and soil carbon storage in cold regions

Climate change is expected to intensify changes in soil freeze–thaw processes, thereby affecting water availability and agricultural productivity. However, the mechanistic links among climate-induced changes in seasonal freeze–thaw conditions, maize productivity, and soil organic...

The Brucella effector protein BtpB facilitates STAT3 activation to regulate polarization in macrophages during infection

Brucella is a Gram-negative facultative intracellular pathogen that causes widespread zoonotic infections. Macrophages are crucial immune and antigen-presenting cells that differentiate into proinflammatory M1-type or anti-inflammatory M2-type cells in different microenvironments...

Characteristics and Associated Factors of Rice-Terrace Landscape Degradation in the Qinba Transition Zone: Evidence from Five Villages in the Fengyan Ancient Terraces

Maintaining rice terraces as living agricultural heritage requires distinguishing interruptions of paddy production from changes in settlement fabric, yet evidence on associated factors remains limited in the Qinba transition zone. This study compared terrace abandonment, paddy-t...

Labile carbon input suppresses Q10 of soil organic carbon decomposition by dynamically lowering microbial activation energy mediated by a shift in microbial metabolic strategy

Understanding the temperature sensitivity (Q 10 ) of soil organic carbon (SOC) decomposition, as constrained by the activation energy (E a ) of microbial metabolism, is critical for predicting climate-carbon feedbacks. This study examined how exogenous glucose influences Q 10 in...

Carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health risks associated with heavy metal exposure in commonly consumed marine fish in Egypt

Abstract This study aimed to quantify the levels of mercury (Hg), arsenic (As), lead (Pb), and cadmium (Cd) in 250 fish samples, including flathead grey mullet, sardine, and mackerel, collected from local fish markets in Mansoura, Egypt, on ten occasions from August 2023 to March...

A novel composite microbial agent controls kiwifruit bacterial canker and modulates bark bacterial communities

Kiwifruit bacterial canker (KBC), caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa), is an important disease limiting kiwifruit production worldwide. Management relies largely on copper-based products and antibiotics, whereas biological control options with consistent field eff...

Natural thiol ergothioneine: a potential anti-glycation agent for bovine serum albumin and its mode of action

The Maillard reaction is ubiquitous in food processing, imparting desirable color and flavor. However, excessive protein glycation leads to the formation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) and protein cross‑linking, causing nutritional loss and potential hazards. This stud...

Two-terminal Fault Location of MMC-HVDC Flexible Direct Current Transmission Lines Based on WOA-VMD-WSST

Accurate identification of the initial traveling wavefront is essential for two-terminal fault location in modular multilevel converter-based high-voltage direct-current (MMC-HVDC) lines. This study develops a coordinated processing chain that combines a signed-pole modal transfo...

Genome-wide identification and systematic characterization of MATH family genes and expression analysis of response to abiotic stresses in Brassica napus L

Abstract Background Meprin and TRAF-C homology (MATH) proteins function as adaptor molecules and components of E3 ubiquitin ligase complexes. They link receptor-like kinase signalling to downstream regulatory pathways in plants. MATH proteins coordinate growth, hormone signalling...

Alfalfa-winter wheat rotations stabilize yields and maintain soil water sustainability under precipitation variability

Global climate change caused variation in precipitation patterns has become a threat for food security, especially for semi-arid rainfed farming system, i.e., the Loess Plateau. Whether short-term alfalfa-winter wheat rotations could serve as sustainable alternatives to winter wh...

2′‐ Fucosyllactose attenuates estrogen‐deficiency‐associated bone loss and intestinal dysfunction in ovariectomized rats

Abstract BACKGROUND Postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMO), driven primarily by estrogen deficiency, is the most prevalent form of osteoporosis and a major global health burden. Estrogen deficiency disrupts gut microbial homeostasis, compromises intestinal barrier integrity and promot...

Vanillin Improves Antioxidant Capacity, Immunity, and Gut Microbiota in Broilers

Wle vanillin is widely used as a flavoring agent in food products, its potential as a non-antibiotic feed additive for broilers remains unexplored. This study primarily investigated the effects of dietary supplementation of vanillin on antioxidant activity, anti-inflammatory resp...