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Parametric Study of Yields and Properties of Corn Stover-Derived Hydrothermal Liquefaction Products by Using Statistical Approaches

Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of lignocellulosic biomass produces multiple product fractions, including solid residue (SR), heavy bio-oil (HBO), aqueous phase (AP), and light bio-oil (LBO). This study mainly applied principal component analysis (PCA) and regression modeling to...

Computational modeling of motor-driven extension of microtubule bundles in axons reveals a biphasic effect of crosslinker density

In addition to actin assembly at the growth cone, neuronal axons elongate via interactions between microtubules, dynein motor proteins and cross-linking proteins. Dynein translocates microtubules toward the growth cone and exerts extensile forces for axonal outgrowth. During this...

Characterizing How Community‐Level Plant Functional Traits Impact Soil Microbial Diversity

ABSTRACT Introduction Functional trait‐based approaches have been suggested for designing functionally diverse plant communities to influence soil microbial community structure and diversity. However, it remains unclear how species‐level plant functional traits (PFTs) and microbi...