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BACKGROUNDS AND AIMS: The hypothesis that plants evolve features that protect accessible pollen from consumption by flower visitors remains poorly understood. METHODS: To explore potential chemical defenses against pollen consumption, we examined the pollinator assemblage, foraging behaviour, visitation frequency and pollen transfer efficiency in Rhododendron molle, a highly toxic shrub containing Rhodojaponin III. Nutrient (protein and lipid) and toxic components in pollen and other tissues were measured. KEY RESULTS: Overall in the five populations, floral visits by butterflies and bumblebees were relatively more frequent than visits by honeybees. All foraged for nectar but not pollen. Butterflies did not differ from bumblebees in the amount of pollen removed per visit, but deposited more pollen per visit. Pollination experiments indicated that R. molle was self-compatible, but both fruit and seed production were pollen limited. Our analysis indicated that the pollen was not protein-poor and had a higher concentration of the toxic compound Rhodojaponin III than petals and leaves, which compound was undetectable in nectar. CONCLUSION: Pollen toxicity in Rhododendron flowers may discourage pollen robbers (bees) from taking the freely accessible pollen grains, while the toxin-free nectar rewards effective pollinators, promoting pollen transfer. This preliminary study supports the hypothesis that chemical defense in pollen would be likely to evolve in species without physical protection from pollinivores.
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[Yu, B. X.; Yu, G.; Li, Xiaoyu; Hu, T.; Ning, Z.; Zhang, P.; Wen, S. P.; Shi, X.; Sun, G. X.; Ma, M. M.; Zhao, Ling; Chen, T.; Hou, X. T.; Zhu, Z. A.; Xu, G. F.; Wang, K.; Zhou, L. P.; Heng, Y. K.; Ji, Q.; Zhang, J. W.; Rong, G.; Guan, C. Y.; Qi, F. Z.; Wang, Y. F.; Wang, L. L.; Ouyang, Q.; Liao, Y. P.; Zhang, A. Q.; Ji, X. B.; Qian, S.; Dong, M. Y.; Zhang, Jiawei; Fang, S. S.; Chang, J. F.; Liu, Z. A.; Yan, X. Q.; Wu, J. F.; Wang, Yaqian; Sun, S. S.; Ding, B.; Fu, C. D.; Lou, X. C.; Lin, T.; Zhang, B. X.; Xing, T. Y.; Cao, G. F.; Wu, L. H.; Zhao, Y. B.; Fu, Y. W.; Zheng, J. P.; Jiang, X. S.; Kiuchi, R.; Gu, M. H.; Lu, Y. P.; Dong, L. Y.; Zhang, H. Q.; Zhao, G.; Wu, L. J.; Li, L. J.; Yang, Yifan; Yuan, Y.; Lu, X. L.; Wu, Z.; Fang, Y.; Luo, X. L.; Ji, X. L.; Zhang, X. M.; Li, L. K.; Li, H. B.; Liang, H.; Huang, Y. P.; Zhang, J. Y.; Yin, J. H.; Batozskaya, V.; Liu, Huanhuan; Chen, X. T.; Zhang, J. Z.; He, K. L.; Chen, G.; Ablikim, M.; Liu, C. X.; Chang, W. L.; Zhu, K.; Zhao, J. Z.; Yang, Tao; Mao, Z. P.; Xiao, S. Y.; Lu, J. G.; Liu, P. L.; Jing, M. Q.; Sun, H. K.; Chen, Y. B.; Zhang, Shuihan; Du, M. C.; Wang, Z.; Ablikim, M; Liu, Fang; Zhao, J. Y.; Dong, J.; Liu, K.; Shi, J. Y.; Wang, H. P.; Yuan, C. Z.; Tang, G. Y.; Yuan, S. C.; Zhang, H. Y.; Chen, M. L.; Zhang, Z. H.; Hou, G. Y.; Shen, H. F.; Shao, L. G.; Hou, Z. L.; Sun, Y. Z.; Liu, B. J.; Li, Ke; Zhu, K. J.; Liu, H. M.; Xu, C. F.; Ma, H. L.; Sun, T.; Ye, M.; Xie, Y. G.; Chen, H. S.; Cao, N.; Deng, Z. Y.; Ma, Q. M.; Wang, Z. Y.; Cai, X.; Yuan, X. Q.; Zhang, Y. H.; Ma, R. Q.; Shi, R. S.; Zheng, W. J.; Zou, J. H.; Zhang, Yao; Liu, J. Y.; Li, W. G.; Wang, Y. Q.; Mo, X. H.; Fang, J.; Shen, X. Y.; Ma, X. Y.; Hu, H. M.; Gong, W. X.; Xu, W.; Hu, Y.; Wang, B.; Zhang, B. L.; Ma, J. L.; Wang, Meng; Yang, Y. X.; Miao, H.; Li, F.; Lu, Z. H.; Yang, H. X.; Qin, Z. H.; Li, G.; Ping, R. G.; Qiu, J. F.; Dai, H. L.; Li, W. D.; Fang, W. X.; Zeng, Y. J.] Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China.;[Yuan, L.] Beihang Univ, Beijing 100191, Peoples R China.;[Li, Lei] Beijing Inst Petrochem Technol, Beijing 102617, Peoples R China.;[Jaeger, S.; Fritsch, M.; Kuessner, M.; Pelizaeus, M.; Kopf, B.; Wollenberg, L.; Holtmann, T.; de Boer, R. E.; Feldbauer, F.; Wiedner, U.; Heinsius, F. H. H.; Coen, S. C.; Wenzel, C. W.] Bochum Ruhr Univ, D-44780 Bochum, Germany.;[Achasov, M. N.; Nikolaev, I. B.; Muchnoi, N. Yu] Budker Inst Nucl Phys SB RAS BINP, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.
通讯机构：
[Ablikim, M ] I;Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China.
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Based on data samples collected with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII collider, the process e+e- -> E+ E over bar - is studied at center -of -mass energies ffis ffi p = 2.3960, 2.6454, and 2.9000 GeV. Using a fully differential angular description of the final state particles, both the relative magnitude and phase information of the E+ electromagnetic form factors in the timelike region are extracted. The relative phase between the electric and magnetic form factors is determined to be sin AO = -0.67 +/- 0.29(stat) +/- 0.18(syst) at ffis ffi p = 2.3960 GeV, AO = 55 degrees +/- 19 degrees(stat) +/- 14 degrees(syst) at pffisffi = 2.6454 GeV, and 78 degrees +/- 22 degrees(stat) +/- 9 degrees(syst) at ffis ffi p = 2.9000 GeV. For the first time, the phase of the hyperon electromagnetic form factors is explored in a wide range of four -momentum transfer. The evolution of the phase along with fourmomentum transfer is an important input for understanding its asymptotic behavior and the dynamics of baryons.
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Infiltration is the process of water entering into, and routings through, the subsurface. It has a profound impact on hillslope and catchment runoff. However, because of the hidden and complex subsurface structures, our understanding of rainfall-related infiltration and how it partitions along a topographic gradient remains challenging. In this study, we used two years of field observations of volumetric soil moisture at 25 combinations of topographic positions and soil depths along a steep subtropical forested hillslope. The lateral partition patterns of infiltration and its control factors were investigated based on a new index, percentage of soil water storage increment at each site to all hillslope sites during a rainfall event (PWSI). Our results showed that the active soil layer involved in hillslope lateral flow was distributed within the depths of 10–40 cm. In deep soil depths (i.e., 40–80 cm), lateral flow was more evident under wet initial moisture conditions than under dry initial moisture conditions, whereas rainfall characteristics had a relatively weak effect on it. Unexpectedly, we found the variability of infiltration partitioning remained high in the deeper soil layers. Among the soil properties, sand, bulk density, n, KS, and SOM were conducive to infiltration, whereas clay had the opposite effect. The dominant factors controlling the lateral partition patterns of infiltration across soil depths were sand in the depths of 0–10 cm, topographic gradient in depths of 10–40 cm, and n (parameter of soil retention curve) in the depths of 40–80 cm. Findings of this study reveal the infiltration partitioning indices were useful to quantitatively describe the distribution patterns of infiltration after rainfall events at the hillslope, and provide new insights into the detection of hillslope lateral flow, which is valuable for understanding subsurface hydrological processes and improving water resource management in humid mountain ecosystems.
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Interpersonal uncertainty;Social and emotional loneliness;Mobile phone addiction;Optimism;College students
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The main aim of this study was to investigate whether and how interpersonal uncertainty results in mobile phone addiction. Sampling 997 Chinese college students, we found that interpersonal uncertainty had positive predictive power for mobile phone addiction, and social and emotional loneliness mediated the link between interpersonal uncertainty and mobile phone addiction. Additionally, optimism moderated the direct effect of interpersonal uncertainty on mobile phone addiction and the first-stage mediating effect of interpersonal uncertainty on mobile phone addiction through social and emotional loneliness; that is, the higher the level of optimism among college students, the weaker the (in)direct effect of interpersonal uncertainty on mobile phone addiction. Our research findings reveal the role and mechanisms of interpersonal uncertainty in mobile phone addiction and shed light on the importance of reducing interpersonal uncertainty and fostering positive traits to effectively prevent and intervene in mobile phone addiction.
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In this paper, we suggest an empirical likelihood -based test for the autoregressive coefficient of an integer -valued AR(1) model, i.e., INAR(1). We derive the limit distributions of the resulting test statistic under both null and alternative hypotheses. It turns out that regardless of whether the INAR process is stable or unstable, the statistic is always chi -squared distributed asymptotically under the null hypothesis, and as a result, it can offer unified inferences for the autoregressive coefficient. The performance of its finite sample is also demonstrated using simulations and an empirical example.
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Eukaryotic DNA is packaged into chromatin in the nucleus, restricting the binding of transcription factors (TFs) to their target DNA sites. FOXA1 functions as a pioneer TF to bind condensed chromatin and initiate the opening of local chromatin for gene expression. However, the principles of FOXA1 recruitment and how it subsequently unpacks the condensed chromatin remain elusive. Here, we revealed that FOXA1 intrinsically forms submicron-sized condensates through its N- and C-terminal intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs). Notably, both IDRs enable FOXA1 to dissolve the condensed chromatin. In addition, the DNA-binding capacity of FOXA1 contributes to its ability to both form condensates and dissolve condensed chromatin. Further genome-wide investigation showed that IDRs enable FOXA1 to bind and unpack the condensed chromatin to regulate the proliferation and migration of breast cancer cells. This work provides a principle of how pioneer TFs function to initiate competent chromatin states using their IDRs.
作者机构：
[Chen, Bizhong; Yao, Liangshuang] Minist Educ, Key Lab Adolescent Cyberpsychol & Behav CCNU, Wuhan, Peoples R China.;[Sun, Xiaojun] Cent China Normal Univ, Sch Psychol, Wuhan, Peoples R China.;[Huang, Xuan] Beijing Normal Univ, Fac Psychol, Beijing, Peoples R China.;[Sun, Xiaojun; Sun, XJ] Cent China Normal Univ CCNU, Sch Psychol, 382 Xiongchu Rd, Wuhan 430079, Peoples R China.
通讯机构：
[Sun, XJ ] C;Cent China Normal Univ CCNU, Sch Psychol, 382 Xiongchu Rd, Wuhan 430079, Peoples R China.
关键词：
social anxiety;social relationships;longitudinal studies;meta-analysis
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It is theoretically plausible that social anxiety (SA) and social relationships (SR) can influence each other. However, the available empirical evidence is inconsistent, leading to substantial uncertainty regarding the cross-lagged relations between SA and SR. This meta-analysis systematically integrates data from 107 longitudinal studies, comprising 110 independent samples and involving a total of 115,133 participants from childhood to adulthood. Four types of SR were assessed: family-related, school-related, romantic, and general relationships. One-stage meta-analytic structural equation modeling was applied to fit four cross-lagged panel models and to test potential moderators. No significant publication bias was detected. Effect size analyses revealed that prior SA significantly and negatively predicted quality of all types of SR. Family-related and general relationships each predicted prospective SA symptoms, but school-related and romantic relationships did not. No moderators were identified in analyses of family-related and romantic relationships. However, the publication year, sample age, gender, reporter, and time lag played a moderating role in analyses of school-related and general relationships. These findings suggest that SA is a crucial factor undermining SR and that dysfunctional family and general relationships also contribute to the exacerbation of SA symptoms. The strengths, limitations, and future directions of this study are discussed. Public Significance Statement A hotly debated issue in academia is whether past social anxiety (SA) hinders future social relationships(SR) or if prior poor SR precipitate subsequent SA symptoms. To shed light on this matter, a comprehensive meta-analysis was conducted, encompassing data from 107 longitudinal studies and involving over 110,000 participants. The findings suggest that SA poses a significant risk to all types of SR, but only family-related and general relationships potentially impacted later levels of SA.
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The random and fluctuating nature of wind energy brings tremendous challenges and disturbances to the security operation of wind power systems, accurate wind power prediction can effectively reduce these negative impacts. To this end, this paper proposes a hybrid wind power prediction model based on the "decomposition-reconstruction-ensemble" strategy, which consists of four main components, namely decomposition, reconstruction, prediction, and ensemble. Specifically, the original wind power series is decomposed into several sub-modes and reconstructed by frequency by the sample entropy(SE)-optimized variational modal decomposition(VMD) algorithm, subsequently, the Pearson correlation coefficients between the wind speed time series and the reconstructed components of wind power are calculated to divide the wind power series into trend and fluctuation components. Then both the two components are sequentially predicted using the temporal convolutional network(TCN) model. The final predicted value is obtained from the set of predicted results for each component. The wind power data from two wind farms in Hami, Xinjiang are adopted as examples for empirical study, and the results show that the IVMD-R-TCN model proposed in this paper performs significantly better than the benchmark model, which illustrates the predictive validity of the proposed model and is an effective tool for wind power forecasting.
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Journal of Organizational and End User Computing,2024年36(1) ISSN：1546-2234
通讯作者：
Peng, Y
作者机构：
[Xiong, Li; Chen, Yuanyuan] Cent China Normal Univ, Wuhan, Peoples R China.;[Peng, Y; Xiong, Li; Peng, Yi] Yangtze Univ, Jingzhou, Peoples R China.;[Ghadi, Yazeed Yasin] Al Ain Univ, Al Ain, U Arab Emirates.
通讯机构：
[Peng, Y ] Y;Yangtze Univ, Jingzhou, Peoples R China.
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This study aims to enhance the efficacy of personalized learning paths by amalgamating transformer models, generative adversarial networks (GANs), and reinforcement learning techniques. To refine personalized learning trajectories, the authors integrated the transformer model for enhanced information assimilation and learning path planning. Through generative adversarial networks, the authors simulated the fusion and interaction of multi-modal information, refining the training of virtual teaching assistants. Lastly, reinforcement learning was employed to optimize the interaction strategies of these assistants, aligning them better with student needs. In the experimental phase, the authors benchmarked their approach against six state-of-the-art models to assess its effectiveness. The experimental outcomes highlight significant enhancements achieved by the authors' virtual teaching assistant compared to traditional methods. Precision improved to 95% and recall to 96%, and an F1 score exceeding 95% was attained.
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[Wu, T; Wu, Tong; Ursini, Francesco-Alessio] Cent China Normal Univ, Sch Chinese Language & Literature, 152 Luoyu Rd, Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples R China.
通讯机构：
[Wu, T ] C;Cent China Normal Univ, Sch Chinese Language & Literature, 152 Luoyu Rd, Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples R China.
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The goal of this article is to offer new empirical evidence regarding the grammatical and semantic properties of Italian spatial prepositions, and to provide a theoretical account based on this evidence. We show that Italian has four grammatical types of prepositions (simple, complex, contracted and uncontracted), and three semantic types (geometric, projective and region prepositions). By studying the syntactic distribution of prepositions and the phrases they form with measure phrases (e.g., dieci metri ‘ten meters’) we argue that a non-isomorphic (i.e., not one-to-one) relation between grammatical and semantic type emerges. Region and geometric prepositions form phrases that block the presence of measure phrases (e.g., #dieci metri a fianco del muro ‘ten meters beside the wall’), whereas projective prepositions license them (e.g., dieci metri dietro al muro ‘ten meters behind the wall’). We show that previous accounts postulate a type of symmetry that leads to problematic predictions regarding these patterns. We then propose an alternative account based on the Lexical Syntax framework that models the data via a feature-matching mechanism.
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Entities and relations extraction are the key tasks in the construction of biomedical knowledge graph, which play an important role in the biomedical artificial intelligence. However, extraction of entities and relations from biomedical texts is challenging because of the overlapping triples problem. The previous approaches typically divided the task into two separate sub-tasks. However, these methods failed to address the error propagation problem. Recent methods have been proposed to perform both sub-tasks simultaneously. Nonetheless, most current methods still encounter issues related to imbalanced interactions and independent features. In this paper, we propose a novel method based on feature partition encoding and relative positional embedding to joint extract biomedical entity and relation triples simultaneously. Compared to previous work, our method shows exceptional accurate in extracting entities and relations, while efficiently tackling the challenge of overlapping triples in biomedical texts. Our work has two contributions. Firstly, our method divides the features into task-specific and shared parts through entity, relation and sharing partitions at the encoding stage. And the encoded features will be aggregated according to the subsequent tasks. Secondly, we introduce a relative positional embedding method to capture the relative distance information between token pairs. In this way, our method can effectively deal with the sub-tasks interactions problem and improve entities and relations extraction. The experimental results show that our method improves the F1 scores of relations extraction by 3.2%, 2.1%, 3.4%, and 2.8% on four biomedical datasets, respectively.
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OBJECTIVE: Both theoretical and empirical studies suggest that negative cognitive biases significantly influence the onset and persistence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. However, the interplay among these cognitive biases and their conjoint contribution to the long-term trajectory of posttraumatic stress symptoms remains underexplored. This study delves into the interplay among attention, appraisal, and memory biases within a provisional PTSD population and evaluates the predictive effects of two integrative models (weakest link, additive approach) on posttraumatic stress symptoms reported 2 months later. METHOD: Sixty Chinese participants (M(age) = 20.17, SD(age) = 2.11) with provisional PTSD undertook the scrambled sentences test (appraisal bias) with their eye movements recorded (attention bias) and then the free recall task (memory bias). Posttraumatic stress symptom was assessed at baseline and 2-month follow-up. RESULTS: Selective attention bias toward negative words was positively associated with the negative appraisal of scrambled sentences, which subsequently showed a strong association with negative memory bias. Regarding the progression of posttraumatic stress symptoms, the additive approach was found to be a more reliable predictor of self-reported posttraumatic stress symptoms at 2 months than the weak link approach. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides initial evidence supporting the combined cognitive biases hypothesis in provisional PTSD. It also underscores potential avenues to enhance cognitive bias modification techniques. Replication of these findings in broader clinical samples is essential. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
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Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications,2024年77:104046 ISSN：1468-1218
通讯作者：
Wang, YT
作者机构：
[Ma, Xuan] Wuhan Text Univ, Res Ctr Nonlinear Sci, Sch Math & Phys Sci, Wuhan 430200, Peoples R China.;[Wang, Yating] Cent China Normal Univ, Sch Math & Stat, Wuhan 430079, Peoples R China.;[Wang, Yating] Cent China Normal Univ, Hubei Key Lab Math Sci, Wuhan 430079, Peoples R China.
通讯机构：
[Wang, YT ] C;Cent China Normal Univ, Sch Math & Stat, Wuhan 430079, Peoples R China.;Cent China Normal Univ, Hubei Key Lab Math Sci, Wuhan 430079, Peoples R China.
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The dynamics of a rarefied gas in a finite channel with the same temperatures and opposite velocities is a fundamental problem in kinetic theory. The relative motion of the planar boundaries can induce a non-equilibrium state which is referred to as the Couette flow. In this paper, we demonstrate that the unsteady Couette flow for the Boltzmann equation in 3D finite channel time asymptotically converges to the 1D steady state constructed in Duan et al. (2022), we also prove the exponential time decay rate as a byproduct. The validity of the analysis is established for all hard potentials.
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[Lasutschinkow, Patricia; Dillahunt, Alina; Bo, Jin] Department of Psychology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI,USA;[Shen, Bo] Division of Kinesiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI,USA;[Dong, Liangshan; Xiang, Yuan; Pang, Yanli; Zhang, Mingting; Song, Yu] School of Physical Education, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, HUB,China;[Li, Dan] LinJie Autism Rehabilitation Center, Wuhan, HUB,China
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fundamental motor skills;generalization;transfer of learning
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The current study examined the acquisition, retention, and transfer effects of a motor program. Children with autism spectrum disorder participated in a 9-week program that targeted 13 fundamental motor skills based upon the Test of Gross Motor Development-3. Assessments were conducted before and after the program, as well as at 2-month follow-up. Significant improvements were found on not only the trained fundamental motor skills (acquisition) but also the untrained tasks on balance (transfer). The follow-up tests revealed continuous improvement on the trained locomotor skills (retention), as well as the untrained skills on balance (retention + transfer). These findings highlight the importance of continuous support and long-term participation on motor practices.
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Calculating the thermal rate constants of elementary combustion reactions is of great importance in theoretical chemistry. Machine learning has become a powerful, data-driven method for predicting rate constants nowadays. Recently, the molecular similarity combined with the topological indices were proposed to represent the hydrogen abstraction reactions of alkane [J. Chem. Inf. Model. 2023, 63, 5097-5106], which are, however, not applicable to alkane cracking reactions, another important class of combustion reactions, due to the cleavage of the C-C bond. In this work, a new feature selection scheme is proposed to describe both bimolecular and unimolecular cracking reactions. Molecular descriptors are elaborately selected individually for both reactants and products from those generated by the open-source software RDKit. Machine learning models combined with these molecular descriptors are proven to have the ability to accurately predict rate constants of both the hydrogen abstraction reactions of alkanes by CH(3) and the alkane cracking reactions. The average deviation of the XGB-FNN model for prediction is around 60% for the hydrogen abstraction reactions of alkanes and 100% for the alkane cracking reactions. It is expected that the descriptors proposed in this work can be applied to build machine learning models for other reactions.
