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Changes in the stomatal aperture in response to CO₂ levels allow plants to manage water usage, optimize CO₂ uptake and adjust to environmental stimuli. The current study reports that sub-ambient CO₂ up-regulated the low temperature induction of the C...

Disease tolerance has emerged as an alternative way, in addition to host resistance, to survive viral-bacterial co-infections. Disease tolerance plays an important role not in reducing pathogen burden, but in maintaining tissue integrity and controll...

Since trace amounts of CO in H₂ gas produced by steam reforming of methane causes severe poisoning of Pt-based catalysts in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), research has been mainly devoted to exploring CO-tolerant catalysts. To test...

Commercialization of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) requires less expensive catalysts and higher operating voltage. Substantial anodic overvoltage with the usage of reformed hydrogen fuel can be minimized by using CO-tolerant anode cata...

Pt₂RuMo/C catalysts were synthesized by the modified polyol method in the presence and absence of Li(C₂H₅)₃BH (LBH), annealed at 600 °C under H₂ atmosphere to improve the reduction of Pt and Ru to provide stronger interactions between Mo and anot...

La_0.6Ca_0.4Co_1–xFe_xO_3–d in its various compositions has proven to be an excellent CO₂-resistant oxygen transport membrane that can be used in plasma-assisted CO₂ conversion. With the goal of incorporating green hydrogen into the CO₂ conver...

We prepared monodisperse Pt₂Ru₃ nanoparticles supported on carbon black and Sb-doped SnO₂ (denoted as Pt₂Ru₃/CB and Pt₂Ru₃/Sb-SnO₂) with identical alloy composition and particle size distribution by the nanocapsule method. The activities for the hydr...

Pt electrocatalysts supported on pristine graphene nanosheets (GNS) and nitrogen-doped graphene nanoplatelets (N-GNP) were prepared through the ethylene glycol process, and a comparison of their CO tolerance and stability as anode materials in polyme...

Salt stress is a significant challenge that severely hampers rice growth, resulting in decreased yield and productivity. Over the years, researchers have identified biomarkers associated with salt stress to enhance rice tolerance. However, the unders...

The CO-tolerance mechanism of a carbon-supported Pt-Fe alloy catalyst with two atomic layers of stabilized Pt-skin (Pt_2AL–PtFe/C) was investigated, in comparison with commercial Pt₂Ru₃/C (c-Pt₂Ru₃/C), by in situ attenuated total reflection Fourier tr...

Khao Dawk Mali 105 (KDML105) rice is one of the most important crops of Thailand. It is a challenging task to identify the genes responding to salinity in KDML105 rice. The analysis of the gene co-expression network has been widely performed to prior...

Acyl activating enzyme 3 (AAE3) was identified as being involved in the acetylation pathway of oxalate degradation, which regulates the responses to biotic and abiotic stresses in various higher plants. Here, we investigated the role of Glycine sojaA...

The economical and efficient commercial production of second-generation bioethanol requires fermentation microorganisms capable of entirely and rapidly utilizing all sugars in lignocellulosic hydrolysates. In this study, we developed a recombinant Sa...

The design of efficient and cost-effective electrocatalysts to replace Pt in an oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is crucial for advancing proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) technologies. This study synthesized Pd-Co bimetallic alloy nanopartic...

Cadmium (Cd) contamination in agricultural soils severely threatens rice production and food safety. To address this issue, this study developed transgenic rice lines co-expressing three Vitis vinifera genes: the ABCC transporter Vvmrp1 and metalloth...

High-acidity fruit wines, such as sea buckthorn wine, are valued for their nutritional benefits but often suffer from excessive tartness and limited aroma complexity, which restrict their consumer acceptance. The application of non-Saccharomyces yeas...

Drought stress severely limits crop growth and yield. With the atmospheric CO₂ constantly increasing, plants will be affected by multiple effects of drought and increased CO₂ in the future. Abscisic acid (ABA) plays vital roles in plant stress tolera...

Very-long-chain fatty acids (VLCFAs) are precursors for the synthesis of various lipids, such as triacylglycerols, sphingolipids, cuticular waxes, and suberin monomers, which play important roles in plant growth and stress responses. However, the und...

Less than a year after the global emergence of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, a novel vaccine platform based on mRNA technology was introduced to the market. Globally, around 13.38 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses of diverse platforms have been administer...

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by plants may help in understanding the status of a plant’s physiology and its coping with mild to severe stress. Future climatic projections reveal that shifts in temperature and CO₂ availability will...

Halophytic plants can adapt to grow and thrive in highly saline conditions. Suaeda species are annual halophytes with high salt tolerance and are most suitable in the restoration of salinized or contaminated saline land and as food, forage, medicine,...

The activity degradation of hydrogen-fed proton exchange membrane fuel cells (H₂-PEMFCs) in the presence of even trace amounts of carbon monoxide (CO) in the H₂ fuel is among the major drawbacks currently hindering their commercialization. Although s...

Xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase (XTH) plays a significant role in plant responses and adaptation to abiotic stresses. However, the XTH gene family in Camellia oleifera remains largely unknown. Herein, 31 CoXTH genes from the C. oleifera gen...

A high methanol electro-oxidation (MOR) and carbon monoxide (CO) tolerance satisfied the electrochemical requirements of direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs). The study investigated strontium molybdate (SrMoO₄) mixed with Vulcan XC-72, carbon-loaded wi...

This paper investigated the co-design problem of less conservative integrated security control and communication for a nonlinear cyber-physical system (CPS) with an actuator fault and false data injection (FDI) attacks. Firstly, considering the effic...

Seashore paspalum (Paspalum vaginatum Swartz) is a perennial warm-season turfgrass which is known for its superb salinity tolerance. Compared to bermudagrass, seashore paspalum exhibited the adverse character of faster vertical growth, wider leaf, we...

Proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) operating at elevated temperature has many advantages compared to low temperature prototypes. With the adoption of short side chain, low equivalent weight (EW) perfluorosulphonic acid (PFSA) membrane, a 100W...

RNA-sequencing enables the comprehensive detection of gene expression levels at specific time points and facilitates the identification of stress-related genes through co-expression network analysis. Understanding the molecular mechanisms and identif...

Background/Objective: In recent studies, it has been shown that dietary bioactive compounds can produce health benefits; however, it is not known whether an improvement in solubility can enhance their biological effects. Thus, the aim of this work wa...

The viable bacterial count is a crucial quality indicator for lactic acid bacteria (LAB) starters and fermented foods. Metabolic activity is an integral component of stress tolerance pathways. Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus exhibits enhanced heat and o...

Several environmental factors, such as drought, salinity, and extreme temperatures, negatively affect plant growth and development, which leads to yield losses. The tolerance or sensitivity to abiotic stressors are the expression of a complex machine...

Multi-phase motors are gaining more attention due to the advantages of good fault tolerance capability and high power density, etc. By applying dual-rotor technology to multi-phase machines, a five-phase dual-rotor permanent magnet synchronous motor...

Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (P(3HB-co-3HV)) is the most studied short-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) with high application importance in various fields. The domination of high-cost propionate and valerate over other 3-hydro...

Understanding microbial adaptation and tolerance based on the cellular concentration and biosorption capacity provides critical insights for evaluating microbial performance under heavy metal stress, which is essential for selecting efficient strains...

Flowering cherry is a renowned ornamental woody plant valued for its landscape applications and economic benefits in gardens. However, waterlogging during the rainy season in some areas causes death and heavy losses. Fortunately, we have found that t...

Intradialytic hypotension can lead to superimposed organ hypoperfusion and ultimately worsens long-term kidney outcomes in critically ill patients requiring kidney replacement therapy. Acetate-free biofiltration (AFB), an alternative technique to bic...

Multiple-antibiotic-resistant (MAR) extra-intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) represents one of the most frequent causes of human nosocomial and community-acquired infections, whose eradication is of major concern for clinicians. ExPECs ma...

Heavy metals negatively affect soil quality and crop growth. In this study, we compared the tolerance of six ryegrass cultivars to cobalt (Co²⁺), lead (Pb²⁺), and nickel (Ni²⁺) stresses by analyzing their physiological indexes and transcript levels o...

Background: COVID-19 vaccination has been recommended for severe asthmatics. We aimed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and impact on disease control and patient’s quality of life of the mRNA SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 vaccine in severe asthma patients...

Background/Objectives: Tubal dysfunction may be a contributing factor in up to 35% of infertility cases, rendering tubal patency assessment a vital component of the infertility workup. In this review we examined the diagnostic efficacy and tolerabili...

An increase in immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) levels is typically associated with immunological tolerance states and develops after prolonged exposure to antigens. Accordingly, IgG4 is considered an anti-inflammatory antibody with a limited ability to trig...

Although biogas is a renewable energy source alternative to natural gas, it contains approximately 40 vol% CO₂ and, hence, a low calorific value. The sequestration of CO₂ from biogas is, therefore, essential before its widespread use. As CO₂ can be e...

Motivated by the rapid development of SERS technology, trace detection of various viruses in the sewage and body fluid environments and accurate positive and negative diagnosis of detection samples can be achieved. However, evaluating the environment...

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is more sensitive to drought stress than other cereals. To dissect molecular mechanisms underlying drought-tolerant yield in rice, we applied differential expression and co-expression network approaches to transcriptomes from f...

Abscisic acid (ABA) is an important hormone in plants that participates in their acclimation to the action of stressors. Treatment by exogenous ABA and its synthetic analogs are a potential way of controlling the tolerance of agricultural plants; how...

Salt stress negatively impacts crop production worldwide. Genetic diversity among barley (Hordeum vulgare) landraces adapted to adverse conditions should provide a valuable reservoir of tolerance genes for breeding programs. To identify molecular and...

Many individuals infected with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) develop no or only mild symptoms, but some can go on onto develop a spectrum of pathologies including pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, resp...

A novel sulfur tolerant water gas shift (SWGS) catalyst has been developed for the applications under lean (low) steam/gas ratio conditions, which has been extensively used for H₂/CO adjustment of syngas and H₂ enrichment in the world since 2000s wit...

The mixed ionic-electronic conducting (MIEC) oxygen transport membrane (OTM) can completely selectively penetrate oxygen theoretically and can be widely used in gas separation and oxygen-enriched combustion industries. In this paper, dual-phase MIEC...

Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench, one of the most important dryland cereal crops, is moderately tolerant of soil salinity, a rapidly increasing agricultural problem due to inappropriate irrigation management and salt water intrusion into crop lands as a r...