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Flash floods are a concerning social issue that affect urban areas all over the world. Flash floods can disrupt vital services, damage infrastructure, have socio-economic impacts on the earth’s surface, and significantly impact the community ne...

Background/Objectives: Dutch newborn screening is an important public health program designed to detect conditions early in life, enabling timely interventions that can prevent mortality, morbidity, and long-term disabilities. However, the program al...

Greenhouse gases (GHG), accumulated in the atmosphere, are the main cause of climate change. In 2017, the increase in average temperature was about 1 °C (between 0.8 °C–1.2 °C) above pre-industrial levels. Global warming refers to t...

Impacts in the form of innovation and commercialization are essential components of publicly funded research projects. PHUSICOS ("According to nature" in Greek), an EU Horizon 2020 program (H2020) Innovation Action project, aims to demonstrate the us...

To remedy ecological damage and soil contamination in mining brownfields, this research focuses on the Gumi Mountain mining area in Wuhan. It proposes restoration strategies based on Nature-based Solutions (NbSs). Besides terrain restoration and soil...

Urban waters represent a crucial component for the enhancement of urban resilience due to their importance in cities. Nature-based solutions (NBS) have emerged as sustainable solutions to contribute to urban resilience in order to meet the challenges...

SUMOylation plays a crucial role in regulating gene expression by promoting interactions between transcription factors and corepressors. Daxx, a multifunctional scaffold protein, specifically recognizes and binds SUMOylated transcription factors thro...

Pinus massoniana Lamb. is a crucial timber and resin conifer in China, but its plantation industry is threatened by outbreaks of pine wilt disease (PWD) caused by Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (pinewood nematode; PWN). However, as of yet, there is no co...

Urban Living Labs (ULLs) are widely believed to provide a safe environment for experimentation, co-creation and evaluation of innovations in real-life settings. A growing number of cities have been adopting ULLs to co-create and test Nature-Based Sol...

Nature-based solutions (NBSs) for risk reduction produce environmental effects that must be assessed to evaluate their performance. In a context of climate change and growing concern about the loss of biodiversity, indicators informing about ecosyste...

The Solanaceae family occupies a significant position, and the study of resistance genes within this family is extremely valuable. Therefore, our goal is to examine disease resistance genes based on the high-quality representative genomes of Solanace...

Background: The NBS-LRR gene family plays a critical role in plant disease resistance and is considered a key determinant of plant immune responses. Research on the NBS-LRR gene family has grown rapidly, with significant progress driven by advances o...

The comprehensive analysis of NBS-LRR resistance genes in the pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) genome reveals their structural diversity, evolutionary history, and functional importance in plant immunity. A total of 252 NBS-LRR genes were identified, dist...

A facile and eco-friendly method has been developed for the synthesis of imidazoles and thiazoles from ethylarenes in water. The reaction proceeds via in situ formation of α-bromoketone using NBS as a bromine source as well as an oxidant, follo...

Radish (Raphanus sativus L.) is an important root vegetable crop that is easily infected by various pathogens that result in decreased yield and quality. Nucleotide-binding site and leucine-rich repeat (NBS-LRR) genes play vital roles in resisting pa...

The NBS-LRR genes constitute the largest class of resistance (R) proteins in plants, capable of recognizing pathogen-secreted effectors to trigger immune responses. However, systematic studies of NBS-LRR genes in medicinal plants have not yet been re...

X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) is the most common peroxisomal disorder, caused by mutations in the ABCD1 gene. Early diagnosis is critical to manage adrenal insufficiency and cerebral forms of the disease. Since 2021, a pilot newborn screening...

Lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs) are a heterogeneous group of approximately 70 monogenic metabolic disorders whose diagnosis represents an arduous challenge for clinicians due to their variability in phenotype penetrance, clinical manifestations, an...

The nucleotide-binding site–leucine-rich repeat (NBS–LRR) gene family is the largest group of plant disease resistance (R) genes widespread in response to viruses, bacteria, and fungi usually involved in effector triggered immunity (ETI). Forty membe...

Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) is a nutritionally rich and economically important horticultural crop of the Cucurbitaceae family. Gummy stem blight (GSB) is a major disease of watermelon, which is caused by the fungus Didymella bryoniae, and results...

Glomerella leaf spot (GLS), caused by the fungus Colletotrichum fructicola, is one of the most devastating apple diseases. Our previous study reported that the GLS resistance locus was defined on the chromosome 15 region. Here, we further found a sin...

The most represented group of resistance genes are those of the nucleotide binding site–leucine-rich repeat (NBS-LRR) class. These genes are very numerous in the plant genome, and they often occur in clusters at specific loci following gene duplicatio...

Hexaploid wheat displays limited genetic variation. As a direct A and B genome donor of hexaploid wheat, tetraploid wheat represents an important gene pool for cultivated bread wheat. Many disease resistant genes express conserved domains of the nuc...

NBS-LRR genes constitute one of the largest resistance gene families in plants, which play key roles in resistance to pathogens. Although the identification and characterization of the NBS-LRR gene family has been extensively reported in various spec...

Commercial DCE is excavated as both a “Cl” source and a solvent for the vinyl C(sp²)-H chlorination. The strategy involves a metal-free NBS-mediated C(sp²)-H chlorination of enaminones, and affords diverse, functionalized α-chlorina...

JC virus (JCV) replicates within the nuclei of glial cells in the human brain and causes progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. JCV possesses a small, circular, double-stranded DNA genome, divided into early and late protein-coding regions. The...

The NBS-LRR (NLR) gene family plays a pivotal role in regulating disease defense response in plants. Cucumber is one of the most important vegetable crops in the world, and various plant diseases, including powdery mildew (PM), cause severe losses in...

//Nb_ss and α-Nb₅Si₃ phases were detected. Meanwhile, Nb₂C was observed, and the crystal forms of Nb₅Si₃ changed in the C-doped composites. Furthermore, micron-sized and nano-sized Nb₂C particles were found in the Nb_ss layer. The orientation rel...

In this work, the solid solution product of [Nb][C] in the Nb-microalloyed steels with various carbon contents in the range of 0.20~1.80 wt.% was investigated by means of the extraction phase analysis method. The results showed that the Nb content in...

Ti₂AlNb-based alloys are potential structural materials for high-temperature applications due to their low density and superior specific strength. However, their widespread application is limited by relatively poor oxidation resistance above 700 °...

To improve corrosion resistance and electronic conductivity of bipolar plates for proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC), coatings of TiNb and TiNbN on 316L stainless steel (SS) were prepared by magnetron sputtering. X-ray diffraction (XRD) measu...

Different from conventional Mo-Si-B-based alloys consisting of Moss, Mo₃Si, and Mo₅SiB₂, Mo₃Si-free Mo-Si-B-based alloys (Moss+Mo₅Si₃+Mo₅SiB₂ or Moss+Mo₅SiB₂) show great potentials for more excellent oxidation resistance and elevated temperature stre...

This study investigates the effects of niobium and molybdenum on FeCoNi alloy, including on the microstructures and hardness of FeCoNiNb_0.5Mo_0.5 and FeCoNiNb alloys, and the polarization behaviors of these alloys in 1 M sulfuric acid and 1 M sodium c...

Achieving a good match between strength and conductivity is a challenge of the development of the high-performance Cu-Cr-Nb alloy for aerospace and fusion energy. The effect of heat treatment on Cr₂Nb phase, strength and conductivity of spark plasma...

The mechanical properties of Ir-Nb alloy have been significantly enhanced by the addition of solute Zr, yet there has been no quantitative explanation for this improvement. To address this issue, we investigated it from the perspective of Zr segregat...

Ti₃Al-Nb alloy (Ti-24Al-15Nb) was welded by a pulsed laser welding system without and with pure Nb filler metal. The results indicated that pure Nb filler metal had profound effects on the microstructures and mechanical properties of the laser-welded...

Nb₃Sn plays an irreplaceable role in superconducting parts due to its stable performance under high field conditions. Accurate phase equilibria and interdiffusion coefficients are of great significance for designing novel Nb₃Sn superconductors. Howev...

Nb-Ti binary alloys are widely employed as high value-added materials in the manufacture of super heat-resistant alloys, biomaterials, and superconductors. Therefore, there is significant interest to produce Nb-Ti master alloys in a cost-effective ma...

The severe shuttle effect of soluble polysulfides hinders the development of lithium–sulfur batteries. Herein, we develop a three-dimensionally ordered macro/mesoporous (3DOM) Nb₂O₅/Nb₄N₅ heterostructure, which combines the strong adsorption of Nb₂O₅...

CrC and NbC carbide coatings both have good mechanical properties, wear resistance, and corrosion resistance. The present study seeks to combine the two coating systems in order to further enhance their properties. NbCrC_x and NbCrC_xN_y coatings (where...

Microstructure evolution and precipitation behaviors before and after tension at elevated temperature of Nb and Nb-Mo microalloyed fire-resistant steels were investigated by scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy, physical–...

The Shangxiahu Nb-Ta deposit is located in the Yongding region of Fujian Province, the south-eastern section of the Nanling Range, South China. A series of Nb-Ta deposits, associated with granitic porphyries, are present in the Yongding region. Never...

Urbanization increases the number of impervious surfaces in watersheds, reducing infiltration and evapotranspiration, which increases runoff volumes and the risks of flooding and the pollution of water resources. Nature-based solutions (NBS) mitigate...

Nanoporous/nanotubular complex oxide layers were developed on high-fraction β phase quaternary Ti-Nb-Zr-Ta and Ti-Nb-Zr-Fe promising biomedical alloys with a low elasticity modulus. Surface modification was achieved by electrochemical anodizatio...

The Al-Nb-Sn phase diagram was studied experimentally in the Nb-rich region to provide important phase equilibria information for alloy design of Nb-silicide based materials for aero engine applications. Three alloys were produced: Nb-17Al-17Sn, Nb-3...

The Nb-silicide-based alloy of near eutectic composition (at.%) Nb-21.1Si-8.3Ti-5.4Mo-4W-0.7Hf (alloy CM1) was studied in the cast and heat-treated (1500 °C/100 h) conditions. The alloy was produced in the form of buttons and bars using three dif...

In this paper, the effects of Nb addition (5–20 wt %) on the microstructure, mechanical properties, corrosion behavior, and cytotoxicity of Ti-Nb alloys were investigated with the aim of understanding the relationship between phase/microstructure and...

Uranium–niobium (U-Nb) alloys, used in a variety of industrial and energy applications that require high density, ductility, and good corrosion resistance, comprise a highly complex, multiphasic system with a phase diagram well established thro...

In this paper, one kind of new composite material formed with Nb and SiC was prepared by hot pressing sintering. The influence of the addition of SiC particles on the mechanical properties at room and high temperature was analyzed. The composite mate...

As a β phase transformation promoting element of titanium alloy, the Nb element can induce different phase transformations of the alloy, improving the comprehensive properties of the alloy. However, the research on the effect of Nb content on th...