Fostering Employees' Voluntary Green Behavior:The Role of Environmentally Specific Servant Leadership, Positive Affectivity, and Workplace Anxiety

The recent introduction of servant leadership into the research on pro-environmental behavior in organizations has stimulated interest and concern among scholars on how an environmentally specific servant leader fosters their subordinates' green behavior. Drawing from affective event theory, this study focuses on the underlying affective mechanism linking environmentally specific servant leadership and employee voluntary green behavior. Using two-wave data from 190 employees in two organizations, we found that environmentally specific servant leadership was indirectly related to employee voluntary green behavior via positive affectivity. Moreover, workplace anxiety moderated the indirect effect, such that it was only significant and positive under low levels of workplace anxiety. Overall, our study sheds light on the role the effect plays in unpacking the influence of environmentally specific servant leadership on employee voluntary green behavior

Finite-time stability for fractional-order fuzzy neural network with mixed delays and inertial terms

This paper explored the finite-time stability (FTS) of fractional-order fuzzy inertial neural network with mixed delays. First, the dimension of the model was reduced by the order reduction method. Second, by leveraging the fractional-order finite-time stability theorem, fractional calculus and inequality methods, we established some sufficient conditions to guarantee the FTS of the model under feasible delay-dependent feedback controller and delay-dependent adaptive controller, respectively. Additionally, we derived the settling times (STs) for each control strategy. Finally, we provided two examples to substantiate our findings

Analysis the Effects of Different Drying Methods on the Volatile Compounds in Morchella esculenta Based on Electronic Nose and Headspace Gas Chromatography-Ion Mobility Spectrometry

In order to investigate the changes in volatile compounds of Morchella esculenta during drying treatments, the volatile compounds of fresh, vaccum freezed-dried, and hot air-dried Morchella esculenta from two different parts (the pileus and stipe) were compared and analyzed by electronic nose combined with headspace gas chromatography-ion mobility spectroscopy (HS-GC-IMS) techniques. The principal component analysis (PCA) of electronic nose data showed that the drying treatment significantly changed the volatile profiles of Morchella esculenta regardless of the sampling parts. The HS-GC-IMS analysis yielded a total of 41 volatile flavor compounds, and abundant amounts of alcohols (40.02%~50.76%), esters (15.82%~25.66%), and aldehydes (18.24%~20.33%) were observed for the fresh sample. Furthermore, the drying treatments resulted in the reduction of alcohols and esters in fresh Morchella esculenta, specifically by 27.39% to 33.51% and 62.14% to 68.51% respectively, while the total contents of ketones and pyrazines increased significantly (P<0.05). Besides, the pileus sample was present with significantly (P<0.05) higher contents of esters and aldehydes than the stipe sample under the same drying treatment. A total of 21 compounds were tentatively identified as key odorants according to relative odor activity value (ROAV) analysis. Among them, 6 compounds were detected from the fresh sample, including 1-octen-3-ol, heptanal, propionaldehyde, 2-octanone, isoamyl acetate, and dimethyl sulfide, which would contribute to mushroom, fruity and ester notes. Three key odorants, namely benzaldehyde, hexanal and 2,3-pentanedione, were only present in the Morchella esculenta sample after drying treatments. This study provides a theoretical basis for the selection of optimal drying methods to prepare dried Morchella esculenta and for the development of deep-processed Morchella esculenta products

Original Article Phase II clinical trial of palonosetron combined with tropisetron in preventing chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting

Abstract: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of palonosetron combined with tropisetron in preventing chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. A total of 82 non-small cell lung cancer patients undergoing Docetaxel combined with Cisplatin were randomly divided into group A and group B. The patients were received palonosetron combined with tropisetron (group A, n = 42) or tropisetron alone (group B, n = 40) before initiation of chemotherapy. The nausea degree, antiemetic efficacy and safety after chemotherapy were evaluated. Patients were administered for rescue therapy if needed. Results showed no significant difference in complete remission rate (CRR) during acute phase (0-24 h post chemotherapy) between group A and group B (90.48% versus 75%, P &gt; 0.05). The CRR of group A during delayed (24-120 h post chemotherapy) and overall phases (0-120 h post chemotherapy) were 83.33% and 78.57%, higher than group B (50% and 42.50%, P &lt; 0.05). AS for the improvement rate of nausea during delayed phase, group A is better than group B (57.14% versus 35%, P &lt; 0.05). The adverse drug reactions of two groups were mild and generally well tolerated, including headache, constipation and abdominal distension, and no statistically significant differences were observed. In conclusions, compared to tropisetron alone, the therapy of palonosetron plus tropisetron is more effective and safer in controlling of nausea and vomiting induced by high emetic risk chemotherapy

QTL Mapping of Fiber-Related Traits Based on a High-Density Genetic Map in Flax (Linum usitatissimum L.)

A genetic map is an important and valuable tool for quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping, marker-assisted selection (MAS)-based breeding, and reference-assisted chromosome assembly. In this study, 112 F2 plants from a cross between Linum usitatissimum L. “DIANE” and “NY17” and parent plants were subjected to high-throughput sequencing and specific-locus amplified fragment (SLAF) library construction. After preprocessing, 61.64 Gb of raw data containing 253.71 Mb paired-end reads, each 101 bp in length, were obtained. A total of 192,797 SLAFs were identified, of which 23,115 were polymorphic, with a polymorphism rate of 11.99%. Finally, 2,339 SLAFs were organized into a linkage map consisting of 15 linkage groups (LGs). The total length of the genetic map was 1483.25 centimorgans (cM) and the average distance between adjacent markers was 0.63 cM. Combined with flax chromosome-scale pseudomolecules, 12 QTLs associating with 6 flax fiber-related traits were mapped on the chromosomal scaffolds. This high-density genetic map of flax should serve as a foundation for flax fine QTL mapping, draft genome assembly, and MAS-guided breeding. Ultimately, the genomic regions identified in this research could potentially be valuable for improving flax fiber cultivars, as well as for identification of candidate genes involved in flax fiber formation processes.Significance statementA high-density genetic map of flax was constructed, and QTLs were identified on the sequence scaffolds to be interrelated with fiber-related traits. The results of this study will not only provide a platform for gene/QTL fine mapping, map-based gene isolation, and molecular breeding for flax, but also provide a reference to help position sequence scaffolds on the physical map and assist in the process of assembling the flax genome sequence

Genome Characterization and Phylogenetic Analysis of Bovine Hepacivirus in Inner Mongolia, Northeastern China

Bovine hepacivirus (BovHepV) is a new member of the genus Hepacivirus in the family Flaviviridae , which has been detected in cattle in more than seven countries. The purpose of this study was to identify and genetically characterize BovHepV in cattle in Inner Mongolia, northeastern (NE) China. A total of 116 serum samples from cattle were collected from HulunBuir in Inner Mongolia from April to May, 2021, and were divided into three pools for metagenomic sequencing. The samples were verified with semi-nested RT-PCR with primers based on the BovHepV sequences obtained from metagenomic sequencing. The complete genomes of BovHepV were amplified, and were used for genome characterization and phylogenetic analysis. BovHepV was detected in two pools through metagenomic sequencing. Five BovHepV positive samples were identified in Yakeshi of HulunBuir, thus indicating a prevalence of 8.8% (5/57). Two 8840 nucleotide long BovHepV strains YKS01/02 were amplified from the positive samples and showed 79.3%–91.9% nucleotide sequence identity with the discovered BovHepV strains. Phylogenetic analysis classified the YKS01/02 strains into BovHepV subtype G group. This study reports the first identification of BovHepV in cattle in northeastern China, and expands the known geographical distribution and genetic diversity of BovHepV in the country

Construction and Evaluation of the Brucella Double Gene Knock-out Vaccine Strain MB6 Δbp26ΔwboA (RM6)

Brucellosis is a serious zoonotic infection worldwide. To date, vaccination is the most effective measure against brucellosis. This study was aimed at obtaining a vaccine strain that has high protective efficacy and low toxicity, and allows vaccination to be differentiated from infection. Using homologous recombination, we constructed a double gene-deletion Brucella strain MB6 Δbp26ΔwboA (RM6) and evaluated its characteristics, safety and efficacy. The RM6 strain had good proliferative ability and stable biological characteristics in vivo and in vitro. Moreover, it had a favorable safety profile and elicited specific immune responses in mice and sheep. The RM6 strain may have substantial practical application value

Development and Efficacy Evaluation of an SP01-adjuvanted Inactivated Escherichia Coli Mutant Vaccine Against Bovine Coliform Mastitis

Escherichia coli ( E. coli ) is one of the most common pathogens causing clinical mastitis in cattle, but no vaccine is available to prevent this disease in China. Therefore, development of an E. coli vaccine against bovine clinical mastitis is urgently needed. The candidate vaccine (Ch-O111-1) and challenge (LZ06) strains were screened from milk samples of cows with clinical mastitis. To extend the cross-protection of the Ch-O111-1 strain, we deleted the galE gene fragment of the Ch-O111-1 strain through homologous recombination between the Ch-O111-1 strain and pCVD442/ΔgalE plasmid, which was identified through conventional methods, including PCR, SDS-PAGE and sequencing. The Ch-O111-1/ΔgalE (Z9) strain was characterized by extensive cross-reactivity and attenuated virulence. We prepared inactivated Z9 vaccines with different adjuvants. Immunization of inactivated Z9 antigen induced adjuvant-, dosage- and inoculation time-dependent antibody titers in cows and mice. Furthermore, immunization with SP01-adjuvanted inactivated Z9 vaccine protected cows against severe clinical mastitis caused by LZ06 and protected mice against death due to LZ06. An SP01-adjuvanted inactivated Z9 vaccine was successfully developed and found to protect cows against severe mastitis caused by Escherichia coli