Exploring How One’s Primary Financial Conversant Varies by Marital Status

Research has shown communication around finances is essential to relational satisfaction, yet often couples avoid these money talks. In this study, we examined how the financial discussions were impacted by marital status. The findings were surprising. Married people were the least likely to be engaging in money talks with their partner, all of the other participants (e.g., cohabitating, dating, separated) were all engaging their partners at much greater rates in money talks. However, married respondents were talking to their family members, friends, financial professionals, and other professionals about money. These different conversations were analyzed through the lens of social capital to explore how different couple typologies may impact their tendencies to use bridging or bonding social capital. Finally, the results suggest that other aspects of human capital (e.g., health, education, age) also related to rates of financial conversations. The findings of this study have strong implications for financial professionals, financial therapists, mental health professionals, as well as, implications for anyone in a romantic relationship

Yeast Extract Promotes Cell Growth and Induces Production of Polyvinyl Alcohol-Degrading Enzymes

Polyvinyl alcohol-degrading enzymes (PVAases) have a great potential in bio-desizing processes for its low environmental impact and low energy consumption. In this study, the effect of yeast extract on PVAases production was investigated. A strategy of four-point yeast extract addition was developed and applied to maximize cell growth and PVAases production. As a result, the maximum dry cell weight achieved was 1.48 g/L and the corresponding PVAases activity was 2.99 U/mL, which are 46.5% and 176.8% higher than the control, respectively. Applying this strategy in a 7 L fermentor increased PVAases activity to 3.41 U/mL. Three amino acids (glycine, serine, and tyrosine) in yeast extract play a central role in the production of PVAases. These results suggest that the new strategy of four-point yeast extract addition could benefit PVAases production

Physiological effect of graphene oxide on tobacco BY-2 suspension cells and its immigration

More and more attentions are paid to the potential effect of graphene oxide (GO) in environment and human beings. In order to evaluate the effect of GO on plant, tobacco BY-2 suspension cells were employed as material, and the physiological effect of GO on tobacco BY-2 suspension cells and its immigration were investigated. The results showed that low concentrations of GO (25 and 50 μg/mL) promoted cells growth (increased by 11.22 % in 50 μg/mL GO), while higher concentrations of GO (100 and 200 μg/mL) induced inhibition in cell growth (decreased by 9.68 % in 200 μg/mL GO). GO caused an increment in activity levels of SOD, POD and CAT, but the activity levels decreased with the extension of culture time in higher concentration. The results showed that GO could make cell nuclei fragment and loose in a higher concentration. These results imply that there is an adverse effect of GO on plant cells, and suggest that nano pollution should be paid attention to

Characteristics of the upper-level outflow and its impact on the rapid intensification of Typhoon Roke (2011)

In this study, we investigate the structural characteristics of the upper-level outflow and its impact on the rapid intensification (RI) of Typhoon Roke (2011), which experienced an evident outflow transformation from equatorward to poleward during its RI period. The simulations by the Weather Research and Forecasting Model suggest that the upper-level outflow extends from 100 hPa to 150 hPa, with an upper-level warm core at around 150 hPa. The upper-level outflow is enhanced ahead of the typhoon intensification, which is closely related to the outflow-environment interaction. Further analyses indicate that at the early stage of Roke (2011) before the RI, the strong equatorward outflow and the updraft south of the typhoon center are enhanced, favoring the onset of RI. During the RI period, the strong divergent flow near the entrance of the southwesterly jet in front of the upper-level trough, induces the poleward outflow. The eddy flux convergence of angular momentum inward propagated to the typhoon center from a 1000-km radius further enhances the poleward outflow and leads to the development of the vertical motion north of the typhoon center. Then Roke (2011) intensifies rapidly. Simultaneously, the shallow weak positive potential vorticity (PV) anomaly south of the southwesterly jet increases the inner-core PV, favoring the sustained intensification of Roke (2011). After Roke (2011) reaches its peak intensity, its intensity decreases due to the increase of vertical wind shear and the approaching of the southwesterly jet. It is indicated that the interaction between the upper-level outflow and the upper-tropospheric trough has significant influence on the RI of TC

Growth of the Tian Shan drives migration of the conglomerate-sandstone transition in the southern Junggar foreland basin

International audienceIn an orogenic belt-foreland basin setting, sediments from the mountain are transported downstream and accumulate in foreland basins. Sediments routing through the network of rivers display downstream grain size fining due to sorting and abrasion (Paola et al., 1992). A grain size transition from gravel to sand, termed the gravel-sand transition (GST; Ferguson et al., 1996), occurs in a short downstream distance from the sediment source. The GST is preserved in the stratigraphy of a sedimentary basin as the conglomerate-sandstone transition (CST; e.g., Dubille & Lavé, 2015). The position of the CST in a foreland basin succession is determined by basin subsidence, sediment supply, and grain size (Allen et al., 2013; Armitage et al., 2011), and all these factors depend on the interactions of tectonics in the adjacent mountains and regional climate (Dingle et al., 2016, 2017; Duller et al., 2010; Quick et al., 2020). The propagation of the orogenic wedge toward to the foreland drives the forelandward migration of the coupled foreland basin system as well as sedimentary facies (Flemings & Jordan, 198

Clarifying the mechanisms of the light-induced color formation of apple peel under dark conditions through metabolomics and transcriptomic analyses

Many studies have demonstrated that anthocyanin synthesis in apple peel is induced by light, but the color of bagged apple peel continues to change under dark conditions after light induction has not been characterized. Here, transcriptional and metabolic changes associated with changes in apple peel coloration in the dark after different light induction treatments were studied. Apple pericarp can achieve a normal color under complete darkness followed by light induction. Metabolomics analysis indicated that the expression levels of cyanidin-3-O-galactoside and cyanidin-3-O-glucoside were high, which might be associated with the red color development of apple peel. Transcriptome analysis revealed high expression levels of MdUFGTs, MdMYBs, and MdNACs, which might play a key role in light-induced anthocyanin accumulation under dark conditions. 13 key genes related to dark coloring after light induction was screened. The results of this study provide new insights into the mechanism of anthocyanin synthesis under dark conditions

Emerging roles of the HECT E3 ubiquitin ligases in gastric cancer

Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most pernicious gastrointestinal tumors with extraordinarily high incidence and mortality. Ubiquitination modification of cellular signaling proteins has been shown to play important roles in GC tumorigenesis, progression, and prognosis. The E3 ubiquitin ligase is the crucial enzyme in the ubiquitination reaction and determines the specificity of ubiquitination substrates, and thus, the cellular effects. The HECT E3 ligases are the second largest E3 ubiquitin ligase family characterized by containing a HECT domain that has E3 ubiquitin ligase activity. The HECT E3 ubiquitin ligases have been found to engage in GC progression. However, whether HECT E3 ligases function as tumor promoters or tumor suppressors in GC remains controversial. In this review, we will focus on recent discoveries about the role of the HECT E3 ubiquitin ligases, especially members of the NEDD4 and other HECT E3 ligase subfamilies, in GC