51 research outputs found
Impacts of the spatial extent of pollen-climate calibration-set on the absolute values, range and trends of reconstructed Holocene precipitation
Pollen-based quantitative reconstructions of past climate variables is a standard palaeoclimatic approach.
Despite knowing that the spatial extent of the calibration-set affects the reconstruction result, guidance
is lacking as to how to determine a suitable spatial extent of the pollen-climate calibration-set. In this
study, past mean annual precipitation (Pann) during the Holocene (since 11.5 cal ka BP) is reconstructed
repeatedly for pollen records from Qinghai Lake (36.7 N, 100.5 E; north-east Tibetan Plateau), Gonghai
Lake (38.9N, 112.2E; north China) and Sihailongwan Lake (42.3 N, 126.6 E; north-east China) using
calibration-sets of varying spatial extents extracted from the modern pollen dataset of China and
Mongolia (2559 sampling sites and 168 pollen taxa in total). Results indicate that the spatial extent of the
calibration-set has a strong impact on model performance, analogue quality and reconstruction diagnostics
(absolute value, range, trend, optimum). Generally, these effects are stronger with the modern
analogue technique (MAT) than with weighted averaging partial least squares (WA-PLS). With respect to
fossil spectra from northern China, the spatial extent of calibration-sets should be restricted to radii
between ca. 1000 and 1500 km because small-scale calibration-sets (<800 km radius) will likely fail to
include enough spatial variation in the modern pollen assemblages to reflect the temporal range shifts
during the Holocene, while too broad a scale calibration-set (>1500 km radius) will include taxa with
very different pollen-climate relationships
Sedimentary ancient DNA reveals past ecosystem and biodiversity changes on the Tibetan Plateau: Overview and prospects
Alpine ecosystems on the Tibetan Plateau are being threatened by ongoing climate warming and intensified human activities. Ecological time-series obtained from sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) are essential for understanding past ecosystem and biodiversity dynamics on the Tibetan Plateau and their responses to climate change at a high taxonomic resolution. Hitherto only few but promising studies have been published on this topic. The potential and limitations of using sedaDNA on the Tibetan Plateau are not fully understood. Here, we (i) provide updated knowledge of and a brief introduction to the suitable archives, region-specific taphonomy, state-of-the-art methodologies, and research questions of sedaDNA on the Tibetan Plateau; (ii) review published and ongoing sedaDNA studies from the Tibetan Plateau; and (iii) give some recommendations for future sedaDNA study designs. Based on the current knowledge of taphonomy, we infer that deep glacial lakes with freshwater and high clay sediment input, such as those from the southern and southeastern Tibetan Plateau, may have a high potential for sedaDNA studies. Metabarcoding (for microorganisms and plants), metagenomics (for ecosystems), and hybridization capture (for prehistoric humans) are three primary sedaDNA approaches which have been successfully applied on the Tibetan Plateau, but their power is still limited by several technical issues, such as PCR bias and incompleteness of taxonomic reference databases. Setting up high-quality and open-access regional taxonomic reference databases for the Tibetan Plateau should be given priority in the future. To conclude, the archival, taphonomic, and methodological conditions of the Tibetan Plateau are favorable for performing sedaDNA studies. More research should be encouraged to address questions about long-term ecological dynamics at ecosystem scale and to bring the paleoecology of the Tibetan Plateau into a new era
MCSS: microbial community simulator based on structure
De novo assembly plays a pivotal role in metagenomic analysis, and the incorporation of third-generation sequencing technology can significantly improve the integrity and accuracy of assembly results. Recently, with advancements in sequencing technology (Hi-Fi, ultra-long), several long-read-based bioinformatic tools have been developed. However, the validation of the performance and reliability of these tools is a crucial concern. To address this gap, we present MCSS (microbial community simulator based on structure), which has the capability to generate simulated microbial community and sequencing datasets based on the structure attributes of real microbiome communities. The evaluation results indicate that it can generate simulated communities that exhibit both diversity and similarity to actual community structures. Additionally, MCSS generates synthetic PacBio Hi-Fi and Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) long reads for the species within the simulated community. This innovative tool provides a valuable resource for benchmarking and refining metagenomic analysis methods.Code available at:https://github.com/panlab-bio/mcs
Pressure Sensor Placement in Water Supply Network Based on Graph Neural Network Clustering Method
Pressure sensor placement is critical to system safety and operation optimization of water supply networks (WSNs). The majority of existing studies focuses on sensitivity or burst identification ability of monitoring systems based on certain specific operating conditions of WSNs, while nodal connectivity or long-term hydraulic fluctuation is not fully considered and analyzed. A new method of pressure sensor placement is proposed in this paper based on Graph Neural Networks. The method mainly consists of two steps: monitoring partition establishment and sensor placement. (1) Structural Deep Clustering Network algorithm is used for clustering analysis with the integration of complicated topological and hydraulic characteristics, and a WSN is divided into several monitoring partitions. (2) Then, sensor placement is carried out based on burst identification analysis, a quantitative metric named “indicator tensor” is developed to calculate hydraulic characteristics in time series, and the node with the maximum average partition perception rate is selected as the sensor in each monitoring partition. The results showed that the proposed method achieved a better monitoring scheme with more balanced distribution of sensors and higher coverage rate for pipe burst detection. This paper offers a new robust framework, which can be easily applied in the decision-making process of monitoring system establishment
Corrigendum to "Wet mid–late Holocene in central Asia supported prehistoric intercontinental cultural communication: Clues from pollen data" [CATENA 209(Part 2) (2022) 105852]
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Wet mid–late Holocene in central Asia supported prehistoric intercontinental cultural communication: Clues from pollen data
Pressure Sensor Placement in Water Supply Network Based on Graph Neural Network Clustering Method
Pressure sensor placement is critical to system safety and operation optimization of water supply networks (WSNs). The majority of existing studies focuses on sensitivity or burst identification ability of monitoring systems based on certain specific operating conditions of WSNs, while nodal connectivity or long-term hydraulic fluctuation is not fully considered and analyzed. A new method of pressure sensor placement is proposed in this paper based on Graph Neural Networks. The method mainly consists of two steps: monitoring partition establishment and sensor placement. (1) Structural Deep Clustering Network algorithm is used for clustering analysis with the integration of complicated topological and hydraulic characteristics, and a WSN is divided into several monitoring partitions. (2) Then, sensor placement is carried out based on burst identification analysis, a quantitative metric named “indicator tensor” is developed to calculate hydraulic characteristics in time series, and the node with the maximum average partition perception rate is selected as the sensor in each monitoring partition. The results showed that the proposed method achieved a better monitoring scheme with more balanced distribution of sensors and higher coverage rate for pipe burst detection. This paper offers a new robust framework, which can be easily applied in the decision-making process of monitoring system establishment
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