A benchmark study on error-correction by read-pairing and tag-clustering in amplicon-based deep sequencing

Figure S1. Sequence properties of protein G. (a) The sequence of 88 bp template was shown in DRuMS color schemes. The overlapping region of target sequence and forward primer or reverse primer was shown. (b) The A-T C-G density plot along the target sequence. Matlab nucleotide sequence analysis toolbox was used to plot this figure. (EPS 498 kb

Mid-infrared spectrally-pure single-photon states generation from 22 nonlinear optical crystals

We theoretically investigate the preparation of pure-state single-photon source from 14 birefringent crystals (CMTC, THI, LiIO$_3$, AAS, HGS, CGA, TAS, AGS, AGSe, GaSe, LIS, LISe, LGS, and LGSe) and 8 periodic poling crystals (LT, LN, KTP, KN, BaTiO$_3$, MgBaF$_4$, PMN-0.38PT, and OP-ZnSe) in a wavelength range from 1224 nm to 11650 nm. The three kinds of group-velocity-matching (GVM) conditions, the phase matching conditions, the spectral purity, and the Hong-Ou-Mandel interference are calculated for each crystal. This study may provide high-quality single-photon sources for quantum sensing, quantum imaging, and quantum communication applications at the mid-infrared wavelength range.Comment: 11 pages, 5 figure

The Application of the Beyond Budgeting to Organisations —An Example of Application of Borealis Company

Budget is a way of controlling for the managers to make decisions based on certain targeted figures which leads to their actual performance being compared with those targeted performance. However, as the concept of Beyond Budgeting was developed by the Beyond Budgeting Round Table by more than 50 global companies, the way of traditional budget has been questioned if it still need to be used in the organizations. This article is aim to analyze the key arguments of beyond budgeting which is used in the Borealis company. This paper also would like to evaluate the processes that Borealis implemented to replace budgets, and discuss whether abandonment of budgets are suitable for all originations

Dominant factor affecting Pb speciation and the leaching risk among land- use types around Pb-Zn mine

Soil lead (Pb) pollution around the mining area has severely threaten human health. However, Pb leaching risk in soils with different land uses and which is the proper land use are still unknown. In this work, Pb speciation characteristics and the dominant soil factors affecting Pb speciation in three land uses (farmland, woodland, and grassland) surrounding the Pb-Zn mine in Feng Country, Shaanxi province were investigated. Moreover, the Pb leaching risk and associated determining factors were evaluated by the combination of leached Pb concentration and structural equation model (SEM). The results showed that farmland presented the highest total Pb content (410.1 mg kg(-1)) among three land use types. The reducible fraction of Pb (Fe-Mn oxides bound) was the major speciation ( > 50%) in all tested soils of three land-use types. Soil total phosphorus (TP), water content (WC), and pH play major role in regulating Pb speciation. Though soil biological properties, like microbial communities, catalase, and microbial biomass nitrogen (MBN) exhibited distinct responses to three different land uses, they showed minor influence on Pb speciation. More interestingly, SEM analysis indicated that Pb leaching risk was directly linked with bacteria abundance, total Pb content, clay content, and C/N. Grassland presented the higher predicted Pb leaching concentration (85.03 mg kg(-1)), compared with that in woodland, suggesting that grassland was the worst land-use type to buffer the Pb toxicity. Woodland could be recommended as the proper native land use to alleviate environmental risk. Overall, our results demonstrated the dominant factor to regulate Pb speciation and pointed out the proper land-use in relieving Pb leaching risk around Pb-Zn mine. These finding provides the new strategies to the remediation and management of metal-contaminated soil