Odorant binding proteins (OBPs) and chemosensory proteins (CSPs) play essential roles in insect chemosensory recognition. Here, we identified nine OBPs and nine CSPs from the Myzus persicae ...transcriptome and genome. Genomic structure analysis showed that the number and length of the introns are much higher, and this appears to be a unique feature of aphid OBP genes. Three M. persicae OBP genes (OBP3/7/8) as well as CSP1/4/6, CSP2/9 and CSP5/8 are tandem arrayed in the genome. Phylogenetic analyses of five different aphid species suggest that aphid OBPs and CSPs are conserved in single copy across all aphids (with occasional losses), indicating that each OBP and CSP class evolved from a single gene in the common ancestor of aphids without subsequent duplication. Motif pattern analysis revealed that aphid OBP and CSP motifs are highly conserved, and this could suggest the conserved functions of aphid OBPs and CSPs. Three OBPs (MperOBP6/7/10) are expressed antennae specifically, and five OBPs (MperOBP2/4/5/8/9) are expressed antennae enriched, consistent with their putative olfactory roles. M. persicae CSPs showed much broader expression profiles in nonsensory organs than OBPs. None of the nine MperCSPs were found to be antennae specific, but five of them (MperCSP1/2/4/5/6) showed higher expression levels in the legs than in other tissues. MperCSP10 mainly expressed in the antennae and legs. The broad and diverse expression patterns of M. persicae CSPs suggest their multifunctions in olfactory perception, development and other processes.
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The cross sections of e+e-→π+π-hc at center-of-mass energies from 3.896 to 4.600 GeV are measured using data samples collected with the BESIII detector operating at the Beijing Electron Positron ...Collider. The cross sections are found to be of the same order of magnitude as those of e+e-→π+π- J/ψ and e+e-→π+π-ψ (2S), but the line shape is inconsistent with the Y states observed in the latter two modes. Two structures are observed in the e+e- → π+π- hc cross sections around 4.22 and 4.39 GeV / c 2 , which we call Y ( 4220 ) and Y ( 4390 ) , respectively. A fit with a coherent sum of two Breit-Wigner functions results in a mass of (4218.4 $+5.5\atop{-4.5 ± 0.9) MeV/c2 and a width of 66.0$+12.3\atop-8.3$±0.4 MeV for the Y (4220), and a mass of (4391.5 $+6.3\atop-16.8$ ± 1.0) MeV/c2 and a width of (139.5$+16.2\atop-20.6 ± 0.6) MeV for the Y (4390), where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second ones systematic. The statistical significance of Y ( 4220 ) and Y(4390) is 10σ over one structure assumption.
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The cross section for the process e^{+}e^{-}→π^{+}π^{-}J/ψ is measured precisely at center-of-mass energies from 3.77 to 4.60 GeV using 9 fb^{-1} of data collected with the BESIII detector operating ...at the BEPCII storage ring. Two resonant structures are observed in a fit to the cross section. The first resonance has a mass of (4222.0±3.1±1.4) MeV/c^{2} and a width of (44.1±4.3±2.0) MeV, while the second one has a mass of (4320.0±10.4±7.0) MeV/c^{2} and a width of (101.4_{-19.7}^{+25.3}±10.2) MeV, where the first errors are statistical and second ones are systematic. The first resonance agrees with the Y(4260) resonance reported by previous experiments. The precision of its resonant parameters is improved significantly. The second resonance is observed in e^{+}e^{-}→π^{+}π^{-}J/ψ for the first time. The statistical significance of this resonance is estimated to be larger than 7.6σ. The mass and width of the second resonance agree with the Y(4360) resonance reported by the BABAR and Belle experiments within errors. Finally, the Y(4008) resonance previously observed by the Belle experiment is not confirmed in the description of the BESIII data.
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We present the improved constraints on couplings of solar axions and more generic bosonic dark matter particles using 737.1 kg days of data from the CDEX-1B experiment. The CDEX-1B experiment, ...located at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory, primarily aims at the direct detection of weakly interacting massive particles using a p-type point-contact germanium detector. We adopt the profile likelihood ratio method for analysis of data in the presence of backgrounds. An energy threshold of 160 eV was achieved, much better than the 475 eV of CDEX-1A with an exposure of 335.6 kg days. This significantly improves the sensitivity for the bosonic dark matter below 0.8 keV among germanium detectors. Limits are also placed on the coupling gAe < 2.48 × 10−11 from Compton, bremsstrahlung, atomic-recombination, and deexcitation channels and geffAN × gAe < 4.14 × 10−17 from a 57Fe M1 transition at 90% confidence level.
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•One-step sintering process for preparing La(Fe,Si)13/Pr-Co composites is proposed.•Sintering at 1373 K, Pr40Co60 alloy is beneficial for the formation of 1:13 phase.•The diffusion of Pr/Co into the ...1:13 majority phase improves the TC of these composites.•The composites exhibit high (σbc)max of up to 550 MPa and λ of up to 10.64 W/m K.•One-step sintering process can fabricate high performance La(Fe,Si)13 based MCMs.
The effect of Pr40Co60 addition on the structure, thermal conductivity, magnetic, magnetocaloric and mechanical properties of sintered LaFe11.6Si1.4/Pr40Co60 bulk composites were investigated. The addition of Pr–Co alloy has important effects on these properties due to the diffusion of Pr and Co into the La(Fe,Si)13 phase during sintering. After 6 h of sintering at 1373 K, these composites exhibited a gradual increase in Curie temperature (TC) from 220 K to near room temperature with relatively large maximum magnetic entropy change (–∆SM)max of 2.7–2.9 Jkg–1 K–1 under 0–2 T external magnetic field change. The diffusion of Pr and Co atoms into 1:13 majority phase facilitates 1:13 phase formation, while the Co content of the Pr-Co binder could be used to tune the TC but resulting in the reduced (–∆SM)max in the composites. The composites exhibit high compressive strength (σbc)max of up to 550 MPa and thermal conductivity (λ) of up to 10.64 Wm–1 K–1. Thus, these materials are promising candidates for near room temperature refrigeration.
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The interfaces introduced in metals by heterostructural design play crucial roles in mechanical behaviors. Here the effect of gradient interfaces on mechanical behavior was investigated in a ...laminated Cu–30Zn sample composed of coarse-grained and ultrafine-grained layers. Tensile tests revealed a superior strength-ductility synergy with extraordinary strengthening and work hardening. By combining the measurements of height contour and strain distribution using digital image correlation, the development of strain gradient was detected in the near-interface zone during tension, which was caused by the mechanical incompatibilities across interfaces and the synergetic constraint between layers. The intensity of strain gradient in the near-interface zone increased with tensile strain, which was accommodated by the accumulation of geometrically necessary dislocations, thereby resulting in extra back stress and dislocation strengthening.
•Gradient interface in CG/UFG laminate leads to extra strengthening and hardening.•Gradient interface accommodates the strain incompatibility by accumulating strain gradient.•The development of 3D strain gradient around interface is quantitatively visualized.•GNDs accumulation around interface is theoretically derived and experimentally verified.•Gradient interface leads to extra dislocation and back stress strengthening.
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The CDEX-1 experiment conducted a search of low-mass (< 10GeV/c super(2)) weakly interacting massive particles dark matter at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory using a p-type point-contact ...germanium detector with a fiducial mass of 915 g at a physics analysis threshold of 475 eVee. We report the hardware setup, detector characterization, data acquisition, and analysis procedures of this experiment. No excess of unidentified events is observed after the subtraction of the known background. Using 335.6 kg-days of data, exclusion constraints on the weakly interacting massive particle-nucleon spin-independent and spin-dependent couplings are derived.
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