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22 November 2016      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports           Earth & Environmental Sciences               Interactions of the Greater Ontong Java mantle plume component with the Osbourn Trough ▶     Guo-Liang Zhang, Chao Li     The Ontong Java-Manihiki-Hikurangi plateau (OJMHP) is considered to have originated from a starting mantle plume, and have been rifted apart by two spreading ridges. However, the …             The effects of manganese oxide octahedral molecular sieve chitosan microspheres on sludge bacterial community structures during sewage biological treatment ▶     Fei Pan, Wen Liu, Yang Yu et al.     This study examines the effects of manganese oxide octahedral molecular sieve chitosan microspheres (Fe3O4@OMS-2@CTS) on anaerobic and aerobic microbial communities during sewage …             Solar Output Controls Periodicity in Lake Productivity and Wetness at Southernmost South America ▶     Marta Pérez-Rodríguez, Benjamin-Silas Gilfedder, Yvonne-Marie Hermanns et al.     Cyclic changes in total solar irradiance (TSI) during the Holocene are known to affect global climatic conditions and cause cyclic climatic oscillations, e.g., Bond events and …             Mitigating effects of ex situ application of rice straw on CH4 and N2O emissions from paddy-upland coexisting system ▶     Wei Wang, Xiaohong Wu, Anlei Chen et al.     The in situ application of rice straw enhances CH4 emissions by a large margin. The ex situ application of rice straw in uplands, however, may mitigate total global warming …             Multiple Resource Use Efficiency (mRUE): A New Concept for Ecosystem Production ▶     Juanjuan Han, Jiquan Chen, Yuan Miao et al.     The resource-driven concept, which is an important school for investigating ecosystem production, has been applied for decades. However, the regulatory mechanisms of production …             Natural ageing process accelerates the release of Ag from functional textile in various exposure scenarios ▶     Dahu Ding, Lulu Chen, Shaowei Dong et al.     Natural ageing process occurs throughout the life cycle of textile products, which may possess influences on the release behavior of additives such as silver nanoparticles (Ag …             Heat stroke internet searches can be a new heatwave health warning surveillance indicator ▶     Tiantian Li, Fan Ding, Qinghua Sun et al.     The impact of major heatwave shocks on population morbidity and mortality has become an urgent public health concern. However, Current heatwave warning systems suffer from a lack …             Origin of unusual HREE-Mo-rich carbonatites in the Qinling orogen, China ▶     Wenlei Song, Cheng Xu, Martin P. Smith et al.     Carbonatites, usually occurring within intra-continental rift-related settings, have strong light rare earth element (LREE) enrichment; they rarely contain economic heavy REE …             Effects of climate and fire on short-term vegetation recovery in the boreal larch forests of Northeastern China ▶     Zhihua Liu     Understanding the influence of climate variability and fire characteristics in shaping postfire vegetation recovery will help to predict future ecosystem trajectories in boreal …             Dramatic undercutting of piedmont rivers after the 2008 Wenchuan Ms 8.0 Earthquake ▶     Niannian Fan, Ruihua Nie, Qiang Wang et al.     Changes in river channel erosion or deposition affect the geomorphic evolution, aquatic ecosystems, and river regulation strategies. Fluvial processes are determined by the flow, …             Managing peatland vegetation for drinking water treatment ▶     Jonathan P. Ritson, Michael Bell, Richard E. Brazier et al.     Peatland ecosystem services include drinking water provision, flood mitigation, habitat provision and carbon sequestration. Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) removal is a key …             To What Extent Local Forest Soil Pollen Can Assist Restoration in Subtropical China? ▶     Zhongyu Sun, Jun Wang, Hai Ren et al.     Long-term ecological data play a vital role in ecological conservation and restoration, however, using information from local forest soil pollen data to assist restoration …             Structure and biodiversity of coralligenous assemblages dominated by the precious red coral Corallium rubrum over broad spatial scales ▶     Edgar Casas-Güell, Emma Cebrian, Joaquim Garrabou et al.     Data on species diversity and structure in coralligenous outcrops dominated by Corallium rubrum are lacking. A hierarchical sampling including 3 localities and 9 sites covering …             Fabrication, Characterization and Response Surface Method (RSM) Optimization for Tetracycline Photodegration by Bi3.84W0.16O6.24- graphene oxide (BWO-GO) ▶     Chengjie Song, Xinying Li, Liping Wang et al.     RSM is a powerful tool for optimizing photocatalytic processes. The BWO-GO photocatalysts have been successfully synthesized via inorganic-salt-assisted hydrothermal method. XRD, …             Evaluating renewable natural resources flow and net primary productivity with a GIS-Emergy approach: A case study of Hokkaido, Japan ▶     Chengdong Wang, Shenyan Zhang, Wanglin Yan et al.     Renewable natural resources, such as solar radiation, rainfall, wind, and geothermal heat, together with ecosystem services, provide the elementary supports for the sustainable …             Tree species, tree genotypes and tree genotypic diversity levels affect microbe-mediated soil ecosystem functions in a subtropical forest ▶     Witoon Purahong, Walter Durka, Markus Fischer et al.     Tree species identity and tree genotypes contribute to the shaping of soil microbial communities. However, knowledge about how these two factors influence soil ecosystem …             Empirically testing vaterite structural models using neutron diffraction and thermal analysis ▶     Bryan C. Chakoumakos, Brenda M. Pracheil, Ryan P. Koenigs et al.     Otoliths, calcium carbonate (CaCO3) ear bones, are among the most commonly used age and growth structures of fishes. Most fish otoliths are comprised of the most dense CaCO3 …             Spatial Analysis of PAHs in Soils along an Urban–Suburban–Rural Gradient: scale effect, distribution patterns, diffusion and influencing factors ▶     Chi Peng, Meie Wang, Weiping Chen     Spatial statistical methods including Cokriging interpolation, Morans I analysis, and geographically weighted regression (GWR) were used for studying the spatial characteristics …             Tunable high-performance microwave absorption for manganese dioxides by one-step Co doping modification ▶     Guocheng Lv, Xuebing Xing, Limei Wu et al.     The frequencies of microwave absorption can be affected by the permanent electric dipole moment which could be adjusted by modifying the crystal symmetry of the microwave …             Association of Arsenic Methylation Capacity with Developmental Delays and Health Status in Children: A Prospective Case–Control Trial ▶     Yu-Mei Hsueh, Wei-Jen Chen, Chih-Ying Lee et al.     This case–control study identified the association between the arsenic methylation capacity and developmental delays and explored the association of this capacity with the health …             Imprinting of cerebral cytochrome P450s in offsprings prenatally exposed to cypermethrin augments toxicity on rechallenge ▶     Anshuman Singh, Anita Agrahari, RadhaDutt Singh et al.     Epigenetic studies were carried in the rat offsprings, born to dams treated with cypermethrin (orally; 5.0 mg/kg) from gestation day (GD) 5 to 21 and rechallenged with …             The association between meteorological factors and road traffic injuries: a case analysis from Shantou city, China ▶     Jinghong Gao, Xiaojun Chen, Alistair Woodward et al.     Few studies examined the associations of meteorological factors with road traffic injuries (RTIs). The purpose of the present study was to quantify the contributions of …             Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Chinary, Assamica and Cambod tea (Camellia sinensis) Types during Development and Seasonal Variation using RNA-seq Technology ▶     Ajay Kumar, Vandna Chawla, Eshita Sharma et al.     Tea quality and yield is influenced by various factors including developmental tissue, seasonal variation and cultivar type. Here, the molecular basis of these factors was …             Toward High Performance 2D/2D Hybrid Photocatalyst by Electrostatic Assembly of Rationally Modified Carbon Nitride on Reduced Graphene Oxide ▶     Jian Chen, Xiaochan Xu, Tao Li et al.     Efficient metal-free visible photocatalysts with high stability are highly desired for sufficient utilization of solar energy. In this work, the popular carbon nitride (CN) …             129I and its species in the East China Sea: level, distribution, sources and tracing water masses exchange and movement ▶     Dan Liu, Xiaolin Hou, Jinzhou Du et al.     Anthropogenic 129I as a long-lived radioisotope of iodine has been considered as an ideal oceanographic tracer due to its high residence time and conservative property in the …             Near-Earth object hazardous impact: A Multi-Criteria Decision Making approach ▶     J. M. Sánchez-Lozano, M. Fernández-Martínez     The impact of a near-Earth object (NEO) may release large amounts of energy and cause serious damage. Several NEO hazard studies conducted over the past few years provide …             Overlooked Role of Mesoscale Winds in Powering Ocean Diapycnal Mixing ▶     Zhao Jing, Lixin Wu, Xiaohui Ma et al.     Diapycnal mixing affects the uptake of heat and carbon by the ocean as well as plays an important role in global ocean circulations and climate. In the thermocline, winds provide …             Population exposure to hazardous air quality due to the 2015 fires in Equatorial Asia ▶     P. Crippa, S. Castruccio, S. Archer-Nicholls et al.     Vegetation and peatland fires cause poor air quality and thousands of premature deaths across densely populated regions in Equatorial Asia. Strong El-Niño and positive Indian …             Long-distance transport of radioactive plume by nocturnal local winds ▶     Takao Yoshikane, Kei Yoshimura, Eun-Chul Chang et al.     Radioactive plumes can spread far and wide depending on wind conditions. The plumes often frequently reached the Tokyo metropolitan area, which is approximately 200 km away from …             Forms and Lability of Phosphorus in Algae and Aquatic Macrophytes Characterized by Solution 31P NMR Coupled with Enzymatic Hydrolysis ▶     Weiying Feng, Yuanrong Zhu, Fengchang Wu et al.     Solution Phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance (31P NMR) spectroscopy coupled with enzymatic hydrolysis (EH) with commercially available phosphatases was used to characterize …             The threshold effects of meteorological factors on Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) in China, 2011 ▶     Zhicheng Du, Wangjian Zhang, Dingmei Zhang et al.     We explored the threshold effects of meteorological factors on hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in mainland China to improve the prevention and early warning. Using HFMD …             A novel approach of utilization of the fungal conidia biomass to remove heavy metals from the aqueous solution through immobilization ▶     Chun-Xiang Cai, Jian Xu, Nian-Fang Deng et al.     The biomass of filamentous fungi is an important cost-effective biomass for heavy metal biosorption. However, use of free fungal cells can cause difficulties in the separation of …             In-situ catalyzation approach for enhancing the hydrogenation/dehydrogenation kinetics of MgH2 powders with Ni particles ▶     M. Sherif El-Eskandarany, Ehab Shaban, Naser Ali et al.     One practical solution for utilizing hydrogen in vehicles with proton-exchange fuel cells membranes is storing hydrogen in metal hydrides nanocrystalline powders. According to …             Guatemala paleoseismicity: from Late Classic Maya collapse to recent fault creep ▶     Gilles Brocard, Flavio S. Anselmetti, Christian Teyssier     We combine ‘on-fault’ trench observations of slip on the Polochic fault (North America-Caribbean plate boundary) with a 1200 years-long ‘near-fault’ record of seismo-turbidite …             How knowledge of the gastrointestinal absorption of elements could be used to predict transfer to milk ▶     Brenda J. Howard, Claire Wells, Catherine L. Barnett et al.     The quality and quantity of data used to derive transfer parameter values for milk are variable and there are many data gaps for elements/radionuclides which may need to be …             A Preliminary Study of the Carbon Emissions Reduction Effects of Land Use Control ▶     Xiaowei Chuai, Xianjin Huang, Xinxian Qi et al.     Land use change not only directly influences carbon storage in terrestrial ecosystems but can also cause energy-related carbon emissions. This study examined spatiotemporal land …             Regional probabilistic risk assessment of heavy metals in different environmental media and land uses: An urbanization-affected drinking water supply area ▶     Chi Peng, Yimin Cai, Tieyu Wang et al.     In this study, we proposed a Regional Probabilistic Risk Assessment (RPRA) to estimate the health risks of exposing residents to heavy metals in different environmental media and …             Occurrence and source apportionment of Per- and poly-fluorinated compounds (PFCs) in North Canal Basin, Beijing ▶     Yi-Zhe Zhang, Bin Wang, Wei Wang et al.     Various per- and poly-fluorinated compounds (PFCs) were first systematically investigated in North Canal Basin, Beijing, China. A total of 68 surface water samples were collected …             Impact of small-scale vegetation structure on tephra layer preservation ▶     Nick A. Cutler, Olivia M. Shears, Richard T. Streeter et al.     The factors that influence tephra layer taphonomy are poorly understood, but vegetation cover is likely to play a role in the preservation of terrestrial tephra deposits. The …             Evidence for strong, widespread chlorine radical chemistry associated with pollution outflow from continental Asia ▶     Angela K. Baker, Carina Sauvage, Ute R. Thorenz et al.     The chlorine radical is a potent atmospheric oxidant, capable of perturbing tropospheric oxidative cycles normally controlled by the hydroxyl radical. Significantly faster …             Cellulose nanofiber backboned Prussian blue nanoparticles as powerful adsorbents for the selective elimination of radioactive cesium ▶     Adavan Kiliyankil Vipin, Bunshi Fugetsu, Ichiro Sakata et al.     On 11 March 2011, the day of the unforgettable disaster of the 9 magnitude Tohoku earthquake and quickly followed by the devastating Tsunami, a damageable amount of radionuclides …             Effects of seasonal meteorological variables on E. coli persistence in livestock faeces and implications for environmental and human health ▶     David M. Oliver, Trevor Page     Agriculture contributes significant volumes of livestock faeces to land. 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