Yong Li 1, Ruikun Mai 1, Tianren Lin 1, Hongjian Sun 2 and Zhengyou He 1,* 1 School of Electrical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China; [email protected] (Y.L.); [email protected] (R.M.); [email protected] (T.L.) 2 School of Engineering and Computing Sciences, Durham University, Stockton Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK; [email protected] * Correspondence: hezy@swj...

Pu Zhang, Shan Feng, Huiyuan Bai, Panying Zeng, Feng Chen, Chengxiang Wu, Yi Peng, Qin Zhang, Qiuyao Zhang, Qichao Ye, Qiang Xue, Xiaoyu Xu, Erqun Song, and Yang Song Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry, Ministry of Education, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China; and Department of Bioengineering, Pennsylvania State University,...

1 Department of Computer Science and Mathematics University of Pitesti, Romania Str. Targu din Vale 1, 110040 Pitesti, Romania [email protected], [email protected] 2 Department of Computer Science The University of Sheffield Regent Court, Portobello Street, Sheffield S1 4DP, UK [email protected] 3 School of Electrical Engineering Southwest Jiaotong University Chengdu, 6...

Pseudomonas migulae ES3-33 is a Gram-negative strain that strongly reduces Se(IV) and was isolated from a selenium mining area in Enshi, southwest China. Here we present the draft genome of this strain containing potential genes involved in selenite reduction and a large number of genes encoding resistances to copper and antibiotics.

Caulobacter vibrioides T5M6 is a Gram-negative strain that strongly solubilizes selenium (Se) mineral into Se(IV) and was isolated from a selenium mining area in Enshi, southwest China. This strain produces the phytohormone IAA and promotes plant growth. Here we present the genome of this strain containing a large number of genes encoding resistances to copper and antibiotics.

One new species of the planthopper genus Euricania Melichar, 1898 - E. paraclara sp. nov. is described from Guizhou (southwest China). A checklist of all Euricania species and an identification key to the species of the Chinese fauna are provided. Photographs of the adult and illustrations of male and female genitalia of the new species are also given.

Recently, the frequent seasonal drought in Southwest China has brought considerable concerns and continuous heated arguments on the "water pump" viewpoint (i.e., the water demand from Hevea spp. and Eucalyptus spp. can be treated as a water pump) once again. However, such viewpoint just focused on water consumption from vegetation transpiration and its ecoenvironment impacts, which had not cons...

Nature reserves are widely considered as one available strategy for protecting biodiversity, which is threatened by habitat fragmentation, and wildlife extinction. The Chinese government has established a goal of protecting 15% of its land area by 2015. We quantitated the characteristics and distribution of nature reserves in mainland China and evaluated the expansion process for national natur...

BACKGROUND The inequality of health human resource is a worldwide problem, and solving it also is one of the major goals of China's recent health system reform. Yet there is a huge disparity among cities in mainland China. The aim of this study is to analyze the distribution inequality of the health human resource in 322 prefecture-level cities of mainland China in 2014, and to reveal the facet...

Three new Stenus species of the cirrus group collected from Guizhou Province, southwest China, are described: S. dashaheensissp. n., S. zhangyuqingisp. n., and S. liuyixiaoisp. n. The diagnostic characters of the new species are illustrated, and a key to species of the group from Guizhou Province is provided.