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The source code is available at "https//github.com/yushanqiu/yushan.qiu-szu.edu.cn".We herein report the distal γ-C(sp 3 )-H olefination of ketone derivatives and free carboxylic acids. Fine tuning of our previously reported imino-acid directing group and use of the ligand combination of mono- N -protected amino acid (MPAA) ligands and electron-deficient 2-pyridone ligands were critical for the γ-C(sp 3 )-H olefination of ketone substrates. In addition, MPAA ligands were found to enable the γ-C(sp 3 )-H olefination of free carboxylic acids to form diverse 6-membered lactones. Besides alkyl carboxylic acids, benzylic C(sp 3 )-H also could be functionalized to form 3,4-dihydroisocoumarin structures in a single step from 2-methyl benzoic acid derivatives. The utility of these protocols was demonstrated in large scale reactions and diversifications of the γ-C(sp 3 )-H olefinated products.Numerous studies have examined the electrochemical behavior of Co-28Cr-6Mo and Co-35Ni-20Cr-10Mo in simulated physiological solutions. However, two other CoCr alloys-Co-20Cr-15W-10Ni and Co-20Cr-16Fe-15Ni-7Mo-have received relatively little attention. In this work, cyclic potentiodynamic polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) were used to investigate the electrochemical behavior of as-received and passivated CoCrWNi and CoCrFeNiMo in phosphate-buffered saline. Comparison of the potentiodynamic results with those for as-received and electropolished CoNiCrMo showed marked differences in the passive behavior of the three alloys, even though they are all Co-20Cr. The passive film on all three alloys underwent solid-state oxidation involving Cr(III) to Cr(VI) and Co(II) to Co(III). However, the alloys then differed substantially in their behavior. CoCrFeNiMo exhibited no further changes up to the onset of water oxidation, whereas CoNiCrMo was subject to transpassive dissolution, while CoCrWNi underwent a second oxidation and then localized breakdown of the oxide. The EIS results also showed differences between the alloys with regard to the oxide thickness and resistivity. The thickness increased in the order CoCrFeNiMo less then CoNiCrMo less then CoCrWNi. Passivation increased the thickness but did not significantly affect the resistivity. For the as-received alloys, the resistivity increased with thickness, suggesting that the oxide films became less defective with increasing thickness.L-arginine has many special physiological and biochemical functions, with wide applications in the food and pharmaceutical industry. Few studies on the purification of L-arginine from fermentation broth have been conducted; however, none of them were systematic enough for industrial scale-up. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a highly efficient and systematic process for the purification of L-arginine from fermentation broth. In this study, we screened out a cation exchange resin, D155, having high exchange capacity, high selectivity, and easy elution capacity, and analyzed its adsorption isotherm, thermodynamics, and kinetics using different models. Further, the process parameters of fixed-bed ion exchange adsorption and elution were optimized, and the penetration curve during the operation was modeled. Based on the fixed-bed ion exchange parameters, a 30-column continuous ion exchange system was designed, and the flow velocity in each zone was optimized. Finally, to obtain a high purity of L-arginine, the purification tests were conducted using anion exchange resin 711, and an L-arginine yield of 99.1 % and purity of 98.5 % was obtained. This effective and economical method also provides a promising strategy for separation of other amino acids from the fermentation broth, which is of great significance to the L-arginine fermentation industry. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.It has been reported that high-mobility group box3 (HMBG3) is overexpressed in various cancers. This study aimed to explore its function in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). A546 and H460 cell lines were used for in vivo experiments, scratch healing tests, transwell migration and invasion experiments. It was first found that HMGB3 was highly expressed in tumor tissues in the patients and associated with NSCLC stage. Silencing of HMGB3 significantly slowed the growth, proliferation and invasion of NSCLC in vitro, and repressed cell growth in vivo. Mechanistic studies suggest that the observed effects were mediated by inhibiting the expression of β-catenin/MMP7/c-Myc in Wnt pathway. APR-246 Our study highlights the role of HMGB3 in NSCLC, which may provide a therapeutic target for the treatment of NSCLC.The timeline of brain-wide neural activity relative to a behavioral event is crucial when decoding the neural implementation of a cognitive process. Yet, fMRI assesses neural processes indirectly via delayed and regionally variable hemodynamics. This method-inherent temporal distortion impacts the interpretation of behavior-linked neural timing. Here we describe a novel behavioral protocol that aims at disentangling the BOLD dynamics of the pre- and post-response periods in response time tasks. We tested this response-locking protocol in a perceptual decision-making (random dot) task. Increasing perceptual difficulty produced expected activity increases over a broad network involving the lateral/medial prefrontal cortex and the anterior insula. However, response-locking revealed a previously unreported functional dissociation within this network. preSMA and anterior premotor cortex (prePMV) showed post-response activity modulations while anterior insula and anterior cingulate cortex did not. Furthermore, post-response BOLD activity at preSMA showed a modulation in timing but not amplitude while this pattern was reversed at prePMV. These timeline dissociations with response-locking thus revealed three functionally distinct sub-networks in what was seemingly one shared distributed network modulated by perceptual difficulty. These findings suggest that our novel response-locked protocol could boost the timing-related sensitivity of fMRI.Flavonoids are essential for male fertility in some but not all plant species. In rice, the chalcone synthase mutant oschs1 produces flavonoid-depleted pollens and is male sterile. The mutant pollens are viable with normal structure but they displayed reduced germination rate and pollen tube length. Analysis of pollens of oschs1/+ heterozygous lines showed that pollen flavonoid deposition is a paternal effect and fertility is independent from the haploid genotypes (OsCHS1 or oschs1). To understand which classes of flavonoids are involved in male fertility, we further analyzed rice mutants for branch-point enzymes of the downstream flavonoid pathways, including flavanone 3-hydroxylase (OsF3H; flavonol pathway entry enzyme), flavone synthase II (CYP93G1; flavone pathway entry enzyme) and flavanone 2-hydroxylase (CYP93G2; flavone C-glycoside pathway entry enzyme). Rice osf3h and cyp93g1 cyp93g2 CRISPR/Cas9 mutants, and cyp93g1 and cyp93g2 T-DNA insertional mutants showed altered flavonoid profiles in anthers but only osf3h and cyp93g1 cyp93g2 mutants displayed reduction in seed yield.