The asymptotic stability of two species stochastic Lotka-Volterra model is explored in this paper. Firstly, the Lotka-Volterra model with random parameter is built and reduced into the equivalent deterministic system ...The asymptotic stability of two species stochastic Lotka-Volterra model is explored in this paper. Firstly, the Lotka-Volterra model with random parameter is built and reduced into the equivalent deterministic system by orthogonal polynomial approximation. Then, the linear stability theory and Routh-Hurwitz criterion for nonlinear deterministic systems are applied to the equivalent one. At last, at the aid of Lyapunov second method, we obtain that as the random intensity or statistical parameter of random variable is changed, the stability about stochastic Lotka-Volterra model is different from the deterministic system.展开更多
Pervaporation performance of NaY zeolite membranes is improved by ion-exchange with di-valent nitrate salt.Different nitrate salts,including Co(NO_(3))_(2),Mg(NO_(3))_(2),Zn(NO_(3))_(2),Ca(NO_(3))_(2),Cu(NO_(3))_(2),K...Pervaporation performance of NaY zeolite membranes is improved by ion-exchange with di-valent nitrate salt.Different nitrate salts,including Co(NO_(3))_(2),Mg(NO_(3))_(2),Zn(NO_(3))_(2),Ca(NO_(3))_(2),Cu(NO_(3))_(2),KNO_(3),and AgNO_(3),have great effects on the channel structure and water affinity of the NaY zeolite membrane.When the concentration of nitrate salt,ion-exchange temperature and time are 0.1 mol·L^(-1),50℃and 2 h,the ion-exchange degree order of NaY zeolites is Ag^(+)>K^(+)>Ca^(2+)>Zn^(2+)>>Co^(2+)>Mg^(2+).Especially,Ag^(+)and K^(+)cation exchange degree of NaY zeolites are achieved to 96.54% and 82.77% in this work.BET surface,total pore capacity,pore size distribution and water contact angle of the ion-exchanged NaY zeolites are all disordered by mono-and di-valent cations.Di-valent nitrate salt is favor for increasing the dehydration performance of NaY zeolite membranes by ion-exchange.When the ion-exchange solution is Zn(NO_(3))_(2),the total flux variation and separation factor variation of the NaY membrane(M-5)are -45% and 230% for separation of 10%(mass)H_(2)O/EtOH mixture by pervaporation,and the ion-exchanged membranes showed good reproducibility.展开更多
Growth process of the NaY zeolite membranes was investigated by fluoride-containing precursor synthesis gel.Compared with the fluoride-free precursor synthesis gel,the irregular NaY zeolite crystals were dissolved int...Growth process of the NaY zeolite membranes was investigated by fluoride-containing precursor synthesis gel.Compared with the fluoride-free precursor synthesis gel,the irregular NaY zeolite crystals were dissolved into amorphous by the fluoride-containing precursor synthesis gel initially,the amorphous contained the Y-type zeolite characteristic bands by the IR characterization.The fine square NaY zeolite crystals arose from the amorphous,which were accumulated and gradually grew into a dense NaY zeolite layer on the support surface after 6.5 h.Because the excessive NaY zeolites were dissolved by the strong alkaline and fluoride-containing precursor synthesis gel,there was plenty of amorphous on NaY zeolites layer for prolonging the crystallization time.The assynthesized NaY zeolite membranes had a good separation performance and repeatability for separation of 10 wt%methanol(MeOH)/methyl methacrylate(MMA) mixture by pervaporation,the flux and separation factor were(1.27 ± 0.07) kg·M^(-2)·h^(-1) and(4900 ± 1500) at 323 K,respectively.Besides,the NaY zeolite membranes were applied to separate the other short chain alcohol from the various alcohol/organic ester and alcohol/organic ether mixtures,the NaY zeolite membranes showed high short chain alcohol perm-selectivity.展开更多
The objectives of this study were to determine the effects of dietary supplementation with citrus flavonoid extracts(CFE)on milk performance,serum biochemistry parameters,fecal volatile fatty acids,fecal microbial com...The objectives of this study were to determine the effects of dietary supplementation with citrus flavonoid extracts(CFE)on milk performance,serum biochemistry parameters,fecal volatile fatty acids,fecal microbial community,and fecal metabolites in dairy cows.Eight multiparous lactating Holstein cows were used in a replicated 4×4 Latin square design(21-day period).Cows were fed a basal diet without addition(CON)or basal diet with added CFE at 50(CFE50),100(CFE10),and 150 g/d(CFE150).Feeding CFE up to 150 g/d increased milk yield and milk lactose percentage.Supplementary CFE linearly decreased milk somatic cell count.Serum cytokines interleukin-1β(IL-1β),IL-2,IL-6,and tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α)concentrations decreased linearly as the levels of CFE increased.Cows in CFE150 had lower serum lipopolysaccharide and lipopolysaccharide binding protein compared with CON.These results indicate feeding CFE decreased systemic inflammation and endotoxin levels in dairy cows.Furthermore,feeding CFE linearly increased the concentrations of total volatile fatty acids,acetate,and butyrate in feces.The relative abundances of beneficial bacteria Bifidobacterium spp.,Clostridium coccoides-Eubacterium rectale group,and Faecalibacterium prausnitzii in feces increased linearly with increasing CFE supplementation.The diversity and community structure of fecal microbiota were un-affected by CFE supplementation.However,supplementing CFE reduced the relative abundances of genera Ruminococcus_torques_group,Roseburia,and Lachnospira,but increased genera Bacteroides and Phascolarctobacterium.Metabolomics analysis showed that supplementary CFE resulted in a significant modification in the fecal metabolites profile.Compared with CON,fecal naringenin,hesperetin,hippuric acid,and sphingosine concentrations were greater in CFE150 cows,while fecal GlcCer(d18:1/20:0),Cer(d18:0/24:0),Cer(d18:0/22:0),sphinganine,and deoxycholic acid concentrations were less in CFE150 cows.Predicted pathway analysis suggested that"sphingolipid metabolism"was significantly enriched.Overall,these results indicate that citrus flavonoids could exert health-promoting effects by modulating hindgut microbiome and metabolism in lactating cows.展开更多
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD)has become the world’s largest chronic liver disease in the 21st century,affecting 20%-30%of the world’s population.As the epidemiology,etiology,and pathogenesis of NAFLD have...Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD)has become the world’s largest chronic liver disease in the 21st century,affecting 20%-30%of the world’s population.As the epidemiology,etiology,and pathogenesis of NAFLD have been studied in-depth,it has been gradually recognized that most patients with NAFLD have one or more combined metabolic abnormalities known as metabolic syndrome.In 2020,the international expert group changed the name of NAFLD to metabolic-associated fatty liver disease(MAFLD)and proposed new diagnostic criteria for MAFLD and MAFLD-related liver cirrhosis,as well as the conceptual framework of other cause-related fatty liver diseases to avoid diagnosis based on the exclusion of other causes and better reflect its pathogenesis.However,there are still many ambiguities in the term,and changing the name does not address the unmet key needs in the field.The change from NAFLD to MAFLD was not just a change of definition.The problems and challenges are summarized as follows:epidemiology,children,rationality of"metabolism,"diagnostic criteria,double/multiple causes,drug discovery,clinical trials,and awareness raising.Metabolic-associated fatty liver disease has complex disease characteristics,and there are still some problems that need to be solved.展开更多
Human cognition is usually underpinned by intrinsic structure and functional neural co-activation in spatially distributed brain regions.Owing to lacking an effective approach to quantifying the covarying of structure...Human cognition is usually underpinned by intrinsic structure and functional neural co-activation in spatially distributed brain regions.Owing to lacking an effective approach to quantifying the covarying of structure and functional responses,how the structural–functional circuits interact and how genes encode the relationships,to deepen our knowledge of human cognition and disease,are still unclear.Here,we propose a multimodal covariance network(MCN)construction approach to capture interregional covarying of the structural skeleton and transient functional activities for a single individual.We further explored the potential association between brain-wide gene expression patterns and structural–functional covarying in individuals involved in a gambling task and individuals with major depression disorder(MDD),adopting multimodal data from a publicly available human brain transcriptomic atlas and 2 independent cohorts.MCN analysis showed a replicable cortical structural–functional fine map in healthy individuals,and the expression of cognition-and disease phenotype-related genes was found to be spatially correlated with the corresponding MCN differences.Further analysis of cell type-specific signature genes suggests that the excitatory and inhibitory neuron transcriptomic changes could account for most of the observed correlation with task-evoked MCN differences.展开更多
It is imperative to develop multifunctional erosion and corrosion resistant coatings for compressor blades of aircraft engines in harsh environment.PVD(Physical Vapor Deposition)technology has the advances in processi...It is imperative to develop multifunctional erosion and corrosion resistant coatings for compressor blades of aircraft engines in harsh environment.PVD(Physical Vapor Deposition)technology has the advances in processing erosion-resistant coatings;however,the performance of PVD coatings to combat corrosion depends on various coating defects.Determining and comparing the corrosion performances of PVD TiN/Ti coating and uncoated TC4 alloy was the main objective of present work.The 960 h salt spray corrosion and 116 h hot corrosion tests were conducted to simulate the grounding and working environments of the aircraft compressors.The corrosion mechanisms due to the coating defects such as pinhole,columnar boundary and large grain were analyzed based on the OM,Confocal microscope,electrochemical measurements,SEM,XRD and EDS results.Owing to the disordered state associated with the columnar boundary and the coating defect,nitrogen could be easily replaced by oxygen in the hot corrosion process,these structures were channels for fast diffusion of oxygen.Moreover,the Gibbs energy changes of Ti oxidation and TiN oxidation were thermodynamically calculated according to the working condition of aircraft compressors,and considerable research effort was focused on mapping out the phase diagram of Ti,TiN and high pressure gases.The findings of this research can provide insights into developing multifunctional coatings for future aircraft engines.展开更多
TRIM28 (Tripartite motif-containing protein 28), a member of TRIM family, is aberrantly expressed and reportedly has different functions in many types of human cancer. However, the biological roles of TRIM28 and relat...TRIM28 (Tripartite motif-containing protein 28), a member of TRIM family, is aberrantly expressed and reportedly has different functions in many types of human cancer. However, the biological roles of TRIM28 and related mechanism in colorectal cancer (CRC) remain unclear. Here, we showed that TRIM28 was downregulated in colorectal cancer compared with normal mucosa, especially at advanced stages, and acted as an independent prognostic factor of favorable outcome. Functional studies demonstrated that TRIM28 restrained CRC migration and invasion in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistically, we reported that CARM1 (co-activator-associated arginine methyltransferase1) was a critical player downstream of TRIM28. TRIM28 interacted with CARM1, and protected CARM1 from proteasome-mediated degradation through physical protein-protein interaction to suppress CRC metastasis. Further, TRIM28 suppressed the migration and invasion of CRC cells through inhibiting WNT/β-catenin signaling in a CARM1-dependent manner, but independent of CARM1′s methyltransferase activity. The protein expression of CARM1 was positively correlated with TRIM28 in CRC tissues. Patients with high levels of TRIM28 and CARM1 had improved prognosis, whereas patients with low TRIM28 and CARM1 expression had the poor outcomes. Thus, our study reveals an inhibitory role of TRIM28 in CRC metastasis, which was achieved through a TRIM28-CARM1-WNT/β-catenin axis. This work provides potential prognostic and therapeutic targets for CRC treatment.展开更多
Fingerprints are unique and life-long to everyone, so they occupy very important statuses in forensic science. However, due to the limit of current imaging technologies and instruments, recognition and matching of fin...Fingerprints are unique and life-long to everyone, so they occupy very important statuses in forensic science. However, due to the limit of current imaging technologies and instruments, recognition and matching of fingerprints are mostly based on their level 2 structures(bifurcation, crossover, and etc.).Moreover, in real-world cases, fingerprints collected in the field are often incomplete or damaged, which adds further difficulty in fingerprint analysis. Quantum dots(QDs) are superior fluorescent imaging agents for latent fingerprints, which can provide both level 2 and level 3(sweat pores) details. Here, we used red-emitting N-acetylcysteine-capped Cd Te QDs as imaging agent for staining of eccrine LFPs. The numbers of level 2 and level 3 features that can be mapped are significantly larger than those obtained by cyanoacrylate fuming, a standard technique being adopted at forensic scene. Therefore, the level 2 and level 3 characteristics from QD-staining were simultaneously extracted for improved fingerprint analysis.A preliminary fingerprint matching based modified Pore Matching algorithm was thus developed based on the integration of both level 2 and level 3 characteristics. Satisfactory results of fingerprint matching were obtained, demonstrating the advantage of the QD-staining for advanced fingerprint analysis.展开更多
文摘The asymptotic stability of two species stochastic Lotka-Volterra model is explored in this paper. Firstly, the Lotka-Volterra model with random parameter is built and reduced into the equivalent deterministic system by orthogonal polynomial approximation. Then, the linear stability theory and Routh-Hurwitz criterion for nonlinear deterministic systems are applied to the equivalent one. At last, at the aid of Lyapunov second method, we obtain that as the random intensity or statistical parameter of random variable is changed, the stability about stochastic Lotka-Volterra model is different from the deterministic system.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21868012 and 21868013)Jiangxi Provincial Department of Science and Technology(20171BCB24005 and 20181ACH80003)。
文摘Pervaporation performance of NaY zeolite membranes is improved by ion-exchange with di-valent nitrate salt.Different nitrate salts,including Co(NO_(3))_(2),Mg(NO_(3))_(2),Zn(NO_(3))_(2),Ca(NO_(3))_(2),Cu(NO_(3))_(2),KNO_(3),and AgNO_(3),have great effects on the channel structure and water affinity of the NaY zeolite membrane.When the concentration of nitrate salt,ion-exchange temperature and time are 0.1 mol·L^(-1),50℃and 2 h,the ion-exchange degree order of NaY zeolites is Ag^(+)>K^(+)>Ca^(2+)>Zn^(2+)>>Co^(2+)>Mg^(2+).Especially,Ag^(+)and K^(+)cation exchange degree of NaY zeolites are achieved to 96.54% and 82.77% in this work.BET surface,total pore capacity,pore size distribution and water contact angle of the ion-exchanged NaY zeolites are all disordered by mono-and di-valent cations.Di-valent nitrate salt is favor for increasing the dehydration performance of NaY zeolite membranes by ion-exchange.When the ion-exchange solution is Zn(NO_(3))_(2),the total flux variation and separation factor variation of the NaY membrane(M-5)are -45% and 230% for separation of 10%(mass)H_(2)O/EtOH mixture by pervaporation,and the ion-exchanged membranes showed good reproducibility.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21868012 and 21968009)Jiangxi Provincial Department of Science and Technology (20171BCB24005, 20181ACH80003, 20192ACB80003 and 20192BBH80024)。
文摘Growth process of the NaY zeolite membranes was investigated by fluoride-containing precursor synthesis gel.Compared with the fluoride-free precursor synthesis gel,the irregular NaY zeolite crystals were dissolved into amorphous by the fluoride-containing precursor synthesis gel initially,the amorphous contained the Y-type zeolite characteristic bands by the IR characterization.The fine square NaY zeolite crystals arose from the amorphous,which were accumulated and gradually grew into a dense NaY zeolite layer on the support surface after 6.5 h.Because the excessive NaY zeolites were dissolved by the strong alkaline and fluoride-containing precursor synthesis gel,there was plenty of amorphous on NaY zeolites layer for prolonging the crystallization time.The assynthesized NaY zeolite membranes had a good separation performance and repeatability for separation of 10 wt%methanol(MeOH)/methyl methacrylate(MMA) mixture by pervaporation,the flux and separation factor were(1.27 ± 0.07) kg·M^(-2)·h^(-1) and(4900 ± 1500) at 323 K,respectively.Besides,the NaY zeolite membranes were applied to separate the other short chain alcohol from the various alcohol/organic ester and alcohol/organic ether mixtures,the NaY zeolite membranes showed high short chain alcohol perm-selectivity.
基金funded by the Categorized Development Project 2022(Start-up Foundation for Talent Introduction,Beijing University of Agriculture5066516004/003)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2022M710181).
文摘The objectives of this study were to determine the effects of dietary supplementation with citrus flavonoid extracts(CFE)on milk performance,serum biochemistry parameters,fecal volatile fatty acids,fecal microbial community,and fecal metabolites in dairy cows.Eight multiparous lactating Holstein cows were used in a replicated 4×4 Latin square design(21-day period).Cows were fed a basal diet without addition(CON)or basal diet with added CFE at 50(CFE50),100(CFE10),and 150 g/d(CFE150).Feeding CFE up to 150 g/d increased milk yield and milk lactose percentage.Supplementary CFE linearly decreased milk somatic cell count.Serum cytokines interleukin-1β(IL-1β),IL-2,IL-6,and tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α)concentrations decreased linearly as the levels of CFE increased.Cows in CFE150 had lower serum lipopolysaccharide and lipopolysaccharide binding protein compared with CON.These results indicate feeding CFE decreased systemic inflammation and endotoxin levels in dairy cows.Furthermore,feeding CFE linearly increased the concentrations of total volatile fatty acids,acetate,and butyrate in feces.The relative abundances of beneficial bacteria Bifidobacterium spp.,Clostridium coccoides-Eubacterium rectale group,and Faecalibacterium prausnitzii in feces increased linearly with increasing CFE supplementation.The diversity and community structure of fecal microbiota were un-affected by CFE supplementation.However,supplementing CFE reduced the relative abundances of genera Ruminococcus_torques_group,Roseburia,and Lachnospira,but increased genera Bacteroides and Phascolarctobacterium.Metabolomics analysis showed that supplementary CFE resulted in a significant modification in the fecal metabolites profile.Compared with CON,fecal naringenin,hesperetin,hippuric acid,and sphingosine concentrations were greater in CFE150 cows,while fecal GlcCer(d18:1/20:0),Cer(d18:0/24:0),Cer(d18:0/22:0),sphinganine,and deoxycholic acid concentrations were less in CFE150 cows.Predicted pathway analysis suggested that"sphingolipid metabolism"was significantly enriched.Overall,these results indicate that citrus flavonoids could exert health-promoting effects by modulating hindgut microbiome and metabolism in lactating cows.
基金Tianjin Key Medical Discipline(Specialty)Construction Project(TJYXZDXK-059B)Tianjin Health Science and Technology Project key discipline special(TJWJ2022XK034)Research Project of Chinese Traditional Medicine and Chinese Traditional Medicine Combined with Western Medicine of Tianjin Municipal Health and Family Planning Commission(2021022)。
文摘Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD)has become the world’s largest chronic liver disease in the 21st century,affecting 20%-30%of the world’s population.As the epidemiology,etiology,and pathogenesis of NAFLD have been studied in-depth,it has been gradually recognized that most patients with NAFLD have one or more combined metabolic abnormalities known as metabolic syndrome.In 2020,the international expert group changed the name of NAFLD to metabolic-associated fatty liver disease(MAFLD)and proposed new diagnostic criteria for MAFLD and MAFLD-related liver cirrhosis,as well as the conceptual framework of other cause-related fatty liver diseases to avoid diagnosis based on the exclusion of other causes and better reflect its pathogenesis.However,there are still many ambiguities in the term,and changing the name does not address the unmet key needs in the field.The change from NAFLD to MAFLD was not just a change of definition.The problems and challenges are summarized as follows:epidemiology,children,rationality of"metabolism,"diagnostic criteria,double/multiple causes,drug discovery,clinical trials,and awareness raising.Metabolic-associated fatty liver disease has complex disease characteristics,and there are still some problems that need to be solved.
基金the STI 2030-Major Projects(#2022ZD0208500,#2022ZD02114000,and#2022ZD0208900)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(#62103085,#61961160705,#U19A2082,and#62006197)+2 种基金the Science and Technology Development Fund,Macao SAR(file no.0045/2019/AFJ)the Key R&D Projects of Science&Technology Department of Sichuan Province(#23ZDYF0961)the Scientific Research Foundation of Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital(#2021LY21).
文摘Human cognition is usually underpinned by intrinsic structure and functional neural co-activation in spatially distributed brain regions.Owing to lacking an effective approach to quantifying the covarying of structure and functional responses,how the structural–functional circuits interact and how genes encode the relationships,to deepen our knowledge of human cognition and disease,are still unclear.Here,we propose a multimodal covariance network(MCN)construction approach to capture interregional covarying of the structural skeleton and transient functional activities for a single individual.We further explored the potential association between brain-wide gene expression patterns and structural–functional covarying in individuals involved in a gambling task and individuals with major depression disorder(MDD),adopting multimodal data from a publicly available human brain transcriptomic atlas and 2 independent cohorts.MCN analysis showed a replicable cortical structural–functional fine map in healthy individuals,and the expression of cognition-and disease phenotype-related genes was found to be spatially correlated with the corresponding MCN differences.Further analysis of cell type-specific signature genes suggests that the excitatory and inhibitory neuron transcriptomic changes could account for most of the observed correlation with task-evoked MCN differences.
基金supported by National Science and Technology Major Project of China(2017-VII-0012-0107)National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51405506)Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China(No.2019JQ-309)。
文摘It is imperative to develop multifunctional erosion and corrosion resistant coatings for compressor blades of aircraft engines in harsh environment.PVD(Physical Vapor Deposition)technology has the advances in processing erosion-resistant coatings;however,the performance of PVD coatings to combat corrosion depends on various coating defects.Determining and comparing the corrosion performances of PVD TiN/Ti coating and uncoated TC4 alloy was the main objective of present work.The 960 h salt spray corrosion and 116 h hot corrosion tests were conducted to simulate the grounding and working environments of the aircraft compressors.The corrosion mechanisms due to the coating defects such as pinhole,columnar boundary and large grain were analyzed based on the OM,Confocal microscope,electrochemical measurements,SEM,XRD and EDS results.Owing to the disordered state associated with the columnar boundary and the coating defect,nitrogen could be easily replaced by oxygen in the hot corrosion process,these structures were channels for fast diffusion of oxygen.Moreover,the Gibbs energy changes of Ti oxidation and TiN oxidation were thermodynamically calculated according to the working condition of aircraft compressors,and considerable research effort was focused on mapping out the phase diagram of Ti,TiN and high pressure gases.The findings of this research can provide insights into developing multifunctional coatings for future aircraft engines.
基金supported by the Major State Basic Research Development Program of China (2015CB554007)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81572866, 81773263 81773104, 31701202)+5 种基金the International Science and Technology Corporation Program of Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (2014DFA32920)the Science and Technology Program of Chinese Ministry of Education (113044A)the Frontier Exploration Program of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2015TS153)the Natural Science Foundation Program of Hubei Province (2015CFA049)the Research Fund of Public Welfare in Health Industry (201402015)the Research Fund of Public Welfare in Health Industry (201402015) from the Health and Family Plan Committee of China
文摘TRIM28 (Tripartite motif-containing protein 28), a member of TRIM family, is aberrantly expressed and reportedly has different functions in many types of human cancer. However, the biological roles of TRIM28 and related mechanism in colorectal cancer (CRC) remain unclear. Here, we showed that TRIM28 was downregulated in colorectal cancer compared with normal mucosa, especially at advanced stages, and acted as an independent prognostic factor of favorable outcome. Functional studies demonstrated that TRIM28 restrained CRC migration and invasion in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistically, we reported that CARM1 (co-activator-associated arginine methyltransferase1) was a critical player downstream of TRIM28. TRIM28 interacted with CARM1, and protected CARM1 from proteasome-mediated degradation through physical protein-protein interaction to suppress CRC metastasis. Further, TRIM28 suppressed the migration and invasion of CRC cells through inhibiting WNT/β-catenin signaling in a CARM1-dependent manner, but independent of CARM1′s methyltransferase activity. The protein expression of CARM1 was positively correlated with TRIM28 in CRC tissues. Patients with high levels of TRIM28 and CARM1 had improved prognosis, whereas patients with low TRIM28 and CARM1 expression had the poor outcomes. Thus, our study reveals an inhibitory role of TRIM28 in CRC metastasis, which was achieved through a TRIM28-CARM1-WNT/β-catenin axis. This work provides potential prognostic and therapeutic targets for CRC treatment.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21475090 and 21522505)
文摘Fingerprints are unique and life-long to everyone, so they occupy very important statuses in forensic science. However, due to the limit of current imaging technologies and instruments, recognition and matching of fingerprints are mostly based on their level 2 structures(bifurcation, crossover, and etc.).Moreover, in real-world cases, fingerprints collected in the field are often incomplete or damaged, which adds further difficulty in fingerprint analysis. Quantum dots(QDs) are superior fluorescent imaging agents for latent fingerprints, which can provide both level 2 and level 3(sweat pores) details. Here, we used red-emitting N-acetylcysteine-capped Cd Te QDs as imaging agent for staining of eccrine LFPs. The numbers of level 2 and level 3 features that can be mapped are significantly larger than those obtained by cyanoacrylate fuming, a standard technique being adopted at forensic scene. Therefore, the level 2 and level 3 characteristics from QD-staining were simultaneously extracted for improved fingerprint analysis.A preliminary fingerprint matching based modified Pore Matching algorithm was thus developed based on the integration of both level 2 and level 3 characteristics. Satisfactory results of fingerprint matching were obtained, demonstrating the advantage of the QD-staining for advanced fingerprint analysis.
