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Objectives: Newly detected hepatic nodules during follow-up of cancer survivors receiving chemotherapy may pose a diagnostic dilemma. We investigated a series of hepatic focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) diagnosed by either typical MRI features and follow-up or pathology in cancer survivors. Methods: This retrospective study evaluated 38 patients with tumours who developed new hepatic FNH after cyclophosphamide-based (n = 19) and oxaliplatin-based (n = 19) chemotherapies. The main tumour types were breast cancer (n = 18) and colorectal cancer (n = 17). MRI findings, clinical features, and temporal evolution of all target hepatic lesions (n = 63) were reported. In addition, the two chemotherapy drug groups were compared. Results: The median interval between chemotherapy completion and FNH detection was 30.4 months (12.9, 49.4). Six patients underwent biopsy or surgery, while the remaining patients were diagnosed based on typical MRI features and long-term follow-up. Among the patients, 60.5% (23/38) presented with multiple nodules and 63 target lesions were detected. The median size of target lesions was 11.5 mm (8.4, 15.1). The median follow-up time was 32.5 months (21.2, 48.6), and 15 patients experienced changes in their lesions during the follow-up period (11 increased and 4 decreased). The cyclophosphamide-based treatment group had a younger population, a greater proportion of females, and a shorter time to discovery than the oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy group (all p ≤ 0.016). Conclusions: FNH may occur in cancer survivors after cyclophosphamide- or oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy. Considering a patient's treatment history and typical MRI findings can help avoid misdiagnosis and unnecessary invasive treatment. Clinical relevance statement: When cancer survivors develop new hepatic nodules during follow-up, clinicians should think of the possibility of focal nodular hyperplasia in addition to liver metastasis, especially if the cancer survivors were previously treated with cyclophosphamide or oxaliplatin. Key Points: Cancer survivors, after chemotherapy, can develop hepatic focal nodular hyperplasia. Cyclophosphamide and oxaliplatin are two chemotherapeutic agents that predispose to focal nodular hyperplasia development. Focal nodular hyperplasia occurs at shorter intervals in patients treated with cyclophosphamide. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Structural variations (SVs) are a feature of plant genomes that has been largely unexplored despite their significant impact on plant phenotypic traits and local adaptation to abiotic and biotic stress. In this study, we employed woolly grape (Vitis retordii), a species native to the tropical and subtropical regions of East Asia with both coastal and inland habitats, as a valuable model for examining the impact of SVs on local adaptation. We assembled a haplotype‐resolved chromosomal reference genome for woolly grape, and conducted population genetic analyses based on whole‐genome sequencing (WGS) data from coastal and inland populations. The demographic analyses revealed recent bottlenecks in all populations and asymmetric gene flow from the inland to the coastal population. In total, 1,035 genes associated with plant adaptive regulation for salt stress, radiation, and environmental adaptation were detected underlying local selection by SVs and SNPs in the coastal population, of which 37.29% and 65.26% were detected by SVs and SNPs, respectively. Candidate genes such as FSD2, RGA1, and AAP8 associated with salt tolerance were found to be highly differentiated and selected during the process of local adaptation to coastal habitats in SV regions. Our study highlights the importance of SVs in local adaptation; candidate genes related to salt stress and climatic adaptation to tropical and subtropical environments are important genomic resources for future breeding programs of grapevine and its rootstocks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In order to realize the high value utilization of solid and liquid wastes, extraction of vanadium from vanadium tailings with titanium dioxide waste acid was studied. The effects of leaching temperature, leaching time, solid mass to liquid volume ratio, waste acid concentration and other technological parameters on vanadium leaching rate were investigated by orthogonal experiments, and the optimal leaching conditions were determined. In order to further improve the vanadium leaching rate, the appropriate amount of leaching aid(fluorite) and oxidant(hydrogen peroxide) was discussed. The results show that the order of influence of the process parameters on vanadium leaching rate is leaching temperature>leaching time>solid mass to liquid volume ratio> titanium dioxide waste acid concentration. Under the optimum conditions of temperature of 80 °C, leaching time of 2 h, solid mass to liquid volume ratio of 1 : 5 and waste acid concentration of 5%, the vanadium leaching rate is about 53%. After adding 7% fluorite and 5% hydrogen peroxide, the vanadium leaching rate can be increased to 71. 09%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Bending deflection is the main form of welding deformation,which is liable to occur in the Y-joint. Therefore,this paper investigated the strain distribution of Y-joint under the tensile test with digital image correlation（ DIC）. The study results showed that the strain distribution on the groove angle bisector is in approximate linear. On the inner side of groove angle bisector,the compressive strain is the largest,and on the outside of groove angle bisector the largest strain is tensile strain. The strain concentration is occurred in the groove area,however,the strain distribution curves are different with the areas. In order to reduce the strain concentration,the welding specimen was treated by annealing and the results showed that the strain distribution is more uniform compared with no annealing processing.