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Adapting Human Mesh Recovery with Vision-Language Feedback Open

Chongyang Xu, Buzhen Huang, Chengfang Zhang, Ziliang Feng, Yangang Wang · 2025

Human mesh recovery can be approached using either regression-based or optimization-based methods. Regression models achieve high pose accuracy but struggle with model-to-image alignment due to the lack of explicit 2D-3D correspondences. I…

Cascaded optical parameter oscillator within lithium tantalate microdisk based on two periodically poled structures Open

Kun Zhang, Yifan Chen, Chongyang Xu, Hongquan Yao, Jian Ning , et al. · 2025

Suitable Tree Species for Afforestation in Semiarid China: Evidence from Tree Stem Growth Monitoring Open

Mei Wu, Di Tian, Liang Shi, Chongyang Xu, Yanying Mo , et al. · 2024

Each tree species occupies its own ecological niche along biogeographic gradients. Selecting suitable tree species with the principle of matching specific habitats is therefore of vital importance for ensuring the success and efficiency of…

Comprehensive nursing care improves symptoms and quality of life in elderly patients with postherpetic neuralgia Open

Suming Chen, Donghua Wang, Zhen Chen, Juan Li, Caiyun Zhang , et al. · 2024

This study evaluates the clinical impact of comprehensive nursing care on senior patients suffering from postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), a chronic neuropathic pain condition resulting from the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus. A to…

Mitigation of pyroelectric-induced photorefractive effects in MgO:LN and MgO:PPLN using a 405 nm laser Open

Chongyang Xu, Yunze He, Kun Zhang, Yifan Chen, Hongquan Yao , et al. · 2024

This paper introduces what we believe to be the novel use of a 405 nm laser to mitigate pyroelectric-induced photorefractive effects in MgO-doped lithium niobate (MgO:LN) and MgO-doped periodically poled LN (MgO:PPLN). The pyroelectric eff…

Permafrost degradation reverses warming-induced earlier vegetation green-up Open

Hongyan Liu, Boyi Liang, Jian Wang, Chris Huntingford, Elizabeth L. Cressey , et al. · 2024

Global warming generally advances vegetation spring phenology, yet plants in permafrost regions exhibit contrasting trends, including some starting to have later greening. The role of permafrost degradation in this divergence remains uncer…

Nonlinear optical absorption of TiTe<sub>2</sub> nanosheets and its application for pulse laser generation Open

Chongyang Xu, Kun Zhang, Yifan Chen, Xinjie Lv, Jian Ning , et al. · 2024

Two-dimensional TiTe 2 materials have excellent optical and electrical properties due to their unique semi-metallic properties and are widely used in detectors, photocatalysis, and field effect tubes. However, their potential in field of n…

Slowdown of the rise in the optimum temperature of photosynthetic productivity under future global warming Open

Chongyang Xu, Hongyan Liu, Dan Yakir, Boyi Liang, Xinrong Zhu , et al. · 2024

The optimum air temperature for photosynthetic ecosystem productivity (Topt) determines the annual maximum of terrestrial carbon uptake. Previous studies have quantified Topt and explored its acclimation in response to climatic warming. Ho…

A Water Quality Prediction Method Based on Deep LSTM Network Open

Nian Jiang, Zechen Hu, Yifeng Huang, Lulu Li, Chongyang Xu · 2024

Water quality parameters are key factors affecting marine ranching. The water quality parameters are not consistent, which are usually complex and variable. The traditional water quality prediction methods have problems such as low long-te…

Stable Q-switched and femtosecond mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser based on a CuSe nanosheets saturable absorber Open

Chongyang Xu, Yunze He, Yifan Chen, Kun Zhang, Xinjie Lv , et al. · 2024

Stable Q-switched and femtosecond mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) have been achieved using CuSe nanosheets as novel saturable absorber (SA), where the CuSe nanosheets were prepared by a hydrothermal method. The nonlinear optica…

Enhanced Drought Exposure Increasingly Threatens More Forests Than Observed Open

Chongyang Xu, Hongyan Liu, Philippe Ciais, Henrik Hartmann, J. Julio Camarero , et al. · 2024

Forest protection and afforestation have been identified as a means to partially offset anthropogenic CO 2 emissions. Yet, increasingly frequent observations of drought‐induced tree mortality are reported. Here, we applied a risk analysis …

Short lifespan and ‘prime period’ of carbon sequestration call for multi-ages in dryland tree plantations Open

Chongyang Xu, Xiuchen Wu, Yuhong Tian, Liang Shi, Qi Yang , et al. · 2024

Enhancing forest cover is important for effective climate change mitigation. Studies suggest that drylands are promising areas for expanding forests, but conflicts arise with increased forest area and water consumption. Recent tree mortali…

Global distribution and climatic controls of natural mountain treelines Open

Xinyue He, Xin Jiang, Dominick V. Spracklen, Joseph Holden, Eryuan Liang , et al. · 2023

This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: [Global distribution and climatic controls of natural mountain treelines. Global Change Biology (2023)], which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.1688…

Global distribution and climatic controls of natural mountain treelines Open

Xinyue He, Xin Jiang, Dominick V. Spracklen, Joseph Holden, Eryuan Liang , et al. · 2023

Mountain treelines are thought to be sensitive to climate change. However, how climate impacts mountain treelines is not yet fully understood as treelines may also be affected by other human activities. Here, we focus on “closed‐loop” moun…

Uncertainty of Partial Dependence Relationship between Climate and Vegetation Growth Calculated by Machine Learning Models Open

Boyi Liang, Hongyan Liu, Elizabeth L. Cressey, Chongyang Xu, Liang Shi , et al. · 2023

As more machine learning and deep learning models are applied in studying the quantitative relationship between the climate and terrestrial vegetation growth, the uncertainty of these advanced models requires clarification. Partial depende…

Dry Climate Filters Gymnosperms but Not Angiosperms through Seed Mass Open

Qi Yang, Hongyan Liu, Chongyang Xu, Jingyu Dai, Biao Han · 2023

In the context of climate change in recent years, the fate of woody plant seed has an important impact on forest regeneration. Seed mass is an important reproductive strategy of plants. There are huge differences between gymnosperms (mainl…

Featured Front Cover Open

Siwen Feng, Hongyan Liu, Shushi Peng, Jingyu Dai, Chongyang Xu , et al. · 2023

The cover image is based on the Research Article Will drought exacerbate the decline in the sustainability of plantation forests relative to natural forests? by Siwen Feng et al., https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.4516.

High-Performance Passively Q-Switched Fiber Laser Based on Cufeo2/Sio2 as Saturable Absorber Open

Yang Liu, Chongyang Xu, Yingtian Xu, Li Li, Yuanyuan Jing , et al. · 2023

<strong>Enhanced drought exposure increasingly threatens more forests than observed</strong> Open

Chongyang Xu · 2023

Here we uploaded the results developed in the manuscript: "Enhanced drought exposure increasingly threatens more forests than observed". The results contained the drought exposure of pulse and press droughts, and the estimates of drought-i…

Soil coarsening alleviates precipitation constraint on vegetation growth in global drylands Open

Xinrong Zhu, Hongyan Liu, Chongyang Xu, Lu Wu, Liang Shi , et al. · 2022

Drought is an important and complicated topic, and the specific variables that are considered to represent climate drought stress and plant water stress often generate highly contradictory conclusions. As the junction of the atmosphere and…

Timing and Order of Extreme Drought and Wetness Determine Bioclimatic Sensitivity of Tree Growth Open

Xiuchen Wu, Hongyan Liu, Henrik Hartmann, Philippe Ciais, John S. Kimball , et al. · 2022

Tree resistance to extreme droughts and post‐drought recovery are sensitive to the drought timing. However, how the bioclimatic sensitivity of tree growth may vary with the timing and order of extreme droughts and wetness is still poorly u…

Deep learning projects future warming-induced vegetation growth changes under SSP scenarios Open

Zhiting Chen, Hongyan Liu, Chongyang Xu, Xiuchen Wu, Boyi Liang , et al. · 2022

Modeling vegetation greenness and its climate sensitivity with deep‐learning technology Open

Zhiting Chen, Hongyan Liu, Chongyang Xu, Xiuchen Wu, Boyi Liang , et al. · 2021

Climate sensitivity of vegetation has long been explored using statistical or process‐based models. However, great uncertainties still remain due to the methodologies’ deficiency in capturing the complex interactions between climate and ve…

Remotely sensed birch forest resilience against climate change in the northern China forest-steppe ecotone Open

Feng Liu, Hongyan Liu, Chongyang Xu, Xinrong Zhu, Wenqi He , et al. · 2021

Compensation effect of winter snow on larch growth in Northeast China Open

Yuanqiao Li, Xiuchen Wu, Yongmei Huang, Xiaoyan Li, Fangzhong Shi , et al. · 2021

Winter snow plays a crucial role in regulating tree growth during the subsequent growing season in regions suffering seasonal or even annual drought stress, but the mechanisms of the potential compensation effect of winter snow on subseque…

Divergent Hydraulic Strategies Explain the Interspecific Associations of Co-Occurring Trees in Forest–Steppe Ecotone Open

Jingyu Dai, Hongyan Liu, Chongyang Xu, Qi Yang, Xinrong Zhu , et al. · 2020

Research Highlights: Answering how tree hydraulic strategies explain the interspecific associations of co-occurring trees in forest–steppe ecotone is an approach to link plant physiology to forest dynamics, and is helpful to predict forest…

Drought-modulated allometric patterns of trees in semi-arid forests Open

Jingyu Dai, Hongyan Liu, Yongcai Wang, Qinghua Guo, Tianyu Hu , et al. · 2020

Tree allometry in semi-arid forests is characterized by short height but large canopy. This pattern may be important for maintaining water-use efficiency and carbon sequestration simultaneously, but still lacks quantification. Here we use …

Rapid regeneration offsets losses from warming-induced tree mortality in an aspen-dominated broad-leaved forest in northern China Open

Pengwu Zhao, Chongyang Xu, Mei Zhou, Bo Zhang, Ge Peng , et al. · 2018

Worldwide tree mortality as induced by climate change presents a challenge to forest managers. To successfully manage vulnerable forests requires the capacity of regeneration to compensate for losses from tree mortality. We observed rapid …

Addendum: Multi-scale predictions of massive conifer mortality due to chronic temperature rise Open

Nate G. McDowell, Park Williams, Chongyang Xu, William T. Pockman, L. Turin Dickman , et al. · 2016

The Political Economy of Inward FDI: Opposition to Chinese Mergers and Acquisitions Open

Dustin Tingley, Chongyang Xu, Adam Chilton, Helen V. Milner · 2015

A great deal of political economy scholarship has focused on how countries can attract foreign direct investment (FDI), and the effects of FDI on growth and political stability. A related topic that has received almost no attention, howeve…

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