A landslide susceptibility map, which describes the quantitative relationship between known landslides and control factors, is essential to link the theoretical prediction with practical disaster reduction measures. In this work, the artificial neural network (ANN) model, a promising tool for mapping landslide susceptibility, was adopted to evaluate the coseismic landslide susceptibility affected by the 2013 Minxian, Gansu, China, Mw5.9 earthquake. The evaluation was based on the landslide inventory of this event containing 6479 landslides, and the terrain, geological and seismic factors from database available. During the analyses, two ANN models were applied: considering the entire factors aforementioned (CS model) and excluding seismic factors above (ES model). The success and predictive rates of ANN models and the cumulative percentage curves of susceptibility maps obtained from the models all indicate that the CS model has a relatively better performance than the ES model. However, the comparison of overlapping susceptibility areas suggests that 52.8% of the very high susceptibility areas derived from the CS model coincide with the ES model; and for the very low susceptibility areas, this proportion is 73.55%. Thus, it can be concluded that the assessment based on existing earthquake-induced landslides and the ES model could provide better background information for seismic landslide susceptibility mapping and disaster prevention.
To
aid the development of novel antibacterial agents that possess
a innovative mechanism of action, we built a series of novel dithiocarbamate-containing
4H-chromen-4-one derivatives. We evaluated the activities
of the derivatives against three plant pathogens Xanthomonas
oryzae pv oryzae (X. oryzae pv o.), Ralstonia solanacearum (R. solanacearum), and Xanthomonas axonopodis pv citri (X. axonopodis pv c.). The results of the antibacterial bioassay showed that
most of the target compounds displayed good inhibitory effects against X. oryzae pv o. and X. axonopodis pv c. Remarkably, compound E6 showed
the best in vitro antibacterial activity against X. axonopodis pv c., with an EC50 value of 0.11 μg/mL, which was better than those of thiodiazole
copper (59.97 μg/mL) and bismerthiazol (48.93 μg/mL).
Compound E14 exhibited the best in vitro antibacterial activity against X. oryzae pv o., with an EC50 value of 1.58 μg/mL, which
was better than those of thiodiazole copper (83.04 μg/mL) and
bismerthiazol (56.05 μg/mL). Scanning electron microscopy analysis
demonstrated that compounds E6 and E14 caused
the rupture or deformation of the cell membranes for X. axonopodis pv c. and X. oryzae pv o., respectively. In vivo antibacterial
activity test and the defensive enzymes activity test results indicated
that the compound E14 could reduce X. oryzae pv o. more effectively than thiodiazole-copper
or bismerthiazol.
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