Distribution of bacteriologically positive and bacteriologically negative pulmonary tuberculosis in Northwest China: spatiotemporal analysis by Hualin Jiang, Xiaolu Sun, Zhongqiu Hua, Haini Liu, Yi Cao, Dan Ren, Xin Qi, Tianhua Zhang, Shaoru Zhang

“…The primary spatiotemporal cluster for notified BP-PTB (LLR = 612.52, RR = 1.77, P < 0.001) occurred in the central region of the Guanzhong Plain in 2011. In total, 116,447 BN-PTB cases were notified, with an average annual incidence rate of 38.38 per 100,000 persons between 2011 and 2018. …”
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Historical trajectories of antibiotics resistance genes assessed through sedimentary DNA analysis of a subtropical eutrophic lake by Dongna Yan, Yongming Han, Meifang Zhong, Hanfeng Wen, Zhisheng An, Eric Capo

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Epidemiological characteristics and influencing factors of 245 COVID⁃19 cases in Shaanxi Province in 2020 by LI Zecheng, ZHU Jixu, ZHANG Lin, WANG Jiuping, CHEN Zhangqian

“…Local cases and close contacts were cleared to zero on March 27th.ConclusionThe COVID-19 epidemic in Shaanxi Province is mainly concentrated in Guanzhong area and southern Shaanxi， with a widespread pattern in all cities. …”
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Two single nucleotide polymorphisms in the caprine GnIH gene are associated with litter size by Xiaopeng An, Lijuan Bao, Jinxing Hou, Yueyu Bai, Xinyan Zhao, Yuxuan Song, Binyun Cao

“…KR778885 and KR819142) were detected in the GnIH genes of Xinong Saanen and Guanzhong dairy goat breeds using DNA sequencing and polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP). …”
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Identification of factors controlling heavy metals/metalloid distribution in agricultural soils using multi-source data by Wenbo Deng, Fengxian Wang, Wenjuan Liu

“…For this objective, 227 agricultural soils were sampled in the Guanzhong Plain, China, to measure the concentration of five heavy metals (Pb, Cd, Ni, Zn, and Cu) and one metalloid (As) by X-ray fluorescence spectrometer, meanwhile, 24 possible influencing factors to agricultural soil heavy metals/metalloid distribution were collected and grouped into three categories. …”
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Dynamics of NDVI and its influencing factors in the Chinese Loess Plateau during 2002–2018 by Peng He, Lishuai Xu, Zhengchun Liu, Yaodong Jing, Wenbo Zhu

“…The effect of temperature on NDVI was not significant; significant negative correlations between NDVI and temperature were found only in the desert, the Guanzhong Plain, the southern Liupan Mountains, and the southeastern Taihang Mountains, owing to high temperatures, urban heat islands, and large cloud cover in mountainous areas. …”
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Research of Carbon Emissions (CE) in Inter-City Passenger Transportation of Urban Agglomerations (IPTUA) in Different Periods by Xiaoke Sun, Hong Chen

“…Using a measurement framework combined with Baidu migration data, the CE from inter-city passenger transportation (IPT) between five main cities in the Guanzhong Urban Agglomeration (GUA): Xi&#x2019;an (XA), Tongchuan (TC), Baoji (BJ), Xianyang (XY), and Weinan (WN), are calculated for the year 2021. …”
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Effects of Sunshine Hours and Daily Maximum Temperature Declines and Cultivar Replacements on Maize Growth and Yields by Libing Song, Jiming Jin

“…For this study, seven crop field stations in the ShaanXi province, in the Guanzhong Plain, were selected, all of which showed a downward trend in SSH and T_max over the period of 1994–2012. …”
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Estimation of Winter Wheat Plant Nitrogen Concentration from UAV Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Combined with Machine Learning Methods by Xiaokai Chen, Fenling Li, Botai Shi, Qingrui Chang

“…The main purpose of this study was to use three different prediction methods to evaluate winter wheat plant nitrogen concentration (PNC) at booting, heading, flowering, filling, and the whole growth stage in the Guanzhong area from unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) hyperspectral imagery. …”
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Sensitivity Assessment of Land Desertification in China Based on Multi-Source Remote Sensing by Yu Ren, Xiangjun Liu, Bo Zhang, Xidong Chen

“…Moreover, the desertification sensitivity caused by drought resistance, erosion protection, and land use was higher in the North China Plain region and Guanzhong Basin. The results of the quantitative analysis of the driving forces of desertification based on mathematical statistical methods in this study provide a reference for a comprehensive strategy to combat desertification in China and offer new ideas for the assessment of desertification sensitivity at macroscopic scales.…”
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Wheat straw mulching with fertilizer nitrogen: An approach for improving soil water storage and maize crop productivity by Kashif AKHTAR, Weiyu WANG, Ahmad KHAN, Guangxin REN, Muhammad Zahir AFRIDI, Yongzhong FENG, Gaihe YANG

“…In conclusion, compared to N, HS + N or FS + N increased the biomass (11 and 19%) and water use efficiency (4 and 5%), respectively, and are considered beneficial in Guanzhong, China. Mulching levels were superior to N and compensated the wheat nitrogen requirements. …”
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Assessing the development level of logistics for sustainable cities in urban agglomeration based on a multi-layer complex network by Ma, Fei, Yang, Zhijie, Zhao, Shumei, Yuen, Kum Fai, He, Haonan, Sun, Qipeng, Lai, Polin, Shang, Zhen

“…This study analyzed the logistics development of 11 cities in the Guanzhong Plain urban agglomeration (GPUA) of China. …”
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PM2.5-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from the atmosphere of Xi'an, China: Seasonal variation, sources, and health risk assessments by Jieting Zhou, Ziwei Guo, Jiaxin Liu, Min Gao, Xiaoxia Sun, Yun Sheng, Yue Zhang, Yizhen Lv, Zhenwen Zhang, Jing Han

“…Ambient air samples of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) were collected in a main urban area of Xi'an, Guanzhong Plain, whose contents including organic carbon (OC), elemental carbon (EC) and eight carbon components were measured by thermo-optical analysis. …”
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Effects of perinatal stress on the metabolites and lipids in plasma of dairy goats by Yan Huang, Yezi Kong, Bowen Li, Chenxu Zhao, Juan J. Loor, Panpan Tan, Yang Yuan, Fangyuan Zeng, Xiaoyan Zhu, Simeng Qi, Baoyu Zhao, Jianguo Wang

“…A subset of 9 clinically-healthy dairy goats were used from a cohort of 96 primiparous Guanzhong dairy goats (BCS, 2.75 ± 0.15). Blood samples were collected at seven time points around parturition (d 21, 14, 7 before parturition, the day of kidding, and d 7, 14, 21 postpartum), were analyzed using untargeted metabolomics and targeted lipidomics. …”
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Spatiotemporal Variations of Aerosol Optical Depth and the Spatial Heterogeneity Relationship of Potential Factors Based on the Multi-Scale Geographically Weighted Regression Model... by Jiaxin Yuan, Xuhong Wang, Zihao Feng, Ying Zhang, Mengqianxi Yu

“…Among them, the Central Plains, Middle Yangtze River, Guanzhong Plain, and Yangtze River Delta urban agglomerations all exhibited a decline greater than 20%. …”
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Asynchronous Transformation of Cropping Patterns from 5800–2200 cal BP on the Southern Loess Plateau, China by Liu Yang, Yishi Yang, Shanjia Zhang, Haiming Li, Huihui Cao, Yifu Cui, Fengwen Liu, Minmin Ma

“…Regional geographic, environmental, and climatic factors produced mixed millet-rice agricultural systems in the Guanzhong Plain (GZP) and western Henan Province (WHN) and foxtail and broomcorn millet dry-farming systems in the Upper Weihe River (UWR) from 5800–4500 cal BP. …”
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Dynamic Analysis of Regional Wheat Stripe Rust Environmental Suitability in China by Linsheng Huang, Xinyu Chen, Yingying Dong, Wenjiang Huang, Huiqin Ma, Hansu Zhang, Yunlei Xu, Jing Wang

“…In spring, the suitable areas of stripe rust increased in Huang-Huai-Hai and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and Guanzhong Plain, and the development of northwestern wheat areas such as Xinjiang and Gansu slightly lagged behind. …”
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Characterization and profiling of the microRNA in small extracellular vesicles isolated from goat milk samples collected during the first week postpartum by T. Ma, Z. Meng, M.H. Ghaffari, J. Lv, H. Xin, Q. Zhao

“…In this study, we characterized and compared the profiles of miRNA in the small extracellular vesicles (sEV) isolated from colostrum (CM, collected immediately after parturition, n = 8) and transition milk (TM, collected 7 d postpartum, n = 8) from eight 1-yr-old Guanzhong dairy goats with a milk yield of approximately 500 kg/year. …”
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Temporal and Spatial Variation of Rainfall Erosivity in Middle Reaches of Yellow River Based on Different Models by Yue Zhang, Yan Zhang, Feihang Shi, Min Li, Guoyi Cui, Zhengze Liu

“…In the Qinling Mountains and the Guanzhong Plain in the southeast, the erosivity of rainfall decreased rapidly with increasing altitude. …”
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Elemental data for Gonghai Lake sediments show significant effects of human activities on weathering processes after 1550 CE by Hong Jiang, Hong Jiang, Hong Jiang, Yongming Han, Yongming Han, Yongming Han, Yongming Han, Yalan Tang, Yalan Tang, Yalan Tang, Huimin Fan, Bo Liu, Richard Arimoto

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