A robust error correction method for numerical weather prediction wind speed based on Bayesian optimization, variational mode decomposition, principal component analysis, and rando... by S. Zhou, C. Y. Gao, C. Y. Gao, Z. Duan, X. Xi, Y. Li

“…Furthermore, we compare the aforementioned five optimal artificial intelligence models suitable for five provinces in southern China in the wintertime: VMD-PCA-RF in December 2021 and VMD-PCA-lightGBM in January 2022. …”
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Collection of native Theobroma cacao L. accessions from the Ecuadorian Amazon highlights a hotspot of cocoa diversity by Olivier Fouet, Rey Gaston Loor Solorzano, Bénédicte Rhoné, Cristian Subía, Darío Calderón, Fabián Fernández, Ignacio Sotomayor, Ronan Rivallan, Kelly Colonges, Hélène Vignes, Freddy Angamarca, Byron Yaguana, Pierre Costet, Xavier Argout, Claire Lanaud

“…Four collection expeditions were organized in the Ecuadorian Amazon provinces of Zamora‐Chinchipe, Morona‐Santiago, and Pastaza in close collaboration with local communities. …”
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Urbanization and seasonality strengthens the CO2 capacity of the Red River Delta, Vietnam by Jorge Salgado, Trinh Anh Duc`, Do Thu Nga, Virginia N Panizzo, Adrian M Bass, Ying Zheng, Sarah Taylor, Lucy R Roberts, Jack H Lacey, Melanie J Leng, Suzanne McGowan

“…By further categorizing the river data into Hanoi City vs. other less urban-populated provinces, we found significantly higher nutrients, organic matter content, and riverine cyanobacteria during the dry season in the Day River across Hanoi City. …”
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Large-scale production: A possible way to the balance between feed grain security and meat security in China by Shuhui Yang, Xuefeng Cui

“…Finally, based on factors such as soybean sowing area, regions with high pig slaughter and scale farms, farm size and the pig regional development planning, we propose the integration of soybean-pig in large-scale production in selected possible provinces, which has the potential to improve the production efficiency of soybean and pig, to strike a balance between feed grain security and meat security. …”
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Integration of Selective Dimensionality Reduction Techniques for Mineral Exploration Using ASTER Satellite Data by Hodjat Shirmard, Ehsan Farahbakhsh, Amin Beiranvand Pour, Aidy M Muslim, R. Dietmar Müller, Rohitash Chandra

“…This study demonstrated that the integration of remote sensing-based alteration thematic layers derived from the transformation techniques is a reliable and low-cost approach for mineral prospectivity mapping in metallogenic provinces, at the reconnaissance stage of mineral exploration.…”
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Regional catastrophic health expenditure and health inequality in China by Xinyue Wang, Yan Guo, Yang Qin, Stephen Nicholas, Stephen Nicholas, Stephen Nicholas, Stephen Nicholas, Elizabeth Maitland, Cai Liu

“…Our study is the first regional comparative study to analyze CHE trends and health inequality in eastern, central and western China, exploring the differences and disparities across regions to make targeted health policy recommendations.MethodsUsing data from China's Household Panel Study (CFPS), we selected Shanghai, Henan and Gansu as representative eastern-central-western regional provinces to construct a unique 5-year CHE unbalanced panel dataset. …”
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Socioeconomic inequality in violent behaviors, life dissatisfaction, and self-rated health in pediatric population: the CASPIAN-V study by Mostafa Qorbani, Mostafa Amini Rarani, Amir Kasaeian, Shirin Djalalinia, Kourosh Nouri, Hadith Rastad, Ehsan Shahrestanaki, Mohammad Esmaeil Motlagh, Ramin Heshmat, Roya Kelishadi

“…A total of 14,400 students 7-18 years and their parents living in 30 provinces in Iran were studied. A validated questionnaire of the World Health Organization on Global School-based Health Survey (WHO-GSHS) was used to measure the outcomes and socioeconomic variables. …”
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Phlebotomine Sand Flies in Southern Thailand: Entomological Survey, Identification of Blood Meals and Molecular Detection of <i>Trypanosoma</i> spp. by Jirayu Buatong, Vit Dvorak, Arunrat Thepparat, Kanaphot Thongkhao, Surachart Koyadun, Padet Siriyasatien, Theerakamol Pengsakul

“…An entomological survey at rural and cavernicolous localities in four provinces in southern Thailand provided 155 blood-fed females of sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) that were identified based on morphological characters as <i>Idiophlebotomus asperulus</i> (<i>n</i> = 19), <i>Phlebotomus stantoni</i> (<i>n</i> = 4), <i>P. argentipes</i> (<i>n</i> = 3), <i>Sergentomyia anodontis</i> (<i>n</i> = 20), <i>S. barraudi</i> (<i>n</i> = 9), <i>S. hamidi</i> (<i>n</i> = 23), <i>S. hodgsoni</i> (<i>n</i> = 4), <i>S. hodgsoni hodgsoni</i> (<i>n</i> = 32), <i>S. indica</i> (<i>n</i> = 5), <i>S. iyengari</i> (<i>n</i> = 2), <i>S. khawi</i> (<i>n</i> = 17), <i>S. silvatica</i> (<i>n</i> = 11) and <i>Sergentomyia</i> sp. …”
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Research on the Precision Evaluation Standard for Determination of Zn in Soils by LI Yu, TIAN Zhi-ren, JIANG Yue, XIA Xin

“…METHODS 871 actual soil samples with different concentration gradients, types (34 kinds) and geographical representation from 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) were selected and distributed blind to 76 different laboratories. …”
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The effect of COVID-19 on women’s experiences of pregnancy, birth and postpartum in Indonesia: a rapid online survey by Linda McGowan, Andari Astuti, Firdaus Hafidz, Cesa Pratiwi, Vinami Yulian, Elizabeth Hughes, Arum Pratiwi, Emi Nurjasmi Indomo, Yu Fu

“…Methods We conducted a rapid cross-sectional online survey of women across all 34 provinces in Indonesia to capture participants’ experiences. …”
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Histopathological and risk factor analyses of oral potentially malignant disorders and oral cancer in a proactive screening in northeastern Thailand by Boworn Klongnoi, Vanvisa Sresumatchai, Harin Clypuing, Angkana Wisutthajaree, Jintana Pankam, Natchalee Srimaneekarn, Binit Shrestha, Siribang-on Piboonniyom Khovidhunkit

“…Recently, a screening program for oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMDs) and oral cancer was conducted in the northeastern Thailand which took into consideration a total of 371,911 people who resided in the provinces of Buriram, Chaiyaphum, Nakhon Ratchasima, and Surin. …”
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Prevalence of <i>Salmonella</i> spp. and <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> in Chicken Meat and Pork from Cambodian Markets by Chea Rortana, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Sothyra Tum, Fred Unger, Sofia Boqvist, Sinh Dang-Xuan, Sok Koam, Delia Grace, Kristina Osbjer, Theng Heng, Seng Sarim, Or Phirum, Roeurn Sophia, Johanna F. Lindahl

“…Sampling was done in 52 traditional markets and 6 supermarkets in 25 provinces of Cambodia between October 2018 and August 2019. …”
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Length of Stay, Hospital Costs and Mortality Associated With Comorbidity According to the Charlson Comorbidity Index in Immobile Patients After Ischemic Stroke in China: A National... by Hongpeng Liu, Baoyun Song, Jingfen Jin, Yilan Liu, Xianxiu Wen, Shouzhen Cheng, Stephen Nicholas, Elizabeth Maitland, Xinjuan Wu, Dawei Zhu

“…Methods  Between November 2015 and July 2017, 5114 patients hospitalized for IS in 25 general hospitals from six provinces in eastern, western, and central China were evaluated. …”
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Older adults’ experiences and perceived impacts of the Aging, Community and Health Research Unit-Community Partnership Program (ACHRU-CPP) for diabetes self-management in Canada: a... by France Légare, Ruta Valaitis, Jenny Ploeg, Maureen Markle-Reid, Tracey Chambers, Marie-Lee Yous, Melissa Northwood, William Montelpare, Ron Beleno, Rebecca Ganann, Kathryn Fisher, Gary Gaudet, Luisa Giacometti, Deborah Levely, Craig Lindsay, Allan Morrison, Frank Tang

“…It includes home and phone visits, care coordination, system navigation support, caregiver support and group wellness sessions delivered by a nurse, dietitian or nutritionist, and community programme coordinator.Design Qualitative descriptive design embedded within a randomised controlled trial was used.Setting Six trial sites offering primary care services from three Canadian provinces (ie, Ontario, Quebec and Prince Edward Island) were included.Participants The sample was 45 community-living older adults aged 65 years or older with diabetes and at least one other chronic condition.Methods Participants completed semistructured postintervention interviews by phone in English or French. …”
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Assessing phytoplankton community composition in the Atlantic Ocean from in situ and satellite observations by Vanda Brotas, Afonso Ferreira, Vera Veloso, Andreia Tracana, Catarina V. Guerreiro, Glen Adam Tarran, E. Malcolm S. Woodward, Lourenço Ribeiro, Jane Netting, Daniel Clewley, Steve B. Groom

“…Phytoplankton carbon biomass for oceanographic provinces, ranged from median values of 10 to 47 mg Carbon m-3, for the oligotrophic gyres, and South Atlantic (45°S-50oS), respectively. …”
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The influences of the advancement of green technology on agricultural CO2 release reduction: A case of Chinese agricultural industry by Shi Xinxing, Apurbo Sarkar, Deng Yue, Zhu Hongbin, Tian Fangyuan

“…At the same time, to evaluate the intermediary impact of green technology advancement, a two-step econometric model and an intermediary impact model were utilized to evaluate the panel data of 30 provinces in China from 1998 to 2018. The role of AGTP (including ACGTP and AEGTP) and CO2 release concentration has also been explored critically. …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with frailty and pre-frailty in the older adults in China: a national cross-sectional study by Xue-zhai Zeng, Ling-bing Meng, Ying-ying Li, Na Jia, Jing Shi, Chi Zhang, Xing Hu, Jia-bin Hu, Jian-yi Li, Di-shan Wu, Hui Li, Xin Qi, Hua Wang, Qiu-xia Zhang, Juan Li, De-ping Liu

“…ObjectiveFrailty increases poor clinical outcomes in older adults, the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and factors associated with frailty and pre-frailty in older adults in China.Research design and methodsData were obtained from the Sample Survey of the Aged Population in Urban and Rural China in 2015, which was a cross-sectional study involving a nationally representative sample of older adults aged 60 years or older from 31 provinces/autonomous regions/municipalities in mainland China. …”
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The Effects of Conflicts and Self-Reported Insecurity on Maternal Healthcare Utilisation and Children Health Outcomes in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by Tingkai Zhang, Xinran Qi, Qiwei He, Jiayi Hee, Rie Takesue, Yan Yan, Kun Tang

“…The severity of the conflict in different provinces was measured using the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) reports. …”
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The structure and diversity of microbial communities in Paederus fuscipes (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae): from ecological paradigm to pathobiome by Bahar Chamankar, Naseh Maleki-Ravasan, Mohsen Karami, Esmaeil Forouzan, Fateh Karimian, Sabah Naeimi, Nayyereh Choobdar

“…Bacterial richness did not display any significant difference in the three provinces but was higher in male beetles than in females and more in the genitals than intestines. …”
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The resiliency of noncommunicable diseases services during the public health crisis: a lesson from Bangkok, Thailand by Siriwan Pitayarangsarit, Nanapas Bhagaman, Korravarn Yodmai, Nattaya Thangsirikul, Mathuros Tipayamongkholgul

“…The service disruption in Bangkok may alter from other provinces because of variations in COVID-19 incidence and health services contexts. …”
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