Seasonal variation in the detection rate and all-cause in-hospital mortality of AKI in China: A nationwide cohort study by Jiaqi Li, Jiaqi Li, Qingqing Zhou, Qingqing Zhou, Daoning Zhang, Daoning Zhang, Jinwei Wang, Jinwei Wang, Jinwei Wang, Li Yang, Li Yang, Li Yang

“…The aim of this study was to describe the seasonal variation in the detection rate and all-cause in-hospital mortality of AKI in China based on a nationwide cohort study.MethodsThis was a retrospective cohort recruiting a national sample of 7,291 adult patients treated in hospitals in 22 provinces of mainland China during January or July 2013. …”
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Trends in the COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy during the Summers of 2020 (before Mass Vaccination), 2021 (after Primary Mass Vaccination) and 2022 (after Booster Mass Vaccination): A Re... by Luca Roncati, Giulia Bartolacelli, Carlo Galeazzi, Stefania Caramaschi

“…Methods: During the state of national health emergency and the Draghi government, the Civil Defense Department released the aggregate data coming from the Ministry of Health, the Higher Institute of Health, the Independent Provinces and the Italian Regions daily, in order to inform about the pandemic situation in Italy. …”
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Spatiotemporal variation of the carbon footprint of tobacco production from 2004 to 2017 in China by Yu Zheng, Yanqing Qin, Weidong Duan, Wenshuai Dong, Xi Zhang, Guangting Yin, Changgen Li, Zonghao Song, Liangwen Xie, Lei Zhan, Jinsong Ti

“…Remarkably divergent carbon footprints were observed among various provinces in China. Specifically, Jiangxi, Hunan, and Guangdong exhibited the highest carbon footprints per unit area, with values of 4,908.65 kg CO2-eq∙ha−1, 4,852.90 kg CO2-eq∙ha−1 and 4,833.56 kg CO2-eq∙ha−1, respectively. …”
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Willingness to pay for HPV vaccine among female health care workers in a Chinese nationwide survey by Xinyue Lu, Mengdi Ji, Abram L. Wagner, Weifeng Huang, Xiaoping Shao, Weiyu Zhou, Yihan Lu

“…Methods This is a nationwide online survey recruiting female health care workers aged 18–45 years from 31 provinces throughout China. We collected the respondents’ vaccination status of HPV vaccines and their sociodemographics. …”
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Assessment of leopard translocations in South Africa by Jeannine McManus, Jeannine McManus, Lauriane Faraut, Vanessa Couldridge, Jaco van Deventer, Igshaan Samuels, Igshaan Samuels, Deon Cilliers, Carolyn Devens, Paul Vorster, Bool Smuts, Bool Smuts

“…We obtained data on 60 leopard translocation events across five provinces in South Africa between 1994 and 2021. We considered a successful translocation outcome when (1) the animal was moved outside of its original home range, (2) the animal established a new home range away from the capture site, (3) no substantive livestock losses were linked to the translocated animal in the post-release monitoring period, and (4) the animal survived at least 6 months post-translocation. …”
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Evaluation of CH₄ Emission in Two Paddy Field Areas, Khonkaen and Ayutthaya, in Thailand by Pongsathorn Sukdanont, Noppol Arunrat, Suphachai Amkha, Ryusuke Hatano

“…This study aimed to investigate the major factors controlling CH₄ production potential (CH₄PP) in Thai paddy fields. Two provinces, Ayutthaya, a clay soil region, and Khonkaen, a sandy soil region, were selected to represent a wide range of soil textures. …”
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Risk perception of COVID-19 among college students in China: Latent profile analysis by Juanjuan Ren, Zhenxiang Zhang, Yongxia Mei, Wenna Wang, Qianqian Sun, Mingxu Wang, Zhaozhao Hui

“…The objective of this study was to describe the subtypes of risk perception for COVID-19 among college students in China, identify the subtypes' traits, and investigate their affecting variables.MethodsCollege students from 10 Chinese provinces participated in a cross-sectional study (n = 2,000) that from January 16 to 30, 2022. …”
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Psychosocial and Physical Rehabilitation of Burn Survivors: A large multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial from Pakistan by N. Chaudhry, M. panagioti, A. B. Khoso, T. Kiran, A. Blakemore, K. Lovell, M. M. Bashir, Z. U. Haq, M. Hashmi, Z. H. Suhag, H. Brooks, E. McIntosh, N. Soomro, S. Falder, L. Kynge, J. Miah, O. Eylem, S. Edwards, R. Memon, S. J. Pocock, Z. Zadeh, I. B. Chaudhry, N. Husain

“…The nation-wide implementation and involvement of burn centres across all provinces offer an excellent opportunity to overcome the problem of burn care access experienced in LMICs. …”
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A cross-sectional study to ascertain malaria prevalence among asymptomatic travellers arriving on the Lihir Group of Islands, Papua New Guinea: implications for elimination efforts by Pere Millat-Martínez, Bàrbara Baro, Bernadine Kasian, Lina Lorry, Sergi Sanz, Chilaka Wali, Sylvia Raulo, Arthur Elizah, Tamarah Koleala, Maria Kaius-Ome, Stephan Karl, Oriol Mitjà, Moses Laman, William Pomat, Quique Bassat

“…Risk factors for infection were arriving by boat (OR 4.2; 95%CI 2.45,7.21), arriving from nearby provinces with high malaria incidence (OR 5.02; 95%CI 1.80, 14.01), and having been away from Lihir for 91 days or more (OR 4.15; 95%CI 2.58, 6.66). …”
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Application Scenarios and Research Progress of Remote Sensing Technology in Plant Income Insurance by CHEN Ailian, ZHAO Sijian, ZHU Yuxia, SUN Wei, ZHANG jing, ZHANG Qiao

“…It has been recommended to pilot since 2016 by Chinese government in several counties, and is now (2022) required to be implemented in all major grain producing counties in the 13 major grain producing provinces. The measurement of yield for plant income insurance in such huge volume urgently needs the support of remote sensing technology. …”
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Meta analysis of heavy metal and pesticide pollution status of nine medicinal and edible substances by BAO Huihui, JI Xiaoning, WU Nan, TANG Yu, LI Minglu, LI Qi, CAO Pei, ZHANG Lei, LI Jianwen

“…The literature was screened according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria， and the included studies were analyzed and pooled into estimates using meta-analysis.ResultsA total of 106 studies encompassing seven heavy metals， including lead （Pb）， cadmium （Cd）， mercury （Hg）， arsenic （As）， chromium （Cr）， copper （Cu）， and nickel （Ni）， and 42 pesticides， including organochlorine， pyrethroid， and organophosphorus， of nine types of medicinal and edible substances used as food collected from 23 provinces （municipalities） were comprehensively analyzed. …”
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The association between childbirth-related fear, childbirth readiness, and fertility intentions, and childbirth readiness as the mediator by Tieying Zeng, Bingbing Li, Ke Zhang, Ye Chen, Mengmei Yuan, Meiliyang Wu, Huimin Zhao, Zining Zhu, Dandan Ju

“…Using a convenience sampling, women were recruited from obstetric wards—10 comprehensive hospitals and 3 specialized hospitals in 7 provinces in mainland China. Pearson correlation was used to examine the relationship between CBRF, childbirth readiness, fertility intentions, and social support. …”
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Comparison of treatment persistence, adherence, and risk of exacerbation in patients with COPD treated with single-inhaler versus multiple-inhaler triple therapy: A prospective obs... by Ling Lin, Ling Lin, Ling Lin, Cong Liu, Cong Liu, Cong Liu, Wei Cheng, Wei Cheng, Wei Cheng, Qing Song, Qing Song, Qing Song, Yuqin Zeng, Yuqin Zeng, Yuqin Zeng, Xin Li, Dingding Deng, Dan Liu, Yan Chen, Yan Chen, Yan Chen, Shan Cai, Shan Cai, Shan Cai, Ping Chen, Ping Chen, Ping Chen

“…Patients with COPD from ten hospitals in Hunan and Guangxi provinces in China were recruited from 1 January 2020 to 31 November 2021 for the study and were followed up for one year. …”
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The Prevalence and Comorbidity of Tic Disorders and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Chinese School Students Aged 6–16: A National Survey by Junjuan Yan, Hu Deng, Yongming Wang, Xiaolin Wang, Tengteng Fan, Shijie Li, Fang Wen, Liping Yu, Fang Wang, Jingran Liu, Yuanzhen Wu, Yi Zheng, Yonghua Cui, Ying Li

“…We used the multistage cluster stratified random sampling strategy to assess five provinces of China. The Child Behavior Checklist was used to identify behavioral problems among the enrolled students in the first stage. …”
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Short-term spinal cord stimulation is an effective therapeutic approach for herpetic-related neuralgia—A Chinese nationwide expert consensus by Wuping Sun, Yi Jin, Hongjun Liu, Dong Yang, Tao Sun, Yaping Wang, Yinghui Fan, Xiaochong Fan, Xiaohong Jin, Li Wan, Ke Gu, Zhiying Feng, Yiming Liu, Peng Mao, Tao Song, Wang Dequan, Donglin Xiong, Guoming Luan, Xiaoping Wang, Bifa Fan, Lizu Xiao

“…Initially, the survey was conducted on 110 experts who have practiced the st-SCS procedure from all over the provinces in China. Finally, valuable data was calculated from the 110 questionnaires excluding the doctors with <1 year of experience of st-SCS, <10 cases of procedures per year, and no standard training in SCS technique.ResultsBased on the 110 questionnaires, it is estimated that 5,000 to 10,000 cases of electrical stimulation are carried out nationwide each year. …”
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Impact of personal and environmental factors affecting exclusive breastfeeding practices in the first six months during the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand: a mixed-methods approach by Sasitara Nuampa, Ameporn Ratinthorn, Crystal L. Patil, Kornkanok Kuesakul, Sudhathai Prasong, Metpapha Sudphet

“…Participants were women aged ≥ 15 years who had given birth within 6–12 months before data collection and delivered in three public hospitals in the top three provinces with the most severe COVID-19 outbreaks. …”
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Determination of recent tectonic deformations in the vicinity of Adana–Osmaniye–Hatay–Gaziantep triple junction region by half-space modeling by Serhan Yıldız, Selim, Özkan, Ali, Hakan Yavaşoğlu, Hasan, Masson, Frédéric, Tiryakioğlu, İbrahim, Nurullah Alkan, Mehmet, Bilgi, Serdar

“…It is thus needed to constrain deformations within tectonically active zones and clarify kinematics of the triple junction near Adana, Osmaniye, Hatay, and Gaziantep provinces. To understand strain accumulations and interseismic patterns of these active zones, one of the most popular geodetic methods was applied. …”
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Investigating Social Vulnerability of the Elderly in the Earthquakes of Bam, Varzaghan, and Ahar by Amir Soltani Nejad, Adibeh Barshan, Asma Baniasad, Ayoob Soltani Nejad, Ali Sam, Ali Sadie

“…The population comprised all the elderly people in Kerman and East Azarbaijan provinces. In the qualitative part, in order to identify the social problem of elderly who experienced an earthquake, Categories has been collected By focus group. …”
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COMPLEX APPROACH TO ESTIMATING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE DESIGNED HYDROCHLORIC ACID TREATMENT USING THE RESULTS OF LABORATORY STUDIES AND HYDRODYNAMIC SIMULATION by Sergey N. Krivoshchekov, Nikita D. Kozyrev, Kirill A. Ravelev

“…Within the main oil and gas provinces of Russia, most of the fields are at the final stage of development, as a result of which there is a low productivity of wells. …”
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Archaeal Communities in Deep Terrestrial Subsurface Underneath the Deccan Traps, India by Avishek Dutta, Avishek Dutta, Pinaki Sar, Jayeeta Sarkar, Srimanti Dutta Gupta, Abhishek Gupta, Himadri Bose, Abhijit Mukherjee, Abhijit Mukherjee, Sukanta Roy, Sukanta Roy

“…Archaeal community structure and potential functions within the deep, aphotic, oligotrophic, hot, igneous provinces of ∼65 Myr old basalt and its Archean granitic basement was explored through archaeal 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing from extracted environmental DNA of rocks. …”
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