The Relationship between Animal Welfare and Farm Profitability in Cage and Free-Range Housing Systems for Laying Hens in China by Shuai He, Jiao Lin, Qiongyu Jin, Xiaohan Ma, Zhongying Liu, Hui Chen, Ji Ma, Huancheng Zhang, Kris Descovich, Clive J. C. Phillips, Kate Hartcher, Zhonghong Wu

“…We recruited 14 free-range farms and 45 cage farms from Beijing, Shandong, Hebei, Anhui, Yunnan, Gansu and Jiangsu provinces in China, for an evaluation of hen welfare, production and economic outcomes from farm operations. …”
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Participants’ perspectives of “NeuroSask: Active and Connect”—a virtual chronic disease management program for individuals with a neurological condition by Stephen E. Patrick, Katherine B. Knox, Charity Evans, Michael Levin, Michael Levin, Gary Linassi, Ilia Poliakov, Alex Rajput, Sarah J. Donkers

“…Survey respondents were from all ten Canadian provinces, with 45% reporting living outside of large cities. …”
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In Situ Aircraft Measurements of CO₂ and CH₄: Mapping Spatio-Temporal Variations over Western Korea in High-Resolutions by Shanlan Li, Youngmi Kim, Jinwon Kim, Samuel Takele Kenea, Tae-Young Goo, Lev D. Labzovskii, Young-Hwa Byun

“…In particular, the regression slope between ∆CO and ∆CO₂ increased to >4% when air flows from east-central China such as Hebei, Shandong, and Jiangsu provinces, etc., sustained for 1–3 days, suggesting pollutants from these regions were most likely characterized by incomplete fossil fuel combustions at the industries. …”
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The change of drug utilization in China’s public healthcare institutions under the “4 + 7” centralized drug procurement policy: Evidence from a natural experiment in China by Jiancheng Lu, Jiancheng Lu, Hongfei Long, Hongfei Long, Yuan Shen, Jing Wang, Xin Geng, Ying Yang, Ying Yang, Zongfu Mao, Zongfu Mao, Jinghua Li

“…Eleven “4 + 7” pilot cities (intervention group) and eleven non-pilot provinces (control group) were matched. In addition, “4 + 7” policy-related drugs (n = 116) were selected as study samples, including 25 drugs in the 4 + 7” procurement List (“4 + 7” List drugs) and their alternative drugs (n = 91) that have not yet been covered by centralized procurement policy. …”
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Social factors associated with self-reported changes in mental health symptoms among youth in the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey by Stephana Julia Moss, Maia Stelfox, Eric McArthur, Cynthia Sriskandarajah, Sofia B. Ahmed, Kathryn Birnie, Donna M. Halperin, Scott A. Halperin, Micaela Harley, Jia Hu, Josh Ng Kamstra, Laura Leppan, Angie Nickel, Nicole Racine, Kristine Russell, Stacie Smith, May Solis, Perri R. Tutelman, Henry T. Stelfox, Kirsten M. Fiest, Jeanna Parsons Leigh

“…Methods A nationally representative cross-sectional survey was administered online to collect self-report data across 10 Canadian provinces among children (11–14 years) and youth (15–18 years), April–May 2022. …”
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National and subnational burden of female and male breast cancer and risk factors in Iran from 1990 to 2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease study 2019 by Armin Aryannejad, Sahar Saeedi Moghaddam, Baharnaz Mashinchi, Mohammadreza Tabary, Negar Rezaei, Sarvenaz Shahin, Nazila Rezaei, GBD 2019 Iran Breast Cancer Collaborators, Mohsen Naghavi, Bagher Larijani, Farshad Farzadfar

“…Conclusions BC burden increased from 1990 to 2019 in both genders, and considerable discrepancies were found among different provinces and SDI quintiles in Iran. These increasing trends appeared to be associated with social and economic developments and changes in demographic factors. …”
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Estimating Spatiotemporal Fishing Effort of Trawlers with Vessel-Monitoring System Data: A Case Study of the Sea Area of the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea, China by Dan Li, Feng Lu, Shuo Xu, Huiyuan Liu, Muhan Xue, Guohui Cui, Zhenhua Ma, Hui Fang, Yu Wang

“…Subsequently, the trained model was used to identify the fishing behavior of trawlers belonging to the coastal provinces of the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea in the sea area of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msup><mrow><mn>117</mn></mrow><mo>°</mo></msup><mrow><mo> </mo><mi mathvariant="normal">E</mi></mrow><mo>~</mo><msup><mrow><mn>132</mn></mrow><mo>°</mo></msup><mrow><mo> </mo><mi mathvariant="normal">E</mi></mrow></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msup><mrow><mn>26</mn></mrow><mo>°</mo></msup><mrow><mo> </mo><mi mathvariant="normal">N</mi></mrow><mo>~</mo><msup><mrow><mn>41</mn></mrow><mo>°</mo></msup><mrow><mo> </mo><mi mathvariant="normal">N</mi></mrow></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>. …”
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Progress and prospect of hot dry rock exploration and development by Dongguang WEN, Eryong ZHANG, Guiling WANG, Linyou ZHANG, Huang WANG, Senqi ZHANG, Chengming YE, Wenshi WANG, Xianpeng JIN, Donglin LIU, Xiaofeng JIA, Shengtao LI, Haidong WU, Sheng LIAN, Qingda FENG

“…HDR exploration and evaluation have been carried out in typical areas of Qinghai, Shandong, Hebei, Shanxi and Jiangsu provinces, and a breakthrough has been achieved in the Gonghe Basin of Qinghai. …”
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The burden of disease attributable to indoor air pollutants in China from 2000 to 2017 by Ningrui Liu, PhD, Wei Liu, PhD, Furong Deng, ProfMD, Yumeng Liu, PhD, Xuehuan Gao, MM, Lin Fang, PhD, Zhuoru Chen, MPH, Hao Tang, MPH, Shijie Hong, MSc, Minyi Pan, MSc, Wei Liu, MSc, Xinyue Huo, PhD, Kangqi Guo, MSc, Fangfang Ruan, PhD, Wenlou Zhang, MSc, Bin Zhao, ProfPhD, Jinhan Mo, ProfPhD, Chen Huang, ProfPhD, Chunxiao Su, PhD, Chanjuan Sun, PhD, Zhijun Zou, MSc, Hao Li, MSc, Yuexia Sun, PhD, Hua Qian, ProfPhD, Xiaohong Zheng, PhD, Xiangang Zeng, ProfPhD, Jianguo Guo, PhD, Zhongming Bu, PhD, Corinne Mandin, PhD, Otto Hänninen, PhD, John S Ji, ScD, Louise B Weschler, MAT, Haidong Kan, ProfMD, Zhuohui Zhao, ProfPhD, Yinping Zhang, ProfPhD

“…The annual exposure levels in residences were then evaluated in all 31 provinces in mainland China continuously from 2000 to 2017, using the spatiotemporal Gaussian process regression model to analyse indoor originating IAPs, and the infiltration factor method to analyse outdoor originating IAPs. …”
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Inverse modelling of Chinese NO_<i>x</i> emissions using deep learning: integrating in situ observations with a satellite-based chemical reanalysis by T.-L. He, T.-L. He, D. B. A. Jones, K. Miyazaki, K. W. Bowman, Z. Jiang, X. Chen, R. Li, Y. Zhang, K. Li

“…Combining the MEE data with TCR-2, the DL model suggested higher <span class="inline-formula">NO_<i>x</i></span> emissions in some of the less-densely populated provinces, such as Shaanxi and Sichuan, where the MEE data indicated higher surface <span class="inline-formula">NO₂</span> concentrations than TCR-2. …”
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Positive antibiotic and resistance genes in source water of three regions and correlation analysis by Lijing JIAO, Yang LIU, Zhanqiang BIAN, Jian YU, Duochun WANG, Hongxing LI

“…MethodsWater samples were collected in Heilongjiang, Liaoning, and Hubei provinces during the wet season (from August to October) in 2020. …”
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Investigating the Origin of Mycobacterium chimaera Contamination in Heater-Cooler Units: Integrated Analysis with Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Whole-Genome Sequencin... by F. Bisognin, F. Messina, O. Butera, C. Nisii, A. Mazzarelli, S. Cristino, M. R. Pascale, G. Lombardi, A. Cannas, P. Dal Monte

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate for the first time the performance of IR-Biotyper system on a large number of M. chimaera isolates collected from longitudinal environmental HCUs samples and water sources from hospitals located in three Italian provinces. In addition, IR-Biotyper results were compared with whole-genome sequencing (WGS) analysis, the reference method for molecular epidemiology, to investigate the origin of M. chimaera contamination of HCUs. …”
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Genomic Characterization of Antimicrobial-Resistant Salmonella enterica in Duck, Chicken, and Pig Farms and Retail Markets in Eastern China by Biao Tang, Mohammed Elbediwi, Reshma B. Nambiar, Hua Yang, Jiahui Lin, Min Yue

“…Here, we demonstrated the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) patterns and the whole-genome characterization of 105 S. enterica isolates from 1,480 fecal samples and anal swabs collected from 22 different farms (chickens, ducks, and pigs) and two live animal markets located in Zhejiang and Fujian Provinces in eastern China in 2019. The prevalence of isolates in duck farms (19.17%, 23/120) was statistically significantly higher (P < 0.001) than that in chicken farms (6.61%, 37/523) and pig farms (3.50%, 7/200). …”
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Effects of dietary magnesium intake on risk of diabetes in Chinese adults in 15 provincial-level administrative regions by Yingying JIAO, Liusen WANG, Hongru JIANG, Weiyi LI, Shaoshunzi WANG, Xiaofang JIA, Zhihong WANG, Huijun WANG, Bing ZHANG, Gangqiang DING

“…ObjectiveTo explore the association between dietary magnesium intake and diabetes risk in Chinese adults in 15 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities), and to provide a scientific basis for revising dietary magnesium intake reference for Chinese residents. …”
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Exploration des facteurs de risque contextuels et des caractéristiques des personnes décédées des effets toxiques aigus d’opioïdes et d’autres substances illégales : prise en compt... by Tamara Thompson, Jenny Rotondo, Aganeta Enns, Jennifer Leason, Jessica Halverson, Dirk Huyer, Margot Kuo, Lisa Lapointe, Jennifer May-Hadford, Heather Orpana

“…MéthodologieDes entrevues approfondies ont été réalisées avec 36 coroners et médecins légistes de huit provinces et territoires entre décembre 2017 et février 2018. …”
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Molecular Evolution of Human Parainfluenza Virus Type 2 Based on Hemagglutinin-Neuraminidase Gene by Yi Feng, Zhen Zhu, Jin Xu, Liwei Sun, Hui Zhang, Hongmei Xu, Feng Zhang, Wenyang Wang, Guangyue Han, Jie Jiang, Ying Liu, Shanshan Zhou, Yan Zhang, Yixin Ji, Naiying Mao, Wenbo Xu

“…ABSTRACT To understand the molecular evolution of human parainfluenza virus type 2 (HPIV2), 21 Hemagglutinin-Neuraminidase (HN) gene sequences covering seven Chinese provinces in 2011 and 2017 to 2021 were combined with 90 published HN sequences worldwide for phylogenetic analysis. …”
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Évaluation du risque de dysglycémie dans la région de Kitikmeot (Nunavut) au moyen de l'outil CANRISK by Ying Jiang, Susan Rogers Van Katwyk, Yang Mao, Heather Orpana, Gina Agarwal, Margaret de Groh, Monique Skinner, Robyn Clarke, Howard Morrison

“…Cet outil a été élaboré à partir de données recueillies dans sept provinces canadiennes. Dans le but d'élargir son applicabilité aux populations des territoires nordiques, nous avons réalisé une étude auprès de la population majoritairement inuite de la région de Kitikmeot (Nunavut). …”
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ORGANIZING EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND SCREENING PROGRAMS FOR BREAST CANCER IN TURKEY by Vahit Özmen, Caner Fidaner, Erol Aksaz, Ümit Bayol, İsmet Dede, Erdem Göker, Bahadır M. Güllüoğlu, Abdurrahman Işıkdoğan, Uğur Topal, Mehmet Uhri, Zafer Utkan, Nurullah Zengin, Murat Tuncer

“…Eighty-four KETEM’s (Cancer Early Detection and Screening Center) in 81 provinces in Turkey has been founded by Cancer Control Department of The Ministry of Health of Turkey. …”
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Awareness and knowledge about human papillomavirus vaccination and its acceptance in China: a meta-analysis of 58 observational studies by Yanru Zhang, Ying Wang, Li Liu, Yunzhou Fan, Zhihua Liu, Yueyun Wang, Shaofa Nie

“…Results Fifty-eight unique studies representing 19 provinces and municipalities in mainland China were assessed. …”
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Seasonal variability in clinical care of COPD outpatients: results from the Andalusian COPD audit by López-Campos JL, Abad Arranz M, Calero-Acuña C, Romero-Valero F, Ayerbe-García R, Hidalgo-Molina A, Aguilar-Pérez-Grovas RI, García-Gil F, Casas-Maldonado F, Caballero-Ballesteros L, Sánchez-Palop M, Pérez-Tejero D, Segado Soriano A, Calvo-Bonachera J, Hernández-Sierra B, Doménech A, Arroyo-Varela M, González-Vargas F, Cruz-Rueda JJ

“…To explore the hypothesis of seasonal variability in clinical practice, the present study analyzes the results of the 2013&ndash;2014 Andalusian COPD audit with regard to changes in clinical practice according to the different seasons.Methods: The Andalusian COPD audit was a pilot clinical project conducted from October 2013 to September 2014 in outpatient respiratory clinics of hospitals in Andalusia, Spain (8&nbsp;provinces with more than 8 million inhabitants) with retrospective data gathering. …”
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