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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Perioperative outcomes of uniportal versus three-port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in lung cancer patients aged ≥ 75 years old: a cohort study by Xingqi Mi, Zhangyi Dai, Chengwu Liu, Jiandong Mei, Yunke Zhu, Lunxu Liu, Qiang Pu

“…Methods We retrospectively evaluated 582 lung cancer patients (≥75 years) who underwent uniportal or three-port VATS from August 2007 to August 2021 based on the Western China Lung Cancer Database. The baseline and perioperative outcomes between uniportal and three-port VATS were compared in the whole cohort (WC) and the patients undergoing lobectomy (lobectomy cohort, LC) respectively. …”
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Exploring the relationship between air temperature and urban morphology factors using machine learning under local climate zones by Chengliang Fan, Binwei Zou, Jianjun Li, Mo Wang, Yundan Liao, Xiaoqing Zhou

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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in seven provinces of Chinese mainland: A cross-sectional survey from 2015 to 2016 by Jie Zhang, Xiaoqing Liu, Huiting Liang, Shengyuan Xu, Xiaohua Wang, Renshi Xu

“…To this end, we conducted a cross-sectional survey about ALS based on the population and hospitals in seven provinces of the Chinese mainland in 2015–2016.MethodsWe surveyed patients with ALS in seven provinces in eastern, middle, and western China. Among them, 13 prefecture-level cities, 13 municipal districts, 13 counties, 26 streets, 52 communities, 39 towns, and 78 administrative villages were selected for the population-based survey. …”
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Perceived Stress Among Chinese Medical Students Engaging in Online Learning in Light of COVID-19 by Wang J, Liu W, Zhang Y, Xie S, Yang B

“…Therefore, based on the stress process model, this study will comprehensively evaluate the distribution of stressors of medical students and explore the personal and environmental predictors of PS during the epidemic.Participants and Methods: An online survey was conducted among medical students (n=369) from three medical universities in western China who engaged in online learning. A stress process conceptual framework was formed to explore the influencing factors of PS. …”
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Exploration of ecological factors related to the spatial heterogeneity of tuberculosis prevalence in P. R. China by Xin-Xu Li, Li-Xia Wang, Juan Zhang, Yun-Xia Liu, Hui Zhang, Shi-Wen Jiang, Jia-Xu Chen, Xiao-Nong Zhou

“…China) demonstrates geographical heterogeneities, which show that the TB prevalence in the remote areas of Western China is more serious than that in the coastal plain of Eastern China. …”
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Health Perceptions and Misconceptions Regarding COVID-19 in China: Online Survey Study by Zhou, Jiawei, Ghose, Bishwajit, Wang, Ruoxi, Wu, Ruijun, Li, Zhifei, Huang, Rui, Feng, Da, Feng, Zhanchun, Tang, Shangfeng

“…MethodsThe study was conducted in April 2020 through an online survey, with participants in 8 provinces in Eastern, Central, and Western China. We designed a questionnaire with a health knowledge section consisting of 5 questions (4 conventional questions and 1 misleading question) on clinical features of and preventive measures against COVID-19. …”
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Carbon emissions from in-situ pyrolysis of tar-rich coal based on full life cycle analysis method by Xiangyu XUE, Chang’an WANG, Lei DENG, Xing NING, Defu CHE

“…Tar-rich coal is abundant in western China. It is mostly combusted for power generation, which results in the wastage of valuable resources and serious environmental pollution. …”
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The burden of pneumoconiosis in China: an analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 by Jie Li, Peng Yin, Haidong Wang, Lijun Wang, Jinling You, Jiangmei Liu, Yunning Liu, Wei Wang, Xiao Zhang, Piye Niu, Maigeng Zhou

“…The subnational age-standardised death rates were higher in western China than in eastern China. Meanwhile, the subnational ARC of age-standardised death rates due to pneumoconiosis and its subtypes were significantly negatively correlated with SDI in 2019. …”
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Rapid mass losses of Urumqi River Basin glaciers, eastern Tianshan Mountains revealed from multi-temporal DEMs, 1964–2021 by Puyu Wang, Hongliang Li, Zhongqin Li, Liping Xu, Fengchen Yu, Jie He, Yuping Dai, Ping Zhou, Jianxin Mu, Xiaoying Yue

“…This new method has vast potential in estimating ice volume changes at the basin or regional scale, or even across western China.…”
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Evolution law of groundwater system with multiple seams mining in Nanliang Coal Mine by Yang Bai, Yueming Qi, Min Xiang, Lei Su, Yipeng Ma, Xuan Lan, Chengzhi Su

“…Coal mining has an important impact on the groundwater system in the mining area.In the past, more research was distributed on the impact of single coal seam mining on the groundwater system, while the impact on multiple coal seams was rarely studied, especially for water-deficient mining areas in western China.Taking Nanliang Coal Mine as an example, groundwater system evolution theory and physical mechanics simulation method, etc.were used to study the mine hydrogeological structure, mine water inrush change law, mine groundwater flow field evolution, mine groundwater chemical composition change, etc., the groundwater flow system model of Nanliang Coal Mine was reconstructed under the condition of multi-coal mining, and the evolution mechanism of the chemical composition of mine water was initially revealed.The research results showed that when the 2-2 coal seam was mined, the maximum development height of the roof cracking zone was 42.1 m, while when the 2-2 and 3-1 coal seams were repeatedly mined, it increased to 83.1 m.The corresponding stress, displacement, and plastic zone range of the latter was also much larger than the former.This revealed that the repeated mining of multiple coal seams significantly increased the development height of the roof cracking zone, aggravated the variation of the mine's hydrogeological structure, and further, the water-conducting fracture zone changed the natural groundwater seepage paths and communicated the hydraulic connection between different aquifers.As a result, the groundwater flow rate and hydrogeochemical effects were enhanced, and the scale of the groundwater flow system was expanded as a whole, so a natural-artificial composite groundwater flow pattern from rainfall infiltration→seepage in the fracturing zone→water inrush from each coal seam→drainage from the bottom sump was formed.The research can provide a scientific basis for the prevention and control of mine water hazards and the efficient use of water resources in Nanliang Coal Mine, as well as a reference for similar mining areas.…”
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A dynamic learning method based on the Gaussian process for tunnel boring machine intelligent driving by Haitao Long, Haitao Long, Xiangqian Lu, Chunchi Ma, Tianbin Li, Wenjin Yan, Hang Zhang, Kunkun Dai

“…We focused on real-time prediction of TBM parameters in a tunnel project in western China.Results: The results show that the average relative errors of predicted total thrust and torque values were 1.9% and 2.7%, respectively, and the prediction accuracy was higher than that of conventional models such as random forest and long short-term memory. …”
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Geochronology, pyrite trace elements, and sulfur isotope geochemical characteristics of the Saibagou gold deposit in the eastern part of the northern Qaidam Basin by Jia Xing, Jianguo Wang, Jianbao Liu, Yanguang Liu, Kai Bian, Jianwei Liu, Lina Cai, Shengyun Wei

“…Introduction: The Saibagou gold deposit, located in the eastern part of the tectonic belt of the northern Qaidam Basin in western China, has its gold ore bodies strictly controlled by the regional fault system. …”
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Source appointment of nitrogen in PM2.5 based on bulk δ15N signatures and a Bayesian isotope mixing model by Yan-Li Wang, Xue-Yan Liu, Wei Song, Wen Yang, Bin Han, Xiao-Yan Dou, Xu-Dong Zhao, Zhao-Liang Song, Cong-Qiang Liu, Zhi-Peng Bai

“…This study measured δ15N of bulk N in PM2.5 at an urban site of Beijing during a severe haze episode of 22–30 January 2013 and a background site of Qinghai, north-western China from 6 September to 15 October 2013, then applied a Bayesian isotope mixing model (SIAR, Stable Isotope Analysis in R) to analyse the N sources. …”
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Identification and Analysis of Deformation Areas in the Construction Stage of Pumped Storage Power Station Using GB-InSAR Technology by Honglei Yang, Youfeng Liu, Hongdong Fan, Xiaoliang Li, Yuhan Su, Xu Ma, Liuyu Wang

“…This article adopts ground-based interferometric synthetic aperture radar (GB-InSAR) technology to monitor surface deformation using 206 ground-based radar (GBR) data collected from 2022/07/31 10:24 to 2022/08/06 14:57 with a PSPS in the construction stage in western China. In the selection of permanent scatterers (PSs) for GBR data processing, statistical homogeneous pixels (SHPs) information is considered in this article. …”
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DEAD-Box Helicase 27 Triggers Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition by Regulating Alternative Splicing of Lipoma-Preferred Partner in Gastric Cancer Metastasis by Yirong Jin, Suzhen Yang, Xiaoliang Gao, Di Chen, Tingting Luo, Song Su, Yanting Shi, Gang Yang, Lei Dong, Jie Liang

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Mortality of lymphoma and myeloma in China, 2004–2017: an observational study by Weiping Liu, Jiangmei Liu, Yuqin Song, Xiaopei Wang, Maigeng Zhou, Lijun Wang, Jun Ma, Jun Zhu, Union for China Leukemia Investigators of the Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology, Union for China Lymphoma Investigators of the Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology

“…In terms of regional variation, Eastern China had the highest mortality rate (3.43/100,000), followed by Central China (3.10/100,000) and Western China (3.02/100,000). The mortality rates of lymphoma and myeloma increased annually by 4.5% during the period 2004–2016, with a significant rapid upward trend in rural areas since 2007. …”
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Government drivers of breast cancer prevention: A spatiotemporal analysis based on the association between breast cancer and macro factors by Xiaodan Bai, Xiyu Zhang, Hongping Shi, Guihong Geng, Bing Wu, Yongqiang Lai, Wenjing Xiang, Yanjie Wang, Yu Cao, Baoguo Shi, Ye Li

“…The spatial heterogeneity features also urge the government to focus on different macro indicators in eastern and western China or southern and northern China. In other words, our research helps drive the government to center on key regions and take targeted measures to curb the rapid growth of BC.…”
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Evaluation and Screening of Wild <i>Elymus sibiricus</i> L. Germplasm Resources under Salt Stress by Shuming Chen, Junjie Feng, Yi Xiong, Yanli Xiong, Yingjie Liu, Junming Zhao, Zhixiao Dong, Xiao Ma, Lijun Yan

“…The main distribution area of high salinity soils is primarily located in western China, with a significant presence in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP). …”
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BNEMDI: A Novel MicroRNA–Drug Interaction Prediction Model Based on Multi-Source Information With a Large-Scale Biological Network by Yong-Jian Guan, Chang-Qing Yu, Li-Ping Li, Li-Ping Li, Zhu-Hong You, Zhong-Hao Ren, Jie Pan, Yue-Chao Li

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