Dynamic Monitoring of Debris-Covered Glacier Surface Velocity and Ice Thickness of Mt.Tomur, Tian Shan, China by Changbin Bai, Feiteng Wang, Lin Wang, Chunhai Xu, Xiaoying Yue, Shujing Yang, Puyu Wang, Yanqun Bi, Haining Wei

“…The Mt.Tomur glaciers, in the Tian Shan mountains of Western China, are usually debris-covered, and due to climate change, glacial hazards are becoming more frequent in this region. …”
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An application of three different field methods to monitor changes in Urumqi Glacier No. 1, Chinese Tien Shan, during 2012–18 by Hongliang Li, Puyu Wang, Zhongqin Li, Shuang Jin, Chunhai Xu, Shuangshuang Liu, Zhengyong Zhang, Liping Xu

“…RTK-GNSS base stations, ground control points, glacier tongue and terminus, in order to avoid the inherent limitations of each technology and to provide reliable data for the future studies of mountain glacier changes in western China.…”
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Overburden stress evolution characteristics and prediction of disasters with across-gully mining by Hongwei Wang, Hongwei Wang, Hongwei Wang, Baolin Jiang, Jianqiang Jiao, Yanjun Li

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Long-term spatiotemporal characteristics of meteorological drought in China from a three-dimensional (longitude, latitude, time) perspective by Zhen Zhang, Wen Zhang, Beibei Yang, Wenjun Xie, Chongxin Tao, Zhiming Hong, Yijia Xie, Jinglin Li, Linyi Li, Lingkui Meng

“…The findings underscore that prolonged and extensive meteorological drought events, characterized by heightened severity, primarily manifest during the 1950 s, 1960 s, and 2010 s in temporal, predominantly within the central and western China spatially. From 1950 onwards, the severity, duration, and affected area of meteorological droughts in China exhibit a discernible pattern of initial decline followed by escalation. …”
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Modeling of Alpine Grassland Cover Based on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Technology and Multi-Factor Methods: A Case Study in the East of Tibetan Plateau, China by Baoping Meng, Jinlong Gao, Tiangang Liang, Xia Cui, Jing Ge, Jianpeng Yin, Qisheng Feng, Hongjie Xie

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Is there a change in the appropriateness of admission after patients were admitted? Evidence from four county hospitals in rural China by Jingjing Chang, Hongxia Gao, Hongxia Gao, Dai Su, Haomiao Li, Yingchun Chen, Yingchun Chen

“…ObjectiveThis study aims to investigate the changes in admission appropriateness after patients were admitted and provide a reference for physicians to make admission decisions and for the supervision of medical service behavior by the medical insurance regulatory department.MethodsMedical records of 4,343 inpatients were obtained based on the largest and most capable public comprehensive hospital in four counties in central and western China for this retrospective study. The binary logistic regression model was employed to examine the determinants of changes in admission appropriateness.ResultsNearly two-in-thirds (65.39%) of the 3,401 inappropriate admissions changed to appropriate at discharge. …”
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Job Performance of Medical Graduates With Compulsory Services in Underserved Rural Areas in China: A Cohort Study by Mingyue Li, Ziyue Wang, Baisong Zhang, Tiantian Wei, Dan Hu, Xiaoyun Liu

“…This study aims to evaluate the job performance of medical graduates from this program and the influence of program design on job performance.Methods  A cohort study was conducted with graduates from CSP and non-CSP (NCSP) from four medical universities in central and western China. Baseline and three waves of follow-up surveys were conducted from 2015-2020. …”
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Relationships between Perceived Workplace Violence by Patients, Psychological Capital, and Professional Identity among General Practitioners in China by YU Minyi, FENG Jing, ZHENG Yanling, LEI Zihui, SHEN Xin, LI Xinyan, QU Ge, GAN Yong

“…Methods A self-administered electronic questionnaire survey was conducted with 4 632 GPs selected by use of stratified multistage random sampling from eastern, central, and western China between March and May 2021. The survey was used for collecting data mainly consisting of GPs' basic demographics, perceived WPV by patients, PsyCap, and professional identity. …”
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Evaluation of Precipitable Water Vapor from Five Reanalysis Products with Ground-Based GNSS Observations by Shuaimin Wang, Tianhe Xu, Wenfeng Nie, Chunhua Jiang, Yuguo Yang, Zhenlong Fang, Mowen Li, Zhen Zhang

“…There are some large absolute biases greater than 4 mm between GNSS PWV values and the PWV values of five reanalysis products in the southwest of South America and western China due to the limit of terrains and fewer observations. …”
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Large Deformation Characteristics of Surrounding Rock and Support Technology of Shallow-Buried Soft Rock Roadway: A Case Study by Liu Zhu, Qiangling Yao, Qiang Xu, Liqiang Yu, Qundi Qu

“…The coal resources in the coal-rich area of western China are mostly located in the late diagenetic Cretaceous and Jurassic strata. …”
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Substantial increase in daytime-nighttime compound heat waves and associated population exposure in China projected by the CMIP6 multimodel ensemble by Wenxin Xie, Botao Zhou, Zhenyu Han, Ying Xu

“…The largest increases are distributed in western China and southern China. These findings raise the necessity and urgency for policy-makers and the public to develop measurements to address compound HW risks.…”
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Genesis of the Wuzhutang Granite and Associated W–Sn–Be Mineralization in the Xuebaoding Mining Area, Sichuan Province, China by Hongzhang Dai, Denghong Wang, Xin Li, Shanbao Liu, Chenghui Wang, Yan Sun

“…The Xuebaoding W–Sn–Be mining area, located in the Songpan–Garze orogenic belt in western China, is known for producing large, colorful, euhedral crystals of scheelite, cassiterite, and tabular beryl. …”
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Healthcare-seeking behaviours of patients with acute respiratory infection: a cross-sectional survey in a rural area of southwest China by Tingting Li, Luzhao Feng, Li Qi, Mengmeng Jia, Wenge Tang, Weizhong Yang, Peixi Dai, Hua Ran, Mingyue Jiang, Chaoyang Yan, Yuhua Ren

“…Objectives This study aimed to assess the healthcare-seeking behaviour and related factors of people with acute respiratory symptoms in the rural areas of central and western China to estimate the disease burden of influenza more accurately.Design Cross-sectional survey.Settings Fifty-two communities/villages in the Wanzhou District, Chongqing, China, a rural area in southwest China, from May 2022 to July 2022.Participants The participants were those who had been living in Wanzhou District continuously for more than 6 months and consented to participate.Outcome measures A semistructured questionnaire was used to determine the healthcare-seeking behaviour of participants, and the dichotomous response of ‘yes’ or ‘no’ was used to assess whether participants had acute respiratory symptoms and their healthcare-seeking behaviour.Results Only 50.92% (360 of 707) of the patients with acute respiratory infection visited medical and health institutions for treatment, whereas 49.08% (347 of 707) avoided treatment or opted for self-medication. …”
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Herpetrione, a New Type of PPARα Ligand as a Therapeutic Strategy Against Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis by Lang Linghu, Wei Zong, Yixuan Liao, Qianyu Chen, Fancheng Meng, Guowei Wang, Zhihua Liao, Xiaozhong Lan, Min Chen

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Carbon-deficient high-entropy (Zr0.17Nb0.2Ta0.2Mo0.2W0.2)C0.89: A potential high temperature and vacuum wear-resistant material by Jicheng Li, Qiangqiang Zhang, Shuna Chen, Hengzhong Fan, Junjie Song, Yunfeng Su, Litian Hu, Yanchun Zhou, Yongsheng Zhang

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Evaluation of Pre-Earthquake Anomalies of Borehole Strain Network by Using Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve by Zining Yu, Katsumi Hattori, Kaiguang Zhu, Mengxuan Fan, Dedalo Marchetti, Xiaodan He, Chengquan Chi

“…First, strain network anomalies were extracted in the borehole strain data recorded in Western China during 2010–2017. Then, we proposed a new prediction strategy characterized by the number of network anomalies in an anomaly window, <inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>N</mi><mrow><mi>a</mi><mi>n</mi><mi>o</mi></mrow></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula>, and the length of alarm window, <inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>T</mi><mrow><mi>a</mi><mi>l</mi><mi>m</mi></mrow></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula>. …”
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A study of factors influencing the willingness of primary healthcare workers in Qinghai Province to engage in non-discriminatory behaviors towards HBV-infected patients by WU Juan, A Kezhong, HAO Zengping, DING Ruiyao, GUO Zizhe

“…Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that primary healthcare workers’ knowledge of hepatitis B transmission route was a significant factor influencing their willingness to engage in non-discriminatory behaviors （OR=0.49， 95%CI：0.29‒0.84）.ConclusionIt is essential to continuously strengthen hepatitis B health education for primary healthcare workers in western China to reduce the willingness to engage in non-discriminatory behaviors towards hepatitis B and protect the rights of HBV-infected individuals.…”
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Spatiotemporal Characteristics of Non-Grain Production of Cultivated Land and Its Driving Factors in Chengdu Plain by Chen Lei, Qiu Rumeng, Li Chuan

“…Understanding the non-grain production status of cultivated land in the main grain-producing areas of western China is necessary to provide a basis for regional sustainable agricultural development and cultivated land protection decision-making. …”
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Niche divergence at the intraspecific level in an endemic rare peony (Paeonia rockii): A phylogenetic, climatic and environmental survey by Peng-Bin Dong, Ling-Juan Wang, Yun Jia, Zhong-Hu Li, Hong-Yan Wang, Feng-Xia Guo, Yuan Chen

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Whole-body vibration training &ndash; better care for COPD patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Zhou J, Pang L, Chen N, Wang Z, Wang C, Hai Y, Lyu M, Lai H, Lin F

“…Jian Zhou,1,2,* Long Pang,2,* Nan Chen,1,2 Zihuai Wang,1,2 Chengdi Wang,3 Yang Hai,1,2 Mengyuan Lyu,2,4 Hongjin Lai,2 Feng Lin1,5 1Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People&rsquo;s Republic of China; 2West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People&rsquo;s Republic of China; 3Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People&rsquo;s Republic of China; 4Department of Laboratory Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People&rsquo;s Republic of China; 5Western China Collaborative Innovation Center for Early Diagnosis and Multidisciplinary Therapy of Lung Cancer, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People&rsquo;s Republic of China *These authors contributed equally to this work Purpose: Whole-body vibrating training (WBVT) is a modality aiming to improve neuromuscular performance of patients with COPD. …”
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