An Exploratory Study of Influenza Vaccination Coverage in Healthcare Workers in a Western Chinese City, 2018–2019: Improving Target Population Coverage Based on Policy Intervention... by Lili Xu, Jinhua Zhao, Zhibin Peng, Xiaojin Ding, Yonghong Li, Huayi Zhang, Huaxiang Feng, Jiandong Zheng, Hailan Cao, Binzhong Ma, Yan Shi, Yongcheng Ma, Luzhao Feng

“…<strong>Objectives</strong><b>:</b><b> </b>To evaluate a policy-based intervention to increase seasonal-influenza-vaccination coverage in healthcare workers in Xining, a city in Western China. <b>Methods</b><b>:</b><b> </b>From October 2018 to March 2019, we implemented a free vaccination policy in healthcare workers in Xining. …”
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Preparation and characterization of palladium/polypyrrole-reduced graphene oxide/foamed nickel composite electrode and its electrochemical dechlorination of triclosan by Zhaohui Zhang, Junjing Li, Cong Luan, Huan Wang, Xiuwen Cheng, Leqi Fang, Liang Wang, Bin Zhao, Chang Ma, Hongwei Zhang, Chunyan Li, Jinming Xu

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The response law of far-field seismic ground motion of the Wenchuan earthquake and its damaging mechanism in the Loess Plateau by Xiaowu Pu, Lanming Wang, Ping Wang, Xiufeng Tian, Shiyang Xu, Shaofeng Chai, Haitao Guo

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Non-climate environmental factors matter to Holocene dynamics of soil organic carbon and nitrogen in an alpine permafrost wetland, Qinghai‒Tibet Plateau by Qing-Feng Wang, Hui-Jun Jin, Cui-Cui Mu, Xiao-Dong Wu, Lin Zhao, Qing-Bai Wu

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Clinical muscle mass-related biomarkers that predict mortality in older patients with community-acquired pneumonia by Sha Huang, Yan Guo, Lanlan Chen, Yan Wang, Xiaoyan Chen

“…Setting and Participants: A teaching hospital in western China. Hospitalized CAP patients, aged≥60 years. …”
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Inventory of Glaciers in the Shaksgam Valley of the Chinese Karakoram Mountains, 1970–2014 by Haireti Alifu, Yukiko Hirabayashi, Brian Alan Johnson, Jean-Francois Vuillaume, Akihiko Kondoh, Minoru Urai

“…The Shaksgam Valley, located on the north side of the Karakoram Mountains of western China, is situated in the transition zone between the Indian monsoon system and dry arid climate zones. …”
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Utilization of National Essential Public Health Services and Its Relationship with Management Effect in Chinese Type 2 Diabetic Patients by LIU Meicen, YANG Linghe, CHEN Xinyue, LIU Yuanli, YOU Lili

“…It is important to understand the utilization and management effect of such services in diabetic population over this period of more than 10 years of development.ObjectiveTo understand the utilization and management effect of NEPHS as well as their association in Chinese type 2 diabetics.MethodsBy use of multi-stage stratified sampling, 1 527 type 2 diabetics (≥35 years old) were selected from 20 community (township) health centers in 10 districts (counties) of 5 cities in eastern, central and western China during November to December 2019. Sociodemographic characteristics, utilization and management effect of NEPHS in these patients were collected by face-to-face surveys with a self-designed questionnaire.ResultsAccording to the survey, patients&apos; self-reported rates of creating health records, use of health records, undergoing standardized blood glucose tests, and receiving standard follow-ups were 90.34% (1 375/1 522) , 52.80% (725/1 373) , 83.69% (1 262/1 508) , and 90.18% (1 377/1 527) , respectively. …”
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Apolipoprotein E mimetic peptide COG1410 combats pandrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii by Bo Wang, Feng-Wan Zhang, Wei-Xiao Wang, Yan-Yan Zhao, Su-Yue Sun, Jin-Hong Yu, Michael P. Vitek, George F. Li, Rui Ma, Shiwei Wang, Zhiliang Hu, Zhiliang Hu, Wei Chen

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Spatial distribution and risk assessments of mercury in topsoils of Central Asia by Zhengzheng Yang, Junming Guo, Shiwei Sun, Dingming Ni, Pengfei Chen, Dipesh Rupakheti, Huhu Kang, Sabur F Abdullaev, Salamat Abdyzhapar uulu, Shichang Kang

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Optimum timing of lung resection surgery following SARS‐CoV‐2 infection for non‐small cell lung cancer by Yanbo Yang, Lingli Niu, Yunke Zhu, Zhu Wu, Liang Xia, Congjia Xiao, Xu Shen, Xin Xiao, Conglin Tian, Feng Lin

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Economic status and catastrophic health expenditures in China in the last decade of health reform: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Qingqing Yuan, Yuxuan Wu, Furong Li, Min Yang, Dandi Chen, Kun Zou

“…From 2000 to 2020, the CHE incidence in rural areas was 25.0% (95% CI: 20.9 to 29.1%) compared to urban 20.9% (95% CI: 18.3 to 23.4%); the CHE incidence in eastern, central and western China was 25.0% (95% CI: 19.2 to 30.8%), 25.4% (95% CI: 18.4 to 32.3%), and 23.1% (95% CI: 17.9 to 28.2%), respectively; the CHE incidence was 30.9% (95% CI: 22.4 to 39.5%), 20.3% (95% CI: 17.0 to 23.6%), 19.9% (95% CI: 15.6 to 24.1%), and 23.7% (95% CI: 18.0 to 29.3%) in poverty group, low-income group, middle-income group, and high-income group, respectively. …”
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Progress and challenges of big data research on petrology and geochemistry by Shoutao Jiao, Qi Zhang, Yongzhang Zhou, Wanfeng Chen, Xinyu Liu, Gnanachandrasamy Gopalakrishnan

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Impact of urbanization on morbidity of hepatitis A: a national panel study in China during 2005–2018 by Bo-Wen Ming, Zhou Yang, Ze-Lin Yan, Chen Shi, Xiao-Han Xu, Li Li, Chun-Quan Ou

“…There were obvious spatial variations with higher morbidity in western China. Nationally, gross domestic product per capita and the number of hospitalization beds per 1000 persons increased from 14,040 to 64,644 CNY and from 2.45 to 6.03 during 2005–2018, respectively. …”
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Development of a LAMP assay for detection of Leishmania infantum infection in dogs using conjunctival swab samples by Chun-hua Gao, Dan Ding, Jun-yun Wang, Dietmar Steverding, Xia Wang, Yue-tao Yang, Feng Shi

“…The findings indicate that the LAMP assay is a sensitive and specific method for the field surveillance of domestic dogs, particularly of asymptomatic canines, in ZVL-endemic areas in western China.…”
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The Identification of a Novel Nucleomodulin MbovP467 of <i>Mycoplasmopsis bovis</i> and Its Potential Contribution in Pathogenesis by Abdul Raheem, Doukun Lu, Abdul Karim Khalid, Gang Zhao, Yingjie Fu, Yingyu Chen, Xi Chen, Changmin Hu, Jianguo Chen, Huanchun Chen, Aizhen Guo

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Prediction of water inrush risk in Jurassic Baotashan sandstone and teachnology of by limited boundary drainage by Wei QIAO, Yuguang LYU, Gang HAN, Guangyao LIU, Wenbin LYU, Peichao FENG, Weichi CHEN, Zhen WANG

“…The research work in this paper is of great significance and engineering practice value for the prevention and control of floor water in the Jurassic Coalfield development in western China.…”
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Fracture Identification of Deep Dolomite Reservoir Based on R/S-FD Analysis: A Case Study of the Cambrian Sinian Reservoirs in the Sandaoqiao Gas Field, Northern Tarim Basin by Qingxiu Meng, Qingxiu Meng, Qingxiu Meng, Wenlong Ding, Wenlong Ding, Wenlong Ding, Xindong Diao, Pengyuan Han, Pengyuan Han, Pengyuan Han, Huanhuan Wang, Huanhuan Wang, Huanhuan Wang, Zikang Xiao, Zikang Xiao, Zikang Xiao

“…The pre-Mesozoic Sandaoqiao gas field, northern Tarim Basin, Western China, hosts a typical deep fractured dolomite reservoir. …”
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Sahara’s surface transformation forced an abrupt hydroclimate decline and Neolithic culture transition in northern China by Yandong Hou, Hao Long, Sumiko Tsukamoto, Zhengyao Lu, Jie Chen, Daniel E. Ibarra, Toru Tamura, Qiong Zhang, Weiyi Sun, Jingran Zhang, Lei Gao, Manfred Frechen, Ji Shen

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Health Literacy Status and Influencing Factors among Outpatients in General Hospitals by Xiaoyan WANG, Xiangyang TIAN, Jian DONG, Xi CHU, Guofeng WEI, Zonghui WU, Tong SUN, Hong ZHANG

“…Methods A systematic sampling method was used to select 14 secondary or tertiary general hospitals in eight regions in eastern, central and western China as survey settings, and outpatients (≥15 years old) of them during January to May 2021 were randomly selected and surveyed using the Patient Health Literacy Scale (PHLS) 〔those with scores &lt;41 were deemed unlikely to have health literacy; those with scores ≥55 were judged as having high level of health literacy; those with scores between 41 and 54 were regarded as having moderate level of health literacy〕. …”
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Medication non-adherence and self-inflicted violence behaviors among 185,800 patients with schizophrenia in the community: a 12-year cohort study by Chuanlong Zuo, Xianmei Yang, Xiangrui Wu, Ruoxin Fan, Jun Liu, Hu Xiang, Yang Li, Xing Zhao, Xiang Liu, Yuanyuan Liu

“…Methods This 12-year cohort study in western China recruited 292,667 community-dwelling schizophrenics. …”
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