Latent Tuberculosis Infection and Associated Factors in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: a Multicenter, Cross-Sectional Study by Lifan Zhang, Yanan Ma, Nan Jiang, Xiaoqing Zou, Yueqiu Zhang, Fengchun Zhang, Xiaofeng Zeng, Yan Zhao, Shengyun Liu, Xiaoxia Zuo, Huaxiang Wu, Lijun Wu, Hongbin Li, Zhiyi Zhang, Sheng Chen, Ping Zhu, Miaojia Zhang, Wencheng Qi, Yi Liu, Huaxiang Liu, Xiaochun Shi, Xiaoqing Liu

“…SLE patients were enrolled from 13 tertiary hospitals in eastern, central, and western China from September 2014 to March 2016 and were screened using the T-SPOT.TB assay to detect LTBI. …”
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Interactive effect between sleep and exercise on depressive symptoms in Chinese adolescents by Shoukang Zou, Shoukang Zou, Fang Deng, Fang Deng, Wenli Tan, Yutong Fu, Hang Zhang, Hanmei Xu, Yuanmei Tao, Xian Tang, Xiaowei Tang, Ping Xiong, Huiping Huang, Ying Huang, Ling Li, Wenjuan Yang, Hongping Zeng, Gui Liu, Xiaosu Shen, Hongqin Zhao, Ying Chen, Kangling Yao, Jingyi Zhao, Wenwen Han, Jingmiao Zhou, Jianmin Hou, Shikun Peng, Yadan Wang, Yunzhen Yang, Yi Feng, Lin Chen, Xiting Yang, Shuangshuang Li, Xue Luo, Yan Wang, Li Yin, Li Yin, Li Yin

“…ObjectivesThe study aimed to investigate the effects of sleep and exercise, individually and jointly, on depressive symptoms in Chinese adolescents.MethodsCluster sampling was used to conduct a cross-sectional, electronic survey among 11,563 students from five primary and high schools in Sichuan Province in Western China. The questionnaire contained custom-designed items concerning sleep and exercise, while it used the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale to assess depressive symptoms and the Core Self-Evaluations Scale to assess core self-evaluation. …”
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Exploring the inorganic composition of the Asian Tropopause Aerosol Layer using medium-duration balloon flights by H. Vernier, N. Rastogi, H. Liu, H. Liu, A. K. Pandit, K. Bedka, A. Patel, M. V. Ratnam, B. S. Kumar, B. Zhang, H. Gadhavi, F. Wienhold, G. Berthet, J.-P. Vernier, J.-P. Vernier

“…The first flight in summer 2017 which sampled an air mass within the Asian monsoon anticyclone (AMA), influenced by convection over Western China, was associated with particle size diameters from 0.05 to 0.15 <span class="inline-formula">µ</span>m. …”
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Bruits de Chine by Clément Fabre

“…The reason lies in the fear of Chinese climate effects, the desire to base the inferiority of the Chinese on racial differences, and plans to westernize China.…”
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Epidemiological analysis of norovirus infectious diarrhea outbreaks in Chongqing, China, from 2011 to 2016 by Baisong Li, Dayong Xiao, Yanlin Li, Xianlan Wu, Li Qi, Wenge Tang, Qin Li

“…Keywords: Norovirus, Epidemiological characteristics, Epidemic prevention and control, Western China…”
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