A Model-Based Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Changes of the Urban Expansion in Arid Area of Western China: A Case Study in North Xinjiang Economic Zone by Jing Qian, Qiming Zhou, Xi Chen, Bo Sun

“…A Conversion of Land Use and its Effect at Small Region Extent (CLUE-S) model was established to simulate the urbanization process at the township level in the North Xinjiang Economic Zone (NXEZ) of western China. Historical land use and land cover changes with multi-temporal remote sensing data were retrieved, and the underlying driving forces were explored by training the CLUE-S model. …”
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A configuration study on rural residents’ willingness to participate in improving the rural living environment in less-developed areas—Evidence from six provinces of western China by Yiqing Su, Yiqing Su, Yabiao Qiu, Yuan Xuan, Quanfeng Shu, Quanfeng Shu, Zhengxiao Li

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Analysis of the status quo of the Elderly’s demands of medical and elderly care combination in the underdeveloped regions of Western China and its influencing factors: a case study of Lanzhou by Jiancheng Wang, Yunhua Wang, Hui Cai, Juxia Zhang, Bei Pan, Guoxian Bao, Tiankang Guo

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Associations between perceived barriers and benefits of using HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and medication adherence among men who have sex with men in Western China by Ying Hu, Xiao-ni Zhong, Bin Peng, Yan Zhang, Hao Liang, Jiang-hong Dai, Ju-ying Zhang, Ai-long Huang

“…Methods MSM were recruited in western China from April 2013 to October 2014, administered oral tenofovir (TDF) daily and followed up every 12 weeks for 2 years. …”
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Two-Stage Evolution of the Altyn Tagh Fault System during the Tertiary: Constraints from Heavy Mineral Chemistry in Sediments of the Northwestern Qaidam Basin, Western China by Lu Bai, Ling Fu, Ping Guan, Daowei Zhang

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Condom Use and Related Factors among Rural and Urban Men Who Have Sex With Men in Western China: Based on Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model by Ling Hu, Yetao Luo, Xiaoni Zhong, Rongrong Lu, Yang Wang, Manoj Sharma, Mengliang Ye

“…This study aimed to determine the differences in condom use and related factors among rural–urban men who have sex with men (MSM) in Western China. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Chongqing, Sichuan, and Guangxi, which recruited MSM by non-probability sampling. …”
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Geological characteristics and resources potential of shale oil in Chang 7 Member of Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation in Fuxian area, southern Ordos Basin, western China by Ruyue Wang, Guanping Wang, Gang Zhao, Menhui Qian, Yuejiao Liu, Weiling He, Zhihao Li

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Application target image of a small modular fluoride salt-cooled high temperature reactor based on the analysis of energy demand and environmental conditions in western China by Yanwen Guo, Ye Dai, Jinhong Zhang, Dianqiang Jiang, Yao Fu

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Quantitative Evaluation of Gypsum-Salt Caprock Sealing Capacity Based on Analytic Hierarchy Process—A Case Study from the Cambrian in the Tarim Basin, Western China by Shan Zhao, Hua Liu, Yongfeng Zhu, Shen Wang, Xianzhang Yang

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Association between rural clinical clerkship and medical students' intentions to choose rural medical work after graduation: A cross-sectional study in western China. by Jinlin Liu, Bin Zhu, Ying Mao

“…In addition, the predictors of intentions to choose rural medical work were different between medical students with a rural background and those with an urban background.Rural clinical clerkship is likely to increase the odds of having intentions to work in rural medical institutions after graduation among medical students in western China, especially for those with an urban background. …”
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Impact of Learning Burnout on Mobile Phone Dependence Among Adolescents in Western China Under the “Double Reduction” Policy: The Mediating Role of Social Support by Wu R, Luo Y, Ren P, Ran F, Yang X, Gu M, Tuo A, Yan Z

“…The mediating effect of social support between MPD and learning burnout was analyzed by structural equation model.Results: Prevalence of MPD was 26.4% among adolescents in Guizhou province in western China. After adjusting for confounding variables like demographics, multiple linear regression model has revealed that learning burnout positively predicted MPD and social support negatively predicted MPD. …”
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Differential patterns of ophiostomatoid fungal communities associated with three sympatric Tomicus species infesting pines in south-western China, with a description of four new species by Wang HuiMin, Zheng Wang, Fu Liu, Cheng Xu Wu, Su Fang Zhang, Xiang Bo Kong, Cony Decock, Quan Lu, Zhen Zhang

“…(T. brevipilosus, T. minor and T. yunnanensis) infect branches and trunks of Pinus yunnanensis and P. kesiya in Yunnan Province, in south-western China. Tomicus spp. are well known as vectors of ophiostomatoid fungi and their co-occurrence could result in serious ecological and economic impact on local forest ecosystems. …”
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Rainfall Induced Shallow Landslide Temporal Probability Modelling and Early Warning Research in Mountains Areas: A Case Study of Qin-Ba Mountains, Western China by Yufei Song, Wen Fan, Ningyu Yu, Yanbo Cao, Chengcheng Jiang, Xiaoqing Chai, Yalin Nan

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Re–innovation on Thought and Mode of Poverty Alleviation in Rural Areas of Western China Under the Goal of Finishing Building a Moderately Prosperous Society in All Respects by Zhang Jianjun

“…This paper makes a comparative analysis of the status quo of poverty alleviation work and the current poverty–relief policies in 12 provinces in western China from the perspective of supply and demand and proposes an innovative means for a new mode of poverty alleviation by incorporating poverty–relief resource management, improving rural human capital development, and marketizing poverty–relief project selection mechanisms. …”
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The characteristics of Precambrian sedimentary basin and the distribution of deep source rock: A case study of Tarim Basin in Neoproterozoic and source rocks in Early Cambrian, Western China by Lin WU, Shuwei GUAN, Rong REN, Xiaobo WANG, Haijun YANG, Jiuqiang JIN, Guangyou ZHU

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A record of Holocene climate changes in central Asia derived from diatom-inferred water-level variations in Lake Kalakuli (Eastern Pamirs, western China) by Yumei Peng, Patrick Rioual, Patrick Rioual, Zhangdong Jin

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Occurrence and Discrepancy of Surface and Column Mole Fractions of CO₂ and CH₄ at a Desert Site in Dunhuang, Western China by Chong Wei, Zheng Lyu, Lingbing Bu, Jiqiao Liu

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Analysis of healthcare-associated infection in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with congenital heart disease in PICU: Evidence from a tertiary hospital in western China by Jing-wen Li, Ling-wen Guo, Si-yuan Tao, Yu-hua Deng, Cui Yang, Fu Qiao

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Increasing prevalence of myopia and the impact of education in primary-school students in Xi'an, north-western of China by Lu Ye, Lu Ye, Yan-qi Yang, Guo-yun Zhang, Wen-jun Wang, Mei-xia Ren, Pan Ge, Jian Zhang, Nan Zhang, Xing-zhou Liu, Ming-lei Zhang, Yu-jiao Tong, Liang-cai Lu, Mo-qi Lv, Dang-xia Zhou, Cheng Pei

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City-Level Features of Energy Footprints and Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Sichuan Province of China by Junbo Wang, Liu Chen, Lu Chen, Xiaohui Zhao, Minxi Wang, Yiyi Ju, Li Xin

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