Could Weather Fluctuations Affect Local Economic Growth? Evidence from Counties in the People's Republic of China by Chengzheng Li, Jiajia Cong, Haiying Gu

“…This paper uses historical fluctuations of weather variables within counties in the People's Republic of China to identify their effects on economic growth from 1996 to 2012. …”
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Geographic association of Helicobacter pylori antibody prevalence and gastric cancer mortality in rural China. by Forman, D, Sitas, F, Newell, D, Stacey, A, Boreham, J, Peto, R, Campbell, T, Li, J, Chen, J

“…To examine the geographic association between Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric cancer, we have assessed the prevalence of IgG antibodies to H. pylori in plasma samples taken in 1983 from 1882 men, aged 35-64 years, in 46 rural counties of the People's Republic of China. The gastric cancer mortality rates in these countries in 1973-75 varied from 3 per 1,000 (cumulative rate, 0-64 years) to 69 per 1,000, while the proportions of the population positive for H. pylori antibodies (based on an average of about 41 men per county) varied from 28% to 96%. …”

Three-dimensional Particle-in-cell Simulations of the Solar Wind Interaction with Asteroid 2016 HO3 by Lianghai Xie, Lei Li, Jindong Wang, Yiteng Zhang, Bin Zhou, Yongyong Feng

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Taijiquan, genius loci and tourism: a participant observation about Chenjiagou by Sergio Raimondo, Laura Rea, Yong-shun Wang

“…The result is the illustration of a particular case of martial arts tourism included in the decade 2009-2018 and focused on Chenjiagou (Chen village), a village in inland China (Wen county, Henan province, People's Republic of China). Here tourists – attracted by the peculiar spirit of the place, genius loci, expressed in the landscape and in the local customs and reinforced by recurring or occasional celebrations – are contributing to the local economic development and urban improvement, by creating an informal planetary-scale network through the common interest in the martial art of taijiquan. …”
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Dependences of Energetic Neutral Atoms Energy on the Solar Wind Energy and Solar Zenith Angle Observed by the Chang’E-4 Rover by Tianhua Zhong, Lianghai Xie, Aibing Zhang, Xiaocheng Guo, Lei Li, Wenjing Wang, Martin Wieser, Xiaoping Zhang, Yazhou Yang, Hong Tang, Yiteng Zhang, Chi Wang

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Quantifying quality of life and disability of patients with advanced schistosomiasis japonica. by Tie-Wu Jia, Jürg Utzinger, Yao Deng, Kun Yang, Yi-Yi Li, Jin-Huan Zhu, Charles H King, Xiao-Nong Zhou

“…Suspected or officially registered advanced cases in a Schistosoma japonicum-hyperendemic county of the People's Republic of China (P.R. China) were screened using a short questionnaire and physical examination. …”
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A computed tomography urography‐based machine learning model for predicting preoperative pathological grade of upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma by Yanghuang Zheng, Hongjin Shi, Shi Fu, Haifeng Wang, Jincheng Wang, Xin Li, Zhi Li, Bing Hai, Jinsong Zhang

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