GC-MS Fingerprinting Combined with Chemical Pattern-Recognition Analysis Reveals Novel Chemical Markers of the Medicinal Seahorse by Yuanyuan Jiang, Hongfei Wu, Paul Chi Lui Ho, Xuemei Tang, Hui Ao, Lu Chen, Jinjin Cai

“…It is mainly cultivated in the Shandong, Fujian, and Guangxi Provinces in China. However, pseudo-HK, represented by <i>Hippocampus ingens</i> (HI) due to its similar appearance and traits, is often found in the market, compromising the safety and efficacy of clinical use. …”
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Integrated health system intervention aimed at reducing type 2 diabetes risk in women after gestational diabetes in South Africa (IINDIAGO): a randomised controlled trial protocol by Shane A Norris, Carl Lombard, Jean Claude Mutabazi, Katherine Murphy, Naomi Levitt, Christina Zarowsky, Tawanda Chivese, Lara R Fairall, Estelle Lambert, Lisa Jayne Ware, Mushi Matjila, Janetta Harbron, Lorrein Shamiso Muhwava

“…Our objectives are fourfold: (1) compare the completion of the nationally recommended 6-week postpartum oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) between intervention and control groups; (2) compare the diabetes risk reduction between control and intervention groups at 12 months’ post partum; (3) assess the process of implementation; and (4) assess the cost-effectiveness of the proposed intervention package.Methods and analyses Convergent parallel mixed-methods study with the main component being a pragmatic, 2-arm individually randomised controlled trial, which will be carried out at five major referral centres and up to 26 well-baby clinics in the Western Cape and Gauteng provinces of South Africa. Participants (n=370) with GDM (with no prior history of either type 1 or type 2 diabetes) will be recruited into the study at 24–36 weeks’ gestational age, at which stage first data collection will take place. …”
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A New Strain of Virus Discovered in China Specific to the Parasitic Mite <i>Varroa destructor</i> Poses a Potential Threat to Honey Bees by Gongwen Chen, Shuai Wang, Shuo Jia, Ye Feng, Fuliang Hu, Yanping Chen, Huoqing Zheng

“…</i><i>cerana</i> colonies distributed in six provinces in China, clearly indicating that VDV-2-China is predominantly a <i>Varroa</i>-adapted virus. …”
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Pan-Canadian survey on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cervical cancer screening and management: cross-sectional survey of healthcare professionals by Mariam El-Zein, Rami Ali, Eliya Farah, Sarah Botting-Provost, Eduardo L Franco, Survey Study Group

“…Decreases in the number of screening Pap tests and colposcopy procedures were consistently observed across Canadian provinces. About 90% reported that their practice/institution adopted telemedicine to communicate with patients. …”
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Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance of Tigecycline-Resistant Strains Isolated from Herbivores in Northwest China by Yongfeng Yu, Changchun Shao, Xiaowei Gong, Heng Quan, Donghui Liu, Qiwei Chen, Yuefeng Chu

“…In this study, a total of 300 samples were collected from various provinces in northwest China, and 11 strains (3.67%) of tigecycline-resistant bacteria were obtained. …”
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Clinical impact of a pharmacist-led medication review with follow up for aged polypharmacy patients: A cluster randomized controlled trial by Raquel Varas-Doval, Miguel A. Gastelurrutia, Shalom I. Benrimoj, Victoria García-Cárdenas, Loreto Sáez-Benito, Fernando Martinez-Martínez

“…Methods: An open-label multi-centered cluster randomized study with comparison group (CG) was carried out in community pharmacies from 4 provinces in Spain during 6 months. The main inclusion criteria were patients over 64 years old, using 5 or more medicines. …”
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In-vitro predatory activity of nematophagous fungi from Costa Rica with potential use for controlling sheep and goat parasitic nematodes by Natalia Soto-Barrientos, Jaqueline de Oliveira, Rommel Vega-Obando, Danilo Montero-Caballero, Bernardo Vargas, Jorge Hernández-Gamboa, Claudio Orozco-Solano

“…In order to collect and identify predator nematophagous fungi (PNF), samples were obtained from 51 farms distributed throughout the seven provinces of Costa Rica. The origin samples included: soil from different crops (potatoes, tomatoes, bananas, ornamental plants, squash and coffee); animal feces (cattle, sheep, goat and horse); soil and fallen leaves from forest; and plants with signs of nematode infection. …”
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Determinants Influencing the Adoption of Internet Health Care Technology Among Chinese Health Care Professionals: Extension of the Value-Based Adoption Model With Burnout Theory by Dongsheng Bian, Yuyin Xiao, Keyu Song, Minye Dong, Li Li, Ross Millar, Chenshu Shi, Guohong Li

“…MethodsA cross-sectional web-based survey using a sample of 12,031 health care professionals selected through multistage cluster sampling from 3 provinces in mainland China was conducted. The hypotheses of our research model were developed based on the VAM and employee burnout theory. …”
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Shifted to the South, Shifted to the North, but No Expansion: Potential Suitable Habitat Distribution Shift and Conservation Gap of the Critically Endangered Baer’s Pochard (<i>Ayt... by Lan Wu, Yuyu Wang, Xunqiang Mo, Qian Wei, Chaohong Ma, Hao Wang, Terry Townshend, Yifei Jia, Wenjia Hu, Guangchun Lei

“…Our results show that: (1) The southernmost breeding site is about 1400 km south of its current IUCN breeding range; (2) the northern most wintering site is 800 km north of the IUCN wintering range; (3) Six newly discovered sites in Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Jiangxi and Hubei provinces, China are confirmed to be used all year round; (4) Most sites (81.8%) are not located in protected areas (PAs), and the majority of the suitable habitats (90%) are not protected by the current PA network. …”
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Government Microblog Information Exchange Efficiency and Its Influencing Factors for Emergency Management by ZHAO Youlin, CAO Hongnan

“…[Method/Process] This paper took the highest level of fire-fighting microblogs officially certified by the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities as the research resources. …”
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A High Prevalence of Cardiopulmonary Worms Detected in the Iberian Wolf (<i>Canis lupus</i>): A Threat for Wild and Domestic Canids by Efrén Estévez-Sánchez, Rocío Checa, Ana Montoya, Juan Pedro Barrera, Ana María López-Beceiro, Luis Eusebio Fidalgo, Guadalupe Miró

“…For this purpose, we examined the cardiopulmonary systems of 57 wolves from Galicia (from the provinces A Coruña <i>n</i> = 15, Lugo <i>n</i> = 21, Ourense <i>n</i> =15 and Pontevedra <i>n</i> = 6) using techniques of dissection and cup sedimentation. …”
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Non-comorbid Respiratory Factor and Work of Breathing in Pediatric COVID-19 Patient: How is Their Synergistic Correlation with the Level of Care? by Defi Efendi, Maria Dyah Kurniasari, Mega Hasanul Huda, Raudha Ilmi Farid, Yohanes Andy Rias, Yogi Prawira, Nina Dwi Putri, Ayuni Rizka Utami, Titik Ambar Asmarini, Pande Lilik Lestari, Pricilia Mais, Abram Babakal

“…Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the six referral hospitals from July to September 2020 in four provinces in Indonesia. An observation checklist was used to collect data from the medical records of pediatric patients with COVID-19, including medical diagnosis, demographic, and clinical manifestation. …”
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Psychological Capital and Associated Factors among Community General Practitioners in China by ZHANG Li, ZHENG Yanling, FENG Jing, GAN Yong

“…Methods To conduct the questionnaire survey, 40 community health service institutions from their list of community health service institutions were randomly chosen, 4 632 GPs (40% of whom were on duty) were randomly selected from each community health service institution&apos;s duty roster on the day of the survey, and all five provinces (autonomous, municipalities) regions in the east, central, and west China were chosen by use of multi-stage stratified random sampling between March and May 2021. …”
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Key influences in the design and implementation of mental health information systems in Ghana and South Africa by S. Ahuja, T. Mirzoev, C. Lund, A. Ofori-Atta, S. Skeen, A. Kufuor

“…Results Key components of the MHIS intervention involved the introduction of a redesigned patient registration form, entry into computers for analysis every 2 months by clinical managerial staff, and utilization of data in hospital management meetings in three psychiatric hospitals in Ghana; and the introduction of a new set of mental health indicators and related forms and tally sheets at primary care clinics and district hospitals in five districts in the KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Cape provinces in South Africa. Overall, the key stakeholders perceived the MHIS strengthening as an effective intervention in both countries with an enhanced set of indicators in South Africa and introduction of a computerized system in Ghana. …”
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Digital Economy, Upgrade of Agricultural Industrial Structure and the Increase of Farmers' Income by Jing LI, Jinyang LI, Dan ZHENG

“…【Method】Based on the perspective of upgrading of agricultural industrial structure and the panel data of 31 provinces in China from 2012 to 2021, the evaluation indicator system of digital economy was constructed, the entropy method was adopted to measure the level of digital economy. …”
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The Effect of Body Adiposity and Alcohol Consumption on Serum Uric Acid: A Quantile Regression Analysis Based on the China National Health Survey by Huijing He, Li Pan, Xiaolan Ren, Dingming Wang, Jianwei Du, Ze Cui, Jingbo Zhao, Hailing Wang, Xianghua Wang, Feng Liu, Lize Pa, Xia Peng, Ye Wang, Chengdong Yu, Guangliang Shan

“…Data from the China National Health Survey (CNHS) which included adults from 10 provinces of China were used (n = 31,746, aged 20–80 years, 40% male). …”
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ChinaWheatYield30m: a 30&thinsp;m annual winter wheat yield dataset from 2016 to 2021 in China by Y. Zhao, Y. Zhao, S. Han, S. Han, J. Zheng, H. Xue, Z. Li, Z. Li, Y. Meng, Y. Meng, X. Li, X. Yang, Z. Li, S. Cai, G. Yang, G. Yang

“…Hence, we generated a 30 m Chinese winter wheat yield dataset (ChinaWheatYield30m) for major winter-wheat-producing provinces in China for the period 2016–2021 with a semi-mechanistic model (hierarchical linear model, HLM). …”
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COVID-19–Related Rumor Content, Transmission, and Clarification Strategies in China: Descriptive Study by Peishan Ning, Peixia Cheng, Jie Li, Ming Zheng, David C Schwebel, Yang Yang, Peng Lu, Li Mengdi, Zhuo Zhang, Guoqing Hu

“…Rumors mainly occurred in 3 provinces: Hubei, Zhejiang, and Guangxi. Personal social media accounts constituted the major source of media reports of the 4 most widely distributed rumors (the novel coronavirus can be prevented with “Shuanghuanglian”: 7648/10,664, 71.7%; the novel coronavirus is the SARS coronavirus: 14,696/15,902, 92.4%; medical supplies intended for assisting Hubei were detained by the local government: 3911/3943, 99.2%; asymptomatically infected persons were regarded as diagnosed COVID-19 patients with symptoms in official counts: 322/323, 99.7%). …”
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Investigation of porcine circovirus type 2 and porcine circovirus type 3 infections based on dual TaqMan fluorescent quantitative PCR method and genetic evolutionary analysis of th... by Mengxiang Cao, Yanwu Wei, Weilin Shi, Li Feng, Liping Huang

“…In total, 1,385 samples from 15 Chinese provinces were tested with the established qPCR. The total positive rates were 37.47% for PCV3 and 57.95% for PCV2, and the coinfection rate for was 25.49%. …”
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Canadian Resources on Cannabis Use and Fertility, Pregnancy, and Lactation: Scoping Review by Ayni Sharif, Kira Bombay, Malia S Q Murphy, Rebecca K Murray, Lindsey Sikora, Kelly D Cobey, Daniel J Corsi

“…The resources were authored by national-level (46/183, 25.1%), provincial or territorial (65/183, 35.5%), and regional (72/183, 39.3%) organizations. All provinces and territories had at least one resource attributed to them. …”
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