Diversity, taxonomic composition, and functional aspects of fungal communities in living, senesced, and fallen leaves at five sites across North America by Jana M. U’Ren, A. Elizabeth Arnold

“…To better understand the endophyte–saprotroph continuum we compared fungal communities and functional traits of focal strains isolated from living leaves to those isolated from leaves after senescence and decomposition, with a focus on foliage of woody plants in five biogeographic provinces ranging from tundra to subtropical scrub forest. …”
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Experiences and Challenges of Implementing Universal Health Coverage With China’s National Basic Public Health Service Program: Literature Review, Regression Analysis, and Insider... by Guixia Fang, Diling Yang, Li Wang, Zhihao Wang, Yuanyuan Liang, Jinxia Yang

“…Data obtained included the financing share of the national/provincial/prefectural government among the total investment of the program in 32 provinces in 2016, their respective per capita funding levels, and some indicators related to program implementation from 2009 to 2016. …”
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Origine et étapes historiques de la profession vétérinaire en République Démocratique du Congo by Willy KABAMBA MWAMBA, Jean Marie PELENDA, Jeanne ILUNGA, Bruno MITEYO

“…La densité des Médecins Vétérinaires n’est que de 3.10-5 /Km2, avec des disparités selon les Provinces. Avec cette densité très insignifiante, il ne faut pas vraiment espérer développer correctement un pays à vocation agro-pastorale comme la RDC. 29 ans après la création de l’Association des Médecins Vétérinaires de la RDC (AMVC), une dynamique partie du Congrès de l’AMVC qui s’est tenu à Kinshasa au mois de septembre 2016, a conduit à la création de l’Ordre National des Médecins Vétérinaires de la République Démocratique du Congo par la Loi n°18/029 du 13 décembre 2018 portant création, organisation et fonctionnement de l’Ordre National des Médecins Vétérinaires, qui s’emploie à redynamiser la profession dans le pays. …”
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«Blachii ac pastores romanorum»: de nouveau sur le destin du latin à l’est / «Blachii ac pastores romanorum»: again, on the destiny of Latin in the East by Iosif Camara

“…This fact explains the linguistic unity of the Romanian language, despite its territorial spread and development in several historical provinces separated by natural boundaries. While shepherding explains some important issues in the history of Eastern Romanity, there is still need for systematic study on this topic. …”
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The Exempt Market in Canada: Empirics, Observations and Recommendations by Vijay Jog

“…Data about the so-called exempt market are so lacking that were regulators in Ontario and the other provinces contemplating new exempt-market regulations to proceed, they would be creating policies based on anecdotal, incomplete and, potentially, incorrect evidence. …”
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New taxa of the weevils closely related to Dactylotus Schoenherr, 1847 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae) from the Sino-Tibetan Mountains by G.E. Davidian

“…Eight new species are described from Gansu, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces of China: Dactylotinus arborator Davidian, sp. n., D. grandis Davidian, sp. n., D. korotyaeviDavidian, sp. n., D. pelletieri Davidian, sp. n., D. roudieri Davidian, sp. n., D. zhangi Davidian, sp. n., Dactylotinomorphus arzanovi Davidian, sp. n. and D. subnudus Davidian, sp. n. …”
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Caring for star-children : autism, families, and ethics in contemporary China by Lin, Emily Xi.

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Intergenerational transfers and well-being in old age in contemporary urban and rural China by Chen, T

“…This study is based on empirical analyses of two waves of nationally representative datasets, covering adult individuals aged 60 and over from 20 provinces in urban and rural China.</p> <p>Living arrangements are vital to intergenerational transfers and welfare in old age, especially in China where the family-based support mechanism by which the young cared for the old was traditionally through coresidence. …”

Subsidized gestational diabetes mellitus screening and management program in rural China: a pragmatic multicenter, randomized controlled trial by Xu, T, Xia, Q, Lai, X, He, K, Fan, D, Ma, L, Fang, H

“…Methods: This multicenter, randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted in obstetric clinics of six rural hospitals located in three provinces in China. Eligible participants were pregnant women in 24–28 weeks’ gestation, without overt diabetes, with a singleton pregnancy, access to a telephone, and provided informed consent. …”

Towards taking farmers seriously: Contributions of farmer knowledge to food systems adaptation to climate change by Soubry, B

“…This is the case in three Eastern Canadian Maritime provinces—Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island—where provincial adaptation planning does not consider climate change a threat to food systems.…”

The Opium War, overlapping empires, and China's water borders by Luk, C

“…Drawing on scholarship on borderlands and frontiers as well as a variety of textual and visual sources, the thesis argues that the Opium War transformed vast coastal and waterway regions in Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu provinces into what can be conceptualized as "water borders." …”

Information Need And Information-Seeking Behaviour Of Agricultural Extension Workers In Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, Indonesia by Wulandari, Retno

“…Therefore, it was suggested that further study be conducted to cover a wider geographical area such as other provinces in Indonesia with different geographical characteristics, farming system, custom and traditions. …”
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Feasibility of distance-monitoring on sedentary time and physical activity among Sri Lankan adolescents by Wickramarachchi, W Kankanamalage Dona Shashini Anushka

“…Data were obtained from 347 male and female adolescents aged between 13-17 years old in the year 2020 and 2021 from four provinces in Sri Lanka by using multi stage sampling technique. …”
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Schools and Newspapers in Zanjan in the Constitutional Era: Challenges and Obstacles by Abbas Ghadimi gheydari, Hasan Rostami

“…Despite numerous obstacles, it gradually reached other provinces. From institutions and new manifestations, we can name the school and the newspaper that had a great impact on the social and intellectual transformation of the society. …”
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Identifying and analyzing the factors affecting the outcomes of student selection in Farhangian University by Azimeh Motekalem

“…The statistical population of the study includes 550 professors of Farhangian University in the campuses located in three provinces of West and East Azarbayjan, and Ardabil. 27 persons were available through purposeful sampling in the qualitative stage, and 227 persons were chosen through cluster sampling in the quantitative stage. …”
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The prevalence of primary headache disorders in children and adolescents in Zambia: a schools-based study by Nfwama Kawatu, Somwe Wa Somwe, Ornella Ciccone, Misheck Mukanzu, Derya Uluduz, Tayyar Şaşmaz, Bengü Nehir Buğdaycı Yalçın, Christian Wöber, Timothy J. Steiner

“…These two of Zambia’s ten provinces were selected to represent the country’s urban/rural divide. …”
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New insights on the spatial and temporal distribution characteristics of Chinese marine environmental quality and its driving factors from 2003 to 2021 by Qianqian Guo, Chuanxi Yang, Xiaoning Wang, Ziheng Wan, Guodong Zhang, Jiayi Cui, Yan Xue, Haofen Sun, Dong Chen, Weihua Zhao, Yihua Xiao, Wenping Dong, Weiliang Wang

“…The results could provide valuable suggestions for coastal provinces to accomplish economic development and environmental improvement, which to prevent the old way of “pollution first and treatment later”.…”
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Genetic Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus From Subclinical Mastitis Cases in Dairy Cows in Rwanda by Jean Baptiste Ndahetuye, Jean Baptiste Ndahetuye, Mikael Leijon, Renée Båge, Karin Artursson, Karin Artursson, Ylva Persson, Ylva Persson

“…Whole-genome sequencing was carried out on 30 Staphylococcus (S.) aureus isolates from dairy cows with subclinical mastitis from all five provinces of Rwanda. Twenty-five of the isolates produced enough sequence to be analyzed using core genome multilocus sequence typing (cg-MLST). …”
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Vulnerability and Burden of All-Cause Mortality Associated with Particulate Air Pollution during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Nationwide Observed Study in Italy by Tingting Ye, Rongbin Xu, Wenhua Yu, Zhaoyue Chen, Yuming Guo, Shanshan Li

“…Methods: We collected daily data regarding all-cause mortality (stratified by age and gender), and PM concentrations for 107 Italian provinces from 1 January 2015 to 31 May 2020. A time-stratified case-cross design with the distributed lag non-linear model was used to examine the association between PM and all-cause mortality. …”
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Knowledge, attitude, and practice toward delirium and subtype assessment among Chinese clinical nurses and determinant factors: A multicentre cross-section study by Wen Zhou, Wen Zhou, Qiulan Zheng, Qiulan Zheng, Miao Huang, Miao Huang, Chuanlai Zhang, Chuanlai Zhang, Huan Zhang, Huan Zhang, Li Yang, Li Yang, Taiqin Wu, Taiqin Wu, Xiuni Gan, Xiuni Gan

“…Third, this study expected to explore more details regarding delirium and subtypes assessment, including assessment barriers, assessment instruments, and knowledge sources.MethodsThis multicentre cross-section study was conducted in 10 tertiary hospitals in three provinces, China, from January to April 2022. We investigated 477 nurses from six departments with a high prevalence. …”
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