Simulated nitrogen deposition significantly reduces soil respiration in an evergreen broadleaf forest in western China. by Shixing Zhou, Yuanbin Xiang, Liehua Tie, Bohan Han, Congde Huang

“…A field experiment was conducted in a natural evergreen broadleaf forest in western China from November 2013 to November 2015 to understand the effects of increasing N deposition on soil respiration. …”
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The preliminary comparative results between Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 patients in Western China by Yanzi Li, Hongxia Li, Jianfeng Han, Lin Yang

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Antibiotic prescribing practices in secondary and tertiary hospitals in Shaanxi province, western China, 2013-2015. by Kangkang Yan, Meiling Xue, Dan Ye, Caijun Yang, Jie Chang, Minghuan Jiang, Mingyue Zhao, Hongli Zhang, Yu Fang

“…This study aimed to explore how antibiotics were used in secondary and tertiary hospitals in Shaanxi Province, western China from 2013 to 2015.<h4>Method</h4>A retrospective study was conducted with a sample of 16 hospitals in Shaanxi Province (2 tertiary and 14 secondary hospitals; 8 public and 8 private hospitals) using a stratified random sampling method. …”
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The complete mitogenome of wild honeybee Apis dorsata (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from South-Western China by Jie Yang, Jianxin Xu, Jie Wu, Xuan Zhang, Shaoyu He

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Distribution and Characterization of Quaternary Ammonium Biocides Resistant Bacteria in Different Soils, in South-Western China by Ziyi Guo, Cunli Qin, Lilan Zhang

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Beyond mothers: the crucial role of family caregivers’ knowledge on exclusive breastfeeding in rural western China by Jingchun Nie, Jinbiao Ye, Shichong Wu, Nan Wang, Yangyuan Li, Yunjie Liu, Zulihumaer Reheman, Junhao Wu, Jie Yang, Yaojiang Shi

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Correction: Severity of Anemia among Children under 36 Months Old in Rural Western China. by Wenlong Gao, Hong Yan, DuolaoWang, Shaonong Dang, Leilei Pei

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The Characteristics and Geological Significances of Tectonic Regime Changes in Chepaizi Uplift, Junggar Basin, Western China by Bang An, Weifeng Wang, Baogang Li, Zhaobing Wang, Shuaijie Yang, Yifei Sun, Xin Li

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Progress and challenges in maternal health in western China: a Countdown to 2015 national case study by Yanqiu Gao, PhD, Hong Zhou, PhD, Neha S Singh, PhD, Timothy Powell-Jackson, PhD, Stephen Nash, MSc, Min Yang, ProfPhD, Sufang Guo, ProfMD, Hai Fang, ProfPhD, Melisa Martinez Alvarez, PhD, Xiaoyun Liu, PhD, Jay Pan, PhD, Yan Wang, ProfDr PH, Carine Ronsmans, ProfMD

“…We chose to focus on western China because poverty, ethnic diversity, and geographical access represent particular challenges to ensuring universal access to maternal care in the region. …”
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Experiments of the efficacy of tree ring blue intensity as a climate proxy in central and western China by Y. Zheng, Y. Zheng, H. Shen, R. Abernethy, R. Wilson

“…<p>To investigate the potential value of tree ring blue intensity as a robust climate proxy in central and western China, four species from five sites were assessed. …”
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Construction of ecological conservation pattern based on ecosystem services of Three River Headwaters, Western China by Jian Xue, Zongxing Li, Qi Feng, Juan Gui, Baijuan Zhang

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Coupling Landscape Connectedness, Ecosystem Service Value, and Resident Welfare in Xining City, Western China by Chunlin Yu, Ling Li, Hejie Wei

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Effect of coal mining on soil nitrogen distribution in semi-arid mining area of western China by Dejun Yang, Yajun Zhang, Xiuqin Chen

“…Therefore, it is very important to study soil nitrogen distribution, especially in semi-arid area of western China. Fewer scholars paid attention to the effect on soil nitrogen due to coal mining in semi-arid mining areas of western China. …”
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A new species and a new series of Elatostema (Urticaceae) from south-western China by Dan-Hong Yin, Teng-Fei Huang, Zhen Lu, Lin-Dong Duan

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Habitat suitability assessment for the Great Bustard Otis tarda tarda in Tacheng Basin, western China by Yingying Zhuo, Mimi Kessler, Muyang Wang, Wenxuan Xu, Feng Xu, Weikang Yang

“…We used distance sampling and interviews to census Great Bustards in the Tacheng Basin of western China in October from 2014 to 2016, and obtained 210 occurrence points. …”
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Hydrogeochemical processes of groundwater system and its mining-motivated effect in mining areas of Western China by Aoshuang MEI, Yifan ZENG, Qiang WU, Zhichao LIU, Yanping MIAO, Sitong WANG, Yashuai CUI, Huaming WEI, Shuaifeng REN, Lei YANG

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Human Activity Dampens the Benefits of Group Size on Vigilance in Khulan (Equus hemionus) in Western China. by Mu-Yang Wang, Kathreen E Ruckstuhl, Wen-Xuan Xu, David Blank, Wei-Kang Yang

“…In our study, we examined vigilance behavior of Khulans (Equus hemionus) in the Xinjiang Province in western China to test whether and how human disturbance and group size affect vigilance. …”
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Sex Estimation of Han Adults in Western China Based on Three-Dimensional Cranial CT Reconstruction by YANG Xiao-tong, SUN Cheng-hui, MA Yong-gang, CAO Yong-jie, XIONG Jian, ZHANG Ji, HUANG Ping

“…ObjectiveTo examine the reliability and accuracy of Walker’s model for estimating the sex of Han adults in western China by using cranium three-dimensional （3D） CT reconstruction, and to study the suitable cranial sex estimation model for Han people in western China.MethodsA total of 576 cranial CT 3D reconstructed images from Hanzhong Hospital in Shaanxi Province from 2017 to 2021 were collected. …”
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Microbial communities and their roles in the Cenozoic sulfurous oil reservoirs in the Southwestern Qaidam Basin, Western China by Yue Jiao, Liyun An, Wei Wang, Jian Ma, Chaodong Wu, Xiaolei Wu

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Ecological and environmental damage assessment of water resources protection mining in the mining area of Western China by Yanli Huang, Jiaqi Wang, Junmeng Li, Mingyin Lu, Yachao Guo, Laiwei Wu, Qingxiong Wang

“…The application of water resources protection mining has alleviated greatly the deterioration of ecological environment in the ecologically fragile mining areas of Western China. To quantitatively evaluate the improvement effect of this technology on the ecological environment of the mining area, the evaluation index system of ecological environment in the mining area was proposed based on the water-preserved mining techniques of water resources protection mining. …”
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