The relationship between self-efficacy, learning burnout, willingness to fulfill the contract and empathy of rural-oriented tuition-waived medical students of China: a cross-sectional study by Xuewen Zhang, Guanqi Han, Chen Feng, Yuxuan Xu, Leyan Gao, Zhen Tan

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Using remote sensing and machine learning to generate 100-cm soil moisture at 30-m resolution for the black soil region of China: Implication for agricultural water management by Liwen Chen, Boting Hu, Jingxuan Sun, Y. Jun Xu, Guangxin Zhang, Hongbo Ma, Jingquan Ren

“…To assess the applicability of our research methodology, we selected the typical black soil zone in Northeast of China, which is one of the four major black soil regions globally and characterized by intensive agricultural activities. …”
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Characterisation of cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence and machine learning risk prediction in middle-aged and elderly populations: data from the China health and retirement longitudinal study (CHARLS) by Qing Huang, Zihao Jiang, Bo Shi, Jiaxu Meng, Li Shu, Fuyong Hu, Jing Mi

“…Abstract Background Due to the ageing population and evolving lifestyles occurring in China, middle-aged and elderly populations have become high-risk groups for cardiovascular disease (CVD). …”
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Spatiotemporal Characteristics and Resilience of Urban Network Structure during the Spring Festival Travel Rush: A Case Study of Urban Agglomeration in the Middle Reaches of Yangtze River in China by Shimei Wei, Jinghu Pan

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Bayes Conditional Probability-Based Causation Analysis between Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) and Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension (PIH): A Statistic Case Study in Harbin, China by Dan Diao, Fang Diao, Bin Xiao, Ning Liu, Dan Zheng, Fengjuan Li, Xu Yang

“…However, the causation between these two symptoms remains speculative. 16,404 pregnant women were identified in Harbin, China, in this study. We investigated and evaluated the causal effect of GDM on PIH based on the Bayes conditional probability. …”
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Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding screening and managing diabetic microvascular complications among general practitioners of community health centres: a cross-sectional study in Shanghai, China by Hua Yang, Jian Gao, Ying Yu, Cuiling Huang, Chengdian Lan, Zhangyan Chen

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Controlling Effect of Wave-Dominated Delta Sedimentary Facies on Unconventional Reservoirs: A Case Study of Pinghu Tectonic Belt in Xihu Sag, East China Sea Basin by Qinglong Chen, Renhai Pu, Xiaomin Xue, Ming Han, Yanxin Wang, Xin Cheng, Hanning Wu

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Impact of High Thermal Setting and Fluid Activities on Sandstone Compaction: A Case Study of the Baiyun Sag in the Pearl River Mouth Basin (Northern South China Sea) by Chi Li, Jinglan Luo, Caiwei Fan, Shanshan Li, Shijiu Wu, Chuan Lei, Kunpeng Song

“…The Baiyun Sag in the Pearl River Mouth Basin in the northern part of the South China Sea with high heat flows and a variable geothermal gradient is an ideal setting for studying the characteristics and mechanisms of the thermal compaction process. …”
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Higher Levels of High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Is Positively Associated with the Incidence of Hyperuricemia in Chinese Population: A Report from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study by Hui-Xu Dai, Zhi-Ying Zhao, Yang Xia, Qi-Jun Wu, Yu-Hong Zhao

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CH4-C3H8 mixed gas hydrates formation in marine mud and foraminifera-rich sand from the South China Sea: an experimental approach by Peixiao Mao, Peixiao Mao, Peixiao Mao, Judith M. Schicks, Mengdi Pan, Mengdi Pan, Nengyou Wu, Nengyou Wu

“…CH4-C3H8 mixed gas hydrates are widely distributed in deep-sea weakly-consolidated muddy sediments of the South China Sea, enriched with biological clastics like foraminifera-rich sand. …”
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Association between balance ability and cardiovascular disease onsets among middle-aged and older adults: an observational cohort study from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study by Yinghe Lin, Shanshan Zhong, Zhihua Sun

“…We aimed to examine the relationship between the balance ability and incident CVD risk.MethodsThis study retrospectively included participants (≥45 years) without CVD at baseline from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) in 2011 and those who were followed up in 2018. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding pulmonary rehabilitation among patients with chronic respiratory diseases: a cross-sectional questionnaire-based study in a tertiary hospital in China by Xueli Bai, Yuan Chen, Xiansheng Liu, Lingling Wang, Xiaohong Zhang, Jie Ding, Lin Su, Ruiying Wang, Shuang Wei

“…Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of patients with chronic respiratory diseases towards pulmonary rehabilitation.Design Cross-sectional, web-based questionnaire study.Setting Tertiary healthcare hospital in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China.Participants A total of 511 patients with chronic respiratory diseases were recruited from the hospital’s outpatient and inpatient departments. …”
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Improving ecological water diversion process to promote oasis restoration using a monthly conceptual lumped ecohydrological model: A case study of the Qingtu Oasis, China by Feng Huang, Yiping Li, Carlos G. Ochoa, Jisheng Li

“…Study region: Qingtu Oasis, Shiyang River Basin, Northwest China. Study focus: Improving the Ecological Water Diversion (EWD) process is crucial for promoting recovering terminal oases in arid inland basins. …”
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Effects of forest age and stand density on the growth, soil moisture content, and soil carbon content of Populus simoni plantations in the sandy area of western Liaoning, Northeast China by Hao Chen, Zhaowei Zhang, Xiangyu Yang, Xin Ai, Yutao Wang, Ping Liu

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Accumulation and Distribution of Natural Gas Reservoir in Volcanic Active Area: A Case Study of the Cretaceous Yingcheng Formation in the Dehui Fault Depression, Songliao Basin, NE China by Fancheng Zeng, Bo Liu, Changmin Zhang, Guoyi Zhang, Jin Gao, Junjie Liu, Mehdi Ostadhassan

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Deriving the impact mechanism of urban green space environment on community social capital based on multi-source data integration: a case study of nanjing city, China by Feng Zhen, Mohan Liu, Runlin Yang

“…Abstract With the orderly progression of urban renewal in China, social capital, as an important factor in analyzing the relationship between stakeholders, has once again become a key topic in urban planning research. …”
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Spatial-temporal dynamics and driving factors of urban construction land in mega cross-river mountain cities: A case study of Chongqing’s central urban area, China by Fu-hai Wang, Wei Zeng, Dan Chen, Chang-hua He, Hui Li

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Effectiveness of using implementation frameworks to facilitate the implementation of a stroke management guideline in the traditional Chinese medicine hospitals in China: protocol for a factorial randomised controlled trial by Zhuo Chen, Yefeng Cai, Wenjun He, Yiyuan Cai, Lingrui Liu, Qing Zhao, Sensen lv, Dong (Roman) Xu, Chun Hao, Lanping Zhang, Pengfei Guo, Yuning Shi

“…Introduction Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is commonly used alongside Western medicine for stroke management in China. However, there is significant variation in TCM practice, and the utilisation of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines is inadequate. …”
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Quasi-weekly oscillation of regional PM_2.5 transport over China driven by the synoptic-scale disturbance of the East Asian winter monsoon circulation by Y. Bai, T. Zhao, K. Meng, Y. Zhou, J. Xiong, X. Sun, L. Shen, Y. Yue, Y. Zhu, W. Hu, J. Yao

“…The source–receptor relationship in regional transport of PM<span class="inline-formula">_2.5</span> is identified with the 2 d lag effect of the North China Plain, as the upwind source region, on the PM<span class="inline-formula">_2.5</span> pollution change in the Twain-Hu Basin, as the downwind receptor region in central China. …”
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Impact of Differential Densification on the Pore Structure of Tight Gas Sandstone: Evidence from the Permian Shihezi and Shanxi Formations, Eastern Sulige Gas Field, Ordos Basin, China by Meng Wang, Hongming Tang, Haoxuan Tang, Shu Liu, Liehui Zhang, Ming Zeng, Yulin Cheng

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