Effectiveness of using implementation frameworks to facilitate the implementation of a stroke management guideline in the traditional Chinese medicine hospitals in China: protocol... 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

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Molecular testing stratifies the risk of structural recurrence in high risk differentiated thyroid cancer: a retrospective cohort study by Jie Liu, Wensi Gao, Xiong Zheng, Shuping Wu, Yi Shi, Feng Wang, Yu Wu

“…This study aimed to investigate the molecular profiles of high-risk differentiated thyroid cancer and to assess the role of molecular testing in enhancing prognostic risk stratification.MethodsIn a single-center study conducted at Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fujian Province, China, a consecutive cohort of differentiated thyroid cancer patients identified as high-risk under 2015 ATA-RSS criteria were retrospectively assessed, spanning from November 1, 2019, to March 31, 2022. …”
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Path analysis of factors influencing length of stay and hospitalisation expenses for oral cancer patients in tertiary hospitals in southeastern China: a cross-sectional study by Jing Wang, Chen Chen, Xiaoying Hu, Yi Fan, Yaping Wang, Yu Qiu, Qiujiao Yang, Mingming Xu, Yanfeng Weng, Yanni Li, Lisong Lin, Fa Chen, Baochang He, Fengqiong Liu

“…Aims To investigate the associations between influencing factors with length of stay (LOS) and hospitalisation expenses in oral cancer (OC) patients, and to explore the potential pathways through which these factors influence hospitalisation expenses using path analysis.Design Cross-sectional.Setting A comprehensive tertiary hospital in southeastern China.Participants A total of 810 patients with histologically confirmed primary OC admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fujian Province, between 2015 and 2020.Main outcome measures LOS and hospitalisation expenses for OC patients.Results The median hospitalisation expenses and LOS for OC patients in southeastern China were substantial, amounting to $6330 and 29 days, respectively. …”
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Artificial intelligence-based prediction of second stage duration in labor: a multicenter retrospective cohort analysisResearch in context by Xiaoqing Huang, Xiaodan Di, Suiwen Lin, Minrong Yao, Suijin Zheng, Shuyi Liu, Wayan Lau, Zhixin Ye, Zilian Wang, Bin Liu

“…Data from three hospitals in Guangdong Province was selected as derivation set, and a geographically independent dataset from Fujian Province as the external validation set. Singleton vaginal deliveries with term live birth in a cephalic position were included. …”
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Trends in incidence and mortality of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among residents of Xiamen city from 2012 to 2022: analysis of hospital records and death registration dat... by Youlan CHEN, Ahua WU, Moliang CHEN, Yilan LIN, Yanqi LAN, Qun LOU, Zhinan GUO

“…ObjectiveTo analyze the trends in incidence and mortality of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) among residents of Xiamen city, Fujian province from 2012 to 2022, and to provide a reference for the prevention and control of COPD in the population. …”
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A synthetic biological secondary metabolite, Lycogenâ¢, produced and extracted from Rhodobacter sphaeroides WL-APD911 in an optimizatioal scale-up strategy by Cheng-Chin Wang, Shi-Ying Huang, Shu-Hung Huang, Zhi-Hong Wen, Jyun-Ying Huang, Wen-Sheng Liu, Hui-Min David Wang

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Diagnostic pathways for breast cancer in 10 International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership (ICBP) jurisdictions: an international comparative cohort study based on questionnaire and... by David Weller, Usha Menon, Alina Zalounina Falborg, Henry Jensen, Andriana Barisic, Anne Kari Knudsen, David H Brewster, Victoria Cairnduff, Eva Grunfeld, Elizabeth Harland, Mats Lambe, Rebecca-Jane Law, Yulan Lin, Martin Malmberg, Donna Turner, Richard D Neal, Victoria White, Samantha Harrison, Peter Vedsted, Una MacLeod, Conan Donnelly, Anna Gavin, Jon Emery, Oliver Bucher, Jatinderpal Kalsi, Chantelle Anandan, Evangelia Ourania Fourkala, Therese Kearney, Marie-Louise Essink-Bot, Sigrun Saur Almberg, Breann Hawryluk, Jacqueline Kelly, Jackie Boylan, Jan Willem Coebergh, David Brewster, Stefan Bergström, Victoria Hammersley, Rebecca Bergin, Alina Zalounina Falborg, Andriana Barisi, Kerry Moore, Maria Rejmyr Davis

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Indoor, outdoor, and personal exposure to PM2.5 and associated health risk in community-dwelling elderly residents in Fuzhou city, 2021: a cross-sectional study by Shuling KANG, Xin LIN, Kan LIN, Baoying LIU, Chuancheng WU, Jianjun XIANG, Jingwen CHEN, Quan ZHOU

“…MethodsA total of 247 residents (≥ 60 years of age, living at the current residence for at least 3 years, without serious respiratory/circulatory disease and without disability) were recruited from a community in Fuzhou city, Fujian province, using random sampling stratified by residential floor. …”
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Genomic insights into population dynamics and adaptive strategies of the endangered dipterocarp, Hopea chinensis by Wei-Min Xiang, Yu-Ting Jiang, Jie Zou, Yan Deng, Kai Jiang, Kai-Jian Zhang, Xin-Yu Zhou, Kai-Xi Quan, Zi-Wen Han, Wei-Chao Liu, Liang Tang, Yuan-Yuan Li, Simon T. Segar, Yuan-Ye Zhang, Xing-Hua Hu, Rong Wang, Xiao-Yong Chen

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Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal four novel species of Distoseptispora (Distoseptisporaceae, Distoseptisporales) from southern China by Ming-Gen Liao, Xing-Xing Luo, Ya-Fen Hu, Rafael F. Castañeda-Ruíz, Zhao-Huan Xu, Jian Ma

“…During our mycological surveys in southern China, numerous strains were isolated from dead branches of unidentified plants in the forest of Jiangxi and Fujian provinces, China. Phylogenetic analyses of ITS, LSU, RPB2, and TEF1 sequence data using maximum-likelihood (ML) and Bayesian inference (BI) methods revealed the systematic placement of several Sporidesmium-like species within Distoseptispora. …”
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