Historical and projected forest cover changes in the Mount Kenya Ecosystem: Implications for sustainable forest management by Brian Rotich, Abdalrahman Ahmed, Benjamin Kinyili, Harison Kipkulei

“…Explanatory factors of LULC change (slope, aspect, population density, proximity to rivers, roads, and towns) were used to project LULC for 2035 using Cellular Automata and Markov Chain Analysis (CA-MCA).Six LULC types (open forest, closed forest, cropland, bareland, built-up, shrubland and grassland) were successfully classified with accuracies exceeding 82.5% and Kappa coefficients above 0.77. …”
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Change in hepatocyte nuclear-cytoplasmic ratio at nontuberculosis mycobacteria infection against the background of immunomodulator action by E. A. Kosobokov, T. S. Dudoladova

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Analysis of Air Quality Changes and Influencing Factors in Changchun during the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020 by Hanbo Gao, Ju Wang, Tongnan Li, Chunsheng Fang

“…Abstract To study the air quality changes during the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown in Changchun, we analyzed the changes in pollution of six major pollutants (PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NO2, O3, CO) and correlated them with meteorological parameters, using meteorological data and pollutants concentration data. …”
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Dynamic monocyte changes as prognostic indicators in operable gastric cancer: a retrospective cohort analysis by Yiwei Jiang, Xianwei Sun, Chen Yang, Dandan Song, Chongjun Zhou, Xinxin Chen, Chongquan Huang, Zhonglin Wang, Jiante Li

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Future climate or land use? Attribution of changes in surface runoff in a typical Sahelian landscape by Yonaba, Roland, Mounirou, Lawani Adjadi, Tazen, Fowé, Koïta, Mahamadou, Biaou, Angelbert Chabi, Zouré, Cheick Oumar, Queloz, Pierre, Karambiri, Harouna, Yacouba, Hamma

“…In this study, the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model is used to assess changes in surface runoff between the baseline (1995–2014) and future (2031–2050) periods in the Tougou watershed $(37~\mathrm{km}^{2})$ in Burkina Faso. …”
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Multi-model Evaluation and Bayesian Model Averaging in Quantitative Air Quality Forecasting in Central China by Haixia Qi, Shuangliang Ma, Jing Chen, Junping Sun, Lingling Wang, Nan Wang, Weisi Wang, Xiefei Zhi, Hao Yang

“…The prediction effect for PM2.5 and O3 was ranked as CUACE > CMAQ > NAQP and the prediction effect for SO2, NO2 and CO was CMAQ > NAQP > CUACE. …”
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CHANGES IN AMINO ACID COMPOSITION OF BLOOD PROTEIN HYDROLYSATE DEPENDING ON THE RAW MATERIAL PREPARATION MATERIAL by M. N. Guseva, М. A. Shevchenko, D. S. Bolshakov, M. I. Doronin, D. V. Mikhalishin, A. A. Shishkova, V. V. Mikhalishin

“…It was demonstrated that the amino acid composition changed depending on the season. The peak, as a rule, was during summer months when their amount increased by 1.2–2.3 times and during autumn and winter it went down by 1.2–1.4 times (the difference is considerable, р < 0,05). …”
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Weakened future surface warming in China due to national planned afforestation through biophysical feedback by Shuaifeng Song, Xiaodong Yan, Xuezhen Zhang, Zhibo Gao, Wenqiang Xie

“…Here, using the Weather Research and Forecast model (WRF) nested by the bias-corrected MPI-ESM1-2-HR model, we simulated how future afforestation regulated the land surface temperature (LST) in China. …”
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Agricultural Management Options for Climate Variability and Change: Sensor-Based, Variable-Rate Nitrogen Management by Wesley Porter, Ahmad Khalilian, Daniel Dourte, Clyde Fraisse

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Agricultural Management Options for Climate Variability and Change: Sensor-Based, Variable-Rate Nitrogen Management by Wesley Porter, Ahmad Khalilian, Daniel Dourte, Clyde Fraisse

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Changes in length-at-first return of a sea trout (Salmo trutta) population in northern France by Josset, Quentin, Beaulaton, Laurent, Romakkaniemi, Atso, Nevoux, Marie

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Emission Characteristics, OFPs, and Mitigation Perspectives of VOCs from Refining Industry in China’s Petrochemical Bases by Gulbanu Hini, Kexin Gao, Yi Zheng, Maimaiti Simayi, Shaodong Xie

“…Abstract China’s petroleum refining industry has set off another climax and has entered a new rapid development by building seven petrochemical bases. …”
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Biofilmed-PGPR: Next-Generation Bioinoculant for Plant Growth Promotion in Rice under Changing Climate by Jeberlin Prabina Bright, Hemant S. Maheshwari, Sugitha Thangappan, Kahkashan Perveen, Najat A. Bukhari, Debasis Mitra, Riyaz Sayyed, Andrea Mastinu

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Influences of a Quasi-stationary Front on Particulate Matter in the Low-latitude Plateau Region in China by Wenxuan Fan, Jian Wu, Xiaopeng Li, Fangyuan Yang, Bing Chen, Jun Guo

“…When the KMQSF moved westward from the center of the LoLaP, the easterly wind transported PM to the western part of the region, which led to an increase in the mean daily PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations in Kunming, a capital city in that area; simultaneously, however, the PM10 and PM2.5 levels remained high in Guiyang, a capital city in the eastern part of the LoLaP. …”
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Changes in cancer incidence and stage during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020–2021 in the Nordic countries by Anna Johansson, Anna Skog, Tom Børge Johannesen, Tor Åge Myklebust, Simon M. Kønig, Charlotte Wessel Skovlund, Lina Steinrud Mørch, Søren Friis, Marnar Fríðheim Kristiansen, David Pettersson, Eva María Gudmundsdóttir, Nanna Margrét Kristinsdóttir, Helgi Birgisson, Sandra Irenaeus, Johan Ahlgren, Mats Lambe, Elli Hirvonen, Janne Pitkäniemi, Giske Ursin

“…The incidence rates declined during the first pandemic wave (Q2 2020), ranging from –21.7% [95% CI: –23.3%; –20.2%] (Sweden) to –7.9% [–17.7%; 3.0%] (Iceland). …”
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Impacts of the “Coal to Gas” Policy on Rural Air VOC Level and Ozone Potentials in North China by Zhiyong Li, Chen Liu, Chengjing Cao, Zhen Zhai, Changtao Huang, Zhuangzhuang Ren, Jixiang Liu, Lan Chen, Songtao Guo, Dingyuan Yang

“…Toluene, vinylidene chloride, ethylbenzene, o, m, p-xylene, 4-methyl-2-pentanone, n-butylbenzene, trans-1,2-dichloroethylene, and 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene were the main contributors to the OFPs. …”
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Frailty risk prediction models for patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis in China: a systematic review by Yu Zhong, Songmei Cao, Liangying Chen, Teng Li, Wei Ye

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Optimizing Obstructive Sleep Apnea Risk Assessment in Hypertension: Development of a Predictive Nomogram in China by Yang Y, Sun X, Liang J, Liao WF, Ye W, Zheng Z, Du L, Chen M, Zhang Y, Lin W, Huang J, Yao W, Chen R

“…Yitian Yang,1,* Xishi Sun,2,* Jinhua Liang,1,* Wei Feng Liao,1,* Weilong Ye,1 Zhenzhen Zheng,1 Lianfang Du,1 Mingdi Chen,1 Yuan Zhang,3 Wenjia Lin,2 Jinyu Huang,2 Weimin Yao,1 Riken Chen1,4 1The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, 524003, People’s Republic of China; 2Emergency Medicine Center, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, 524001, People’s Republic of China; 3The First Clinical School of Medicine, Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, 524003, People’s Republic of China; 4State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510120, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Riken Chen; Weimin Yao, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, 524003, People’s Republic of China, Tel +13560244631 ; +13822521722, Email chenriken@126.com; 490296443@qq.comPurpose: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is common in patients with hypertension. …”
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Relationship Between Weight Status and Health-Related Quality of Life in School-age Children in China by Mandana Zanganeh, Peymané Adab, Bai Li, Miranda Pallan, Wei J. Liu, Lin Rong, Wei Liu, James Martin, Kar K. Cheng, Emma Frew

“…CHU-9D-CHN utility scores were generated using 2 scoring algorithms (UK and Chinese tariffs). …”
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Factors associated with unplanned readmissions for patients with mental and behavioural disorders in China: a quantitative analysis by Sha Lai, Zechen Wang, Chi Shen, Junfei Feng, Yawei Huang, Xiaolong Zhang, Li Lu, Zhongliang Zhou

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