The drivers of export product diversification in China: does natural resource endowments matter? by Jabbar Ul-Haq, Hubert Visas, Anatolijs Krivins, Rita Remeikienė, Qazi Muhammad Adnan Hye

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Motor Dysfunction Correlates with Frontal White Matter Ischemic Changes in Patients with Leukoaraiosis by Miguel Viana-Baptista, Paulo Bugalho, Constança Jordão, Olga Ribeiro, José António Esperança-Pina, José Ferro

“…Subjects: 29 patients (17 males), aged >65 (mean age 72.6±5.2), with leukoaraiosis. WML was quantified with a visual scale; Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADC) was measured bilaterally in frontal periventricular lesioned white matter and frontal and parieto-occipital normal appearing white matter (NAWM). …”
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Impact of Precipitation and Flow Rate Changes on the Water Quality of a Coastal River by Hassan Pourfallah Koushali, Reza Mastouri, Mohammad Reza Khaledian

“…The results further showed climate change and river water quality to be related.…”
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Assessment of the Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Ozone in Fuzhou, China, Using Wavelet Analysis by Guiwen Luo, Lanyi Zhang, Xisheng Hu, Benjie Shi, Rongzu Qiu

“…Abstract In recent years, ozone (O3) air pollution has become a major problem—which is still increasing—in China. In this study, data on the O3 concentration as well as on two of its influencing factors, meteorological parameters and traffic conditions, were collected in Fuzhou and then analyzed via wavelet transforms to evaluate the variation in O3 concentration and its relationships with the factors. …”
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Change in Atrial Fibrillation Burden over Time in Patients with Nonpermanent Atrial Fibrillation by Philipp Krisai, Stefanie Aeschbacher, Matthias Bossard, Elena Herber, Steffen Blum, Pascal Meyre, Thilo Burkard, Michael Kühne, Stefan Osswald, Beat A. Kaufmann, David Conen

“…AF burden was calculated as time in AF divided by total recording time using yearly continuous 7-day Holter-ECG recordings. A relative change ≥10% or an absolute change >0.5% in AF burden between two yearly Holter-ECG recordings was considered significant. …”
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Understanding the Changes to the Patient’s Bill of Rights as a Result of the Affordable Care Act by Deanna Andrews, Martie Gillen

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Analysis of convergence trends and driving factors of environmental efficiency of pig farming in China by Jingjing Wang, Chang'e Zhao, Silin Chen

“…Scale efficiency is still the key to improving the environmental efficiency of pig farming, and in the future, it is necessary to focus on improving pure technical efficiency. (2) The environmental efficiency of pig farming across China’s 30 provinces (including municipalities and autonomous regions) converges to four clubs. …”
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The Effects of Outdoor Source on Pollution Characteristics and Dynamic Changes of Particulate Matter in an Office by Guozhong Zheng, Yuzhen Lu, Yajing Wang, Zhengzheng Zhao, Ke Li, Xutao Zhang

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Characterising educational research on climate change in the climate emergency era (2017–2024) by Marta Segade Vázquez, Antonio García Vinuesa, Ana Rodríguez Groba, Júlio J. Conde

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CECILIA Regional Climate Simulations for Future Climate: Analysis of Climate Change Signal by Michal Belda, Petr Skalák, Aleš Farda, Tomáš Halenka, Michel Déqué, Gabriella Csima, Judit Bartholy, Csaba Torma, Constanta Boroneant, Mihaela Caian, Valery Spiridonov

“…Regional climate models (RCMs) are important tools used for downscaling climate simulations from global scale models. In project CECILIA, two RCMs were used to provide climate change information for regions of Central and Eastern Europe. …”
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Scenario Analyses of Land Use Conversion in the North China Plain: An Econometric Approach by Jinyan Zhan, Feng Wu, Chenchen Shi, Fan Zhang, Zhihui Li

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Different Strategies for the Treatment of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in China: An Economic Evaluation by Bin Wu, Jin Li, Houwen Lin, Haixiang Wu

“…To assess the cost-effectiveness of bevacizumab compared to ranibizumab, verteporfin photodynamic therapy (PDT), and usual care for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in China. Methods. A Markov model was developed according to patient visual acuity (VA) in the better-seeing eye (Snellen scale). …”
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Influential Factors of the Static Shear Properties of Coral Mud in the South China Sea by Yang Shen, Xiaoxi Rui, Long Yang, Shaoyu Li, Xue Shen

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A Review of the Effects of Climate Change on Water Resources in Sub-Saharan Africa by Turyasingura ,Benson

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Understanding the Changes to the Patient’s Bill of Rights as a Result of the Affordable Care Act by Deanna Andrews, Martie Gillen

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Gene expression changes in blastocyst hatching affect embryo implantation success in mice by Liyou An, Liang Zhang, Yulin Wu, Yadi Teng, Zihan Liu, Meixiang Ma, Miaolong Li, Xinrong Peng, Chenxi Liu

“…We developed a LASSO regression-based model using DEGs Lyz2, Cd36, Cfb, and Cyp17a1 to predict implantation success. …”
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The Influence of Different Drying Methods on Constituents and Antioxidant Activity of Saffron from China by Yingpeng Tong, Xingyi Zhu, Yongqiu Yan, Ruoxi Liu, Feng Gong, Ling Zhang, Jiangning Hu, Ling Fang, Ruwei Wang, Ping Wang

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Moisture Migration and Control of New Embankment for Reconstruction and Expansion Project in Southern China by Junhui Zhang, Feng Li, Ling Zeng, Junhui Peng, Le Ding, Liang He

“…In hot and humid regions of southern China, the volumetric moisture content of the embankment after opening to traffic for a period of time reaches a stable state, and it is higher than the design value. …”
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Tracking Regional Tissue Volume and Function Change in Lung Using Image Registration by Kunlin Cao, Gary E. Christensen, Kai Ding, Kaifang Du, Maghavan L. Raghavan, Ryan E. Amelon, Kimberly M. Baker, Eric A. Hoffman, Joseph M. Reinhardt

“…In this work we utilize image-matching procedures to correlate fluid redistribution and reabsorption to changes in regional lung function. Lung CT datasets from six human subjects were used in this study. …”
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Macular Changes in a Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I Patient with Earlier Systemic Therapies by Augusto Magalhães, Ana Maria Cunha, Rodrigo Vilares-Morgado, Elisa Leão-Teles, Esmeralda Rodrigues, Manuel Falcão, Ângela Carneiro, Jorge Breda, Fernando Falcão-Reis

“…En face OCT imaging revealed two hyperreflective rings on the outer retinal level. …”
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