Search Results - "Western China"

Gestational diabetes incidence and delivery outcomes in Western China: A prospective cohort study by Mak, J., Lee, A., Pham, N., Pan, X., Tang, L., Lee, Andy, Sun, X.

“…Conclusions: The incidence of GDM was high in Western China, especially among older and overweight women. …”
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Gestational diabetes and postnatal depressive symptoms: A prospective cohort study in Western China by Mak, J., Lee, A., Pham, N., Tang, L., Pan, X., Lee, Andy, Sun, X.

“…Aim: To determine the prospective association between GDM and postnatal depressive symptoms in Western China. Methods: A prospective cohort study of 1449 mothers was conducted in Chengdu, capital city of Sichuan Province. …”
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Dietary patterns during pregnancy and risk of gestational diabetes: a prospective cohort study in Western China by Mak, J., Pham, N., Lee, A., Tang, L., Pan, X., Lee, Andy, Sun, X.

“…This study investigated the association between dietary patterns during early pregnancy and the risk of GDM among pregnant women in Western China. METHODS: A prospective cohort study was conducted among 1337 pregnant women in Western China. …”
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The National Health Service, Alma Ata, and the Great Western China Earthquake: Important Public Health Anniversaries to Remember by Lee, Andy, Low, W.

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Maternal lifestyle and nutritional status in relation to pregnancy and infant health outcomes in Western China: Protocol for a prospective cohort study by Tang, L., Pan, X., Lee, A., Binns, Colin, Yang, C., Sun, X.

“…Introduction Improving the health and nutrition of women and children is a priority for Western China, where the economy is less developed. Due to the dynamic nature of lifestyle, modern food habits and nutrition, there is a need to update our limited knowledge and understanding of maternal lifestyle and nutritional status and their impact on pregnancy and infant health outcomes. …”
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Neoproterozoic ultramafic-mafic-carbonatite complex and granitoids in Quruqtagh of northeastern Tarim Block, western China: Geochronology, geochemistry and tectonic implications by Zhang, C., Li, X., Li, Zheng-Xiang, Lu, S., Ye, H., Li, H.

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The oldest known rocks in south-western China: SHRIMP U-Pb magmatic crystallisation age and detrital provenance analysis of the Paleoproterozoic Dahongshan Group by Greentree, Matthew, Li, Zheng-Xiang

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Modeling Pollution Control and Performance in China’s Provinces by Wei, Juichang, Jia, Ruiyue, Marinova, Dora, Zhao, Dingtao

“…It is found that: (1) China's PCP has improved rapidly but there is a large regional imbalance with the PCP of Eastern China being much better than that of Central and Western China; (2) to improve the level of China's PCP, government policies should consider industrial structure adjustment, restricting industry entries and increased investment in pollution abatement and R&D.…”
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Recent development in stratigraphic forward modelling and its application in petroleum exploration by Huang, X., Griffiths, Cedric, Liu, J.

“…In addition, the paper discusses SFM used in the simulation of the behaviour of natural sedimentary systems and verification of the potential for hydrocarbon entrapment and accumulation in a basin using an example from the Ordos Basin, western China.…”
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Congruent or conflicted? The impact of injunctive and descriptive norms on environmental intentions by Smith, J., Louis, W., Terry, Deborah, Greenaway, K., Clarke, M., Cheng, X.

“…Experiment 2 replicated this effect in both a Western (UK) and non-Western (China) context, and found that the extent to which norms were aligned or not determined intentions even after controlling for attitudes, perceptions of control, and interpersonal-level injunctive and descriptive norms. …”
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Response of epiphytic bryophytes to simulated N deposition in a subtropical montane cloud forest in southwestern China by Song, L., Liu, Wen-Yao, Ma, W., Qi, J.

“…The inference that increasing N pollution may lead to loss of biodiversity is a concern to the developing economy in western China, and should alert the government to the adverse impacts caused by increased industrial pollution during the process of China’s West Development.…”
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Some problems on the slope handling in the highway construction in China by Huang, Dong, Wei, Zuoan, Chen, Yulong, Muhammad, Irfan

“…In western China, with plenty of transportation infrastructures being constructed, many man-made slopes have been formed in the highway constructions along the highway routes. …”
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Spatial egalitarianism as a social �counter-movement': on socio-economic reforms in Chongqing by Lim, Kean Fan

“…Through a framework drawn from Karl Polanyi's substantivist theorization of economic practices, this paper evaluates the quest for equitable urbanization in Chongqing, a major city-region in south-western China. Illuminating the tensions arising from two interrelated reforms, namely the ambitious attempt to construct 40 million m² of public rental housing between 2010 and 2012, and the large-scale drive to ensure peasant migrants enjoy equal access to social benefits as current urban residents, the paper explains how the quest for equitable urbanization magnifies two nationwide dimensions of institutionalized uneven development, namely 1) the caste-like categorization of populations according to �urban� and �rural�; and 2) the coastal bias in national economic development. …”
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Modelling Credit Risk for Chinese SMEs by Fan, Wenye

“…Third, SMEs in the middle and western China have higher probabilities of default compared to those in the east which has more geographical advantages. …”
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A qualitative study exploring the application of HRM from managers working in local, small and medium construction companies in China. by Qin, Jiani

“…The research adopts qualitative research methods, takes managers living in western China as samples, and conducts in-depth understanding in the form of interviews. …”
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Dynamic analysis of coupled train–track–bridge system subjected to debris flow impact by Zhang, X., Wen, Z., Chen, Wensu, Wang, X., Zhu, Y.

“…With the increasing popularity of high-speed railway, more and more bridges are being constructed in Western China where debris flows are very common. A debris flow with moderate intensity may endanger a high-speed train traveling on a bridge, since its direct impact leads to adverse dynamic responses of the bridge and the track structure. …”
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The low salinity effect at high temperatures by Xie, Sam, Brady, P., Pooryousefy, Ehsan, Zhou, D., Liu, Y., Saeedi, Ali

“…We measured contact angles between a sandstone and an oil (acid number, AN = 3.98 mg KOH/g, base number, BN = 1.3 mg KOH/g) from a reservoir in the Tarim Field in western China in the presence of various water chemistries. …”
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High temperature of food and beverage intake increases the risk of oesophageal cancer in Xinjiang, China by Tang, L., Xu, F., Zhang, T., Lei, J., Binns, Colin, Lee, Andy

“…Conclusions: Intake of food and beverage at high temperature was positively associated with the incidence of oesophageal cancer in north-western China.…”
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Exploring multi-scenario simulation of ecosystem service value of Wetland in Yinchuan, China by Yuxuan, Gao, Muthuveeran, Adam Aruldewan S., Mohd Yusof, Mohd Johari, Yali, Ma, Lulu, Ma

“…Wetland conservation in rural parts of western China is a matter of concern due to the presence of water scarcity, fragile ecosystems, and insufficient resilience to natural disasters. …”
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Clean development mechanism in China: Regional distribution and prospects by Hong, J., Guo, Xiumei, Marinova, Dora, Yang, F., Yu, W.

“…Provinces, such as Yunnan, Sichuan, Inner Mongolia, Hunan and Gansu (located in central and western China) are attracting more projects because of their rich hydro and wind resources while there are very few projects in the eastern already developed parts of the country. …”
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