Understanding cultural specificity of positive emotions in SLA: The antecedents of foreign language enjoyment and peace of mind in the Chinese context by Li Zhou, Katja Lochtman, Yiheng Xi

“…This study seeks to determine the role of various demographic and learner- and teacher-related factors in arousing FLE and FLPOM in the Chinese context. Participants were 436 learners from four Chinese middle schools. …”
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Chinese expert consensus on vaginal self-sampling with high-risk human papillomavirus testing for cervical cancer screening by Linhong Wang, Yun Zhao, Beihua Kong, Ding Ma, Ruifang Wu, Hui Du, Xinfeng Qu, Lihui Wei, Long Sui, Mingzhu Li, Fanghui Zhao, Jingran Li

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Vertical and spatial differences in ozone formation sensitivities under different ozone pollution levels in eastern Chinese cities by Zhuang Wang, Hao Zhang, Chune Shi, Xianguang Ji, Yizhi Zhu, Congzi Xia, Xiaoyun Sun, Meng Zhang, Xinfeng Lin, Shaowei Yan, Yuan Zhou, Chengzhi Xing, Yujia Chen, Cheng Liu

“…By combining ground–and satellite–based remote sensing with ground station observations, we identified large spatio–temporal differences in the ozone formation sensitivity in eastern Chinese cities under different ozone pollution levels. …”
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Improvement of glucose metabolism in middle-aged mice on a high-fat diet by whole-grain highland barley is related to low methionine levels by Chuanxing Feng, Yueting Ge, Bowen Li, Xiangrong Cheng, Xue Tang, Jianjin Zhu, Yuge Jiang, Yonghui Shi, Guowei Le

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The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on sleep duration and mental health among middle school students: a 3-year cross-sectional survey by Kai-yun Dou, Ru-bao Dong, Chun-long Gan

“…BackgroundSince the outbreak of COVID-19 in late 2019, and until the Chinese government downgraded the pandemic control measures to Category B management in January 2023, various epidemic prevention measures were implemented across regions based on the local spread of the virus. …”
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Association of High Vitamin D Status with Low Circulating Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Independent of Thyroid Hormone Levels in Middle-Aged and Elderly Males by Qingqing Zhang, Zhixiao Wang, Min Sun, Mengdie Cao, Zhenxin Zhu, Qi Fu, Yuan Gao, Jia Mao, Yanyun Li, Yun Shi, Fan Yang, Shuai Zheng, Wei Tang, Yu Duan, Xiaoping Huang, Wei He, Tao Yang

“…The goal of the present study was to explore the relationship between vitamin D status and circulating TSH levels with thyroid autoimmunity and thyroid hormone levels taken into consideration in a population-based health survey of middle-aged and elderly individuals. Methods. A total of 1,424 Chinese adults, aged 41–78 years, were enrolled in this cross-sectional study. …”
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Contrastive Study of Brain Activation Regions during Verb Production in Uyghur and Chinese Broca Aphasia Patients after Stroke by ZUHERE Rouzi, MENG Shikai, MA Xiaoting, XI Yanling

“…There were no statistically significant differences in simple effect comparison between the Uyghur healthy group and Chinese healthy group, or the Uyghur patient group and Chinese patient group (<italic>P</italic>&gt;0.05).ConclusionLanguage type and aphasia both affect neural mechanism of brain verb production; the left middle frontal gyrus may play an important role in morphological processing of Uyghur verbs; the precentral gyrus may be involved in phonetic coding output of Chinese.…”
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Association between physical activity levels and stroke risk among Chinese adults aged 45 and over based on CHARLS by Changjun Jiang, Tianhong Chen, Jianfeng Xiang, Yiqun Pang

“…Binary logistic regression models were used to analyze the associations between different dimensions of physical activity levels (intensity, frequency, duration, and total physical activity (TPA)) and stroke risk in Chinese middle-aged and older adults. Subgroups were analyzed according to participants’ age, sex, residency, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes stratification. …”
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Has Internet Usage Really Narrowed the Gender Wage Gap?: Evidence from Chinese General Social Survey Data by Jiacheng Gao, Yue Liu

“…Based on the data from a sample of 4832 from the Chinese General Social Survey in 2018, this study examines the impact of Internet usage on the wage equation for males and females by using the robust least squares regression method, the threshold regression method, and the quantile regression method and decomposes the gender wage gap on this basis by using the RIF regression decomposition method. …”
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Comprehensive prediction of potential spatiotemporal distribution patterns, priority planting regions, and introduction adaptability of Elymus sibiricus in the Chinese region by Huan-Huan Lu, Yu-Ying Zheng, Yong-Sen Qiu, Liu-Ban Tang, Yan-Cui Zhao, Wen-Gang Xie

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Inhibition of high glucose-induced cardiac fibroblast activation: an effective treatment for diabetic cardiomyopathy using Chinese herbal medicine by Bin Wan, Jing Hu, Yue Luo, Yutong Han, Yaowen Zhang, Qinchuan Huang, Yulin Leng, Chunguang Xie, Chunguang Xie

“…Previous studies have shown that Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) has potential in the treatment of DCM. …”
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Bacterial community improves the volatile components coupled with abiotic factors during the spontaneous fermentation of Chinese strong-aroma Baijiu by Bin Lin, Jie Tang, Qun Li, Liping Zhu, Wei Jiang, Hanbing Ke, Zhang Wen, Huaichen Liu, Shengzhi Yang, Qiang Yang, Shenxi Chen, Peijie Han

“…However, the microbial and abiotic contributions to the flavor of Chinese strong-aroma Baijiu (SAB) remain poorly understood. …”
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Sex differences of fall-risk-increasing drugs in the middle-aged and elderly: a descriptive, cross-sectional study of FDA adverse event reporting system by Ying Zhao, Yuke Zhong, Liuqing Wu, Jiao Yan, Weitao Lu

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Exploring the interplay between social connectedness, job control, and organizational commitment: the mediating role of work engagement among Chinese teachers by Xing Li, Yong Xu, Dan Huang

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A study on the professional identity intervention of Chinese new nurses by Balint groups from the perspective of ABC theory of emotion-hong by Qiong Liu, Lidan Su, Xinxin Pan, Xiaofeng Jin

“…Results After the intervention, the scores of Chinese nurses’ professional identity in the experimental group and the control group were 115.51 ± 14.03 and 106.58 ± 14.45 respectively, belonging to the middle level, and the scores of Chinese nurses’ irrational beliefs in the two groups were 49.33 ± 12.30 and 59.98 ± 13.10 respectively, and the differences were both statistically significant (p < 0.05). …”
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Effect of traditional Chinese exercise on abnormal lipid metabolism in patients with atherosclerosis: a protocol for meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials by Chen Wang, Peizhen Zhang, Yuting Yang

“…However, these studies focused only on middle-aged and older populations over 50 years of age and had short intervention periods, poor quality control and patient compliance, and no stratification by age and gender to observe the effects of traditional Chinese exercise (TCE) on patients with AS. …”
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Effects of Urbanization Expansion on Landscape Pattern and Region Ecological Risk in Chinese Coastal City: A Case Study of Yantai City by Di Zhou, Ping Shi, Xiaoqing Wu, Jinwei Ma, Junbao Yu

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Change of Body Composition and Adipokines and Their Relationship with Insulin Resistance across Pubertal Development in Obese and Nonobese Chinese Children: The BCAMS Study by Lu Xu, Ming Li, Jinhua Yin, Hong Cheng, Miao Yu, Xiaoyuan Zhao, Xinhua Xiao, Jie Mi

“…We investigated the impact of body composition and adipokines on IR during puberty in Chinese children. This study included 3223 schoolchildren aged 6–18 years. …”
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The Association Between Internet Addiction and the Risk of Suicide Attempts in Chinese Adolescents Aged 11-17 Years: Prospective Cohort Study by Sihong Li, Xingyue Jin, Lintong Song, Tianqing Fan, Yanmei Shen, Jiansong Zhou

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to conduct a prospective cohort study to examine whether higher severity of pathological internet use was associated with an increased risk of suicide attempts among Chinese adolescents. MethodsA total of 782 adolescents were recruited from a middle school from November 2020 to December 2020 and followed up for 6 months. …”
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Association of weight-adjusted-waist index with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Chinese urban adults: a cross-sectional study by Qingzheng Wu, Bing Li, Yuepeng Wang, Yuepeng Wang, Yue Zhang, Qian Wang, Binqi Li, Binqi Li, Wei Jing, Jing Yang, Yiming Mu

“…After adjusting for all factors with the exception of the stratified variable, this association held true in age, sex, BMI, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia subgroup and was especially pronounced in those aged &lt;60 years, BMI ≥24 kg/m2, and males, with interactions between WWI and age, sex, and BMI (P for interaction &lt;0.05).ConclusionWWI was positively associated with T2DM in Chinese urban adults, especially in young and middle-aged males with BMI ≥24 kg/m2.…”
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