Indonesian Defense Diplomacy in Responding to China’s National Interest in South China Sea by Surryanto Djoko Waluyo

“…Economic interests dominating the interests of both claimant and non-claimant-states make the South China Sea conflict challenging to obtain a satisfactory solution for all parties. …”
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Iron Brothers: The Strategic Bond between China and Pakistan by M Jashim Uddin

“…Often referred to as the “Iron Brothers”, their relationship has demonstrated remarkable resilience, enduring misunderstandings and differences even under challenging circumstances. China’s strategic and security priorities in South Asia and the Indian Ocean region align closely with Pakistan’s military and economic objectives, forming a strong basis for sustained cooperation. …”
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Disrupting effects of neonicotinoids and their interaction with metals on thyroid hormone, an evidence of children in a rural area, South China by Ling-Chuan Guo, Pan Zhu, Chunyan Gui, Jing Deng, Yanhong Gao, Chaoyang Long, Han Zhang, Zhanlu Lv, Shengbing Yu

“…However, there lack of direct evidence between neonicotinoids exposure and thyroid hormone (TH) disruption in population study, especially in children, which limits the understanding on their health hazard. To fill this knowledge gap, we conducted a cross-sectional study on children of a rural area in South China (n = 88), and analyzed urinary ten neonicotinoids (including metabolites), serum TH, thyroxine-binding globulin (TBG), and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels. …”
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Adherence to four healthy lifestyle factors and their influencing factors among residents aged 35 – 75 in South China: a cross-sectional survey by Wenyan HE, Xingyi ZHANG, Chunqi WANG, Xueke BAI, Yang YANG, Wei XU, Lijuan SONG, Yan ZHANG, Hao YANG, Xi LI, Jianlan CUI

“…ObjectiveTo investigate the adherence to four healthy lifestyle factors among residents aged 35 – 75 years in South China and to identify the influencing factors, providing a reference for promoting healthy lifestyles in this region. …”
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CH4-C3H8 mixed gas hydrates formation in marine mud and foraminifera-rich sand from the South China Sea: an experimental approach by Peixiao Mao, Peixiao Mao, Peixiao Mao, Judith M. Schicks, Mengdi Pan, Mengdi Pan, Nengyou Wu, Nengyou Wu

“…In a mixture of mud and foraminifera-rich sand, CH4 was preferentially encased into the hydrate cavities at the initial formation stage, while the encasement of C3H8 increased during the ongoing formation process. Not all small 512 cages and large 51264 cages were filled with CH4 during the euhedral hydrate crystals formation. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors associated with prehypertension in Shunde District, southern China by Yuli Huang, Yunzhao Hu, Xiaoyan Cai, Wenke Qiu, Changhua Liu, Dingji Zhu, Jinghai Hua, Yanxian Wu, Dingli Xu

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Thymol maintains peppers quality by regulating antioxidant capacity, cell wall metabolism and membrane lipid metabolism by Xue Li, Xiaogang Wang, Jianye Chen, Donglan Luo, Sen Cao, Liangjie Ba

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The integration of hospital pharmacists into primary care settings in Shenzhen, China: a qualitative study by Zhiling Deng, Pengxiang Zhou, Yiting Lu, Zhengrong Li, Mi Yao, Yang Li, Chuan Zou, Haixin Li, Songtao Cai, Yi Guo, Yuling Tong, Yang Zhao, Zhijie Xu

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Lespedeza jianghuensis (Fabaceae), a new species from riparian meadows of Yangtze River basin, China by Song Huang, Mei-Qian Chen, Feng Song, Jia-Xiang Li, Bo Pan, Hui-Yi Zhong, Li-Qun Zhou, Ang Liu, Yu-Tao Zheng, Pan Zhao

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Distribution and Main Influencing Factors of Net Ecosystem Carbon Exchange in Typical Vegetation Ecosystems of Southern China by Yike Wang, Xia Liu, Weijia Lan, Shuxian Yin, Liya Fan, Boru Mai, Xuejiao Deng

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Pollution Characteristics and Key Reactive Species of Volatile Organic Compounds in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Area, China by Yanan Guan, Yihao Zhang, Yisen Zhang, Xiaoli Wang, Jing Han, Wenbo Song, Li’an Hou, Erhong Duan

“…Our results indicated that the alkenes and aromatics possessed higher LOH values as well as higher ozone formation potential (OFP) and secondary organic aerosol formation potential (SOAp) values than the alkanes. …”
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Spatial distribution and influencing factors of secondhand smoke exposure in Chinese healthcare facilities: a cross-sectional survey by Ying LIU, Xinying ZENG, Lin XIAO, Shiwei LIU

“…OLS spatial regression model analysis showed that regions with a higher proportion of males (β = 23.878, t = 3.207, P = 0.003), a higher proportion of individuals aged 0 – 14 years (β = 0.751, t = 3.665, P < 0.001), a higher proportion of individuals aged 15 – 64 years (β = 0.929, t = 3.279, P = 0.003), a higher illiteracy rate (β = 0.675, t = 2.703, P = 0.011), a higher tobacco consumer price index (β = 2.563, t = 2.384, P = 0.024), and a lower proportion of cities with smoke-free legislation (β = 0.069, t = 2.119, P = 0.034) had higher SHS exposure rates in healthcare facilities.ConclusionsSHS exposure in Chinese healthcare facilities is mainly concentrated in central-south, southwest, and northwest China. …”
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Multiparameter body composition analysis on chest CT predicts clinical outcomes in resectable non-small cell lung cancer by Yilong Huang, Hanxue Cun, Zhanglin Mou, Zhonghang Yu, Chunmei Du, Lan Luo, Yuanming Jiang, Yancui Zhu, Zhenguang Zhang, Xin Chen, Bo He, Zaiyi Liu

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Landslides induced by the 2023 Jishishan Ms6.2 earthquake (NW China): spatial distribution characteristics and implication for the seismogenic fault by Yuandong Huang, Chong Xu, Xiangli He, Jia Cheng, Xiwei Xu, Yingying Tian

“…Significant factors include elevations of 1700–2300 m, slope angle of 20–40°, southeast and south aspects, middle slope positions, Paleogene and Neogene strata, and proximity within 400 m of rivers, with NDVI values of 0.2–0.6 and PGA of 0.45–0.6 g. …”
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COVID-19 Lockdowns Improve Air Quality in the South-East Asian Regions, as Seen by the Remote Sensing Satellites by Abirlal Metya, Panini Dagupta, Santanu Halder, S. Chakraborty, Yogesh K. Tiwari

“…CO is found to be reduced by 6.5% over north-central China. The differential reduction was attributed to man made versus natural activities. …”
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Effect of trilaciclib administered before chemotherapy in patients with extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer: A pooled analysis of four randomized studies by Ying Liu, Lin Wu, Dingzhi Huang, Qiming Wang, Chen Yang, Li Zhou, Shuguang Sun, Xiaomei Jiang, Ying Cheng

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Profile of non-invasive physical health indicators associated with cognitive performance in Chinese older adults: evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study by Xiyu Wei, Chao Li, Dongyu Liu, Jieyi Chen, Yumeng Ju, Jin Liu, Bangshan Liu, Yan Zhang

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In-situ formation mechanism of endogenous fluorescent carbon dots during the roasting process of small yellow croaker (Larimichthys polyactis) by Yutong Qu, Shuyi Zhao, Jilong Ni, Long Jiao, Xiaoye Zhang, Soottawat Benjakul, Zhiyu Liu, Xiang Chen, Bin Zhang

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Light-YOLO: a lightweight detection algorithm based on multi-scale feature enhancement for infrared small ship target by Ji Tang, Xiao-Min Hu, Sang-Woon Jeon, Wei-Neng Chen

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Performance evaluation and prediction of optimal operational conditions for a compact date seeds milling unit using feedforward neural networks by Khaled Abdeen Mousa Ali, Changyou Li, Wang Han, Sali Issa, Mohamed Hamdy Eid, Samy F. Mahmoud, Marwa Abd-Elnaby Mohammed

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