Chinese Studies - Science topic

Chinese Studies is an international journal about China and Chinese civilization. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for social scientists and academicians all over the world to promote scholarship on China and China-related topics. All manuscripts must be prepared in English and are subject to a rigorous and fair peer-review proces...

Texts, printed or written, are the most important form of cultural preservation. This is true for Chinese studies and many cultures. For this reason, optical character recognition (OCR) is one of the most important tools for heritage preservation. With OCR and reading order detection (ROD), we convert the information in their hard-copy forms to dig...

China has made significant progress in environmental protection. As the country advances towards modernizing its environmental governance, environmental sociology plays an increasingly crucial role. This study employs a bibliometric analysis of 3867 publications from the Web of Science Core Collection (1972–2023) and CNKI (1990–2023) to reveal the...

Service-oriented social assistance (SSA) is a demand-driven approach providing vulnerable populations with social services to prevent social exclusion. This study aimed to systematically review social work participation in SSA in China. We utilized the scoping review method to synthesize empirical studies showcasing SSA practices implemented in Chi...

The undeniable presence of translators has stimulated a growing interest in issues such as translator’s voice by Theo Hermans and translator’s style by Mona Baker. For a long time, existing research in China has exclusively explored translational style, with a focus on the faithful reproduction of the style of the source text (ST) in the target tex...

Peace studies have thrived on liberal norms. A liberal vs. illiberal divide occurred with the re-emergence of illiberal actors promoting alternative concepts. Peace with Chinese Characteristics is one of them as informed by Confucianist thinking, but how is it conceptualized and shows political implications? By applying an analytical approach to po...

The purpose of this literature review was to explore the role of music in the development of Chinese adolescents. Gaining this insight is crucial for music educators to effectively engage with an increasingly multicultural music teaching environment, as well as to address the underrepresentation of Chinese studies in English literature. By using th...

This article is a speech given by Prof. Wang Liang (1956-2022.11.12), Director of the Shanghai Institute of Circulation Economics, at an internal meeting in 2018, with modifications. In today’s era of globalization and information technology, the depth and breadth of academic research have become important indicators of a country’s cultural soft po...

There is a lack of a synthesis of longitudinal studies that clarify the relationship between gaming disorder (GD) symptoms and mental health issues, psychological distress, and well-being. To address this gap, we undertook a systematic review with meta-analysis of longitudinal studies. The study protocol was preregistered online on PROSPERO (CRD420...

Background Few Chinese study compared the impacts of idarubicin and daunorubicin based “3+7” intensive chemotherapies on early and long-term outcomes of AML patients through exploring their real-world data. Patients and methods Our none promyelocytic AML patients inducted with “3+7” regimens were studied to find out the factors relating with induc...

Teacher organisational commitment (TOC) is a key factor influencing teachers' professional stability and teaching quality, and it is important for achieving sustainable development in higher education. However, systematic analyses in this area are insufficient. Therefore, this study adopted the PRISMA framework to conduct a systematic literature re...

Field research reveals that a “worker—lower-level contractor—higher-level contractor” organizational structure has been established in Wuxi City’s manufacturing factories in China, with close connections between workers and team leaders. Local governments are involved in the employment processes of these manufacturing factories but do not intervene...

Szandra Ésik's review of the Chinese–Hungarian Dictionary (2017) edited by Huba Bartos and Imre Hamar, and the Hungarian–Chinese Dictionary (2024) edited by Huba Bartos, Imre Hamar and Melinda Pap.

The significant research has been conducted on similarities and differences in back-channel communication across languages such as Japanese and English. Recently, there has been a growing interest in examining back-channel communication between speakers of different target languages. However, the back-channel use between Mainland Chinese and Ma...

Dam breach can trigger severe flood disasters, threatening life and property safety, and having long-term impacts on the environment, society, and the economy. Dam breach floods also contaminate water bodies, degrading water quality and its sustainability. This study analyzes the characteristics and trends of dam breach research using research find...

This research investigated the patterns and roles of China's educational soft power through the Confucius Institute (CI) in administering Chinese language curricula at universities in Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai provinces, Thailand. Using qualitative methods, such as on-site observation, document analysis, and interviews, the study revealed that,...

The Rare Book & Manuscript Library (RBML) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign houses one of the largest public university collections of rare books and manuscripts in the United States. Despite its vast and diverse holdings, certain areas of the collection, particularly Chinese-language materials, have been historically underutilized due...

The authors appealed to the principles of eco-translatology, translation ecology, and eco-cognitive translation to analyze the current eco-cognitive translation paradigm across Russian, Chinese, and English studies. The review covered research articles published in Russian, Chinese, and English and registered in the databases of China National Know...

Recent years have seen extensive discussions on identity issues across various disciplines. Within the field of history, particularly significant are the debates concerning the “New Qing History” in American Sinology and the special issue on James Watson in the American journal Modern China . These discussions are closely tied to the emphasis on di...

Mendoza’s History of the Great Empire of China constitutes a notable contribution to the history of the literary relationship between China and Spain. First published in Rome in 1585, the work has exerted a profound influence on international scholarship over the past four centuries. From the perspective of the evolution of Western perceptions of C...

Respiratory infections, a global health priority according to the World Health Organization, cause around 7.5 million deaths annually, constituting 14% of global mortality. Beyond severe health implications, these diseases exacerbate social disparities and impose a substantial economic burden. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) combines c...

The field of Chinese studies is very well established in Hungary. With the advances in Chinese language teaching and the rapid development of relations between China and Hungary in recent years, the number of Chinese learners in Hungary has increased, and ‘Chinese fever’ continues to spread. This article reviews the history and the current situatio...

Objective: There is a notable absence of extensive Chinese studies involving monogenic congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI). The purpose of this large retrospective Chinese cohort with monogenic CHI from a national children’s medical center was to analyze the genetic and clinical characteristics. Methods: We compared clinical characteristics grouped by...

We in the West ‘make too much of representation and neglect the performative side of knowledge making and knowing the world’ (Trunbull 2000). When it comes to matters of science, technology and the environment, it is increasingly apparent that itis no longer possible to operate in closed or secluded settings where public interest orsocial utility c...

This paper provides a comprehensive review of English for Specific Purposes research, comparing the characteristics and trends of both international and Chinese studies. Drawing on a selection of papers from English for Specific Journal, the internationally leading ESP journal, and Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index (CSSCI) publications, the an...

Objective To explore the research trends and hotspots of health economics evaluations of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. Methods To explore the research trends and hotspots of health economics evaluations of chronic fatigue syndrome, 180 articles published between 1991 and 2024 were visualized and analyzed via CiteSpace 6.3 software. R3 an...

Interleukin (IL)-35 is an anti-inflammatory cytokine that regulates autoimmune diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). However, the association between the cytokine and disease may vary by geographical region. This study performed a meta-analysis to quantitatively assess the correlation between the serum IL-35 levels in SLE patients...

Against the backdrop of globalization, China's development and transformation have attracted widespread attention. To help Chinese students better understand and communicate the social, cultural, and economic development of contemporary China in an international context, constructing the English course series "Understanding Contemporary China" hold...

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Background: Calcaneal osteomyelitis (CO) still poses great challenges to orthopaedic surgeons due to unique anatomic and functional features of the calcaneus. This study summarized the current data regarding clinical characteristics, treatment and efficacy of CO, based on an analysis of literature-reported cases. Materials and Methods: We searched...

In recent years, the internalisation of education in China has led to an increase in the prevalence of a highly competitive, test-focused approach to learning. This has had a detrimental impact on the physical health and wellbeing of children and adolescents in China, resulting in a concerning lack of physical literacy among junior high school stud...

The Jesuit China mission coincided with a sophisticated attempt to place Chinese and Western concepts of human nature in dialogue with Confucianism. The Jesuits believed that they could facilitate evangelization by drawing upon Confucian concepts to explain the soul. In so doing, they and their Chinese collaborators also pioneered a genre of hybrid...

Background Depression is a common mental health condition and a main risk factor for suicide. Narrative therapy aims to reframe beliefs through storytelling. Despite evidence of effectiveness, there is a lack of evaluation for specific adult populations. This meta-analysis evaluated the effect of narrative therapy on depressive symptoms in adults w...

This short squid is concerned with the constraints behind the grammaticalization and lexicalization of verbs of saying in Chinese. Tsai (2024) proposes that besides the evolution from lexical categories to functional categories along the clausal spine, there is also a mechanism that merges the verb shuo ‘say’ into a neighboring phrase/clause. As a...

Under the background of the steady advancement of social and economic development and the continuous improvement of international status, colleges and universities occupy an important position in the whole education system. At the same time, college students also bear the important responsibility to realize the dream of the great rejuvenation of th...

The pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, immunogenicity, and safety of osocimab single doses in healthy Chinese and Japanese volunteers over 149 days were evaluated. Two phase 1 single‐blinded, placebo‐controlled studies with 27 Japanese and 50 Chinese participants were conducted. Osocimab was investigated with IV doses of 0.3, 1.25, and 2.5 mg/kg (...

The Xing Zi Ming Chu 性自命出 (Nature Derives from Decree) is one of the eighteen pieces that were recorded in Guodian 郭店 bamboo slips, which were excavated in 1993 and thought to be buried around 300 BCE. We can observe from this text detailed discussions surrounding terms such as xing 性 (nature), qing 情 (emotion), xin 心 (heart-mind), and yue 樂 (music...

Objective This study aims to assess the early to mid-term clinical efficacy of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) trileaflet valved conduits in pediatric right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction for congenital heart disease. Methods We conducted a retrospective analysis of pediatric patients who underwent right ventricular outflow trac...

As an outstanding representative of modern Japanese literature, Natsume Soseki has an important position in the history of modern Japanese literature. He is a world-renowned novelist who has written many excellent novels. However, it is far from enough to study Natsume Soseki's literature only from the aspects of novels. Throughout Natsume Soseki's...

In standard Mandarin, you ‘to have’ is a verb expressing the existence/possession of an object [1]. After contact with Southern Min, you has grammaticalized into an auxiliary verb in Taiwan Mandarin (see (1)). Its primary meaning is still under debate: past tense [2], perfective/perfect aspect [1,3], factual/assertive modality [4,5]. Disagreement m...

Objective Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the leading cause of disability and functional limitations in middle-aged and older adults. However, there is a paucity of studies examining the burden of disease associated with RA in China. This study comprehensively describes the prevalence and health loss associated with RA in China from 1990 to 2021, util...

Introduction The epigenome involving chemical modifications of DNA and chromatin that modulates gene expression in response to external and environmental conditions is characterized by great plasticity and reacts by epigenetic marks such as methylation signatures that can be inherited across generations. Objectives Urban dwellers likely adapt to t...

While extensive studies have been devoted to English-medium instruction (EMI) in the internationalisation of higher education, only a few studies have investigated the language-related experiences and perceptions of international students in non-Anglophone contexts where the local/ national language(s) serve as a medium of instruction for academic...

The exploration of factors influencing the output of doctoral research results is meaningful for higher education management. This study’s purpose lay in investigating the influence of motivation and training environment on doctoral students’ research outcomes in the Chinese province of Sichuan. The study aimed to explore whether environment modera...

Objective: To assess the safety and tolerability of ultra-low dose estradiol and dydrogesterone (E0.5 mg/D2.5 mg) among postmenopausal women. Methods: This pooled analysis of data from three clinical studies assessed the effects of continuous combined ultra-low-dose estradiol and dydrogesterone among postmenopausal women. Participants received E0.5...

In the 1920s and 1930s, German sinologist Vincenz Hundhausen devoted himself to translating and staging Chinese operas. The poetic translation method makes the translation more understandable to audiences in the German-speaking world, and the performance form that is gradually closer to the opera itself has made Chinese opera successfully appear on...

Relevance. The need to investigate the specifics of Chinese translator training within the framework of the global programme �One Belt, One Road� is primarily conditioned by the constant changes in various aspects, particularly in structural, semantic, and artistic aspects. Purpose. The purpose of this study was to investigate the global initiative...

Background Establishing accurate spirometry reference values for Chinese children is essential for diagnosing and managing respiratory conditions. This study aims to develop spirometric reference values for healthy Chinese children. Methods A cross-sectional study involving healthy children aged 4 to 18 years from 33 research centers across 24 reg...

Introduction The estimated prevalence of postpartum depression (PPD) worldwide, in China, and Shanghai is 17.2%, 18.0% and 23.2%, respectively. In 2021, Shanghai housed a population of 3.2 million childbearing-age migrant women, most of whom migrated to the city with their husbands for economic reasons. There is a general lack of help-seeking behav...

Purpose This study was designed to synthesize the efficacy and safety of breathing exercises in interstitial lung disease (ILD) patients by reviewing the literature and comparing the impact of different control group types, ILD subtypes, breathing exercise action modes or methods, and intervention durations on clinical efficacy. Methods Systematic...

Myelofibrosis is a rare and often fatal hematological neoplasm, and the treatment of myelofibrosis-associated anemia remains suboptimal, with no improved therapies. Luspatercept was shown to display some efficacy in a phase 2 clinical trial for Myelofibrosis with anemia, yet relevant research are limited. Threrfore, data from patients diagnosed wit...

The proposition zhengyan ruo fan 正言若反 (straightforward words seem paradoxical) embodies Laozi’s 老子 linguistic self-consciousness about the expression of ideas, and the way of thinking presented by this proposition is also commonly considered by ancient exegetes to be reflected in the linguistic expressions of Daoism. As such, contemporary Chinese s...

During the Second World War, the integration of science and humanities, as well as the integration of Guoxue (Traditional Chinese Studies) and Western learning, became a central issue in academia in China. With the support of the Harvard–Yenching Institute, Christian universities such as Cheeloo University, Ginling College, Nanking University, West...

Objectives In recent years, several epidemiologic studies have shown that pulse pressure (PP) is a powerful predictor of mortality from many cardiovascular diseases. However, few studies have reported the association between PP and adverse events during hospitalization in patients with type A acute aortic dissection (TAAAD). The aim of this study w...

Purpose This systematic review aimed to evaluate the effects of singing as an intervention for aging voice. Method Quantitative studies of interventions for older adults with any medical condition that involves singing as training were reviewed, measured by respiration, phonation, and posture, which are the physical functions related to the aging...

Group therapy is an effective form of psychotherapy. It is usually organised and led by a professional psychotherapist. In group therapy, a group of people come together to explore and work with each other's problems. The method of group therapy for treating schizophrenia is gradually being widely used in China and foreign countries. The present st...

This article talks about some aspects of the scientific activity of the French orientalist Paul Pelliot, who made a great contribution to world science. During his scientific career, Paul Pelliot made a great contribution to the study of Asia. Many of his scientific articles on the history of China, Indochina, Tibet, East Turkestan, Central Asia, V...

This book challenges the definition of a new approach for integrating protection and enhancing the Chinese heritage category of "Traditional Villages". By applying a specific case study in the Hancheng context, Shaanxi Province, which lacks sound studies, the book formulates new theoretical prerequisites for future researches , an in-depth knowledg...

The foveal load hypothesis assumes that the ease (or difficulty) of processing the currently fixated word in a sentence can influence processing of the upcoming word(s), such that parafoveal preview is reduced when foveal load is high. Recent investigations using pseudo-character previews reported an absence of foveal load effects in Chinese readin...

This study documents the past and present of English scholarship of Shuōwén jiězì, the most important masterpiece of classical Chinese philology and lexicography. In an attempt to investigate the current status (synchronically) and developmental trajectory (diachronically) of Shuōwén scholarship, this study surveyed the bibliographical, theoretical...

Set against a body of research which tends to either overlook ideological differences between Eastern and Western conceptualizations of motivation or which positions Chinese students as ideologically monolithic, this study aims to explore the dynamic interaction between neoliberal and Neo-Confucian paradigms in shaping motivation for English langua...

Active mobility, such as cycling and walking, is assuming a growing significance in the daily lives of urban residents in China due to its positive impact on health and the environment. The impact of the COVID-19 epidemic has elicited significant changes in behaviors, perceptions, and intellectual viewpoints in this domain, potentially altering res...

Background Bipolar disorder (BD) is a recurrent chronic disease. There are few Chinese studies to explore the BD after ischemic stroke. This study aimed to analyze the high risk factors of BD after ischemic stroke and investigate prevention strategies. Methods 197 patients with ischemic stroke in our hospital from March 2020 to March 2022 were sel...

The study of the city is one of the most challenging topics we explore as philosophers, but it is highly rewarding because the city is our most complex cultural artifact and draws in so many aspects of cultural studies. Posthuman Urbanism: Mapping Bodies in Contemporary City Space (Shaw, 2017), does not disappoint in this respect of revealing how t...

Background/objectives Engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) have been suggested as being capable of promoting inflammation, a key component in the pathways associated with carcinogenesis, cardiovascular disease, and other conditions. As a result, the risk assessment of biological markers as early-stage indicators has the potential to improve translation...

Background Rapid cycling bipolar disorder (RCBD), characterized by four or more episodes per year, is a complex subtype of bipolar disorder (BD) with poorly understood characteristics. Method This multicenter, observational, longitudinal cohort study enrolled 520 BD patients across seven psychiatric institutions in China from January 2013 to Janua...

Zhang Ailing is a famous modern Chinese female writer. Due to the influence of her family atmosphere and her own educational experience, she has a high level of expertise in both traditional Chinese studies and English. Her profound literary background in both English and Chinese has enabled her to create many excellent literary works and literary...

Abstrak: Chinese Studies sudah sering didengar, tetapi Sinologi belumterlalu akrabdi telinga kita. Kata studies mengacu kepada kegiatan mengkaji secara ilmiah; sedangkan–logybermakna ‘ilmu’. Sinology bermakna ilmu pengetahuan tentang Cina atau Tiongkok. Di Indonesia sudah berdiri APSMI yang menghimpun puluhan program studi yang bercirikanmenggunaka...

Introduction Despite the rapid growth of interdisciplinary resilience research in Chinese contexts, no study has systematically reviewed individual-level measurement scales for Chinese-speaking populations. We report a systematic review of scales developed for or translated/adapted to Chinese-speaking contexts, where we assessed how widely used sca...

ntroduction: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations forms a distinct subgroup. The optimal management for uncommon EGFR mutant locally advanced NSCLC remains uncertain. This study aims to investigate the clinical features and outcomes. Methods: A multi-center retrospective study was conducted to re...

The philosophy of language in the GongsunLongzi 公孫龍子 has been a hot topic since the 20th century, but there is still controversy about what point Gongsun Long 公孫龍 is making. This article reviews representative studies of the philosophy of language in the GongsunLongzi in Sinophone academia since 2000. Some studies (especially in journal articles) c...

Understanding educational aspiration is pivotal for studying access to and success in higher education, given its influence on academic, occupational, and societal trajectories. Yet, aspiration is a challenging topic to research, in part because of its complex definitions, measurements, and contexts. This review focuses on the educational aspiratio...

The main source of mythology is oral communication, lacking documentation or first-hand sources, which leads most sinologists to look away from ancient Chinese myths simply for the credibility of their Chinese studies. However, myths are still being told today, manifesting themselves as a living tradition, passed on from the ancestors to the future...

In recent years, in the context of the internalisation of education in China, overcompetitive "points-only" education has adversely affected the physical health of Chinese children and adolescents, resulting in a severe lack of physical literacy among junior high school students. Therefore, this study aimed to construct a physical literacy assessme...

The majority of the operable oral cavity cancer (OCC) patients are treated with surgery followed by radiation therapy. This also includes early-stage OCC with the presence of adverse histopathological factors (peri-neural invasion, lymphovascular spread, >6 mm depth of invasion). Thus, studies have shown that post-operative radiation therapy (PORT)...

Background There is a paucity of Chinese studies evaluating the quality of life (QoL) in young acute type A aortic dissection (AAAD) patients with Marfan syndrome. Methods Young adult AAAD patients (younger than 45 years old) underwent surgical treatment at our institution from January 2017 to December 2020 were consecutive enrolled. The hospital...

Modernity, as most students of literature may anticipate, is strongly associated with urban culture. The field of modern Chinese studies has indeed experienced an urban turn in its increased attention to urban and modern sensibilities, as evidenced by the outpouring of studies on such Shanghai writers as Eileen Chang. When rural China does come int...

Aims This review aims to assess the effect of comprehensive nursing care on liver cancer patients undergoing interventional therapy in China. Methods In accordance with PRISMA guidelines, we reviewed randomized controlled trials and observational studies assessing the effect of comprehensive nursing care against standard care on liver cancer patie...

This study leverages CiteSpace to create a keyword co-occurrence network for camping site research, aiming to outline the current state and development trends in this field, both globally and in China. The analysis highlights that international research focuses on camper behaviors, experiences, and the ecological and managerial aspects of camping s...

This book illustrates a mixed-method study that explores local Chinese students' intercultural competence development at Chinese universities by adopting Deardorff’s Process Model of Intercultural Competence as the theoretical framework. In the global higher education context, ‘internationalization at home’ is significant in (re)shaping education...

This paper employs a Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD) methodology, utilizing data from the Chinese Household Finance Survey (CHFS), China Rural Statistical Yearbook, China Financial Yearbook, and China Statistical Yearbook. The analysis scrutinizes rural financial exclusion from dual vantage points: the demand and supply sides, with households...

There has been a significant amount of research carried out in Slovenia on the revival of Confucianism, particularly since 2012 and 2014, when the first two research projects on this topic were approved. Members of the Department of Asian Studies at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, have been consistently conducting research in Slovenia...

Background In China, there were over 65,000 hemophilia patients according to estimations requiring overall description. However, former Chinese studies related to hemophilia were based on data of relatively small sample size from single-center or selected multi-centers in specific areas. Objective This study is aimed to provide an overview of pati...

The goal of this paper is to present a literature review about the concept of ‘Governance’ within the Chinese context. When it comes to Chinese governance, most of the studies are centered in corporate governance. Despite it is a relevant topic, this is not part of this literature review scope of analysis. Instead, this paper focuses on Chinese con...

Due to its small size and uneven distribution, overseas Chinese communities in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are largely absent in overseas Chinese studies and China-MENA studies. As China increases its economic and political involvement in MENA, overseas Chinese communities have also grown rapidly in recent years. The trend is lik...

Introduction During the COVID-19 outbreak, China applied a unique volunteerism system in which nurses and physicians traveled to the epicenter to care for patients. During the same period, another group, nurse and physician nonvolunteers, stayed at their home hospitals outside of the epicenter and cared for patients without COVID-19. Yet only one C...

According to the Chinese sources, the Turks’ ancestral home is the Golden Mountains/Jinshan, but opinions on their exact localization are divided. In the mid-18th century, French orientalist J. Deguignes was the first to express an opinion about Altai ancestral home of the Tugu Turks. In the 19th–20th centuries, his opinion was supported by Western...

In the context of the rapid development of the digital economy, digital homes have emerged as a crucial component, significantly contributing to the output of the digital economy. This study employs CiteSpace software to conduct a quantitative analysis of journal articles containing the keywords "digital home" and "digital family" from 2005 to 2023...

This study examines the effects of the 1896 Revolution on opium revenue farming business in the Philippines—a concession granted by the Spanish regime for the restricted sale and consumption of opium to the ethnic Chinese. Using the Anfión files from the National Archives of the Philippines and the Philippine Revolutionary Records, it argues that t...

The literature reports that there was a significant difference in the medical impact of the COVID-19 pandemic between European and East Asian countries; specifically, the mortality rate of COVID-19 in Europe was significantly higher than that in East Asia. Considering such a difference, our narrative review aimed to compare the prevalence and chara...

As the basic unit of expression, vocabulary is the foundation of English and is closely related to students’ overall language ability. However, many teachers tend to teach English vocabulary in traditional way, simply listing words with little attention to context in daily instruction. As a result, students mechanically memorize words without under...

At the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries in China, the understanding of the modernist trends of the Russian Silver Age deepened and expanded. The perception of futurism is subject to scientific and creative rethinking. The number of representatives of the Russian futurist movement who deserve the attention of Chinese specialists in translation, r...

Plain language summary In this study, six in-service EFL teachers’ assessment experiences during Covid-19 are reported, offering in-depth reflections on how the challenges can be met by other in-service teachers. The findings are valuable for all stakeholders to understand that teachers need a more emotional support in dealing with the new assessme...

Objectives: The primary objectives of this study revolve around understanding the intricacies of Chinese linguistics and its historical development over three thousand years. The focus is on delineating the unique system of field terms within Chinese linguistics, distinct from other global languages. The objectives include examining how this system...

The article presents the history of nascence traditional oriental medicine in Russia during XVIII–XIX centuries. The first information about oriental medicine was brought to Russia in the XVIII century by doctors, who visited Mongolia and China as members of embassy expeditions. The first decades of the XVIII century can be considered as beginning...

Background Some studies have investigated the association between vitamin D levels and precocious puberty (PP) but with limited sample sizes and inconsistent conclusions across studies. Methods Until July 2022, a comprehensive electronic search of works of literature was conducted in MEDLINE, Web of Science, and CNKI (Chinese National Knowledge In...

Background The studies on SARS-CoV-2 and human microbiota have yielded inconsistent results regarding microbiota α-diversity and key microbiota. To address these issues and explore the predictive ability of human microbiota for the prognosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection, we conducted a reanalysis of existing studies. Methods We reviewed the existing st...

Objective Little is known about spatial variability of hospitalisation rate (HR) of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) worldwide, especially in China. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted among patients with RA admitted to hospitals in Hunan Province. Global Moran’s I and local indicators of spatial association were used to explore t...