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24. Changes of Neolithic subsistence in south Hangzhou Bay coast, eastern China: An adaptive strategy to landscape processes

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Dai, Jinqi, primary, Deng, Lanjie, additional, Feng, Dan, additional, Zhao, Xiaoshuang, additional, Wang, Huimin, additional, Li, Xueming, additional, Xiao, Li, additional, Zhang, Xiaoyu, additional, Chen, Jing, additional, Li, Maotian, additional, Chen, Zhongyuan, additional, Liu, Yan, additional, and Sun, Qianli, additional

Published
2022
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26. Creating accountable hospital service areas in China: a case analysis of health expenditure in the metropolis of Chengdu

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Cao, Peiya, Zhao, Xiaoshuang, Yang, Yili, and Pan, Jay

Subjects
geographical mapping, China, public health, health policy, General Medicine, Hospitals, Patient Discharge, Humans, Medicine, Health Services Research, Health Expenditures, Delivery of Health Care
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ObjectivesTo delineate hospital service areas (HSAs) using the Dartmouth approach in China and identify the hypothesised demand-side, supply-side and region-specific factors of health expenditure within HSAs.DesignPopulation-based descriptive study.SettingWe selected the metropolis of Chengdu, one of the three most populous cities in China as a case for the analysis, where approximately 16.33 million residents living.ParticipantsIndividual-level in-patient discharge records (n=904 298) during the fourth quarter of 2018 (from 1 September to 31 December) were extracted from Sichuan Health Commission. Cases of non-residents of Chengdu were excluded from the datasets.MethodsWe conducted three sets of analyses: (1) apply Dartmouth approach to delineate HSAs; (2) use Geographic Information System (GIS)-based method to demonstrate health expenditure variations across delineated HSAs and (3) employ a three-level multilevel linear model to examine the association between health expenditure and demand-side, supply-side and region-specific factors.ResultsA total of 113 HSAs with a median population of 60 472 (ranging from 7022 to 827 750) was delineated. Total in-patient expenditure per admission varied more than threefold across HSAs after adjusting for age and gender. Apart from a list of demand-side factors, an increased number of physicians, healthcare facilities at higher levels and for-profit healthcare facilities were significantly associated with increased total in-patient expenditures. At the HSA level, the proportion of private healthcare facilities located in a single HSA was associated with increased total in-patient expenditure generated by that HSA, while the increased number of healthcare facilities in a HSA was negatively associated with the total in-patient expenditures.ConclusionHSAs were delineated to help establish an accountable healthcare delivery system, which serves as local hospital markets to provide in-patient healthcare via connecting demanders with suppliers inside particular HSAs. Policy-makers should adopt HSAs to identify variations of total in-patient expenditures among different areas and the potential associated factors. Findings from the HSA-based analysis could inform the formulation of relevant health policies and the optimisation of healthcare resource allocations.

Published
2022

29. Deciphering Hydroclimate Fluctuations of Nile Watershed from Holocene Sediment of Manzala Lagoon: Bio-Geochemical Implications

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WANG, YANNA, primary, Zhao, Xiaoshuang, additional, Salem, Alaa, additional, Shetaia, Said A., additional, Zhang, Fan, additional, Sun, Chengpeng, additional, Li, Xinxin, additional, Liu, Yan, additional, Sun, Qianli, additional, Chen, Jing, additional, Li, Maotian, additional, Finlayson, Brian, additional, and Chen, Zhongyuan, additional

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2022
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33. Reconstruction of the Holocene hydro-ecological and environmental change of the Nile Delta: insights from organic geochemical records in MZ-1 sediment core

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Zhang, Fan, primary, Hu, Jianfang, additional, Li, Xinxin, additional, WANG, YANNA, additional, Sun, Chengpeng, additional, Zhao, Xiaoshuang, additional, Jiang, Feng, additional, Zhao, Xin, additional, Liu, Yan, additional, Salem, Alaa, additional, Abu Shama, A. M, additional, and Chen, Zhongyuan, additional

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2021
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34. Diabetes‐related avoidable hospitalisations and its relationship with primary healthcare resourcing in China: A cross‐sectional study from Sichuan Province.

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Zhao, Xiaoshuang, Zhang, Yumeng, Yang, Yili, and Pan, Jay

Subjects
*DIABETES complications, *CROSS-sectional method, *REGRESSION analysis, *PRIMARY health care, *HOSPITAL care, *RESEARCH funding, *DESCRIPTIVE statistics
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The reduction of diabetes‐related avoidable hospitalisations (AHs) can be achieved via the provision of timely and effective primary healthcare (PHC), which has made diabetes AHs rate a widely adopted indicator for evaluating the performances of PHC systems. This study reported the AHs rate of diabetes and further explored its relationship with PHC resourcing in China. Hospital discharge data of the fourth quarters of 2016 and 2017 in Sichuan Province, China were used. The number of PHC doctors per 10,000 population and the proportion of PHC doctors on all doctors were used as indicators reflective of PHC resourcing. Linear regression models were used to explore the associations between PHC resourcing and AHs of diabetes. Age‐standardised rates of diabetes‐related AHs in Sichuan province, China were found to be 248.102 and 272.368 per 100,000 population in 2016 and 2017, respectively. A 10% increase in the number of PHC doctors per 10,000 population was associated with a reduction of 2.574 per 100,000 population in the age‐standardised AHs rate of diabetes. In addition, 10% increase in the proportion of PHC doctors on all doctors was associated with a reduction of 10.839 diabetes‐related AHs per 100,000 population. Based on subgroup analysis, PHC resourcing demonstrated to have a stronger impact on AHs of diabetes with long‐term complications than on that of uncontrolled diabetes. Our findings reported that the diabetes AHs rates in Sichuan Province were prevalently high. We also found that increased PHC resourcing was associated with decreased diabetes‐related AHs rates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2022
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36. Early-middle Holocene climatic and environmental changes in the Nile delta and implications for early agriculture

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Zhao Xiaoshuang, Alaa Salem, Chen Zhongyuan, AlaaSalem, Hadeer Sheashaa, HadeerSheashaa, Lai Xiaohe, and Liu Yan

Subjects
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous), Aquatic Science, Pollution, Water Science and Technology
Abstract

对尼罗河三角洲平原东北部一个古埃及文化遗址（Kom El-Khilgan）1.5 m长的沉积物剖面KH1开展14C测年、沉积物粒度和孢粉分析.根据岩性、粒度和测年等结果综合判定：剖面150~100 cm地层为早全新世河流相沉积；100~27 cm地层为早、中全新世（8000-4000 cal a BP）三角洲冲积平原沉积，其中涵盖了古埃及前王朝至古王国时期（6500-4131 cal a BP）的人类活动信息；27~0 cm为现代表土层.孢粉分析结果反映了在距今8000~4000 a期间：1）研究区气候由湿润过渡为温和，最后趋于干旱；2）随着气候变干，尼罗河上游水文变化对三角洲环境影响减小，研究区由沼泽湿地逐渐过渡为干草甸环境，更多的土地可以被人类利用；3）常被用来指示农业活动的>35 μm禾本科、陶器碎片和炭屑的出现并逐渐增加，表明该遗址附近的人类农业活动始于距今6500 a左右，并持续至距今4000 a前后.上述证据表明尼罗河三角洲全新世早-中期湿润向干旱过渡的气候驱动了人类农业活动的开展.本研究为进一步探讨尼罗河三角洲古文明对环境适应性研究提供了科学依据.

Published
2018

46. Synthesis of Au/Bi2S3 nanoflowers for efficient photothermal therapy.

Author

Zhao, Xiaoshuang, Li, Shenwan, Huang, Tongdai, Sun, Hongmei, Zhu, Hongda, Guo, Huiling, and Liu, Mingxing

Subjects
*PHOTOTHERMAL conversion, *SERUM albumin, *NANOCOMPOSITE materials, *TUMOR growth, *CANCER treatment
Abstract

A therapeutic nanoplatform with effective photothermal cancer treatment attracts enormous attention but still faces great challenges, such as a tedious preparation process, poor biocompatibility and low efficiency. In this study, we prepared Au/Bi2S3 nanoflowers (NFs) as high-performance cancer photothermal agents for the first time. This was achieved in a facile and mild way by using bovine serum albumin (BSA) as reducer and stabilizer. In this process, Bi3+ and Au3+ underwent in situ reduction and growth, and then formed flower-like Au/Bi2S3 nanocomposites. The results revealed that the as-prepared Au/Bi2S3 NFs with special morphology showed high stability, excellent biocompatibility and good photostability. Apart from these, it was also observed that the Au/Bi2S3 NFs can efficiently convert the near-infrared (NIR) light into heat leading to high performance in photothermal conversion efficiency (up to 58.34%), and then suppressed the growth of tumor cells under NIR laser irradiation. This work highlights the potential of Au/Bi2S3 NFs as photothermal agents for cancer ablation treatment in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2020
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