An Euler atmospheric transport model CanMETOP (Canadian Model for Environmental Transport of Organochlorine Pesticides) was applied to the atmospheric transport and outflow of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in China in 2003 based on a square kilometer resolution emission inventory. The reactionwith OH radical, gas/particle partition by considering the adsorption onto total aerosol surf...

Four species of Adlerius phlebotomine sandflies have been recorded in China, namely: P. chinensis Newstead, 1 9 1 6 (Pc); P. fengi Leng & Zhang, 1 9 9 4 ; P. longiductus Parrot, 1 9 2 8 and P. sichuanensis Leng & Yin, 1 9 8 3 (Ps), Adlerius phlebotomines are the main vectors of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in China; three of them are acknowledged as VL vectors and P. fengi is considered a potent...

OBJECTIVE To understand the periconceptional use of folic acid and its association with selected characteristics in northern China. DESIGN As part of a population-based case-control study on external structural birth defects, we analysed periconceptional use of folic acid among control mothers. SETTING The study was conducted in four counties (Pingding, Xiyang, Taigu and Zezhou) in Shanxi P...

Recently, some new tetrapod fossils were collected along the Yellow River in Shanxi Province. From the Member I of the Tongchuan Formation at Baidaoyu in Liulin County, at least one species of Parakannemeyeria, and one new species of Sinokannemeyeria, S. baidaoyuensis, are identified. The new species is characterized by prefrontal anterior extension level to posterior margin of postnarial excav...

ABSTRACT: Based on the apple acreage and output data of 23 provinces in China, LMDI decomposition method barycenter analysis model were used to systematically analyze spatiotemporal characteristics production China from 1978 2016. The results showed that continued increase, layout has moved south-westward; Shaanxi, Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, Gansu, Hebei, Liaoning, Xinjiang main contributors incr...

The solanum fruit fly, Bactrocera latifrons (Hendel), is a major pest throughout South and South East Asia, including very few parts of southern China, and has invaded Hawaii and recently the continent of Africa (Tanzania and Kenya). With the development of international trade in fruits and vegetables, B. latifrons has become a potential threat to Chinese agriculture. In this study, CLIMEX 3.0 ...