PCR generated two distinct products from a toxic isolate of Alexandrium catenella, which had been taken from Dai Ya Bay (southern China), by using primers for large-subunit rRNA. This pattern is distinct from published data for North American Alexandrium species. Sequences of the two products suggest that the smaller was generated by a deletion event. Single-cell PCR generated the same pattern,...

background and objects the patient’s age at the first hypospadias repair may be an important factor for determining postoperative outcomes. age at the first procedure differs between western countries and medical centers in china. this review examines the differences between the incidence of surgical complications and surgical age in boys receiving hypospadias repairs in north america, europe a...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether the previously noted low prevalence of knee pain (KP) and lumbar pain (LP) in rural southern China compared with the high prevalence observed in North China was also true in a southern urban population. METHODS A population based sample of 2040 adults > or = 16 years of age was studied in Chenghai City, close to the rural area previously studied on the southeast...

Lyme disease (borreliosis) is the most prevalent tick-borne zoonotic disease in Europe, North America, and eastern Asia. Its etiologic agent, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, at least 4 species of B. burgdorferi sensu lato has been described in China: B. garinii, B. afzelii, B. valaisiana, B. sinica [1,2]. B. garinii was the main genotype in China, and it was distributed mainly in northern Chin...

The floral composition of Yunnan is conspicuously linked to the biogeographical history of this extremely species-rich province in southwestern China. The floristic compositions of three representative regions in Yunnan were compared to reveal their variation with geography. From southern Yunnan, 4150 native species (including subspecies and varieties) from 1240 genera and 183 families of seed ...

[1] This work presents an estimate of anthropogenic CO2 in the Pacific Ocean based on measurements from the WOCE/JGOFS/OACES global CO2 survey. These estimates used a modified version of the DC* technique. Modifications include a revised preformed alkalinity term, a correction for denitrification, and an evaluation of the disequilibrium terms using an optimum multiparameter analysis. The total ...

During Neoproterozoic global climate changed drastically and associated glacial deposits have been found worldwide. However, there are few such records at the southern margin of North China Cra...

Global mantle convection significantly impacts the processes at Earth’s surface and has been used to gain insights on plate driving forces, lithospheric deformation, and the thermal and compositional structure of the mantle. Upper-mantle seismic anisotropy has been widely employed to study both present and past deformation processes at lithospheric and asthenospheric depths. The eastern China r...

Abstract Ecological restoration (ER) programs play an important role in local and global climate change carbon management policy interventions. Water resource is a key criterion for assessing the sustainability of ERs. Herein, we explored spatiotemporal patterns rainfall interception (RI, component ecosystem water budgets), its drivers after ER implementation China. Further, assessed whether ER...