A new genus and five new species belonging to the family Tetrablemmidae are described from caves in Southwest China, i.e., Sinammaoxycera gen. & sp. n., Singaporemma banxiaoensis sp. n., Singaporemma wulongensis sp. n., Tetrablemma ziyaoensis sp. n. andTetrablemma menglaensis sp. n. The following new combination is proposed: Sinamma sanya (Lin & Li, 2010), comb. n. ex. Shearella Lehtinen, 1981....

Putative fossil embryos and larvae from the Precambrian phosphorite rocks of the Doushantuo Formation in Southwest China have been examined in thin section by bright field and polarized light microscopy. Although we cannot completely exclude a nonbiological or nonmetazoan origin, we identified what appear to be modern cnidarian developmental stages, including both anthozoan planula larvae and h...

BACKGROUND Pain is a common burden of disease globally; yet, it is not systematically investigated in China, especially in hospitalized patients. This study was aimed at clarifying the epidemiological characteristics of pain and related factors in hospitalized patients in Southwest China. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate the prevalence, severity, and influencing fa...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the molecular epidemiology of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in Central China. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS A total of 570 patients from Hubei Province in central China were enrolled. These patients were tested positive for HCV antibody prior to blood transfusion. Among them, 177 were characterized by partial NS5B and/or Core-E1 sequences and classified i...

Distribution and diversity of aerobic carbon monoxideoxidizing bacteria in geothermal springs of China, the Philippines, and the United States Jian Yang, Enmin Zhou, Hongchen Jiang, Wenjun Li, Geng Wu, Liuqin Huang, Brian P. Hedlund & Hailiang Dong a School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China b State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Chi...

An amplified impedimetric aptasensor combining target-induce DNA Hydrogel formation with pH-stimulated signal amplification for heparanase assay Zhe-Han Yang, Ying Zhuo, Ruo Yuan*, Ya-Qin Chai* Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR C...

BACKGROUND The management of pain, agitation, and delirium (PAD) in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is beneficial for patients and makes it widely applied in clinical practice. Previous studies showed that the clinical practice of PAD in ICU was improving; yet relatively little information is available in China. This study aimed to investigate the practice of PAD in ICUs in China. METHODS A multice...

OBJECTIVES To analyse differences in smoking behaviour and smoking expenditures among low and high income households in China and the impact of smoking on standard of living of low income households in China. METHODS About 3400 urban and rural households from 36 townships/districts in southwest China were interviewed in 2002. Cross tabulations and regression analysis were used to examine the ...