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Silene vanchingshanensis (Caryophyllaceae) a new species from Southwest China [PDF]

PhytoKeys, 2022
Silene vanchingshanensis (Caryophyllaceae), a new species from Fanjingshan Mountain in Guizhou (southwest China) is described and illustrated. It is morphologically similar to S. morrisonmontana and S. hupehensis, from which it can be easily distinguished by having pubescent stems usually 10–15 cm long, linear-oblanceolate leaves 3–6 cm × 3–6 mm, often
Feng Yang, Jin-Li Liu, Ping-Ping Li, Huan-Chong Wang   +3 more
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Ficus motuoensis (Moraceae), a new species from southwest China [PDF]

PhytoKeys, 2022
A new climbing species, Ficus motuoensis Zhen Zhang & Hong Qing Li in Moraceae from southwest China has been described and illustrated in this paper. The new species resembles F. disticha, F. diversiformis and F. hederacea, but differs from these in the medium-sized acrophylls, shorter peduncle, as well as larger and spotted syconium.
Zhen Zhang, Mei-Jiao Zhang, Jian-Hang Zhang, De-Shun Zhang, Hong-Qing Li   +4 more
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Ganoderma ovisporum sp. nov. (Polyporales, Polyporaceae) from Southwest China

Biodiversity Data Journal, 2022
Ganoderma is a white-rot fungus with a cosmopolitan distribution and includes several economically important species. This genus has been extensively researched due to its beneficial medicinal properties and chemical constituents with potential nutritional and therapeutic values.
Hongde Yang, Yongzhen Ding, Ting-Chi Wen, Kalani Kanchana Hapuarachchi, De-Ping Wei   +4 more
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Early Cambrian sipunculan worms from southwest China [PDF]

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 2004
We report the discovery of sipunculan worms from the Lower Cambrian Maotianshan Shale, near Kunming (southwest China). Their sipunculan identity is evidenced by the general morphology of the animals (sausage-shaped body with a slender retractable introvert and a wider trunk) and by other features, both external (e.g.
Di-Ying, Huang, Jun-Yuan, Chen, Jean, Vannier, J I, Saiz Salinas   +3 more
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Vs30 Estimate for Southwest China

International Journal of Geophysics, 2016
Several methods were used to estimate Vs30 from site profiles with borehole depths of about 20 m for the strong-motion stations located in Southwest China. The methods implemented include extrapolation (constant and gradient), Geomatrix Site Classification correlation with shear-wave velocity, and remote sensing (terrain and topography).
Yan Yu, Walter J. Silva, Bob Darragh, Xiaojun Li   +3 more
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Earthquake-triggered landslides in southwest China [PDF]

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2012
Abstract. Southwest China is located in the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau and it is a region of high seismic activity. Historically, strong earthquakes that occurred here usually generated lots of landslides and brought destructive damages.
X. L. Chen, Q. Zhou, H. Ran, R. Dong
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China’s rising hydropower demand challenges water sector [PDF]

, 2015
Demand for hydropower is increasing, yet the water footprints (WFs) of reservoirs and hydropower, and their contributions to water scarcity, are poorly understood.
AY Hoekstra, B Lehner, BM Fekete, CJ Vörösmarty, CW King, D Bastviken, H Inhaber, HL Huang, I Herath, J Liu, JLDS Soito, M Mekonnen, N Barros, NK Sharma, P Gerbens-Leenes, PH Gleick, PH Gleick, PH Gleick, RE Grumbine, SGSA Rothausen, T Oki, TH Bakken, TH Bakken, V Fthenakis, W Gerbens-Leenes, X Chang   +25 more
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The Terrorist Attack in Kunming, China: Does It Indicate a Growing Threat Worldwide? [PDF]

, 2014
At 9:00 pm on March 1, 2014, six men and two women, dressed in black and wielding knives, arrived at the Kunming train station, one of the largest in southwest China, and began slashing people at random. Before authorities could stop them, the assailants
Butterworth, Bruce R., Jenkins, Brian M.
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Association of CDKN2A/B Homozygous Deletion and Extent of Resection With Survival of Patients With WHO CNS5 Grade 4 Astrocytoma

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives WHO grade 4 astrocytomas are associated with poor prognosis, and their prognostic factors remain controversial. This study aimed to identify the prognostic factors and develop a management algorithm for these patients. Methods This study retrospectively included 151 CNS5 adult grade 4 astrocytomas from two medical centers.
Jiawei Cai, Guanglin Zhu, Qiu He, Chen Luo, Lingyun Zhuo, Xingfu Wang, Yiming Chen, Xiaoyong Chen, Wendong You, Jiaheng Xu, Yuanxiang Lin, Dezhi Kang, Shuai Wu, Zanyi Wu   +13 more
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Shangri-la: From Utopia to Wasteland? [PDF]

, 2016
The rapid urbanization movement in China’s uplands and up-streams, home to ethnic groups, are problematic for ecological and cultural reasons. Shangri-La County in southwest China is one such destination that has experienced such environmental ...
Li, Bo
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