Article
Dermatology
Christos C. Zouboulis, Mankul Goyal, Angel S. Byrd
Summary: Hidradenitis suppurativa in South-East Asia and East Asia exhibits distinct clinical, environmental, physiological, and likely genetic differences compared to the Western region, with a male predominance, varying affected areas, and common metabolic comorbidities. Further studies on Asian ethnic subgroups are warranted.
EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Immunology
Tomonori Kadowaki, Saori Kadowaki, Hidenori Ohnishi
Summary: HA20, caused by a mutation in the TNFAIP3 gene, can present as an early onset autoinflammatory disease resembling Behcet's disease. Patients in East Asia with HA20 more frequently develop recurrent fever but have lower rates of typical BD symptoms. Treatment for severe HA20 in East Asia primarily involves anti-TNF-alpha agents.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Fangwen Bao, Tianhai Cheng, Ying Li, Shuaiyi Shi, Hong Guo, Yu Wu
Summary: This study proposes an algorithm to indirectly obtain aerosol SSA from VIIRS and characterize aerosol absorption over East Asia. The new parameterization scheme and updated aerosol assumptions make the algorithm work efficiently, achieving reasonable estimations under high aerosol loading conditions. The new SSA results show expected correlations with ground-based sun photometers, especially for high aerosol loading, with better correlations, lower mean biases, and most retrievals falling within the expected error envelope.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Jinfang Yin, Xudong Liang, Yanxin Xie, Feng Li, Kaixi Hu, Lijuan Cao, Feng Chen, Haibo Zou, Feng Zhu, Xin Sun, Jianjun Xu, Geli Wang, Ying Zhao, Juanjuan Liu
Summary: This study developed the East Asia Reanalysis System (EARS) using the WRF model and GSI data assimilation system, forced by ECMWF global reanalysis ERA-Interim data. Surface observations were assimilated using the FDDA scheme, while upper observations were assimilated using 3D-VAR mode. The evaluation showed substantial improvements in EARS compared to ERA-Interim reanalysis fields over East Asia.
EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE DATA
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Myung-Il Jung, Seok-Woo Son, Hyemi Kim, Deliang Chen
Summary: Understanding air pollution in East Asia is crucial due to its high population density and severe winter pollution. This study reveals that the day-to-day variability of air pollution in East Asia during winter is influenced by the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO), a dominant subseasonal variability in the tropics. The concentration of PM10 significantly increases during suppressed tropical convections over the Indian Ocean (MJO phase 5-6) and decreases during enhanced convections (MJO phase 1-2).
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Yong-Woo Kim, Sung-Joon Chang, Michael Witek, Jieyuan Ning, Jingchong Wen
Summary: Through seismic measurements, it is found that the mechanism of some volcanoes in East Asia may be related to the stagnant Pacific slab, possibly triggered by subduction-induced upwelling or deep dehydration. Additionally, tilted high-velocity anomalies are discovered in the North China region, suggesting lithospheric delamination, and intraplate volcanoes may be the result of decompression melting after delamination.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Akane O. Abbasi, Xiaolu Tang, Nancy L. Harris, Elizabeth D. Goldman, Javier G. P. Gamarra, Martin Herold, Hyun Seok Kim, Weixue Luo, Carlos Alberto Silva, Nadezhda M. Tchebakova, Ankita Mitra, Yelena Finegold, Mohammad Reza Jahanshahi, Cesar Ivan Alvarez, Tae Kyung Kim, Daun Ryu, Jingjing Liang
Summary: Planted forests in East Asia, which account for approximately 36% of global planted forest area, play a critical role in climate change mitigation and timber/non-timber production. However, there is limited information available on the geographic distribution and tree species composition of these planted forests. This study presents the first spatial database of planted forests in East Asia, based on extensive data collection and modeling. The maps generated in this study provide valuable information for understanding the role of planted forests in climate change mitigation and guiding forest conservation and management decisions.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Chi-Yun Wang, Jen-Ping Chen, Wei-Chyung Wang
Summary: The concentration of atmospheric fine particulate matter (PM2.5) depends on both precursor emissions and meteorology. This study examines the interannual variability of PM2.5 associated with meteorological parameters and finds that humidity, precipitation, and ventilation variation are the main factors influencing PM2.5. The study also highlights the significant impact of meteorological anomalies on PM2.5 concentration, which may exceed air quality standards.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ye-Won Seo, Kyung-Ja Ha, Tae-Won Park
Summary: Summer heatwave events in northeastern China and Mongolia have been increasing since the early 2000s, with positive feedback from latent heat flux, surface dynamic processes, and cloud feedback contributing to warming anomalies, while sensible heat flux acts as negative feedback. Weak influences were found from ozone, surface albedo, and water vapor processes. This study provides insights into the mechanisms and factors influencing extreme climate events through radiative and dynamic feedback processes.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Chia-Chi Wang, Huang-Hsiung Hsu, Ying-Ting Chen
Summary: An objective front detection method was used to evaluate climate model performance in simulating front frequency and to predict future seasonal front activities in East Asia. The results suggest decreases in winter fronts and increases in frontal precipitation in the South China Sea and tropical western Pacific, while spring activities may vary with more fronts in central China, the Korean Peninsula, and Japan.
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
(2021)
Article
Humanities, Multidisciplinary
Layna Droz, Hsun-Mei Chen, Hung-Tao Chu, Rika Fajrini, Jerry Imbong, Romaric Jannel, Orika Komatsubara, Concordia Marie A. Lagasca-Hiloma, Chansatya Meas, Duy Hung Nguyen, Tshering Ongmu Sherpa, San Tun, Batkhuyag Undrakh
Summary: This article examines the diversity of conceptualizations of nature in East and Southeast Asia, highlighting the importance of considering these diverse perspectives in sustainability decision-making. It emphasizes the need for representation of these voices in global reports and the involvement of experts from different traditions of thought.
HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Chunqing Sun, Luo Wang, Gill Plunkett, Enlou Zhang, Jiaqi Liu
Summary: This study reports key and widespread late Pleistocene to Holocene tephras from a lake sequence in southern China, providing important potential for dating and synchronizing paleoenvironmental records in East Asia. The extensively distributed tephras enable correlations between tropical Philippines, mainland China, and midlatitude Japan, facilitating future climate studies in the region. The findings highlight volcanic hazards in densely populated East Asia and offer solutions for dating uncertainty in synchronizing rapid climate events.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Yan Wu, Dawei Tao, Xiujie Wu, Wu Liu, Yanjun Cai
Summary: Reconstructing the diet of early modern humans provides important insights into human origins and evolution. This study analyzed starch grains in dental calculus from early modern humans in Fuyan Cave, revealing that their diet consisted of acorns, roots, tubers, grass seeds, and other unidentified plants. The study also suggests that acorns played a significant role in their subsistence strategies and that there may have been a long-standing tradition of using these plants in Late Pleistocene China.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Review
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Junjie Huang, Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno III, Lin Zhang, Wanghong Xu, Sunny H. H. Wong, Siew C. C. Ng, Martin C. S. Wong
Summary: Globally, gastrointestinal cancers account for over one-fourth of all cancer incidence and one-third of cancer-related mortality. East Asia has the highest burden of gastrointestinal cancers, including stomach, liver, oesophageal, and gallbladder cancers, which is attributed to population growth, aging, and westernization of lifestyles. The increasing incidence of young-onset colorectal cancer is also observed in East Asia. To effectively reduce the burden of gastrointestinal cancers in this region, efforts should be made to modify unhealthy lifestyles, promote vaccination against hepatitis virus, control infections, increase colorectal cancer screening, enhance early cancer detection, and improve cancer survivorship through organized rehabilitation programs.
NATURE REVIEWS GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Economics
Velma Lee, Ariel M. Viale
Summary: Most cross-country empirical studies on economic growth overlook the impact of ambiguity, which is essential due to the open-endedness of growth theories. This study demonstrates that uncertainty about the global economy negatively affects total factor productivity growth in East Asian economies. However, correlation uncertainty is low in the region due to the high level of connectedness in its productivity network. These empirical findings have policy implications.
ECONOMIC MODELLING
(2023)
