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Joerg Maletz, Chuanshang Wang, Xiaofeng Wang
Summary: The graptolite succession of the YD-1 drill core in the Yangtze platform of China provides insight into the lower Silurian biostratigraphy of the Yichang region, revealing gaps and the necessity for further modification and revision of the graptolite biostratigraphy. The study highlights the incomplete nature of the Llandovery in the eastern flank of the Huangling anticline and emphasizes the challenges in dating the biostratigraphically younger part of the succession accurately with graptolite faunas.
PAPERS IN PALAEONTOLOGY
(2021)
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Microbiology
Jiale Xu, Jintao Chen, Chaorui Xiong, Lingxin Qin, Bing Hu, Manqing Liu, Yuting Ren, Yirong Li, Kun Cai, Liangjun Chen, Wei Hou
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Dan Li, Xiao-qing Gong, Xiao Xiao, Hui-ju Han, Hao Yu, Ze-min Li, Li-na Yan, Xiao-lan Gu, Shu-hui Duan, Xue-jie Yu
Summary: The study found that hedgehogs from Hubei Province carry MERS-related coronaviruses with conserved residues similar to human MERS-CoVs, indicating a potential role in the evolution and transmission of MERS-CoVs. Continuous surveillance of CoVs in hedgehogs is important to monitor this potential public health threat.
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Biodiversity Conservation
Weijun He, Ke Zhang, Yang Kong, Liang Yuan, Qingling Peng, Dagmawi Mulugeta Degefu, Thomas Stephen Ramsey, Xu Meng
Summary: This study comprehensively explored the spatial-temporal characteristics and influencing factors of agricultural grey water footprint (AGWF) in Hubei Province from 2010 to 2019. The study found that AGWF showed a trend of first rising and then declining, with significant differences among subregions. AGDP and permanent resident population were the main factors promoting AGWF increase, while AGWF intensity, AGDP per capita, and agricultural water use intensity inhibited AGWF increase. The study also revealed that AGWF and AGDP achieved strong decoupling in all prefecture-level cities in Hubei Province.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2023)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yupeng Fu, Guohe Huang, Lirong Liu, Jianyong Li, Xiaoyue Zhang, Mengyu Zhai, Xiaojie Pan
Summary: By developing a multi hierarchy industrial virtual water network model, this study analyzed the status of various industrial sectors in the virtual-water system in Hubei Province, China, and proposed recommendations to improve water-use efficiency in industrial sectors and enhance virtual water exchanges.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Qin Ye, Jiaqi Li, Jinnan Tong, Zhihui An, Jun Hu, Shuhai Xiao
Summary: The Doushantuo Formation in the Lianhuacun section of the eastern Shennongjia area, South China, provides valuable insights into the marine eukaryote diversification and biostratigraphic subdivision during the Ediacaran period. Previous studies have mainly focused on specific facies, while shallow-water inner shelf facies have been rarely studied. This integrated chemostratigraphic and biostratigraphic analysis reveals new information about the acanthomorphic acritarchs in the region, filling important gaps in their distribution and facilitating correlation at regional and global scales.
PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH
(2022)
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Plant Sciences
Zhi-Yao Ma, Jun Wen, Qiang Fu, Xiu-Qun Liu
Summary: Vitis shizishanensis, a new species from Hubei, China, is morphologically similar to V. flexuosa and V. bryoniifolia, but differs in leaf lobing and pubescence. It can be easily distinguished by its glabrous or sparse arachnoid tomentum on the abaxial mature leaf surface, and its unlobed to 3-7 lobed leaves. The description, photographs, and morphological comparisons provided help in distinguishing this new species from similar Vitis species.
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Environmental Studies
Xiaoxiao Ye, Yong Fan, Jing Miao, Zongyi He
Summary: This study examines the current status of urban system competitiveness in Hubei Province, China, and identifies science and technology as the primary driving force behind urban competitiveness. The study also highlights the deepening impact of quality of life, particularly residents' consumption, on urban competitiveness. Furthermore, the study reveals the leading position of Wuhan, the provincial capital, in terms of competition, followed by Yichang and Xiangyang. Overall, the competitiveness gap between cities in the region is gradually narrowing.
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Environmental Sciences
Wenjia Ni, Yu Ding, Siwei Li, Mengfan Teng, Jie Yang
Summary: This study utilizes the AOD reconstruction method to compensate for missing values in the MAIAC AOD dataset, and uses climate feature as input to estimate PM2.5 concentrations. It proposes a method to identify the absolute importance of features in machine-learning models. AOD reconstruction mitigates the overestimation of annual mean PM2.5 concentrations, and the seamless PM2.5 dataset reduces bias in exposure risk assessment.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yu Zhang, Jianjun Ye, Shuangyi Hou, Xingxing Lu, Chengfeng Yang, Qi Pi, Mengxian Zhang, Xun Liu, Qin Da, Liping Zhou
Summary: This study analyzed the temporal and spatial distribution characteristics of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in Hubei province and identified seasonal patterns and spatial-temporal clusters of PTB cases. The overall PTB notification rate in Hubei province has significantly decreased from 2011 to 2021, with the peak of notification occurring in late spring and early summer annually. The disease showed spatial clustering, mainly in the southwestern and southeastern regions of Hubei.
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Ming Li, Lixia Li, Wenhui Wang
Summary: Well-preserved graptolites of the genus Kiaerograptus are reported for the first time in the Nanba section, Yiyang, Hunan Province, South China. Based on these new specimens, the Kiaerograptus biozone is established for the first time in South China, which has significant implications for biostratigraphical correlation.
ACTA GEOLOGICA SINICA-ENGLISH EDITION
(2023)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Guoyu He, Lei Zhang, Xiaojian Wei, Gui Jin
Summary: Understanding the patterns, relationships, and driving forces between ecosystem services (ESs) supply-demand at multiple spatial scales is crucial for sustainable management. This study in Hubei Province, China, identified the supply-demand mismatches of key ESs and explored the driving forces at different scales. The findings highlight the importance of considering scale effects and adopting efficient strategies for ecosystem management.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2023)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Xiao Fan Liu, Xiao-Ke Xu, Ye Wu
Summary: The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been pseudonymously linked to over 100 million cases worldwide as of January 2021. The lack of high-quality data for understanding and combating COVID-19 is highlighted, with a detailed hand-coded dataset provided containing rich features for Characterization of COVID-19's epidemiological properties. This dataset is considered a baseline for COVID-19 transmissibility under extreme mitigation measures, serving as a reference for comparative scientific investigation and public policymaking.
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Biodiversity Conservation
Linna Lu, Yalin Lei, Tao Wu, Kunyao Chen
Summary: This study used the information entropy method, principal component analysis, and Spearman's rank correlation coefficient to evaluate the water resources carrying capacity in Hubei Province. The results showed that the WRCC in Hubei Province was unstable during the period of 2008-2020, with agricultural water use having a greater impact and economically developed areas having higher WRCC.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2022)
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Tingting Liu, Giovanni Ferrari, Andrea Pezzuolo, Ahmed Alengebawy, Keda Jin, Gaozhong Yang, Qiang Li, Ping Ai
Summary: This study estimates and analyzes the agricultural waste and its biogas potential in Hubei Province, China, using a geographical approach. It also compares the estimated potential with the actual biogas production to identify the reasons for the low utilization rate. The results show a high biogas potential of 4.67 x 109 m3, which could lead to a carbon emission reduction effect of 2.33 x 106 tCO2 and an economic benefit of 2.33 x 107 USD. The study also reveals a significant difference between the estimated potential and actual production, with an average production difference rate of 96.83%.
AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
(2023)
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ESTONIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES
(2015)
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Paleontology
Michael J. Melchin, Alfred C. Lenz, Anna Kozlowska
JOURNAL OF PALEONTOLOGY
(2017)
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Zoology
Anna Kozlowska
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Paleontology
Adam Urbanek, Sigitas Radzevicius, Anna Kozlowska, Lech Teller
ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA
(2012)
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BULLETIN OF GEOSCIENCES
(2009)
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Paleontology
Anna Kozlowska, Adam Urbanek
COMPTES RENDUS PALEVOL
(2013)
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Paleontology
Dagmara Chmielarz, Anna Kozlowska
COMPTES RENDUS PALEVOL
(2014)
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Geology
Anna Kozlowska, Denis Bates
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Paleontology
Anna Kozlowska, Denis E. B. Bates, Sergio Piras
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Geology
Denis Bates, Anna Kozlowska, Dagmara Chmielarz, Alfred Lenz
PROCEEDINGS OF THE YORKSHIRE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
(2011)
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Zoology
Anna Kozlowska, Denis Bates, Jan Zalasiewicz, Sigitas Radzevicius
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Paleontology
Anna Kozlowska
Summary: This study describes Hoffmanigraptus varsoviensis n. gen., n. sp. from Poland, Baltica, and new genus Plectograptus? ovatus and Plectograptus? karlsteinensis, representing some of the earliest forms from the upper Homerian. Hoffmanigraptus n. Gen. is considered an early member of the Plectograptus clade.
COMPTES RENDUS PALEVOL
(2021)
Article
Paleontology
Anna Kozlowska, Denis Bates
Summary: The new species Papiliograptus retimarginatus n. sp. is reported from the upper Homerian (Silurian) of Poland, Baltica. It belongs to the genus Papiliograptus Lenz & Kozlowska-Dawidziuk, 2002, and is part of the new retiolitid fauna after the lundgreni Extinction Event, characterized by unique genicular structures. These features may have been an adaptation to prevent the planktonic colony from sinking in the water column.
COMPTES RENDUS PALEVOL
(2021)
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Geology
Lukasz Kaczmarek, Anna Kozlowska, Michal Maksimczuk, Tomasz Wejrzanowski
ACTA GEOLOGICA POLONICA
(2017)
