A New Record of Gloydius strauchi (Viperidae, Crotalinae) from Dêgê County, NW Sichuan, China and symptoms of that species’ bite

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-122
Author(s):  
Sylvia Hofmann
Keyword(s):  
High Altitude ◽  
New Record ◽  
Sichuan Province ◽  
High Altitude Area

Gloydius strauchi is a venomous pit viper, which is known from Sichuan, Eastern Xizang, Qinghai, Ningxia, and Shaanxi provinces. Here I report a new, genetically verified record of G. strauchi from a high-altitude area of Dêgê County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, and provide information on a mild envenomation case of that species’ bite.

South Korea in 2016

Asian Survey ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-110
Author(s):  
Gi-Wook Shin ◽  
Rennie J. Moon
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
South Korea ◽  
High Altitude ◽  
Nuclear Weapons ◽  
North Korea ◽  
Heavy Industry ◽  
Financial Difficulties ◽  
Official Position ◽  
Leadership Crisis ◽  
High Altitude Area

President Park faced a leadership crisis after revelations that she relied on a confidant with no official position for key decision-making in state affairs. Heavy industry met with serious financial difficulties, and a strong anti-corruption law was enacted. North Korea tested more nuclear weapons and missiles. Controversy over the deployment of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense strained South Korea’s relations with China.

scholarly journals The prevalence and risk factors of high-altitude pulmonary hypertension among native Tibetans in Sichuan Province, China

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (Supplement_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Q.L Gou ◽  
R.F Shi ◽  
X Zhang ◽  
Q.T Meng ◽  
X.R Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Pulmonary Hypertension ◽  
High Altitude ◽  
Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Sichuan Province ◽  
Public Institution ◽  
P Value ◽  
Funding Source ◽  
Cross Sectional

Abstract Background High-altitude pulmonary hypertension (HAPH) remains a concern due to its high mortality, however, studies evaluating its prevalence and risk factors are lacking. Objective To determine the prevalence of HAPH and its correlated factors among the highlanders living at 3200 metres above sea level in Ganzi Tibetan Automous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China. Methods This was a single-center cross-sectional study involved 1129 subjects (mean age 46.6±14 years, 39% men). Native Tibetans with HAPH were defined as mean pulmonary artery pressure >30mmHg achieved from transthoracic echocardiography. Results The crude prevalence of HAPH was 6.2%, and was more prevalent in men compared to women (8.6% vs 4.6%, P=0.005). The elder was more likely to develop HAPH (OR: 5.308, 95% CI: 2.562–10.993). Highlanders with HAPH had more severe metabolic abnormalities (including elevated blood pressure, blood glucose, blood lipids, BMI, etc. P value<0.05) and significantly increased hemoglobin level (P=0.001). On multivariate logistic regression analysis, independent risk factors for HAPH were metabolic syndrome (OR: 3.128, 95% CI: 1.110–8.818), age (>60 years vs <40 years) (OR: 2.924, 95% CI: 1.282–6.669), and decreased SpO2 (OR: 1.072 per 1-unit decrease; 95% CI: 1.010–1.136). Conclusion It could be concluded that HAPH was prevalent among 6.2% native Tibetans in Sichuan Province, China. Increasing age, metabolic syndrome and decreased SpO2 were independent predisposing factors for HAPH Funding Acknowledgement Type of funding source: Public Institution(s). Main funding source(s): This study was funded by one Science and Technology Pillar Programs in Sichuan Province (Grant no. 2017SZ0008).

scholarly journals A new species, Stemonitis sichuanensis, and a newly recorded species, Stemonitis marjana (Myxogastria) from China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 258 (2) ◽  
pp. 195 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZHANG BO ◽  
LI YU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Record ◽  
Sichuan Province ◽  
Electron Micrograph ◽  
Scanning Electron Micrograph ◽  
Natural Reserve ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Scanning Electron

A new species, Stemonitis sichuanensis, collected in Gexigou National Natural Reserve, Sichuan province, China, is described herein. This new species has a columella that usually ends in an ovoid to triangular expansion at the apex of the sporotheca and small spores (about 6–7 μm in diam.). We present a scanning electron micrograph study of S. sichuanensis and a key to the species in the genus Stemonitis. Holotype specimens of S. sichuanensis are deposited in the Herbarium of the Mycological Institute of Jilin Agricultural University (HMJAU), Changchun, China. We also report a new record of another species of Stemonitis, S. marjana Y. Yamam., in this paper, specimens of which are also deposited in the HMJAU.

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